New-York tribune., 1908-05-29
NEW LORD ST. LEVAN
OH st. MichoePs Mount, on Corn
rails Coast, His Home.

c-r--sn. lsos ~ brentwood Company
e, xtchaeI's Mounts new owner, Lord Ct Ievan
sn eas just succeeded 20 the peerage as well as
:, the other family honors and estates through the
sxs4h Of his aged father is soldier by profession
ho hss a considerable amount Of active ser
SO. n Egypt. in the soudan and South Africa
&c aho has been much in the United States, es-
.<-ssTy during the years which he spent on this
-. of the Atlantic military secretary to the
r.seuf E,s-l Of Derby when Governor General OF
rsnsda. St Michaels Mount. on the coast of
cornwall. is one of the most beautiful and pict-
,,-esoue places in England II is a castle, stand
.,r or q hill, las been described by the poets as
.+hat beauteous gem set IN the silver sea- and.
like fhe Mont ST. Michel of Normandy. which it
closely resembles. is cut of from the mainland by
-h. sea excepting at quite low tide 1t dates from
King Edward the Confessor.' who in the early part
- me eleventh century granted the place some
Eenedictine monks These. after the Norman con-
,,.s affiliated themselves with the great Benedic-
-i-e monastery Of Mont St. Michel. in Normandy.
r.; s. Mchaels Mount became OF a
.o-r-esS than priory. King John was besieged
there The Earl Of Oxford defended IT for Henry
VI against Edward ~ in the War OF the Roses.
= 1s4s 70 aa Catholics mustered there under Hum
-7h-ev Of Arundel 70 take up arms for the old re-
1isian in the Civil War il held for King
charles against Oliver Cromwell and his troops
F-,-eer years after the siege it passed into the
-ossession of the St Aubyn family, Of which Lord
T1vsn the chief
~. old rnonastic building. hav. been -ennodelled
.-s rendered ft for TIE requirements Of twentieth
century life hut the chs pei is much II used 10
re with its secret dungeons beneath the stone
@oo- zn6 its winding stair leading 10 the roof Of
-. --es- tower. Many time has the kindling
aescc- 20 trst tower flung fits fare Of warning
ara and lsnd. and the old stone "cresset for hold
r-r re beacon fire is there Yet. and is known by
--e peorIe in that part of England st. Mi
-hseTs chair there being tradition 10 the effect
s- whoever sits therein before marriage will rule.
The husband wife. the case may be. Nerves
70 The strongest character ard head nsensible 10
vertigo required occupy with safety so gtddy
perch
I viii he noticed that in the 'peerages" no at
ter1rt r made TO trace the family Of s.. Auhyn
beyond Sir Edward ST Aubyn. who was created
bsroner IN 1855 and who the grandfather OF the
present peer. This does not mean in any way that
the g Aubyns are modern family On the con
rrsry. they are OF the oldest houses Of Devon
shire having owned most Of the land on which the
important seaport Of Devonport now stands, and.
IS have mentioned above. have been in possession
cf s. Nicha-ls Mount since the reign Of Charles /
rhev owned moreover. haronetcy which likewise
dared from the Stuart kings. Unfortunately, the
ST. John St Aubyn who died in 1859. and who was
ne last owner Of the original hsTonstcy, had N
MS younger days become involved in one of those
scorrh marriages which have furnished so mucn
drama and romance 10 the houses Of the British
s-isroc-acy- This Scotch marriage had the effect
Of tnvalidaring his subsequent English union. and
the result vas that none cf the children Of this
latt4r marriage were qualified by law TO succeed 20
his hcrors Sir John took advantage Of this -
t4cuesth al his large estates 10 his eldest but
II his third and favorite son. who received author
t-v ry ROYAL license 70 use his fathers name and
a--ro-ial bearings and who vas in return for 10
Itical services created beronet in 1856. His son
uho has JJst died was raised the peerase twenty
years later as Lord St Levan the title being de-
RED from Cornish village Of that name which
* part Of the St Autvn property
IanrS married %
EARS ago the daughter Of the Earl Of Mount Edg-
clrabe thus sllyinC ot the great West Of Eng
land houses.
Tn. now widowed LADY St Lezan. mother Of the
present peer. sister OF tire late Marquis Of
Tox-nshend. and aunt. therefore, Of the young
peer zhose matrimonial experiences and mental de
fciencies engaged the attention of the courts in
London : couple Of wears ago in z manner that
csuse5 the proceedings be described q cause
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