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!, died suddenly and interstate. she had
lin the absence OF her nephew taken
out letters of administration, ana ass
su;1ied possession OF the Landau estates
| She minated that she was ready to
surrender them to him as soon as ny
/ returned to Europe - ~
I When at the close of the conquesl
Of scinde. Major Arnold Henry Mathew
| reached Ireland, he discovered that
Lady Illlishn Mathew had died ), three
years previously, leaving WIZ, 40.
yisinIg the whole of his propertty -, nat
| she would hold in trust for hints
her nephew. Major General the Wis.
comte Louis dc ohan-Chabot, who had
| become naturalized subject or tno
Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter OF tins
Major Arnold Henry Mathew, IN
na m 81 r. once need sEaertng his sh ms
eardom and the property. went
abroad in disgust, and refused to
visit England or Ireland again. He
died on the Continent in 1891. at
very advanced age. leaving a son, the
| ters.
The son, that is to say the sol.
dis. 1T, Ear lIl !. q Landau and Bishop OF
l'by whom he has several children.
II the Committee of Privileges of
the House of Lords declined to recon-
mend the crown to recognize the claim
ant, and TO issue Instructions to Ulster
King at Arms TO restore" the Earl
dom and Viscounty OF Landau to tho
roll OF Irish peers, 1t is because OF tho
failure OF the nrst earl In any of his
papers or correspondence to make men.
ton OF the alleged eldest son Arnold.
II is perfectly true that there is GER
tificate of this sons birth in France;
BIZ II was apprehended that the earl's
silence concerning him Indicated that
while he was the son of the countess,
yet he was not the earl's offspring
Hs css II orss Of baYe q ts
shown in these letters, Is extremely
Icautious about ommending the crown
to recognize as successors to peer
ages claimants in whose parcntage or
ancestry there is even the suspicion
OF a flaw.
1t Is alleged that since these pro-
ceedings before the Committee OF Priv
llegets OF the House of Lords. VIII
has been discovered in some wonder-
full way In the loft of an old house at
Dublin In which the first earl specih-
cally bequeathed the Thomastown pfop-
erty TO his eldest son Arnold. describ-
ing him as the heir to HIS honors. But
to the Committee OF Privileges OF ths
House OF Lords. and inasmuch as pro-
ceedings before this body are terribly
expensive. involving the expenditure
the most costly legal proceedings. in
deed. in existence. and as the claimant
is man in relatively poor circum-
stances, II Is doubtful whether his pre-
tensions TO the Earidom. and yiscounty
Of Landau will ever be officially recog-
Eized, ! may add that among tho
papers which he submitted to the Conf
nittce OF Privileges of the House of
Lords in support of his claim was
mast elaborate pedigree in Latin, drawn
up by the first earlfs kinsman, Father
Mathew. the famous Irish apostle OF
temperance.
No portion OF the ancestral estates
belonging =, ths Ear.dom OF Landau
can nov be recovered. owing to the
time which mas elapsed since they
were alicnated by s4le and bequest
The major portion OF them are now IN
the possession of Lord DunsandIe
although the ancestral home OF the
family. Thomastown Castle. county
Kilkenny ~ untenanted. wholly ruin
cd. and believe for sale. 1t was
once famous A. the finest and most
luxurious country seat In the king
dom OF Ireland.
Copyright. 1919. by the brentwood
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