The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-30
ny IA MARQUEE DE roNTENoY.


FREEMAN THOMAS. who lost his
Il seat In the House OF Commons az
the last general election. and VINO
was created q peer or the realm
on Thursday last. on the occasion oI
the official celebration OF the new
Kings birthday. is son-in. law OF inc
Lord Warden OF the cinque Ports, Lord
grasssy The n, 9s y, geeefnan T fihsrlo
Is the youngest daughter OF LORD Bras
sey by his arst marriage, and under
the name OF Marie she is famillar 70
every American reader OF her mother
fascinating and stili popthlar 60 Gam eh
portraying the. lie OF the frst Lazy Lazy
Bressey and OF her children on ooara
| what is probably the most famous
| steam yacht atioat. t,r,,,y
The new peer belongs TO fanny
which settled about 40 years ago IN
SUISSE. to enjoy big fortune defivea
| from great Estates in the West lncies,
eapee.siiy in Antisua;i n ~ ~ Ratt ION
/ Hall, in Sussex, not far from Eusl,
| bourne, since the beginning OF the lsst
/ century. HIS father was an oIicer y.
| the Rifle Brigade and MS Iiothet "a 9. a
1 daughter OF that first Lord Hampdeh
/ who received his peeragc for his ser
vices as Speaker of the House OF Com.
mons. Freeman Thomas Is man %
/ about forty-four. is a great c!lcke.s =,
having captained both the Elton ana
! to his father-in- Jaw. Lord Brassey.
when the latter was Governor OF sic-
/ toria and served as major OF the Sus
sex Yeomanry through the South AiT!-
| can War.
He and his wife were responsible for
/ very severe rules which the peninsula
and Oriental Steamship COMPANY en-
| deavored for time, with more or less
success TO enforce with regard 70 lts
/ officers. 1t seems that the Freeman
Thomases when travelling home from
! Australia on board the CHINA, VIZ
rgiving a dinner party on board. az
which the captain and several OF the
I chief officers were present, when the
liner, the finest of The company, was
suddenly whecked. AS the result o.
i the investigation which ensued the a..
rect'ors issued regulations to the eHect
1 that officers We're no longer TO mlhs!e
l with the passengers during voyages nor
to accept Inequalities from the latter
on board; that is 70 . say' thsy , Mere
Il and their meals were to be served at a
). separate table. Many of the ofncers
of the Peninsula and Oriental Conn
! Of excellent family the names OF not
q few figuring In the peerage lndeeo'
when for one reason or another q
Iyoungster has not been able to get iH.o
the royal navy, he Is as q rule put my !, :
the Peninsula and Oriental service as
: the next best thing, the fleet OF the
company. with its prestige as part ~
the naval reserve. occupying Nst5 s!iIuo n :,
the same position towards the royal
navy as the militia or territorials az. 40
towards the regular army. UP III
then officers of the Peninsula and OIL
entail service were the life and soul IL. OF
!, all the gaiety on board and the leadins
}spirits in all the entertainments. lne
ltheatrtcals. the dances and the nun
7 dred and one things that go TO relle sNa
the monotony OF long sea VOYAGE
The effect of the new rules was to rem
l der travel by the line much duller th "a
!, ltheretofore, while over 100 of the OH
GERS sent in their designations !.
5 Melbourne as A. d. c.. to his father.
, in-law his principal duty seemed r,e, C. e
consist in picking him up. Thls Is
meant literally, and not metaphorl,calttsy
for there has never been e0lohi a.
5 during his term of office as LORD hras
sey. who beat the record even or Lore
{ Glasgow. in New zealand, In THIS Sa con q
neeeon lie Nv Vas nd dnsewn ana stil more
Frequently from his bicycle, three %, Q.
0 his 'tumbies from the latter being the
q result of collisions. He fell IRON rom, IN n,
g tested harbor OF Melbournse; he Eel
J ana injured his kneecap while ascend
: ing the stairs to open in state m
J, Colonial Legislature; ne ten w VIII
S while playing the innocent game, O
! tennis, he made so unduly energetic
. swipe at the ball that he lost his pal
8 ance and fell heavily on his mead. AM
f when lie was not tumhling In any othe
way he would be falling off to sleep
Y odd and inconvenient moments, some
f times at state dinners.
1t Is impossible to Write anythlnl
about Lord Brassey or about his daugh
ter Marie, now a peeress. Of tho realm t n
Q Without recalling her brilliant mother
8 the first Lady Brassey. who perishe'
4 tarin "
It Years ago. vanishing from on boar
! The Sunbeam, midway. between BON
bay and Australia. without her J hu =
:, ne Yacht having seen her fall or throy
: herself oyerboard Yet she passed, be
q vond the range OF human.ken one after
: noon in broad daylight, between i, TN u
and dinner when the sea was as snlool
g &c a n,irror. and no sail nor land Il
sight. leaving. no written message