New-York tribune., 1907-12-11
FNGLANn,s PREMIER Earl.

Crowned heads fer variety of reasons abstain
from honorins with visits people who have been
unfortunate in their domestic relations and who
for enc cause or another separated or divorced
Ts begin with they think il their duty 10 refrain
from doing anything which could be construed by
their subjects indicating their approval of the
severance either in part completely of the
bonds Of Tnstrimeng- Then, bSe there rs always
the possibility of embarrassing centretemps.
King Edward has just departed for once in the
way from his strict rule and invsrisble custom in
this matter by paying visit 10 the Premier Earl
ef his realFa Lord Shrewsbury at 1ngestre Hall
Jyors Shrewsbury has for several years been sepa-
rated from his countess not by the courts, but by
means of q more er less amncabe arrangement
drawn up By their respective lawyers, and ac-
cordinE the terms Of which the earl binds him
self TO allow his wife 3e,0oo q year and the use
of Alton Texers during 8 part Of the year Lord
Shrewsbury had invited large family party to
meet the King, rather, the latter had notified
Lord Shrewsbury to the people .tsem he wished
20 be asked be his fellow guests at lngestre Hall
They included LeFd Shrewsourys mother, the
doxager ceuntess; also his sister, the Marchioness
Of Londonderry. and her husband, the Duchess Of
Sutherland Lady Sarah Wilson and Lord ShHews-
burys sen and dauShter-in-lsw, Lord and Lady
InGestre-
The name of Lerd Shrewsbury's wife was not in-
cluaed in the list. She understood TO be in
the South cf France, and no one would have
dreamed OF including her in the party, as she
has been barred from court and TO a great extent
from society since heg marriage, which was pre-
ceded by her elopemsnt from her first husband
Alfred Miller Mundy and an extremely sensational
-diverce in which Lord Shrewsbury, VINO is con-
siderably her Junior and who had not attained his
nssserity shen she eeped with him, figured as
correspondent. Since her marriage the countess
hss furnished pretext whatsoever for any dis
solution of the ties which bind her 10 the earl be-
yond an extremely fiery temper and passion for
litigation, in which the earl is usually the defend
snd which generally relates to some alleged
neglect his part to keep Alton Towers sufficient
iy equipped with furniture, linen, caFrisges, ser
vents etc, fer Ter
Some years see she came rather prominently be-
fore the public owing to the extraordinary action
Of the Lord Bishop OF Chester. who, hHding that
she had rented shsvingtop Hall, in Cheshire, for
the hunting season and that she was regular at
ten6ent st the Shsvingfen parish church. fereade
the vicar OF shsvinsten, On account OF the eff
cuHstsnees OF her divorce, 10 admit her to com
nauaieH to accept any money from her for the
charities of his parish.
Lord ShrsWebuTy has always been very much
isked beth court snd In society. and has always
besn the ehjeet ef Q geod deal of sympathy on the
part cf his restivee and friends, owing TO the
nsansr In which his iifs has been more or less
,nsrred by his beyheod indiscrstion, eliminating
il did in his unhappy marriage Besides being
the premier earl of Engisnd. he is also the heredi-
tsTy Lord High Steward snd Great seHesehai Of
ecstisne. stands particularly high in the good
~iI. Of the reysi family. King Edward probably
remembers that both he and his immediate prede-
eessors 81 the thrcHe have owed their possession
thereof isreely the former lords Of Shrewsbury
Fer IL was the sss.fth earl whom Queen Anne
her deathsed delivered the staff of Lerd High
Treasurer Of Great Britain and with 1t supreme ex-
ecutive pewer snd who as soon as she breafheo
her last svsed himself thereof at once TO proclaim
GAeyss 4 king, thereby securing tts succession OF
the House sf Hanover the throne and frustrating
the projected attempt Of tbs exiied family OF Stu
art = pseeveF the crown.
THE HISTORIC HOUSE OF TALBOT.
II u hardly necessary ts state that the patro-
nynfe q lerA shrsvsbury ie Talbot. and that Sir
sshe $stbet, che Arst Earl ef Shrewsbury vas the