New-York tribune., 1909-09-25


of the church
fortnight afterward Dunnotar Castle surren-
oered' and some doubts having arisen meanwhile
~ the mind OF General Lambert as to whether Sir
John Keith had really carried ayvav the regaIia
win MIN to France. George Ogilvie and his wife
and eventually the Rev. Christian and Mrs Grain
ger We're subjected not only TO a searching exami-
nation but even TO torture in order TO induce them
10 disclose what had become of the regalia Moth
Ing however. could force them to admit ANYTHING
beyond the faet that they believed Sir John Keith
10 nave carried OFF the crown. the sceptre and the
sword TO the Continent Under the floor of the
parish chureh or Kineff the regalia remained hid
den from view for the following nine wears until
aiter the Restoration they We're unearthed and
turned over TO King Charles H. who bestowed a
laise monetary reward upon the Graingers of
which the record remains In an act of Parliament
dated 1861, while money and knightbood were
granted to George Ogilvie Sir John Keith being
created Lord Keith of Inverurie of Keith Hall,
ana hrst Earl of kintore and appointed hereditary
Knight Marischal of Scotland
The Keths one of the oldest NJ na+r,o,a,
houses IN Scotland and Il is on historic record
Ihat the hereditary office OF Grand or Earl Mari
sonar or scotland was first borne by a Keith in
the reign or King David / and was reaF1rmed I'm
l45S In the person of Sir William Keith tenth an
legitimate descent from the founder of the family
mere are several eases OF alliances of the Keths
with the Stuart kings of Scotland and their es-
lales We're so vast that TO be said that the
Ears Marischal could travel from the Tweed 10
the horthernmost point of the kingdom not only
stopping every night, but eating every meal,
on their land
The second Earl OF HIntore toinaa ,ta r,s,,, l.,
oehalf OF the Stuarts l75, was at the Battle OF
oherriImuir, and made q VOW there never To shave
ms neAId until the Stuarts recovered their own.
ne "Ied three years afterward. remarkable for his
hifsute adornment at a time when most nobemen
We're shaved. He succeeded by his first and
second soas and then the estates and the hOnors
shoud' according 10 the remainder OF the grant
a fpgn
and James Keith. of the elder brother of the
IIst earL Both George Keith. de jure Earl Mar
lschal OF Scotland. and his brother James had,
however, been attainted by Parliament for their
ueFouoh 10 The Stuart cause, and, while George II
Oh England was ready in Difference to the inter-
Nenuon of their friend Frederick the Great TO al
70" tem the possession of their Scot
4alc' ne would not permit them to succeed to the
earldom Of Kintore. Neither of them married
anu while the younger. James, fell in the battle
OF Hochkrchen serving under Frederick the Great
as a RUSSIAN field marshal. George Keith. the
Earl Marischai' on the invitation of Frederick the
Great took up his residence at Potsdam where he
died as a member OF the intimate circle OF Fred
erick the Great and a a associate OF VotaIre who
frequently refers To him In his writings as does
jean jacques Rousseau. Not until his death did the
earldom OF Kintore pass the eighth Lord Fal-
coneF. as the grandson OF Catherine, only daughter
ol me second Earl Of Kintore, who had married
the NTH Lord FacOner the Falconers being de-
seehaed from Ranulphus de Lunkyir. who was
royal falconer 10 King William the Lion the bar
ony Of Falconer being created in favor OF this
lineal descendant in 1917.
The present Earl OF Kintore is therefore also
Lord Falconer. and this minor though most
ancient OF his dignties is used as courtesy title
by his eldest son. Lord Falconer. who has spent
much or his time In America and is a famil-
lar figure in New York society where at one time
he was regarded as a suitor for the hand OF Miss
GLADYS Vanderbilt, now Countess szechenyI He
served with the Scots Guards throughout the
South African war. and is q good looking well set
up young fellow, but very poor. For his father
Lord KintoTe, while he has filed with credit many
offices OF state. remaining on record as one OF the
most popular Of Australian governors. has been
singuArly unsuccessful IN his financial ventures
ana IN his unfortunate endeavors to add TO his
somewhat meagTe income By Rssocatng himself
with various companies and concerns in the city
OF London that have TO grief
The most amusing incident OF his Australian
career arose from his rehashing In Adelaide OF an
address which he originally delivered when he
was standing for Parliament IN London previous
TO his accession to the earldom. Some Industrious
lynx-eyed person denounced the Governor as a
shameless pagiarist, his address having been
taken almost word for word from a Chelsea speech
OF Lord InverUrie Lord Kintore was consequently
under the painful necessity OF relieving himself
OF this imputation. by acknowledging that he had
plagiarized from himself Lord Inverurie having
been the title which he bore before becoming
Earl OF Kintore.
MARQUISE DE FoNTENOY.