The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-23
KING EDWARD SEVENTH.
A Personal History of Great Brit
aims New Monarch.

| - - a Tieiu SiaTShai'in the English and
German armies. a colonel many times
over. and a lot Of other things besides has
been popular in his own country for q
number OF years past At one time
the contrary was the case. It was
| known that he was not an ideal
family man. But as he gradually ap-
preached the age of sixty people be-
gan to realize that he was settiins
down. His earlier indiscretions were con-
doned. And as he always appeared in
public with the Princess OF Wales it was
realized that the proprieties were OBJ
served, at least in formal way. Perhaps
1t was felt that the Prince Of Wales had
only followed preceden in ..living his owl
| ltfe." Be that as 1t may, his unfailine
good humor. his love of sport of all sorts
his wonderful memory for faces and
names. his friendship for Gladstone, his
willingness to perform the ornamental
public functions which the Queen was un-
| able to attend to- his felicitous speeches
whether he wrote them himself or not,
gradually resulted in change of public
opinion, and recently he has been as pop
ular in London as he had been in Paris.
The Court under his rule will be as sedate
as it was under his mother. Queen Alex
| andra is as strict in the matter of pro-
priety as was the late sovereign.
The King was born at Buckingham Pal
| ace. November 9, 1s41. He was christen-
ed Albert Edward and efe.r56 Prince of
Wales and Earl of Chester "by patent."
also Earl of Dublin. He held by birth a
number of Scottish titles. including those
of Lord Of the Isles and Great Stewart.
He went to college for a senior at Edin-
burgh, then proceeded to Christ Church.
Oxford, where he studied for a year, and
afterward took four terms at Cambridge.
After leaving the university he visited
Canada and this country. He made an
excellent impression in the United States.
New York's reception of the heir to the
English throne was of very enthusiasts
tic sort, and the Prince showed a keen ap-
probation of the fact.
He was made brevet colonel In the
army in 1858 and went through period
OF training at the Curragh Camp, Kildare
Ireland in 1851. He became a general in
1862 and field marshal In 1875.
The Prince, accompanied by the famous
Dean Stanley as tutor, visited Germany,
Italy, Egypt. Syria, and the Holy Land
in 1852 On his return he became mem
Der of the Prfvy Council and took his seat
in the House of Lords as Duke of Corn
wall. He was married on March 10, 1853,
at ST.. Georges Chapel, Windsor, to the
beautiful Princess Alexandra, eldest
daughter of the present King of Den
mark Parliament voted him an income
Of $4,000 per annum. From the Duchy
OF Cornwall he drew an additional f100,-
600 year The Prince renowned the
right of succession to the Duchy of Sake
Coburg-Gotha in favor OF his younger
brother. Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh,
who died last year, afterward succeeded
to that throne.
For number of years the Princes for
NAL duties, in the shape of opening exhi-
billions and laying foundation stones, were
broken by frequent visits to the CONT
nent. In the winter of 1871 he was taken
with typhoid fever and came near dying.
He was able to attend the celebrated
Thanksgiving service at st. Paul's Cathe-
dral on February q, 1872. The same year
he became Grand Master of the Freema-
sons of England, and in 1875 first princi-
pal of the Royal Arch Freemasons. The
same year he visited India.
In company with the Princess and his
eldest son. the Duke Of Clarence. he Wis
tied ireland. The Irish people. always
ready 20 forgive and forget, were as cor
dial as If he had been regular caller
One of the events of this tour was the
comforting of the degree of Doctor of Mu-
sic on the Princess of Wales by the Royal
University. AT one place the local Ma
tionalist band sat up all night practicing
God Save the Queen in order to be
ready for the visit of the royal party. 1t
was an air which the musicians had never
played before. The Prince became a
grandfather in 1891 by the birth of the
summer Of 1893 and 1894 he raced his |
yacht, the Britannia, and in 1894 after |
many racing successes he captured the |
blue ribbon of the turf, his horse Persim- |
mon winning the Derby. On the occasion |
of the Jubilee of 1897 the Prince appealed |
to the public with success to support the |
hospital fund.
In 1898 he slipped on the stairs while on |
a visit to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschiid |
Il Wedderdon Manor and fractured his |
kneecap. On the advice of Sir William
the Irish surgeon, no opera
ion was performed. and there was COM
plete recovery. A boy of the name Sipido,
| Belgian, tried to shoot the Prince at the
Brussels railroad station on April 4, 1860.
1t was on the occasion of the action for
livorce by Sir Charles Mordaunt against
lis wife in March, 1875, that the Prince
insisted on going on the witness stand.
lie is said to have ''per1ured himself like
gentleman" He was involved in a
scandal of another sort in June, 1891 At
he house of Mr.. Wilson of Tranby Croft,
iir William Gordon Cumming was caught
heating at cards The Prince Of Wales.
Who was present, advised that the whole
natter be hushed UP. Lady Brooke. the
'abbling brook" talked and the facts
anne out. Soon after Sir William was
married to Miss Florence Josephine Gar
Ter, daughter of Commodore Garner. Of
Jew York City. -.-.--.. r., o
The new King, as his mother did speaks
With a slight German accent. This is said
O be due to the fact that that language
S largely used by the royal family in
heir private life. ........I
The King Edwards of England.
EDvyARD SON of Henry Ill was born