The morning call., 1894-11-15
KINGLY LINEAGE.
Descendants of George w
on the Coast.
e. Burke Holiday Tells the Story
of the Ord Family and Its
Ancestral Tree.

A granddaughter of George ", the
English King, resides in this city. The
fact which led TO the publicity was a story
told iD Portland and telegraphed here of
the claim of James l.. ORD. lineman for
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
that he was the great grandson of the
monarch, and that he was about to bring
suit to establish this fact.
Mr.. Ord is the nephew of Mrs. S.
W. Holiday, wife of the attorney
of this city. f. Burke Holiday.
reference to the telegram. said: ~ sup
pose it is true that am the great grand
son of the fourth George, but l am too
good an American to care to advertise the
fact"
Mr.. Holiday was reluctant to talk upon
the subject. but fin ally said that the sub
stance of the telegram was true, although
related therein.
1T is a matter of historical record th at
George ~ was married TO Mrs. Maria
Anne FitZherbert." said Mr.. Holiday.
This marriage took place under the aus
pices Of the Catholic church. Afterward
George ~ married again. OF course the
issue of the first marriage under the
English law. the marriage being regarded
| as what would now be termed morganatic
could not inherit the throne. Morally,
| with all due reverence the monarch, he
was guilty of bigamy in wedding again.
However that may be, son was born
of the first marriage. While a child he
was taken to Bilboa, Spain. in custody Of
a man named Robert Ord. He took the
surname of his guardian, who he had been
told was his uncle. and passed as James
Ord. Shortly afterward the child was
the District of Columbia. His mother
being a devout Catholic, he was educated
in the Catholic college at Georgetown. the
records of which fully show who and what
be was.
"He served in the war of 1912, both on
land and sea. Subsequently be became a
Judge in Washington. and finally sue
eeeded Schoolcraft in managing Indian
affairs in the Northwest. He married into
the Cressup family in Virginia and left a
large family. my mother being one of Lis
children. There were seven toys in the
family, the oldest being Pacficus Ord at
Washington. DR.. James L. Ord of Mon
terey, who came here with Sherman on
the troop ship Lexington in 1S47, and has
recently returned TO Monterey after long
absence. was another son.
General e. o. G. Ord, who served In
the rebellion IN Grants staff, Colonel w.
A. Ord and Roberl Ord are his children.
James l.. Ord of Portland is the son Of
John 5. Ord of Santa Cruz, who is him
self younger son of the Kings son.
''There is quite little romance con-
nected with the history of James Ord,
the details of which do not remember,
put think there is no doubt of the au-
thenticity of the family history. 1t is in
terasting as family matter TO talk over,
but 1 do not think an extended statement
would at all interest the public, and we
are all TOO thorough Americans TO wish to
boast of the ma ter"
Mr.. Holiday laughed at the idea of bis
young cousin in Portland bringing suit tu
establish his claim. l. was difficult enough
to win a case when the ia,v was on the side
Of the contestant, said he. and now after a
hundred years it would be folly to under
take proceedings in England. Nothing
would be gained at he most beyond esta b.
fishing the truth OF the family history,
which the members of the family were
already satisfied was true. There was 20
properly in the question. merely some
documents which were believed to exist
growing that James Ord was the son of an
English king.
James Ord, the kings son, died iu
Omaha some years ago at an advanced age.