New-York tribune., 1909-09-18
BATTLE or MULLINGAR
Recalled by Betrothat of Mrs. H.
Kerr, of Ne50 York, to Future Peer

Charles Grevlle. oldest surviving son ana b.1r =,
Tors Grevile. in I4ondcn on November x nayt a.
marrying into one OF the most pugnacious families
Of the British pUerage. The interminable dispute.
v,one :ts members constant source OF enter
tsnnnenI 70 soctety
Thus the elde- brother OF the Hon. Charles.
namely Captain ''Ronnie' GrevilIe. who died so
suddeniy last year, was enthusiastic a Con-
.srvativs as Lord Greville a Liberal and q Homo
epsr: and when "Ronnie' was High Sheriff for
County WestmeatF. and Lord Greville was pres-
dent OF the Westmeath County Council. battle
voyalf took place between them on the subject OF
che Irish nag Lord Greville. in his capacity as
,-esident OF the County Council claimed the right
N aying the green nag over the county courthouse
al MuIlingar and was supported in the matter by
chs unanimous vote Of the council. To which Cap
tain Greville replied that ne would be shot before
ne permitted his father the council hoist such
a dsloyal emblem over the courthouse OF West
meath long as he was High Sheriff OF the
county
on the first meeting OF the council after this
declaration of Lord Greville attempted TO
raise the hag. but found large body police and
Irish ccnstabulary assembled by the captain to
rrevent 81 A hand-to-hand hght ensUed with Lord
Czreviue the county councillors and the public on
the one side and Captain Grevtlle. the police and
che consta bulary on the other, the police using
their clubs, batcns, they are called there,
while Lord Grevilles followers naturally svailed
themselves Of their shillelahs. brckbets. stones
and anything else that came handy. Many heads
were broken. and. though no one was killed, good
deal OF physical damage was done Al the height
q the struggle Lord Greville rescung the nag
from the police. made a desperate charge UP the
stairs OF the courthouse and few Il from the
window. The cheers OF the crowd IN the court
yard. Eis triumph. however, was shortlived. For
slrnost Immediately atterward the Gag was re-
captured by the police. and the victory OF what
has since been known the battle OF
Mull!ngar'' remained with the High Sheriff. Cap
rsn G-eville subsequently, Instituted prosecutions
against his father and other OF the county coun-
ollors for melting disorder, while Lord Greville
replied by cross charges.
The present Lord GrevilIe. prior 70 HIS accession
20 the title. used 20 have the most frightful rows
with his brothers, Pat and Reggie" surnamed
'rrhe Limb and on one memorable occasion. when
a very sensational ffacas took place in the old
peer's house in London among his sons, necessitat-
ng the interference OF the police 20 restore order
he gave more OF less public expression TO the
strong opinion Sons a curse" In fact, he
ended by turning his sons out OF the house
Much the same agreeable relations continue IN
the present generation. For Lord Grevie is sepa-
rated from his wife. and their two daughters. the
Hen. Mrs. Alistair Hay and the Hon. Mrs Herbert
Greer. not speaking terms with either father
OF mother, while Mrs. Alistair Hay has secured
divorce from her husband.
The name of Lord Grevilles wife is familiar 70
many American readers through her letters on
fashion in The London Graphic" and in other
English and also in some American papers She Is
q daughter Of the late Duke Of Montrose, and is
tall and distinguished looking woman. In her
weekly column in The London Graphic she pro-
fesses 70 write etiquette, the subject or
which she poses as high priestess. Yet in Styling
herself Lady Violet Greyile'' she commits a
aagrant breach Of etiquette and OF good form and
lays herself open 20 a charge Of robbery. for II
looks exactly II she anxious to- remind
every one that shs the daughter Of a duke.
According 10 strict English etiquette the daugh-
Ter Of 4 duke marquis who marTies a baron
such as Lord Greyie, loses ipso facto, the rank
and precedence OF her birth. her status being that
Of her husband Il il only il she had married
comnoner that she could have retained her rank
and precedence dukes daughter. ana nor
Christian name prefixed by the title OF Lady
and followed By the patrOnynic OF her husband.
i may be remembered thai Sir Edward Malet. long
the British Ambassador az Berlin, who married the
daughter OF the Duke Of Bedford, declined TO ac-
cent The ueerage that was offered him sepa-
-ate occasions on the ground that II would entail
his wifes loss OF her rank and precedence as a
dukes daughter. Lady Grevilles correct ana off,
cisl designation IS therefore Lady Violet Gre
Vile" but merely Lady Grev1le.
The Hon. Charles Greville, who is marrying Mrs.
Kerr vent through the BOeT war as captain OF the
stlEIussars and has since been military secretary
10 Ltrs Northcote. as Governor OF Bombay. and
also aftervard. when that peer was Governor Gen
eraI OF Australia. Lord Greville and his children
represent a junior line Of that family OF Greve OF
which tie Earl Of Warwick is the chief It's
richest member is undoubtedly the now widowed
Mrs -Ronnie' Gregtlle. who is persona grata at
court has frequently entertained the King. both at
her house in London and at her various country
seats and as daughter OF the multi-milionare, the
Right Hon William McEwan, receives an allow
anoe from him Of $4,000 year, which is des-
fined At his death TO be increased 70 at least sO-
O. per annum.
FRENCH ARIsToCRACY LOSES ITS LEADER
Father du Lac de Fugeres. whose obseques at
Paris we're attended By all the leaders OF tho old
noblesse France, of which for nearly half cen
tury he had been regarded the chief spiritual
adviser was contrary to the popular impression OF
extremely bourgeois birth, and although some or
his nephews and nleces have put forward preten-
Eons 70 pstrician ancestry, he himself. In his book
entitled The Jesuts" which may be regarded as
his defence Of the famous order 20 which he be
ionged against the charges 50 freely circulated
against u admits in the preface that his father,
councillor Of the Coeur des Complies, vas "a typs
o. the bourgeois Of the reign Of King Louis Phil
ippe and an ardent national gusrdsman- More
over. he declares that hts father wac Free
Thinker. although his mother and her sister who
lived in the family. were perfect saints
II refer here 70 the death OF Father Du Lac =
e because there are few men. and certainly no &c
cleEiastics who have played more notable role IN
French life during the last thirty or forty years
nm this wonderfully able Jesuit who was for long
the provincial OF chief of his order IN France tor
tine he was the head Of the great Jesuit College
q she Rue des Postes where most Of the now
adult members Of the French eristocracy received
fhsr education snd II was such that the French
Acadenniean and novelist. Marcel Provost pos-
tfsyed him, under the transparent pseudonyne OF
'Le Pkre de TEtang" IN his novel, The scorpion
For II Lac" stands for lake" "Etang" is the
French for pond"
Il was at the College OF the Rue des Postes that
Father Du Lac originated that system Of Catholic
clubs Of which his close friend. the CoTnte Dc Num-
became the active leader. and which nave contflo-
rtsd more than anything else 70 reconcile the peas
antry. and even the laboring classes TO the aris-
So rUffh influence