The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
MARQUIS OF Butte.
Who Snubbed the Queen. and Was
Novel Hero, Is Dead.

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A prominent figure disappears from
the public life Of England by the death
of the Marquis of Butte. who. with a
Keen sense Of the obligations of his
rank and of his enormous wealth. de-
voted to the welfare of his countrymen
a lar larger proportion of his fortune
than any of his brother peers
The original of ''LOthair'' in Lord
BeacOnSheldS novel, his conversion tc
the Roman Catholic church thirty years
ago created a great sensation IT was
accomplished by Mgr. Capel. who was
portrayed by Lord BeaconsfieId in "Io-
THAR as Mgr. Catesby. and who now
makes his home in California, owing to
some financial troubles in London
England necessary.
Much of Lord Bute's wealth has gone
to the restoration of Roman Catholic
places of worship and to the endow-
ment' OF charitable enterprises con-
nected with the faith of which he was
next to the Duke of Norfolk. the most
influential member in the United King
DOM But his benefactiOns and the
sagacious use of his wealth We're by no
means restricted TO Roman Catholic
institutions, for he transformed ehe
seaport of Cardiff from a town Of rela-
lively small importance to one Of the
biggest trading centers on the west
coast by his construction of a magnifi-
cent system or DOCKS.
Ihe most remarka bic thing. however
about Lord Butte was that throughout
his life, and in spite of the honors con-
ferred upon him by the government
he never appeared once al court. or
held any intercourse with the reigning
family, although he permitted the pre-
sentatiOn TO the queen of his wife and
only daughter, Lady Marguerite Stuart
who was his favorite associate and
companion.
the court was the treatment TO which
his mothers sister. Lady Flora Hast
ings, had been subjected by her mai
esty and by her encourage while occu-
Dying the position of maid of honor.
The Lady Flora episode was one of the
most unfortunate incidents of the Vic
torian era, for the queen. who was at
the beginning Of her reign. lent Will
ing ear to the malevolent gossip af-
fecting the character of Lady Flora
and behaved with such hasty and pub
lie harShneSS that the poor girl died
Facts were brought to light which
demonstrated that not only had she
been completely innocent OF all that
had been imputed to her. but that she
had the strongest of claims to the care
and protection of the queen. to whom
she had been confided by her family
The queens refusal to punish in any
way those members of her encourage
who had taken leading part in the
persecution of Lady Flora. and who
were mainly responsible for poisoning
the royal mind against her. as well as
the disgracsful publicity of the whole
affair. served to precipitate the death
of Lady FlOra'S mother, and likewise of
her sister. the mother of the late Mar
quis of Butte, who, on her deathbed. left
an entreaty to her only child that he
never forget or forgive the treatment
to which the family had been sub
iected.
The Order of the Thistle which he
received from the crown, could not be
regarded in any way as a gift of the
queen. but merely as a recognition by
the administration of his political SER
vices.