New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
LONDON NOTES.
THE ROMANCE OF HATFIELD HOUSE
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AND THE BISHOPS
London. November %
The romance Of a great feudal lord has been
brought 10 q close by the death OF the Mar
chioness OF Salisbury On Saturday there will
be burial with feudal simplicity In Bishops
Hatfield parish church. OF which the first
stones were laid early 1920. and the main
portion built not later than 1910. The leaden
coffin will be fashioned by plumbers from the
Hatfield estate, and the oaken shell from timber
In the famous park and in the presence OF the
mourning Ceclls what is mortal Of the mistress
Of the Jacobean mansion will be borne on the
shoulders Of workmen 10 the Salisbury burial
ground. where grave has been fringed with
Ivy and evergreen. At the Chapel Royal, st.
Jamess Palace. there Will be a memorial service
al the same hour which Ministers, Ambassadors
and Court functionaries VIII attend but the
Cecils will bury their dead by themselves with
the dignity and pride Of a clan. and the Prime
Minister will place the last wreath upon the
grave under the shadow OF Hatfield House.
Other ronanccs there have been in Hatfield
Park. even a royal one for it was there that
Princess Elizabeth was kept under guard when
she heard the tdngs of her accession to the
throne, and Il there also that Charles I
was prisoner for a brief interval; but the
famous Elizabethan oak with its hollow bole
and stunted wisps OF LEAKAGE has heard no story
more wholesome than that of the love match
and perfect union OF heart and mind Of the
master and mistress OF the great house. That
romance began when the second Of the
proud and exclusive lord OF the manor fell IN
love with the daughter OF legal baron who
had made great reputation on the bench The
father disapproved OF the match as one I'M
worthy Of the splendid lineage of the Cecils. and
cut off the young lovers with a meagre al
lowance when they insisted upon marrying each
other. Lord Robert Cecil and his bride were
thrown upon their resources. and they
lived for years In modest quarters In Blooms
bury and Half Moon-st and with a brood
Of children coming on, were dependent in large
degree upon his pen, which had two heads be-
hind IT, His articles for The Saturday Re-
view" and his leaders for two or three morn
ing journals not only kept the pot boiling, but
also served to bring him forward in political
life on his own merits. for he already had
seat IN the Commons and II was working
journalist that the future Prime Minister served
his apprenticeship IN diplomacy and statesman
ship
There is a legend OF Fleet Street that credits
the young wife with helping him amanu-
enss in his literary labors; but there is better
tTdQlUO0 lNdL aSSlbUs 10 lut lHltlIttAudi NO4ii-
partnership OF this happily mated pair a large
measure Of his success a writer and his
steady growth into the full stature OF states
n1anship What Lady Beaconsheld 20 her
husband and Mrs. Gladstone TO the Grand Old
Man the Marchioness OF Salisbury was 70 the
Prime Minister-a helpmeet. who shared his con-
! fdence and ambitions and by whose quick wit.
| sound Judgment and loving constancy he was
| daily and yearly inspired-as Mrs. Browning
| has written. "A wife 10 help your ends. In her
| no end"
| BY the death OF Lord CranbOrne. the elder
| brother the rising member Of Parliament and
| caustic reviewer and political satirst became
! heir TO Hatfield House. and in due time Baron
| AIderson's daughter was Warehouses Of Sails
! bury; but this change OF state was borne with
| quiet dignity and without ostentation. Her
! heart was not in Vanity Fair. but in her own
| home Her proudest title was that Of her hus-
| bands chief adviser. and she shared with him
| all the burdens Of state without finding much
| enjoyment in Court functions and diplomatic
| ceremonies. She was the head Of the Ladies'
| Grand Council Of the Primrose League, and she
| was dignifed hostess at Hatfield House and
| in Arlington st; but she was reserved in man
! ner and had few intimate friends outside her
| own circle OF family relations. Diplomatists
| who conversed with her invariably learned that
| she understood what was going on in every
| Foreign Office in Europe, and younger men, like