The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-15
ElOP|NC WIFE OF
BARON DE- FOREST
Public Sympathy MI With Bar
oness, Who Is Sister to
Lord Gerard.
or OLD CATHOLIC FAMILY
Count Tattcnbach, German Dip
lomat, Famed for His Rough
ness, Passes Away.
or OLD CATHOLIC FAMILY
ry i, MAnaulsE DE roNrENoY.

rs subaitern of the Royal Horse
- Guards, has created such a stir
in England, enjoyed the distinction
Of having been 1a, as y1nns , g,r, , at.
tracted q great deal OF attention Ut
the time.
If ever there was an elopement
where publicity was necessary " "ao
In this instance, owing 10 tne lnS.
that the names of several perteetls
innocent parties, notably that OF one
of the maids OF honor to the Queen,
were actually printed In connec' .i,I,
with the case on both sizes ot t ,i,,
baroness had been established:
| The baron, in spite of his great
wealth, and the favor and backing for
| merly bestowed upon him by hinE
Edward, is Just as much out OF touch
with London society as was his father.
! the late Baron Hirsch His Engiish
education and naturalization, his com
mission in the British army. and ms
membership in London clubs. besides
4, the most extensive hospitality at his
Iplaces in Yorkshire. In Leicestcrshire
/! and in Austria, as we'll as at spencer
House, in London have failed TO prove
1 sufficient to enable him to retain tnS
of his adoption although they we nr
at first ready and anxious to ike
him. and to-day the sympathy OF So
ccty is largely with the baroness as
|
been very unhappy one, and that
young De Forest has proved just as
great failure in this union as IN
the case of his former marriage 10
Nine. CASTOR Menier, which was as.
, solved by the courts ana ahhulleu Ny
the church.
The baroness rs the only sister of
young Lord Gerard. captain of the
Iregiment to which the companion OF
her flight belongs. He Is the mead
Ms = aid r. .,,f1u N
il!es--those families which possessed
c so great an attraction for Lord Bea-
n consfield, who was never tired IN ms
:. novels OF intimatins that titled ana
= untitled they constituted the most
blue b1ooded aristocracy OF England
Although his peerage is of quite mod,
ern creation, having been conferred
IS upon his grandfather, Lord Gerard
s. holds baronetcy Which is the third
: Oldest III existence, dating from loli.
The baronetcy has this to distinguish
lit from others of the same era--it
II cost no money. II may lie remembered
s. that james l. founded the Order OF
e Baronets for the purpose of replen-
: ishing his eXcheQuer. e.actins a sun
equivalent to S15,oeo from each new
baronet created. in payment OF tht
patent. Thomas Gerard, however, go
" his baronetcy for his devoted ser
mother of King James. who deciinet
to accept any money for the honor
- owns Splendid Estate.
" Lord Gerard is married to his frs
cousin, Miss May Gossclin. who's,
father was for so many years Rritisl
nc minister at Washington, and for
II time owned racing stapie. rev
"a years ago, however, he became inyolv
ed in a scandal at Sandown Park
which resulted in the mobbins o
young De Wcnd Fcnton on the course
and in that young mans beng w ,,tnlnei
fully cleared by the Jockey Club .
all blame in relation to the matter
was so embittered by the criticism
to which he had been subjected i
tie connection with the affair that he IN
&c, sisted upon selling his entire racin
tic stable and Withdrawing from the tur
We De Wend Fenton, after an interval, in
O. stituted legal proceedings against tn
lie stewards Of the Jockey Club for hay
Is ing charged him with unfair runnin
OF his horse in a match between hin
en self and Lord Gerard, and he ais
OF commenced an action for libel agains
'p tile publishers of THE Racing Calen
u dar' for printing the decree againS
~ 10 him. Thereupon, the Jockey Club with
ish drew its warming" and the suits wer
nd stopped.
OF Of Lord Gerard, who served through tn
I'll Boer War on the staff OF General s.
all Redvers Butler. has as his principe
est country seat Eastwell Park, in Ken
be Seven superb avenues, lined by tree
Tho hundreds of years old converge upo
nus the mansion, and within the border
ate of the park, which dates back to time
;h nrior to the Norman Conquest thel
4. are two parish churches, which ma
err convey some notion of its size. Or
mp ny OF the most curious relics of II
cay cay park is a cottage, or rather the ru
we W., Of one, which was occupied during
We great part OF his life by a natural sc
Of Richard III. He was known /
Richard Plantagenet, and from Il
PIE n,, time of the death of his hunchbat
~. ,o't father at the battle of Bosworth un
be nt US S,st,,oi1
ure ~ l1ne ."s't