Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-07-10
A SCION OF KINGS.
Virginia Physician Discovers That Young
J E.. B. Stuart Is Entitled to EEsisnd's


E..B. Stuart Is Entitled to EnsisEd's
Crown.
The following interesting story from
Newport News Will Interest Staunton
leaders, as young Stuart lived here for
some years, when his mother was prin
cipal of the Virginia Female Insti
tute:
While there is but a faint nebulous
feck upon the political horizon of Eu-
rope, hardly sufficient to warrant de-
Isignating his prospects for accession
to the crown and sceptre as g. remote
probability, it is within the bonnds of
possibility that a Newport News man
will, one day, ascend the throne of Eng
land as the successor of Edward the
Seventh.
He is Captain J. E. b. Stuart, the
only son of the famous Confederate
cavalry leader, a former Richmonder
and a prominent figure in business and
political circles here.
DIR. r. T. Styll, a physician and
allenist of more than local note, who
has just returned from tour of Eng
land and France, while abroad made
the discovery upon which the assertion
il based that Captain Stuart's genoa
logical position is such that in the
event of the restoration of the House
OF Stuart during his lifetime the crown
would be his by lineaI right.
Captain Stuart could not be found
to-day, but it is known that he has
never given the matter a thought and
is as yet in ignorance of the discovery
upon which DIR. Styll stumbled by the
merest chance while making a genoa
logical research for private purposes.
The doctor. however, is convinced of
the accuracy and legitimacy of what
he asserts and offers copies of the re-
cords involved to subsJantiate it all.
These interesting papers he will pres
ent to Captain Stuart at the earliest
opportunity.
Discussing the subject. over which
he is quite enthusiastic. DIR. Styll says
that his observations abroad inspired
the belief that there is a growing senti-
ment in favor of change of dynasty
in Great Britain. He could not imagine
any such violent transaction as the
period through which Servia is now
passing as possible in Great Britain,
but a revolutionary movement, sud
denly precipitated by political intrigue,
he considers not altogether unlikely,
and any such turn in the history of
England, he believes. must inevitably
result in the absolute overthrow of the
reigning family.
understand me-" continued DIR.
Styll: II do not mean to say that King
Edward is not favorite with the peo-
pie of Great Britain. On the contrary,
he is immensely popular with the
masses and classes alike. Since his &C
cessiOn to the throne the monarch has
cast off entirely his former associates
and is no longer the sporting prince.
The objection is to George, the presens
Prince of Wales, whose character and
habits are not to the liking of the staid
Britishers and whose marriage was
looked upon as an unfortunate alli-
ance."
DIR. Styll argues that the devotion of
the Britons to the House of Hanover
has ever been sustained by religious
sense of loyalty rather than love; that
since the tragic passing of Queen Anne
and the accession of the Elector George
of Hanover, on the evening of Aug. 10,
1714-accompllshed by the political in
trigue of the Whig dukes of Argyle
and Somerset with the Duke of ShreWs
bury, who was president of the cOun
Gil in the Tory ministry and the rival
of Bolllngbroke-the affections OF the
English people have never been weaned
from the Stuarts.
"A sudden revulSlOn," says the doc
tor, would logically cause return to
the old love, the House of Stuart, and
young 'Jeb' Stuart, of Newport News,
would find himself right in the line of
succession. None but Stuart could
gain recognition, and 'Jeb' is the near
est of the line of the Stuarts to the
English throne. So there you are y
Richmond Leader.