New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-16
LOOKING FOR sKoTTowEs HEIRS.

LOOKING FOR sKOTTOwE's HEIRS.
Major John skottowe Dryden, whose marriage
70 a Miss Glib has JUST taken place in London IS
TIE next heir bar one. 10 the two baronetcles Oh
IFS aged cousin Sir Alfred Dryden and Is through
his mother. who was a Miss Skottowe, and whose
7,a.rouvunic he bears as a Christian name. con
rected with the SkOttowe family formerly so wen
known il this country, and concerning the disposl-
ton OF the hon0rs and .arge estates OF Whlch
there IS an interesting romance to relate.
There was q Squire Skottowe who was Governor
~ Virginia ST the outbreak OF the War for hide
pendence and Il by any chance there are any OF
his descendants Of the male line IN existence IL
rAfs country they would do well TO communicate
with Somerset Herald, at the Royal College OF
IIe-aIds IN London, with a view Of becoming pos
sessed OF the skottowe estates and the two oaro-
retcies that now dormant
The Iasc known holder Of the Skottowe baronetcy
vas Z 6ourteen-ye ar-oId boy Of the name o.
Thomas when 81 1912 his widowed mother, Win
whom lie was making stay Al Auliens. in France
vas shot and instantly killed by a rejected sclloE'
who thereupon committed suicide. Inc young
ha-onet. horror struck fed He disappeared en-
t,relv from sight and has never been heard OF
since Possibly he IS alive, but IL dying, he left
any son then the latter is entitled TO The SHotLoNe
ba-onetcy as well 10 e considerable poruoN o.
the Skottowe estates. II not, then the title and
estates belong 10 any descendant IN the male
line who may be left by Governor Skottowe OF
virginia The successful claimant might like
Re able 10 secure the even still more valuable
Corbett property, g portion Of which Is s1luaIeo
f. London in the neighborhood Of Regents PARK.
The old Shropshire family Of COrbett claims oe-
z-e-- n direct and unbroken line from the
standard bearer OF William the Conqueror at the
battle CT Hastings. A little over two hundred
Years aEo Thomas Corbett, nephew OF that Niles
Co-5e-t who was one Of the judges OF King charles
7 and executed a reglcice after the heslora-
ion and son OF Sir Thomas CorbetJ, then
head q the family. had the misfortune to Kill, IN
3 solitary encounter, younger brother OF LORD
Essex the cause % the encounter being thar
Corbect had ruined his friends wife. As there
were TO seconds 6 warrant issued for the
arrest OF Corbe-r charge % naanslaughter,
but he escaped abroad Subsequently, he returned,
and under the name OF Thomas Powell married
the only daughter and heiress OF great territorial
magrate OF the county Of Norfolk. named Skot-
towe, the family being OF Danish origin By royal
license after Eis marriage he assumed the
name o. Skottowe and was created q baronet
Sir Thomas SkcJIOWe. One u his grand
sons became a governor az the East India
Company, while another was. stated before
Governor Of Virginia when the War OF Indepen-
dence broke cut
Before Sir Thomas skotrowe died ne learned Of
the death OF his father. Sir Thomas Corbett and
% his two older brothers without issue and as he
CD Tot present himself the heir 70 the Corbetc
oaFonetcy, which undoubtedly belonged 70 him. IT
became dormant, while the Corbett estates 1assed
into the female branch Of the Corbett family
Documentary evidence exists AZ the College Of
Hera-ds IN London, in the British Museum. and
also. believe IN the family az Major cL-o--ov-a
Dryden, whose marriage has just taken place in
England, autaealcatng in every parriclLsr the
above story
nile obtaining possession Of the Skottowe bar
o'-71~S @-i1 estates VIII De a comparatively easy
matter, the measures that would have n 10 s6or+
60 70 obtain the much more valuable Corbett n-o,-
eTty and baronercy would be somewhat more corr
pllcated Landed estates that fall by inheritance n
an outlaw became escheat 10 the Crown. NOW If
me homicide, Thomas COrbett. was living 1,-dar
ne name OF Sir Thomas Skottowe when his ra+ra-
and TWO elder brothers died and there IS evidence
70 prove his then in that case the estates e,I4
have been escheat 10 the Crown. It was o-Iz, IN
the mistaken assumption that rf,e roroi,i5s
Thomas Coroett was dead, that thew passe7 a.,
he possession Of enc Of the female branches ~
The family
The procedure, therefore. 20 be started &c nc @oI
lows: 4 motion would have 10 be made In Chan,
ceTy applying 70 the Crown 70 take possession NJ
the Corbett property the ground that il sho1,15
have been escheated On the death Of the farther
and The brothers OF The homicide. Thomas Corber+
No lapse OF time can bar claim o, the Crown
Nowadays il is practice Of the Crown to make
q grant Of all escheated property 70 the natural
heirs. and once the Crown holds the property il
would De requested 10 do this These natural heirs
are either Sir Thomas Skottowe, who vanished
from Anieus il $40. after The murder Of his
inoihe-, or son. Il he has left one or else the
descendants in The male line only Of Governor
Skoftowe OF Virginia