Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-05-03
THE QUEENS OWN DUTCH
cestry In England and the
British Army.

Descendants of PATRONS" and
other original Dutch settlers of New
York who feel the thickness of their
blood drawing them into sympathy
with the Beers Of South Africa may
find some comfort in the considera-
ton that the English aristocracy can
not be without some difficulties Of
their own in this respect. They, too,
have their Vans A leisurely search
through the pages of Sir Bernard
Burke's elaborate volumes of genealog-
ical lore discloses such names as Van
Geleur 'Vancittart, Van de Weyzer,
Nanneck, Van Horn and Van Molten
in plenty, whose bearers are likely to
be suffering deeply at this time from
the sense of divided allegiance be-
tween Dom Paul and Queen Victoria.
In addition to these vans" there
are, it seems, many families of the
titled and untitled aristocracy who
are of undoubted Dutch origin, ard
most of them left the low countries
much more recently than the date
when Hendrix Hudson sailed into
New York harbor through the XIII
Won Eul. Those holding the highest
rank in the peerage came over with
William'-the Dutch conqueror-at
the end of the seventeenth century.
These include the Albemarle family,
descended from Arnold Joost Van
Keppel, lord of Worst, one of the
Dutch followers of William of Orange,
The earls of Aibemarle dropped the
ivan" many generations ago, but
they advertise their Dutch origin per
sjstently by the use of the old Dutch
family names. The present Lord
Albemarle who served for some time
IN the Scots guards, has taken care 70
name one of his sons Arnold Joost,
and another Rupert Oswald Derek,
than which names nothing more Hol-
landish can be found in all knicler-
bockerdom. According to recent dis
patches, the head of the house of
Keppel in England will command the
city Of London infantry division Of
volunteers against his blood relatives
in South Africa. Then the feelings OF
the duke of Portland and all his nu-
merous tribe OF Bentincks must be
excruciating at this time. They are
all descended from one Hans William
Bentinck, groom Of the stole 10 his
highness the stakeholder and COM
handing officer Of the Dutch horse
guards at Boyne Water. The Schom-
hergs-one of whom is a major gen
eral in the queens army-as well as
Sartoris Tor Sartorius), the earl Of
Barrington's family, carry conviction
of Holland origin in the peculiarly I'M
English forms of their names. In the
earl of Huntingfeld's family, the
the Dutch prefix has been
combined to form one word with the
rest.
Among the baronets one at leas.
is not only of Dutch descent but New
York Dutch at that. Sir Charles
Cuvler, an officer in the OXfordshire
regiment, is descended from one Cor
nelius Cuyler, Of Albany, n. Y, who,
before any declaration Of independ-
ence was thought Of attained higa
rank IN the army of George Ill, and
later on cast in his lot with his pro-
fession rather than with his relatives,
the Van Cortlandts, the Van Rens-
selaers and the Schuylers.
As for the French Huguenot tie OF
blood. it must be threatening TO tear
the British army TO pieces, for the list
Of officers in that army, including the
militia and volunteers, has scores Of
such rotoriously Huguenot names as
De Blaquiere, Latouche, Saumarez,
DAultrichamp, Romilly, Noel and
Faber. But these, by all accounts,
seem to resist very we'll the allure
ments Of kinship with the Hugueuots
Of South African. y. Tribune.