New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-26
SAVED BY A FOOL.
An AngLo-4merican Family Which
Ozces It's Estate to a Jester.

O
CO.. Yesterday is not without American interest
=. --l,orrss NAV be said unite in his person
"a, ancient fanilies-namely. that Of Hesketh and
,rar q Ferrnor- For his mother. Lady Arabeila
r-s-7,or vas the daughter and ultimate heiress OF
.re fourth Earl Of PomfreL q peerage which be-
-,a extinct with the death Of his the fifth
s-l vvfer the estates which had been in the
Ee--ror family for many centuries passed into the
oszsssion Of Lady Ara5ella Hesketh. whose hus-
80 he late Sir Thomas Hesketh, was authorized
: he --ovsn TO assume both the OF the earls
- po7.f-et and their patronymic OF Fermor in con-
+s7cfion with his own
7-.etor %eston the principal country seat Of Sir
--.,~,as and LADY Fermor Hesketh. comes 10 them
e, the EarIs q PoTnfret. who may be said to have
- SIS possession 70 VIII Summers the fool and
s-s- os King Henry VII The latter had been
,sz-,v iacsnsed BY The hospitality and protection
-r-=s1 rv The FerTnor OF his day toward pro-
-f1e5 Catholic priest. and in consequence thereof
-. me master Of Ezston Weston into prison and
,o-es-z-ed his property. The Jester. who had been
.-sAb-ed 70 rhe Fe-mors for many kindnesses. haV-
,-, --ragtt up on their estates, showed himself
-. friend. and so effective did his influence prove
- - king that Mr.. Fermcr was not only
.-5ored .5at likewise restored 70 the possession
O. lis estates
.-r-o The many interesting things at Easton
,etor IS 2 chess table, which belonged to Louise
70 csero1ailles the French spy. whom Louis XIV
-t-rsfra5 st the court Of King Charles Il, IN
,-lose esvor she obtained 50 high place that ne
--ss+ed her Duchess Of Portsmouth subsequently,
-
,s-l she bo-e him This chess faole, at the
z.r - .fa Duchess Of Portsmouth, was be-
-.--,es 70 her sister. Henriette. who married
rpir- eighth Ear Of Pembroke, who in turn left
T. n her erard6aughteT. HenTiette Louise countess
@ Ponstret.
80, +--.o-s and al the time when Sir Robert
tlael,srh was knighted by King Henry VIZ LOT
s-.f.es f,i war had already been settled ior q
,--1s ,f hundred years in Lancashire. Sir IhoIlas
n
- -,-.-r-s~ tssd and previous TO that time had
bsaD = freouent visitor 70 this country
- .--Cr,rcernert that the Hon Thomas A
77ssz-r vFo is now in this country with his Wife
Ts6v Tdins daughter Of Lord AbergaVeIny' mas
- 80 name 10 be put forward as the Con-
eerra-fre candidate for the representation OF Rye
~ che House II Commons furnishes another IL
1us-rsr!oa ~ the usner IN whlcn iaTnlIles VINO
sfte- acquiring first Of all great wealth, and then
ttIez q nobility, gradually become converted INTO
enthusiastic Tories
The present Lord Brassey's father was an
enormously wealthy railroad contractor, who was
n~oua n the fact that he began life al
ne ve-- foot os the ladder, having been a starv-
ing r~ch.n il the streets CT Liverpool before earn
ing his bread day laboTer- At his death ne
Ief- each ~ MS sons not only a snare IN Ms
business which most profitable, but likewise
fortunes yielding them an income Of 100000 year
each.
Ths eldest ~ these sons attached himself TO
the political fortunes q Nj Gladstone and became
besides being known one Of the financial pillars
OF he Liberal party, and the owner Of the steam
yacht Sunbeam Els eldest son and heir has now
drfte6 over 70 the Conservative party after having
uusuccesstully contested less than three Parma
rre-Uz-v constituencies as Liberal LORD Brassey
ana his son have achieved some fame editors Of
that useful handbook The Naval Almanack,' a
standard work
some OF the most ancient houses Of the aristoc-
Tzcv q Furope are without nobiliary titles Many
bz md n q
larger number in Scotland, this remark being
called forth by the announcement Of the death at
Poraaise Cattle Of Colonel John Murray The
colore7 might have passed from the AIanuc 10
the Pscac Coast without exciting any more at
teuton than that which would be accorded TO an
old soldier who served his country CALAMITY on
many e battlefield notably in the Crimean War
But in the English great world and all over scot
land TIE name OF Murray Of Polmaise and Of
T0uchadsm was one with which 10 conjure and
10 tide could have added TO its Iustre or 10 its
prestige I'm the eyes of the colonel's countrymcn-
The colonel was descended from the Murrays Of
Boutwell, and his family was founded by Sir An
drew de 1Ioravia who settled in Strlingshire
n The reign q King David H. since which time
there has always been q Murray Of Touchadam.
The lands Of Polmaise came into the family by
marriage with the Cunnnghams in the fifteenth
century. since which time the head Of the house,
who likewise chief OF the great Scotch clan OF
Murray. has invariably been known as the Murray
Of Polrnaise and Touchzdam- The colonel, whose
first wife was a daughter OF the late Duke Of Mont
rose and his second wife, his widow, daugh-
Ter u Colonel Towneley Of Towneley, Lancashire
ran English house almost as famous and IS ancient
IS that q the MTrrays OF P0Inalset, leaves nc
children by either union. and succeeded in the
chieftsirship OF the clan well as IN the posses
sion Of the vast entaiied estates, by his younger
brother James who now becomes, therefore, the
Murray n Folnlaise-'
Emperor William has once more given Illus
trz-ton q his originality and political ingenuity Dy
of hrafr
snd which = brought 70 q successful conclusion
es now appears probable is destined To exercise
ve-y important bearing upon the troubled situa-
zion IN The East OF Europe. Il is nothing more
less than alliance. offensive and defensive
between Turkey and Greece, who but a few years
ago were ar war with each other, and who fo-
some TWO hundred years past have been always
regarded as bitter foes IN fact the entire history
o. modern Greece Is a record Of Ottoman oppres-
sion, aggression and hostility Of one kind or an
Other ana while there is 10 nobility the Hellenic
kingdom. ana nobilary titles recognized
granted OF even tolerated. the families who are
regarded IS distinguished by their ancestry are
precisely those founded by the patriotic leaders o.
the var q liberation from Mosiem rule in the early
part % the last century.
Tire hatred entertained in Greece for the Turks
has now given way much more intense ami
mostly against Russia and against those Balkan
States namely. Bulgaria, RUmanIa Servia and
Montenegro which have shown themselves FOR
more than twenty-five years the most relentless
s5gersaries Cf Hellenic aspirations, being opposed
any Increase u the size and IN the power Of
Greece. Indeed. the Greeks IL the Balkan States
have encountered nothing buc unfriendiiness or
the part Of the Bulgarian. Servan, Rumanian ano
Montenegro population and authorities. wei
a Il tte Russian agents
Or the other hand. the Sultan has always showed
himself exceptionally well disposed 10 the Greeks
81 MS dornrions There are more than eight million
q thsn subject 10 his rule with which they showed
themselves content. Many Of them. in spite Of their
Christian fasta hold high Offices IN his service