New-York tribune., 1909-06-12
DUKE AS AMBASSADOR
Princess of WaIes's Brother Nay
Succeed De BunSen at Madrid.
60. 1saa. lz .hs Isrsnt.cood company.

Cr-vr 1903. by the Brentwood Company
Although STR Maurice de Bunsen very far from
.srfng reached the age limit, he has intimated his
fsh 10 retire the diplomatic service in order
,o spend the remainder Of his life and to enjoy the
very considerable fortune which he and Lady de
z.r1sen have at their disposal in chimes less trying
- The health and TO the than that OF
Madrid
II IS ruuored that Sir Maurces successor at
Madrid viii be chosen from outside the diplomatic
service and the name Of the Duke of Teck has
been mentioned in this connection. His long term
>, d,,tv at the Court Of Vienna military attache
~ the British Embassy imbued him with much in
+erest and taste for diplomatic work Moreover,
ne showed considerable aptitude for that work, his
services being utilized in several matters where his
relationship to the reigning house of England and
% several Of the royal families of the Continent
endowed him with peculiar advantages not within
.be reach Of ordinary diplomats Despite the fact
that his dukedom is German one. namely, Of
wurtemberg, he is thoroughly English having been
horn At Richmond. educated at Wellington College
end al Sandhurst, and having done duty as cav
airy officer from the time when he left Sandhurst
until he went 10 Vienna military attache' in
feH He is at the present moment a lieutenant
Colonel Of the Life Guards, is married TO Lady
Margaret Grosvenor. daughter of the late Duke OF
westminster and is the eldest brother OF the
Princess of Wales-that is to say, of the future
Queen Of England. Through his mother, the late
Princess Mary Of Cambridge. he is great-grand-
.on of King George III of England. and were ii
not for the fact that the birth of his father the
lste Duke of Teck had been morganatic, he would
be to-day the heir to the throne Of the present
King Of Wurtemberg.
There is some precedent for the dukes appoint
r,ent and several OF the European governments are
beginning 10 see the advantage of having among
+bair diplomatic representatives men who by rea-
son Of their kinship 10 the sovereign TO whom
they are accredited have facilities of access 10
him and command social position. prestige ana
Influence beyond the reach of the ordinary ambas-
sedor minister or secretary Thus, Austria derives
no little benefit from the fact that her ambassador
in London Count Albert Mensdorn, is a cousin Of
King Edward. and treated by him and by the entire
regning house of England a near and dear
knsnan At Berlin the wife Of the military at
-acbs Of the Austrian Embassy, Prince Godfrey
Hohenlohe is the Archduchess Marie. daughter Of
Archduke and Archduchess Frederick, and both
she and her husband associated by the En-
reror and his in all their family entertain
rnents and festivities.
With regard 10 Sir Maurice de Bunsen. he began
his diplomatic career in the United States as an
atrache al Washington in 1878, and, while Of Ger
man origin may be said TO owe the start OF the
fortunes OF his house 10 America.
The first Bunsen. Christian Charles by name, and
the grandfather OF Sir Maurice. young stu
dent Of humble birth the University Of Bonn. in
the most straitened circumstances. when by
piece Of great good luck he was selected 10 serve
as private tutor and travelling companion to
young William r. Astor. Of that John Jacob
Astor who laid the foundation OF the great wealth
OF his family. The couple wandered all over Eu-
rope together, visited Goethe. Schopenhauer and
Niebuhr and when finally young Astor returned to
New York Bunsen was provided for in a financial
sense and in a most generous fashion. for the
rnainder Of his days, and able afterward TO
marry at Rome an English girl. Miss Wadding-
ton aunt OF the French statesman and foreign
minister OF that name, whose American widow
daughter Of President King Of Columbia College
New York. is q frequent visitor 10 this country.
At Rome BunseG became very intimate with the
scholarly Prussian envoy, Niebuhr. who secured
his zppofntnent as secretary of his legation, and
becoming q warm personal friend Of Prince Fred
erck William OF Prussia he was on the success
sion NJ. the latter to Prussian throne. as Fred
.sclx William " promoted the post OF Minister
plenipotentia-y in London His sons. George and
F-,est von Bunsen both distinguished themselves
nv heir pronounced Liberal views, which gave
such offence to Prince Bismarck that he virtu-
allv drove them from German official life. In
deed Ernest Won Bunsen resigned his place in the
German army and diplomatic service, and estao-
lshed himself in England. where he married Miss
Elizabeth Gurney, 2 daughter Of the famous old
NorfoIkshire house OF that name He returned TO
Germany 10 take part in the care OF the sick and
wounded IN the war Of $50. for wheh service old
Emperor William insisted upon appointing him to
be one Of his chamberlains. This did not. how
ever, prevent Ernest Won Bunsen from having his
son brought up as an Englishman. and Maurice,
after graduating from Oxford. entered the British
diplomatic service, where his promotion was rapid.
He is married to Miss Bertha Cory, a relative
CT the late Lord Rowton, and through her he is
IN possession Of a very comfortable fortune.