The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-11
I. LEES COURT RECENTLY
DESTROYED BY FIRE

rabies three husbands. whose cstate5
reverted to him on that lady's death.
He marrled In 1886 Marian Lindsay,
daughter OF II. L. Antrobus, of Lower
e eaelr,,a the he, LADY who Is now Mrs.
Luton Hoo. by the by. which was
by Mrs rs Regiaald nalsey, Sir Julius
magaate, was the scene of two royal
engagements. namely. that of the
Princess Royal to the Duke of Fife.
and also that Of the late Duke of
Clarence to the Princess who liz now
Queen Mary. In each case the chat
elaine OF the place the late Nine. de
Fable. acted the part OF the fairy god
mother. and not only fostcred the
small measure to remove the obstacles
from the path OF the young people.
II Lord Fabcr has accepted the pres
idency OF the News Vendors Benevo-
lent and ProYidcnt Institution in Eng
,and, II is because hc is, though tho
general public is ignorant of the
fact. the owner of the Yorkshire Post.
the most powerful and important Of
all the English provincial papors. He
Is also very ardent politician and is
tional conflict now in progress In Great
Britain. He lis of Huguenot origin. itfs
family having settled in Yorkshire for
more than zoo years. Ono of it's best
I
famous mezzotint cngraver. who died
in 1T2i, leaving son to acquire still
greater celebrity as a painter OF most
exquisite miniatures. Tho Faeers have
verts to the Roman Catholic Church,
among others, Francis William Fabsr.
the we'll known poet. who. after his
conversion founded tho order of tho
oratorians which have their head
quarters in one of the finest churches
and monasteries of the British me
tropolis, at South Kensington. Through
his mother. Lord Fabcr was related
to the late Cardinal Newman. He is
the principal financial hacker OF the
Coyent Garden Opera syndicate, In
London, an Intimate friend of ex;Pre-
mier Arthur Balfour; prominent
| figure on the turf; partner of the
great banking firm Of Beckett s. Co,
of Leeds. the most important firm OF
private bankers in Great Britain;
| one of the beautiful Grahams of Meth
erby. one of his wife's sisters being
! the Duchess of Montroae, while among
[ Cynthia and Mrs. Hugh Graham. who was
George IS one Of the luckiest men
going, and In every sense OF the word
| captaincd the eleven. and not long
! after leaving college, and being called
| to the bar, he obtained the extremely
desirable Office Of Registrar to tho
l u
Gil. Then he was In some way or other
| brought into contact with the late
Andrew Montasu. an eccentric Croe-
| sus of enormous fortune, who after
/ liberally providing for several of his
relatives, left him the bulk Of his
| property. One OF the other leSatees
| under the will Of the late Andrew
! James +. Montagu, one Of the parties
ITO the elopement Of Lady crofton from
| England to New York, and whom ne
married little over month ago.
divorce from Sir Morgan Crofton Ind
been made complete, Thanks to this
inheritance from his uncle, James =
Montagu, who was boy eight years OLD
at the time Of his uncles death, now
owns an income Of at least $4,000 q
year, with estates and country seats
4 in Surrey. Nottingham and Northum-
/ IGopyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
1 COupany.)