New-York tribune., 1908-05-25

one Of the many sons Of the second Earl Grey.
snd the Hon. Mrs. Grey appointed one
OF the ladies-n-waiting to Queen Alexandra on
the occasion OF the lstters marriage In 1868
Mrs Grey. who after becoming q widow. married
the present and NTH Duke of Otrante, continued
to be a member Of the household Of Queen Alex
andra until the latter's accession to the throne
on the death Of Queen Victoria, and died shortly
afterward at Baden-Baden, having throughout her
long association with Queen Alexandra enjoyed the
latters intimacy and friendship In degree COM
parable only TO that possessed to-day by the Hon
Charlotte Knollys.
Young Count Otrante who is the only Of
the late duchess's second marriage has therefore
known Queen Alexandra since his earliest in
fancy, and his royal goGmother must have been
pleased, not only TO see him again. but also to
have him attached. temporarily. to her ser
vice.
On tho death Of his father he will inherit the
latter's title of Duke of otrante. which, though
French dignity, is nevertheless to-day recognized
by tho Swedish crown both tho present duke and
his being Swedish officers and Swedish citi
zens The first duke. it is scarcely necessary
10 state, that Fouche. who acquired such
unenviable fame Minister of Police to the first
Napoleon, and who along with Savary bears the
responsibility of the altogether inexcusable kid
mapping and execution at Vincennes Of the III
fated Duo d'Enghien Fouche twice married
BY his second wife, Gabrielle de Castellane. he
had children. but by his first wife. OF whom 1t
has been asserted without foundation that she had
at one time been nun. and who was renowned
for her LONELINESS. he had several children in
Guiding three sons, who each in turn bore the
title OF Duke of Otrante The present Duke of
Otrante is the son OF third Pouches three
sons. They. like him, found difficulty in being
allowed TO settle anywhere. after the downfall Of
Napoleon, owing TO the part which Fouche had
played IN connection with the Due dEnghen. and
by reason of the fact that he had voted for the
death OF Louis XVI. and of Queen Marie Antoin-
offn g1c t-r yhn hlc reS
for which he responsible at Lyons during the
days Of the terror. he expressly excluded
from the amnesty which Louis XVIII found it
prudent TO issue after securing possession of the
throne. Metternich, in Austria; Emperor Aexan-
DER. in Russia the Prince Regent, in England-all
refused permit him settle in their respective
countries. and he found himself driven from pillar
to post, ostracized everywhere, to all ntents and
purposes outcast, until finally he died at Trieste
Taught by sad experience his betook them
selves TO Stockholm, where they found II former
Field Marshal Bernadotte, who had meanwhile be
King of Sweden, a sovereign willing not only
TO permit them to make their home in his do
rninions but also lake them into his servica
Perhaps he did not forget that he himself had
been duty ; a soldier at the foot OF the scat
fold when King Louis executed. and that on
his left arm indellbly tattooed Phrygian
cap, along with the motto, Death TO Kings and
Tyrants" The second, third and fourth dukes of
Otrante all held high Office at the court of Stock
holm, and the present dnke was master OF inc
horse TO the late King Of Sweden. Besides this son
he has likewise a daughter OF the name Of Au-
gustine, who is married Captain Frederick Pey-
ron. OF the Swedish navy, and chamberlain 10 the
present King and Queen of Sweden. Captain Pey-
is. like his father-in-law, Of French origin
and tho great-gTandson OF a French soldier OF
fortune, who made colossal fortune by shaking
the pagoda tree" as the saying used 20 be. in the
service OF OF the native rulers OF India II
tho days when they were still at war with Eng
land. On his return he married his daughter into
the dUcal house of De la Rochefoucaud. and thus
became allied OF the oldest houses OF the
French aristocracy
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.