The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-21
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Marshal of the realm and pres.
ident OF the Royal College Of

MARSHAL of the realm aild pres
ident OF the Royal College Of
Heralds, has to determine all
questions of place and precedence IN
state functions, In accordance Will
the law and precedent, subject, OF
course always 10 the approval Of the
sovereign has completed the arrange
ments for the participation of queen
Alexandra in the coronation ceremonies
OF her son next June In A manner salts
factory both TO the King and 10 his
royal mother. The matter has been
one OF no little dclicacy and ditticult
10 determine, since there Is no pre-
ccdent, at any rate since Lancastrian
times for the presence OF a queen
Mother at the coronation OF her son.
II has now necn settled that Queen
Alexandra will sit on the left hand
OF King George a his coronation,
Queen Mary being az the right. ana
monarch and queen Mary in the pro-
cess!on To and from Westminster
Abbey She Will not accompany the
King and Queen In their long pro-
ceSsional drive, as she would md this
too fatiguing. but she VIII be present
at the many court functions that are
to take place in Buckingham Palace
and Windsor in connection with the
coronation.
There is moro in this ofIseial an
nounccment than meets the eye For
there has been much speculation unit
now as to whether the Queen Mother
ter-in-law, Queen Mary, as her sister
the Dowager Czarina. has over the
Young Impress IN Russia NJ the
court Of ST. Petersburg the Empress
Mother is always OH the right hand
Of Nicholas IL and his consort on the
left and tho latter Invariably makes
way for her mother-in- Law, on the
ground that she was crowned Clarina
before herself.
II was publicly asserted in the Eng
lish and foreign newspapers that Queen
Alexandra would insist upon the same
rights in England as her wiaowcJ
sister enjoys in Russia, although y
pointed out in these letters at the time
that Queen Alexandra was the very
last person in the world 10 put for
ward any such demand FROM ihc
fact that Queen Mary Viii sit at the
right of the King at the coronation
and his mother on the left, and that
this arrangement has received the
appreciation Of George Y. and OF nus
mother, It follows that Queen Mary
Will have the pas on all occasions
OF her mothcr-in-lsw, this being en-
tirely III accordance with EnSHsh
Views and ethics
the grcu, scotch house of Hope has
so many American Affiliations. and
there are such a number OF them maj
have found wives on this side OF the
Atlantic, That the news Of the en-
gagcmcnt of the head Of the family
tic Marquis OF Iinlthgow TO Miss
Doreen Miner Youngest daughter oil
the Right Hon. Sir Frederick George
Miner, WIZ excite a certain amomnt
Of interest in the United States. The
Marquis Is about twcnty-four years OF
age was educated at Elton, and is an
officer of the Lothian regiment
Ills father vas known throughout
the greater part of ms lite as the
motion to the Marquisate of I.inlitl-
gov for his services as the first Gov
crnor-Gencral OF Tho Commonweait "
OF australia, and as secretary 10Y
He was Very fond of ireland, and ~
particular entertained a great admira-
ZION for Irish women IN spcccn t,
delivered on one occasion, he reiateu
out on a tour OF Ireland IN search - p,
horse flesh. on the start he was toid
by u horse dealer at Dublin, nance
Murphy, that his eye might ailsht o.,
him happy for life, ~ did, added
the ma ruuis, pointing TO his wife, who
is tho daughter OF an Irish peer, Lore
Nentry, and he wound IN by recon
cnt 10 follow his example
IIopetoun House, the ancestral home
of the Marquis Of Linlithgow, 70 which
he viii take his bride, from ner nome n,,,,
dav in tha venr. The present mansion,
replacing a more ancient one Is
litIir over zoe wears old, stand on Q
magnificent terrace oycr'ooking the
estuary IL the Forth, and Is full OF
magnll.ert masterpieces, by Vandyke,
Rubens and Titan,
Tho present marquis Is also thes
eighth carl OF his line, The ilrst eari
was the son OF that john. Hope OF
lIopetoun who lost his life IN the.
shipwrcck of the Gloucester frtSatc
in 1852, off tho coast of Yarmouth,
along with tho Earl OF RoXburSh and
II humble r of ether members Of the.
suite of tho then Duke OF York who
was ono OF the few 70 escape, ana
whose rescue was little short OF
miraculous The duke, who succeed
cd to the throne three years after
wards, as King James IL, was at the
time Lord High Admiral of Great
Britain, ana to the best of my recollee-
ton this is tho last occasion OF the
shipwreclS of any member Of he Eng
lish royal family. True, Queen Nc
tQria's sailor son, the Duke OF Edin-
hnrgli (who died as sovereign Duke Of
Coburg}, ran his nagship, the sultan.
on to- Il rock near Malta, while In
command OF the Mediterranean squad
ron, and the vessel eventually sank,
But as she was subsequently re-
noateC and restored 10 commission,
and as moreover no lives were lost
i'm the mishap, II Is hardly correct
10 place the affair on theGsnme limo