The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-10
3 ORD ROCkSAVAGE. who arrived
In this country last week on tho

II ORD ROCkSAVAGE. who arrived
In this country last week on Tho
IL same liner tnat brought Mrs
John Jacob Aslor. Lord Euston.
Lord Athlumney and a number of other
well known people. and who has
achieved some fame in England as n
crack polo player, is the eldest son and
heir OF the Marquis or Cholmondeiey.
whose name, IT Is scarcely necessary to
add. is pronounced "Chumley He Is.
late Colonel Sir Robert kingscotc, VINO
was for so many years connected with
the household OF King EDWARD re
holds commission IN The Ninth Lane
ers. one OF the crack cavalry regiments
tof the British Army. serted through
out the South African war and figured
a rey q Of r india. A0sa outNoA !" Ae
Although Lord Rocksavage viii he
| fairly we'll OFF when he succeeds to tho
family flonors on the death or ms
rather. the estates comprising Some
10000 acres Of land IN Norfolkshire
s graf m Ghssass Is hm sad g
mouse, were ne to we'd some American
heiress or rich widow; Tor the MARQUIS
OF Cholmondeley has been Obliged 10
Houghton Hall his place in Norfolk
shre-tirst to the late Heber Bishop.
OF New York. afterwards to MIS-. Ralph
Vivian, who was Mrs. Marshall Roberts
az New York, and now to Cora.
countess of STAFFORD. who before mar
ryinR the late earl of that Tx, was
married to the late Samuel Col gate, OIL
| New York.
He finds 1t quite as much as he can
manage to keep up Cholmondeley Cas-
| tie, his grand old ancestral home IN
Cheshire, famous for the magnificent
paintings which 1t contains. espec ,il,
/ ~. J.>.,a ,fN
4 Rubens 1t is about five. and a half
centuries old, and has been n the
possession of the cholmondeley famliS
ever since the reign q Henry "a wen eIl
ward, Baron de Malpas, obtained by
/ gift OF his father the lordship Of Cal
mundele. or Cholmondeley. and hxlns
his residence there, took ms su ~ am,
of Cholmondeley Castle, was one OF
the principal personageS Of the reign
Iof Henry VII. The wife of his son
and successor was a dame OF su =. !
4 spirit that James /. always used 70
refer to her as "the bold lady OF
Cheshire and 1t was her son whom =
that monarch created baronet n
4 1911. Dying without issue. his ,honors.
which Included the earldom OF Lem
A ster., became extinct, CholmondelesS !
( Castle and his broad lands passing 70 :.
4 his nephew, Robert Cholmondneaiey'
WHO was ereatea rst visGoip1hia and
Mary further endowed the family VILE
the viscounty OF Malpas and the earl
dom OF Cholmondeley, and George ~.
ioasth pf asi a e m
+ marquisate. bestowing9 upon him 1t tbs
same time the earldom OF q ocksayage
in recognition of his services as 1orc
q steward OF tho household. 81
a The present Lord Cholmond ley Is
!. through. the marriage OF the first mar
quis. Joint hereditary great chamber
: lain Of England. served as suct
= rington. who will hold It as long al
: George ". remains on the throne. @
: Ituntil his own death, when it.Wlll re-
Z |vert again to Lord Cholmondeley. q
Z Rock savage l44 5{55s " sai 5ts958.
: ~ Houghton Hall came into the famil,
t LOT Lord Cholmpndeley through. the
1,tlNYalpole. only daughter Of the frs
,SIEarl Of Oxford It is an immens
place and requ l, a huge income }, y, +
keep IT, Up There are nearly Y, !,
! of money swallowed III in buildln;
1.-THE mansion that Lord oxford tnsiste,
Y Ton the destruction Of all the bills an
3 Iaccounts connected with is construc
y [have cost about s5,o0oo0o, which, wit
! |tho increase in the value Of money
: would represent about three times tina
9 iamOunt to- day. Inc Il park a 4lS some
RB |Swhat flat, with several fine avenue
VI and superb old cedars. and within 1t
IS lprecincts Is sthe church in which re
3 noses the body OF tho great Sir Rober
NJ ff1SWalpole, wi th--byH his desire-no mon
,,merlt to his memory, The nansio
1 itself is built of freestone With tw
4 Inrincipal fronts, ornamented at eac
sS and a. With a cupola, while the wing!
(which contain the Offices, are connect
y ed with the front by handsome colon
u mad s| A Forming practically a sauar
q ~ sin,a zoo feet IN each direction
H8| there is .somethi ngSyery solid, Yet nc
H |iin nv he least clumsy or heavy abou
Y TN architecture Of this, pro ba bly, tn
Il t ftr country house in ENGLAND. tn
! antrancesto which Is by the east doc
rs f fhonghi the west. o. garden front
NV oDn,nre attractive OF the tive. wit
= |fts1 cnlnnnade & on each SIDE ana III
d sra sra tlies over the8centre; u !
sea This was the nr!nctbpaa5 e I
r. +rance,-t to which cess wa 81 mad =
81 Ia f'lnagnii icent double fight q m mar,
= Stems and marble bal ustrad Xxi n g. g
syersS ram led away by tho spendth rl
y Geor y 8 N larl OF Oxford. Who stake
s sss,ss do''s Hou htoa Hal and las