New-York tribune., 1904-08-12
ANGLO AMERICAN MATCH.
Old Ne7c- YorI; Memories ReUiUed
By the Marriage of Lieut. Coote.

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land. and Miss Eugenia Hutchinson, only child OF
Judge and Mrs F. J. Hutchinson. of Boston. Mass.
For the first reform Governor OF New-York IN
colonial days Sir Charles Coote. who died at
his post in March 17O1, Earl OF Bellamont He
was the head OF a junior branch Of the ancient
Coote family. and. while his earldom became ex-
tnct. he secured act OF special favor from
the Crown the succession OF his own baronetcy 10
his iegitimate son. The latter succeeded 10 MS
father as Sir Charles Coote. OF Donnybrook. in
order TO distinguish him from his kinsman Sir
ChidIey Coote of Ballyhn, Queens County who
was then the head of the family.
Sir Charles's grandson and namesake, that is TO
say the great grandson OF the Coote who. as Lord
ReIlsmont was Governor Of New-York, and to
whom a memorial is being erected in St. PauFs
churchyard on Broadway is to-day professional
nendicant and begging letter writer who mas
repeatedly been held up 10 oboquy on this account
by Henry Labouchere, NJ. P, in the pages on MS
weekly London newspaper Truth" According TO
Labouchere. who has investigated the case, Sir
Charles's msfortuneS are nobody's fault out MS
own, and every workhouse contains dozens OF IN
mates who have far better claims to be rescued
from dependence upon the rates II people desire
to bestow their charity in that direction. SIR
Charles IS unmarried, and unless he finds wife.
and leaves issue. the Bellamont baronetcy OF Coote
will become extinct and the ancient Ballyhn baron
etcy Of Coote now held by Sir Alsernon Coote Will
alone remain.
Sir Algernon owes his title and estates to the
military services rendered by his ancestor. the
first baronet. TO King James l. IN the wars against
O'Neile, Earl Of Tyrone. There have been many
honors bestowed upon members OF the younger
branches of the family in addition to the earldom
OF Bellamont above mentioned For there were
also the earldom Of Mountrath. the barony or CAS-
tie Coote etc These dgnities lapsed with the
extinction OF the younger branches Of the family
whereas the main stem and the original ISL bar
onetcy have survived
The present Sir Algernon Coote's father was
distinguished divine perhaps the only Oxford Uni
yersitv don who could boast Of ancestral coun-
try seat IN Ireland. namely. Ballyhn Mountrath
Queens County. He was also the author OF
we'll known work which at one time had great
vogue IN this side Of the Atlantic. entitled BloIe
IIsIDs for Fusv Men Sir Algernon is the Kings
Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for queen 5
County. his Office being the counterpart OF the
Lords Lieutenant Of county IN England oco''d-l0
and Wales. In Ireland. the sovereigns chleI req
resentatives IN each county are known me-
his 'Lieutenants, the only Loro AlSU'1t4a
ing the Viceroy.
The arms OF the Coote family when are 10 o
found still in existence on some old ouiol'ss an
memorials IN New York. consist or three Cool7s'
while the family motto Is "Vincit veritas' cou'7
que coute.
B,- the death Of Lord sandys an American woman
is brought within reach OF a coronet tor the ne"
Lord sandys. although he has been married . nun
5- ~ wars has no children. and the next I4eI 70
his reerage is the Hon. Edmund Sandys' VINO useu
N be known in this country by the rather eloquent
of Earthquake SandyS, ana WHO lH@A4'0-'
AZ Long Branch. y. J. believe. Miss Ida Jones
5sngbter ~ Maxwell Jones' American clIzeh'
who understand, made his pile IN RIO de 1aHelFo
Earthquake sandys, returning after nus mar
rIase 10 England with his wife. enGeaVoFeo 10 oa1N
o., honest II A somewhat bioulous, living as WING
rcna,t with offices and sample rooms IN Jerulyn-
ST St James-s. in London. lie, however came 70
grief his creditors intimattng that his ms+oTtuhes
were due to the fact that he had imbioed more OF
HE stock than he had disposed OF by sale ana ne
90 wit
vrha in hiding in the Channel Islands 10 the indlg-
nifty Of an arrest and Imprisonment toT ms negIeCs
70 comply with the order OF the Bankruptcy Court
His elder brother. the present Lord oandys mas
- -, q familiar figure on the London Stock
Exchange being senior partner OF the brokerage
Arm TO which Algy Bourke, the brother or Loro
N1ayo and Harry Miner who at the age OF twenty
ava distinguished himself by marrying the septu-
a-o,ar,an DowaEer Duchess Of Montrose, por-
trayed on the American stage as The Sporting
Duchess" Harry Mtlner one OF whose sisters IS
the Countess OF Durham. and another the WIDOWED
Lady Gerard made, with his partners, a speciality
OF that particular branch OF the brokerage business
which al appealed to customers IN the West End,
especially to women. taking more orders for the
purchase and sale Of stocks after leaving the city,
and when in boudoirs at dinner tables. in the
billiard room and card rooms. etc. and even at
dances than when OF Temple Bar. Now there
are a number OF brokerage firms that devote
themselves almost exclusively 10 this branch OF
business But Harry Miner. Algy Bourke and
Mike Sandys now Lord Sandys were the pioneers.
II is A former Lord Sandys who IS said 20 have
heen the original protector OF the recipe for that
so widely known Gnd popular condment entitled
'Worcestershre sauce He had brought the recipe
with him from India. where he had spent num-
her Of wears and used 10 have II made up b a
local chemist At Droitwich. the town nesr mis-
country seat. Ombersey Court. In Worcestershire.
The chemist was a OF taste. and Of business
He secured the permission Of Lord Sandys 20 sell
little OF the sauce 10 q few customers. In time the
drug shop bossomod forth into an immense factory.
I do not however believe that the Sandys family
retained any interest in the firm that owns
and makes and sells the sauce in such colossal
quantities
The new Lord Sandvs has announced his inten-
ton OF remaining IN business the Stock E.x-
change So tar as I aware. the only other peer
who a member of the Stock Exchange is Lord
Hardvicke. who. when it suggested that he
should sever his relations with the firm to which
he belongs on his appointment to the Office OF
Under Secretary Of State for India replied that he
could not AFFORD to make any such sacrifice since
he was dependent his work for his livelihood
and that political Office. matter how remunera-
tive. was ephemeral
Inasmuch King Edward whIs at Maranbad
will make use OF the ncognito title OF Duke Of
Lancaster. it may be worth while To explain thar
the Duchy OF Lancaster has nothing in common
with the county Of Lancaster. The latter IS con-
fined within the boundaries of the shire whereas
the property known the 'Duchy of Lancaster
comprises lands not merely in Lancashire. but |
also in the counties OF Leicester Lincoln DERBY
York as we'll as In twenty other counties OF Eng
land and Wales
There house OF Lancaster long before the !
constitution Of what is now known as the Duchy |
OF Lancaster. When the head of the house OF |
Lancaster secured possession OF the crown OF Eng
land on the deposition OF Richard II and PRO- |
claimed himself King Henry ". he realized that |
the retention OF the throne by hts dynasty might
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