New-York tribune., 1909-09-23
Rr-rAwAY MARRIAGES

,. 50 forr,7r7a+s for the bride of Lieutenant Rich
s-s Williams Buckley that Queen Victoria Is To
7o,gev on The throne for her late majesty was
lss bv the increasing number ~ runaway mar
,isees during the last three decades Of her reign
~ ISSUE q decree barring from the privilege OF
vYesentation and appearance a. court an YOUNG
rou,en who had welded in this fashton-thaf Is 10
rsv without parental consent Thus for instance
!. s r1, sfnrA Edward VII succeeded 10 the throne
that Izdv Lillian Boyd, sister of the present Ear
rf Munster has been able To GO n court the taot
fhst she had made runaway match win zap
.s,r william Arthur Boyd. formerly of the "a Lie
Guards Regiment. having stood IN me way "l nel
presentation 10 Queen Victoria
The aged Queen would have been particularly
angry in the case OF the runaway marriage oi
young Lieutenant Richard Williams Bulkeley For
the heroine OF this elopement is her own god
daughter Miss Victoria Legge, a girl whom she
had known from infancy, since the father Colone
Henry Charles Legge, brother Of Lord Dartmouth
was one OF her eQueTTies and occupies the same
position ~ the service of the King while the
mother was as the Hon. Amy Lambert one OF
her n1aids-of-honor. The bride is tWenty-four
whereas the bridegroom is but a little more than
tEeuty-one, and il IS understood that the opposl-
zion came largely from his family to when Mrs
Benjamin Guinness a well known inquire OF mat
particular set Of New York society headed by mrs
john Jacob Astor belongs
de is the only and heir Of Sir Richard VIII
iams Bu!keley. Lord Lieutenant Of Anglesey, ana
probably the greatest landowner IN Wales-so much
so thar he has sometimes been described as the
King Of Wales in which case, Of course, his son
would be something very much akin TO the Prince
of Wales. Sir Richard, who is known among ms
friends av the queer nickname Of "I1ggy, STANDS
6 feet inches in his stockings and is parucu-
lsrly fne rgure Of man, bearing himself in keep
ing with His size and his territorial possessions
One day when he was accosted by an irreverent
liverpool -tTipper' in the streets of Bangor with
he remark that he walked about the town as II he
owned II, Sir Richard quietly replied: We'll, do. =
II 1sf no member of the ROYAL
Yacht Squadron who is so great an adept in the
sport Of yachting who is so bold and daring a
skipper ano ii IL characteristic Of the man that he
has for years been the active coxswain Of the life
boat At Beaumaris. where the lifeboat station
serves strip OF coast that is particularly danger
Gus snd unpleasantIy celebrated for the number OF
its wrecks.
Sir Richard derives his descent. in common with
he royal house OF Tudor with Lord Mostyn and
with the Norgans Of Golden Grove from Mar
oaudd-a p-Cynan. VINO was the associate OF Rhodt
AaVT. King of Wales. in the beginning of the
ninth century The FIRST baronet Lord Chief
Justice of England when that country was a re
public, and owed his baronetcy 20 Oliver Cromwell.
He managed. however, 20 trim his sails with so
much skill that he won the favor OF Charles II,
who confirmed the baronetcy. or, rather, conferred
u afTesh So loyal TO the Crown are the Williams
Bulkeleys that they take no account OF the Crom-
well baronetcy date the creation OF this hered-
itary dignity OF their house only from the time
when II was subsequently, conferred by Charles II.
The first Of the family to assume the name Of
Williams was William Williams, son OF that Will
lam Griffith who commanded the cavalry in the
battle Of Bosworth Field against Richard III, re-
ceiv1ng as a reward the office of Sheriff OF CaFnar-
vonsaire for life from Henry VII The founder OF
The family fortunes may, however, be said TO have
been Archbishop Williams, who, hrst as Lord
Keeper Of the Great Seal and afterward as North
ern Primate amassed colossal fortune which he
Dequeathed to his nephew, the first baronet- The
name OF Buckley added 90 that OF Williams
when the tenth baronet succeeded TO the estates
Of his mothers brother the last Viscount Buke-
ley, Of Brynddn. Sir Richard makes his principal
home al Barren HII. overlooking the picturesque
Bay Of Beaumaris. and is married 20 Lady Magda~
len Yore, daughter OF the fifth Earl OF Hardwicke.
Britannia.