New-York tribune., 1908-10-07
LORD STRATHCONA ILL
aged High Commissioner Injured
by !SaIuting Gun.
Copyright. 1aos. by the Brentwood Company

e,opy-irht 1pos bv the Brentwood Company
Everybody will be sorry hear that Lord Strath-
coma now verging his eighty-ninth year. has
been stricken with complete deafness, and that II
is 70 this that is due his absence from the Con-
rress Of the Canadian Manufacturers Association
which is taking place in the Dominion Ii
seems that weeks ago, while sailing across
f-orn the mainland the west coast OF Scotland
n his little island Of Colonsay. the sudden dis
charge Of a signal gun board injured the drums
Of his ears in such manner as to entirely de-
rrfve him Of hearing Ills physicians and the spe-
cisIists called in consultation insist upon period
Of complete rest before they hold out any
homes whatever Tor his recovery, and the veteran
Canadian High Commissioner is therefore spend
ing the autumn very quietly. indeed. at his place
in the Glencoe Pass. Unless there is very marked
srnprovement, is doubtful whether the aged peer,
who has crossed the Atlantic many times In
his life and whose has been so extremely
picturesque. viii be on this side Of the
wafer again or in the Dominion Of Canada, TO
,be grandeur and development Of which he has
80 extensively contributed
KING EDWARD LOSES AN OLD RETAINER.
The death Of Mrs. Howard Kingscote daughter
n. Sir Henry Drummond Wolf and known in lit
.rature as & novelist under the pen OF Lucas
C-leeve has been quickly followed by that of her
husbands elder brother, Sir Nigel Kingscote. who
for so many years had been connected with the
household Edward VII. which both he and his
wife Lady Emily a daughter OF the first Earl
Howe Joined at the time of the Kings marriage,
over forty years ago. There few. If any, Eng
lsh families titled untitled. OF greater antiquity
-hsn the Kingscotes, whose pedigree goes back
- an unbroken line the year a. D. eS5. while
Kingscote Manor, their place in Gloucestershire,
has been their possession since 1154. Robert
Ftzhardinge grandson Of the King OF Denmark.
married Eva. a niece of William the Conqueror.
teinr the daughter Of the Iatter's sister Godiva.
Pv this union he had several children among them
E son OF the OF Maurice. Maurice married
Aldevs. daughter OF Nigel Fitzarthur, OF Kings
cote and received his dover the Of
Kinzscote the marriage taking place in 1l54 The
late Sir Nigel Kingscote's only son, formerly Of
fce- of the eoth Rifles who succeeds to the
possession of the manor OF Kingscote, IS Nigel VI
and twenty-sixth in descent from Robert Fitz-
hardinge.
The manor has always remained in the possession
o. the Kingscotes without interruption, and the
domain measures exactly the same to-day, acre
hv acre as It cid according 20 the record Of the
first Dcomsday Book nearly thousand years
ago The mansion. part of which is very old was
added 10 in 1870, and IS situated the edge of
o-a Of the many valleys dells running from the
ION of The CotswoId Hills 800 feet above the
level OF the sea, into the vale OF the Severn. 1t
Is surrounded by pretty, sloping gardens and
grounds and by woods noted for the enormous
size the great antiquity and the beauty Of
the beech trees. The park which is q very eN-
tansive one. possessed q fine private racecourse.
which was known the Goodwood Of the West
of
Serterlber. the round course being a mile and a
half with a straight Of six furlOngs- Cups
were run for every year, and the late Sir Nigel
KinEscote had in his possession bearing the
date II 1916 The races were given up in 18Z5, and
they have been revived In another portion
cf the park is a secluded dell, where many famous
przedchts took place a hundred years ago, but
have Of course, long since been abolished.
The late Sir Nigel Kingscote was quite an old
near his eightieth year, the grandson
through lis mother of the sixth Duke OF Beaufort
and wen; through the Crimean War as an officer OF
the Scots Guards and aide-de-canp to the general
iss.mo MS great-uncle, Field Marshal Lord Raglan.
Sir Nigel played a very important role in London
society. and quite large number Of cases. which
Il IS Unnecessary to recall here, unanimously
selected IS arbter to determine the rights and
rrgnEs of certain controversies in which questions
Of honor were involved. Nor was his Judgment in
these matters ever questioned. He is survived by
one son, Nigel Kingscote, Of whom mention has al
ready been made above, and by a daughter married
&c the Marquis of Cholmondeley; another daughter
Mrs Maitland Wilson, having died about year ago
Throughout the greater Of his life the late SiT
Nigel was eQUerry the King and receiver general
Of the latters duchy Of Cornwall, as well as gov
eminent Commissioner Of Woods and Forests
While since the accession of Edward VII he has been
peynssrer general OF the royal household
UNTRUE AND WITHOUT FOUNDATION"
Jonkheer Van Geen, private secretary Of Queen
Wfhel-nina has issued an official announcement
- the effect that all the reports which have beer
current regarding disappointment in her eX
pectstions OF motherhood are untrue and without
foundation The stories which have been curren
seem 10 have originated with passing indisposl
ton Of the Queen. which, owing to her delicate
condition caused her physicians to insist upon
more than ordinary precautions being observed
n fat according TO the official announce
fnsnt issued from the palace it would appear tha
tbs Queen stin has expectations OF giving hlrtf
n - heir 70 the throne in the near future
HEIR OF MANUEL GODOY. PRINCE OF THE