New-York tribune., 1907-10-16

papers nine months ago when his death was an
nounced by mistake, has Just succumbed in London
to the effects Of a wound received in the South
African war, and which made necessary a whole
series OF painful operations in the last five or
six years will remembered in this country, under
the name of Lord Throwley, as n member Of the
first cricket eleven brought by Lord Hawke TO this
country and 1t may be added that the earl
his younger brother, hitherto known as Captain
the Hon. Lewis Arthur Miles, is likewise a noted
cricketer. He is just forty years of age, unmar
ried and now finds himself possessed of very
tensive estates well of fine country seats. in
Kent and in Norfolkshire.
Strictly speaking, the patronymic Of this family
is not Miles but Monsoon It may be said 10 owe
its origin to the marriage of the first Lord Monson
Lady Margaret Watson daughter of the first
Earl of Rockingham. The second Of this
union, Lewis, the death of the third Earl Of
Rockingham without issue inherited from this
cousin OF his all the Rockingham estates. on the
condition that he would assume Lord Rockingham S
patronymic Of Watson and the Watson arms The
possession of these estates endowed Lewis Monsen.
or Lewis Watson, he had now become, with so
much political influence that he raised to the
House of Lords Lord SOndes The second Lord
SOndes married heiress of the name of Elizabeth
Miles and the result that her son, the fourth
Lord Soudes, on succeeding her fathers prop
erty, was compelled by the terms of his will TO
take the of Miles in lieu of that Of Watson.
The new earl is still a Miles, but his younger
brother and next heir has been Obliged to assume
the name and arms of Iade in lieu of those Of
Miles on succeeding to the possession of the Nash
Court and Brinley House estates near Faversham.
in Kent bequeathed 10 him by relative Thus
we find here a family Of the peerage, where the
honors descend in the male line only changing its
patronymic four times within the space Of a little
century.
1t was an aunt of the present Lord Sondes.
namely the Hon. Anna Miles who was found on
her death TO have made such extraordinary be-
quest to Queen Alexandra, then Princess Of Wales
II consisted of 4 collection of some one hundred
and fifty live parrots and cOckatoos each mag
nihcent specimen of its kind, but horribly noisy
especially when united in discordant chorus.
The object Of Miss Miles she declared, to
console the princess for the death throus pneu-
monia OF her favorite parrot Cookie Cookie was
n great character in his way, aud was In the
habit whenever the weather grew warm In sum
mer OF cooling himself by Givestlng his body OF
every trace of feathers excepting those about his
head and neck which OF course he could not reach
presented. with his feathered and tufted head and
his entirely naked body, was ludicrous in the eX-
treme. Unfortunately. Cookie did not make sutti-
cient allowances for the sudden changes OF climate
IN England. and when after putting himself thus
in summer attire sudden cold spell set In
he succumbed. much TO the sorrow OF his royal
mistress. who had the parrot buried at Sandrtng-
ham in q cemetery reserved exclusively for her
pets there being a tombstone over every grave re-
cordinr the virtues and the peculiarities OF the
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