New-York tribune., 1908-04-17
LORD EGLINToN's HEIR.

rz ,.a--vo-,e-~- lieutenant Of the u Life
C;gsrjs whose engagement - Lady bea'Il0e Doi
-t-r-,e has ;ust been announced, IS 14e eluest 81
srd beir OF the present and hfteentn eal4 u He-
ION Lord Eglinton himself Is EoUHsei So So :.
-. +r.--eenth earl famous as the oreali~ei -
=. .-z,,-,or Medieval Tournament when vas
held a. Erlirton Castle near seventy years a7o'
enc n which not only the earl hlInseIi anu Na'
o-He- peers Of high degree took part, n1I diso
Prince Louis BonapaTte. VINO aItef"alH 1S0e - =
the throne OF France a. Napoleon III - -
Lord EEIiuton was undoubtedly the most llo'a0--
rz--p = the tournament in grace OF oeaflhs' }"
strength and in agility, and whereas tHe o.i'e
knights. nv reason O. the great welsnt oI - L..
s-no-. 1ac 20 be Hoisted into filelT SauuieS I'M
50 NAM raw recruits army TlolhG schooi'
--e ear 1aulted into his over sixteen Ilailu
l.cb = trout touching ms s;irrup and as Aghliy
- z feather though hi a~inor was among INC
Heag.eg- Of those vino took part IN TINS hls'oiie
.e-oaut portrayed by Lord Beaconsfeld aIo o'iie'
2.e-eiisrs and which had been Instituted 1or Iils
purpose - showing the word a living picture u
cid World chivaIry II Is estimated that the anal
cGst The thirteenth carl near'y half mililoh ooi-
,--s -fs together with the splendor Of his es'ao-
hs2rer- o-fen Yicer7y of ireland crlPP'eo loi :"
tine tle resources Of his SUCCESSORS
IN spike q this. tie present Lord EE4ih'pi - =
'reney vel or. owing tc the fact that iIs pys
sessions are situated IL 81 the richest h-'ii'
districts II the United Kingdom, and tleIe j no W
zroGr6 20 popular i1lpre' SION 'lsi' IL - -"
srai'ere1 circumstance MS hhli'9S''"
ariseu from. the fact that when his half brother
md f-eeoesso- II. ,hc FANNY bonors died without
rsle isssge he not only bequeathed everything ma
te possibly could 10 lis daughters. and away io
re title b.. e.en left directions that the )e"e'S
md family treasures not entaned as heI'ioo
should he SOLD by public auction for ihflf ~
+ Is orgrz 10 mis- that gems which had beloheeo
70 Ma Queen Of Scots. including SIX unique pIaeH -
paris presented by her to Mary Seton ana W.
lad remained ever since then among the los'
iesE5red possessions OF the seton and MontsoiheiS
fsrri e. came into the market and were oought a.
pgtIIc auction by Sir John BlundeH Maple, INC
retail furniture dealer OF Tottenham Court ROE
n London. and by him presented TO MS oauei
Baroness Eckhardstein. whose matrimonial On
tereroes with her German husband. formerly All
'sched &c TIE KalseT's embassy at washington
>ttracted 50 much attention last year
The present earl cruelty resented this action on
lie part Of his half brother and predecessor, anu
u has contributed nJt little TO deprive MIN oi
that infectious gayety and geniaitty which was so
marked : Characteristic OF his gallant father
L vas tho latter by-the-bye. who established the
steamship service between Galway and America In
'ae FIRST half Of the nineteenth century. line which
would be in existence today had u MOI beeh l"f
encouragement after his death.
There are few Scotch peers who unise more
GoIors than Lord Egliutot, who combines in his
person the lines OF no le.s than four great houses
ne Nontgofnerys Of Eaelesiam. the Eglintons OF
Lglnton. the Barclays % ArdTossan. and the
eetoIs, one Of wfose ancestors married the sister
o, King Robert Bruce. One OF the MontgomeiS :
nsures in the ballad of Chevy Chase as The
'oartee1s knight. no took ''the Percy prisoner
nd II Eslintou Castle is stnl preserved The very
natcesEe which Sir Hugh Montgomery ~rested on
thst oeossion from The hand Of the gallant Hot
49, The earldora Of Egntcn dates back 10
ana the hsroLE e MontgomeT@ 10 ls4a.
Wax regard to the haneee Of young Lord Mont