The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
Conserving the Clarendon Family. 4
ORD CLARENDoN,F 10 ut the
age Of sixty two, has just

Concerning the Clarendon Family.
II ORD CLARENDo who ut tile
age Of sixty-two, has Just
married tho fitch ind fascinat-
- Ing widow OF the Hon. I'd
ward Burke son OF the firth
Earl Mayo, Is one OF the best
having been for many years Lord
chamberlain ana having ins this ca
pacity been called upon to take an ac..
tive. part IN the presentation Of most
years OF the reign OF queen Victoria.
and the first Six years following the
nccesslo Ion Of Edward VII. He Is a wild j
over his first wife having been Lady
Caroline "A gar, eldest daughter of the
her two children. nnmely a son, Lord
HYDE, married TO the sister Of the
sixth Lord sor1ers, and a daughter,
Lady Edith Vllliers. He is tho son
OF that Lord Clarendon who played
toria as Secretary OF State for For,
eign Affairs, and was responsible for
the friendship between the British
reigning house and the French En-
peror and Empress.
II was brought about in rather n
curious fashion. Napoleon Ill. who
had a high opinion OF his own milf
tary abilitles--l,e was theoretical
strategist of no mean skill-had an-
nounced his determination to proceed
to the Crimea for the purpose of as
English, Sandman and Turkish armies,
then besieging Sebnstopol. His own
minister's were completely dismayed by
his project, which they regarded as
and to his regime, while the English
government was equally opposed there.
to. disliking the idea OF compelling
British army to serve under the i'm
mediate command of any foreign SOW
9, q, Al. advice and argnments sub,
to make matters worse, he was en-
'couraged In his intentions by Eugene,
who was anxious to enjoy the exer-S
else. of supreme authority as regent
during his absence.
There Is no Knowing what would
have happened had not the late Lord
Clarendon. then in office as Secretary
OF State for Foreign Affairs, come to
the rescue OF the English, French and
Sardlnian Cabinets. by Inducing. Queen
Victoria to dispatch an invitation to
NAPOLEON and to Eugene, to visit her
at Windsor, at a date fixed for two or
three mouths after the time which the
Emperor had determined upon TOR his
departure to the seat of war.
Now, If there was one thing more
than any other for which the imperial
French couple yearned just then IT
was for recognition of this kind from
one or another OF the great powers of
Europe. They had been virtually boy
cotted by all foreign courts. the reign
ing. houses rcsenting the sanguinary
peror had obtained possession OF his
throne. and also disappearing of his
selection of consort, not only by
reason Of her doubtful and non-royal
anteccdents. According to many. Eu-
genie was. in fact, natural daughter
OF Lord Clarendon. who as q young
man had been one of the most devoted
admirers of her mother. and whose
affection for the Empress prior to her
marriage had always been marked by
a certain parental tenderness. Queen
Victoria was knownto be most strict
on the subject of morality, and to have
transformed the English court from
Itrarespectable In all Europe. She her.
self was renowned as the very pattern
and model Of proprlety. pushed even
to a puritanical degree. and both Ma
poleon and Eugene realized that for
her to receive them in state at Wind
fellow sovereigns, constituted a recog-
milton of inestimable value, which
would put an end to tho ostracism to
which they had been subjected, and
would be followed In due course by
their acceptance by the remainder Of
the rcigninE houses Of the Old World.
Called upon to choose between go
ling to the Crimea as commander-in-
|chief of the allied armies and pro-
ceedins to England as the guest Of
he had lived fc~ so many years in
penurious exile, and frowned upon not
only by royalty. but even by socie-
Ity--Napoleon selected the latter alter
Empress Eugene. And when their
visit to Windsor had taken place
lit included state progress through
London to break bread with the Lord
Mayor at the Guildhall-there was. of
course. the return visit of Queen Vic
toria with the Prince Consqrt and their
ichildren to Paris. which was to follow
| a couple of months or so later. and
for which all sorts Of elaborate prepa-
rations had to be made. SO that noth-
| ing more was heard of the Emperor's
departure for the Crilnea.
Although Victoria had been bitterly
prejudiced against Napoleon and his
twife, especially against the former:
their visit to Windsor entirely changed
her sentiments toward them. She was
charmed with them altogether, espe-
cially by the dIgnified Difference which
both displayed In their attitude towards
her. and became their warm friend. Sc
great was the intimacy which exlstec
birth to the Prince Imperial. Queer
Victoria sent over her favorite lady
lin waiting. the Marchioness OF Fly
who had been with her at the blrti
of her own children, to remain witt
1.-THE Empress On two subsequent lbs NJ 9 3,
jealousy to leave her husband. and tt
Sc to England; it was Vi etc 2 Nv wltf
\ return to Paris before any public scar,
dial had ensued; and when Eugene
Host in turn her throne, her HUSBAND
4 and her son, 1t was from Queen VIC
tora that she received the most sym
pathy and atfectionate CONSIDERATION
manifested in a thousand dlfferen
). The present Lord Clarendon Is tn
rlfifth OF his line, and is q cadet OF q, IN
House OF Villiers, of which the Ear
OF Jersey Is the chief. The act 1I,
Earldom was created by George, III
in 1875. in favor OF William Villl y 7 =
!, a younger son of the second Lord = or
'}sey, who had marricd the granddaugih
ter and heiress Of Henry Lyle e y a. !,
. last Earl or Clarendon nd Rocheste !,
!, OF the Hyde family, To the attars !
! Emay be remembered both Queen mar;
!. and Queen Anne belonged, thro 1Nll
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