New-York tribune., 1906-10-19
crATUS OF HEIRLOOMS.
nsHcItv in Complying sUith the
Jn,s Lady Cmson's Wishes.

Lso - -. beriooms the possession thereof being
:, .he irish barony OF Curzon and the
W. ..-ltcra OF Leven, respectively. Their
soo1A that these Jewels etc. should never be
oo 49,, should always remain in the family. The
sa- sa.,snt az their wishes in this respect will de-
- th. rood Will OF their descendants, rather
le ,,on sny legal obligations. end IT is well to
BE ...sntion TO this circumstance. thsre is no
ar a. the English language that is more misused
NO.. ..-.ixvDderstood than that OF heirloom"
81. us country, indeed. every woman who hap
- - lose her Jewels either through robbery or
F,-s,sssuess Immediately describes them as
E.-,ooyas" Now. the law in England. 6 well as
.-,x-aoa Is distinctly against the constitution
[,,-,oons Il is adverse even to the institu-
@ y. :. entails in the matter OF real estate Owing
N ,,. a teststor is unable TO bind his heirs from
y,st,on OF property beyond the life of the legatee
o. !. thu istter's heir He prevent the legates
-, s,sposing Of the property, by giving him q
IS IS ufe interest but on the legstee's heir
- =. sra the two can come to agreement to
-, I ,be entail. which changes the nature OF the
,.r.v 10 ordinary real estate. so that il be
- AZ a general rule, however, the heir, when
:. oo-,es OF age, is asked to agree to q resettle-
=. az the estate. and that is how lands
- sor generations IN the possession OF one fam
- In one word there could be no lasting entail
ss.o,,, psriodioal resettlements. The thing
lie. 70 jewels. art treasures family portraits,
r.-sss family documents and family tornbs and
nCagr1en's'
OF elrOrls nave DeeD mace Ey houses OF
=. british aristocracy in times past to bind
.,nsJly, ss one might say, the property in the
,sssssion Of their heirs One Of the most notable
rs,snces OF this kind was that Of the founder OF
., family OF Lord Rendleshan. the well known
.,,s man snd Jockey Club steward His ancestor
- on Peter Thelusson. the Genevese banker,
,so hg1rea for time as the Swiss envoy ct the
c,r-t OF Louis XIV OF France, and subsequently,
sbishsd himself in business in London When
- sas he left an extraordinary Will, directing that
n his great property should be tied up and held
!, ooupounG interest for the ultimate benefit Of
a. Oldest grandson of any of his three sons. The
ster took the case into court, with the object OF
rr.sk1us their fathers will. which virtually cut
hem Of without penny. Prolonged litigation en-
susd lasting nearly fifty years, and II ultimately
ssrted In the enactment OF q law. toward the lat
az usrt OF the reign OF George III, prohibiting
vruperty from being tied UP by will beyond the
second generation
Of course there are estates and great country
soasss in England which are 70 all intents and
-u-vcses entaled far beyond the ordinary legal Pc
res tr special act OF Parliament as. for instance.
tbs palace OF Blenheir the ownership OF which is
vested In the descendants OF the first Duke OF
Marlborough. in recognition Of his victory OF Blen-
bsr Il is held from tho Crown by one OF those
oueer old teaures. which eIact5 that each year, on
he anniversary Of the Battle Of Blenheim, the
Duke o. Marlborough should present TO the SOW
trgn or TO his representative. miniature French
.sd the Duke OF Marlborough would forfeit to the
Crown the palace and park at Ble1heim In the
ssne way the mansion and estate of Trafalgar,
rss- Salisbury, is vested by Parliament in the
lrls Nelson, II perpetuity. There are g number
q castles and estates which held in this fash
ha BY what IS known petit ser5eanty' from
he Crown and n their cases. OF course. the Writ
nj entail not only extends indefinitely. but more
gsr cannot be broken except by act Of Parliament
The ordinary entail, both as regards real estate
E-3 heirloons can, have pointed out above.
always broken by the life tenant and his heir
e5ning 10 agreement which the courts in
v-ably ratify in case OF opposition Of more remote
isrs And n recent years we have witnessed
rber OF public sales OF entaLled family treasures
u-zg under the head OF heirloons. Thus. IN 1904
rs sgAsction OF pictures OF the Marquis Townshend
p.uaa1a $4,000. In 1900 Sir Robert PeeIs superb
paintings were sold, OF the finest Vandykes
fstraas t3oOoo. while in 1890 the heirooms Of the
Dixie q Somerset brought in the ueighborhood OF
Ef4
TIE TALLEsT EARL OF ENGLAND.
he Lady Pembroke. whose death is reported
ton England. was not the wife Of the present earl
tu ths widow OF his elder brother and predeces-
sr IN he family honors-a sster-in-law, therefore,
Lady Herbert, who is now in New York, stay
-g with her parents Mr.. and Mrs Richard T.
Wilson. The thirteenth earl. her husband,
:ed the distinction OF being quite the tallest man
II either OF the two Houses OF Parliament, stand
ag 10 less than six foot six In his stockings He
d however. principally remembered by his
ass book entitled South Sea Bubbles" by The
Ah and the Doctor" the latter being George
asnry Kingsley brother Of Charles and Henry
Aagsiey. II is most entertaining description
O prolonged yachting cruise in the Southern
Pacific and its humorous approval of the lax
morals of the South Sea Islanders led TO its
tshg severely boycotted by the public and
circulating libraries. The earl, instead OF car
ng out the threat contained in the book. that he
soan return 10 Tahiti and marry one Of the duskv
<auues Of whose charms he spoke in such glow
-g Terms surprised many people some time later
. marrying Lady Gertrude Talbot. daughter OF
Is late Lord Shrewsbury a woman considerably
posr than himself, but who survived him until
-st week. making her home in Carlton House Ter
ace They had no children bg their marriage and
" her husbands death the family honors and
states passed into the possession Of his brother,
Ne present. and fourteenth Lord Pembroke. who
vas lord steward OF the royal household through
~ the last three Unionist administrations. 1
'l'ale rneLtion, by-the-bye, that the late earl
Sloag other adventures IN the Pacific, was
F'ecked a coral reef IN outlying part Of the
sssl'ered Fiji archipelago and had TO live among
-s Wild natives for time before reaching
-s'-A& and relative civilization The extraordinary
squire OF the earl was a source Of never ceasing
slszsment 10 the FiIians and led them TO endow
IN With the name Of ''Rata Niulangi," which may
CHEF"
-4ke the present earl and the late Sir Michael
IOet ne a son Of that brilliant Lord Her
so' - o. Lea, Of the well known statesmen Of
- 'lctorian era. whose statue in front Of the War
De Is familiar to every American who has
sseo along Pail Mail. and who figures in Lord
pps'eoasdeo's "Endynion' as Sidney Wilton. Lady
@"eft Of Lea still survives Of the most
ersIaheat members Of the Catholic aristocracy OF
Isat Britain
4e ancestral home OF the family is wilton
-'ey' within sight OF Salisbury Cathedral 1t was
4 go Dy King Henry VIII al the time OF the
.0THsuon 10 William Herbert first Earl OF Penn
1s' The mansion built according 70 the de-
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