The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-10
UNCLE GETSFORTUNE
BY DEATH OF CHILD
ny LA MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

ny LA MARoUIsE DE FONTENo1.
Y TITLE LORD CHELSEA's DEAN
last week, at the age of seven,
l resulting from an operation for
appendicitis. has had the effect
of transforming his uncle. the Hon.
Gerald Cadogan. from bankrupt
younger son. with few prospects, into
the next heir TO the EarIdom of cado-
gan, and to an immense fortune. The
latter comprises the ownership. as
ground landlord, OF most of the Chei-
sea district of London, which. when
outstanding leases fall In. some years
hence will alone represent an income
of some si,000,u0G a year. The Hon.
Gerald also becomes from now on
Viscount Chelsea in his little ncphew's
place
The boys illness was very sudden
and very unexpected. II was bu, the
other day that he figured in perfect
health at the marriage OF his mother
to admiral Sir Hedworth Lambton, anJ
no one dreamt a. the time that his eX-
istence would he cut short so soon
and so prematurely. Had there been
the slightest premonit!on OF what was
In store for the child, old Lord Cadogan
would assuredly never have permitted
his son Gerald to suffer the stigma
of being gazetted as insolvent. with no
assets for the bankruptcy only took
place a fortnight ago, and the total
amount OF the liabilities did not eE-
for the Earl OF Cadogan. and which
IL would have been worth while foi
him to pay in order 70 avert the pub
lie disgrace thus placed upon the
tates
During the course OF the bankruptcy
proceedings, the Hon. Gerald eNplaineG
that for several years he was an Of
fcer of the First Life Guards and al
forwards alde-de-camp to his father
when the latter was Niceroy of Ire
land: that he had served through the
South african War as captain of
mounted infantry; but that since has
return to England at the close of the
conflict, and the completion OF has
fathers term of office as Lord Lieu
tenant of ireland. he had been with
out any employment and wholly de.
pendent upon an allowance of $4,000
a year accorded TO him by his father.
He attributed his debts to gambling
and to, usurious rates OF interest
charged by professional money-lend-
ers. At the time of his appearance in
court. it was expressly stated that his
father and his relatives We're not In
clined TO make any offer OF compro-
mise with his creditors. the idea prob
ably being tina, in the position of an
less likely to involve himself in any
further difficulties. for in the first
place, ii is practically impossible for
AN undiscbarged bankrupt 70 get al
money from pTOISsSiO1lHl uSuislss.
while II he obtains credit anywhere
for an amount exceeding sl00 without
making clear the fact that he is an
undischarged bankrupt. he Will render
himself liable to criminal prosecution
and to Imprisonment with hard labor.
Now. however, that he has become
Niscount Chelsea. and next heir 10 the
earldom of his father. who is over
seventy years Of age and in feeble
health. steps will undoubtedly be az
faknp n n his diccharpa nv
means Of compromise with his cred
TORS who are certain now. however,
TO show themselves much more exact
inc at present than they would have
been AT the time Of his bankruptcy,
three weeks ago.
years past had his steps logged BY
misfortune. Two years ago he lost
count Chelsea, father OF the little boy
who has Just died. Before his death.
however. Arthur had managed to in
volye himself In all sorts of unsavory
scandals. of which the public obtained
some inklng through legal proceed
ings between himself and one of the
most notorious money-lenders in Lon
don of the name of Saunders. for a
very large amount. something like
s25o,0oo. Then there was the unfor-
tunate affair in which the earl's broth.
er was mixed up; the loss of his popu-
lar wife, to whom he was devoted. and
the trouble with the most charming
of his daughters. These, and other
to refer here, have caused Lord Catto-
gan, always a rather reticent and Sc
rious looking man. to2Withdraw from
politics, from the turf, and from So
grave and silent than before.
Lady Cadogan was remarkable
woman, and 1t was entirely owing 10
her initiative that her husband con-
Nsnfs n S,f c q a
at one time the most poverty strick en-
district Of London, into one Of the
most fashionable quarters Of the Brit,
ish metropolis. She was the life and
enth and eighth decades OF the nine
teenth century was in full blast, anf
which transformed her husband from
Of vast wealth Moreover as all the
Ininety-nine-year leases. and has since
been built up with street upon street
and square upon SQUARE, OF the mos
!; don. which on the expiration Of the
lease become the property of tbs
ground landlord. the wealth Of the
house OF Cadogan is bound. like thai
Of the Dukes Of Westminster, to stead
| time goes BY The Chelsea property
such as it was, came into the fanilS
through the marriage Of the grand
father of, the present earl tos.the heir
ess OF. Sir Hans Sloane, the eminent
physician and scientist, whose collecr
ton constituted the nucleus OF wha
Is now known as the British Mu-
| scum.
Although the Cadogan peerage, tina.
is TO say, the present creation thereof
only dates from the time OF the Young
er Pitt. at the close OF the eighteenth
century, vet the lineage Of the family
Is extremely ancient IT haying sbe,
founded by a Welsh Prince Fulys. wins
had a son named Cadogan.
Lord Cadogan's town house Is one
of the finest lin the British metropolis
and Is famous for its marble statues
It's great marble hall and It's statelA
marble staircase. II is OF modern
construction, hut stands on the sltt
of an ancient mansion, which be-
llonged IN turn to Queen catherln,