New-York tribune., 1906-09-26
Independence OF the clansman who has h.oo-,. !.
citizen OF the United States.
PEER CARDINALS GREAT anAynso,

PEER CARDINALS GREAT GRANDSON,
Lord Clifford OF Chudleigh who. with I.s,, c,,,-
ford has been entertaining Queen Na,sIis =, sar-
via at Ughbrooke Park. hts ancestral bow. .,
Devonshire enjoys the unique distinction IN the
British peerago OF being the sreat-rrar6,o. -, =
Cardinal Mrs FitzHerbert, now shown 20 h.ys
been the wife OF King George " had been twios
married previously. her first husband having heen
Colonel Weld OF Lulworth Castle I'm Dor,a, a,a :,
Stonyhurst At his death without issue the prop-
erty went. not to his widow. but to his brother
Thomas Wells. and il the Iatter's SON
nephew. therefore OF Mrs FitzHerbert who event
ually inherited Lulworth Castle. and stonyhurst
Losing his Wife, TO whom he passonatelv Mt
tached. and who left him little girl he entered
holy orders. became priest and was orested a
cardinal in 1881. bestowing stonyhurst on the Jes-
uitE who established there OF the most famous
OF their scholastic institutions The Cardinal died
IN 1887. almost on the same day the demise of his
aunt Mrs. FitzHerbert. His daughter married
Lcrd Clifford grandfather OF the present peer.
Lord CLIFFORD is well known in America and In
the early 70s spent much time in the West with
General Custer, with whom he enjoyed several
severe brushes with the Sioux He became q warm
friend OF the young officer who is now General
FRED ID Grant, and was taken by him to the
Ni'e House to be entertained by President
grant, or whose taeiturnlty he sun speaks with
amazement The billiard room and the great hall
at Ughbrooke Park have their walls adorned with
many trophies OF the chase from America He
read for the bar but the lato Lord Chief Justice
Noierldge refused to admit him, the ground
mat peer OF the realm could not be allowed to
practise law Curiously enough II this, Lord
Chief Justices eldest son and successor, the pres
eht LORD Coleridge, who obtained reversal Of this
ruling in order to preserve his lucrative prao
tfce at the bar his father having left all his prop
erty 10 HIS second wife.
The founder OF the family Of which Lord Clifford
Is the chief was the father OF the lady his
tory as the Fair Rosamond." whose infatuation
for King Henry II led TO her being poisoned by
Queen Eleanor Lord Clifford IS a Catholic like
his ancestors. and the first peer Of the line pre-
ferred 10 resign the lucrative office OF Lord High
Treasurer OF the kingdom rather than consent to
take the Anglican sacrament. in accordance with
the requirements OF the so-caled Test act. Lord
Clifford has children. and married to Miss
Mabel Towneley Of Towneley, a daughter Of one
Of the historic families of Lancashire and who
preserves among other relies IN the chapel at
Ugh5rooke Park the head OF her ancestor, Francis
Towneley, which was surreptitiously removed by
his relatives from the spikes Temple Bar on
which # had been impaled after his execution for
high treason at the time of the Jacobite rebellion.
GRAND BOOTJACK OF TUE CROWN.
Lord and Lady Rothes havo at length taken pos
session OF their ancestral home, known as Leslie
House, in FIfeshire. from which they have been
excluded ever since the accession OF the earl to
the family honors owing 10 the fact that his aunt,
dying in 1886. had left to her husband the Hon.
George Wal6egrave Leslie, the enjoyment and
OF the place for the remainder of his days. Leslie
House has been in the possession of the Leslie
family for many centuries. Originally 1t formed
a immense quadrangle. but three Eides de-
stroyed by fire in l7es, and IT is the fourth wing
that forms the present mansion SURPRISING in size
most Of the country seats OF the old Scottish aris
tocracy Il stands picturesQuely perched on the
summit OF hill. with terraced gardens sloping
down TO the River Levan.
Among the treasures and family relics preserved
at Leslie House a dagger used by Norman
Leslie, master OF Pothes in assassinating Cardinal
Bethune, and the magnificent sword Of state car
ried by the Duke Of Rothes at the coronation OF
Charles II. There is picture Of John. Earl OF
Rothes, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and magnificent
portrait Of Rembrandt, by himself In the village
Of Leslie, situated the estate. IS the old church
mentioned in the ballad OF "a Country Wedding"
written by King James of Scotland. who de-
scribed Il "Christs Kirk on the Green and
# was this game monarch who planted most OF
the grand old beeches hundreds OF years ago. which
are feature OF the estate.
Lord Rothes may be described the Grand
Bootjack to the Crown OF Scotland having in
herited the queer prerogatve, conferred upon one
OF his ancestors pulling OF the scvereigns boots
the return OF his her majesty 20 their apart
rnents on the conclusion of any state function or
ceremony IN Scotland. He is married 10 the daugh-
ter and heiress OF the exceedingly wealthy Thomas
Edwards Of Prinknash Park. Gloucestershire. ana
is very good looking. a fact which many people are
disposed TO ascribe to the circumstance that, like
the equally well favored Marquis of Exeter hs
has a strong strain of peasant blood in his veins.
his great-grandfather having been illterate
laborer George Gwyther by name, employed IN
the gardens OF the twelfth Earl OF Rothes whose
daughter, Lady Henrietta Leslie fell in love with
him and OF the age OF sixteen. contracted secret
marriage with him, which was not revealed until
she succeeded TO her fathers estates and honors
as peeress Of the realm in her right.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.