The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-11
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE OLD WORLD

/ 10 pccrages. and, inasmuch, as no peer
can take his seat in the House of
Lords or cast his vote IN the election
OF representative peers of Scotlcnd
and Ireland unless he has received
either a summons from the Sovereign,
or else has procured the latter's in.
structions to Lyon hng-atarms OF
Ulster king-atarms to add his name to
the roster Of Scotch or Irish peers, it
is the Crown, advised by the com.
mittee Of privileges of the House Of
Lords which has the final say.
Refuse to Recognize Him.
The mulatto son Of the eighth Eerl
Of Stamford 10 legitimate, according TO
the law Of the British colony in which
he was born. But the committee OF
privileges of the house of lords absO-
lutely declined to recognize his legit.
imacy on the ground that he had
been born out of wedlock, and advised
the Crown against his recognition.
Consequently. the late Queen Victoria
refused to entertain his claims to his
fathers pccragc, and issued a sum
mons to the late earl's nephew, for.
merly a schoolmaster in the West
Indies aad who is now the ninth Earl
of Stamford.
/ may add that Martha, Countess of
Stamford the Hottontot widow of the
eighth earl, has married again, her
present husband being Peter Pietersc,
Boor She still, however, retains
her former titlc, so that there are at
the present moment three Counte3se1
Of Stamford, namely, the wife Of the
present carl, the Hottentot countess,
and the widow OF the seventh carl, |
popularity known rs Kitty, Countess of
Stamford and Warrington It is tnis
lady who has possession Of all the ex
tensivc property of the Earldom of
Stamford. which on her death will
pass to the present earl, who is now
in somewhat straitcned circum
stances.
A Variety Actress.
Kitty. Lady Stamford before her
marriage, was known on the variety !
stage in London as Kitty Cox. She was
bold dashing, fascinating and clever, |
but naturally unable to meet the social
requirements ncco9qary for present
alton at court. She became the rage |
with clubmen, who always treated |
her as she demanded to be treated, |
with coutosy. rather easily and in.
formally. perhaps. at times, but still
with a courtesy that bordered on re
spect. Indeed. in times, Lady STAN.
ford won her way to such an extent
that her home. both In town end
country. was invariably filled with the
most eligible of male guests.
A few years after her marriage,
Lady Stamford rented a box at the
opera from Mitchell the great Bond
Street agent for seats at the theater,
With characteristic pluck she insisted
upon having. and for a good, round
sum obtained. the "loge" adjoining
the royal box For some time Queen
Victoria did not attend. and meanwhile
Lady Stamfords box was thronged
every opera night by noblemen and
wellknown clubmon. This and tho
stylish beauty Of the countescs az
.trlctcd tho attcntion OF her majogty,
when at length she did visit the opera,
ahd. OF course the womanly question
soon arose In tho royal box as to who
the fair noighbor might be The
Queen then learned for the first time
the Identity OF Lady Stamford, end
the reasons which had debarred her
from presentation at court, and she
at once realized that it would never do
for her the sovereign, to appear at