The evening times., 1895-11-16

Nor are such marriages as these confined
to the English aristocracy. The dowager
duchess of Rochefoucauld, mother OF the
head of that llIustrious house was a laun-
dress. while the dowager countess of Wald-
stein, whose son, now dead, married p rin-
cess Mctternich's daughter, Pascalinc, had
been a chambermaid in her husband S house
hold.
Count Eugene kinsky married his laun-
dress, and old Count Octave Kinsky. whose
death a the age of SO, has Just Ia ken place
disgusted his relatives by wedding a wholly
uneducated Roman, who had filled the
position OF scuIlery maid in the kitchen.
Alter marrying him she rendered herself
so abhOrred by the people of the district, es-
pecially by the peasantry, that on two oc-
casions she was shot at. The count hini-
self was placed under legal restraint a
couple of years ago by his relatives. in order
to prevent him from devastating his vast es-
tates and running his property, in order to
satisfy the greed OF his plebian-born wife.
Yet another nobleman who has married
servant is Prince Gregory StuurdZa, the
Roumanian general, senator and statesman.
and there are two separate instances uf
women occupying menal positions wed.
ding royalty. one being Rosina, the NOR
ganatic wife of the late King Victor En-
manuel of Italy, who was a chambermaid
at an inn when she attracted his atten-
ton, the other instance being that of the
consurt of Peter the Great, whom he eie-
waited to the dignity of Empress of Russia
and from whom is descended the present
occupant of the throne.
Even still more numerous are the in.
stances of women Of rank seeking their
mates in the kitchen or stable. Princess
Adoiph Chimay is married tu her English
butler, who reioiccd in the name of JObsOn
. hs el,..I I.1x.
title OF count, and the Duke of Flies sis
ter, Lady Ida Hope, iirst ek'ped with and
then married her grooin. Princess Eliza.
beth Hohenlohe married one of her fathers 8
assistant gamekeepers.
Besides these there are a good many
families OF rank who are descended from
servants. Thus Sir Horace Rumbold, the
British envoy at Tie Hague and one of the
most distinguished diplomatistsVin the
service of Queen Victoria, is descended
from q man who worked bis way up from
the buffers pantry of one of the clubs
in London TO the post OF governor Of
Madras, and il was for his services In the
latter capacity that lie was created bar
onet, the dignity now bcrne by Sir Horace.
Then there is the NarGuise Hervey de
Saint Denis, ore of the leaders Of Partisan
society and an intimate friend of the Gem
tesse de Paris, who is the daughter of
an English groom named Ward, who COM
mencing az ST able 10y. ended by becoming
the prime minister of the duke of Parma.
Tie entire priHcely house OF Nurat is
descended from King Joachim, cf Naples,
who began life as q stable 10y. while the
first Prince Kutusoff, the founder of the
powerful Russian family OF that name.
achieved his greatness by the skill he dis
MA vpd "a valet and barber to Gar Paul.
The Dukes or Marlborough are descended
from a ciiambermaid,~ while the first
Duchess of Marlborough lived 10 see tie man
WHO had been in Ecr service blossom into
a secretary OF state and postmaster gen
eral.