The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
MARQUIS IMPERIAL.
SENT TO ST JAMES
Diplomat Was Once Charge
d'Affaircs Of Italian Lega-
ton at Washington.
CARDINAL CONDEMNS KING
Asks People to Remember Only
What Was Best in Life of
King Leopold.

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What Was Best in Life of
King Leopold.
nY LA AIhnQUISE DE TONTENoY.
iALYrS new anlbassador to the court
OF st. James, the MARQUIS 1mpe..
Francayilla, spent number OF
Years IN this country. connected with
me Italian embassy at washington. as
secretary and charge d'affaires. when
Baron Fava was dean OF the diplomatic
Sorps. He was one OF the suitors for
the hand of Miss Mary Letter. who died
as Lady Curzon. and will be remember
ed as having taken very active part
tai. where he was conspicuous by his
| good looks and his accomplishments.
Ills family, the original patronymic OF
which was Tartaro, was one OF the
back in an unbroken male line to the
eleventh century. furnished no less
than four Doges to the Genoese re-
public. besides possessing for time
the Sassal sovereignty OF Corsica. Don
Clan Imperiali was one OF the greatest
naval commanders of the seventeenth
century. and acquired so great popu-
leritv in his native city Of Genon that
the Senate; fearing he might be en-
couraged thereby to seize the govern
ment. banished him. only permitting
him TO return home to die in 1916.
-Four or five years ago Marquis Inn
periali was appointed ambassador at
Constantlnople. and perhaps from the
fact that he stood particularly high in
the good graees OF Abdul Hamid. and
indirectly assisted in the escape or
some OF the latter's. principal digni-
teries with whom he had been on
terms OF friendship and who would
have been hung If caught BY the
Young Turks or General shefket
Pasha. he incurred the Ill will of tho
new regime to such an extent that the
somewhat in Turkey. That is why so
shrewd and able a diplomat as Baron
Major des Planches. who acquired
thorough knowledge of the conditions
resenting his country at the Balkan
court. has been transferred from
Washington to STEAMBOAT. where 1t Is
hoped that he will not only restore
Italian influence. but Likewise enable
ms country 60 play role as weighty
as that of the other great powers in
the Eastern question.
italian Prince nnd scotch Earl.
From Rome comes the news of the
engagement of Don Siglsmondo Gus
to pona Teresa Boncompagn daughter
OF Prince Uso of that ilk. who after
the death OF his second wife some ff-
teen years ago, entered holy orders.
s@''tt tO-uuy pItt VI tIis pTtldLcS Oh Tic
papal household. The engagement de-
rives additional interest from the fact
tnat the fiance, that is to say Don
Sigismondo. besides being an italian
count Kypnaird, and is next heir to HE
fathers Scottish earldom OF Newburgh
and number of minor Scottish digni-
ties. one of the sisters of Don Sigis-
mondo's father spent several years at
Washington where she is still remem-
bered as Lady Isabella Howard. wife
OF Esme Howard, then councillor OF the
British embassy to the United States,
ana a. now representing his government
The family or Don slgismondo.
namely, that of Ciustinani. reigncd
as sovereigns over the Island of Chios
until ii was seized BY the republic OF
Genoa in the fourteenth century. and
he can trace his ancestry TO Edward l.
OF England.
The late Lord Newburgh's Scottish
lionors came to him through his moth
CT on her death, and in order 20 enjoy
the prerogatiyes attached thereto. he
secured letters OF naturalization as i
british subject. The earldom of New
burgh and the minor Scottish dignities
associated Herewith were bestowed IN
OF his favorite gentlemen in waiting,
Sir James Livingstone of kinnaird.
Sir James had been one OF the most de-
voted cavaliers of Charles l., and had
cessor into exile. The second earl died
without issue. and the various Scottish
honors passed to his daughter Char.
lntte; married to Hugh clifford Of
afterwards married to Charles Rad
cliffe, fifth Earl OF Derwentwater. who
lost his head on Tower Hill for his
in the Jacobite rebellion
By him Charlotte. Countess OF New
burgh. had a son. who became tho
fourth Earl of Newburgh and whose
son, in turn. the fifth earl, dies with
out issue. The earldom thereupon re-
verified to the grandson of Charlotte.
Countess or Newburgh's daughter by
her first marriage, with Hugh Clifford
Don Vincent Giustinlani. Roman
prince, who became sixth earl. He
again left no son, but a daughter. who
burgh in her own right, and who mar
ried Roman patrician the MARQUIS
Bandinl. The marquis, in consequence
Of his marriage. was authorized by the
continue the title of Prince Giustiniani.
which had belonged to his wife.s ia
Their. Tho late and eighth Earl OF New
hurgh was the son Of this union He
died about two years ago. and his son.
Charles. became Earl Newburgh in his
Dukedom OF Mondragone. and Of the
dignity of Prince Giustiniani.
Great Mnthcmaticinr.
The present Lord Newburgh has a |
number Of sisters in addition to Lady
Isabella Howard. One of them, Nicol- !
eta, is the Duchess Grazioli one of
the most fascinating women of the
great world at Rome, ana the heroine
OF many a romance. Another is the
wife OF Prince Camille Rospigllosi,
while third ono Is nun OF tho Sa-
cred Heart.
Princess Teresa Boncompagnl, tho
flancee of the future Earl OF New |
burgh, belongs, it Ia needless to saw. |
to the Black. or Clerical Society Of
Rome. Her grandfather, the head Of
the ancient house OF Boncompagni, is
an octogenarian. who Is known as Don
Rodolfo and who besides owning the
Of Monterotondo, OF sora and
OF Arco, is prince OF the Holy Roman
that is to say, OF Germany ana
seventh Prince of Piombino. He was
honorary grand master OF the house
hold and grand chamberlain during the
lifetime Of the last King OF Naples,
prior and subsequent to the loss of HIS
throne. and enjoys Worldwide fame
as a mathematician. The library Which
he sold at auction about twelve Years
ago in order to eXtricate his son, now
In holy orders, from his financial diff
culties. was one OF the most notable
collections Of mathematical works ini|
Europe. The Boncompagnis are one OF
M Al r