New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Iodu MaitIand's Husband VII BE
STANDARD Bearer of Scotland
,aos h, ths - company.l

.++ ,aos tY the Brentwood Company
,-,-,o,r,tess Maitland is well known in TINS
,,--rv not only q frequent visitor ou' 'is' o.
- miniature painter that there are many VINO
:, - Interested 10 learn that the Scotch courts
- at length decided on final appeal thal -.e
I;-,s a4 her father-in-aw, the Earl o. Lauoelua'e
: ,as Office OF heredtarg- standard bearer OF ''e
- ~ Scotland are vel founded and that the
-s-,- 5s lawfully vested in his family. ii'e pre-
-t.,e Of Henry ScrynageouT Wedde-hnr'4' VII"
-,-r,,e OF q decision Of the Court OF tiaiins hs
- = Standard bearer Of Scotland at the corona
g., n Edward VII. being pronounced uT'eh'''7
--na honor of hereditary royal standard bearer
- scotland was bestowed in 1900 by iNuls james
- * Tsn,es scrvmgeour, Of Dudhope. charles
- -s,e scryrnseOur Of Dudhope OF ms Gay
--.-o.-,+ I1udhope. while in Igol Joih ''-lI'
-,s+ore was made Earl Of Dundee oy Sliaiies -
-, o-s Dundee died in 166s without issue anu
=, 4sr,rv representation passed TO Johh Se'S YIN
u - T5frIxton who was descended from a
e,7,o7 ancestor. But the Duke Of Lauoeruae' ."
- T0-,ndee's death. represented 10 hinS N'.e9
-. che male line of the Scryngeours OF DudLIOpe
- become extinct. and secured rom '1'e 80
.-+ of the office Of ROYAL standard bearer III
- - his r7e7fevv. Charles Maitland OF ftat'oh.
- afterward became Earl Of Lauderdale anu
-, whom the present Lord Bauderdaie Is 4ihea"S
descended ,aea,,ta-
So TODAY o< the\ ancient house OF ScrA
80 NAT The Duke of I.auderdale had Obtained
=. -,s+e-- from Charles II for his nephew pS
ts,,51-lently asserting that the soryngeour IaiIs
,,s5 become extinct. and also insisted 'la'
- Maitland Earl Of Lauderdale was oe-
- of his honors and Offices by order OF 'he
- % Sessions at Edinburgh for fraud As me-
= - -re mint the dignity Of hereditary s''
,.s-a- was among those thus forfeited
&c -ortertions while admitted hE ue -" -
=. ,-,s-,s organized 10 settle disputes OF 1nis NJ
. - 80 of The coronation have TOW been uF
- - eral appeal by the Supreme court O. O. 80
80, holds that the hereditary once OF
- ,,-s- was not forfeited when ChaTl+S
,.-.,.-= ra-r of Iau5erdaie. was deprived q NJ
% - 60 and that while the methods oy "Illeh
z--.z r.zs-a-sF7ip had been obteined tor illIil
II -. -rs rr5lze might be questionable, yet
" | -. having been made out III ms IaNor
'- g. --aos1Dirted in legitimate descent the
- ord Tsude-da}e was undoubtedly me o"lS
person entitled thereto ,, 4
- -,-,,-sa5f.zs have swallowed up nuch o.
- wealth Of the Lords of Iauderdale, ana
. s-r was obliged TO spend good deal
- establish his right to the peerage On
z--.h - The twelfth earl. very dis
=. ,-,s=- who was killed by lightning in lSS+
- ,-o7- near Thirlstane Castle, his ancesITfI
.- f- r7a~vfr kshire. This twelfth earl VINO
--- married had in his turn succeeded a distant
.+- SIS, years rreviously- and had undergone
mann z-fSsfr15es IL mis- earlier DAYS having served
a.. -- ranks Of the army as q private soldier. theh
- -a+~1~F porter and afIerward as g village
s--s,- master before finally blossouling forth mo
q -s=- 81 the realm ThirIStane Castle has been
-rz ..s-a -r the Mai-auds Tor six centuries and
NAV ..lf mat they have many American matrino-
-s-f 1fz---z figuring on Their genealogical tree
esre-.a-Iv IN Colonial days