The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-24
HOW NELL GNYNNE
MADE SON A DUKE
Threatened to Kill Him at Kings
Feet Unless Demand Was
Granted
CREATED DUKE OF ST. ALBANs
Long List Of Englishmen OF Noble
Birth Who Have Dis
appeared in America.

SbRl'SuiNtl III
by LA MARauIsE DE FONTENOY.|
~ NGLISHMEN arc apt to get lost in
America, particularly when they
IL happen to be men o, some OF, g, pir til
sides Of the Atlantic derive considers
able revenues through their being em-
ployed to hunt in this country for
missing scons of the British aristo-
cracy, titled and untitled.
Just at present a very extensive and
somewhat costly search is being made
for Lord Osborne de we're Beauclerk
half-brother and next heir to the
dusedom Of ST. Adams. as well as to
the dignity of Hereditary Grand Fal-
coner of England, Lord Osborne, who
was formerly in the army. and who
served through the South African War
as captain of the Seventeenth Lancers.
came to this country in July, 1907. OH
board the Celtic, as fellow passenger
OF Alfred Vanderbilt, and after VISIT
ing Alaska and spending some time
In British Columbia, left some months
back on hunting trip down the Colo
whatsoever has been heard of him.
Several expeditions have now been
sent out, at the instance OF his widow
ed mother. to ascertain what has be-
come of him, and much anxiety Is en-
tertained as to his fate.
1t is known that he had plenty OF
money with him. and his prospects
were very favorable, since, In addition
to inherlting the dukedom and entail
ed property of his elder half-brother.
who Is a bachelor and confirmed
invalid, he is also heir to the con-
siderable fortune of his mother. the
widowed duchess. who Is the dauYh-
ter and heircss of the late Ralph
Bernal Osborne. and Though whom
Lord Osborne has strain OF Jewish
blood in his veins.
conferred upon Charles Beauclerk q
natural son of Charles H.. by Nell
Gwynne, the orange girl, under very
exceptional circumstances. The Merry
declined to bestow the same ducal
rank upon his son by Nell that he
had conferred upon his children by
his other favorites, Barbara Villiers.
Lucy Waters and Louise de Qucrouail-
les. Resenting this, Nell waited her
opportunity. ard one afternoon when
the King was riding through tho
street on which she lived. on his way
back from Newmarket, with a brilliant
oortege of courtiers, she suddenly
hung her baby out of the window by
It's chenrise, and hailings the King.
threatened to let the child drop on
to the stones below at his feet UNI.
less he then and there bestowed, a
0ohCopni oil tIiC IbhSiit- N!1tit iSS
laughingly yielded, and pledged him
self to comply with her demands. On
reaching Whitehall. he created the
child not only Duke of st. Adams.
coner TO the Crown. Thanks to this
royal descent, the Dukes of st. Adams
are entitled to the use OF the royal
arms of England. brised with the bar
sinister; and among other hereditary
privileges which they enjoy, is the
rfe !, CHI hx-y h1.f hn co
etgn, of driving down Rotten Row. in
Hyde Park--a prerogative which not
even the princes and princesses of the
reigning house possess.
Many Noblcmen Disappear.
Among the many cases of missing
Englishmen of rank in this country.
one of the most remarkable is that OF
Sir Arthur Curtis, third baronet Of
his line, who disappeared in June. 1895,
with an Indian guide. while on his
way from Ashcroft on the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, to the klondike. The
expedition with which Sir Arthur was
travelling when he vanished was COM
manded by Roger Pocock, founder Of
that British semi-military organza-
ton known. as the Legion OF
Frontiersmen," and in his book en--
titled The F'rontiersman," published
three years ago in London, Pocock
devoted a chapter to the loss of Sir
Arthur, for whom he and his party
ing any trace. Pocock describes in
his book how he had had considerable
difficulty in dtsposing OF the ugly
| rumors that he had murdered Curtis
sion by referring to reports that Sir
Arthur had subsequently been sseep
alive in England.
From time to time stories appear
to the effect that the missing Sir AT.
thur has been discovered in some out
| nf the Of oft fha 11nif ed
states or of Canada; but these tales
generally prove on Investigation tc
be unfounded. and Lady Curtis ex'
perienced but little difficulty some years
In obtaining a decree from the Eng
| lish courts for leave to presume. Sll
Arthurs demise, although no definite
evidence had been produced that he
was really dead, beyond the fact thai
he had wandered away from his com
panions and had disappeared from view
without leaving any trace On tht
strength OF the decree thus obtained
Lady Curtis not long afterwards mar
ried Colonel Robert M. Brady, nephew
and heir to the baronetcy of Sill
Francis Brady; while her only ehili
by Sir Arthur became Sir Roger Cur
tbs, as fourth baronet of the line, ant
as hts fathers successor. 1t Is as
serted that Sir Roger has never GlVel
J up the hope of finding some trace o
j his father and / understand that h
is now living in British Columbia
partly with that object in view.
It may be remembered that Whel
the fifth Earl Of Shannon died. near!.
; eighteen months elapsed before MI
eldest son and successor couid D.
found. He had come to the Un1te'
states some five or six years pre-
yiously, had worked at all sorts Q
trades, had undergone the most ex
traordlnary experiences, and Whel
finally run to earth was working a.
! q cowboy on ranch in New Mexico
where his name Of Boyle did not sug
gest 70 his companions the IDEA tina
ne was missing earl He expe
Hing down 70 ordinary cnmmonplae
lie as landlord and TERRITORIAL mag
nate at Castle Martyr, III Count,
CORK and through his occasional
lapsss from grace, won the nlcknam
Tor himself in the district as the Cow
!, His own case and that of Jane
Burke Roche are among the compare.
= liNely rare instances where missing
scions of the arstocracy have bee
i round again For Lord Aberdeen
s!aer brother who sailed from Bosto
1 before the mast. bound lor scout
o America, was never heard or agar
0 and 1t is because he has been SO Ion
Q missing that the present Vlceroy 9
. aretaho was summoned TO tAe nous
n VI hofas IN his place.
= James Burke Roche. however. neN
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