The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-12
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,,- ORD BEACONSFlEisD = Lie anu
Letters" based upon and COM
prislng the diaries and CORE
spondence bequeathed at his
death OF his faithful and devoted pri-
vate secretary. the late Lord Rowton,
are at length about to see the light OF
day; and the first volume of this work
present month in London. published
by the house OF Murray, with which
Beaconsneld as Benjamin Disraeli, vas
so closely identified from his first
debut in journalism and literature, more
than ten years before the accession
OF queen Victoria to the throne When
Lord Beaconiield died childiess, he left,
for the sake of the family name. his
country seat. HeShenden Manor, 10 ms
nephew. Coningsoy pisraelt, whom lie
scarcely knew. But all his most cher
ished belongings, and all his papers
rand correspondence, Went 10 his sprl-
waite secretary, Montague Cory. who had
been raised TO the upper house as
Lord Rowton.
Lord Rowton, in dealing with his cor
respondcnce and diaries Ito scrupu-
lousy respect every confidence re-
posed in me. and to allow nothing to
be published calculated to DO injury
! to the public service, or 10 intiict need
less pain on the living or on the fam
lilies of the dead, and that no portion
of my correspondence with Her Majesty
I Queen Victoria shall be published or
| made known until the said Lord ROW
! ton shall have ascertained that no OBJ
4 iections were entertained to such use
/ of the correspondence on the part OF
I Her Majesty during her life, or.oh the
/ part of her heirs after her death ~
| is generally understood that on tne ;
| strength of this clause of the VIII, Lore
| Rowton, who was afterwards one OF
| the executors of Queen Nictoria'S Wiii,
and administrator of her private for
/ tune refrained during her lifetime from
| publishing any of the correspondence OF
This chief and submitted TO her every
Iletter which she had ever written 10
the latter The greater portion OF
! these she retained and they are now
/ preserved, with other papers OF me
/ same kind. in the royal library al
| Windsor Castle. among the family
larchives of the reignlng house. The
rest she returned to Lord Rowton, VIII
the intimation that she saw no OBJ
until after her death. Lord Rowtoi
thereupon turned over the entire re.
manning letters and diaries for saft
keeping to the Rothschilds, until thu
time came for their use. ConingsbS
Disraeli protested against this, and re
peatedly put forward demands tina
his uncle's papers should be published
in fun, and on one occasion actuall.
Threatened to invoke the law agalns
Lord Rowton unless his requests Wer'
, compiled with especially in con
Inection with the production of the cor
respondence between Beaconsdcld an
Mrs Wyndham Lewis, the eccentri
: old lady who befriended the states
man in a variety OF ways during ne
lifetime, and who bequeathed to hir
I a considerable amount OIL money
8 her death. ..,,.. - IN !
$ friends, the Rothschilds. ana aiso ~. "a
/ reigning house. resented this at u
: on the part of Coningsby Disraell, an
I ascribed it rather to detefm'natio
! to advertise himself than any teen -
of devotion to.the memory OF ms Viz l.a
:, to whom he was almost strange
s Much of the animosity manifested .
"A Coningsby Disraeli IN this connectlo
: was undoubtedly due also TO the lei
dency of the reigning family, ana
!. Rowton, rather than himself, as II
u real heir of Lord Beaconsfeld, an
o to the refusal Of the crown ana I, o. T., u
q famous statesman's most lntlillt
! friends to take any steps tops 70 resane
IS his favor the Beaconsfield peerase.
l. When Lord Rowton died. after spen. |.
y ing the closing years of ms ne J.,
g administering Queen Nictofia's prl Iat,
h, affairsr and in organizing ana sll,4.o'
(Which are the London equivalent. I.
the Mills Hotels, in New York ana "a
sr Francisco established by tho late
J. o. Mills), he conhded the task
editing and publishing Lord beacon
% fields Life and CORRESPONDENCE
1t William +. Monypenny,. one OF q
= directors of the London Times, VINO
: member OF the staff OF that paps
y had played an important role ~ Y
Ig South African War; not only ~
Journalist but also as solder :
the field. To him, In compliance w
Lord Rowton's instructions, the Roth
IN childs turned over al that remain
y of Lord Beaconstield's diaries ana 81
y respondence, after everything 10 VIM
I'd the reigning family could nave pc
Il sibly taken exception had been CIV
IL fully eliminated by queen Vlctorla Y
ie by. Lord RoWton. There ~ eve
10, reason to believe. too, that much,
not all the material was submitted
IN King Ndward; and under the clranl
an stances it may safely be taken !
u granted that there viii be no scnndi
!. OF any sort revealed In the forthfolNl
rs "I.ife and Correspondence Or 40
I'M Beaconsheld,", although tho latter Y
y. noted for his sarcastic tongue, Tor
We lvitriolic pen, and for his cynical CO.
i. l ments on the fralltisa. The folhlaa Y