New-York tribune., 1908-07-31
,-1ss MAY sANps.s HANcE.

5 v-fck1oz-s half-brother. the Hon. Hugh Mel
= Howard whose engagement Miss May
-. asughter Of Mr- and Mrs. Benjamin Ayuar
- NJ New York. has just been announced,
80 -rorn 3 family that has furnished end OF
s.-ns and romance to the British peerage. and he
= -.-o,a ner TO the esTldom. the minor dignities
= .ae ertailed estates of the head of his house.
80 ,-urfpal home Of the family is Shelton Abbey.
.s.Aa n that lovely Vale of Avoca irnmor1aifzsd
:, T-sls-d-s poet. Tom Moore. The present build
a. ,s erected on the site and the foundations
- ~ ancient monastery Of the Cistercian Order,
..sss bv TheobaId FitzwaIte- who lies within it's
-Ts and hv whom II is said to be haunted It
IS ,urchased in the seventeenth century from the
- NJ Orrnonde by Dr. Ralph Howard. president
- the College Of Physicians in ireland and founder
= tbs family of which Lord Wicklow is now the
..,s. Tbe Doctors son was Bishop Of Elphin and
=. z-snssou. the first Lord wicklow. is on record
=. bsriue been the first introduce beech and
,.x-r,, trees into Ireland He died a F-iscount.
- s,r,s years later 70 his widow granted
.s-siou, IN her own right as Countess Of Wicklow:
,,s whereas her eldest son his fathers demise
r.s hs,one Tiscount Wicklow, II not until
- s.s-h ~ this rnasterfuI and influential woman
80 rrsst hetress that he became the Earl OF Wick
Ir
Young Hugh Hovard's mother, the Dowager
Countess Of wicklow. the late earis second
wife belongs by birth to the Wingheld family. OF
-si,s Lord Powerscourt q recent visitor TO Amer
z
husband married Marcus F. BAresford, who died
+zo wears ego and VINO was cousin Of John Beres
.1-f married II Miss Emily IseIin. Of New York.
and member cf the family Of which the Marquis
Ct Waterford : the head Marcus Beresford's
widow makes her home at villa Howard. at Trc-
-aszzo On Lake como, in Italy.
Among the many interesting features Of Shelton
sbbey are the antique chairs rescued from those
sps Of the Spanish Armada which. after its lam
errshle rour and fight. wrecked On the
9syr Of Ireland They retain their original covers
q old stamped leather, whiol, in spite Of their
srs still remain beautifully fresh. Shelton Abbey
has harbo-sd many famous guests. notably King
lanes Il zho found z refuge there for night
CT Two afer his defeat al the battle OF the Boyne
Within living memory the Wicklow earldon has
bssn the subject - one Of the most remarkable
causes csle5re Of modern times IN March, 1s0S.
Ire fourth earl died. without male issue, and on
his demise Charles Francis Howard, son Of his
Younger brother bv the letters second marriage.
zas recognized officially as the fifth earl. but soon
found his title 70 the horlors and estates contested
tT : claimant. Who furnished certain amount or
testimony II prove that n E son Of the new
sarTs cider haIf-brother. William George Howard,
6sspated and dsreputabie individual. always
srrsitened circumstances. who had died IN 1874.
leaving widow. e woman OF the maiden name
Ct Richardson and of exceedingly questionable an
tscsdsuts His marriage % her was always IN
dsrstood n have been childiess until her alleged
s1n appeared upon the scene as q claimant 10 the
TIckloT ea-Idorn and estates
After long and costly proceedings the House Of
L0ris eventually decided against the claimant, on
testimony beng furnished Of the fact that he had
beer born in re workhouse AZ Liverpool as an
legitimate child and had been purchased there
trnr ms real mother by Mrs William George
Howard ma Richardson The evidence went 10
STOW thst Mrs. Howard had never given birth 10 a
cid, Sra vas committed 10 prison for contempt
sets- refusing n submit 70 examination ordered
t- the ro-1se of Lords There she remained for a
considerable time rhe case meanwhile going against
re pseudo sou Ultimately she set al liberty,
s1i To this 5av = remains mystery why she and
be- confede-s--s should have escaped subsequent
Punishment fo- the conspiracy and hagrant perjury
e which tfev had undoubtedly been guilty in con-
rsctisn with the affair