New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
LADY MARY woRTL.EY MONTAGIrs DE-


SCENDANTS
The present Lord Wharncliffe who Is a former
naFal oh1cer and warm friend of the Prince of
wales sold Wharncliffe House about eight years
ago TO Lord Crewe for $4,000 He has four broth
erS' one Of whom is Colonel Edward Stuart Wort
ley' formerly military attache of the British en-
DasSy at Far1s. and who greatly distinguished him
seII In the Soudan campaigns as one of the princI-
PAL Heutenants OF Lord Kitchener while another Is
.ne Hon Ralph Stuart Wortley. who after spend
ing some years ranching in the Far West is now
oS'"ohshed IN New York a member of the Stock
A1AcHdhge there' and married TO a daughter OF Ad-
miral Schley OF the United States navy
The principal country seat of Lord Wharncnffe
is Wortley Hall standing on a plateau oyerlookino,
the beautiful valley the Don 1t is in the heart
VI Ihe district mmortazed by Sir Walter Scott
III IVanhoe. Near by are the Wharncliffe crags
picturesque displacement. of rocks of huge size,
'h4cky wooded at the bottom where they fall to
the river and containing the cavern which ac-
cording to Yorkshire folklore was the lair OF the
terrible Dragon of Wantley. What renders this
Wortey Hall estate particularly Interesting is that
'Ae "orueys have made their home there since the
eleventh century. The wife that Earl of Butte who
was the all-powerful Minister of Geor,. III in the
early years Of his reign heire>s of the es-
tates of her father. Stuart Wortley Of Wortley
and It was she who left the Wortley and Wharn.
chne property to her second son. who was eventu-
ally created Lori Wharncliffe
The Stuai. Wortleys likewise own a consider
rate did so until quite recently. The Cornish
estates Of the Lords of WharnclHe included the
naturally castellated rock of Tintagel which is
now crowned with the ruins Of a castle of almost
fabulous antiquity. reputed to be the birthplace of
King Arthur. 1t is perhaps the most romantic
spot in the rugged and picturesque County of
Cornwall. The castle, after being for centuries
the home Of the Earls OF Cornwall and being sub
sequently used a prison, was allowed TO fall
into ruin in the reign of Queen Elizabeth on the
advice OF her minister. Lord Burlegh. who urged
her that it OF too heavy expense to
keep in repair.
But to return TO Wharncliffe or rather Crewe
House. IN Mayfair. Mayfair did not always en-
JOY the prestige which It now obtains as the most
fashionable and ultra-exclusve quarter Of London.
In the reign OF Charles II II was the scene of
great fair and popular festival held there in honor
or May, In that month. each year. II was Indeed
noted In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Tor the brawls and the popular disturbances OF
which IL was the scene every spring. These be
came such a source OF troubla the authorities
that early in the reign of George III the fair
abolished. The of the district, however.
remains
OF course all the art treasures of the Lords Of
Wharnclhe have disappeared from Crewe House.
But there is appearance of denudation. For
Lord Crewe has wealth of art treasures OF
his own. most of them inherited. but many of
them acquired since his marriage to Lord Rose
bery's daughter. Lady Peggy Primrose. who in
herited a considerable share OF the immense for
tune OF her mother the richest of all the Roths-
child women
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.