The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-22
ny IA MAReu1sE DE FoNrENoY.

ID
ORD HARRIS, whose only sons
coming to age has just been cell
ebrated with many festivities and
with token OF good will not
only from the people at Belmont. his
5.00o-acre estate near Faversham. but
also from all parts OF his home county
of Kent. is best known in this country
as cricketer. In fact, his celebrity
in connection with this national game
is even superior to that of his fellow
peer, Lord Hawke, and in addition to
captaining for many years the crack
Kent eleven, and being president OF
the Marylebone Cricket Club, he on
two occasions lead a victorious Eng
fish eleven through Canada. the United
States and Australia.
His peerage comes to him from his
great-grandfather, General Sir George
Harris, who was elevated to the House
OF Lords as Baron Harris of Seringa-
patam and OF Mysore, in the East In.
dies, for his Siege and capture Of
chief. and for his defeat and slaugh-
ter of Tippoo Sahib, the all-powerful
Sultan of Mysore.
1t was this first Lord Harris who
mont Park a well wooded and most
Wilkes, the director OF the royal powder
mills at Faversham; the mansion,
erected in 1859, having this peculiar
/ ity: that it is faced on all sides by
flat tiles, attached to the walls by
copper nails. 1t Is. of course, full Of
Indian relies, including the sword. and
shield of the great Tippoo Sahib. sur
mounted by his standard; and the lat
ter. too, figures in the armorial bear
ings of the Harrises, each Of the two
soldiers that constitute the supporters
of the shield holding IN his hands
reproduction of the Mysore stand
ard
The second Lord Harris was also a
soldier, and died as q lieutenant-gen-
eral in the army; while his younger
brother. the Hon. Charles Harris, fell
as wenty-three-year-old subaltern
in the act Of leading the British troops
to the assault on New Orleans in 1915.
third Lord Harris was In turn gov
ternor of Trinidad, where the present
Iypeer was born. and governor OF Madras
served as soldier In South Africa
and has been in turn Under, Secreta ar ,,
| OF State for War. and for India. as well
as governor OF Bombay.
Lady Harris, his wife, is a dang g., !.
WAS her grand unt, the Hon. Mary
| Jervis, who created so great sem
sation half a century ago by marry
| ing as one of the relgnlnS penuties
of London, David Dyce- Sombre, the
fortune, and of an 1ndian princess OF
Begun His father, who was the orig ~.
inal OF George Middlemass,' In Sil
\ Walter Scotts well known novel. the
ISurgeon's Daughter" went out as DaNlc
Dyce to India, in the service Of the
East India Company, which he desert
ed for that Of tho King of Dude, Their
lat war with England Suspected 81
having participated in the infamous
IPatna massacre, he contriHed to escape
after the battle of BuNar. and married
the Begun, or native Queen, Of Som
bee- Sirdhana. Both he and his wife
then waged war against General Sill
Arthur Wellesley. subsequently the
first Duke Of Wellington, but ulti-
mately came to terms With him, II
Eself pyce- sombre, who inherited their
Immense wealth, though, not their SOW
ereignty, which was absorbed by the
I English. and his arrival in London AZ
| the beginning of Queen Nictoria's
| reign attracted much attention.
lovely daughter which was denounced
lby the London Times in q scathine
Header or editorial as IAN unnatural
and unholy matrimonial Alliance az
/ not turn out happily; for his inordina1t
jealousy led him TO commit such eeeen'
| challenge to the Archbishop OF can
| terbury, with whom hc wanted to nigh
a duel, that steps We're taken by NJ
! wife's relatives to place him unde,l
restraint MS a lunatic, Af.sr his dealt
| his widow became the wife of the third
Young ST. Vincent Harris. whose
| mai ,rity has Just been celebrated Is 9
good looking had. who bids fair to
icmulate his fathers proWesses In the