New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-18
R0SEBERYS GRANDCHILD
Er-King Jerome's Third Wife and
discount Deerhurst's Coronet.

discount DeerhurstS Coronet.
Lord Rosebery. who is one OF the best known
members OF the English peerage in this country.
winch ne frequently visited prior to his marriage,
and who possesses a wider acquaintance with
public men in the United States than any other
English Cabinet Minister past or present has just
become grandfather for the first time through the
birth OF son 20 his eldest daughter. Lady Sbyl.
who last year married Captain Charles Grant, Of
the Coldstream Guards. of General Sir Robert
Grant, G.. c. 3. Lady Sibyl's younger sister, Lady
Margaret. has already been married for nearly five
years 10 the Earl of Crewe. but has no children.
although her husband has several by his first wife.
who was sister OF the present Duchess OF Mon
trose.
Lord Rosebery's wife, as IS well known. was tho
daughter Of Baron Meyer K. de Rothschid. the
richest OF all the Rothschild heresses. and II is
on record that when the earPs sepfather, the lato
Duke OF Cleveland, a grand segneur OF the ola
school, was congratulated on Lord Roseberys en-
gagemsnt, and asked If he had already met his
future daughter-in-law he remarked that ne hao
not yet had the pleasure, that he did not know her
family but that he believed they were something
I'm the city"
IN reply TO an inquiry from G correspondent,
would state that according TO the ethics when RUE
in such matters in England, there can be but one
dowager IN a titled family. The dowager Is IN
variably the surviving widow or the most reiio'o
predecessor OF the present or the paronet, ms
the case may be- Thus for instance 1t is the WHO"
Of the sixth Duke of Manchester whose Hl"'oeh
name was Harriet Dobbs who is the Do"aBer
Duchess Of Manchester" and until she oies 'He
eighth dukes widow, whose naloeh haine was
Consuelo Yznaga Of New-York and New-orieens'
will not become dowager. Until then enc VIII Do
known as Consuelo Duchess of Manchester IN oroer
to distinguish her from her daushter-ln-a"' 'ie
wife of the present duke who is styled Duchess OF
Manchester, without any prefix OF her CHRISTIAN
name
Princess. Nstr,lde's death the other day IN Paris
remind. me OF fact which do not believe Is gen
eralIv known In th. country. namely that new
father er-King jerome Bonsparte. In anoiuoh 10
his American wife, Miss Elizabeth Patterson, OF
Baltimore and Princess Catherine OF Wurtembers'
had a third wife. whom he married IN Los' NJ
Florence five years after the death OF Princess
Cather,n, who had shared With him the opera
corntous throne Of the Kingdom Of Westphelia
This third wife. OF whom no menuen VIII De iouio
In the contemporary Almanac De Gotha' was
very wealthy Italian widow the MarGuise Glustne
Bartclini- Badelu. whose beauty and whos' fortune
were alike most welcome to ex-kins Jerome. MS
allowance from the Court Of whrtemoerg having
ceased with the death OF Princess Catherine.
From the time Of his marriage 10 the marquise
until his nephew became President OF the french
Republic and then Emperor OF the French. ex-
King Jerome subsisted entirely on the money OF
this his third wife. who accompanied him to Paris
and whom he married there again with the sano-
ton OF the Emperor, which, ACCORDING 10 the Ia"
established by the latter. necessary TO render
unions contracted by any member OF the imperial
family legal. While she lived with him at tho
Palace OF the Invalides, OF which he Governor
she did not, however. assume his titles or go to
court but continued to be known as the marquiss. |
visited however. by both Empress Eugenis and by |
Napoleon Ill
For time all went well. But during the last two |
years that preceded Jerome's death, in 1850. the
handsome wife Of his principal aide-de-camp. a
49, tn
ruence over him that she able to induce him |
to separate himself from his F1orentine wife and |
10 send her back TO lIaly. Nor at his death did |
he leave her the slightest thing in recognition of
her youth and her fortune. which she had sacrificed
for bis sake She survived at Florence long enough
TO witness the downfall Of the French Empire
E1-klng Jerome at the time when he married |
Mise Elizabeth Patterson Baltimore had already
a son born two years previously by Baroness |
David. nee Carpinak An ilegtimate daughter |
was born 10 him in 1873 named Pauline de Schoen-
feid. who died IN 1873 at Paris, and an |
other natural daughter by a Nine Lagarde born in |
1870 created by her father WestphaIian Countess |
Of Wietersheim and married to the Prussan Baron |
Charles Schlothein.
Vlscount DecThurst, eldest and heir OF the /
Earl Of Coventry, and married to Virginia daugh-
ter OF Charles William Bonynge. Of New-Ycrk and |
San Francisco. and who. moreover. has an Arnert- |
can sister-inlaw. his brother Charles being mar
ried TO the daughter OF F1tzhugh whitehouse Of |
Newport. r. L. has go. into trouble IN connection
with his use of coroc'-t OF viscount on his car
riages. hnr-ess. the livery buttons Of his SER |
wants ana his plate.
There Is a tax OF about SIS year for armoriaI |
bearings. and had Lord Deerhurst paid this quietly
no harm would have been done. But, instead Of |
this. he chose to contest the payment the i'm |
post, the ground that the mere coronet which |
he used could not be construed constituting |
armoria bearings, and legal proceedings have been
instituted in order to determine the question thus
raised
This has served to draw attention to the fact |
that Lord Deerhurst IS using q coronet without /
any right or warrant In England peers and peer |
esses alone are entitled TO coronets whether |
on their heads. on their note paper or on their |
carriage panels. Lord Deerhurst is merely q Wis |
count by courtesy and In the eyes Of the law a !
simple commoner He will have. therefore, no |
right 10 any coronst until. on the death Of his |
father. he succeeds to the Iatters peerage as Earl
Of Coventry.
II may be added that when a widowed peerasa |
ularrfes comnoner she likewise forfelts all her |
rights to the use OF coronet whether on her |
note paper. carriage panels. harness, ETC. and con-
seouently the American born Lily Duches. ~ |