New-York tribune., 1908-01-20
EARL KINToRE AS KNIGHT MARIscHAL OF
SCOTLAND.

SCOTLAND.
The Keiths are one of the eldest of patrician
houses in Scotland and it is historic record that
the hereditary office Grand Earl Marischal OF
Scotland first borne by Keith i'll the reign
of King David /, and reaff1rmed in l4oS in the
person OF Sir William Keith. tenth in legitimate
descent from the founder of the family There are
several cases of alliances or the Keiths with the
Stuart kings OF Scotland. and their estates were
vast that 1t used to be said that the ears
marischaI could travel from the Tweed 10 the
nOrthernmost point of the kingdom, not only sleep
ing every night. but even eating every meal, on
their land. The second Earl of Kntore joined
the rising in behalf Of the Stuarts in l15, was at
the battle OF Sherriffmuir and made there
never to shave his beard until the Stuarts recoV-
cred their own He died three years afterward.
merka bic for his hirsute adornment at time when
most noblemen shaved. He succeeded
by his first and second sons. and then the estates
and the honors should according to the remainder
of the grant of the earIdom OF Kintore. have gone
George and James Keith sons Of the elder
brother of the first earl
Both George Keith de jure Earl Marisch@l OF
Scotland and his brother James had, however. been
attainted by Parliament for their devotion TO the
Stuart cause, and while George II of England was
ready. in Difference TO the intervention OF their
friend Frederick the Great, TO allow them the pos
session of their estates in Scotland, he would not
permit them to succeed TO the earldOm of kintore
They neither of them married and while the
younger of the two, James fell in the battle of
Hochkircher serving under Frederick the Great as
Prussian field marshal. George Keith, the Earl
Marschal on the invitation of Frederick the Great
took up his residence Potsdam. where he died
as of the intimate circle of Frederick the
Great and as an associate of VOltaire, who fire.
uuently refers TO him in his writings, does Jean
Jacques Rousseau Not until his death did the
earldom OF Kintore pass TO the eighth Lord Fal-
coner the grandson OF Catherine only daughter
of the second Earl of Kintore who had married
the fifth Lord Falconer. the Falccners being de-
scended from Ranulphus de Lunkyir who was
royal faiconer TO King William the Lion, the
barony of Falconer being created in favor of this
lneal descendant in 1871
The present Earl Of kintore is therefore also
Lord Falconer. and this minor though most an
cient of his dignites is used courtesy title by
his eldest SON. Lord Faiconer. who spends much
OF his time Of America and is a very familiar figure
in New York society Lord Kintore has been one
of the most successful and popular Of Australian
governors being the first official of his rank to
perform the traversing the entire continent
of Australia from north south on horseback. in
orthodox bushmans costume. Indeed, photographs
Of the camp scenes en- route. representing him
squattng on a log by the campfire the sleeves of
his billy of tea and holding in his mouth stubby
brar pipe, appealed to the bush colonials
than any Of the trappngs of his rank or the pomp
and ceremony by which he was environed as gov
ernor at Adelaide. He has been Iord-in-waiting to
Queen Victoria and TO King Edward, and was
selected by the latter his special ambassador to
announce his accession 10 a number OF foreign SOW
ereiens MARQUISE DE FONTENOY-