New-York tribune., 1908-02-28
ELoRD ABERGAvENNr's DESCENT.

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children
ELoRD ABERGAYENNI' DESCENT
Lord Abergavenny Cwhose name must be pro-
nounced Aberghenny) was for many years the
president of tAe Conservative Union and machine
in England and it vas in his carriage that the
late Lord Beaconsield and Lord SALISBURY made
their triumphal entry into London when they
turned home at the close Of the Congress Of BoT-
In in 1878 proclaimIng Peace with honor" Al
though Lord Ahergavenny bears the arms
and the same patTonynic the great Earl of
Berwick, the king maker. portrayed by BuIwer-
i-ytton as The Last Of the Barons' yet he is
descended not from that most famous OF all Ne
wills, bat from Sir Edward NeviI uncle Of
the king maker. and through his mother a grand
son of John cf Gauut; therefore great-grandson
OF King Edward III. Lord Abergavenny. and also
his eX-convct son, Lord William NeviIi, have the
blood Of the PlantaEenet kings in their veins. This
Sir Edward NeviII. uncle of the king maker. was
created LoTd Bcrgavenny in 1850. having iuher-
tied the castle and lands of Bergavenny through
his wife, granddaughter and heiress of William
Beauchamp. Lord Of Bergavenny. From that time
forth the barony OF Bergaveuny has descended
without interruption in the male line of the Ne
wills. the seventeenth baron being promoted to an
eaTldom At the beginning OF the eighteenth cen
tury, while the present ard fifth earl and twenty
first baron has been raised TO a marQuisate- It
was the ninth baron who in the reign OF King
James changed the name Of his title from Berga-
veunv 10 Abergavennv.-
The old marquis is known in the country around
NeyIll Hail, Abergavenny, the Welsh town from
which he takes mis- title, the King of Mon
mouth, but makes his principal home a Fridge
Castle. near TonbTidge. in Kent, which has been in
the possession of his family for more than five
centuries, and which includes 4 grand old deer
park widely renowned Tor its picturesque beauty
and which remains to-day very much the same
described in the Doomsday Book, compiled in the
reign OF William the Conqueror- The rides cut
through the woods in all directions exceed seventy
miles in length. and while the castle itself is rel
atively modern creation In the main. there are
portions Of ii above ground. as well all the
foundations, which date from a far back medieval
era Queen Elizabeth is on record as having spent
d week there at Fridge Castle in 1913. the guest
of the Lord Bergavenny Of the day-In fact. Of the
Lord BeTgaveany who appointed by her 10 sit
IN judgment upon Mary Queen OF Scots
Lord Abergavenny. who celebrated his eghtIeth
birthday by 4 dinner To all employees II Fridge
Castle insisting upon his old chief butler taking
the seat at his right hahd, much to that worthys
perturbation. is SO generally popular that he has
come In for a considerable amount OF sympathy in
connection with th- sorrOws which he mas
tained through his children. For while Lord
William Nevil has become in every sense Of the
word an outcast. with regard for the traditions
Of his house for its anc motto Of Ne vile
wells" (Wish nothing basel. the old marquiss
eldest son and heir, the Ear! Of Lewes. has lonS
been under restraint incUTably insane: while mis-
twin daughters. Rose and Violet. have each OF
them figured in an extremely sensational manner
in the divorce court. Lady Violet. it is true hay
ing the decree granted IL her favor, and against
her first husband, the Earl COwley tshe is now
married Robert Middleton. Of ChIfk Castle DaI-
bigh but persists in retaining her title OF Countess
az Cowiey). while the other twin. Lady Rose. after
being divorced by John Leigh. Is now married 20
the correspondent IN her divorce case. namely, the
Earl OF Cottenham. She recently came before tha
public I'm order to prosecute former fair friend
OF her present husband for having passed herself
of as the Countess OF Cottenham and for having
purchased articles credit IN her Lord
Cottenham who is several years the junior Of his
wife. Is the head Of the house Of Pcpys, which
the author Of the famous Diary belonged
MARQJ-ISE DE FONTENOY