The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02
"YHB BUTTERFLY MARQUIS"
AMUsEMENTsl OF rTHEglFIFTH
MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY.
me Scion OF . waterloo Hero VINO Has
Turned q Chapel Into . Theatre ana
Acts In Buricsauc Himself Impres-
sons in England OF Ills ways.

8A0ln |"
LONDON. Feb. 2i.-During the greater
pert Of the last century there lived and
aourished In Great Britain. and
when Il suited him, a gentleman OF ancient
lineage. who wal born upon a Christmas
Day. In the course Of his terrestrial Pill
Rlmage he married thrice. -.
His Arst wife was British, his second
Irish. the third from a foreign State called
0eorpia. To the second wife, In the year
of grace 1875, was born a son. For the
space of t~wenty-three years this son re-
NAMED, ~ II were, In the pupa state-he
was only an Earl.
Then from this patrician chrysahs
emerged the radiant image known as the
Butterfly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS described
rs eth Marquis Of Anglesey, Earl oil ux-
bridge. Middlese1. and Baron Psget OF
Beaudesert, county Of Stafford, and a
Baronet &c.
The ~marouisate. which dates from 1915.
was paIned. and earned right valiantly,
bv the second Earl Of Uxbridge on the field
of battle. He was a brilliant soldier. who
wa, a Lieutenant Colonel at the early age
OF rs.
Being then transferred from the infantry
n tho cavalry, he served under Sir John
Moore as leader Of the cavalry brigade
and distinguished himself greatly In the
fierce struggles OF the Peninsular War.
At the battle OF Waterloo he commanded
the English cavalry. and performed many
feats Of skilful daring.
Twice he led the Guards TO the charge.
Then, placing himself at the head OF the
Heavy Brigade. he led another swift, ter
rife charge, smashed up the French Guards
under Count d. Erlon. captured some 5000
Of them, and killed goodness knows how
many moro.
A story told In Anglesey relates how.
toward the close OF the battle, he refined up
by the side Of his chief, the great Duke.
when a shot from one of the last gum fred
by the French shattered his knee
.Bedadl SIR" cried the Earl. Il think
I've lost a leg
.Bedadl sir, I believe you have re-
piled tn Q Duke.
The story may be a myth; the leg was
not. 1t was amputated in a private house
ut Waterloo and buried in the garden.
Tourists may see to-day, besides a o
ment which marks its grave, the boot it
wore; also the chair in which its noble
owner sat when parting from II.
40 IsAt VI N"C epAAN'+AN NN'e -
pension Of Gi 200 q year was offered by way
Of compensation. This, however, he re-
fused, and some few days later, on July 4,
he was created Marquis Of Anglesey by the
Prince Regent. who afterward became
George ".
OF his two marriages were born moro
than a dozen children; and among his nu-
merous descendants many did, or now do,
ILL x8A-lr In cha N-a rInftQ aArNiRAC
do. Our concern. however, is with the
direct line. now represented by the Butter
fly Marquis"
The fourth Marquis succeeded his half
brother. The fifth. the Butterfly, is there
fore great grandson of the Waterloo hero.
Surely they forma curious contrast
One must. however, take note OF the
family motto. The coat OF arms consists
OF fearsome birds and b~easts-eagles dis
played, lions passant-guardant OF the field.
henldio tigers, ducally gorged, tufted and
named. But the motto is Per IL suo con-
frario.' That may be variously interpre-
ted, but a simple colloquial translation Is
'co~ntrarywise.'
Yet, in their widely differing spheres of
action, one may trace a similarity between
ancestor and scion: a certain ~thoroughness
is common to both. The Butterfly as mo-
torst is a very Jehu.
Il saw you going at a tremendous pace
the other day said someone TO him re-
Gently.
'oh, you should see me when nobody
sees me-. was his loTdship's somewhat HI
bernian reply.
He has a passion for precious stones,
for valuable jewelry Of all kinds and has
soEap The ,r,YIla 60 lao,pna m axnart
Il is not 30 easy, His knowledge il said
70 have been gained largely from the jew
oilers of the Rue de la Paix in Paris.
Their eyes brighten at his coming. OF
course il is an expensive hobby; but his
income. drawn mainly from his Stafford
shire estates, and amounting 10 nearly
El00 900 a year, enables him TO indulge in
II.
To Plas Newydd. eminent amid these
old-world places treated gently by the
scytheman, there was attached a private
chapel. its interior graced by a beautiful
roof and some finely-carved chancel choir
stalls. The advent Of the Butterfly changed
all this.
Plas Newydd become Anglesey Castle,
and the old family chapel the Gaiety
Theatre. The stage abbreviates the noble
fOol, lut bOlIlt tNdliS 10TH "a DdCh TOW
OF theatre seats.
And though, as a matter OF carpentering.
upholstery, painting, &c. all this is well
carried out. the effect is indescribably
tawdry, -Gaiety.' forsoothl 1t is artistic
ally criminal
The Gaiety Theatre. Anglesey Castle,
may be said to serve a double purpose.
1t enables the Marquis TO crafty his his
tnonio aspirations, and furnishes appropri-
ate occasion for the display of jewelry.
II provides him with an audience APP
preciative Of the first Dit is a fairly good
show, and tickets may be had for the trouble
OF asking, and p~erforce witness TO the
splendor OF the second. Thu choice Of
pieces indicates the double aim-this year,
Tor instance, Aladdin" next Christmas,
'Sinbad' is TO follow.
Fabulous wealth and general gorgeous
ness enter largely into both. Such panto-
mines are played for about six weeks in the
pantomime season.