New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-22
NITROUS SCOTCH SUIT
Bscond Sons Appanages in Lord
KinnoulPs Familu.


one Of the most troublesome questions With
.s,-h the Scottish courts and again called
,,ron 70 desi is that which concerns the estates
.s.+ have from time inmemorial constituted the
.,nsnsses Of second sons- For disputes are con-
.+sntly arising 10 whether the property In ques-
.t,r should descend the heirs of the second son
~ should revert the head OF the family for
e.. use OF his second son Thus. according TO the
yzon lIlister Hay, he. second brother of the
,-,uoverished Earl of kinnoull, should enjoy pos
.ession Of the great estates OF Cromx and Inner
nerray in the county Of Perth since for more than
.tro hundred years these estates have been the
r.nare Of the second OF the Ears Of Kinnoull,
.nd he is now inaugurating proceedings TO estab-
iish his claims
The present earl is the twelfth Of his line His
Gather the eleventh earl had three brothers. the
eldest Of whom. Robert. became by virtue Of the
customs Of the House and the testamentary dispo-
,t-ions Of ancestors master OF Cromlix and
,nnerpeffray. He killed in the Crimean War,
ard was succeeded in the ownership OF Cromlix by
his next brother, Arthur. Dying without issue his
r.xt brother. Colonel the Hon. Charles Hay of the
scots Guards took possession of these Perthshire
estates despite the protests of the Hon. Allister
Fsy and has intirnated that al his death they will
10 10 his instead of reverting either 10 the
esridon OF Kinnoull or to the present Lord Kin
noulIs second brother
Cromlix originally belonged 10 the once powerful
-e.atic family of Chisholm Jane Chisholm. last of
her line daughter and heiress Of Sir James CHS
ho3ra Of Cronx married James Drummond, Lord
Mederry,
IN Ferthshre into the House of Drummond- Her
grandson was created viscount Strathallan and
Lord Drunmond Of Crornlix. His favorite daugh-
Ter Elizabeth became the wife OF the sixth earl
o, KinnouIl This first Lord StrathaIlan not
only extremely fond Of his daughter. Lady Kin
-nyu but likewise of her children, and. knowing
<hs. her eldest son would inherit the estates at
tsched 10 the earido-n OF Kinnoull, he devised his
Crorlix property Ia such a fashion that it should
m 70 her second and should always constitute
Or. ennanaEe of the second sons of the earls of
K;nnouu stipulating that each new owner Of Crom-
Tx on entering into possession thereof should as
sz1rne tn addition 10 his own patronymic Of Hay,
that of Drummond, well as the armorial bearings
9Th. Dr1,u,nonds That is how the present owner
OF Crorlix although member OF the historic
house Of Hay by birth. bears the name OF Colonel
Hay Drummond.
OF course. the history Of Cromlix is associated
with the neighboring city OF Dunbane. and with
cts cathedral. Innumerable Chishoms of Cromx
flied the Office Of Bishop Of Dunblene. and the
Chisholm crest bozr's head is TO be found carved
all over the cathedral One OF the bishops. Will
lam was favorite Of Mary Queen Of Scots,
much employed in her political missions at foreign
courts and closely identified with Cardinal
Beaten Knox describing him lone OF the princi-
peI Pillars Of the Papistical Kirk" His nephew
WIS the Sir James Chisholm whose daughter Jane
married James DrUnmond- This Sir James CHS
holm lad been sent 10 France to finish his educa-
tion and before leaving Cromlx he arranged, for
prudential reasons, that his most intimate friend
should he the medium of tho correspondence with
his sweetheart. the fair Helen of Ardoch daugh-
ter of Stirling OF Ardoch. For time all went well
until the friend began to tamper with his trust
The letters became more infrequent, then ceased
Ee1en received no answers TO the letters that she
addressed TO her lover, although she heard iudi-
rectly that all was well with him The logic of the
heart told her that he had grown cold, and her
fears we're confirmed by a rumoT that reached her
through the mutual friend of his betrothal to a
noble French lady. In natural sequence the false
:rssnd laid successful siege TO her affections and
won her consent The marriage day arrived The
ceremony was about TO take place in the cathedral
ct r,unblane. when, the wedding party entered.
G. rnnfaed figure strobe IN. and. Selling upon the
SEidaeToou him grovelling upon the threshold.
y vss Sir James who had arrived to claim his
bride Explanations followed, the treachery was
sxposed and Helen united TO her sorely tried
lover Il his Journey 10 Scotland that. flied
with forebodirsgs, Sir James Chisholm relieved his
ssosrsted feelings by inditng the plaintive melody
Of 8 hapiess love. known fos three centuries as
@Crornlets Lit:
Since all thy vows. false maid
Are flown 10 air.
And my poor heart betrayed
Unto some wilderness
And thy hard heartedness.
Oh, cruel fair!
IN. crbg.ho1-,s we're originally of Norman descent
and settled in Ro1burghshire and in Perthshre
The Perthshire Chishcms of Cromlx became eX-
stnct with the death OF the author Of these verses
Sir James Chisholm. whose daughter and heiress
Jane married James Drummond- The Roxburgh-
shire cfsholras survived until the Boer War, when
the last OF the line. Colonel Scott Chisholm. COM
handing the 9Th Lancers, fell in the cavalry charge
OF that regiment at Elandslaagte.
NOT DESCENDED FROM THE KING MAKER.
LORD warwick's boast on the subject of his line
age in the interview which he granted TO Mrs.
George Augustus Sala, and which. printed in last
Sundays World commences, Yes. I am de-
scended from the King Maker Earl OF Warwick"
met ctr history
seneslogy; for there are ties Of blood between
tie House Of Crevie of which the present Lord
q Warwick Is the chief and the King Maker. por-
trayed by Bulwer Lytton the last OF the
ba-ons~ II the novel of that name. and the only
association between them is that Of title and OF
the ownership of Warwick Castle.
The King Maker mad no son, but two daughters,
OF whom. Lady Anne Neville after marrying
Edward Prince OF Wales, the murdered son OF
Henry VI became the consoTt of Richard III OF
England The other daughter. Lady Isabel, mar
red the Duke Of Clarence, who was drowned
in a butt Of Malnsey BY this marriage there
were two children a son and daughter. The son
inherited through his mother his Grandfathers
es-ldor1 of Warwick. and died without issue
Parliamentary attainder Of his earldom OF Warwick
following his death and being therefore OF q post
h1rous character The daughter Margaret, Coun-
Tess OF Salisbury who WAS beheaded in the Tower,
hsd daughter and four sons one of whom was
Cardinal Pole Archbishop Of Canterbury. AS the
sisst brother of Cardinal Pole left number OF
daughters il might possible that through
some matrimonial alliance of their descendants
with the House of Grevile the present Earl OF
Warwick could have boosted OF descent ever so
Indirect Of the King Maker. But had the present
Earl Of Warwick OF any of the other four earls or
Warwick of the House of GreviIls been able 10 dis
3D.. -fI Th~