The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-02
BIZ La aIAnaUJsE DE roNTENoF.
ING GEORGE has appointed the
oConnor Don to bear tho Stand :

I'M iG6OtGE has appointed the
h OConnor Don to bear tho Stand :
IN ard OF Ireland at the coronation.
The O'Connor Don. who is the
Kings licutenant and Cuatos Rotu-
forum for the county OF Robcommon.
and who makes his homo at Clonelis,
Castlerea. In County Roscommon, Is a
direct lineal descendant OF King Rod
erick O'Connor. who exercised supreme
sovereignty In ireland, until when In
llf2 he surrendered his sceptre 10
Henry H.. OF England. But the O'Con-
nor Don Is able TO trace his ancestry
much further back than this. For he
is descendant OF Eochoidh Morgh-
meodhm. who ruled IS King over Ire
land until his death. a. D. 366. and also
OF the iatters grandson. Dush Galach,
the first Christian King OF ConnauYht.
Conchobahr, popularity known "a Con-
nor who died as King OF Connaught
ton from the foundation OF the dynaa-
". and Il is from that time forth that
the family have been known by the
evidence OF the antiquity OF the lineage
OF the. O'Connor Don can be furnis ed
than the fact that his estates in Coun-
session of his family for over 700
Tho o'connor Don is unmarried. His
mother was held IN high regard by
the late Queen Victoria, who used al
ways, whenever she dined, either at
indsor or at Osborne, to cause her
l.
lar as Madam" o'Connor The irish
chieftains who have the prefix "The"
to tn, their r names; Invariably have their
this case is an official title. recognized
ms such by. the Court OF ST, James.
The word Tho" prefxed to the name
principal representative of one Of the
great houses that once exercised SOW.
ereign sway over the Emerald Isle.
l. la -
warrant; But among those few uS Whos 90
alike by the British crown and BY the
people of Ireland. arc The O'Donohue,
p pi.,a Ma,G;d Cd whose ancient title Of
tent ebaf oo be IN Is Kept up to tho ex-
, his own country as THE Prince" The
MM,a1cgillicuddy Of tho Reeka, Tho
L9Td lnI &c ! and The ,o'connor.
nor T6n The don" appended e Iii his
E,.ta is not a surname. but a
dispute. In the Irish language now
ever. Dun" signifies noble" much much
the same rs D on does In SPAIN ~
The OConnor Don, like his father.
VINO was member of Queen Victoria's
PrlYy council. Is a Liberal. hut holds
aioof from politics, favoring MS no
Rule than that demanded by the present
irish party. In this no resem bIes his
iaIiter, VINO was tQetcnted Some TWEEN
~ years ago at the polls by John Red
mono, the present Nationalist leader. E
\. st. Dunstan's Lodge where Lord and
Lady Londcsborough entertained the
German lompero and Empress and
their daughter alta garden party. which
was indeed one of the chief features
of the Kaiser's London VISIT and the
only occasion on which he came into
actual contact with English society,
iigures In SO many of the novels deal
Ing with the early Victorian era. no
tah!y those of Thackeray, Lord Ben
consf1eld ETC., that It. possesses a GER
tain amount Of interest for people on
this side Of the Atlantic IT was ht,iIf
at the beginning of the last century
by the Marquis of Hartford who wns
braeli's Lord Monmo1th," in hat
metropolttan Regents Park, which was
| laid out about the same time and de-
signed by George W, Prince Regent.
Tho mansion liz surrounded by about
fifteen acres OF garden, lawn. grand
| old trees and ponds, in tho centre OF
| the park. Just beyond the Royal Bo-
| tanical Gardens; and although In tho
very centre of London. conveys tho i'm
| preston OF being a country scat out
| In Surrey, remote from any bit.iltoIyn
IT used to be known MS IIcrtfcrd Lodge,
When. In 1890, old st. Dunstan's Ch,lrnh
1 In Fleet street was pulled down. Lord
Iiertford purchased the clock h tower
| and The wonderful old clock with ita