Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-28
MAY DRIVE IN ROTTEN ROW.
Queer Hereditary Prerogative OF Duke
of St. Adams.

ANY American girl who happ"ns to
marry the Duke OF ST Adams. who is
here on visit from England. Will he en-
titled when with her husband to the alto
gether unique privilege of driving through
Rotten row in I.ondon's Hyde pftrk Ii Is
a prnIogative that is enjoyed only by thr
sovereign and by the Duke OF ST. Adams.
and which not even the Prince ami Prin-
cess of Wales or the other members oil
the royal family are permitted to share.
Rotten row. may explain for the pshe-
mt of those who have not been abroad. Is
| the fashionable ride in Hyde park. and Is
reserved exclusively for eques;rians. all
carriages being barred therefr"m save
| that III the sovereign. when occupied Ny
the monarch or that of the Duke of ST.
l'AlbanS.
The strictress with which this rule is
| casion of an amusing wager on the part
| of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. IN
which ,h- present king. then Prince of
| Wales who took part. was among the
losers Lord charles undertook that. de.
| spite the vigilance of the police ne would
succeed III driving up and down Rotten
row in tn" middle OF the DAY. , al me az "
the Marlborough and Turf Clubs VINO
| we're interested in the matter took up
their station along the rail when sspa,
| rates the walk from the ride ana awaited
| the appearance of Lord Charles. Ihey
had been there for nearly an hour; ana
were Just about to depart c9nv,nced 20 t aIa.
| had been stopped by the police, Wnen sud-
denly the driver Of a watering cart. who
| had passed two or three times up 'n i
down the row to lay the dust. raised ms
| hat to them as he drove by, ard nl~
closing the features of Lord Charles. re-
| ma rked that they would he Obliged To pay
nm since he had won the wager
F., This privilege of drivingQ up ana down.
Rotten row is hereditary. and was con-
ferred by King Charles ii. along with nv.
dukedom of St. Adams and the hereuil"uS
offices Of resistrar of the court or chah.-
ery and Of hereditary grand falconer 10
The. crown and master falconer OF fnS
land. upon his illesit.m;ite son ny Seh
Gwynn. .. ., ,.oo re
of are was formerly in the army: anu
visited the United States, as wei as nv no
china and Japan. as Lord Burfurd in the
| lifetime of his father. But he mas DEL
seen little either In society or the tu.i.
on which the late duke was so prcfn,'i.i. ~,
| n f;rure since q sensational scene In the
Cowes week some years ago. when n SUE
stroke. which he had received out IN inoia
brought on a sudden fit of violent dentlutn
on board his steam yacht. which nece:,s.-
ta,ed his being placed under restraint loi
| a time 1t is not true that he mas any
Jewish blood in his Veins For he Is a SO,
| ~ the late dukes first marriage. ana ~
was the tenth dukes second wife, ana noM
surviving widow who was the dausntei
of Ralph Bernal-OsbOrnc. the noted VII o'
the Victorian era and whose own ia.nes
lew. One of the late dukes daughters D!
this second marriage is Lady katherln'
Somerset married to tnat tiehry co..,v -
set who received his education at Harvard
. and is a SIN of Lady Henry Somerset.
, The present duke Is very far from ricn
mother brought into the family will go u
her own children. the eldest OF ~nom,
, Lord Osborne de We're Bauclerk. a cap
ttnin of lancers, is heir apparent to tn
dukedom and to the estates. which IN
clmd.. Best wood one of the most be:.utliu
nlaces in the so-called "dukeIies." It's as
scciations are Of romantic order It wa a
4 the kings of England in their expedition
for sport in the adjacent forest stu, 81 R sner
, Hood and was a gift from Charles IL. I
| lSSS, to his son. the first Duke Of st. Al
hans. Eastwood is filed from cellar Z
: garrett with most interesting relics OF IN
4 "mArrie monarch" and of Nell GwHnn. Z
a whom the British army is indebted for N
g Foundation of Chelsea hospital. the Eng
I iish counterpart Of the Paris Irvalides
Nt where its veteran soldiers: many OF ther
naimed In the service of their country
find a home and care during the closin
5 fv,Nars Of their lives.