New-York tribune., 1905-01-11

ole N his stead Cromwell was 80 rn,cA ,..,
Oy TINS piece OF chivalrous loyalty that Tvbilo -
rejected their offer. he selected them 10 c.r TI, -
l s4sS 10 nus grave after his execution. and the
second Lord OF Lindsey along with the Earl of
southampton. the Marquis OF Harteors 80 a. -
luke or Richmond will be found portrayed :, e.
familiar picture which represents the corr -
tanning the remains OF the dead king being- bor
through the snow into st. Georges Chanel a.
Windsor. a.
The present earl is the twelfth OF his line hears
ike his predecessors. the name of Pereerin a. =
man OF about forty and one OF the few Enel,sb
peers who has taken g wife from the colontas
his wife being an Australian He is not verv
rich and. as Ellington House was not insured
the loss VIII fall very heavily upon him.
THE 'LINDSEYS" AND THE 'LINDsAYs'
Lord Lindsey Is frequently confounded with
Lord Lindsay. the difference IN the spelling OF
the name being. Of course, not apparent in the
pronunciation Moreover. they are both of them
earis, the head OF the house Of BERTHE being how
ever. an English noble, whereas the other lord is
Scotch peer. The latters peerage is a much
older dignity than the other. For he is twentieth
Lord OF Lindsay, OF the Byres and his patent as
soch bears the date OF 15. There are few peerages
IN scotland whose history IS more romantic or
'lat nave passed through strange vicissitudes
than that OF Lindsay and its name appears more
frequently IN the annals OF Scotland than any
Other house Of the Northern aristocracy. It was
Lord Of Lindsay whose fatal gift of a gray
morse 10 King James III the eve of the battle
o. sauchieburn was the cause Of that rnonarch's
oelhg Killed in that encounter. The sixth Lord
1--hasays name Will be familiar to all the readers
OF SIR Walter Scott's novel THE Abbot as one
OF the principal foes of Mary Queen Of Scots and
-Or MS share both in her deposition and in the
murder Of Rizzo in Holyrood Palace. The tenth
4oro distinguished himself ike the English Earl of
LINDSEY, by his loyalty 10 King Charles / whom he
attempted TO rescue from the hands of Oliver Crom-
Wen being himself captured by the latter and
imprisoned in the Tower Of London until the
restoration. The thirteenth lord famous as a
general was the founder and organizer of the
celeorated Highland - giment known as the Black
"Alch On the DEAN Of the fifteenth lord the
senior line became extinct and the heir 10 the
--Onors was found in corporal OF the army so
ignorant that he could even read or write
"Heh ne died without issue the honors went To
uisLAht relative distinguished general Sir Pat
iicA Lindsay, whose father had earned his livei-
mood as ships carpenter. and, on Sir Patrick
-4iios4y death, the Lindsay peerage again passed
70 remote kinsman. who had previously received a
Darohetey for his services British Fuvov N The
court OF Persia where his name is still held IN bon
olao'e remembrance as the organizer of Persian ar
l4I-eIy according 10 Western methods On the death
"a MS sun ms line became extinct, and the peerage
-0e more passed 70 cousin. the present earl who
1 oDseo 10 so through all sorts of legal process
es beIore he was able to establish his rights TO the
earloom Of Lindsay TO the satisfaction of 1he Com
Hntoee or Privileges Of the House of Lords
should add that Lindsay is likewise the family,
name OF the Earls of Crawford so thai tbera is
quite considerable amount of confusion between
Iie crawford Lindsays. the Bethupe Iindsavs or
Nhon the Earl of Lindsay is the chief and +ba
Bertie Earl OF Lindsey
MARQUISE DE FONTENOy