The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-22
HIS RETIREMENT
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VII. against Angus John Campbell. OF
Dunstaffnage Castle in Argyllshire.
The latter's family has occupied tho
Is kmaet the ss'a sse spss
captain OF Dunstaffnagc Castle.
The castle itself, which Sir Walter
Scott portrays in his novel. "A Legend
denrohr" was long the home of tho
CORONATION Stone. until removed to
Scone Palace by Kenneth u. Just
about 1000 years ago. AT seone iai.
constituted the pillow on which ia
cobs head, rested when he had that
marvellous dream known as JaGop
Ladder" remained. until Edward ]. OF
Abbey where It has been preserved
during the six centuries which have
elapsed since that time. and usea aor
the coronation of each English soVer
June. when George W; on the occasion
OF his coronation. will take his seat
thereon as ruler OF the ghltea hihs
dom and of the British Empire.
pleteiy destroyed by fire In 1910. and
is now nothing more than most PIC
turesque ruin. Angus John CampDell'
the hereditary captain OF the castle.
been built on the estate. The object
of the Duke OF Argylls suit is not TO
eject the hereditary captain OF Dun
staTnage Castle. but TO estaolish nus
own title and right to It's OWNERSHIP.
so as TO prevent its sale or ALIENATION.
Among the long list OF the ofiieiai VI
ties OF the Duke OF Argyll Is fn mai b boz
Keeper OF Dunotalhase SasA'e' a.'u
estate were acquired, along Win the
Barony of Lorne, by his ancestor, Inc
Earl OF Argyll. who obtained II under
n ROYAL charter bearing the Great seal
nd n
King Robert the Bruce. II the cha,sa
was granted II was bec a,yss the ea wei
and the estate OF pun a.as assrc a reiin-
quished by their then owner. Wais ,,s
stewart. to the Earl OF Argyll. ms
nephew by marriage, for Lazy Arsyii
arts elder brother John, who mad pee -
murdered in punstaffnage Caste ~.
1853. In 1910 the crown sum iui ~. NJ
confirmed the Earls OF Arsyll "a ~ ~.
the grant OF another royal cnaTtef' , pe
slowing upon the Lord Argyll OF inc
day The viscounty OF Locho%, emprae-
ing the lands OF Lochow, ana mas a.so 'he
The Duke of Argyll has also oeen
able to show that from the time when
the E,arls OF Argyll became the 10y h..p
ers and owners OF puns nar, ~ Sr,,ee
every successive captain OF the Caste
has been invested on his succession 70
the dignity by the Earl or LUKE VI
Argyll or by his representative Win 7
KEY as insignia OF mis- office. and ina.
until 1904, that is to say. shorty pc
fore the death OF the nineteenth hefed,
itary captain OF the castle, sinali ann
merely nominal rent was PAID each
year BY the captain to the Lords ana
Dukes or Argyll.
T'he trouble between the. present
duke and the captain OF the cas s
| seems to have originated In 1903. wneh
| a society was formed for the preseIsa.
| ton and the restoration of hlsioIiS
| monuments and buildings in Scotianu:
| AS the society was able to dispose ol
| considerable funds, appeals We're au-
| dressed to 1t In behalf OF Dunstallnaso
Castle both by the captain or the cas-
| tie and by the duke. but independently
| OF one another. Each protested asa,use
| the others putting himself IorWaru - ~
| the owner OF the castle, ana as emu
! tied to the money which mlght pc op-
| tanned from the society, and TINS leu "
the present suit as to the ownership
which. in view of the evidence oit .a,a,.
lean hardly go otherwise tnan ~ Aa w.,
OF the Duke OF Argyll, though u noes
4 seem that man whose ONCE as hereu-
| itarv captain of the castle dates pack
| to times prior to its acquisltion ~ inc
| Lords OF Argyll in 147O. should NAYS
! some rights to a place which mas Deeh
I. the home Of his family for SIX centu-
Tries.
Copyright. 1910, by the BRENTWOOD
| Company.)