New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-12
LORD ROWTON'S TRUST
BeaconsfieId's Diaries and Let
tiers to Appear This Month.


,ssed 1,pon and comprising the diaries and
o-reenonsence becueathed at his death TO
rs faithful and devoted private secretary.
no late Lord Rovton. are at length about
% see TIE light OF day. and the first volume
- this work viii appear during the course
81 the present month, IN London, published
- The house OF Murray. with which Bea-
-ons6eld. as Benjamin Disraeh. was so
closely associated from his first debut N
journalism and literature, more than ten
--esrs before the accession Of Queen Vic
so-ia 70 the throne When Lord Beacons-
-7ald died. childless. he left, for the sake
IF the family name. his country seat,
74urhensen Manor. TO his nephew, Conings-
p Disraelf whom he scarcely knew. But
III his most cherished belongings and all
MS IA pers and correspondence went to his
private secretary. Montague Cory. who
had beer raised 70 rhe upper house as Lord
TnRron-
Lord Reaconsne1d in his viii directed
lord RoV-on. in dealing with his CORE
spondence and diaries. TO scrupulously re-
suect every confidence reposed in me. and
GLOW nothing 10 be published calculated TO
q injury 10 the public service or 10 infiict
reedless pain or the living or on the fami-
les Of the dead. and that no portion Of my
~o-respondence with her maj esty Queen
Victoria shall be published or made known
,,utl the said Lord Rowton shall have as
re-taire6 that no objections were enter
y ned 10 such use Of the correspondence
cr the part Of her majesty during her life.
~ on The pa-t Of her heirs after her death"
= is generally understood that on the
Strength OF this clause Of the viii Lord
Eov1on. VINO was after~ard ore Of the
executors q Queen Nictoria's viii and ad-
-rinistrator OF her private fortune. refrained
during her lifetime from publishing any Of
7he correspondence CT his chief. and sub
nlitted 70 her every letter which she had
ever written 10 the latter. The greater part
a. these she retained. and they are now
preserved. with other papers Of the same
kind. il the royal library a. Windsor
Castle among the family archives Of the
reigrlnS house. The rest she returned 70
Lord Rozron with the intinlation that she
saw no objection 10 their publication. but
rot until after her death. Lord Rovton
Thereupon turned over the entire remaining
letters and diaries for safekeepng 10 the
RothschilCs until the time came for their
use. Coningsby DisraeI protested against
iris and repeatedly put forward demands
1hat his uncle's papers should be published
n full and on one occasion actually threat
ened 10 invoke The law against Lord Row
ION unless his requests were complied
with. especially in connection with the pro-
duction OF the correspondence between
Reaconsf7eld and Mrs Wyndham Lewis. the
eccentric old woman who befriended the
statesman in q variety Of ways during her
lifetime. and Who bequeathed- 10 him con-
siderable amount Of money = her death
Of course. Beacousfeld's intimate friends
the RothschiIds. and also the reigning
.1-s- =
Coninesby DisraeH and ascribed II rather
20 z determination 10 advertise himself
rhsn % any feeling Of devotion % the
memory OF his uncle. 70 whom he was
almost . stranger Much Of the sninosity
manifested b. Coni1Esbv Disraen in this
connection vas undoubtedly due also 20 the
tendency Of the reigrirg family ard Of the
public a. large = regard Rowton rather
than himself as the real heir Of Lord Bea-
Consheld, and 10 the refusal Of the crown
snd Of the famous statesman most init
mate friends 70 take steps 70 revive IN his
favor the BeaconsfeId peerage
When Lord Rowtor died. after spending
the closing years Of his life in administering
Queen Efctoria's private affairs and in or
gsriz1nx and endoving the so-called Row
ton houses" (Which are the London eouivs-
lent Of the Mills hotels in New York and
san Francisco established by the late Z. .
hftlls', he confded the task Of editing and
publishing Lord Besconsfeld's Life and
espondence" 70 William F. Monypenny.
one Of The directors Of The London
lines " who. IS q member Of the staff Of
that paper. had played an important role
IN the South African war. not only as z
journals. but also as soldier IN the field
TO hlm, in compliance with LORD RoWton
Instructions, the Rothschilds turned over all
that remained Of Lord Beaconsaeld's diaries
srd correspondence. after everything 70
which tie r@iEuing family could have pos
5lJly taken exception had been carefully
eliminated IN queen Victoria and By Lord
R0w-on. There is every reason 10 believe
TOO. that much 4 not all. the material vas
submitted n King Edward and under the
circumstances i may safely b. taken for
granted that there viii be no scandals Of
H7T sort revealed in the forthcoming Life
and Correspondence Of Lord Beacons7eId. ="
although The latter was no-e5 for hts ss--
castro tongue. for his vitriorc pen and for
lis cynical comments on the frailties. the
-7'bles 5nd the Shortcomings q one kind
snd another Of his contemporaries. ennb-ac-
'0S 2 period q nearly sixty years.
TIE first volume deals with the ancestry
~ Lord Beacons1eld. his studies Of Law as
BENJAMIN Disraeli and his travels his
- III tlt1Li-e ana 3tLTlla ism. MS &
ISOLATION with The great publishing house
~ NCrrav. - behalf of which firm he
listed Abborsford 70 negotiate certain mat
re-s with Sir Walter Scott. There are let
r@rs from the latter. from tho great SIR
Robert Pee, from Lord Lyndhursr. and
from many CT the other great statesmen Of
TIE closing years OF the reign OF George
y. Of the reign Of William " and OF the
frs- three wears following the accession Of
Queen Victoria II fact. the work. which
Is 20 consist Of I've volumes IN al. will con-
sti-UCs 2 nCtsb le contribution 10 the his
rorv o[ the nineteenth century. not. how
-T-7-, - important as would have been The
case had not Lord Pov-ton. Queen Vic
rcrla and King Edward eliminated from,
me material confded 70 William 2 Monv-
penny much that would have shed SIN
further light upon the people and events
% rhe times of TIRE great Tory statesman.
may mention that Lord Rowton whom
] knew we'll always insisted that there was
10 truth n the popular belief that his
chief Lord Beaconsheld. was irabued with
an Oriental taste for gaudy attire. brilliant
0olor1ng and, z bove al, for iewelry Of
every DESCRIPTION; a. any rate during the
last fifty years OF his life He asserted AT
the time Of the Geath Of Lord Besconsdeld
the latter did not possess a solitary niece
OF 5euelry. not even q watch. and added