The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-09

ORD vILLIERS. who was only
elected to the English Jockey
Club In 1907, has been unani-

by LA MARQuIsE DE FONTENOf.
ORD V1LLIERS. who was only
elected to the English Jockey
Club in 1907, has been unani-
mously chosen by that body as
one OF It's three stewards--thc trium-
virate which constitutes not only the
executive committee and governing
board of that institution. but also the
supreme tribunal of the land In all
matters relating to the turf and also
to questions of honor. 1t is a tribunal
from whose decisions there Is no APP
peal. Primarily. OF course. 1t deter
nection with racing matters. But 1t
likewise takes cognizancc of diahonor.
able conduct in other affairs, and when
a man. while managing 10 keep within
theless been guilty Of disgraceful con-
duct, The three stewards of the Jockey
Club sit in Judgment on his case, and
in the event of their Finding him
guilty. warn him off Newmarket Heath.
which means that he is barred from
every race course in England and on
the Continent over which tho Jockey
Clubs of England, Paris and Vienna
and the Union Club of Berlin have any
control. and is equivalent To decree
of the most relentless species OF social
boycott and ostracism, both at home
and abroad. An instance in recent
years where the stewards of the Eng
lish Jockey Club inflicted this pun
ishment upon a man for dishonorable
conduct. not connected with racing
matters. was that of Robert Sievier,
who married the sister of the similarly
disciplined Marquis of Ailesbury, and
who had also been subjected to having
his presentation at a court levee pub
licly Cancelled. by order of the sove
reign, in the Official Gazette. The
only possible manner in which man
can attempt TO relieve himself OF the
disgrace thus placed upon him by the
jockey clubs Is by suing for libel the
Racing Calendar" which. though not
published by the Jockey Club. is never
and which makes point of printing
all its decisions and DEGREES.
Lord Nilliers is the eldest son and
heir of Lord jersey, and will on his
fathers death inherit the latter'e pos
session and control of Childs Bank.
at No. / Fleet Street, which faces what
was once Temple Bar the western
boundary and former entrance gate to
be indeed regarded as a favorite OF
fortune, for he owns what many re-
gard as the favorite for this years
Derby. won fourteen important races
last year, and, in fact has been most
successful ever since he started rae
ing stable maintaining in the most
effective fashion the fame achieved by
his ancestors, the fourth, fifth and
sixth Earls of Jersey, on the English
turf. Five winters ago he mana ed
to win a sum Of 100000 at Monte
Carlo at the ia bles, and, what Is more,
10 bring the entire amount back to
England with him intact. much to the
dismay of the Bonaparte- Radziwill-
Blanc management of the Casino.
Lord Villiers. who married two years
ago the beautiful daughter of Lord
and Lady kilmorey, Is descended from
the Nilliers Seigneurs de LsleAdam,
played great role in English history.
among it's representatives having been
the Duke of buckingham, of the reign
of James L.; Barbara Nilliers, Duchess
of Cleveland and favorite of Charles
H.. THROUGH whom she became the an
cestress Of the Dukes of Grafton and
of the Lords of southampton.
Lady Villiers, the wife OF Sir Ed
two daughters of James H.. who sue
ceeded to the English throne as Queen
Mary and Queen Anne, respectively.
1t was Queen Anne who conferred the
dignity Of the earldom Of the Island of
Jersey upon her duenna's eldest son.
Lord Villiers's father Lord Jersey.
was at Cambridge with King Edward.
while Lady Jersey Is one OF the
most successful hostesses of the
E IT. Frsa, Y9 ok frend S Of
acted as her cicerone and host tn
Samoa. there are few Englishmen of
note or distinguished foreigners who
have not been her guests at Osterly
skirts of the metropolis. once the home
OF Sir Thomas Gresham. Lord Mayor
of London in the reign of Queen Eliza
beth. but modernized in the eighteenth
els Child when chief magistrate Of
London. Among the many treasures OF
Osterly Park is the entire silver toilet
set and silver mirror used by Queen
Elizabeth when entertained there by
Sir Thomas Gresham.
When liz n Baron Not Baron:
A curious fight about which which little little
has been heard a tme nas hag betPe een
Emperor william and the Prussian
courts. although they are supposed TO
administer Justice In his name.
The Won Stossels belong to the IRA
del of silesia-that is to say, to the
aristocracy who were noble alb lnitlo
or from the dawn Of history. In no
wise connected with the RUSSIAN gen
eral of the same name VINO surren-
thev bore in ancient times the title of
baron.
Head of the family in the middle of the
sghteenth esnt1ry a service, naf Of m n
press Maria Theresa during the Seven
Years War and at Its, close became
a citizen Of Prussia, owing to the fact
that the Duchy OF silesla' n when M ms ms
become :, part t' and parcel Of the domin-
ions Of frederick the Great, II the
documents by which ne was Jas t sec.,red
Prussian naturalization, he was Off
clally described as baron and tor me
following 1870 years his deseendants
were ali recognized as Barons Won
Through Indifference, or. neglect the
late Judge Won stossel did 7. not make lse
use of the title Of baron, although IN ~ he ne
was thus DESIGNATED u n tbe ehf nm nauen.
as King of Prussia, appointing him to
t III bench, As long as he lived his son
ahstained from styling himself baron,
but il accordance with N his gyms ins
fathers DEATH. AS an officer holding
the rank Of major IN the army. his