The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
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and lawful heir to Archibald. eleventh.
Earl OF Eglinton. who died in 1876
without male Issue.
There are few peers now living IN
Great britain who have had more
trouble In connection With claimants
TO his honors and estates than LORI
Egiinton, some putting orward pre-
tensions TO hts carldem OF Eglinton
has been put to no little expense In
connection with the defense of his
rights.
among the claimants to the earl
dom OF Winton Is George Seton -Ander-
connected with one OF the great
shipping houses of Liverpool. who is
nrnlY convinced that the earldom OF
Winton should belong TO him. The
honors of the illustrious house of Sc
ton, which figures 20 largely In the
pages OF Scottish history. The fifth
OF Of The Seton n1ona Ear,s q Mintoa Is gen,
without issue. and II was on the
strength OF this belief that the thir-
tenth Earl OF Eslinton. who was able
70 prove to the satisfactton OF the
OF Lords that he was descended from
the FIRST Seton Earl Of W!nton. nb-
tanned recognition of the crown as the
lawful heir TO the earldom OF VIM
ton.
The fifth Lord Winton was impli-
Gated In the Jacoblte rising In the
carly part OF the eighteenth; century:
was incarcerated In the Tower OF Lon
his escape seeking refuge at Rome.
where he died about $50 years
there has always been a dues-
ton. as 10 whether he left any legitts
law. or OF a nature to satisfy the Com
8mittee of Privileges of the House OF
Lords. has been produced to show that
he even married. But there are all
sorts q Of stories Ei in u ri ST nnca according
TO some OF which he married in italy
and left Issue there. while according
to Others he made %freauent visits 10
married there. II he left children.
either of the male or OF the semale
their descendants would have
rights prior to those OF the present
Lord Eglinton to the Scottish earldoY
Iof Ninton, which is herituble by wo-
men as we'll as by men. The entire
issue rests upon the point as to Wheth-
err he did or did not marry, and 10
this day the search is being pursued
for information about the matter. not
only by Scotch and English people. but
also by Americans. among them being,
! understand. Ernest Thompson Seton.
the writer OF animal stories.
There are few Scotch peers WHO
unitcmore honors than Lord Eglinton.
who combines in his person the lines
namely, the Montgomerys OF Eagle
sham. the Eglintons of Eslinton. tho
Barclays of Ardrossan, and the Setons.s
one OF whose ancestors married the
sister Of King Robert Bruce.
The name of the thirteenth Lord Egg
linton father OF the present peer, was
very we'll known in this country ON
fifty or sixty years ago through his
establishment of a steamship service
|bctWe con Galway and America. which
would have been In existence to-day
had 1T not been for its nlismanagement
after his death.
It was this same Lord l5glint on who
organized the famous Eglinton tourna-
ment, which was held at Egllnton Cas-
tie. near seventy. years ago. II In
which not only the earl himself. but.
many other peers of high degree took
part: also Prince Louis sBOnaparte,A who
afterwards assembled the throne of
France as Napoleon III. rnrd Eglin-'
ton was undoubtedly the most notable
|tlgure atFtheN tournament.6 both in grace
|nfa bearing, n&strength and In $aGilitI,
and whereas the other KNIGHTS, BY
reason of thet great weight OF their
armor, had to be Rhoisted into their
saddles like so many raw recruits in
an.army riding school. the earl*vault-
hands high. without touching the stir,
|rup,@ nndSasl lightly as a feather, though
his armor was among the heaviest of
those who took part In this historic
Observation-Disclosures by Lord Beacons-
Held and other novelists. and which
had been Instituted for the purpose OF
showing the world aEliving picture OF
Old World $chivalry. 1T is estimated
that tho 3affair r cost him nearly $500,000.
|(Copyright, 1910, by tho brentwood
CompanY.)