New-York tribune., 1908-09-26
MARQUIS DE BEAUVOIR
Ouner of Sandricourt, Just Bought
by Robert W. GOeIet.
1905. by the Brentwood Company

cyopyright 1905 by the Brentwood Company
The Marquis de BeauvOir. who has just sold his
,eautiful old chateau OF Sandricourt. in the De-
nartment of the Oise. to Robert Walton Goelet
Of New York only and heir of the late Robert
Czoelet is one Of the best known members of Pa
,isian society. and the principal secretary and
I-idus Achates Of the late Count of Paris whose
Youngest son, Ferdinand, Due de Montpensier, is
NOW staving at the knickerbocker Hotel under the
,ncognito Of m. de Villiers' At the Comte de
Paris's death the marquis rejoined the household
Of the old Due d'Aumale, owner of Chantilly,
with him when that prince died in Sicily. and
brought his body back TO Chantiy for entomb-
,,ent In the same way the Marquis de Beauvoir
sone twenty-five years previously had brought
hack from Australia the corpse of the Due d Au-
males only surviving son. the Due de Guse who
had died in the antpodes while trip around
the world The young prince had previously visit
ed Japan with the marquis as his travelling COM
panion and the dainty volume OF de Beauvoir
sa7ding his stay in the Land of the Rising Sun
was one Of the earliest books of a popular kind
about that country. and may be said TO have large
IL contributed initiate the for things jap
anese.
The father Of the marquis a well known
5plomat the intimate friend and crony of Alexan-
der Dumas. ST, and was married TO a granddaugh-
ter Of the Due de Trevise killed by Fieschis infer
nal machine he rode by the side Of King Louis
Philippe. She lady-in-waiting 10 the unhappy
Duchesse d'Oreans. and accompanied her mistress
in her eventful escape from Paris with her two chill
dren the Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres.
afterward aides-de-camp Of General Mcclellan dur
ing the American Civil War. The old marduise re-
rnained with the duchess until the
TWickenham. some ten years later. and then joined
the household Of ex-Queen Marie Ameie of France
who retained her as her most trusted confdant
until her death. The de Beauvoirs have always
been devoted retainers of the House of Bourbon
The present marQuis's wife has been famous
one of the most brilliant, elegant and perfectly
dressed women In Paris She a younger sister
wife Of Prince Joseph Lubomirski. and. like her.
q daughter Of that wonderful old Baroness Lowen-
thal who twenty thirty years ago was
no1red as one the cleverest feminine politicians
in Europe and the all powerful Egeria of her
son-n-law. the late Due DecazeS throughout his
term Of Office as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
II speaks volumes for the intimacy Of the
sociation between the Royalist leaders min
isters OF the Third Republic during the first ten
wears Of its existence that while the Due DecaZes
was Minister of Foreign Affairs his brother-n-aw,
the Marquis de Beauvoir, who had the OF his
Office and attached thereto in the hon
orary capacity Of Sous Chef de Cabinet, acting
as secretary and principal adviser to the late
Cornte de Paris In fact. most OF the ministers Of
the first decade OF the republic heart Or
leanists. or Royansts. and it largely. If not
wholly owing the obstinacy of old Marshal
MacMahon the government OF the republic. both
as generassimo and President. that ii not
supplanted at that time by Orleanist monarchy.
The present Due Decazes is the widower OF Isabel
Singer OF the numerous children and heiresses
OF the famous sewing machine manufacturer. He
is a Chamberlain of the King of Denmark and a
Danish duke Of Glucksbeirg as well of the
members Of the household OF the Duke of Orleans