The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-04
YOUNG LIEUTENANT
JOSEPH'S FAVORITE

is due not only to the fact that he
has developed a great liking for the
man personally, but also on account
of his having shown himself singu.
larly devoted and excellent husband,
who has assured the complete happi-
ness of the granddaughter whom he
likes best
With all this backing of the Emperor
the Seefrieds have never succeeded
in winning the forgiveness Of the prin-
aged regent of Bavaria. He has re-
lented to the extent OF permitting
Princess Elizabeth to re-enter Bavaria.
from which she had remained banished
ago; but the warrant for the arrest Of
her husband is still in existence, and
the very moment that he crossed the
Bavarian frontier he would be inme-
1diately apprehended, on the double
count of military descrtion and OF
the reignins house. In conclusion, II
may be said that the w-hedged
prince has made no enemies by his
rapid rise in Austria. He has escaped
by his simple. unaffected ways, in which
modesty and sturdy independence are
pleasingly blended
Henry Bax-Ironside. British minister
at Berne. spent so many
years at Washington as secretary OF
embassy that there are many people
in this country who will be sorry to
hear that he has Just lost his wife. who
was Countess Marta Gyldensto1pe,
daughter of Count Person Gyldenstolpe,
who was master of the horse to the
late King Oscar.
Bax-Ironside enjoys tho reputation
of being one of the most learned men,
bers of the British diplomatic service,
grandson OF the veteran General
Hughes, who commanded the British
forces in the war with Burmah more
which Field Marshal Lord Wolseley
won his spurs as a sub, and received
his first wound Bax-Ironside posse sses
a most remarkable knowledge of ORR
entail languages, and Is particularly
proficient in Turkish and Persian. He
secretary to the late Sir William White.
when the latter was ambassador at
Constantinople, and has likewise served
at Teheran, Cairo, Vienna. Stockholm
and Copenhagen. He is member OF
the ultra-exclusive Travellers Club in
London. owns a very pretty country
seat in the country of Durham, known
as Houghton -le-Spring, and has some
American connections through his mar
riage,a the late Mrs. Bax-Ironside's
Swedish envoy at Paris. being married
to the daughter Of Sir Francis Plunkett
one-time British ambassador to the
Austrian court and whose widow is
the daughter of Charles w. Morgan
of Philadelphia.
The Gyldenstolpes are descendants
on the maternal side of that Count
Person who was SO devoted to Queen
Marie Antoinette. and who caused to
be constructed the travelling carriage
Cor the flight of the King and Queen,
driving it himself on the memorable
night of June 90, 1871. AS every stu
dent Of history knows, Louis XVI. and
his consort would have escaped the
guillotlne, had 1t not been for tho
Kings gluttony, which led him to in
;sist upon losing number OF precious
hours at Varennes, in order that he
might devour truftled turkey, thus
giving the revolutionist pursuers time
to catch up with him. Count Person
was Of Scotch origin, descendant Of
one Of the Macphersons, who served
under King Gustavus Adolphus of Swe-
den in the Thirty Years War
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