New-York tribune., 1903-07-22

E-i,isb Envoy at Munich is Reginald Tower. who
ras in Washington for several years with the late
Iord Pauncefote, and who after service at Peking,
both Immediately prior and subsequent TO the siege
II the legations. has more recently been figuring
English Minister to Siam.
Considerable curiosity has been manifested by
those American and English people who are in the
habit of spending the winter in the south of France
as 10 the identity Of the Mr.. William Freeman
Ehom Prince Louis Of Bourbon, Count Aquila. and
q full-hedged royal highness, is accustomed to
nresent everywhere as his son-in-law. Whenever
Queen Victoria STAYED in the south of France she
made point of receiving both Prince Louis of
Bourbon and his English son-in-laW. MT. Freeman
and Of inviting them to dinner while King Edward
and other foreign royalties show them similar at
tention It may be. therefore. well TO explain just
who M william Freeman is. the more so as his
birth and ancestry are of the most romantic char
acter.
tt may be remembered that the Royal Due de
Berry only son and heir Of King Charles y or
France contracted, while in exile i'm England dur
ing the reign Of the first Emperor Napoleon. mar
rage according 10 English law with Miss Amy
Brown. the daughter of an English clergyman of
the name OF Brown. This marriage was not recog-
nzed as legal in France after the Bourbon restora
ton in consequence of its having failed to receive
the sanction Of the dukes father then COmte
dBrtois. and Of his uncle King Louis XVIII, and
be. therefore, in Difference to dynasuc and polit-
considerations married during the llIeillne OF
Amy Brown a daughter Of the Bourbon King of
Naples who survived him Duchess de Berry,
and whose son. after having regned for a few
aours as Henry of France. on the abdication in
his favor OF his grandfather King Charles X. in
1870 spent the remainder Of his days in exile under
the name Of the Duke OF Bordeaux and the Count
OF Chambord.
BY his marriage with Amy Brown the Duke of
Berry had three sons. The two elder boys, John
and Robert were for some mysterious reason,
and
UP under the care of their mothers father, the
clergyman as Protestants and English subjects,
whereas the third son. George, well as the two
daughters. were reared by the Dukes French rela-
tiyes and friends Roman Catholics and as
French citizens
The story Of the two little girls is well known.
When the Duke Of Berry assassnated at the
opera at Paris he sent for them and conflded them
70 his uncle King Louis XVIII, and TO his royal
wife, the Duchess Of Berry. who adopted them.
One OF them married the Baron de Charrette father
OF the present popular French general Of that
name. who is married to Miss Polk. of Tennessee
while the other became the wife Of the Prince de
LUcnge Faucigny. George Brown died only few
years ago without issue at Nantes.
But his eldest brother, John Freeman, after seTv-
ing in the English navy as officer, married at
Berne, IN the presence Of the British Envoy
credited TO the Swiss Republic, a Nile. de Blonay,
sister of Baron W. de Blonay. who is the chief OF
one OF the most ancient and lustrious families OF
the Swiss Canton de Vaud. The old castle of
Bonay, about three miles from Montreux, the
slope OF the mountains that surround the Lake of
Geneva, is familiar 10 all American tourists. and is
most picturesque The Blonays are imbued with
much family pride, and would permit the
riage Of any daughter Of their house John Free
man until they had satisfied themselves in the
most positive manner that he was at any rate. ac-
cording to English law. a legitimate son OF the
Duke de Berry and Of Amy Brown. born in lawful
and ecclesiastical wedlock and a legitimate brother
therefore OF the Baroness de Charrette and OF the
Princess de Lucinge Faucigny. He died in 1866 at
Zurich leaving six children. three of whom now
survive The eldest, John, married TO Mile. de
Szamere. makes his home in Italy: the second
Marie, married to Count Louis Echthal, died two
years ago: the third. William married the daughter
OF Prince Louis Of Bourbon, above mentioned; the
fourth Robert. died in Australia; the fifth Godfrey,
died in India. while the sixth, Henry, married a
Miss Adams, ana lives in England
Prince Louis Of Bourbon, Count AcquiIar belongs
10 mat particular branch Of the Naples Bourbons
which has made its peace with the now regning
4shly OF ltaly, and is well known in this country,
~here spent considerable time marrying In
-e"-i orK an American girl. a Miss HameI who
now bears the title of Countess de Rocca
- ou1sleNno. His marriage took place on March
- 4eeS Two children were born to the rnion q
caughter who through courtesy is styled ..Prin-
cess Marie Of Bourbon" although in law rnereIv
MIS- "illiaIh freeman. and a son, who, strictly
speaAihs' sHouId bear the title of his American
iHoIheI' namely that Of Count de Rocca Guigliemo
ana OF Roman society. is styled Prince of Bour-
Don He Is an officer in the Italian arnav was a
particular fayorite Of the late King Hunbert and
Is married 10 the wealthy daughter of Count Val
branca, Portuguese Consul General at Rome
Prince Louis himself is a son Of that old rriro.
OF the same name who married Princess Ta,,,
OF Brazil sister OF the late Emperor non, T3adro
At the time Of the overthrow of the king5or, oF
Naples. forty-three years ago. the late ,,r5no. -
grand-uncle Of the last King OF Nanles ,,a
admiral in chief Of the Neapolitan feet T-+iI $50
he stayed with his brother-in-Iaw. Emneror no.,
PEDRO. in Brazil. but after the Brazilian 1,
ton. when the Emperor was no longer sbIa e
provide for his welfare, he found himself in r.+r
stra!tened circumstances until King t5u,,hor+
effected a reconciliation with him. appointed bi,
10 the rank Of admiral of the feet in the Ita1ia
navy and enabled him TO recover from the -TtsIia,
Government the valuable property of his wife in
Italy. "
There is but one European capital where rnedJ
HFal class distinctions have remained 10 sucb
an extent unimpared that its theatres the mem,
oess Of the nobility enjoy the hereditary right to
al the best seats. the merchant classes and Tho
DouFgeoisie although able and willing to paw more
man the sristocracy for the best places being de-
barred therefrom by reason Of their inferior birth
mar capital IS Neu-Strelitz the metropolis OF the