The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-13
by La MARouIsE DE .roNTENoY

by LA NIARQUIsE; DE FONTENOY
z ORD KILMARNOCK, whose pep
pering during royal shooting
IL party at Balmoral the other day
his injuries being of the most
trivial description--was the subject OF
SO much comment in print and carica-
ture In American newspapers. Is not
only godson of Queen Victoria and
dom of Scotland. but has also royal
blood in his veins. The seventeenth
Earl of Enroll married Lady Eliza
peth E!tZclarence. natural daughter OF
Mrs. Jordan, and thus became son-in-
law of that most eccentric sovereign.
Among the children of this seventeenth
Earl of Enroll and of Lady Elizabeth
tltzclarence was daughter, Lady
Agnes Hay, who married the late Lord
Fife, and became the mother of tho
present Duke Of Fife, the husband OF
King Georges eldest sister.
Lord Kilmarrock is in the diplomatic
service. has been until quite recently
and has achieved some fame as Il
playwright OF considerable wit. his
most successful play being THE Col
l La eurs" which ran for some time
amateur actor, and has been guilty
of one novel. entitled "Ferelith." which
he is said to regret. He is good look
ing. with the dark hair and low fore
head which ever and anon show them
selves among the Hays, has the perfect
manners of his forbears, TO which DR..
Johnson bore tribute when he described
the Lord kll1narnock of his day as "of
the most graceful form. and of the most
elegant polished and popular man
daughter of Sir Allan Mackenzie. of
Glen Muck. Aberdeenshire. who is a
near neighbor OF King George at Bal
moral. and whose ofTn father, Sir James.
Fre=t
fortune out In india, first as halter
and afterwards in the indigo trade.
Sir James helped Edward VII, as
Prince of Wales. to found the Marl-
principal financial hacker, and used to
be known among the then heir ap-
parents set by the nickname of "tAe
Benefactor." Sir Jamess grandchil-
dren benefited more extensively than
his son and successor, Sir Allan, under
the terms OF his rather unusual will.
and that is why young Lady kilmar-
mock brought to her husband quite
large fortune on her marriage.
Lord Kilmarnock. on his fathers
High Constable OF Scotland. which has
been hereditary In his family ever since
1t was bestowed by King Robert Bruce.
in 1915, on his devoted companion In
arms. Sir Gilbert Hay. of Enroll. Tho
office invests Lord Kilmarnock's father.
the actual occupant. the nineteenth
Earl of Enroll, with precedence over
every peer and disnitary OF the king
dom of Scotland who does not happen
to be a prince Of the blood. He like.
Scotland, the right of remaining COW
cred in the Kings presence, and Sir
Walter Scott relates how this right was
exercised by the fourteenth Earl OF
Enroll. at the coronation of George
III.
rt,, ~ r
marnock who had been executed as
rebel on Tower Hill only sixteen years
previously. and the Knowledge of the
fact, together with many other emo
tons easily guessed at. caused the
young earl to feel somewhat unmindful
OF what was going on around him.
When the King entered the great hall
at Westminster for the coronation
feast. every one doffed his hat but Lord
Enroll: who stood absently staring;
officials rushed towards him, appar-
emily ignorant Of his privilege, which
he had exercised. not Intentionally, but
through absence Of mind. But the
left him in later years, took In the
situation at glance. and turning to
the earl. begged him to remain COW
cred. as he was perfectly aware OF
the ancient preroSatives OF tho Lord
High Constable OF his good Kingdom
OF Scotland, and aided that he re-
garded Lord Errolrs presence In that
capacity at the coronation as "a very
particular compliment and honor" CIV
Ing, him his hand to kiss. Walpole de-
scribes this Lord Enroll as "the noblest
figure l ever saw"
The present Lord Enroll. who is the
twenty third hereditary Lord High
Constable, Is one of the very few
can boast Of having been born on this
side of the Atlantic, having come into
the world at Kingston. Canada West,
In 1852. He served with good deal
Of distinction through the war in
Royal Horse Guards, also n cavalry
brigade. after his promotion to gem
eral and Is the head of the historic
house of Hay, of which two junior
Tweeddale and by the Earl Of Kin
noull.
According to some. the Hays are a
branch of Norman de la Hayes, who
ho conaue Sc aad dr f s ner me
Scotland. But the most popular belief
Is that which is commemorated in the
heraldlc devices Of. the house, and In
the family motto NOTE "serva 1Hgum," which
Yoke" The story goes that at the
battle of Loncarty against the Danes,
a stout yeoman farmer performed
lprodlgies of valor with the yoke of his
plOW Tor HIS sole weapon, Y VI nun X
defeat into victory, and receiving In
recognition thereof, lands and knight
hood from his grateful sovereign. as
We'll as authority to use as supporters
FOR his new armorial bearings couple
Of yeonen. each armed with q yoke,
Lord Enroll makes his principal home
nj Slams Castle which, situated on the
coast Of Aberdeenshire, on the edge
81 PERCEPTIONS cliff overlooking the
North German Sea, has been the home
Of Hays Ct EsrHl ever a since hy II was
5nhert Bruce, over 600 years ago, The
T. the famous golf course OF cruden
BAY while the t mar ssst nere e tbs
,uaNjr :. card, a nine of diamonds.
p |,novn "a this day as "The Curse u
s snpMu !, an which the Duke OF Cum
.beriand wrote his memorable order
TINT no quarter should Pc given or