The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
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lowing the Norman conquest, and that
many OF the portraits, articles OF fur
1 niture sim In use. and above all the
almost priceless Gobelin tapestries
! which adorn the dining room, date from
| the reign OF Henry VIII. 1t Is Inn
| possible 10 find anywhere in the world
an abode more luNuriously equipped
| with every conceivable comfort Of
twentieth century life than GMms-
, thorpe Castle.
The other castle OF which the former
Eloise Breese now becomes chatelaine,
as Countess of Ancaster. Is that of
Drummond. which came into the family
of Lord Ancaster. through tho marriage
of tie twenty-first Lord Wllloughby
OF Eresby and second Lord Gwydyr,
with Clementina Sarah. daughter anu
sole heiress of james Drummond, Earl
of Perth. The castle stands about
three miles southwest of Chief and tho
castle gates are reached through grand
old avenues OF trees which are with
out equal III the United Kingdom The
oldest part OF the castle dates from
1891, when II was built by the first
Lord DrummOnd. q nuhleman whose
ancestors descended from the ancient
Kings of hungary. came 10 Scotland
with Prince Edward Atheling OF Eng
land. when he fled from the latter
country after the death OF King Harold
and the battle of Hastings, IN l16G.
In the days Of Cromwell Drumnond
Castle received some rough treatment
had been rebuilt, WAS partially de-
molished Again. in It's. the widow
Of the nth Earl of Perth Cher hus-
bands title of Duke Of Perth be-
slowed by King James H., al ST. Ger
main. had never been recognized By
the English gOyernmenD, RACED at ppr-
tlon OF the walls. to prevent the
castle from being used as fortress
then operating in Scotland against the
young pretender, IL was completely
restored. however at the end of the
eighteenth century. and is still sur
rounded by the world-famed gardens,
which were already celebrated as far
back as in the reign of Charles II, and
have a. general ground plan, tho de-
sign of the Scotch flag. Marking tho
centre is an immense multtplex sum
dial, constructed in 1880. and which
having no less than fifty faces, indi-
Gated the time of day in every direc-
ton.
There are few abodes in the United
Nlngdom more replete with historic
memories than Drummond Castle; for
the Drummonds furnished no less than
three Queens to Scotland. the best
Known Of all being Lady Margaret
nrummo , eonsort Of James ", who
along with her two sisters, TO
enable her husband to marry Prin-
cess Margaret of England, another
or the sisters of King Henry
' IT. hdlS, queen OF Scots, was
frequent visitor to Drummond Castle.
her son, James l., and her grandson,
Charles l. of England often staying
mere The young pretender slept there
on the eve OF the, to him. so fateful
battle of Culloden. Queen Victoria
vas chere in 1912, and recording in her
llarles the visit. expresses her adj
niration for superb gold ever, with
| basin of the same metal, three fest
n diameter dating from the time Of
hat Lady Arabclla Drummond who
married King Robert III. of scotland
ma became mother of Scotlands poet
Nins, lanes H., whose authorship OF
ne famous love story In verse. THE
Ning's Quhair,' is now universally ac-
'epted by scholars
Copyright, 1910, by the Brentwood
Company.)