The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-14
BY La MAnau1sE DE FoNTENoY.

- HE Hon. John Ward. who was
| equerry to King Edward. and
| L who Is married to Miss Jean
| Reid, only daughter of the Amer
lean ambassador in London, and OF Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid. has just been gazetted
TO the office OF cquerry In waiting TO
| Queen Alexandra. When King Edward
| died John Ward was retained by George
! w but merely In the honorary capac-
| tty OF an extra equerry. Queen Alex
andfa mas now attached him 10 her
household as an equerry on the active
list. aud as such he VIII be called upon
to take his turn OF attendance upon her
az one OF her gentlemen In waiting
she has at the same time appointed
Lord knollys as her lord in waiting
Lord knollys was for forty years the
of her husband; and Miss Charlotte
Knollys, his sister has been for a sim
liar length OF time In attendance on
Queen Alexandra, who accords her a
than any one else in the world. Lord
Knollys. who is now over seventy years
of age, has been kept on by George VI,
whom he has known from babyhood. in
this Is merely q temporary arrange
Inent for the purpose OF enabling Sir
Arthur Bigge. the other private sec
rotary OF the new King. to pick up he
time Of o Eawa ny Wis hsa denise en- ea' '
With regard to the Knollys FAM
lily, Captain Robert Walter Knollys,
a nephew OF Lord knollys and
of the Hon. Charlotte Knollys. has
Just written letter to the
London Times, TO protest against
the assertion contained in It's columns
the other day that the Earldom Of
tsanbury had become extinct: Captain
Robert knollys is son of the late
colonel william Wallingforsd ord kno Oh =
the chief of the Knollys family. and
claimant to the Earldom OF Banbury,
and to the Viscounty OF Wallingiord.
The founder Of the Knollys family
Robert Knollys. who was among the
first knights of the Garter created by
King Edward III. Katherine, Lady
Knollys, was in attendance on Queen
on the scaffold In 1885 a Sir VIII
liam Knollys. also Knight OF the Car
ter. was treasurer OF the household to
Queen Elizabeth, and by her SUCCESSOR Is sor
Knollys in 1903, Viscount Wallingford
in 1916; and Earl of Banhury In 1926
by Charles I.
This first Earl Of Banbury married,
He survived until May IS, 1889. Lady
Banbury giving birth during I their
olas AS they had been undisputably
Lady Banbury. and had not been re-
pudlaed BY the f9rmer me a@ Soo OF ths
her late husband This view was
adopted by the Committee OF pri w
le.es OF the House 81 Loras, @ ,uba h fe1
their father was not in reality EdWard,
Lord yaux. who had been extremely e,l,
attentive to their mother; Despite !, me tn
upon by hostile Influences at court to
refrain from sending the writ 81 sum
mons to either Of the countess's sons
Parliament was even introduced-bu
not passed--to declare the younger OF
the two boys--the elder had died With
out Observation-Disclosures, -
that Is to say, the grandson Of the
Countess OF Banbury, whose honor hau
been called into question, and VINO,
although without q royal summons 70
was nevertheless known as the Earl
OF Banbury, was indicted for man
slaughter In 1892. as the outcome OF a
duel with his brother-in-law; and va was
slons Hc pleaded his peerage.. ana MS
ss Gaus gsot t. Hord F!a * II s essai
his was carried through the various rs
his favor BY the Supreme Court of
Appeal, presided by Lord Chief Justice
Holt in Judgment which went to
the effect that Charles Knollgs peins
untitled to the Earldom OF Banpury,
according To tho patents OF creation,
and to Ills legitimate descent from the
FIRST earl, was exempt from the JGTl s.
Is to say, his father was judicially dc.
nlared to have been the lawful son OF
the first Earl of Banbury. AS the crown
in spite Of this still declined TO grant
sailt In the House of Lords, Charles
Knollys, the titular Earl OF .Banbury;
could not be tried by the House OF
Lords. and thus escaped any kind or
punishment for the alleged man.
slaughter, Subsequently petitions, OF
his several descendants in the male line
to the crown for. their summons t9
the House of Lords We're all rejected
between 1893 and 1905.
In the latter year the senior del