The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-25
ANXIOUS T0MARRY,
. BUT LOSES CAREER.
Diplomatic Life Of Sir coleridgc
kcnnard Ends When He
Wcds.
CAR DEFIED BY BROTHER
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Incident Showing That All Snug
Cling Is Not lnten-
tional.
CAR DEFIED BY BROTHER
ny Ia MARou1sE DE ToNTENoY,.

tional.
by Ia N1ARauISE DE F0NTisNo Emu,
young Sir Coleridge kenna,di
n has proclaimed MS inte ,,n,t l',, t ~,
~ wedding the lady with wnom az, ~
= eloped us soon as eyer the de- de-
crce Of divorce Just granted TO her
husband, Captain James ira .,i., oue T.
Icy, of Castle Gorford. Carliihl ,iici, ~, -
lis diplomatic career will be brought
10 a premature close, since II WI,
entail his surrender of the post Oh
third secretary of legation, wnicn e nn |
George Barclay. lie was formerly at.
tache at Rome, and was transferred "
Tcheran by the Foreign Office, win ine
object of breaking off his I'M alua ''..,,a
for the lady in the case. VINO Is SUM- Z,
ton years older than himself. But u
was too late: and while he may pos,
sibly be transferred to clerkshlp az
the Foreign Office his career as u
diplomat from the moment ina, ne
makes Mrs Buckley his wife. Will be at
an end.
Sir Colcridgc served for time as
st,baltern OF the Grenadier Guards
before joining the diplomatic ser
vice and enjoys the unique eXperl.
ence Of having been created a baronet
ali the early age of five. His grand
father. the late Coleridge j. kennaru.
of Ternhll. near southampton, wac
for number of years me,hp o. NO
lcadine, bankers OF Lombard Street,
| London, and one of the strongest ana
most generous supporters oil tne vi,
servative cause. 1t was IN recosni-
\ tion thereof that he was nominated tot
| a baronetcy. But before the pateht
could be madc out he died suddenly;
and as his eldest son had predeGeas,ed
| him, the baronetcy was b1e,stoWeaa IN ~
| stead upon his five-year-old SFahuso''
| AT the same time, Queen Victoria CON
! ferred the title and precedence of the
l wife OF a baronet upon the old bankers
| widow. -
1 Much of the same procedure was fol-
lowed in the case OF inc Wiaow VI
/ William Patrick Adam. who died as
Governor of Madras Just as he was
about to be created a baronet, me
baronetcy being bestowed upon ms
son. Sir Charles Adam now LORD
who was at the time of his fathers
death twenty-five or twenty-three
years of age. The widow OF Sir Henry
Havelock, so celebrated in connec-
ton with his relief of Lucknow during
the great Indian AIutiny OF iifty-three
years ago. was likewise invested by
Queen Victoria with the rank ana
precedence that she would nave en-
joyed had her husband lived to re-
ceive the baronetcy which the crown
had decided to bestow upon him !,
was conferred instead upon his eldest
son. who was twenty eight at the time
along with life annuity OF 5000.
New Cabinet Member.
Joseph Pease, who has Just beer
appointed n member of the Britisi
Cabinet, as Chancellor of the Duchy o
Lancaster, is the younger son OF tn
well known in this country. not onl'
@ for his connection with one of N
' principal banking and mercanti!
houses in England. having eYtensiv
business connections With America bu
also as the head of an old quake
d family that has many affiliations amon
the Friends in the United States. II
- was OIL particularly intimate term
3 with Gladstone and one of his strong
est supporters He came in for som
criticism among the Quakers here an
in England for accepting a baronetc
from Queen Victoria, notEonly becaus
l. titular distinctions are contrary to IN
lie spirit OF Quakerism, but also by reaso
n OF the fact that baronetcios specilicall
It. entail the obligation to furnish III
or King with n certain number OF mel
lie fully armed for service In the held' a
80 obligat ton COMPROMISED by the pay
ment Of certain lump sum on crea
ton. This was held 10 be diametrl
ef cally opposed to the principle of peac
a, at all costs. which is one OF the chie
- articles of the creed of the Society
Friends.
., The founder of the fortunes of til
:. Pease family was Edward Pease, tn
Il Quaker father OF railroads, the mos
e. intimate associate of George Stephen
b. son in the creation of the stockton an
Darlington Railroad. the first in Eng
land, his son, Joseph, was the create
ed of the now important town of Middle:
as borough as well as the first quake
nd member OF Parliament, his objection
or taking the oath of allegiance In II
on usual form leading to many acrimt
NOUS debates. The business OF II
firm was an extensive one, compri:
o. ing banking, coal mining, iron work
he limestone duarries. etc, and It's co
on lapse in 1908 created a world-wit
sensation. Sir Joseph was crushe
thereby. Indeed his death may
1t broke not only his health, but al
his spirits. He left barely $4,000.
His eldest son, the brother of u
y new chancellor, Sir Alfred Pease. WI
last year seeded from the Liberal pa
. ty, in consequence of his disapproV
n ~, Of the financial measures OF the pre-
on on ent government, makes his hor
,,u chiefly in East Africa, where last f
81 90 he entertained the former President
Nd nd the United States on his immense G
he tate of Killima Theki. on the Kip
a "I Plains. which are always swarmil
,or with. game. Like, Lord Delanere Lo
ia Hindlip, Lord Cardross and CAPITA
,al Van der Weyer. formerly of the Sec
m open air life of British East Afri
ms more conGcnial than that Of EnglaI
,or DcficS the Car.
en- Grand Duke Michael, only survivi
nE brother of the Gear. has set the latte
Dor authority at such defiance that
est surprise need be felt If news Is
re- ccived that measures OF startling
nc severe character have been adopt
ulu towards him. 1t has been alrea
we mentioned that the grand duke j
n completely SURRENDERED himself to
w. infatuation for the divorced wife
"a, a subaltern officer Of the Guards,
wy whose sake he had been banishcd fir
St. Petersburg and assigned to d,
with "a line regiment at orel, VII
he has left st. Petersburg. where
are presence had become intolerahle q
res ing TO the manner in which he Y
ne, boycotted by his fellow-ollicers he
NV absolutely ignored his brothers ord
me- about remaining at Orcl, and with
hat paving the slightest attention to
Of military duties, is living openly "
an the woman at Moscow. driving alb
cat with her, and showing himself v
hoy her at theatres and restaurants, vi
nut out any attempt at ccncealment. Nj
the believe that they are already N
,nld ried. iiut II any ecclesiastical &C