New-York tribune., 1908-06-17
KINGS NEW GROOM
1odu Ldster-Kayes Husband Joins
ROYAL Household.
sr,. 1905 ey the Brentwood com,.,v

1905. BY the Brentw
~-.ns Edward. by appointing Sir John Pepys
~rave 10 be one Of his srooms in waiting ar
bs.s-leins in the place of the late Sir Alexander
Us,s STEPHEN, may be said TO bring another
N.-,e, woman into the royal household and
.nr-ese for Lady Lister-k Kaye was Miss Natica
-. Of New York and is younger sister OF
.-snelo Duchess OF Manchester. While. like the
- she is very amusing. having plenty OF re-
--ee an original way Of looking at things
keen sense of the ridiculous. she pre-
contrast the Duchess in personal ap-
.,ce being very slight, with dark hair,
-, brown eyes. and OF middle height. Sir
- ,rbo is man Of about f7fty-six, is fond OF
-, does not much for society his
u'.. N New York and married her there very
-, in ISL the wedding attracting little or no
e-;o- He claims descent from Sir Kaye who
70 popular legend and family tradition.
- 6 seat at the Round Table Of King Arthur.
,.ho,,. youchlng for this fact, il is matter OF
,,,.,r,csi record that another Of Sir John Lister
-,s ancestors. namely, Sir John kaye, lived
E M eouris7ed in the time of William the Con-
So Tie head Of the family In the days OF
cL-les was created a haronet by that King
-. he haronetcv became extinct in 1Soe through
= saa,b or the fifth baronet. who bequeathed
- ,s.stes 70 = very distant knsrnan OF the same
&c The haronetcy being created afresh three
years later
si- John and Lady lster-kaye had only one
ara $ boy who died within a year OF his
- and the heir the baronetcy is therefore
~. +-,+te- Cecil I1ster-k Kaye. who married Lady
r..+rioe Relhan-Clnton, favorite sister Of the
-xsnt Duke Of Newcastle Lady Beatrice has
-,-el KroUuup daughters. one Of whom. Miss
,sl,ne Kaye spent the entire winter in this
-+-v with her uncle. the Duke Of Newcastle
- zes-s ago being extensively entertained. es-
.srv av her relatives 70 rthere quite a
Ire number Of members Of the house of Lister
r.-e Who have married Americans. among Others
certain Alexander Lister-Kaye, Of the Royal
Nav. who married q Miss Sarah Grange, of Nee
va. Penn.
rsdv Beatrice Isster-Kaye attracted a consid-
s-sbe amount q attention both sides Of the
Atlantic some ten years ago by her stren-
rnus opposition 10 the proposal Of her younger
b-ntber. Lord Francis Hope, to sell the celebrated
15ors diamond alleged 10 have been recently pur-
,bssAd by the Sultan Of Turkey. At that time
ro-5 Francis. married TO May Yohe. was in ter
-fblv straitened circumstances, and there seemed
N be little prospect Of his ever leaving any
children According TO the viii Of Lady Beatrice S
grandmother. old Mrs. Henry Thomas Hope, her
cur boy. Kenelrn Lister-Kaye. was next in the
line f succession the entailed property Of Lord
Francis this property including the Hope blue
diamond ard the Hope eststes. comprising Deep
dene n Sussex now occupied by the American
widow of Lord William Beresford, and OF the late
Duke Of Marlborough. and also Castle Blaney, In
Ireland Inas1nuch. however as Lord Francis has
a Melbourne Miss Olive Thompson, who has
presented him with and heir, the interest Of
Lady Beatrice Iister-Kaye's sons in the Hope
property has become more remote.
Castle Baney. the home OF Lord Francis
and OF his Australian wife. is an extremely beau
tful place. the mansion. built in the Italian style.
occupying q picturesque site the shores Of
Nuckno Lough, a sheet OF water covering an area
Of about one thousand acres. studded with sew
eral zel wooded islands. Much Of the statuary in
The terrace gardens occupied similar positions in
the gardens Of the Tuileries during the reign of
Napoleon III. and were purchased by old Mrs
Hope after the fall Of the French Empire. The
place owes its name 10 Sir Edward Blaney. Gov
s-nor Of County Monaghan, in which 1t is situated,
gd who received extensive estates in the district
urhe condition that he would erect a stronghold
erveen Newry and Monaghan as protection for
he inland trade supply. Sir Edward Baneys de-
soendants blossomed forth into Lords Blaney.
whose peerass became extinct only shortly after
the Franco-Ge-1nan War of 1870. when the Blaney
estates passed through purchase into the posses
sion of old Mrs Hope.