The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-09
ENGLISH ROMANCE
To Be TOLD IN
UUUhI n
SAckvILlE-WEST WILL FIGHT
FOR FATHERS TITLE AND Es-
TATE-LoRO sAckvlLIE's MAR
RAGE IN DISPUTE.

LONDON. Dec. s.-The Sackvills
romance is up again. The claim &c
the Barony OF Sackville is to be tried
before the divorce division OF the high
court OF chancery and in the processes
OF the trial there will be retold the
strange story OF the Spanish love ar
fair OF Lord Sackville. who as Sack
ville-West. English ambassador t.
Washington. figured so prominently IL
the international comities OF England
and the United States In 1855. when
his diplomatic career was tragically
brought 10 a close by the return ci
his passport by the American govern
ment.
| The plaintiff in the present remark
able case is a former resident OF Mad
rid Ernest Henry Sackville-West, who
seeks declaration that. he Is the
i legitimate eldest son or the deceased
Lord Sackville-West, a cousin OF the
claimant and nephew OF the dead lord.
! The case will be bitterly fought, as
II involves not only a peerage, but es-
tates OF great value. including "Lordly
Knole." A mass OF evidence has &C
cumulated and the case is likely 10 be
greatly prolonged.
The character OF this romance OF tn
peerage. which involved the love OF a
British peer for a beautiful Spanish
dancer, has been intimated previously
In English courts. The present plain
tiff in 1903 endeavored 10 secure his
tight 10 the peerage and TO establish
test mony concerning the validity x
the marriage OF his mother 10 Lord
Sackville. with a view OF establishing
his claim 10 the estate and titles or
his father upon the latter's death
The plaintiff, in his claim. alleged
that Lord Sackville married Josephine
Duran De Ortega, the aforementioned
beautiful Spanish dancer, In 1864 or
SIS, either in Spain or France. and
that he. the plaintiff, was Ernest. the
son OF that marriage. The defendant.
in opposing this claim. contended tina,
Lord Sackville was never married,
that Josephine Duran on Jan. 10, 1851,
vas married TO Juan Antonio De Olivia
and that this marriage was existing
az the time OF her alleged marriage
with Lord Sackville The court de-
cided that the right TO perpetuate tes
timony should not be granted as the
only question involved was the legiti-
macy of the plaintiff and the validity
OF his mothers marriage and the inn
mediate judicial determination that the
question could be- obtained under the
legitimacy declaration act
The case when il comes to trial viii
arouse the greatest interest. The mar
riage is supposed TO have occurred
while Lord Sackville was an attache
OF the British embassy In Madrid. The
alleged wife at that time being one OF
the most popular dancers in Spain.
The plaintiff. who IS 80 years old has
lived mostly on the continent. He
expects 10 prove that his mother was
publicly acknowledged by Lord Sack
Vile as his lawful wife and himself
as Sackville's lawful son. One point
around which the case revolves is an
erasure made in the registry OF the
marriage OF 1851. the claimant main
tanning that the entry is a forgery.
while the heir presumptive contend5
that 1t has not been tempered with.
IIordly Knole was once the palace OF
the archbishops OF Canterbury. In 1867
or 1869 Queen Elizabeth granted the
house ana maintenance OF Knole TO
her cousin. Thomas Sackville. and for