Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-20
Local League Standing.
MOST BEAUTIFUL IN LONDON.
Home Of Lady Naylor-LeyIand Will
Attract British Royalty and Nobility
at Coronaton-Her Brattleboro Rel.

Princely in its hospitality will be the
London home of beautiful American
woman during the coronation festivities
Lady Naylor-Leyland, who was Miss
Jennie Wilson Chamberlain, will gather
about her in her splendid palace the
very cream of English royalty and nobil
ity.
The New York papers recently devoted
extended articles, with Illustrations,
showing the home of Lady Leyland. des-
cribing II as the most beautiful in Lon.
don. 1t was stated by the New York
World that her progenitors came from
Brattleboro. This is correct, her grand
father being Selah Chamberlain, who was
born and who lived during his boyhood
and early manhood i'm district No. 6.
He eventually became noted canal
builder and railroad builder. and in his
later days was banker in Cleveland. He
founded the family fortune of some mil
lions, but it is understood that a large
part of it was lost by his heirs. Lady
NaylorLeyland was a daughter of w.
S. Chamberlain merchant in Cleve-
land
In this connection it is interesting to
note that the sister of Selah Chamber
lain was the wife of DR.. John Wilson
the physician who practced in Brattle-
boro. and who was supposed to have
been the notorious highwayman, Thumb
erbolt. Dr. Wilson left a son, who went
to Ohio in his early manhood and IT is
understood that he was associated there
with members of the Chamberlain family.
The fact has never before been made
public. but it is believed that the son of
Thunderbolt came to Brattleboro about
five years ago, when he had cleaned and
repaired the tombstone in the Prospect
Hill cemetery marking the grave of his
father but he did not reveal his indemnity
to any .of the people in the village.
Bart, died in May, 1899 10 years after
his marriage to the Cleveland beauty. he
left to his wife a life interest in all of
his property. valued at more than 5000. =
900, with the proviso that If she mar
ried again her income was to be re-
duced to $4,000 a year.
Sir Herbert was only Sc years old at
his death, which is just the age at this
time of his widow. She has two small
sons.
The match was purely a love affair,
for at the time of the marriage Sir Her
bert was a commoner. having not yet
been created a baronet. and his bride
could not expect AT best more than $500
600 from the estate of her father.
Lady Naylor-L eyland has been paint
ed by score of famous artists. but it is
declared that none of the many who have
essayed to picture her charms has ever
nearly approached the lovelness she ex-
her the Morning Glory because her eyes
always seem so wide open and so clear
in color
Hyde Park House is familiar to royalty
in England, and Lady Naylor-Leyland' :
return to society after her period of
mourning for her husband was signalized
| by dinner in her mansion which was
attended by the King.
| Lady Naylor-Leyland has for town
| residence a house which from the eN-
terror or from within, it is no eXaggera-
4 ton to say. is absolutely palatial
short flight of wide marble steps
| tianked by enormous crouching lions
leads up to the central hall which is
| open to the roof of the house and lighted
| therefrom. From the centre of this hall
! rises the great staircase. This staircase
is, in the opinion of experts. rivalled only
| by two in England. those at Dorchester
and Chesterfield House. and by one on
| the continent. at the Grand Opera House
| in Paris.
The art treasurers are worth S5OO,ooO
| alone.