The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-16
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Of a church which pretends, not only to
the privilege OF being the only true
church. but of being alone able to open
the gates OF heaven to a sorrowful sinful
| world. AT last my honest Protestant
| blood has asserted itself. and now for
ever rcpudiatc and cast off the yoke Of
| Rome
80 saying, tho Maraulse politely dis.
| missed me.
Lived in Richmond.
ut will be remembered that the Mar
quise Des Monsters Mcrinville and her
Sister, the Baroness Won zed~itz are
we'll and his wife who was Brecken-
ridge, Of Kentucky. Shortly before his
| death Mr., Caldwell became n convert to
Roman Catholicism, and left his children
TO the care ofA1rish Roman Catholics In
New York, whom his wife had met In
| church circles. The younger sister mar
rled some fifteen years ago German
noblcman, Lutheran. and has since thor,
also left the Roman Catholic communion.
Tho elder has been In very bad health
for some years. from having to occupy
a position before the world as a. proml-
nent Roman Catholic which was not a
real one, and into which her extreme
generosity led her. as a young and mex
perienced girl. Now, at last her own
to the creed OF her ancestors
Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell was the
daughter Of William Shakespeare Cald-
well, who. after being theatrical man
ager in England, settled in Richmond.
Va, and eventually made a large for
tune In building gas houses In Chicago,
ST. Louis. Mobile and other cities Re
married Miss Breckenridge. a famous
Kentucky beauty Miss Caldwell, and her
sister Lima spent the summers at New,
port, where they had a magnificent house.
and usually passed part Of the winter.
when they were not abroad, In New York,
On the til Of her father. Miss Caldwell
Inherited S2,0oo,000, and October 10. 1896
she was married to the Marquis Des Mon,
STEERS ,Merinville. n French noblen1an.
The ceremony was performed BY Bishop
spalding. OF Peoria, the guardian&and nd51
nli,i.tra or IF the estate o f Miss 4C>hldw"ll.
At the time OF her marriage Miss
Caldwell was a very handsome woman,
about triry-five years OF age, and a
devoted Roman Catholic. She, had pre-
vio,,sly shown her devotion to the church
by giving 100000 to found the divinity
college of the Roman Catholic Univer-
sty In Washington. Some seven years
previous to her marriage. Miss Caldwell
was engaged to Prince Murat, grandson
OF the King OF Naples. The engagement
was brok en-, because the Prince insisted
that half of Mis-. Caldwells fortune should
be settled upon him.
The divinity college Of the Roman
Catholic University in Washington, (. is
known as the Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell
Hall OF Divinity.
Sister Married Baron.
Miss Lima Caldwell married Baron Won
Zed witz. who was killed on his yacht
Isolde, August 10. 1896, while taking part
in the races ofsthe Royal Albert regatta.
at South Sea. England. as the. result9of
a collision with Emperor williams yacht
Meteor. The baron was struck on the
head BY block or a piece of the broken
mast OF. his yacht. and was unconscious
when picked up. dying soon after.
Baron Won Zedwitz was a brilliant
Young man, who had held a number OF
diplomatic appointments. including the
secretaryships Of the German Imperial
missions at washington, St. Petersburg
Tokio and Stockholm, while in 1855 he
was appointed minister Of Germany. to
Mexico. s3f
1t was while in the United States that
he became a convert to yachting and
commissioned the Herreshoffs to build
him the twenty-rator Isolde. on which he
met his death.