The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-16


death, five years ago. Empress Eugene
was wont frequently to visit her IN
Perthshire. and likewise at Bowwood
park. Another son of Queen Hortense
and of the Comte de EIahault was the
late Duke of Morny, who was so proud
of his parentage that he assumed the
Hortensia as the principal heraldic de-
vice on his cOat-Of-arms. It will be
remembered that Napoleon invariably
treated him as near and dear rela-
tive.
After the fail of the first empire,
and the exile OF the great Napoleon to
st. Helena. the COmte de FIahault,
fading the resources Of Queen Hor-
tense so restricted as to render con-
tinuance Of their association unproflt-
able to him, married the wealthy
daughter and heiTess of Lord Keith,
through whom he became the father Of
the late Marchioness of Lansdowne-
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The patronymic OF the Marquis Of
LansdOwne is ''FitZmaurice. It is
hardly necessary TO say that the house,
OF which he is the chief is an Irish one,
tracing its origin to Thomas Fitzmau-
rice, first lord of Kerry, and of the
latter's wife, Grace. granddaughter Of
DeTmod, king Of Leinster. The Lord
LansdOwne of today is the twenty
sixth Lord Of Kerry and the fifth Mar
quis of LansdOWne. the first marquis
having been minister Of foreign affairs
and premier in the reign of King
George III, who hated him, openly de-
nOUncing him as the Jesuit OF Berke-
ley Square," while Fox stigmatiZed
him in the house of commons as "a
perf1dious and infamous liar" Gains
4 borough, the painter, was heater and
more to the point, for after a couple Of
attempts to catch the likeness of the
marquis, who was sitting for his pOr-
the artist q side h <
brush, exclaiming with an oath, Il
never could see through varnish-and
there is an end of it." But it was Oil
yer Goldsmith, the poet of The Desert
ed Village" and of The Vicar of
Wakefield celebrity who most COM
Lord Lansdowne's name with the pub
lie was Malagrida." One day when
Goldsmith was talking to Lord Lans-
downe, he exclaimed: do you know
that I never could conceive the reason
why they call you 'Malagrida, for
Malagrida was a very good sort of a
man."
The third Marquis of Lansdowne
likewise repeatedly held office as a
cabinet minister, and was renowned for
his sound judgment and his sunny tenn
per, two qualities which were largely
accountable for the immense social
power which he enjoyed. He figures
in all Lord BeacOnsfeId's political nov
els as one of the leading personages of
the day, and as the most influential,
while Lord John Russell went so far as
to deplore during the course of a pub
lie speech that the pure gold of Lord
LansdOwne's integrity was not more
mingled with the alloy of self-lOve."
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The London home of the Marquis of
LansdOwne is LansdOWne House, in
Berkeley Square, and was rented dur
ing the absence Of the marquis in In
dia by William Waldorf Aston It is
one of the stateliest mansions in Lon
don, and standing in the midst Of gar
dens, shaded by century-Old trees, is
Enclosed by a high retaining wall, Ow-
ing to which it enjoys a far greater de-
gree of privacy than DevOnshire House,
the London home Of the Duke of Dew
Onshire. LansdOwne house is built of
cut stone in a pure classic design, the
center of the facade being relieved by
! four ionic columns. The house was
| originally the property Of Lord Butte,
of Jack Boot" fame, the statesman
who precipitated the war Of indepen-
dence in America, and was purchased
from him by the first Lord LanSdOwne.
Chief among the art treasures with
which Lansdowne House is crowded is
! the wOrld-famed collection of Roman
and Greek sculptures known as the
| "LansdOwne Marbles" which, in point
of historic and intrinsic interest and in
preservation, are considered superior TO
the still more widely-knOwn Elgin mar
bles at the British museum. The house
has the largest ballroom in London,
and, inasmuch as the Lansdownes are
most hOspitable, if perhaps a trifie ex-
elusive. il viii form an even still more
conspicuous feature than heretofore of
the house Of this stately mansion.
Let me add in conclusion that Lord
LanSdOWne is the most perfect French
scholar, a circumstance that has caus-
ed considerable rejoicing among the
foreign corps diplomatique in London,
the French language being the weak
point of most English statesmen.