New-York tribune., 1910-06-10

for several wears he was an officer OF the
ist Life Guards and afterward aide-de-
csmp 10 his father. when the latter was
Eicerov OF Ireland: that he had served
through the South African war as captain
OF mounted infantry: but that since his
return 10 England at the close OF the con-
hict and the completion of his father s
term OF Office as Lord Lieutenant OF re-
land he had been without any employment
and wholly dependent on an allowance OF
5000 a wear accorded 10 him by mis-
father He attributed his debts 10 gam
bling, and TO usurious rates or interest
charged by professional money lenders Al
the time OF his appearance in court IL was
expressly stated that his father ana ms
relatives were not inclined TO make any
offer Of composition with his credltors' the
idea probably being that in the position OF
an undischarged bankrupt he would ne
less likely to involve himself in any fur-
ther difficulties. For. in the first place. IL
is practically impossible for an undis-
charged bankrupt 10 get any money from
professional usurers, while II he OBTAINS
credit anywhere for an amount eXceeulng
500 without making clear the fact that ne
Is an undischarged bankrupt he VIII rem
der himself liable 10 criminal prosecution
and to Imprisonment with hard labor
Now, however. that he has become Nis-
count Chelsea and next heir 10 the earl
dom OF his father who is more than sew
enty years old. and in feeble health, steps
will undoubtedly be at once taken to OBJ
tain his discharge by means of COM
promise with his creditors, who are Ger
tain. however, TO show themselves much
more exacting at present than they would
have been at the time OF his bankruptcy,
three weeks ago.
Lord Cadogan has for number OF years
had his steps dogged by misfortune Two
years ago he lost his Oldest surviving son.
Arthur, Viscount Chelsea. father OF the 1T
tie boy who has just died. and not long
afterward his wife. Lady Cadogan was a
remarkable woman. and II was entirely
owing to her initiative that her husband
converted the former slulns OF Chelsea. at
one time the.most poverty-stricken district
Of London. into one Of the most fashionable
quarters Of the British metropolis She
was the life and soul Of the sC-called Chel-
sea reconstruction scheme, which in the
seventh and eighth decades of the nine
teenth century was in full blast and
which transformed her husband from a
ncble of average fortune. into a peer Of
land was sold vacant, on ninety-nine year
leases. and has since been built up with
street upon street and square upon square
Of the most costly houses and mansions in
London. which on the expiration of the
leases become the property of the ground
landlord, the wealth Of the House Of Cado-
gan is bound like that Of the Duke Of West
minister, steadily TO increase, in gigantic
strides as time goes by. The Chelsea prop
erty. such as 1t was, came into the family
through the marriage Of the grandfather
Of the present earl TO the heiress OF Sir
Hans Sloane, the eminent physician and
scientist whose collection constituted The
nucleus Of what is now known as the Brit
ish Museum.
Although the Cadogan peera ge-that is
to say, the present creation thereof-dates
only from the time of the younger Pitt, at
the close Of the eighteenth century, get the
II having been founded by a Welsh Prince
Fulys. who had q son named CadOgan.
Lord Cadogan's town house is one OF the
finest in the British metropolis, and is
famous for is marble statues, its great
marble hall and its stately marble stair
case. Il is OF modern construction, but
stands on the site OF an ancient mansion
which belonged in turn TO Queen Catherine
Parr, one Of the many Consorts of King
erset OF Reformation times and TO Sir
Hans Sloane
MARQUTSE DE FONTENOY.