New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-14
PRINCESS A COLONEL
Daft Her Husband, the Groom Prince,
Here Major.
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- .ss. o. her husband: for whereas he was only
-. recently advanced to the grade Of major she
.,ved an g present On the occasion or her twenty
'.nA tsrthday, fortnight ago commission ap-
,,,,s her colonel IN chief of the crack dragooh
p--1sn.. Of which Emperor Frederick was the
reespder both as Crown Prince and as Kaiser
- 1850 until the time OF his death in 1873 II Is a
'--,-r regiment which greatly distinguished lIseih
- the wars Of 1866 and 1870. and its depot emo
r.,rusrters for the last fifty years nave neeh al
- ,+e capitaI Of the little principally which con-
..,,as the fef and appanage Of the crown RIM,
81 % Prussia. Whenever the Crown Princess anu
CO ,.,srd have been staying at their chateau
NJ g,als where there IS splendid shooting tey
ne@i ..s,s5 and been entertained by the OIL
g 3 this regiment, and have learned 10 kho"
-, very we'll that the German Sro"h IN
= .,ss herself now at the head OF regiment
cess -, -. ofHcars of which she is on terms or
- 1sssanr 7,ersonal acquaintance ana friendship
7,1i,,e IN the German army Is Terribly s'ile' On
= -, ,F s,,hordination, profound Difference and
80 obedience of officers TO their superioTs IN rank
- = is reDorted court circles at Berlin that the
I-ossar in thus appointing the Crown princess 10
: 4,11 oolonelcy, had IN view joke Of his own
5eyisng at the expense Oh HIS eiueS' S0A' VA" -
,eins a mere major.
-he crown Princess is by no means the only
,lanel in petticoats Among other royal ladies'
an command German regiments with that rank
= the Empress, and the Kaiser's four sisters,
60, Princess Charlotte Of SaNe-Meiningen,
T-7,ess victoria OF Schaumburg-Lippe, the Crown
.,.ncess OF Greece and Princess Marguerite or
--,sse; also his cousin. the Duchess OF Connaught,
laughter Of the late Prince Frederick Charles Of
russia whom Bazaine surrendered Metz; the
-e-r-tng Empress Of Russia. but not the Dowager
,-z7rina the widowed Duchess Of SaXe-COburg-
cot5s but not the reigning Duchess; Queen VII
b4l-tna OF the Netherlands and her mother, Queen
rrs-ua, the Grand Duchess OF Mecklenburg
scl7werin but not the Dowager Grand Duchess:
op4en Margherita OF Italy. but Queen Helen.
ana the Queen OF Wurtemberg. The late Queen
Victoria was also colonel in chief OF a Prussian
dragon regiment. and the occasion of the visit
Of her grandson, the Kaiser. TO Windsor, was wont
70 wear lis shoulder-straps fastened to her dress
Queen Alexandra and the Queens OF Denmark,
F.r,ania Portugal Spain. Sweden and OF Bull
eara ave military status. and there is hut
Gre q al lady who holds naval commission,
name the Green or Greece, who is an admiral OF
the Russian feet. The Grand Duchess Cyril enjoys
the unique distinction OF having been cashiered by
fer cousin the German Emperor. who deprived her
Of her colonalcy Of infantry regiment in the
German army on the occasion Of her divorce from
The reigning Grand Duke Of Hesse- She is a sister
OF the Crown Princess of Rumania. q grauddaugh-
Ter OF the late Queen Victoria, and was born as a
princess Of Great Britain and Ireland.
WHY HIS FAMOUS LIBRARY IS FOR SALE.
Lord amherst Of Hackney's library. which is to
be dispersed by an auction beginning in London
On December next, is Of the most
famous private collections in existence. and the
inpending sale Is pronounced by expert bblio-
philes 10 be the most important that has taken
place IL q quarter Of a century more. The
London newspapers are full OF descriptions Of its
treasures and viii suffice therefore for
to say here that the collection comprises the
fifteen finest Caxtons IN existence. three Wycliffe
New Testament ma nuscripts. two splendid copies
Of the First Shakespeare Folio, the genuine first
Robinson Crusoe." the 1855 Lactantus, which is
the first book ever printed in Italy, the Cosford
copy IF the Nazarin Bible and superb
specimens Of the earliest issues from the presses
Of Gutenberg.
II Lo-d Amherst is disposing OF al these treas-
tres Is because he WIS we'll nigh ruined some
tine through the dishonesty OF his family
lawyer English noblemen, territorial magnates
s-d representatives. Of old county families are in
the habit OF intrusting the management Of all
fneir investments and Of everything save the
actual administration OF their landed property,
70 their family lawyer known solicitor. whose
firm generally has been guarding their family in
terests for generations Every and again one Of
these firms goes 10 the wall, owing 70 the inabil-
ty Of the younger partners OF the concern TO
realize the obligatiors OF an honored and trusted
name. and their development OF expensive
tastes entirely foreign 10 the notions and prin-
cipes o. their fathers and grandfathers As a
general rule there is little warning Of the
wreck, and the people who have conhded their
affairs the lawyers In question awake 20 find
Themselves ruined " lltil LOU <aIi'AetS A"-''''
lawyer died very suddenly. eighteen months
two years ago. and his affairs were examined
u was found that he had not only left no money
OF his own, but that all the stocks and bonds
confted 10 him by his clients had vanished LORD
Amherst lest many millions Of dollars in this
fashion, and the fact that he has large family
q sorae seven eight daughters rendered MIN
particularly sensitive &c the bloV-
LoTa Amherst OF Hackney's peerage is OF quite
modern creation dating from 1892 and must not be
han
ors were bestowed upon that general who was COM
mander IN chief Of the British forces in North
America IN the middle OF the eighteenth century
Whereas The Earl Amherst can show direct de-
Ecent from Gilbert and Roger Amherst, who -four
ished during the reign of the Plantagenet kings,
Lord Amherst Of Hackney can prove a descent
from these WORTHLESS only through the female side
Of his house In fact, his real descent is from
kentish squire OF the name Of William Daniel who
little over one hundred years ago married Amelia
Amherst, Of Didlington Park. This William Daniels
son William dropped the name OF Daniel and as
sUTned that Of Amherst-that is to say, the patro
rynic OF his mother II is his son who is the pres
ent Lord Amherst Of Hackney.
Ddlngton Hall has been ia the Amherst family
for generations, and is Of the finest places in
the County Of Norfolk standing on the banks of
the River Missy, on the borderland of the Fens.
II was already in existence in the reign Of Edward
IL and the house contains, in addition TO the books
which now about 10 sold treasures of all
KINGS and descriptions among them the gold frame
Of the crown with which Charles II was crowned.
Z mummy OF the Of Pharaoh Amenhotep l, |
VINO regned in Egypt seventeen hundred years be-
Iofe Christ, and gilded harp which belonged 10
Marie Autone1te. In the grounds there is herd OF
eInus, The only in England: also a heronry. a
tremendous duck decoy establishment, and farm |
where all the animals, TO the very cats are /
sAo| white Both Lord and Lady Amherst are /
"onoerfuliy clever aTtihcers in ivory, and in the
sSTneTy room Is a tool OF their invention, by
means OF which they solved the puzzle Of how tie
~3lnese carve ivory bail within another. All I
ne family adept in mechanical art. and Of
~'ro Amherst daughters has, after persistent /