The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
Earl Of Dudley. the Lord Lieu
tenant of Ireland.
THEYOUNG MARLBOROUGH
His Appointment as Under Secretary Of
State for the Colonies Has Caused
Some Surprse-king and
Queen Love Dogs.
By PAUL LAMBETH.
Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch.
Copyright, l9O3.l


LONDON, August s.--The Earl OF Dud-
ley, the recently appointed Lord Lieuten-
ant of ireland. who has been naturally
very busy during the Kings visit to Ire
land. is without doubt the most popular
Viceroy Ireland has had in recent years,
which Is quite in keeping with the new
era OF concord that has commenced in the
Emerald Isle.
Directly after his appointment he and
Lady Dudley ingratiated themselves with
the people by making prolonged auto
mobile tour in the west of Ireland, where
they investigated the conditions under
which the habtants of that dlstressfu1
region live.
Lord Dudley Is a handsome man Of
thirtyscvcn, and is the second holder of
revived earldom.
He takes his title from a grimy Wor-
.cestershire town In the heart Of the
''back country" which corresponds to,
the Pttsbure iron district and from
whose collieries he draws an income of
$10O.Oc0 a year.
His beautiful and accomplished wife
was the daughter of Mr.. Quincy, the
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the Duke and Duchess of Bedford.
She has q fine voice, and when slunl.
ming In the East End of London with.the
Duchess Of Bedford. she was wont to
charm the ears of the poor with her
singing. Lord and Lady Dudley have
three children. OF whom the middle one,
Viscount Ednam, aged nine. is heir to
the title.
Causes Surprise.
The appointment OF the young Duke
OF Marlborough to be under Secretary OF
State for the Colonies has caused some
surprise. for beyond holding the sinecure
Office OF Paymas,er- General for couple
of years. he has had no experience OF adj
ministratve work.
He is. however. a good speaker, though
his voice Is somew hat harsh.
Like SO many Of the younger British no.
bemen. he served in the field during the
Boer war. and though to all appearances
not very strong, he returned safe and
sound from the campaign.
This dclicacy may be due to the pecu-
liar circumstances In which tho husband
OF Consuelo Vanderbilt came into the
world
His father and mother, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Blandford, were travelling
in India. and for some reason the Mar
qu!s left his wife up country. In the
OF the neighboring towns.
While he was away the present Duke
-.. born. there being no European doc
tor or nurse within hail and not even a
white servant in the house.
Tho Marchioness was, therefore. entire
~ In the hands Of the natives. who. how.
ever. displayed great kindness, and in
spite OF the fact that the baby was deli
cate. he was pulled through his first
trouble. .',<sH Il iikH.A
Local Color.
THE Old Curiosity Shop" so.callcd In
shabby Portugal Street hard by Lincoln,s
Inn Fields. has been sold to an enter
prising American.
The Old Curiosity Shop" was immor-
talized by Dickens in the novel Of that
name but the shop so immortallzed isn't
precisely this one In Portugal Street, al.
though syn over the door says as much.
Americans visiting London and do
ing" "Dickensland" always go to this
"old Curiosity Shop" where they buy
photographs and chat with the, obligng
clerk about Little Nell"
Dickens In the novel never gave a
definite location t. The shol. and his
bographers always scofed the suggas-
ton that the shop in Portugal Street Was
the one that the novelist depicted.
Nevertheless. Americans for years have
been visiting the house No. IA Portugal
Street in order to obtain realistic local
color.
The sign has been good thing" for
the proprietor who, 1t Is reported, is
selling 1.-THE Old Curiosity Shop" to an
American, who is to take 1t down piece
by piece and reconstruct 1t In some city
in the United States, where the name
Dickens Is still one to conJure with.
Loves Dogs.
The King like the Queen, is vary fond
OF dogs.
He has an Irish terrier. Jack" that he
has always By his side when he Is at
home in buckingham Palace
Recently His Majesty wanted Jacks
portrai, painted, and as he declined to
be separated from the dog long enough to
permit It to go to the artists studio for
sittings the artist, Miss Earl, came to
Buckingham Palace.
There the King had a studio arranged
for her, and there Jack" sat for his
portrait.
At breakfast and lunch time "Jaci"
couldn't sit, for he had to go to the
Kings dining room, where, With HIS
Majesty, the terrier always takes break