New-York tribune., 1910-12-30
NEW LADY ANCASTER
American Chatelaine of Drum
mond and Grimsthorpe Castles.

mond and Grimsthorpe Castles.
.s-opyrarht. 1910 by the brentwood company9
.-r.ete-'s new earl who is married to an
..,,e-irsn woman. Elcise Breese, daughter
e cha late William L. Breese, OF New York,
=, ris union with Miss Marie Parsons. Of
f-o,,,rnitis. Ohio inow Mrs. Henry b Fiig-
rvs Of London. is one of the three peers
emitted TO the ancient office Of Lord Great
chamberlain OF England, and will assume
sc duties, its prerogatives and it's prece-
sa-oe-tfat is 10 say, the pas" over all
o+ee- carlson the death OF the near sep
.-srsrarizn Lord Darlington, or in the
.xsrt of 2 demise of the crown The once
81 Lard Grea. Chamberlain. which carries
-i.h 81 the control OF the Palace of west
--,rster. Including the Abbey, has been he
.e5;tsry for many hundreds OF years. ana
~ virtue OF descent IS now owned JOINTLY
er fhe Earls Of Darlington and OF AncaSter
.,d BY the Marquis of Cholmondeley. AT
che time when their rights were estaolishea
Sv the courts they agreed among them-
.efves that .hey would hold the Office in
-otarion. fer life snd reign The Old Earl
- sncas-er. who has Just been gathered to
his fathers, was the Lord Great Chamber
Sol, ~ England during the reign Of Queen
rbolmondeley became Lord Great Chamber
,rin OF England. and relinouished the offce
,o -bs present Earl Darlington on the de-
Mise Of Edward VII. In this manner it VIII
~t-,e 20 The new Lord Ancaster when Lord
Ce--ircton relinquishes il. either through
,,s ovE1 death or through the advent OF an
other reign.
-or5 Ancestors earldom Is comparatively
,,o5srr. but his peerage OF Wiiloughhy
s,F1esbv is one Of the Oldest in England
The lorsship Of Eresby was Tirst instituted
nv William the Conqueror in favor O. one
n, his coTnpanions in arms, Walter de bee,
from whose family il passed through the
marriage Of the last surviving nemoer OIL
she De Sec family, Alice by name TO 0lr
William de willoughby. who by the direc-
.ion Of King Henry III accompanied the
-s-te-'s son afterward Edward L, on his
,-,-sa6e 20 The Holy Land 1t was on Sir
--il-far1-s son that the peerage Of Nilloush-
ov q Fresby was first conferred, on JuiN
d 1918. and the new Earl of Ancaster Is
e,e -xr=r2+v-fftr Lord Willoughby Of Eresny
of his line
The sixteenth Lord willoughby OF Eresby
-ss created Duke of Ancaster by George ;
mt the dukedom came to an en1 WIN the
death without issue, Of the hfth duke 'iie
bsrorv of WilIoushby OF Eresby passing III
--sa 20 he eldest sister OF the fourth duke.
LADY Priscilla. who married Sir Peter BUT
-er af-erward created first Lord Gwydyr
Their son succeeded his father as second
Lord tIu-vdyr and MS mother as twenty
Hrst Lord WillouEhby of EresbE. HIS SON
81 turn. the twenty-second Lord Willoughoy
~ F,1-esbv. died without issue, whereupon
rfs barony OF Gwydyr went 70 his Hrst
cousin while the barony OF Willoughby OF
Treshv being q peerege by writ and as
svch transrnissihle through the female Ine,
PASSED TO his elder sister, Clenentina- ~ho
had married Sir Gilbert Heathcote, de-
fcended from one o. the founders OF the
R1nk or England and who was created
Lord Aveland- They had an only son, VINO
succeeded his father as second Lord Ave
land an6 his mother as twenty-fourth LORD
Nilloughby OF Eresby- and who was ere
eted by Queen Victoria, some eighteen years
seo. Earl Of Ancaster-
Il is this peer who has just died, and II
will be seen that through his long life OF
eighty years he was known by many oiT-
-'erent names. first, as Gilbert HeaJhcote
DrUmmond; then. after the death OF MS
father. as Lcrd Aveiand and after the
demise Of his mother, several years later
as Lord Wflloughby OF Eresby: while six
tne title Of Earl Of Ancaster. II is very
probable that when another Unionist gov
eminent comes in the dukedom Of Ancas-
~er, belonging 10 his maternal ancestors.
xii be revived n favor OF the new earl by
reason OF his wealth. his vast territorial
possessions and the political influence con-
seQuent thereupon.
The American. born Countess Of -Ancas-
yer viii now find herself mistress Of many
beautiful and historic country seats, two OF
7-rich call for more special attention
namely, Grirnstborpe Castle, in Lincoln
shire, and Drummond Castle. in Perth
shire. Grinlsthorpe Castle lies in the dis
-rict between the forest ana the fens asso-
ciated by Kingsley with 'Hereward the
Wake Il owes its creation largely to that
Charles Brandon. Duke OF Suffolk, who
married the widowed Queen Mary OF
France sister of Henry VIII, and who en-
-ertained the latter monarch there in 1541.
After the death OF his royal consnrt this
Duke OF Norfolk married Katherine Bar
oness Of WiIIcugnby d'E-esoy in her own
right He left her Grimsthorpe Castle, and
Sne. in turn. beuueathed il 10 her son by q
subsequent marriage, since which time Ii
rss always been in the possession OF the
Hilloughby Of Eresby family. The oldest
portion OF the structure vas Duiit as lar
back as in the reign Of King John, while
IN the more modern portions the nand OF
si- John Eanbrugh, the creator of Blen-
helm ar.5 of many other famous palaces, is
apparent The antiquity Of many portions
Of the castle is perhaps best indicated by
-lls fact that in the second drawing room.
<or instance, the ernbrasUre Of the window
ie from six to eight feet deep. Yet, in
spite Of the fact that much Of the building
da-es from the period immediately follow
.ng the Norman Conquest, and that many
% the portraits, articles Of furniture still
IN use and, above all, the almost priceless
Gobelin tapestries which adorn the dining
= Is Impossible 10 find anywhere in the
world an abode more luxuriously equipped
with every conceivable comfort of twen
tieth century life than [Irrnstherpe Castle.
The other castle. OF which the former
Eloise Rreese now becomes cfatelaine. as
Countess oc Ancaster, is that OF Drum
Trond. which came into the family of Lord
.Ancester through the marriage Of the TWEEN
ry-f-st Lord Willoughby OF Eresby and
second Lord Gwydyr, with Clementina
Sarah, daughter and sole heiress OF James
D-ummond. Earl Of Perth. The castle
stands about three miles southwest OF
Cretf and the castle gates are reached
through grand old avenues of trees which