The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19
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mere Are Net Srany 81 Ehers. aud souae Arsh't
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Sailor princes. even In history. have not been
very common; In fact, like good actors. thoy are
rare. raro birds. Prince Henry Of Prussia IL
tho latest Of them. Ho started on Thursday
for China in command of a German squadron to
impress on the Acknowledged and obliquo.minded
| Chinese how nice 1t will be to have William tho
| Sudden asa friend.
Perhaps the FIRST sailor pripce-and he was q
| sailor prince much against his will-was Prince
William, son OF Henry i. of England. He was in
the Blanche Nef-thc white ship-whcn she was
lost, with all but one of her people. one Novom-
vember night In 1920; and after his death his
father, according to tradition, never smiled
again, mot even when he was ticklcd," tho
young student Of English history said by way Of
comment
After him the next sailor prince was Horny
the Navigator, "to whose enlightened foresight
and perseverance the human race is indebted
for the maritime discovery. within one century.
Of moro than half the globe" Sir Clements
Markham says that of Henry, who was a very
remarkable man; he further says, losing tempo
rarily that modesty peculiar to Englishmen.
that Prince Henry, being a grandson of John of
Gaunt, was half an Englishmani Luckily for
Henry reputation, Mr.. Mnrkham's first remark
wa v 70 ~ theh hto ONobNh AOtAy .
was the daughter Of John of Gaunt and Con-
stance of CASTLE. John was the son of Edward
III. and Philippa of H%ainault; Edward Ills
mamma was the naughty Isabella of Franco.
and his paternsl grandmother was Eleanor of
CASTLE. Not much English blood there!
But to return to Henry. He didn't do much
sailing himself. but stayed on shore and told
S SaeSr J psSp ss1 how I to i saili a nae I Esspl MS wSs as w sis
rediscovered: in 1895 Cape Badajor was
in 1445, tho Azores were colonized, and in
1867 the Gambia was discovered.
But in staying ashore Prince Henry didn't do
afost, and nitp' get tf their az titles esq without sRSsna an meS aam ane
'S William Hill . % ". 81 S CREAM Britain, however, was
probably the most 'ail9r;iike sailor prince that
port It wasn't his fault. He went to sea in l778,
when he was Ia years old. and in 1888. when he
Indies without orders, and got a good wigging
when he got home and was sent back to his sta
t tS9a with ttau q i ss in n, his os ear; u,I He left the sea in
sign. Buta Lord High Admiral he did not 60
When he was a midshipman. this sailor prince
had a pretty narrow escape: but he wasn't at
city. too. He was staying with Admiral Dleby
in lodgings in Hanover square,. and having a
liam liam sESu q 'i mids fGp esen in in rs lesf fsy' We've Sasn YORK %ri;
was g good place In which, to have a good time.
e foen odd !. Pl Of t fSp s ssFsins Sf prt1 assse Wil RlisElm sna
the neutrality-suspicious. heard Of the plot SiDans and
S how harrow pasro%., %as P fFhaest B III SO escape sag one can see
The next of the kind was the Prince de Join.
TIE French: Francis dorisans-thasss the way
the name Of his son, the Duke de Penthievre,
years ago when he was a cadet at Annapolis
well, Francis d'Orleans was born in 1918. and
Belle PoSic. the vessel in which Napoleon rs
body was brought back from st. Helena He is
s' real 1 fiEht e n and Saa ssRste she Mexican He soi &c aene Msi
Arista after a hand.to.hand fight during the at
'af fh on b vssa &c SF Psn Il isss; succeeded his father.
sFaduated from our Naval academy in 1868.
a year. he resigned, in May, 1864. He did no
a prince. he probably Would have BEEN a : g geod
sailor; at all events, he joins the little list Of
sailor princes, with about as good q right as any
Then came the present Duke of York. Prince
1870 started with his elder brother on a tour
around the world. It was during this tour that
a as 9ssTSes s,d the S wofIa at w large en b telling ling bis bis
something at a ball:
and sN Ist; y Ts s Sc stnss God save your grandmother.
In 1891 he commanded tho eunboat Thrush.
and here again be pleased the world by leading
in the course Of which he said in the General
Confession We have done those things which
we ought to have done. and have left undone
those things which we ought not to have done;'
very comfortable words. il only they had been
and is a Captain in the navy.
Perhaps this Dukes uncle. the Duke of Edin-
be called o sailor prince. Certainly, he has been
to sea. and he is now an Admiral in tho British
Navy. Not much IL cared for him; he is a
fiddler, and extremely near in money matters.
When he was u midshipman he used to sell his
royal mamma's letters to him-a proceeding
hAf anrlrhan Mis- nran n nnranQad the nnp,
Der of Queen Victoria's A. 1. L. s. autograph
letters signed) in the possession of her loving
subjects. But it did not increase the respect
felt for the thrifty prince.
After him comes the latest of the lot. Prince
Henry OF Prussia, and he, like the baby in Mid
shipman Easy" has been "a very little one"
He may grow while he Is at sea.