New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-30
COUNT GLEICHEN.
Ne7o British Military Attache a
Cousin Of Ed7card vi and Kaiser.

Count Albert Victor Gieichen. who is coming 10
america next month military atta-he the
BRUSH Embassy at Washington is. in spite OF
ms German name and title an English soldier. and
IN every sense Of the word a Briton Re is no
Stranger 10 this country. which he visited about
sixteen years ago. and ON his return home he
puolshed an article relating his American
periences, which appeared in 'iurray's Magazine
attracting a good deal OF attention on this side OF
the Atlantic, owing to the fact that he had been
imprudent enough to mingle with his praise SOM
mId criticisms. which were not altogether Well
received here. He is, however. a gallant soldier
one Of the most popular I'm the English army
alike with his fellow officers and with the rank
and file. and. besides that an extremely accom-
plishcd man. who paints ketcnes. PLAYS and sings
as well as he writes RE is the author OF several
successful books. one Of the most interesting or
which Is record Of his experiences as a member
OF SIT Rennel Rodds mission TO the N-gus OF
Abyssinia
Besides being the godson OF King Edward and
one OF his equerries. Count GIeichen is his cousin
for MS father. the late Prince Victor HohenIohe
VINO as count Glecnen rose % the rank OF admiral
h the English navy. and distinguished himself i'm
Ihe Crlmean War, was favorite nephew of queen
victoria. being a Of her half sister. Prince
victor Hohenlohe marrying Miss Laura Sey-
mour' assumed the title OF Count Glechen. which
belonged 20 his family. and abdicated his rights
: and prerogatives scion of OF the mediati1ed
or formerly reigning houses OF Europe. descending
to the rank of mere noble. Otherwise ne would
have been compelled TO marry Miss Seymour NOR
ganatCally. Prince Victor's sister was the mother
/ Of the present German Empress and Count
Gleichen is therefore first cousin OF her German
/ majesty. Thanks % this ne has enjoyed an ex-
/ ceptionally privileged position at the Kaiser's
court and in Berlin society while acting as mill
tary attache Of the British Embassy there.
His mother bears the title of Princess Victor
Hohenlohe. by virtue of an order Of queen Vic
tora, though IL is not recognized on the Continent
One Of his sisters Countess Fedora GIechen. has
aob pya1
a sculptress. having won prizes both at the Royal
Academy and the Paris Salon. while another sister.
Countess Nalda, who possesses magnificent voice
married a few weeks NJ Macheu. Under Sec
rotary OF State in the Department OF Finance OF
the Egyptian government, and son Of the famous
sportsman. Captain MaCheu
Count Gleichen. who holds the rank Of lieutenant
colonel in the Grenadier Guards and who is COW
cred with decorations. is bachelor, far from rich
and there are no restrictions in the way Of his
marrying anybody he chooses His wife viii be
come through her union TO him first cousin Of
the German Empress. a second cousin Of the
Kaiser and Of King Edward, German countess
and the helpmate of very charming and accom-
plished man. who is generally known among his
friends by the nickname OF Click l may add
that he has good deal Of active service,
having taken part in most Of the Egyptian cam
pagns is a graduate OF the Stan College, has been
attached to special missions in Morocco, country
about which he has written. and was so badly
wounded in the last war in South Africa that he
reported as dead, in fact ms recovery was
little short Of miraculous
How tactfuI he IS is best shown by the manner in
which he has managed to retain until now the
affection and good will Of his two kirsmen. the
Kaiser and King Edward, despite the acute char
acter Of the differences which exist between them.
THE ORIGINAL GAIETY GIRL A PEERLESS
Lady Orkney's serious accident I'm the hunting
field while out with Lord ROthschilds pack in
BuckInghamshire serves 10 call attention the
~F1r 1ar arlf7fs will ll
issue pass his death to their little three-yearold
| girl Lady Mary Hamilton FiJzmaUrice. the peerase
being a Scotch one. created away back in the sew
| euteenth century. before the Act Of Uaiou. The
/ present Lady Orkney's career is most eXtraor-
binary one for she started rather low down in the
social scale Her mother took in theatrical wash
ing. AS a child she became artists model and
/ figures in several Of the paintings OF W P Firth
and Of other Royal Academicians She made her
debut on the stage at the age of sixteen in skip
| ping rope dance at the Gaiety and at once took
the fre4uenters of that popular London theatre by
storm for Connie GiCErist a siuguIarIv
beautiful and graceful girl. with air of candor,
Of righteousness and Of childish innocence which
contrasted in the most extraordinary fashion with
her highly cOlored speech. her precOcious cvnicism
! and her very unusual knowledge of the world.
Popularity known as the Child she became the
object OF many infatuatiOus among the most not
able Of her admirers being the late Lord IOnsdaIe
who beqUeathed to her a considerable fortune.
much the disgust Of his widow and OF his
brother and successor, the present Lord LOnsGae.
Subsequently, the late Duke Of Beaufort became
her friend. and the time OF her marriage
number of years later to the Impoverished young
Earl Of Orkney he gave the bride away
With more shrewdness than is displayed BY most
footliEht favorites. she had the time Of her
marriage succeeded in accommodating fortune TO
the tune Of about $4,000 a year, thanks which
her husband and herself nave been able to keep
up a handsome hunting establishment and country
seat in Observation-Disclosures II cannot be said that
she is exactly received with open arms by county
society. the marked GOODNESS Of the latter toward
her being the fact that several of her hUs-
bands relations. among them Lord and Lady Bos-
ton. reside in the district and have bitterly
resented the earl's marriage 20 a woman Of such
suited in his social extinction But sJiL at the
same time some of the ladies who attend the vari-
Gus hunts around Leighton Buzzard. and especially
those who follow the Rothschd hounds. maintain
a species Of hunting field acquaintance with Lady
Orkney who occasionally puts IN appearance at
the parish church. and gives generously to all
local charity.
1t is probable that Lady Orkney's last accident
Will result in her giving up hunting for good. She
is terribly short sighted that in spite fine
seat in the saddle she is constantly sustaining
terrible spills, and since her marriage has re-
peatedlv broken her cOIarbone. on one occasion
breaking her leg in several places.
FIRST EARL WAS VIRGINIA's GOVERNOR.
Although Lord Orkney is a Scotch peer. derv-
ing his principal title from one OF the most remote
portions Of the northern kingdom. Vet he is an
Irishman by birth. has no estates in Scotland and
has a strain Of Jewish blood in his veins The
earldom OF Orkney first created in favor Of "a
Younger son OF that Lord William Douglas who
on marrying the Duchess OF Hamilton was made
Duke OF Hamilton. This first Lord Orkney OF
the seventeenth century creation had counec-