The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-11
LORD MAIDSTONE
VERY POOR PEER.
Miss Drexel, Who Refused Veal
thy Suitors, Will Wed Man
Without Penny.
TO REGlLD FAMILY SHIELD
American Millions Will Buy Es-
tates Which Long Ago
Were Sold.
TO REGILD FAMILY SHIELD

of NiScountcsS Maidstone WITH VIZ eS
the eleventh earl The latter hgureu
In the Court Of Bankruptcy. but NOT
SO frequently as his son, VINO may
he said to have dragged the lltle %
yiscount Maidstone in the gutter. en-
falling by his conduct frequent APP.
pearances in police courts ana neiols
several Of the tribunals, wlnnihs ,oi
himself q most unpleasant notorieits.
He finally enlisted as a private IN me
army. The change from q life OF the
most riotous dissipation to one oil en-
forced regularity and sohrie s.. We
more than he could bear. a. iauy pos
sessed of more romance than common
sense, and who took it into her heau
that 1t was her mission to redeem MN
and rehablitate him, opportunels az
pcared upon the scene at TINS !, n notarac
and having purchased his ti ScrsS
| from the army, married him.. wrecked
entirely, both physically and nlentaliy.
he died before she had time 10 rtheme
OF her bargain. To-Day Lis M slr,,rs,
that is to say, Lady Maidstone, figures
among the leaders of a SHY asSocia,
ton in England, yclept the White
Rose League, organized by some tu nc
Drained notoriety hunters aor p, nv
avowed purpose of substituting arln ~
cess Louis Of Bavaria in the place o.
Edward VII as ruler OF England on
| the ground that she IS Tess rniiot t |
descended from the stuart riiiss , snat
the present occupant OF me EnEi iif,l,
,vas horn as Archduchess Maria The
| resa of Austria. has never accorucu ~
slightest recognition to inns I'M mn 80, :,
water conspiracy being carried on III
/ the name by the White Rose LEAGUE,
and which confines its treason asains.
King Edward to sticking inc p9aIahc
stamps bearing his eng! t,ora and ,
to adjoining the statue OF onarle e', -
lin London with flowers on the aiiriSci-
sary of his execution. :,
!, This Lady Maidstone, daughter OF
Sir George Jenkinson, is fairy wei!
; off and makes her principal nome d.
AK Les Bains, where she, owns q very
pretty villa. Thanks to the insane eY
father. the present Earl Of Wineniise a.
:. n haIf-brother of the eleventh earl. is
3 very far from rich, and makes his
home at Harleeh. In Merio 10, I'm aan
the present Lord Maidstone, are amonG
Y the most impecunious members OF the
| british peerage. and the marriage oil
$ the young viscount. to SO Great an
: heiress as the daughter OF Anthony j.
Drexel will go far to regild the lanniiy
escutcheon and to repair the sadly
shattered fortunes of the historl:
It house of Finch-Hatton, which Is de.
scended from common ancestor Win
e the TIerberts, Earls OF Pembroke, ana
" first came into prominence. under the
name of Finch. in the reign of Henry
w. ysscountcss In Own Right.
d There was a sir William Finch. who
: was a favorite member of the house
" hold of Henry VIII, and ms son,
Thomas, was knishted for defending
queen ("Bloody"l Mary against = 81
Thomas Wyatt His son In turn, Hen
ry, was Lord Chancellor OF Engian n,i
and his elder brother, Sir Moyle Finch
r. created a baronet by James J., mafrlee
IN the daughter and ileiress or SIR mona:
- Hencage. After his death, she wa,
created in turn viscountess Maidstone
and Countess of Winchllsea In ne,
a, own right, beaueathing on her deaf
in her honors to her SON tr,s Inorlas' Maid AID
stone and second Earl Of Minchilsea
Her Younger son. Hcneage Finch, wa
Sneaker Of the House of Commons. ant
= incurred much odium by ms sups 81
,is Iyiency to Charles T., especially IN IN
- conflict with the patriot llanpden; pc
Ing ultimately impeached. His eldcs
IS son whose name was also Heneage, wa
nc Earl of Nottingham. and was describe
cs nv Macaulay as "the only homes
NJ man in the most corrupt court u
Chrlstendom." His eldest son, in turr
of his kinsman. the sixth Earl of Win
clilsea, became seventh Earl OF Wh
chilsea. He married the daughter o
y rtstopler, Niscount Hatton, and fror
that time forth the Earls of Winchilse
and Of Nottingham have always born
in the name of Hatton, in contunctio
to with the patronymic of Finch. Th1
My Earl of Nottingham was Secretary
lp- State to William Ill, Queen Anne an
ole George l., and the ninth earl distii
rs guished himself by Hghti;ng anei VIZ
' 'Sa The ancestral home Of the Earis
me Winchilsea was Eastwell Park, In ker
,ss, long tenanted by King EdWards SAL
my ny. brother, the late Duke Of Edinbnrt
ock ed by Lorf Gerard. who PAID a ~ 1te
1in. over s1,oOO.OOo for the estate II
Of historically interesting; A. IT. the ct TN
ore Kent vas among the possessions
den Hugo de Montfort, who came over wi
in the Conquc,oi. Afterwards it pass
the to the eminent family OF Carol, a.
ind from them, through female heir.
i'll the Earls of Northumberland. Fro
this them it went to the Heneages. a!
,es- formed part of the inheritance of Eli
ave. .abeth lIeneaSe, first Countess q w
&C. &C, when she married Sir Moyle Fint
! "a : There is tradition that Richard Pla
any, ~ tagcnet, a natural son Of Rtchard y
a aI't fled to Eastwell after the battle
l pa, Bosworth, and lived there in obscur
IVY until his death, in 1850 and an entry
- his death occurs in the registry. !
~ tomb is still in existence ~ the churt
ward OF Eastwel Church. AS l4t
M .hs Gerard has not found Eastwell Pa
~. ~, !, very congenial. and Has not manae
, ave to hit it off with the people OF |,
onal county, in fact. has long since be
oner known as anxious to sell It, it is gu
,en possible that the neW and :, amerles
n OF born Viscountess Maidstone may ass
ina, her husband to repurchasc tho anc
,inia trail homo OF his family.
lph- Champion "B0omcrnnElst'
col Another former home OF the Pa
h ZEN of Winchilsea is Burlcy- on -thc-H
,. .ns which was almost wholly destroyed
this this fire two years ago, while occupled
o,n,l lease by Lord Wimborne's younger
pela Captain the Hon. Frederick Guest
tho his Amqniean wife Am ayur aaus Buzz
ora1 on. tle.lIill ticures in the history
mon, England By Macaulay, who relates !
/ to while the festivities We're III pros'
en- there in honor of the marriage,
lcul- Lady Mary Finch, daughter, OF
'hcse Winchilsea, to George Sav1lie, sou
sat 1.-THE Marquis OF Halifax, the latter
must OF the ministers Of the crown. !,
IS Of suddenly taken i'll In London. WI
burg he had been detained by affairs
state. Informed that his mhlady
------- mortal and that his demise was