The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-04
The sackNlLLE SCANDAL

London was again promised the eX-
element of the unfolding of another
scandal when it was announced a few
days ago that man named Henry
Sackville-W had declared in Madrid
that Lord Sackville had married a
Spanish dancer Sackville-West
claimed that he was the son of this
marriage and therefore heir to the
Sackville estates.
Lord Sackville was at one time Brit
ish minister at Washington, being
known then as Sir Lionel Sackville-
West. He was indiscreet enough in the
first Cleveland Harrison campaign to
reply to a letter from a man who
signed himself Murchison. intimating
that it would be pleasing to England
if Grover Cleveland should be elected.
The minister's letter was published.
He received his passport and returned
to England.
Lord SackvilIe, who has been lead
ing almost the life of recluse and is
now a feeble old man, instead of at
tempting to silence the scandal, has
made a frank statement about his re-
lations with the Spanish dancer. He
says that he is the father of the man,
Sackville-Wes and Of three daugh-
ters all of whom. however, were born
out of wedlock. The Spanish dancer,
he alleges, was never his wife, not for
the reason that he did not wish to
make her such, but because, as he
claims, she was already married when
they fell in love. They lived together
happily until fifteen years ago when
she died. The Oldest daughter married
into a distinguished French family, the
second daughter, by a family arrange
ment. became he wife of Lord Sack
villes nephew and heir presumptive to
the estate. The third daughter is at
present in Paris. His daughters, Lord
Sackville says. are very beautiful and
very like theic mother. The son, who
calls himself Henry SIckville-West.
according to his fathers story, had al
ways been treated as a legitimate
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had been received with flial ingrati-
tude. If the story told by Lord Sack
vile is true. under the laws of Eng
land the son has no right to the name
Of Sackville-West
1t is said that at Madrid Lord Sack
ville's story is generally accepted and
it is believed there hat the aim of the
son was to wiring money from his
father. 1t is. however. admitted that
the certificate Of the marriage Of the
dancer to the Spaniard appears to have
been tempered as though a name had
been erased and another substituted
pering was done recently and hint
that Henry Sackville-West has been
engaged in a great fraud. They declare
that il is all a vast Matchmaking plot
Whether the case will really be drag
ged into the courts and a tremendous
fight made depends, of course upon
Henry Sackville-West. whose conten-
ton is that he is legitimate child.
It is believed by some that he will not
venture so far.
The story about Lord Sackvlle is of
more than ordinary interest in Wash
ington for the reason that his eldest
DAUGHTER was received into the official
circles there. and was extremely popu-
lar. It was supposed that Lord Sack
vile had been married to the mother
when she was on her death-bed. What
ever question there was as to the
propriety of taking the daughter into
society was dispelled by the informa-
ton that she. had previously been re-
ceived by the Queen.