The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-30
CLAREMONT PALACE
NOT WIDELY KNOWN

o m. has vanished. without leaving
j., And n yet he IS not the sort of man
tG- essl! lost or to pass unnoticed !;
loot one In stature. with dark curly
mar. slight black mustache. and large
plue- gray eyes and extremely well set
up mere mas been no reason what
hoeNe5 when his parents and relatives
i'hNe peeh able To think of that would
cause him to thus disappear, and they
arg disposed TO attribute tho AFFAIR 10
sudden Mt Of alteration or OF loss
81 memory. The military authorities
nave not yet taken any action In the
matter a3 the young lieutenant who
- lWehty-slN years of age. Is on leave
u ABSENCE from his regiment. which is
stationed in South Africa
HIS mother was Florence sharon.
daughter of the Late United States
Senator Sharon, OF Nevada, and sir
Thomas Fcrmor Hesketh, who was
formerly q famous yachtsman, first
met her during a cruise on board his
YACHT, the Geshawk, which had put
INTO the Golden Cato for a reht Dur
INF Is stay there Sir Thomas made
The acquaintance of Miss Sharon at
san Francisco and won her hand
Sir Thomas pnites IN his person two
ancient families, namely, that of Hes
keith and that of Fermour His mother.
Lady Arabella Eermor, was the daugh-
Ter and ultimate heiress of the fourth
i1aii VI toHLEel whose peefage he-
came extinct with tho death OF his
son the NTH and last earl WHOM tho
estates which had been III the Fer.nor
tamtiy for many centuries, passed into
the possession OF Lady Arabella. Her
husband. the late Sir Thomas Hesketh.
was authorized by the crown to as
sumo the arms OF the Earls of Pom
fret, aad their patronymic OF Fermor
in conjunction with his own
The IIeskeths are quito as old a
family * Ifprln0rg nj
when Sir Robert Hesketh was knightcd
by Henry Viii. for service in war
lad already been settled in Lam
eas Shire for 1 near 800 800, year. aara,n,
try seat of Sir Thomas and Lady Hes
keith, where they frequently entertain
ed the late King Edward, comes to
them from the Earls of Pomfret. who
tention TO VIII Summers. the fool and
Jester OF Henry VII. The Bluebeard
King had been greatly incensed by the
hospitality and protection afforded by
scribed Catholic priest, and in conse-
auence thereof cast the master of
Easton Weston into prison and con
fscated his property The Jester, who
had been brought up on the Fermor
Fermors for many kindnesses. showed
himself true and grateful friend.
and SO effectuel did his influence prove
with the king that the latter not
only pardoned Fermor, but likewise
restored TO him the possession OF his
estates.
Sir Thomas's eldest son and name
sake, that is to say. the elder brother
of the missing officer OF the Ninth
Iancers, is married to Miss lTlorencs
Breckenridge, daughter of Mrs. Fred
erict w. Sharon of San Francisco, and
of the Champs Elysecs, in Paris. by
her former marriage; SO that young
Mrs Fer,nor Hesketh Is sort. Of
cousin of her husband though no blood
relation He was formerly suhaltern
OF the Royal Horse Guards, bnt re-
signed hts commission so that he
might make fuller use of his REMARKS
able faculty for mechanics, a subject
on which lie has become lecturer at
the University of oxford.
(Copyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
Company.)