New-York tribune., 1907-06-24

ridge known as the Old Hills. It is filled with art
treasures, and the library contains some priceless
books, containing a first edition OF Piers Plow-
man and Caxton's 'Speculum Nitee Chrisu
Lord Beauchamp's sister. Lady Mary Forbes Tre-
iusis is the favorite lady y-in-waitng OF the fItn
cess OF wales, who Ike the other younger mem
bers OF the reigning family, notably Princess Pa
trica Of Connaught. is frequent guest at Madres-
field Court famous for its defence In 1915 against
the troops Of Oliver Cromwell in which Washing
ton, the Governor OF Worcester City, was con-
cerned Washington obtaining for the defenders,
when ultimately forced to surrender, the right OF
marching out with all the honors of war. Gov
ernor Washington was unless am much mis-
taken. one OF the immediate ancestors Of the first
President Of the United States.
TWO OF THE GRANDEsT HOUSES IN
FRANCE.
Two Of the grandest houses IN France are about
TO be united once again through the marriage OF
Marguerite de la Rochefoucauld granddaughter OF
the old Due de la Rochefoucauld-D DoudeauVlIle
the Prince de Tonnay- Charente only son and
heir OF the twelfth Due de MortemaTt The DUO
de la Rochefoucauld-D Doudeauvllle Is president Vi
the Jockey Club OF France The maternal grand
father OF the bride, the Due de la TreTnoile' was
until last year president of the smart Club de la
Rue Royale. while the Due de Mortemart is the
president of the Cercle Agricole, populaTly known
the 'Ioomme de Terre." and which IS composed
of the old territorial aEistocracy extremely CON
servatlve and most exclusive These are the char
acterlstics, OF its president, tho Due de horte
mart, who. since he left the army a1ter
from St Cyr and serving for time an officer or
cavalry. has abstained from taking any part III
public life. dividing his leisure between phIlal-
thropic enterprises and historical researches ana
indicating his sa ppToval of the present system OF
government by remaining entirely aloof from pol-
tics. He is a very handsome, rather stately man.
and is endowed with q good deal of tnat VIII ana
cleverness for which his family have from time
imrneynoriaI been celebrated. One of It's most IA
nous members was Atenais de MOrtemart, daugh-
ter Of Duke Gabriel de Mortemart. ana VINO sue
ceeded Mime. de la Vallere the faVorite OF hlns
Louis XIV, over whose heart she reigned tor TOUT
teen long years. bearing him eight chldreh; IN
( oh he Maine
louise, before being supplanted In the aHecuons ol
the "Roi Soleil" by her childrens goVeFhesS' 'iie
de Maintenon. -,
The Due de Mortemart is very rich. through his
wife who died three years ago. and VINO as d
Comtesse d'HunoIstein had inherited considefapie
share of the Czes fortune. Strlctly speaAt'5' -
Mortemarts became extinct as far back as IN % ttie
thirteenth century when AliX de MortenAll, 't,e
last of her line became the wife OF AEHleIS ue
Rochechouart who assumed both her name anu
her arnorial bearings. The head of the tamlly
was subsequently raised TO the rank of Marquis de
Norremart and later on, in 1910. TO be Duke or
Mortemart. The second duke was the famous
commander of that name who was NlceIoy VI
Sicily, and who his baton OF Marechal ue
France by his brilliant victories over the span
iards on both sea and land The tenth duke was
an aide-de-camp of Charles X. after having been
his page Of honor, but left the army Ileualels -,
after the revolution OF July, 1890 which placed the
Orleans dynasty on the throne. He was an lnu-
mate friend Of old Marshal MacMahon, VINO was
one Of the chief mourners at his funeral when
he died az the of April. in 1893. He was sue
ceedad in the family honors by his brother Victor,
who Ike Marshal MacMahon. caught terrible
cold at the funeral. Whereas MacMahon recoV-
cred Duke Victor succumbed less than three weeks
after the death of his elder brother, bequeatIllhg
the family honors and estates to his son Arthur
the present duke.
The future Duchess Of Mortemart, that is to say.
Marguerite de la Rochefoucauld, is the only child
Of the old Due de la Rochefoucaud Doudeau-
villes eldest son. who died last spring. Although
he bore the Spanish title OF Duo Estrees, with
which was associated the grandeeship OF the
first class Of Spain, he was more widely known
as the Vicomte de la Rochefoucaud. especially to
Lr1aTH ne oh
representative of polo in France and the
founder and president of the Paris Polo Club. The
La Rochefoucauds possess no less than six Frencn
dukedoms. antedating the great revolution, as
we'll the title Of Prince de Marcillac. the Span
ish Dukedom of Estrees and the italian Dukedom
OF Bisaccia. The head OF the entire house, which
was founded in the tenth century by younger son
OF the famous Sire de Lusignan, is Duke Francis
de- la ROchefoucauld. married 10 Miss Matte
Mitchell. daughter of the former United States
Senator Of that name
MARQCISE DE FONTENOY.