The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-05
Hereditary Standard Bcnrcr to tile
Crown of Scotland.

" ylSCOUNTESS MAITLAND IS SO
NJ we'll known In this country,
" not only as a frequent ylsl.
tor l i but also as thorc cieu vee
many who Will be interested to learn
That the Scotch courts have at length
decided in finaP appeal that the claims
o. her father in inv. the Earl of l.auu-
standard bearer of the Crown Of Scot e.
land are we'll founded, and that the w.
dignity Is lawfully vested in his family:
the pretensions, of Henry scrymgeonr
cision Of the Court Of Claims, figured as
Standard Bearer of Scotland at the cor
onation, of Edward VII being pro
nounced untenable. The honor OF mere
dltarv Royal Standard Bearer Of Scot ,
land was bestowed in 1900 by kins
James vi. upon Sir. James ScrJmgeour,
of Dddhope. Charles j. created the
Sorymgeour of Dudhope of his DAY.
Niscou-. Dudhope; while III 1861. John:
viscount Dudhope, was made Earl OF
Dundee by Charles II. This LORD Dun.
dee died in 1865 without issue. and
the family representation passed toJohn
scrymgeour of Kirkton. who was de.
scended from a common ancestor. But
the Duke of Lauderdaie on LORD Dun
dee's death, represented to hinS
Charles that the male line or the
of Dudhope had peconle
extinct, and secured from the King q
grant of the office of Royal Standard
Bearer in favor of his nephew, Charles
Maitland. OF Hatton. who Afterwards
became Earl of Lauderdale, ana from
whom the present Lord Lauderdale Is
lineally descended.
Henry Schymgeour Wedderburn. the
representative to-day of the ancient
house of Scrymgeour, argued that the
Duke of Laudcrdale had obtained the
patent from Charles IL. for his nephew
by fraudulently asserting that the
L In - -
tlnet, and also inslsted TINT when hen
Charles Maitland Earl of Lauderdaie'
was deprived of his hanors and offices
by order of thN Court of Sessions az
Edinburgh for fraud as master OF ny
mint the dignity OF hereditary stand
ard bearer was among those thus for-
feted. ,,t.s
These contentious, while admitted
settle disputes of this kind at the time
of the coronation. have now been de-
MED in final appeal by the supreme
Court of Scotland. winch holds mat me
hereditary office oe s;AEeard Bearer
VS. not rorfeited when Charles Mais,
lana, Earl ). Laudeidala. was deprived
of his othe- offices: and tint 'yltiic the
methods by which the standard bearer
ship had been obtained tor nm py
his uncle. the DUKE; might ne 49,
bten made out in his taior and me
office transmitted in legitimate accent,
the present Lord Lauderdale was un,
doubtedly the only person entitlea
thereto.
Legal proceedings have swallowed up
much of the former wealth OF the
Lords of Lauderdale. and the presen.
earl was obliged to spend gooa ae ,
of money to establish his right 10 tne
peerage on the death of the twelfth
earl who was a very distant cousin,
and who was Killed by lightning IN
1884 ON a moor near Thlrlstane cas-
tie, his ancestral home, in Berwich-
shire. This twelfth earl VINO neVer
distant cousin SIN years previously, ana
had undergone many vtaissi ,udes In his
earlier days, having served IN tha
ranks of the army as a private SOL
afterwards as village station master
before finally poisoning forth into a
peer of the realm. Thirlstane Castle
has been the home OF the Maltiahds 10.
six centuries, and may add tha1 tnnS
have many American matrimonial ALL,
ancos figuring on their genealogical
tree. especially In colonial days.
Sir Timothy OBrien. the defendant
in the extraordinary suit for sianoeI
brought against him at Cork by Lord
Fermoy's younger brother. the Hon.
Alexis Burke Roche, has got into very
serious trouble indeed, and incidental
ly has brought the trial to a suddeh
and sensational close by exposing mn III
self to a charge of ondeavoring 70 IN
fluence the jury. 1t seems that while
at the Cork Club he got the secretary
to call up Frank Morrogh, one OF the
members who was serving on the July,
and convey to him message from the
baronet to the effect that he would
sooner have the jury give verdict
against him with farthing damages
than that there should be any DIS
agreement. Morrogh was, SO much
sidered it his duty to communicate the
matter on the following MOI nlng -
the Lord Chief Baron, who We pre- :
siding at the trial, and the Judge, hlaer
herring Morrogh, and also the s'cle-
tsry of the Cork Club, became sui
ficiently assured of the fact that the
condition of affairs warranted MIN IN
discharging the jury, and in bringing
the trial to a sud- close: ,uo,,n,
The solicitor general or t IRE the
asked for an immediate order Tor the
arrest OF Sir Timothy for gross con,
tempt of court But the Lord Chirl
Baron. taking In . considcra.l2n me
fact that Sir Timothy had ac1sa WIN. y
foolish recltlessnes1 rather .iip%n VII" ~.
actual criminal intent, postponed IN
further hearing of the question as 70
the penalty to be imposed upon the
baronet to the second day OF the NJ
vember term, at Dublin. 1t is oniy al
ter that hearing has taken place, ana ma
a decision rendered in the case OF Sir
|Timothy's attempt to influence me me
Jury. that the new trial or Ale \! >
Burke Roche's libel suit against ne
baronet will take place. Sir Tlmoth J
will be lucky If he escapes WIN ..
fine. for he is quite likely TO sure:
Imprisonment, as the attempt 20 N
fluence jury is one Of the most serl-
Gus offenses in the eyes of the law.
Sir Timothy is one ofIthe best known
cricketers in the United Kingdom ana
Alexis Roche is a brother OF the hon,
James Burke Roche, who married NJ, tilu
daughter OF old Frank Work. of New ,,
York, by whom he has several cn ~.
dren, including a daughter, now tlu
wife Of Arthur Scott Burden, or NeW
York. The libel suit brought py Aie M
tRoche against Sir Timothy origlnate,u
lin Sir Timothy apostrophizing , A !, MS
Roche at meeting of the Duliii az. Wv
fox hounds, rear Mallow, county ti i,;at
as follows: You are liar. LnleI'
and swindler. You live Ply SWIM y, ~
ling. To my knowledge you nave llE e.,a
by swindlng for twenty years .,a aia
Timothy declined to WITHDRAW ! tmvSe
words. and while endeayoring 70 lu iaht
lfy them In court, brought to mgnh,
the fact that Alexis Roche; a Az Infe
4 married to the daughter OF tne nod TO-
| Lord Goschen who was very I!Sti ne,
|no private means, and that Wnateve.