Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-17

trustees have been carefully nursing
the property ever since, so that when
he comes of age there win De a big
fortune awaiting him. His Kildare ei-
tate was recently sold for close on to
S000000, and he stll retains few
thousand acres Of ancestral domains
elsewhere, Should am American girI
marry him there would be no ground
for the usual cynical iests about swop-
ping British titles Tor American doll
lars. As he is one OF the few peers
who viii be able to afford the luxury
OF a love match Amaroan girl
without much money would stand
about AS good a chance of landing him
as one With lots Of IT, And such
marriage would establish a new record
IN international alliances,
II Is as prospective duke that Lord
Douro should figure In the list Of ductl
ellglbles. for n he lives long enough
he will some day he Duke of yelling
ton. He is now 81. and his father the
present duke is o.. but longevity as
we'll as genius has thus far been re-
stricted to the first duke Financially
the house OF Wellington has fallen ON
evil days and tho duke has hard
time of II 10 make both ends meet Hr
has been trying for some time % let
the country scat of Tho family STRAIT
foldsaye House. Berkshire, ana at APP
sley House. the famous town residence
uf the Iron Duke" which was ro-
nowned for It's sumptuous hospitality
when he lived there balls and BAN
quets are no longer glyen.
TITLES GALORE.
The generous money grant made by
grateful nation to the national Idol
terminated with the third duke. and
the estate. which consists of some 1900
acres does not yield enough In the
shape of rents 10 maintain m du.1l
stvlo of living This state of affairs
should make Lord Douro am easy catch
for some rich American helrcSs, With
enough Of the nccdful to pay the oius
an American Duchess OF Wellington
would stand socially at least ON am
equal footing with the American Duch-
css of Marlborough As far as titles
60 the wellington dukedom r. much
richer In them than the Marlhotough
one Spain and Portugal We'd with
England In layishng them on the Iron
Duke. but aid not sully their manlies'
tatons Of gratitude by essoclallng
them with anything so sordld and Nul-
gar as cash Counting these IT,
Ties. the woman who mar
ries Lord Douro will some day be- hu.
| chess of Wellington Duchess of Clud1d
Rodridgo and Duchess of Niltor",
Narchionoss M wellington. Marchion-
css OF Douro and Mnrchioness Of Tor.
res Vedras Nlsc0untess wellesley ana
| Viscouutess Wellington of TalaNerl
and Velllugton Countess Of yelling
ton and Countess of Morulugton, B1t-
oness Mornington and Princess of Wa
torloo. the latter being % Belgian Title
There Is no house In London better
adapted to entertaining than Apal't
House, with us magnificent ball rare
art treasures and priceless memcut1s
| of the couquor0r Of Napoleon. 70
needs only money and those arts 10
which the American girl cNcels 20 mako
II the most popular resort of the saell'
elect. Lord pouro Is rrputal TO Do
a very decent fellow. I'm the Guards
he made the mistake OF taking his proc
fcsslon seriously instead Of going the
race" and was rugged by his broth
er officers. I'm the circumstances, che
| incident was credinblo 10 him rather
| Than otherwise. Am American hcIross
| bent ON making brilliant match With
the mia OF her cash win find Lord Dou-
ro well worth taking into account
| RICHEST OF BACHELOR PEERS.
By long odds the richest bachelor
pecr On the United Kingdom is The
| MARQUIS OF Butte who IS only % years
old. At low estimate his property
Is worth az least $4,000 900. cupid VIII
count Ion more than cash IN detcrmin-
ing his matrimonial choice, but lhat ls
NO reason why lt should not fan on one
OF Commbias 'alr daughters lie Is
an arlstocrat from way back, three
times AN earl and several soyts Of less-
err nobiitles, and Withal he IS an emil
pcntly proper and correct young man.
HIS father was a notable convert Co the
Roman Catholic faith, ana that church
keeps "a Jealous eye upon him TO see
that ne does not stray from a. Sir
David Blair, who is both q Scotch bar-
onet and "a Bcnodictine monk, always
has accompanied him on his travels,
which have included two pilgrlmages
10 the Holy Land on one Of these he
bore with him his fathers heart that
Il might be buried I'm Palestine, IN ac-
cordarce with his wish.
Although the greater portion OF his
hundred thousand odd acres Is In Scot
land, most Of his wealth Is derived