New-York tribune., 1909-05-03
ABOUT A BIT OF RIBBON
NOr7cay and S1ceden Start another
4ngrY Quarrel.

1HSf9 SUWItt'
Copyright 1900 by the Brentwood Company
Orders Of knighthood just at present the sub
ject of much bad blood between Norway and swe-
den have revived all the irritation OF the two
tions one aganSt the other, and have set back for
long time TO come the laborious task OF recon-
ciliation of these formerly sister kingdoms. II
seems that some time ago the King OF Norway.
wishing to honor some of the Swedish diplomats
accredited to his court, and also some other sub
jects of King Gustavus occupying official posi-
tions by bestowing upon them his Order Of St
Olaf, caused the customary inquiry TO be addressed
through the Foreign Department at Christiania to
the Foreign Department at Stockholm as TO
whether this would be agreeable TO the government
of King Gustavus. This inquiry is mere formal
ity. and is answered by all governments in the
Affirmative. by that OF the United States,
which still hestates about permitting its officials
TO accept foreign decorations.
To the amazement of everybody at Christania,
however the Swedish government replied that it
did not wish any OF its officers. or even of its
citizens, to receive Norwegian orders. Of
course this could only be construed as indicating
that the bitterness which created in Sweden
by the secession OF Norway still remains unap-
peased. But in Norway it has been regarded as a
downright insut-so much that most of her
leading generals government officials and states
men have been sending back their Swedish orders
OF knighthood Stockholm stating that while
they had been honored TO receive them at the hands
of the late King Oscar, whose memory they reVered'
they could not any longer feel ii consistent 10 wear
the orders OF kingdom that considered Norwegian
decorations unworthy OF being worn by its
subjects
The scandinavians are, OF all the monarchical
people of Europe the most democratic. In Norway
and Denmark indeed, nobilisry titles either do not
exist or are of little account. Yet here we
have two Of these countries brought almost 10 the
brink of more over what is, after all. a
mere question OF ribbon
r~Tu~ To
Lord Chesterfield can hardly be blamed for de
terminng upon the sale by auction Of Homs Lacy.
his country seat IN Herefordshire. For he does not
possess sufficient means TO keep up so expensive a
place, has no daughters TO inherit 1t. ana.
moreover. cannot fail 10 be Influenced by the re
hection that II is in any identified with
the history of the Stauhope famiiy of which he is
the chief Strictly speaking, it is the homo Of the
now extinct noble House Of Scudsmore into the
possession of which 1t passed many centuries ago
by the marriage OF of its 10 the heress
Of the still moro ancient House Of de Lacy. Sir
James Scudarnore the friend and patron OF Ed
mund Spenser, and the prototype of Sir Scuba
more in the ''Faerie Queene." II was rebuilt IN
the reign of Henry VIII, and vas extensively added
and altered by the third and last Niscount
Scudamore in whose days Pope and Cay and other
men of letters welcome guests at Home Lacy
Indeed. it there that Pope became acquainted
with John Kyrle, whom he immor'aliZed as Tho
Man Of Ross.
At Lord scudanore's death, in 17i6. Holme Lacy
passed TO his daughter and heiress. married TO
Colonel Fitzroy, VINO assumed the name and arms
Of Scudaucre Their only daughter the wife
of Charles. eleventh Duke Of Norfolk But she
died childless. In 1900 and Holme Lacy which is
celebrated for its superb Grinng Gibbons carvings
and for its family portraits by Holbein. Nsndyke
Lely and other famous painters, was bequeathed
by her To her very distant kinsman. Sir Edwin
Francis Stsnhope. second baronet OF his line Hho
adopted, in accordance with the terms Of her viii,
the and OF Scudamore, in addition to
his own. lie had American mother For Sir
Henry Stanhope. the first beronet OF the line. VII"
had received his baronetcy for his services as an
admiral at the battle of Copenhagen under Nelson,
was married TO Margaret Mabone. of Newport,
r. l. Sir Henry Stanhope Scudamore. the third
baronet and second Of the Stanhope owners Of
TIolme Lacy, succeeded IN 1885 to the Earldom OF
Chesterfield and Barony OF Stsnhope on the death
without issue of the eighth earl of whom he was
about the twentieth cousin No property came with
the eardom For the seventh earl, who died from
typhoid fever. caught a. the same time ana the
same place as the attack which nearly cost King
Edward his life in 1870. bequesthed all the great
estates which up 10 that time had belonged 20 the
Earldom Of Chesterfield to Lord CarnarFon' a son
OF his only sister. That IS the reason why All the
literary and artistic treasures of the 'hesteTheId
sanhopes including the library and papers OF that
Earl of Chesterfield Vho was the author OF the
celebrated Letters now in the possession OF
the Earl Of Carnsrvon.
Chesterfield House, the historic London residence
Of hfth ana slXtn ears OF 'leSteiIitip
has likewise heen alienated from the family. and
nov belongs 10 the widow Of Lord Burton, OF brew
ing fame being destined 10 pass al her death TO
,er only child. the former Nellie Baillie, of Doch-
fo,,r who since the death Of her father the owner
or tho famous Bass breweries. has become peer
css in her own right as Lady Burton. 1t was in
,ba antechau1bers Of Chesterfield House that DR..
Johnson was kept waiting so long by the fourth
t-.I C-besterheld Of the celebrated Letters that
he refraned from inviting the peer 10 become the
ma IRON of his great dictionary and the OF Dr.
Johnson sitting in the antechsmber of Chesterfield
House has furnished the theme of many success
ful painting.
Tho present Lord Chesterfield is the tenth earl Of
his line is member Of the bar, but no longer
rractizes and has figured in tuIn treasurer of
Queen Victora's household and as the captain
~ her bodyguard of gentlemen-st-srms. He is
married to the most lovely of the daughters Of the
late Lord Nunburnholme. While he acquired an
ororn,ous fortune as owner of the Wilson line Of
steamers al Hull, the late Lord Nunburnhome did
moi benueath more than S2500 year each Of his
beyv of fair daughters. and this is not enough to
enable either Lord Chesterfield his wife 10 keep
~, pofrne Lacy. For Lord Chesterfield lost what
Ittle money he possessed In his right in ;he
Stratton independence mine Grash, concern OF
which he was the president Nor has the earl been
moro fortunate in his other financial and industrial
,-.r,,,reS being indeed of the impov-
oristnd members of the peerage. He has travelled
extensively and spent some time ia Mexico, where
On. ~ his brothers who is in the line Of succession
70 The family honors is known the constructor OF
H. rauroad across the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec.
2nro,,a p,arrvinE Miss Enid Wilson Lord Chester
s.,d mas reported engaged 10 almost every mar
,fayeahle widow OF wealth and heiress hailing from
,be I-pited states notable among them being Mrs.