The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-29

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Thomas, was restored by Queen Mary
ana was recreated Baron Percy, and the
| next day Earl of MOUNTAINEERING, and
| from him the line ran quite smoothly
until near the end of the 18th century,
Josceline. 18th earl of the creation of
Richard H., and fifth earl of the crca-
ton OF Queen Mary, died, leaving one
Baroness Percy.
This young lady had an eventful life.
When only IA she married Henry Caven-
dish. earl of Ogle; but he died very
shortly. Then she married Thomas
Thyme. known as Tom % Ten Thou
sand, because of his wealth. He was
murdered in 1862 by Count Konigsmark,
who had been his rival in this love af-
fair. Then the twice widowed young Ia
dy married Charles Seymour, duke Of
Somerset. known as the Proud Duke
BY him she had IS children. the eldest
of whom was Algernon Seymour, who
succeeded her as Baron Percy. But this
much married lady had not had who'll
ly peaceful time in trying to carry on
the Percy name and estates. When
Duke Josceline died in 1910, a trunk
maker named James Percy appeared,
claiming the title and estates as des-
cended from Sir Ingelram Percy, exc
cuted in 1887, for his share in the 'Pll-
grimage of Grace" He maintained his
pretensions for so long a time that tire
house of lords, having thrown MS case
out of court, at last ordered him to
stand in the Westminster hall with
placard around his neck inscribed: "A
false and fraudulent pretender to the
earldom of Northumberland 5'
Algernon Seymour died, leaving an
only daughter. Elizabeth by name, who
was brought up by her grandfather,
the duke of Somerset, and in li407 was
married to Sir Hugh Smithson, a York
shire gentleman, whose ancestor mad
been made a baronet for aiding in the
restoration This Sir Hugh had what
nowadays is called a pull On the
strength of having married the last CT
the Percys, he took the name of Percy;
then he and his grandfather-in-law
were able to have him created earl ana
then duke of Northumberland and i'm
ally Lord Louvaine, baron of Alnwick;
this last title was not to descend to
his eldest son, but to his second son.
So the baronet feathered his nest pref
ty comfortably and was Percy, too!
1t was mighty fortunate for this coun-
try that in spite of everything this mo-
BILE duke was not faithful either to his
wife or to her memory; for in 1854 he
mad an illegitimate son, James smith
son, who at his death, in 1929, left
his property to the United States; and
ian institution
The duke died, and his eldest son be-
came second duke, and after him came
a third and fourth duke. This fourth
duke was an excellent man; he had
been a naval officer on small pay and
income, and was a simple and kind
hearted man. He spent his great wealth
like SO many of his acquired ancestors
in doing good. He built lighthouses and
ia
and half dollars in building improved
cottages for hiss tenants, 100000 In
building churches, and thousands on
thousands in roads and bridges and
drainage. He was duke from 1847 to
1865 and was followed by his fathers
cousin the second Earl of Beverley,
third Lord Louvaine, son of Duke
Hugh's second son, for whom that kind
ly father had obtained the lordship Of
Louvaine. The Earl of Beverley was an
old man, and died in 1857, when his son,
Algernon George, became duke; it is
this duke who has just died.
This late duke had stwo sons, the
elder of whom was called by courtesy
Earl Percy: he was brought into the
house of lords, not by being created
peer in his own right but by being sum-
moned in his fathers ,lordship of LOU
vaine. This was in 1887. He married in
1868 daughter of the Duke of Argyll,
who has presented to him a family of
seven sons and six daughters; and he
is 50 years old. The younger son of the
late duke has two daughters, but they
probably won't have the ghost of a show
at the estates
So it is very plain that there are no
Percys connected with the Northum-
berland peerages, and that just as the
British sovereigns for centuries back
have been Scots and Dutchmen and
Germans, so for centuries the Percys
have been Louvaines, Seymours and
Srlithsons.
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