New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
MRS FTTzHERBERT'S MONEY
~Boatmaa of HanoUer" Who Ap-
.,eors on Death of EagJand's RuIers.

~
- s..houts-of the very considerable fortune
49, ne left az her death-a fortune to which
- ~ ser alleged descendants in America imag-
= s,st they have claims. It may therefore be of
ls s 70 state that the present owner OF her
q LORD PoTtarltngtou. the head Of the house
. : Toavscn Damer.
- ps4zherbsrt was all her life long Wen of
- had Sointure from the estate of her first hus-
s,s ana likewise annuity OF some $4,000 q year
- ne estate Of her second husband, Thomas
-S+.herSsrt Besides this she was in receipt from
- tsne Of her marriage to. King George Of an
zovsncs Of $4,000 g year, which was continued to
=. 6sy OF her death Moreover. she was OF 8
s<ssnr disposition end had good friends who made
Voenent investments fer her.
=, hsr demise shs beauea<hed everything she pos
..-ses to her adopted daughter, Mary Seymour
sergntsx Of Lord Hugh Seymour, and VINO. being
-,-T4sd 20 Coionsi the Right Hon George L.
~-rzou Dasner, became the mother of the fourth
~ Of PortarIington- The present earl is her
-asa-rrandson Colonel Dawson Damer was there
-, not really HRS F1tzheTbert's son-in-Iaw. but
,rfsfy owed his title such to the fact that he
- married her adopted daughter
ms colonel is the authority for popular story
s,oh is believed to this day by large number Of
,sspls especially by the Thames waterTnen- 1t
.sras that on the night OF June q. $780, Colonel
navson Damer standing with q friend on
z5sssrninstsr Bridge. when he saw small Wherry
containing q little muffled figure dart from
.ts shadows and swiftly and noiselessly make
= ,sv down the river. While they were watching
,ss small craft e Thames waterman near by ex-
esrned in an awesuuck voice. There goes the
s1strnsn to Hanover" On being asked what he
-.ssnt the nan explained that King George must
). dad as the figure always appeared on the
s.-,lss of the sovereign his consort the direct
- n the throne. and rowed to Hanover to carry
the news
On returning home the colonel heard that, in
eject George " had died at the very hour when
- say til wherry set out from beneath the bridge.
host fs IN h1V
,r.th the house OF Hanover and to have been seen
=. she death Of each OF the English sovereigns of
.bst dynasty. When the Prince Consort died, IN
81 the boatrnan is stated TO have appeared from
l..nssth Westminster Bridge, and. again, at the
I.-v moment when Queen Victoria breathed her
,sst At Osborne, on the isle of Wight not only
=zauy Thames Waterman, but quite q number Of
,uH educated, level headed and responsible people
s1sge that they saw the messenger of death bend
.ne to his oars his ghostly errand to Hanover
Il 6 q queer superstition, quite in keeping, how
ser With those according TO which the death of
a member of the reigntng house of Hohenzollern
or Of EspsbUrg is always heralded by the appari-
tn Of 8 white lady.
SIR PERCY sANDERSONs BROTHER PEER,
SIR Thomas sanderson's elevation to the peerase
Is vel deserved honor, coming to him as 1t
doss n tbs form Of a recognition by the Crown
Of ueezfy hs6 century spent IN the service Of the
Forsten Olaa During a considerable portion OF
that time Sir Thomas has been one Of the moving
susrfts Of that great department in Downing Street
thas administers and Directs the international rea-
tons os EngIEnd. and IN q memorable speech, de-
Tvsred fsw years ego By Lord RosebeTy at the
cIvn Service banqust IN London, the speaker. refer
rins 70 the work Of Sir Thomas proclaimed him
~eTer more competent to conduct the foreign af-
fairs Of the empire than any statesman who de-
2eodee Upon Parliamentary suffrage"
h Eha ssrter stages Of his career he private
SsrstazT % several of the ministers for Foreign
I1ztrR and latsr be became the chief OF the
gznsneut star as Permanent Under Secretary of
EaA
10 private secretary Of the Minister at the For
sga ofncs Is 8 very important parsonage indeed,
bling IN fat fhs "slter ego" Of his chief. And
nGt Sufy do al communications those Of the
most confidential character pass through his hands
befpEe reaching his chief. bot the latter is likely
Discuss pending issues and difficulties with his
secretary, from whom be has no secretA The role,
81 Gsc4 Of private secretary IN England Is quite
Different SO tie IA which the Is IN
Serstood here and about the only private secretary
ship mat can think Of which may Be described
e. bunt On the samA lines and answering Eng
ikh IDEAS Of ths oce Is that Of the secretary to
the President
Ths permanent stGn et tbs Foreign once, which
il recruited exclusively from OF excellent fam
17.-tsken young-tnsres the continuity Of Eng
lands policy "a international Affairs Cabinets may
cone ead go They are after all but ephemeraI,
and ths-s have been some Secretaries Of State for
Foreign Affairs whoss tenure OF Office has not
lasted lSnesT GhaG few month"; On being in
tr1sssd with the seals Of Once they are neces-
Esyay IA the DARK 20 the affairs Of the depart
msus end as 70 the condition Of Bngiand's dlplo-
astic Interests and action n the various countries
s6zoa4 TnsT are b consequence thereof entirely
ospsnceut % these matters upon the heads Of the
permanent gSz6s who have the threads Of every
thing n EhGy hands Ia fact, the Secretary Of
sease VINO does nor get with the permanent Of
117AA Of his department IL apt 60 cut sorry hg-
WA EhegeaA when cordial relations prevail the
permanent Cn6sT Secretary Of Etats By reason CT
ms pCofoEnd kn0wtedgs of the members Of the
British and foreign diplomatic sarvces tz frequent
" aba 20 influence the cotton Of his chief. the Min
ister fo- Foreign AnairsL
fns two foreign minister's with xhom Sir Thomas
vas most closely identified private secretary
we're tbs late Earl CT Derby and. IN particular the
ceFsT snd Courtly Lord Granville, whose memoirs
nave Just been published by Lord Edmund BItz-
maurice. younger brother of Lord L.ansdowne
Bon Of Richard san2srsoQ. q territorial rnagnats
u Essex and Member Of Parliament for Colches-
sr' and. through his mother, a grandson Of the
Afst Fiscount Canterbury and descended from the
eaFd Duke Of Rutland, sir Thomas Sandersouis
career at the Foreign once may be said to have
osea inaugurated With his appointment to one Of
ne secretaryships Of the special embassy dis
g-eeheo by Queen Victoria to the Court of Copen-
.sest+ and identified from the very outset with
e'e Danish question. he was Brought into touch |
Sfeh away back IN the eos with the present King
sho his Danish consort. But IT was the late Queen
Victoria with whom Sir Thomas was brought into |
must frequent contact and who held him in par
teuiarly high favor. During the greater part Of /
me many years which Lord Salisbur, fs,.t ar hs l
mead Of the Foreign Office Indifferent j. Jfl ana
pronounced dsteste for court ceremonial led him |
. delegate TO Sir Thomas whenever possible the =
e1g OF making the necessary verbal reports on /
sieh afIairs to her majesty, TO discuss issues |
sish her and to obtain her views and instructions
= was Sir Thomas, too, who IL those days was al
-lost Invariably deputed TO present foreign ENJOYS
= me sovereign on the occasion of their being re-
rased ir special audience after their arrival for
&c purposs Of tenHerina- their laftera craaerca