The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04

IL ia hbh"OASE LIE tONIENOHJ
ONE eighteen months VIII have to
elapse before young Sir Joseph
~ Tichborne attans his majority
and enters into possession of the
extensive estates of his father. Sir
Henry Tichborne, who died SO suddenly
OF apopleXy last week. Immediately on
his return from a shooting expedition
in Africa. Sir Henry was one of the
greatest hunters of HIS day, and 1t is
no secret that among the causes which
in the wilds of Africa. OF India and of
the most remote portions of Asia, In
the pursuit OF every kind OF big game.
was the persecution TO which he was
subjected from his childhood until his
death by cranks, who Were for ever
epdeavor!ng to see him or writing TO
him letters, many of threatening ma
ture, claiming TO have discovered clues
or proofs positive OF the existence of
his uncle. the missing Sir Roger Itch
borne, who, born away back in 1890.
would now be man eighty years of
formation thus rendered. appeared so
plausible that Lady Tichbcrne. whose
husband was at the time in Central
africa. actually considered It neces sts
to travel all the way to Australia
for the purpose of investigating the
history OF an elderly inmate OF the
public lunatic asylum at sydney. VINO
1t was asserted. was the missing Sir
Roger. Nor was 1t until she had spent
a good deal OF time and money in
connection with the matter that she
was able to ascertain the mans true
antecedents. which showed conclusive
~ that he was not the missing paro-
net
or course, young Sir Joseph. Ike his
father before him. viii hold the Itch
borne baronetcy and estates. ,supJecl ~
the temperance Of the missing or
mate descendant in the male line bul
there is little prospect OF TINS. anu
before long the statute of limitanoln p!
will a. any rate outlaw any such Claim
as far as the estates themselves are
Every claimant to the baronetcy ana
estates that has turned up WITHIN the
last half-century, since the postIniuMous
birth Of the late Sir Henry N ls notfab Bic
butcher and ex-convict. Arthur Orten.
whose pretensions 10 be the missing
Sir Roger were ind sl 6y afn nnimhPd
him with the money that enabled MIN
not only to live in luxury. until hnalis
exposed and sent to JAIL but also 70
bring about one OF the causes celehres
of the nineteenth century
tributed more than anything else ~
his defeat and to his exposure. was tur,
nsRea b the Esn Sir TIE
Sir Edward DOUGHTY. and who dlen aa .
few Years ago as the wife OF Sir George
Radcliffe. When she was seYeIite .i,a
years old she became enEaGeu ~ "a
real Sir Roger, but her tatneI ims's and
that she should walt two OF Wa. 4het
Years to test hor own heart ana thI
Of her betrothed before marriaiIiea on
was on this that Sir Roger saiis ,sa,,ar
that voyage from which he was new hn,
10 return. leaving behind him IN hs'
possession a paper inclosed IN a Seaiea -
envelope, on which he had inscripea :
vow to build chapel to the Blesa1 ,i .
Vergin IL he should be married 70 "'9
cousin within three years.
The claimant, on Its being lnuma . ~.
10 him in court that the real Sir RoEer
had Left some sealed Instructions pe
fore his departure, and on pelns as ~
that he had betrayed his young cousin.
and that the document consisted !. o. :
Instructions as to her care in the 70
event of her becoming mother, = -
to the dismay Of the, claimant, pre- @
duced the sealed envelope, opened u,
and showed to the Judge and jury the
written vow of the, real Sir Roger,
TINS proving lue CldiIHdAL W - =
fraud. 1t was this Islander OF the
claimant concerning Cousin Kate
which formed the chief basis of the
charge charge Of perjury on which he was $
s,,hseouently sent back to, jail for q
tinne, term Of penal serVitude.
SIR Henry Tichborne was the son or
+he ~ missing sir Rogers younger broth
~ Alfred and was. as have men-
t ~, above, of pothumous birth. His
, ,uid belongs, like her late husband.
~ m10 one of the Oldest Catholic families
~ ENGLAND, being a daughter Of Ed,
Yard Petre, grandson OF the ninth Lord
Petre aa,ayal customs n re
ant IN at Tichborne Park, the family
niep. IN in hampshire which has belong.
tpa Norman Conquest Among the most
c cmT is that known as the itch
5harne dole" which has been MAINTAIN.
az eai Without any interruption, year by
v 90 ~ far eight centuries When Mabel,
yads; richborne, wife ~ the Sir Roger
Ticiiborne who fourished IN the reign
~ King Henry IT.. lay ~. and peileyed
mich land as would enable her 70 In
,sttitute a dole OF bread TO all corners ~
al the gates Of Hichborne Park on
" Str E2Oc,er took q prhnd