The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
ny LA MAnoU1sE DE FoNrENoY.

4 SNtHt, WHICH uuS DGGu COtuplcteiy
destroyed by a fire. in which the
widowed Lady de Clifford for-
merly footlight favorite on both
sides of the Atlantic, under the mama
of Eva Carrington) nearly lost her
life. was the ancestral country scat
of the Earl of sondes. who being un-
married, has as his next heir his
built from the plans Of lingo Jones.
in the seventeenth century, by sir
George sondes. II Royalist. who took
a prominent part In the Civil War, and
sondes and Earl OF Faversham. as
some recompensc for his suffering and
losses in the late rebellion" The
completion of the building may be
edy: for one night Lord Faversham's
actuatcd by Jealousy at the idea of
his elder brother George inheriting
this stately mansion, as we'll as the
large estates connected herewith. and md
the family honors. while he himself
would be restricted to the traditional
meagre portion of a younger son. killed
George while asleep. For this fratri-
cidaI murder. which took place In a
room at Lees Court. which was never
used afterwards. the boy, Freeman
Sondcs. was arraigned at the, Kent
Asslzes. and was hanged at Maidstone,
just fortnight later. despite his youth.
Court and the other estates Of Lord
Faversham passed to n nephew OF tho
nane of Watson. who was created
Viseount Sonde5 and Earl Of Rock &, !. &,
died without issue. and left Lees Court
and all the Sondes estates to his nephew,
Lewis Monsoon. second son, of his sis
ter, Lady Margaret, married TO Lore
accordance with the terms OF his
uncle's will, was compelled to assume
his patronymic of Watson. the arms OF
the Sondes family and also those OF
ical influence acquired through the
possession OF so extensive estates, he
was raised to the House OF Lords. as
Baron Sondes. and the fifth baron was
advanced to an earldom. Among the
of Viscount Throwley. and 1t may be
recalled that his elder brother visited
this country under the name and title
, of Lord Throwley. as member OF the
Hawke to the United states. The
patronymic of Lord Sondes is, however
no longer Watson; for he abandoned
,, It for the name of Miles, owing 10
the marriage Of the second Lord Son n,
! only child and heiress OF Richard
Miles. A still further change vii!
Itake place in the event of the. presen,
Earl of sondes dying unmarried .l, an ane
vi
, fonors; for this brother has been com,
! PEELED to assume the patronymic ant
arms OF Lade, in consequence OF NJ:
inheritance some ten years an ago ,ro o.
! kinsnlan OF the name OF Lade, IN
Guiding Nash Court and Brinkley
+. Manor. 1t was an aunt OF the pres
/ ent Lord Sondes. namely. the Hon
1 death to have made such an eStraor'
| binary bequest to Queen Alexandra
sthen Princess of Wales. II CONSISTED
/ Of n collection OF $50 live parrots ant
mon Of its kind. but horribly noisy
IN dlscordant chorus. The object g
Miss Miles was, so she declared. (
console Queen AleXandTa f h inc tar ueat,
p ratgos "cockie." Cookie was a. grea
character In his way, and was In tn,
habit. whenever the weather , grey g,
warm II sum me bo q c of Every trae
Of feathers, excepting. those about nj
head and neck, which Of cours.
he could not reach, " WITH 3od hts PEAS thn
The appearan,ffs When GGeK,s anu anu
body, was iudicrous In the extreme
Unfortunately. Cookie did not make a.
lowance for the sudden cha .1a, rs g !
sudden very cold spell set in, he sue
cumbed to, pneumonia much nus ,,,' to n n
him buried at Sandrlnghar, IN Gem
i etery reserved exclusively for her pets
there being a tombstone over ever.
grave recording the virtues and tn
pecullarities Of the dead,
Laes Court was not occupied ~ LOT.
sondes at the time Of Its destructio'
by fire the other day, II. was let :
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Halsey WI
recently entertained there Prince Henr
OF prussia Reginald Halsey Is tn
son Of theS Right Hon. I. y HalseS
the former Unionist member FOR Yves
Hertfordshire, who, curtously lenousl
had his country seat, Gaddeston PlaGt
one Of the finest country seats IN n
country, destroyed by fire lust fly
lyeurs ago, several of the servants per
FISHING in the confiagrntion. Reglnal
IIalscy's grandparents were lost at rs
i hnaSla ssars wh hE iioandesei bstwsa
Genoa and Marseilles. ms a result OF
, collision. Reginald Halsey narIie
last April the widow OF tho late Cap
tain. Gerard Leigh, of the First Llf
i Guards. who died very suddenly
!, 1900, only fortnight after he. ha
succeeded to the Luton HOO estate,
BedfordshIre, an the death OF the, lat
Mime de Fable He was a nephew z
Mr.. Leigh, the second ct Nine q