New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-12
OF ROYAL DESCENT.
americans and English in the Line of
Succession to the British Crozcn.

The Marquis of Ruvisny." who has just pub
lished In London volume containing the names OF
no less than twelve thousand persons now living.
many hundreds of them Americans who are de-
scended from King Edward Nv and King Henry
VII OF England. and from King James III OF Scot
land. the names being arranged. alphabetically.
but as they would stand in the order Of succession
TO the British throne were IL not for the Act OF
Settlement is the author OF the so-called "Legti-
mist Calendar, member Of the Jacobite League
In England. and. IN spite OF his French title. an
Enslishmen.
The mystery which existed for a number o: years
with regard to his Identity and the origin OF hts
foreign title was 5ispelled about two years ago in
rather cruel fashion. when he subjected In
court OF law to a rather searching cross-examina-
ton as one OF the directors of the unfortunate
South Coast and Continental Service Company. the
ahairs OF which were in such shape to make
necessary the attention OF the authorities In
Quiries from the presiding Judge brought light the
fact that the Marquis of Ruvgny's" real name
was Heddle: that he was an English subject. his
father and grandfather had been before him. and
that he had assumed the style OF Marquis Of
Ruvigny and OF Raineval on the strength OF an
alleged descent from French viscount de
Ruvigny. who lived in 1885. and from a French
Marquis de Raineval, who lived In 1912 The mar
ouis good enough to add that he Of
Hueuenot ancestry. although the name OF Heddle
is distinctly English
title without official patent OF consent from the
crown. and inasmuch as the Marquis de Ruvgny
has net received any such permission il is impos-
sihle TO describe him anything else than as
so disant, and his title piece OF unwarranta-
BILE assumption. According to the evidence which
he gave in court-it was In the Kings Bench Divis-
ion OF the London High Court Of Justice before
Justice Grantham. in the OF Henderson VS..
Bateman, Rubigny and others-he had been living
until then with his wife and child a boarding
q firm, ubi oh hn hac mi a
to cottage in the equally semi-genteel suburb Of
Chertsy. from which il would appear that the sale
Of his "Legitimist Calendar is quite unprofita-
bic TO the selfstyled marquis is his presidency
Of the Jacobte League.
Yet the 'Legitimist Calendar received a tremend-
Gus advertisement last year through the extraor-
binary steps taken by the trustees of the British
Museum In withdrawing from the Museum library
and in banning from Engand's great national COL
lection Of books this work of the sol disant mar
qus. a measure officially announced which sug-
gested elephant endeavoring TO crush life out Of
a fly with its huge foot.
The "Legtimst Calendar" is publication which.
ignoring all the effects of revolutions usurpations
and military conouests throughout Christendom.
ascribes the various thrones to the princes and
princesses to whom they ought TO belong il legti-
mist principles alone governed the succession to
royal crowns. Thus, Victor Emmanuel figures in
the volume as King of Sardinia and Duke Of
Savoy, but not sovereign OF United Italy. Kaiser
Wilhelm is put down simply as King OF Prussia
and Eector of Brandenburg. The Count OF Caserta,
who makes his home at Cannes. is described
King of Naples.
The ex-Crown Prince OF Brazil is set down
Emperor Of that country. The United States. is Of
uon-exstent. except In the form of French.
English and Spanish colonies. No mention is made
OF the Duke of Orleans nor of Prince Victor Ma
poleon. the crown of France. like that Of Spain,
being accorded to Don Carlos (whom the "Calen-
Oar" describes as King Charles Xr' Of France
o-1a soSC ros,N A. Tho aos
Portugal to Dom Miguel Of Braganza. an exile
In Austria. while King Edward is ignored Alto
gether Princess Louise Of Bavaria niece and heiress
OF the last Duke OF Modena. being styled the
lawful Queen Regnant of Great Britain and Ireland.
as less remotely descended from the Stuarts than
Edward VII
Incidentally 1t may be stated that the White Rose
Jacobte, League exists for the purpose or cham
pioning the cause Of Princess Louise of Bavaria,
although she treats the association with ridicule
and declines 10 give 1t any countenance or recosn
ton
What renders the eLeg,tinist Calendar" more
curious stu is Its British peerage. In which all
creations since the revolution of 1858 which drove
the Stuarts into exile. contemptuousy ignored.
II serves to show how very modern is the creation
OF the vast majority Of the English peerage. the
list in the Calendar comprising considerably less
than a hundred names. although there
some six hundred members of the House of Lords,
besides about four hundred Scotch and Irish peers
n.y.. entitled 'of Royal Descent and giving the
names OF those twelve thousand persons who have
King Edward " and Henry VII OF England and
King James III Of Scotland among their ancestors,
will prove more successful venture from inan-
cial point OF view than the 'Legitimist Calendar.
AT any rate. il should have sale among those
enumerated therein, who cannot but be 1attered
by the knowledge that they would be the ten
thousandth SO in the line of succession to the
crown of Great Britain were it not for the Act OF
oh
in the Protestant House of Hanover barring from
ii for all time the Catholic family of Stuart
Prince Hugo Hohenlohe. who spent year
clerk Of one of the principal banking houses IN
Wall Street. New-York. without pay. for the sake
Of learning American business methods which he
is now endeayoring to apply to the mining syndi-
cate which he has organized in Germany. is not
the only member of this ilustrious house who
seems to have abandoned the old fashioned idea
that trade is Incompatible with blue blood. for
one of Prince Hugo's elder brothers. Frederick
Charles by name. who formerly secretary
Of the German Embassy IN London. has just be-
come prominent as the chief promoter and active
head Of undertaking for the exploitation OF
the island Of Madeira Concessions have been
obtained for the establishment OF number OF
sanatoriums and thermal establishments similar
to those which abound IN Germany; and the
Portuguese Government has not only accorded
to the enterprise exemption from all taxes but
likewise the liberty 20 import the building ma
terials and everything needed In connection with
the sanatoriums free Of duty.
Associated with Prince Hohenlohe are some Of
the leading German physicians. while his brother
Hugo has likewise share in the scheme. having
in view more particularly the development of the
mineral wealth of the island, which is consider
able large capital has been subscribed. and in
addition TO the two princes Of Hohenohe many
other prominent people are interested In the af-
fair.
Prince Frederick Of Hohenlohe is married TO
daughter a. the late Count Paul Hatzfeldt, who