The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-04-28

all Of which Lord Fairfax said were Of
begging character. 1t frequently
happens that there is from ten to twenty
cents postage due on these letters. so
that Lord Fairfax has learned to look
with suspicion on letters bearing Il for
eign poStmark which he finds awaiting
him at the little county postollicc called
Brightseat.
In recalling tie number of dist;n-
guished people who have been enter
tanned at Northampton, Lord Fairfax
says he has it on the authority of reli-
able witnesses that President James
Madison spent the night at the old
homestead during the battle of Bladens-
burg When the British attacked the
capital Dolly Madison saved a number
of valuable paintings in the East Room
by cutting the canvas from the frames.
President Madison occupied the room
WHICH Is HOW uStt is 1IblN falIi:tA >
bedchamber.
Lord Fairfax is a modest, cntcrtain-
ing, cultivated gentleman. He has a
wonderful flow of language and his
conversation indicates careful intcllcc-
tual cultivation. There is nothing
cyotistical about tisn lor lncS he place
Il very nigh value on his title to the
pecrage. He Is practical enough to
confess that it is more of a handicap to
him than help.
The family of Lord Fairfax is an
ancient one and was probably OF Saxon
origin. 1t WAS ori 9inally seated 1T
Walton in the Ainstv district of Y orl>-
shire la 1921 Sir Thomas Fairfax,
Knight of Denton and Steeton, county
York. was created Baron Fairfax of
Cameron in the peecrage of Scotland.
The peers eldest son, Ferdnando, sec
ond Lord Fairfax, was the commander
in-chief of the parliamentary forces at
Marston Moor. His son and heir, the
still more famous third Lord Fairfax,
was generalissimo of the Parliament
and commanded at Naseby, dying in
1911. He was succeeded by his cousin
Henry, fourth Lord Fairfax, OF the
Cavaiiea branch of the family.
This noblemans 5 eldest son, Thomas.
fifth Baron Fairfax, married one ofthe
Colepeppers, and with her acquired
magnificent estate, including Leeds
Castle, in Kent, in what is called the
Northern Neck of Virginia, and three
hundred thousand acres in the pictur-
esque Shenandoah Valley. The sixth
Baron Fairfax turned oTer his estate
to his brother, Robert, and went to live
in Virginia. He built two colonial
mansions, Belvoir and Guernsey Conrt,
and lived in baronial style rs the lieu
tenant and custos rotulorum of Fred !
erick county. He died unmarried in
1893, and his brother succeeded rs
seventh Baron Fairfax, but left no
legitimate descendants.
The result was that the English
property passed by will to the female
heirs, the Martin family of Leeds |
Castle. Title and very small portion
of the American property passed to a
cousin, the Rev. Bryan Fairfax, great
grandson of the fourth baron. This
clergyman went to England in 1890 ,
and secured confirmation of his titles |
by the House of Lords. His son,
Thomas, ninth Lord Fairfax, resided |
at Vaucluse, in Fairfax county, Vir-
ginia. He died in 1916 and was sue
ceeded by his grandson, Charles Snow
den Fairfax. tenth Baron, who was
afterward clerk of the Supreme Court |
of California; In this connection the
present Lord Fairfax points with par
ticular pride to a set of resolutions
adopted by the Supreme Court of Cali
fornia on the occasion of Lord Charles |
Fairfax S death
Lord Fairfax and his family natur-
ally sympathizol with the Southern
Contederacy. Since the close of the
war Lord Fairfax Cor Dr. Fairfax, as
his neighbors call himl has lived a
somewhat secluded life. He frequent
ly drives in to Washington to visit his
frien Is and relatives, but most of his |
time is passed ut his home in the society !
of his wife and his agel mothcr-NeU |
York Herald
\ teacher in one Of the Cleveland !
public schools said to the class in Eng |
lisll composition: Il wish every men,
Der of the class would write out a con-
versation between 4 grocer and one of |
his customers. introducing some pa
thetic incident or reference" Among |
the compositions handed in was the |
following 10y sweet little girl: What |
do YOU wantT asked the merchant. |
The lady replied: -, pound of tea"
"Grecn or blackT asked the merchant. !
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