The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-25
LORD FAIRFAX MAY
SIT FOR SCOTLAND

the preJudlces on the subject Oh rank.
and or the respect due thereto. PEE
,Cuiiar to the pctty courts OF Germany
IN days gone By. and had little or
no indulgence for those who offended
an such matters. King Humbert. while
most dutiIul. always conveyed Inc tm-
preston or feeling rather relieved
when lie babe her good-by at the rail-
road station at Rome. at the conciu-
sion OF her annual visit TO gtis court:
while his son. KING Victor Emmanuel.
VINO has even a still greater distastc
tor the rules OF etiquettc than his
father. and seems tempted at times
to cast them TO the winds. stood In
awe OF his srandrnother's reproachftiI
eyes, and was on the whole more at
case away from her than in her pres
ence. or course she herself had been
guilty OF the most shocking breach oT
etiquette when She married secretly
the Marquis Rapallo before her year
of mourning for her royal husband had
elapsed. but no one was ever found
Chance for Lord Fairfax.
Lord carnworth's sudden dcmise--lie
fell dead without q moments warning
the House aof Lords at Westminster
createsssa vacancy in the number OF
representative peers of Scotland in the
upper chamber OF the national iesis-
lature, ana furnishes an opening for
The American-born Lord Fairfax. who
has just sailed Tor his home in Eng
land, and VINO WAS defeated In his et-
forts to get sent TO the House OF Lords
on the occasion of the election by tho
Scotch peers OF the parliamentary rep
4rGscntatiyeS OF their order at the meet
ing held last January at 5Holyrood Pal
ace. Lord CarnWortts eldest son died
In exactly the same way as his father.
of heart disease. in the street. sonle
tour years ago.
Lord CarnWorth, who was a veteran
soldier. and commanded for n number
N
succeeded in his ahonors. which Include
the carbon Ut caraworth. the baronS
OF Dalzell and Libcrton. and a Nova
Scotia baronetcy. by his twenty-seyen.-
comes the chief OF the ancient house
of Dalzell. But it Is difficult to say
whether he is the thirteenth or the
sixteenth Earl or Carnworth. owing TO
tile title was attainted,
The founder of the house was
Thomas de Dalzell, who swore fealtS
TO Edward I. IN 1896. He was also
,ert Bruce. His son, Sir Robert Dali.
izell obtained grant of lands In
Lanarkshire of David IT,. and was that
y % envoy TO the court Of kint;
settlement of some difficulty that had
arisen In connection with the govern
ment OF the Orkney Islands. Another
Sir Robert Dalzell fought for Mary
Queen of Scots a Langside, In F156s.B
and his grandson and namesake. Sir
Robert Dalzell, was created by King
Charles Lord OF Dalzell in the peerage4
of Scotland. being subsequently raised
tofthe earldom OF Carnworth. His son.
The second earl, fought for Charles +.
N the bat tie of Naseby. in 1915. and to
him Clarendon attributes the loss OF
that that action by the Royalists owing to
his having seized the bride OF the
horse of the King when the latter
mad ord ered q charge on the en- emy'ss
horse, and thus preventing him from
leading the attack. disastrous confu-]
sion resulting therefrom. His son. the
third earl, was made prisoner lighting
under the royal standard at the battle
a considerable time in captivity. The
sixth earl took prominent part in
the Jacobite insurrection against
George s; was ultimately pardoned. SO
cerned. but had his peerages and his
ihonors attainted This was IN 1918,
and e was not ssuntils.1 90 Years later
that8tfey We're srestore by act of Par
Dalzell. who had taken part in the
battle of New Orleans, where his kins-
man. CAPTAIN ebert Dalzell Of the
Who you'd haYe
in action. The late earl was the
grandson OF the General Dalzell in
whose favor the honors of the house
The DalzellE estates are now In the
possession OF Lord Ham ilton3o Dalzell,
whose tor, Sir6John Hamilton.B ac-$
qnired the Dalzell, i.anarkshlre and
late earl made Ills home at Carnworth
House, at Fulham, on the River
Thames. It is a beautiful place. but
has been sad y spollt ny the springing
up OF. cheap villas all around his place
While gas and soap gw orl<s on he Gop-
postte bank Of the river mar the OUT
look which he formerly enjoyed, @ 745
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