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added to which he is the inventor and originator OF
the smoking concert so popular

the smoking concert now so popular.
One OF the college friends Of King Edward. Lord
Dunmore, secured through the latter personally
signed letter Of recommendation from the late
Car, which enabled him to accomplish his famous
ride on horseback from Picking to Constantinople.
During the course OF this trip he managed to ex-
plore Cashmere. Thibet. the Pamirs and both Chi
nese and Russian Turkestan. and was considered
so dangerous by the Russian authorities that they
would have turned him back or arrested him had il
not been for the Cars letter He almost persisted
from cold and had fewer than four OF his horses
frozen to death. When he got back he published a
volume describing his travels which resulted In a
rather odd controversy In THE London Times.
Lord Dunmore having asserted that enc Of the
great Central Asian rulers. by whom he had been
entertained. was convinced OF divine consider
alton that he in the habit OF granting free
passes to heaven by means of letters OF recon-
mendation addressed to my brother Gabriel. the
dusky potentate wrote letter to THE London
Times" denouncing the earl liar declaring
that he had made but a poor return for the hospi-
tally received, and incidentally showed to travel
ers that the day for pulling the long bow is gone
by and that the explorer of distant lands longer
enjoys the privilege Of drawing upon his magma
ton OF embrodering his facts.
The earIdom of Dunmore given to the sec
ond son Of the Marquis Of Athol Lord Charles
Murray. who was master of the horse to Princess
Mary and Princess Anne, daughters OF King James
IL 1t was this first Earl of Dunmores grandson
who the last British Governor OF Virginia.
and while his memory IS obnoxious in that part
OF the United States owing to his wanton destruc-
ton OF property In the War Of Independence, he
was sufficiently attached to Virginia to give Its
name, not only to OF his sons, but also to
cause It to be given to several Of his granddaugh-
tiers.
1t was his daughter, Lady Augusta Murray,
whose marriage 10 King George IT'S son, the Duke
OF Sussex at Rome. without the sanction OF the
Crown, led to the enactment Of the so-called
Royal Marriage law, which renders unions con-
tracted bv the members Of the English reigning
house illegal unless the consent Of the sovereign
in council has previously been given under the
Great Seal OF England. There was son born
10 this union between the duke and Lady Augusta
Murray, VINO known in English society tor
many years under the name of Sir Augustus Muir
ray d'Este and who on account Of his pretenslons
to royal rank was q OF no end Of trouble
and annoyance to the reigning family during the
early part OF Queen Victoria's reign
Lord Dunnore has many American relatives
One Of his cousins. Henry Murray married
daughter Of Samuel Babcock. OF New-York- An
other, Captain Augustus Murray. of the Royal
Navy, married the daughter of David Lee, OF New
York an elder sister. believe Of that American
horn Countess of Waldersee who through her first
marriage with Prince Frederick Of Schleswg-Hol-
stein is an aunt of the German Empress. Then.
too there is Lord Dunmores uncle Sir Charles
Murray who married the daughter Of James Wads-
worth. Of Geneseo. n. Y, by whom he had son,
Charles Murray who was for time in the English
diplomatic service. and also served for several
terms in Parliament.
Let me add that the Murrays. despite their con-
slant associations with court life for two hundred
years past are very far from being courtiers IN
the sense of being suave and smooth spoken; for
Lord Dunmore. though he has served as IoTd-ln-
waiting to the Queen. is nothing If not orusque
and blunt. while his son. Lord Fincastle. when,
last summer, he had the misfortune 10 send ball
while playing tennis full in the face Of Princess
Margaret Of Connaught hurting her SO that she
was compelled to abandon the game. remained
mute. and did not even attempt to apologize.
Perhaps being a Christian Scientist. he remem-
bered that according to the ethics Of his creed
there is no such thing pain.
MARQUIsE DE FONTENoY.