The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-13
HEIR TO ENGLAND'S THRONE
FIRST MARRIED IN MALTA
Brothers Death Forced Him to Give Up Wife-COn-
sort Said to Have Been Daughter Of Vice
Admiral TyrOn.

stormy scenes were enacted. Queen Vic
! tor1a is said to have taken hand in
| unraveling the difficulty and the Princess
| of Wales also had great difficulty in
bringing the trying incident to satisfac-
| tory ciosc. Great pressure. was brought
| to bear upon the young man and 1t was
| made plain to him that under the law his
| first marriage had in reality been no mar
| rage at all. He finally give In under
| the opportunities OF his mother and the
/ threats of his grandmother and his father
and consented to marry his present wife.
| Owing to the Importance of the persons
| involved every attempt was made to hush
up the scandal and keep 1t from the pub
| lie. Those acquainted with the circun-
| stances were sworn to secrecy, but nu-
merous rumors were kept anoat II was
stated that the lady from Malta" had
rooms On Buckingham Palace. and that
the Prince visited her at least once .
day and usually took one meal with her.
The newspapers took the matter up. and.
although they did not enter much into
| detail, they limited and printed at length
parallel cases of this sort. Ancient scam
dais of the same nature we're revived ana
printed in full and London was agog with
stories. At that time the woman's name
was never divulged, and 1t might never
have become known to the world at large
but for a tragic occurrence in the Med
iterranean sea In the latter part OF june
1893. 1.a
stupendous Disaster at Sea.
While London was gay with the deco
ratons for the coming nuptials and while
the playhouseS were open ana state balls
were in progress the city awoke one
between the British battleship Victoria,
fiaEship' of the Mediterranean squadron.
and the Camperdown. The ships met %
terrible impact at sea thirty miles on
Tripoli and 400 lives were lost. Vice-Ad-
miral Sir George Tyron, k. G. B.s was
one of the officers lost.
There were many peculiar circumstances
surrounding the. collision, which led 20
courtmartfal of the officec commanding
the Camperdown. At that, inquiry there
came to light some strange facts. but they
were suppressed for a time. It was stated
Lord clifford that Admiral Tyron had
said while the Victoria was sinking that
the accident was his own fault.
''It was entirely my doing; 1t was en-
uted to him as he went into the chart
house, from which there was no hope o.
rescue or escape, and went down with
his ship to his death.
Further investigation brought out the
fact that the Admiral. old in service and
honored by the Queen and the people OF
Great Britain, had committed suicide In
this spectacular manner, taking with him
to his death the battleship and his officers
and crew.
Cause Attributed to the Prince.
II was then rumored that the cause for
the frightful act of the Admiral was the
approaching marriage of Prince George.
1t was said that his daughter was the
woman popularity known as the lady OF
Malta" and that when he discovered the
shame that had attached to his name he
had gone half mad with grief. When
| these things came to light the world was
| not at a loss for moment for his last
| fearful act. 1t was then stated that he
| had taken that mode to escape from the
shame and degradation forced upon him
by his sovereigns. ..--. .,.. .-t
Admiral Tyron stood high in the navy
and was a man with great record. His
name first appears in the naval lists dur
ing the Crimean war. He rapidly arose
in the ranks and his career was a brill
liant one. He was made Vice-Admiral
and commander in~chief of the Mediter-
rauean force August 20. 1891. ~