The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-03
MISS GOELET'S FIANCE
British Journalist Discusses the
Duke of Roxburghe.
BIS POSITION IN THE PEERAGE.

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Personalities In the London Leader
About the Noble SON of the Innes-
Ker Family and His American
Bride EIeet-FinanciaI Aspect OF
the Alliance.
People who find themselves disturbed
in mind BY the personalities Of Ameri-
can Journalism may be interested in
the following dignified remarks Of the
London Leader upon the approaching
wedding Of Miss May Goelet and the
Duke Of Roxburghe, says the New
York World.
His grace the Duke of RoxBurghe
has proclaimed his wrongs In the sym.
pathetic columns Of the New York
World. The papers have been limiting
that the duke has regarded his APP
preaching marriage with Miss May
Goelet as fiscal problem, that she is
to dump the dollars in his ancestral
home, and he will make her duchess.
This may be regarded as reciprocity or
as retaliation, according to the point
Of view. The duke is, however. an
noyed and las denounced the tales told
about the marriage settlement as tut
ter rot
Somewhat incautiously the noble
duke proelaims:
have an estate equal to that of the
noble woman whom / am to marry
1t is to be hoped that the income tax
authorities win take note of this state
ment and viii take him accordingly.
1 Who is this nobleman who talks
easily about utter rot" to the enter.
prising representative of the New
York World? Let me set forth his
proud titles SO that the American eagle
may scream in triumph over her latest
conquest. The gentleman in question
is:
| Sir Henry John Innes-Ker. eighth Duke
/ Of Roxburghe Marquis of Bowmont and
! Cessford. Earl of Roxburghe Earl OF
keiso, Viscount Broxmouth, Baron Rox-
burghe and Baron Ker of Cessford and
Cavertoun, in Scotland; Earl lines in the
! United Kingdom and q baronet of Nova
! Scotia.
That is to say, he is a duke, mar
quis, three earIs, yiscount, two bar
ons and sort Of a baronet.
Let me explain a little more fully
the significance and potentiality Of
these titles. As viscount Henry John
is regarded by his monarch as 'our
right trusty and well beloved cousin:'
as an earl he is again "our right
trusty and well beloved cousin" and
also sometimes "most noble and puis-
SAINT prince" as a marquis he is .'our
right trusty and entirely beloved
| cousin" as well as occasionally smost
noble and puissant prince" The read
er will notice the distinction between
well beloved and entirely beloved
These subtleties are understood in the
peerage. Was it not nobleman who
in offering marriage to a lady said he
was prepared to marry her "perma-
nently, but not exclusively And
then as a duke Henry John Is his
monarch's fright trusty and right en-
tirely beloved cousin" and sometimes,
say on bank holidays, "most high, POI
tent and noble prince" I am unable
to say what style Of address he can
claim as a baronet Of Nova Scotia, pos
sihly "onr right entirely jolly good fell
low, which nobody can deny"
Well, there he is, and as he says he
has as good an estate as May it seems I
to me that the girl has a young man OF |
whom she need not be ashamed. The
RoXburghe family is fairly old, too as
they descend from John ker, described |
as ,eof the forest Of Selkirk." This
may mean that the original John lived |
In the trees, and il he squatted near
the top of a tail tree he would know
all about the claims OF long descent |
when be had to come down. John was
a man Of resource, for it is on record |
that
He obtained charter Of all the lands |
and tenements In Auldtounburn resigned |
by John de Copeland, dated Monday aft !
err the Feast Of the Publication Of the i
Blessed Virgin. 1857"
II one looks through the family his
tory of the Kers it viii be seen that
they were always obtaining charters
It was their forte, their staple indus
try. Robert Ker, Andrew Ker Walter
Ker kept on obtaining charters-one of
them was killed, but accidents will
happen and at last, in 1904, there was
one John Ker who wanted something
better than charters OF lands and tene-
ments, SO he went into politics. He
must have been a pushful politician,
for he became secretary of state, Wis
count an earl, marquis and duke.
II would be unfair as well as impo-