New-York tribune., 1908-01-10

s he' noshsr when the latter still bore the title of
l-7os 'eune Sir Francis Jeuhe who died as Lord
ieieI, was very fond of his beautiful and
st-Poaagnfer and it was this eminent Judge,
SO celebrated as president of the English Divorce
Oour'' VINO gave her away on the occasion of her
marriage TO ST. John Brodriek The Her sybil
nfooficA' VINO accompanies Lord Middleton to this
o"ii'' Is MS twenty-two-year old daughter by his
rs' marriage 10 Lady Eilda Charteris daughter of
the Earl of Wemyss
Lord Middleton who p,us+ ,o, h o,,,saa NTH
Lord Middleton, hrother-n-law OF Sir William Cor
uoh cumming is descended from John Middleton,
VINO IN the reign Of Henry VI bore the title of the
Nihs tdnoroiderer and whose son. Sir Thomas
niodfieh' was lieutenant of the Tower Of London
III me reign of Queen Elizabeth He is on record
as having bequeathed by way of memorial his
rather. sum OF money TO the ancient Broderers'
OollpahF' or Guild. in London for the benefit
VI tle poorer members OF the company, which for
hUrdreds OF years has enjoyed the prerogative of
Iuriishlne-at steep price. it is true-the hearse
eioeh' or pail. used at royal funerals Lord Midle-
ton is freeman and member of this guild like ali
oI ms predecessors in the family honors and es-
tates- The name of St John comes into his family
through the marriage of the Sir Thomas Brodrick
knighted by Queen Elizabeth to the granddaughter
and heiress of Nicholas St John. of the terri
torial magnates of Wiltshire 1t was his son, Sir
St John Brodrick, who established himself at
Middleton. in the County Cork where he obtained
large tract OF land by grant from the Crown. and
ireland for his services Lord High Chancellor
of that kingdom he selected his tiNe Viscount
Middleton of Middleton in County Cork To these
Irish honors the English barony of Brodrick. of
PEPPER Harrow, in Surrey carrying with it a in
the House of Lords. added at the close of the
eighteenth century
PEPPER Harrow is the principal country seat of Lord
Middleton, and has been in his family since 17l3.
when II was purchased by the first viscount. Sit
uated IN the most picturesque portion of Surrey,
II is believed to owe its odd name TO some ancient
Anglo-Saxon proprietor For X figures in Dooms-
day Book, with intinaton that whereas Wal
ter FftzOther held it from William the Conqueror
an Anglo-Saxon knight of the name of Award had
held It from King Edward the Confessor. Among
ITS subsequent owners Sir Bernard Brocas.
chamberlain TO Queen Anne of Bohemia. consort
Of King Richard IL of England. and the Earl of
Southampton. upon whom it was bestowed by
Henry VIII On the estate is the "Bonfeld
Spring the waters of which, according to chron-
ieles of six and seven hundred years ago. were
most efhcaclous in the eyes and uI-
GERS. a most picturesque and artistic grotto in
ecclesiastical style. designed by Pugin, shields
the spring from harm and injury The mansion at
PEPPER Harrow was built from designs by Sir WILL
lam Chambers in the middle of the eighteenth CEN
tury, In very stately style, suggesting combina-
tlon OF the italian palace rather than of the
lish manor The rooms extremely lofty and of
exceptionally spacious dimensions and in the din
ing room hangs Rubens's famous masterpiece, "A
Burgomaster," which is undoubtedly the gem of
the entire Middleton collection of paintings.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.