The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-20

sffAIIY the British legation at
Copenhagen has been the step
livingstone TO an embassy. Bat
this is not the case with Sti
ford pinchott English brother an - ",
Sir Alan tombstone. who after ha'ih ,,s
been prominently mentioned Tor the
embassies of Vienna, Beriin, Ions tai
tinople and Rome, and even the hitso
tent himself with transfer TO the
legation at the Hague, having tuus
seen three OF his Juniors pFoitIoteu
over his head, namely, Sir FAIRFAX "a -.
vienna Sir James Kennel Rodd, as
Ambassador at Rome. and ChaTlss
Hardinge, in turn to the ambassador
ship at ST. Petersburg. TO the uhosr
secretaryship of State for Foreign Al
fairs. and TO the yiceroyalty OF ihuia'
with a seat in the House OF Lords;
Moreover, all these three juniors OF
Sir Alan have been appointed mem
bers of the privy coancli, ueS ~,
ton with winch he mas hol ut'''
been honored.
II IS diffcult to see in what respect
the transfer from Copenhasen 70 Inc
Hague can be regarded III the iis
Of q promotion, since the difference OF
salary between the two posts Is oniy
hers of the privy council, distlnc-
about couple of thousand DOL
lars. and whereas Copenhaseh mas
always ers been e9 mission for an
3
English diplomat. owing to the IN,
timacy of the relationship between
the reigning houses of Great 81, an
and Denmark. there are no sues.
The idea of the foreign othce IN man
ing the change, Is. i understahu, ~
order TO have a hrst-class man, po IN
sessed of great tact ana dlscTetioia, 81
with the International tribunal there
to which so many controversies pc
tween powers are referred Tor settieT
ment.
Sir Alan, who married. while attac ,
led 10 the British embassy at WASH
| ington. where his wife as Miss Nellie
Pinchot. daughter OF Mrs James ~. ~.
| Pinchot, is remembered as one OF the
most beautiful and popular glrls o.
her day, enjoys IN very p liarheI roval
I family. he won this by the delicacy
with which he represented at Darn
stadt the view OF the late queen VIC
toria, and of King Edward, N Ind
matrimonial differences of the Grand
Duke of Hesse with his former wite,
which eliminated In divorce. botn par
ties being grandchildren OF the ia ,.',
lQueen. Sir Alan, too, was, secreta !, J
/ early days OF the Queen OF Norway,s :
marriage to her husband, who was a.
4 that time Prince Charles of Denmark
and Sir Alan and Lady tombstone heip.
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arising from the fact that the YOUNG d1,s
1 Oneen's marriage had been love
match, that some of the relatives o.
| her husband had entertained oth sa,
future, and that both environment anu
! climate contributed to cause hef 70
suffer cruelty from homesickness
Sir Alan is a younger, son of Lord
\ Derwent a great-grandson OF .ne
famous Archbishop Harcourt OF YORK
lo, ha3r M q Ln1lnger
the ancient and historic house OF
tombstone of Westerhall. The CHER OF
4 the ancient and historic houseof john
stone of Westerhill. The chief OF t u,
six centuries ago, when he heard OF the +, e
1 plotting by King Edward II anu lu
4 Babel, to capture Bruce. Johnslo =,
could only send to the scoten pa : sn ny
an emblematic warning, namely, q Spul
with feather attached to y. ne ne
quick witted Bruce read the message
Alright and sought security in noun n
tain fastness. When ne ,as s,t pr ,un.
as a memento Of the timely a:,o nt a.
given to him by Johnstone, grantGIG,
to him the winged spur as crest e.,
Is used as such to to tins TINS b uuy the CHIEF
Of the family. Sir Frederick JOINS Tone
which, in view of the fact that the ne, la H.
ter has twice won the Derby, may ~ -
regarded as singularly apptop' - :
| heraluic emblem.
Much Of the tombstone property i
situated In this country,t part or \
4 having been acquired by the gr .a
grandfather of Sir Frederick, nancy
i Commodore George Johnstone; who =, y, vas = y
British colonial Governor or f1 e, 4n.
after the latter had been given TO , ,nr
English by the Spaniards IN return
the Of h Gane lh hei Ge
Miss Charlotte Dee. The remainder
Of the American property of the e Jon j oh y
stones came to the family throusi
the commodores elder brother, ms
4 fifth baronet, namely, Sir Wililam
4 tombstone, marrying Frances Pultenay
heiress of David Pultenay, whosoWned
much property in the state OF New
4 York.
In reply to a letter OF inquiry from
a reader in st; Louis, it may pc e S
planned that the former title IN the
French army known as Marechal, d
camn, which so frequently o ,,.s i $ Y I
French history, and in memoirs deal
sAngSSsWith the seventeenth, e!gAtseRtA