The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-19
Y ia MARauIsE DE FoNTENos.
- lELD MARSHAL LORD kITCti-
L. E,NrR, who Is spending the win
ter in Egypt, and who will re

- lEJl MARSHAL LORD hlICtt-
l. ENER, who is spending the win
ter in Egypt, and who VIII re-
main there and in the Soudan
until April or May next, is to take
| up the duties of inspector general of
| the army in June, that is 70 say, about
! place of General Sir John French who
/ is to succeed General Sir William
| Nicholson as chief of the general stan,
! Sir William being transferred 70 the
command In chief OF the military
/ forces In ireland, in succession TO Cen
eral Sir Neville Lytteltou. The inl
porance of this appointment lies in
the fact that according " the state
ments OF the various Ministers of War,
| in the event of any great war, the
inspector general OF the forces would
receive the supreme command of the
army in the field. the idea. according
to- the admissions Of the government,
being that the generalissimo should
I.be kept In the closest possible touch
with the army in time of peace by
serving as nspector-general.
This appointment of Lord Kitchener
TO the post of Inspectors general of the
forces, with the governments pledge of
chief command In the event OF war.
! constitutes a satisfaction To public
sentiment in all parts OF the British
army, and Will be very popular. 1t is
ascribed to King George himself. rath-
er than TO the administration. The
King and queen have great liking
for Lord Kitchener, of whom they
law q great deal In India few
years ago: and during their stay In
Scotland last summer, he was not
only their most frequent visitor but
1.-THE one who was kept on each occasion
the longest time at Balmoral. King
George, by virtue of the Constitution.
is the chief of the army. all The Of
iicers of which hold their commits
sions entirely at his pleasure, In In
sistng upon the appointment of Lord
N fF tor
general, he has acted not only in ac-
cordance with his own views as TO the
appropriateness of the nomination, but
also in Difference TO the sentiment of
his people.
Old Lady Congleton, whose death has
Just taken place, was cousin Of
Charles Stewart Parnell, the great
their differences in age, to style and
treat her as an aunt. She was the
widow and third wife of John Parneli
second Lord Consleton, whose second
wife. lihatoon, had been a Persian
woman, OF Shiraz, and widow OF an
Armenian merchant, Yoesoof Constant
tine, of Bushire Persia. This second
Lord ConSleton was Plymouth Broth
had died while he was doing mis-
sionary work at Bagdad, and his sec
ond Wife, namely, Iihatoon, having be-
come one of his converts, was prompt
ly turned adrift by her family, where
children by this Persian wife: but
by the third wife, that is to say, the
Lady Congleton who has just died
there was daughter who Is the
wife of young Ambrose Vaudeville. of
Amer Castle, Clonmel
This Lord Congleton was succeeded
by his brother Henry, who witnessed
the entry of the Cossacks into Paris
in 1911, a year later heard Napoleon
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marched out to Waterloo, and not only
took part as q naval officer in tho
battle of Navarno, but also served on
board the shannon, after the capture
Congleton Is the fifth of his line, and
will come of age next year.
The Parnell family, which halls orig
inally from the town Of Consleton, in
since the days Of Charles H., when
Tobias Parncll, one of the Aldermen
of ConSleton, crossed the channel to
Erin and purchased an estate In Ire
nell. Archdeacon of Clogher at the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century, was
celebrated as poet. was the intimate
friend of Pope, Swift, Addison and
of their writings, Ills nephew, John
Parnell, was created n baronet of Ire
land, and 1t was his son, successor
and namesake who was so celebrated
cellor of the Exchequer and as Lord
of the Treasury, He had many warm
and intimate friends and. admirers;
among them an~Irish landowner and
county magnate, Samuel Hayes. who
as token Of his affection and regard,
bequeathed TO him his Avondalc cs-
tate, in County Wicklow.
This Sir John Parnell on his death
left the Ayondalo estate TO his third
son, William. who assumed the addi-
tional surname of Hayes His son.
tJohn Henry. married TO Della, dangh-
ter OF Commodore Charles Stewart, of
the United states Navy, was tho
father Of Charles Stewart Patnell, the
great Irish leader since the atter's
death the AYondnle property has been
purchased by the government for use
rs Il national forestry school for lre-
land The rooms occupied shy Charles
Stewart parnell arc kept as nearly
as possible as they We're during his
own llfetime
/ have mentioned that Sir John Par