The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-16
DnrnIlct Declines PccrnEc.
I RlTfSH peeruEes are not {

\ cord the fact that On the ocea-
sion or the official celebration
OF King EDWARDS birthday, q
little over a fortnight ago, peerage
was offered to the Right lion. Sir Ar"
thur Acland, who was Minister of Edu-
cation In the last Gladstone admins
tration, In which he was a colleague
OF Herbert Asquith, but was not In
Guided by the latter In his cabinet
nor yet In that formed by the late Sir
Henry Campbell- Zimmerman. If Arthur
Aclnnd has declined the peerage, 1t is
not so much that he resents the man
the distribution OF Offices both by
campbell Zimmerman and by Asdulth.
as IT Is his reluctance to exchange his
place at the head Of the baronets for
His family Is one OF tile most ancient
In Devon, and can be traced in the
male maj line direct by official records, and
without without any inserruption from on the
of Acalen, who 1ourishcd at Acalen,
III the parish Of Land Key, Devon. IN
the reign Of King Henry lI.--thnt is
Acalen, married to a daughter OF the
equally ancient house of Malet, was
= =, great parsonage in the days Of Queer, .
Elizabeth. and his son received his
his devotion to the royal cause. and
rs the letters patent were destroyed
during the Civil War, new ones were
granted by Charles II. in 1917. with q
date of the first letters.
One of the. Aclands--John by name.
and commanding an English regiment
was accompanied to this country BY
his wife, Lady Harriet. daughter of
the Earl Of Leicester. and just before
the surrender at Saratoga, when Col.
n RI n vNtr rNtfc ~ f-i
ed. Lady Acland obtained permit
from General. Gates to pass through
the lines and to visit her husband.
fierce Ice and sr,ow-storm in an open
boatIon the Hudson. The story Of her
devotion and OF her adventures was
recalled to mind on the occasion Of the
Henry .Acland, the famous scientist
md oxford University professor. who
n;cecompanied King Edward throughout
his american tour forty years
.itendant. TO prevent him from being
banqueted to death. So great we're the
services which Sir Henry rendered to
blaaronetcy on his own account and
that is why there are two baronetcies
now. belonging to the Aclands. One
OF them belongs to Sir Charles Acland,
dignity. his younger brother, the Right
Hon. Arthur Acand. will succeed on
his death as thirteenth baronet: while
the other Acland baronetcy. created In
liam Acland, whose Wife, a daughter
OF Viscountess Hambledan, is a novel
ist Of considerable fame, one of her
best best ), known no, books being The Lost
Malta. where the admiral spent so
many years with her while connected
with England's naval forces, in the
future Lord Hambleden, is the head OF
the great publishing house of w. Fl.
Smith and Sons, which enjoys the vir-
tnal monopoly OF the sale of books
and publications In all the railroad
novels naturally have large sale.
Another member of the Acland fam-
lly Hugh Vivian Aclanu. great-grand-|
prominently before the public some
time ago in connection with an anus
ing breach of promise case, among the
features, of which We're not only writ
us for ten million kisses" The Judge
and jury did not estimate the latterI
at Very high price, for they content
ed themselves with mulcting him in
niece of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the com |,
poser of comic opera fame, who figured
on the stage as a Floradora girl under
me hae name Of Rosa Keys ,herreal name
main content with the advertisement
which she obtained BY means or her
lawsuit. having been unable to collect
money Of his own and. although a SOL
der. is not a commissioned officer. but
merely a corporal in the Kings Second
Regiment, or was so untilfa short time
enlisted as private soldier. and won
his commission by promotion from the
ranks.
! Sir 81, William l1 tHaggard, who has just
Michael and St: George. along with
knighthood, from King Edward on the
occasion Of the celebration Of the lat
ter's birthday. is now minister pleni-
potentiary in Brazil. He is a brother
OF the novelist, Rider Haggard. and
wrile stationed at washington as one Of
the secretaries of the English embassy
there created something. OF q sensation
his chief, Sir Edward Thornton. a we'll
known diyorcee, Mrs. Carrie Kinney,
by birth q member of the famous Car
roll family: Sir Edward Thornton was
declined to retain Haggard as men-
Der of his staff. and accordingly the
nt r wedded couple moved to London q,
iiiaggard doing departmental work at
the Foreign Office, his appointment as
secretary to any legation In Europe
being. rendered difficult by the fact
that his wife was a divorced woman,
dHu dS iSllCil !. ueDuTrSQ III 5IlUSe ut1yS
from presentation at the English court.
and consequently not admissible to any
foreign court. H 4 -
The union was not a happy one.
There had been misapprehensions and
on bith sides withGre-
gard to money matters and one day,
after q particularly stormy scene, Hag-
gard obtained permission Of his chief
to take the place OF oneaof the secre,
taries of legation at Teheran who had
been forced to leave his post suddenly
on account OF sickness. HagEard left
the Same night for Persa,swi thout re-
t. turning home or making any Y pr pr I
OF his wife, Some months forwards
Mrs. Haggard. finding that her husband
give any lgns of life, returned to this
coun$ Try, where in the courts Of one
Of tile Western States she secured g
divorce from Haggard on the grog VI, 9
Of desertion and non-support. she
thereupon contracted another marriage
here with an American citizen on the
strength fthis divorce.
On&learning this, Haggard returned
from Persia to London. an g, ap pIse e,.
"a dissolution OF his marriage on tHe.