New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
DEBORAH OF DORSET >
rodu Wimborne the Tictim of a
Burglary.
,,,,,v-,rbt 1905. by the Brentwood COMPANY, ]

DOWNRIGHT 1905 by Brentwood COMPANY
- and Lady wimborne. the parents OF iNor,
-za-4cl ard Lionel Guest tFrederick ana Laohei
-. american wivesl. have just been subjected
D q yerv serious robbery. Tempeton their pace
:. 1,u+ney. having been looted by burglars VINO loI
- a. .sson or other were able to work undis-
has and who carried off, along with guam
.t+ Of other property. some very celebrated paiI.
-. Including Sir Joshua Reynolds $ innocence
,-,dvxes William Prince of Orange ana Inc
1,cl,ing Cavalier of Franz hals, WORKS Oh aI'
70, will probably in course of time ma lhelI WAY
oss the Atlantic. Lady Wimborne has always
-, -evarsed as the feminine leader of the Low
church 1arty in Great Britain, Of that party 10
-b;ch everything ssvoring of Popery Is ahatheIihi
- naturally she has been exceedingly oiStfped
= che marriage Of her nephew. Jack Spencer
-,,,-,hilI to the Roman Catholic Lady E"endoiine
r,,-.ia n,snifesting her disapproval of the union
t1- nointediy absenting herself from the Weodihs'
,,v reason Of her enthusiasm on the SUBJECT OF re
te4o,,s matters she has been popuarlE hli""h IA
,ocietv as the Deborah of Dorset Many Iesau
as the most brilliant and gifted Of all the SIS
- :. the late Lord Randolph Churchill. and there
=, ~ doubt that she has exercised a very po"eriul
,-euence upon English society.
To-d Ujrnborle who in Difference 10 his wlfes
.-oronnced views on the subject Of free trade
r,+bsrev not long ago from the Cnionist party,
,--,as his ernbership of the Carlton Club ana
to,nea the Liberals is enormously wealthy MAJ"
,a -he owner Of the great Dowlais Iron WORKS IN
-,snorvsushire which founded by his great
zTI-,norne make their principal home at Canford
ats-o- in Dorsetshire 1t is grand old place a
~,,.,de-ab be portion Of which dates from the reign
.. King John who used II as a hunting toose'
the huge park by which IT is surrounded tofInef'y
To--n.ns mart of the adjoining New Forest There
=. 4.,r nlaces In England that have so many MS
,o,sc associations Queen Adelaide hNeo AT 1on-
s-s during her widowhood The Kitchens OF ue
-els+i1eIv modern mansion. where the stone "aS
=. .zsel,e feet thick served prepare the meals
Of flygar I'd
cher az It's former owners have been the Monta-
,,,.e Earls of Salisbury, who fourished long ne
-o-e the Flizabethan House of Cecil came into Ak
t.4ence Formerly the grounds We're thrown open
20 visitors But this has been stopped since apou'
e,tsen wears ago a number Of vandals took adNah-
+ar. Of this privilege destroy and mutliate some
almost priceless statuary in the grounds
Among the features Of Canford Manor are the
great hall. 50 feet in height an" over
sAe4 long the superb minstrel gallery at one eho'
,H .ba majestic staircase Of carved italian wal
,,7+ acquired at Venice by the late Sir Henrs
7evard Lord wimboGne's brother-in-law II Is 10
ci- Henry Isayard the statesman. diplomat ana eA
nlorer. that Lord Wimborne likewise owes the large
..4ction of relics cL-ios end statuarT from Nlhe-
,eb which Ilavard as every one knows. was the
first TO rediscover An exquisite treasure OF arr IS
F3aron T1auetf's figure Cleopatra, carved out OF
q single but colossal tusk Of ivory, While tHs
cobefn tapestries are urrivalled in England
In London Lord and Lady Wimborne make thelr
hcr7s at wfrnto-ne House. in Arlington street a
.hort thororlghfare, which consider to remain
to-day as II IN the opinion of Horace "alIole
more than a hundred years ago, the centre OF the
universe The mansion belonged in turn 10 the
Iara T)uke of Beaufort and after him to the late
Dr-ke OF Hamilton. who sold II TO Lord NimooTne-
II has been the scene of many notable entertain
rnents and Of all OF meetings Of the various
orsaniza tions with which Lady Wimborne Is idef-
fihed some OF them religious some of them phila-
throrfc others merely social. II has not only a
private garden IF its own, but likewise runs
through to Green Park on TO which il looks, and
few who have seen il forget the long gallery.
lined from end end with superb pictures ana
statuary the great gold BoIls XVI ballroom and
the beautiful white marble lined conservatory,
where great fountains play all night when Lady
Nfrnf.orne is entertaining. Her jewels are world
famed among the most celebrated being the great
Hope ruby, called because it once belonged to
the Hope family, and which is said to be the laTg-
est and most perfect in existence II is very curl
ously engraved She has likewise parlre Of dia-
rnonds OF the finest water old that the stones
have not been reset since 1850
No sketch Of Lord and Lady Wimborne would be
complete without calling ttention to the extraor-
binary silence wllich the standard 'peerages' and
works of reference observe with regard the mar
Rage Of Of their younger sons. the Hon Lionel
Guest 10 Flora Bigelow, Of New York. It is well
known that Mrs Lionel Guest. a very brilliant
woman was previously unhappiIy married to
Charles Stuart Dodge and that this union was
severed by a decree Of the courts Of Sioux Falls,
S. D. The fact that Lionel Guest should be set
down IN English standard works of reference and
''peerages' bachelor has excited much COM
rnent, and can only ascribed the circumstance
thar the English authorities having become aware
that the New York courts frown upon divorces OBJ
tanned by New Workers in South Dakota are dis
posed regard them OF questionable legal value.
THE LORDS OF DEVON.