New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-08
POWIS CASTLE


Fowls Castle is a huge baronial pile built on an
eminence IN the middle OF a very extensive and
beautiful park, and contains a marvellous collec-
ton OF Indian curios and relics brought from the
Orient by the first Lord Give. who 1t may
be remembered, stormed Calcutta and inflicted
condign punishment its ruler for the atrocity
still known in history the Black Hole of Cal
cutta. The late Earl Fowls a somewhat
trio individual and his entire life may be said TO
nave been overshadowed by the fact that he acct
dentally killed his father, the second Earl Powis
of the present creation. while shooting He
was not on particularly good with. his
nephew. the present earl and when the latter, as
George Herbert. married the famous beauty Miss
Violet Lane Fox they had extremely little on
which TO live. In fact their circumstances at first
were extremely straitened. Before many months
had passed, however. the late earl suddenly died
and the young couple found themselves in possess
sion OF very large fortune. The late earl had
had passion for boarding things in of the
way places. and most amusing stories told of
the extraordinary discoveries hidden treasure
made by Lord and Lady Fowls when they first
took possession of Fowls Castle after the old peers
death. Rooms that had been unopened for half a
century more were investigated, and many
precious things IN the shape OF old plate, superb
jewels and valuable paintings of the existence of
which had the slightest idea, brought
TO light
Lady Fowls remains 10 this day an extremely
beautiful woman. She is as fair as the lily. with
golden hair. smiling face and a perfect figure.
Prior 10 her marriage she was subjected 10 most
extraordinary persecution on the part OF an lndi-
vidual of the OF Randall. a gentleman by
birth though not by breeding who fell violently in
love with her. She was unable TO move out OF the
house without being annoyed by his persistent and
unwelcome attentions and mportunate did he
become that her mother. Lady Conyers.
peatedly forced 10 invoke the assistance OF the
police and TO cause his He suffered no less
than three different terms of Imprisonment with
hard labor for thus offending. and when last
charged with the offence let go solely on the
condition and the pledge that he should expatrfato
himself.
through her marriage with the earl, IS likewise
peeress in her right. the holder Of the an
cient barony Of Darcy de Knayth. This peerage.
created January q. 1891. has, thanks to its
descent through the female line been held In turn
by the Lords Conyers, by the Ears OF Holdernesse.
by the Dukes of Leeds and by the Lane Foxes.
On the death of Sackvlle Lane Fox, twelfth Lord
Couyers and fifteenth Lord Darcy of Knayth, hts
peerages again fell into allegiance. which ter
minated by the Crown in the following fashion:
The baronies Of Conyers and of Fauconberg
assigned MS elder daughter. wife OF the fourth
Earl of Marlborough while his barony of Darcy de
Knayth allotted his younger daughter Vio-
let, Countess of Fowls. Several English works OF
reference state that Lady Powiss death her
barony will go TO her daughter instead Of 10 her
This IS not the 1t is her son, young
Lord Give the future Earl OF Fowls who will
his mothers death succeed TO her peerage
of Darcy de Knayth.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.