New-York tribune., 1905-07-07
Axc1EsEY PEERAGE COMPLICATION.

sNCIEsEY PEERAGE COMPLICATION.
Young Lady AngIesey's announcement that she
ez-ec4s TO become q mother IN the fall may lead
20 All sorts OF complications for, in the event Of her
giving birth 70 a boy, the new Marquis OF Anglesey
vii nor only obliged 10 surrender his peerages'
.o-- IN number. and his baronetcy. but likewise
The whole OF the entailed property going there
with which freed from its colossal eneumDrances
Nv me death OF the late marquis. represents an in
come OF about $4,000 a year, IL not more Nor is
shat all for since the death OF the late marquis
his SUCCESSOR now IN his twentieth year. has ar
ranged with his for liberal settlements on
his widowed mother and his two recently married
sisters settlements which viii, Of course, become
lneless and imperative in The event Of the young
widow Of the late marquis giving birth to a boy
In view OF the very peculiar features Of the mar
Fae the late marquis with his lovely but eccen-
krlc cousin their repeated separations and recon-
citations the extraordinary appeals Of the young
fnarchoness 70 the Divorce CO1rt-Ou one occasion
for judicial separation. 4 second time for an an
zulment OF her marriage and IN the third instance
for e withdrawal Of the annuluent proceeclngs-
applications which the late Lord St Heller (S1r
Francis Jeune) declared 70 De the strangeEt that
had ever come before him in all his LONG ex-
periencs as President OF the Divorce Court-there
Is lfkeIv 10 be contest tn the law courts for the
possession OF the property and before the Committee
OF Privileges IL the House OF Lords concerning the
inheritance OF the peerages in the event OF the
widowed rnarchioness giving birth 10 posthu1nous
son.
Being still minor. the new marquis who is just
twenty and who viii not come OF age unul next
spring has not yet taken his seat In the House
OF Lords as sixth marquis Even Y ne mad oeen
OF age he would not have been permitted 70 Go so
until year after his predecessors death This Is
q precautaon adopted by the House OF Lords Tor
the purpose OF protecting itself against precisely
such occurrences have now arisen IN connection
with the AngIesey succession. Thus, when the late
Lord Derby died II April, -S92 without issue. after
8 quarter Of century's cfildless marriage 10 Lord
EackvElles sister Lady Derby being near eighty
a. the time Of his demise, the present earl was
not permitted 10 take his seat as his brothers
successor II the House Of Lords, or 10 vote as
such until full year atterward. lest the octo-
gena-1zn widow OF his brother should give birth
10 a posthuuaous son and heir. Something Of the
same kind occurred. too. the time Of the death
q the late Earl OF LOnsdale. In Texas He had
been forced by pecuniary difficulties betake him
self this country nearly two years previous TO his
demise. and had not set eyes upon his beautiful
wife during ell that time Yet In spite Of this
separation his brother Hugh was obliged 10 wait
q fuIl twelve months before being permitted TO
take his seat in the House Of Lords as the hfth
Bari OF LOnsoale lest his brothers widow now
Lady de Grey. should give birth TO q ana heir
40 the Lonsdale peerage.
All things considered. Il is, perhaps fortunate
that the widowed Warehouses OF Angiesey has not
yet married 'en secondes nOees' Count Hermann
Iiatzfei6t, Of the late German Ambassador IN
London, and OF his American wife. Miss Helen
A1G1-Lol. OF Albany ana GNoh-AO OFAs ME- AAoH4Lon
the mother Of Countess Paul Hatzteldt. being
daughter OF old Metz who famous q
dancing master n NeW-York IN the early half OF
the nineteenth century. Lady Aaglesey has ali
along been very inrirnAte with the counts sister
Princess Frederick Hoheniohe. who is credited with
& good oeal OF anxiety 70 bring about the match.
The count has fortuns, and inasInuch as the
$1,000 year which the young ularchOnes= receives
from the Anglesey estates is in the shape OF set
tlernent instead Of being mere widows 1otnture
,slE Z M
OF course. this young Lady Anglesey must not be
coufoun0ed VITA the American widow OF the fourth
marquis who was Miss Minnie King OF Sand Hills,
Ca. she IS q much older woman, was 5udicially
separated from her husband many years before his
death and makes her hcEne IN Paris