The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-27

Herford estates became separated
from the title The third MARQUIS of
HEREFORD did not acknowledge the pa-
ternlty of this son. That son was en-
titled to call himself Richard Seymour.
but through love of his mother he did
not take this step to expose her frailty.
he chose the name of Richard Wallace.
Richard Wallace was passiOnately
fond of the beautiful woman who had
nursed and reared him. His two older
brothers, Lord Yarmouth who after
ward became the fourth marquis of
Hartford. and Lord Henry Seymour.
the founder of the Jockey club of Paris.
shared this devotion to their mother:
but it was the youngest son who dem
onstrated That love by his acts. He
remained with her until her death. AZ
ter that he became the sole companion
Of the fourth marquis of Hartford
And so u came to pass that this lat
ter nObleman at his death left his en-
tire fortune to Richard Wallace. Forty
millions Of dollars in money and art
treasures by this beQuest left the house
Of HEREFORD and went to Richard Wal
lace, gentleman-"a token of gratitude
for his loving care and devotion to
our dear mother" read the instrument
10 which Lord Yarmouth now owes the
fact Of his comparative poverty.
The title Of marquis and a small en-
tailed estate passed into the hands of
d distant cousin IL Warwickshire. That
heir, grandson of the second marquis
and grandfather Of the present earl Of
Yarmouth, entered his heritage with
out contest. Richard Wallace, who
might have claimed the estate and
title, fOrebOre to do so rather than in
vite legal proceedings and drag his
mothers name and the circumstances
of his birth into court.
queen, and as a barOnet displayed
great generosity in the bestOwaI of the
wealth bequeathed to him by his broth
err He married a beautiful woman.
But he married her some years after
the birth of his eldest son, George Wal
lace
Years after the birth of that son Sir
Richard Wallace died. a bitter old
man. soured by the refusal of the
queen to admit his wife in the highest
circles Of English society. To that wife
he left his entire fortune. for he had
quarreled with the son whose birth had
kept his mother from court and left
him without even the prOverbial shin-
ing
Years after, when the wife died. she.
like her husband. left the boy penni-
less. The art collection she bequeathed
70 the British nation, making il a con-
dition that it should be named for her.
Her fortune she willed to Murray
Scott, man noted throughout the
kingdom for his handsome face. He
had been her husbands secretary. and
after his death served her in the same
capacity.
Lady Wallace also stipulated that
Murray Scott should have charge of
the transfer Of the art collection to
the nation BY shrewd tact in this af-
fair and by liberal subscriptions to the
conservative campaign fund Scott
managed 10 obtain a baronetcy.
By these strange means fate has or
dained that the mother and sisters of
Murray Scott shall appear IN the royal
drawing room decked in the ancestral
jewels Of the marquis OF Hartford, who
has been obliged to keep closed his own
country seat fer lack of means to keen
it up.
And through this strange chain of
circumstances it has come to pass that
while Murray Scott enjoys the riches
Of the marquisate of Hartford. Lord
Yarmouth, in a strange land, is seek
ing livelihood on the stage.