The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-06
ny L., MARauIsE DE FONTENOY.
A LTHOUGH the Cardinal Primate
N of Belgium announced at the
~ time of Leopold's death that the

N of Belgium announcer at the
~ time of Leopold's death that the
Belgian monarch had been &C.
Realistically married to the o-called
Baroness Vaughan and had thus salts
fled, after (, fashion. the requirements
of the church. yet the union had no
validity In the eyes of Belgian or
French law. owing TO the omission TO
fulfil any of the legal requirements
in connection with the alliance. 1t
was this alone that enabled the woman
to wed within eight months of the
monarch's death her steward and gen
eral factotum, Emmanuel Durieux, who
was formerly non commissioned Of
ficer of the French army. Had she
been the Kings lawful wife. even
morgana tically, she would. according
to Belgian and French law. have been
obliged to walt a year before remar-
rying.
over, TO King Leopold. she would, ipso
facto. have become a Belgian, whereas
she welded DurieuX the other day as
a Frenchwoman. The French authors
under the name and title OF Baroness
Vaughan. which she had borne through
out her association with King Leo
pold, but which was purely title of
er to. bestow upon her any title with
out the consent of his ministers. under
the great seal of Belgium.
She was married to Durieux as
Blanche Josephine DelacroiS", and in
the first time that before making
the acquaintance of Leopold she had
been married to man of the name
of Emmanuel DurieuN and had been
divorced by him.
| The question now arises as to wheth-
er the Emmanuel DurieuN whom she
| has just married. and who Is man
fifty years Of age. is not Identical
with the Emmanuel Durieux who d.
vorced her when. after leaving the
she was acting as barmaid, she be-
came cafe chantant and variety diva
| in Paris. If SO. 1t would explain many
pold was so jealous, of Durieux. to
whose presence in the encourage OF
the fair Caroline" as she called her
self, he objected. and who on one
occasion was requested by the Beleian
police to leave the kingdom. and at
another timn was driven by. Leopold
himself from the Chateaux de Balm
| court.
comfortabhlee aDA luxurious lou as as during
the lifetime OF Leopold is extremely
doubtful for Emmanuel Durieux is
addicted to drink, and when in his cups
cause he is brutal that she consented
to remarry him. and to thus invest
him with part ownership Of the big
fortune bequeathed to her by her royal
3 duIHiEeI, ana TO NGF CHlluTeH, WHO
Judging by recent developments and
discoveries, are more likely to have
been the offspring of DurieuX than
-ref the septuagenarlan and slowly-dyins
Leopold.
When the late Lord Calthorpe. died
some weeks ago it was expected thai
nls brother. Lieutenant-General ST.
coed not only to his. peerage, but alst
to the very extensive estates which
have hitherto always gone with the
title. and which yield an Income o.
in Birmingham When the will. how
ever came to DO probated, It was fount
that the whole of the property. II
peers eldest daughter, the Hon. Rache
Cough Calthorpe. married to Fitzro,
Anstruther, and that the entail ha'
been be BROKEN en- some time between 1870
only son, Walter OF course, Waite
had Joined in the steps necessary t
! the breaking Of the entail; but tn
fact does IS, not Of seem sec, to have been com
brother and present successor; so tina
the discovery that all the propert
Of the peerage had been alienate'
prise.
: There is an American inte-ost in tn
t matter, since the new Lord Calthorpe'
: eldest son and heir has an America
wife in Mary, daughter of Ogden Bofr
!, man Burrows, of Newport r. I. TIL
: Birmingham property, which comnrlse
j. nearly all that district known as Edg
! baston. was purchased In 1870 for
: mere song from Lord Fauconberg b
r Lord Caithorpe's ancestor, Sir Richar
: Cough. who had amassed a fortune !
7 the india and China trade, and VIII
was lsnighted by klng George /.
I Il 81 I s..'
Whenever Empress Eugenie's fligf
9 from tho Tuileries or. the septembe
the Of sns Ntabp s on!
! A 'lus Ia AND and italian ambassadors Il
I late Prince Richard Metternic I i, M
!" Count Nigra. should nave E snt1t nea az 2
In L cab to hex Amer lcan peAssS = va