The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-11-17
KINGS SON IN Our NAVY
ORD FAMILY DESCENDANT OF
GEORGE ". OF ENGLAND.
Estate OF $4,000, 900 for Heirs in
America - Sealed Records
Opened in London

America - Sealed Records
Opened in London
Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE American
Z family OF Ord, with branches in Chi
cago and san Francisco, claim close
IineaI relationship with the royal fam
Z lily Of England and ownership Of an
estate worth more than SIS, 100000
as the result OF the opening Of rec
Ords in London last Friday that have
been kept secret under the royal seal
for seventy years.
These old records confirm the mar
rage OF King George " with Mrs
Maria Smythe Fitzherbert-
The American claimants viii at
once begin a legal fight for the pos
session of the S25,OOO,OOO estate,
whose ownership has been in doubt
+ for decades, but they will seek no
titles, as the marriage was morgan
attic King George denied the marri-
age to Mrs Fitzherbert on his death
! bed, and the English parliament rec
I Ognizes no marriage Of royalty with
plebians-
san Francisco, Nov. 12-In the
making Of history many a golden
thread Of romance is interviewer with
facts Here is a thread that entang-
I led itself around the throne Of a king.
/ was suddenly broken and after the
/ lapse Of decades discovered. General
Ord, once commander Of the depart
ment Of the Platte, was a lineal des-
I cendant Of George ", but ali men
\ ton Of the Ords in the duke Of Well
/ ingtOn memoirs were erased lest some
Y Of the Ords might claim the throne
I of England.
In this city lives a lineal descend
ant Of George ", king of England.
Mrs. $ W. Holiday, according to
facts which history does not hesitate
. to state, is a granddaughter Of Mrs.
Fitzherbert maria Anne Smythe),
/ proofs Of whose marriage to the then
/ prince OF Wales in December, 1885,
have just come to light IN England
/ In the centennial history Of George
. town college Gan American institU-
. tom il is stated that James Ord was
/ the son OF Mrs. Fitzherbert- James
Ord was the father Of Mrs. 5. w HOl-
I laday. Asked last evening to make
/ a statement regarding her relation
F ship, Mrs. Holiday finally gave re-
( luctant consent. She is a woman Of
much refinement and culture, who re-
+ CARDS it as a far greater honor TO be
Z an untitled American than a titled
BritOn-
King Had Two Children.
. er was one Of two children born to
. Mrs Fitzherbert after her marriage
to the prince Of Wales, afterward king
. Of England" said Mrs. Holiday.
I Mrs. Fitzherbert's marriage was
sanctioned by the Catholic church,
but not by royalty, she not being Of
royal birth. She had two children,
girl and a boy. The girl was adopted
in infancy by Admiral Seymour and
his wife and passed as their child.
She married Dawson Dslner and her
/ descendants are now living in Eng
Z land
Mrs. Fitzherbert left nothing to
my father. believing him to have died.
Z Ny father was placed in charge Of
Archbishop Carroll, a friend OF Mrs
F Fitzherbert, who afterward founded
. Georgetown college. His name, James
. Ord, was given him by James Ord,
who brought him to America when an
infant Ny father married a Mary
land beauty and heiress and twelve
( children were born TO them in Wash
ington and Maryland.
Il was the youngest and came with
I the family to California when I was
I school girl. There was but one other
daughter, who died Excepting a
F. brother, I am the only survivor Of
the twelve.
My father sent all his sons to
. Georgetown college. DR.. James l.
Ord was graduated from Jefferson
. college in Philadelphia. General Z.
I o. c. Ord was educated at West Point.
A son Of his is living in this state,
retired captain. Major Placidus Ord
was an aide Of the general in the
Z civil war Judge Pacificus Ord, my
/ fathers oldest son, was United States
/. district attorney in Los Angeles. His
son would therefore be in direct line
+ Of succession to the throne Of Eng
land.
Son in American Navy.
My father was a midshipman in
the war Of 1912 on the United States
frigate Congress. have his appoint
ment, signed by the secretary OF war.
He was a recruiting officer Of the
army when he married and until COM
T ing to California was IN the govern
ment civil service.
My father died in Omaha in Gen
. eral Ord's house when the general was
/ commanding the department Of the
. Platte He was buried among the
priests Of the convent there. Ny moth
er is buried in the old Catholic ceme-
tery in Santa Cruz.
we have always known Of the eX-
istence Of the documents left with the
duke Of Wellington, and which passed
into the custody Of the succeeding
. dukes II mention IS made in them
Of my father it viii doubtless be with
. held for fear OF some claim being
made by the Ords to the throne. But
the Ords are good Americans, and
would not exchange the records made
BY them in this country in naval, mill
tary and civic life for anything that
royalty could Offer