The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-08
LORD GREVILLE ON
VISIT TO AMERICA
BY ia oIARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.
r ORD SGREVILLE, who arrived yes
terday*.on board the Mauretania
J, with his American wife. daughter
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BY la DIARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.
r ORD NGREVILLE, who arrived yes
terday*,on board the Mauretania
with his American wife. daughter
OF John w. Grace. of New York,
and widow of the late Henry S. Kerr,
of that city. succeeded to his fathers
4 peerage last winter, a few weeks only
after his marriage. He went throusih
the Boer War as captain OF the Seventn
Hussars. and has seen some colonial
service as military secretary to Lore
Northcote. when the latter was Gov
ernor of Bombay, and Afterwards GOV
ernor-G General of Australia He repre-
sents the junior line of that family OF
Greville of which the Earl of war
wick Is the chief, and is son or
that Lady Greviue whose name Is
familiar to many American readers
through her letters on fashion In the
/ London Graphic and in other Ensnsh
and also in some American papers.
She is daughter of the late Duke OF
guished looking woman, who. although
/ she writes on etiquette. on which she
is recognized as an authority, never
theless makes an odd mistake by styl-
| though to remind every one that she
is daughter of duke According to
strict English etiquette. the daughter
lof duke or marquis who Hlarries
| baron, such as the late Lord Gre
Vile, loses. ipso facto. the, rank and
| precedence OF her birth. her status
being that OF her husband. 1t is only
| IL she had married commoner tnat
| she could have retained her rank and
| precedence as dukes daughter and
| her Christian name. preceded BY the
| title of Lady" and followed by the
| patronymic OF her husband. 1t may
be remembered that Sir Edward Malet.
long the British ambassador at Ber-
lin. who married the sister of the
present Duke OF Bedford. declined to-
accept the peerage that was offered to
ground that It would entail his wlfe.s
loss of her rank and precedence az q
dukes daughter The widowed Lady
Greville's correct and official designa-
Vile" but "v!olet, Lady Greville," the
present Lord Grevilles American wife
being the" Lady Greville.
The elder brother of Lord Greville,
namely, "Ronnie" Greville, who died
two years ago, predeceasing his father.
was as enthusiastic a Conservative ~
the late Lord Greville was Il Liberal and
Home Ruler. and when Ronnie was
high sheriff for County Westmeath and
the late Lord Greville was president
a. the Westmeath county Council. a
battle royal took place between them
on the subject OF the Irish flag. LORD
Greville. in his capacity as president OF
the county Council, claimed the right
county court house, at Mullingar, sup
ported in the matter by the unanimous
vote of the Council, to which Ronnie
Greville replied that he would be
shot before he would permit his father
or the Council to hoist such dis
loyal emblem over the court house OF
Westmeath as long as he was higi, ,
meeting of the Council after this
declaration OF war the late Lord Gre
Vile attempted TO raise the flag. but
found large body of police and Irish |
constabulary assembled by the captain
n a dr. o.
ensued, the late Lord Greville, the
county Council and the public on one
side, and Ronnie Greville, the police |
and the constabulary on the other. the |
they are called there). while Lord Gre
ville's followers naturally awaited them
selves of the shilalahs, brickbat5, |
stones and everything else that came
although no ono was killed. good
deal of damage was done. AT thel
height of the struggle Lord Grevillei
rescued the flag from tho police made
court house, and flew it from the win
dow, to the cheers of the crowd below,
His triumph was, however, short-liVed:
for almost Immediately afterwards the /
the victory of what has ever since
been known as the battle of Mullingar,i
remained with the high sheriff.
Mrs. Ronnie Greville, who has Wis
and who. with her husband were among
the most intimate friends and frequent
hosts of the late King Edward, is the
daughter and heiress of the mult1-mtl-
lionaire. the Right Hon. William
McEwan, and receives an allowance
from him of some $4,000, which is
destined at his death to be increased
to at least s1,ooo.ooo per annum
The present Lord Grey Sl,e,a has two two
years ago Lord KinnoulYs brother,
Alestair Hay, and the other is married
to Herbert Greer. with whom she lives
at Sydney, In New South Wales.
George Morrison, now on leave Of
absence in England, is to take over me
direction of the foreign policy and az
present occupant of that post namely.
Valentine Chirol, who formerly be-
longed to the foreign office. DR.. MOI.
rison is merely in London on ms
which he viii return to his post, as
REPRESENTATIVE of the London Times
at Pekin, where he can now be spared
less than ever, In view OF the en-
traordinary Importance which Ghinese
affairs have assumed during the last
Those who met with him when he
was here to attend the Peace congress
nit that he Is an extraordinary man.
An Austrian BY BIRTH he walked right ! : NJ
an exploring expedition in New Guinea.
coming away With two ea apear d ssaes
~ Ed,nhnrrh. Went through a post
q course under charcot, in
Paris acted as court physician to the
Shereef OF Wazan, in Morocco, went
out from Liverpool to New York as
an emigrant. in the storage. served
as an assistant purser in a ship in
the West Indian fruit trade, signed as
an ordinary seaman before, the mast
in the South Seas to study the Kanaka
question, was one of the heroes Of the
defense Of the legations during the
Boxer rebellion, has explored Indo.
China; and on the strength Of 5000
miles trip through China in native
dress at a cost of about 500, and a
book written about 1t, obtained the
post of correspondent of the London
Times at Pekin, which he has now
held for fifteen years.
About Chinese affairs he knows every
thing in advance and on many occa-
sions has published revelations in the
Times that have shaken the diplo-