New-York tribune., 1905-12-20
IlNSDoWNE'S BROTHER.
Men Urder Secretary Well Knosen
as 44athor and Student.


Esmo-a Fitzmauriee, Who has Just been
ss,,ntns Under Secretary OF State for Foreign
- N the new Liberal administration. and win
e-.sart the department tn the House Of Lords,
- invested With peerage for tle purpose, is
I'll known as student and author that
= neonls realize that IN former DAYS he was a
- sthlete and captained the college football
-. AZ Eiton and the university team when at
80 Cambridge. he has always been more or
- identified With political life, and acquired a
ss,ss-abe amount of diplomatic experience as
s-,r,issioner for organizing the European prov
- Of Turkey. He has also acted for the Eng
sss government IN several International confer
ozs ard as Under Secretary OF State for For
= Aptsirs IN the former Liberal administration
stoTe5 sn important role IN blocking King Leo
,s,s Ynsnosuvres in connection with the Congo.
= fact Lord Edmonds return TO the Foreign
as,. Ia England must prove a source of some
lstureance to the Belgian ruler, concerning whose
s~stensions as g phianthropist in Africa Lord I'd
t,s has expressed himself with a considerable
.o,5nt of vigorous sarcasm in his exceedingly
s-sr biography of his former chief. the late Lord
,.-any.Ile which has just been published
Tnnd Edmond married few years ago Miss Caro-
rne fitzgerald daughter Of William J. Fitzgerald
- Nsvv-Yori Miss Fitzgerald being q Of
considerable literary attainments. possessing a
..s.srv OF Sanscrit sRd of other Oriental Ian
,ssras also Of Latin and of Greek besides which
= hss published several volumes of poems. The
marriage did turn out very happily, and eventu-
sHy it was dissolved
Tard Edmond like his brother, Lerd Lansdewne,
~ossesses wonderful mastery Of the French Ian
suars which is to him in way his mother tongue
ss -5other having been the daughter of that ex-
.-srslv bald headed Count de Flakault, long AM
s,szador of France in London, and OF whom the
s.H,rssE story is related: One day. in the course
- ]. conversation with the great Prince Talleyrand
:. avnressed a desire to present something really
lnable BIZ reason of its rarity, 10 great lady as
.ark Of his respect and esteem. whereupon Tai
l,vrsnd remarked. Present her with lock Of your
hair"
nav sad that the Count de Flahault-that is
- sav the grandfather of Lord Edmond F1tzmau-
ssa-is ofhciaIly acknowledged 20 have been the
sther af Queen Eortense Bopapartes inegtuHate
ssu. the late and first Duke de Morny, and Il her
srsbsnd. King LOzis Bonaparte Of Holland Is TO De
ss,e5 Il was not TO himself, but to the count, to
bor. helonEed the paternity of the oueens other
son. who became Emperor OF France as Napoleon
m After the fall Of the First Empire the Count oe
Tlshault and Queen Hertense separated. ana SUD
sa.usntly he married the wealthy daughter and
t.sress Of Lord Keith, through whom ne became
- sa+Fer OF the late Marchioness Of Lansdowne
sns therefore grandfather of Lord Edmond F1tz-
maurice
= Is hardly necessary TO gay that the house to
vbsh Lord Edmond belongs is an Irish ohe'
+-.csse its origin to Thomas Fitzmaurtce, nrst
Tsrs of Kerry. and to the latteTs VIE grace
--.nsssuzhter Of Dernaot. King OF Ieinster. Inc
T,ps Tsnsao1ne of today-thar Is to say, the elaer
Frstbsr OF Lord Edmcnd-is the twenty-slztn LoIa
N Esrrv and fifth Marquis Of LansdoVne' the hFe1
-.rzrs having been Premier in the reign Of george
- -, ba+ad him on account of his extreme
eeu4esv denouneing him the Jesuit Of befke-
i.v S7uarer GaiRsborough, after a couple or at
tszpts TO catch the likeness Of this MARQUIS "Ilo
xss sitting for his portrait threw asloe ms "i '
szeaining with an oath as ne aeaaoonee me -
4 never could see through polish-and there Is an
sad CT it."
SIR HALLIDAY's CHINESE WIFE.
sin halliday Macartney is about to retire from
he pest OF counsellor and first secretary OF Lhs
s cAnese Legation IN London which he has hela 1or
.7xt thirty years and it is doubtful whether there
q snv foreigner with the exception OF Sir he0efI
Esyt director general OF the Imperial customs ol
Ching who has managed so entirely 20 WIN IAe
confidence Of the Chinese and to aisPeE lnaI N
Ss-sss suspicion with which 0rientais. and espe-
essly iths Chinese and japanese. regard all for-
Sir Esuiaay is. as his name indicates, Scotch
-sn and took part in the war OF England against
fhfn2 of 1850 as military surgeon Like NUM-
Der Of other English officers who took part IN that
CAMPAIGN he resigned at the close, in order 70 take
service in the imperial Chinese army, under Gen
erzl Chinese Gordon Of Khartoun tame aga4nsI
ths Faipings, and later On became the F1ghL hana
ef Sir Robert Hart, and also director OF Ihe lAl-
ysT.aI arsenal at Nankin- He has been over
rhsinaed with honors by the Chinese government
ana about decade ego the Emperor ennobled sr
HziHday's ancestors for several generations 0aeA-
Besides this the English government has ePeatea
ain knight Commander Of the Order OF 81
Michael and St. George.
Although the works Of reference describe Slr
Halliday as having been married only once namely
70 Nile du Sautoy, who died three years ago. yet te
ast remains that he was previously married While
director general Of the imperial arsenal at Nankln
10 Chinese woman Of high family, daughter OF
one Of the most powerful and wealthy ofnca1s OF
he Var Department OF China She dlea IN ths
early 7Ys and to her memory was ereetea q very
hsndsarne psgoda at Tien-Tsn- There were two
children of this marriage, who were brought up IN
Easoue The son, George Mccartney, Is N the ser
VIE Of the Anglo-Indian government ana tue
REPRESENTATIVE OF the latter at hashgaI' N Ninss
Tprksstan, where his knowieege OF NhlleS7 a-4U
tAs fact that his mother belonged 70 one OF dle
neblsst families in China. endow him with alto
gsSher unique advantages IN treatlng with ms
nother's fellow couutryEnen- He has eeen re-
psAteSlv thanked by the Indian government Tor MS
ssEices has been decorated. and is likely TO De
Esgs4es 1,l-a his father at an early date This is
nst the onfv instance Of a Briton being born OF
ne-riage between q titled Englshulan ana chi
nsss beauty. The sixth Yiscount stfathaliah c1ieI
q the noble house of Drunu1ond, married a CHl-
asss woman at Canton, by whom he had son.
sho attained erainence in the medical PROFESSION
q Great Britain.
KING HoNoRs DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
king Edward has just given another token of his
tsys- and good will TO the young Duke OF west
zinster bv appointing him TO be his Lord Leuten-
ant fer the County of Chester IN which the dukes
Elacpal country seat, Eaton Han Is situated. As
fsr5 Lieutenant The duke becomes the principal
representative Of the sovereign in the county
likes precedence Of everybody, even OF the High
gaerin and is invested with the rank Of general
eeznsading the county militia, precisely as II
tsis country the Governors are the principal COM
handing officers Of the rnilitias Of the various