The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-06


OF Great Britain. At Copenhagen.
IN the place of Clifford Pnchots
brother in-lav, Sir Alan Johnstonc. Is
brother OF Plunkett Greene, the singer.
and. like the latter an freshman. He
Will he chiefly remembered Us having
been the representative OF England at
Pretoria, at the time of the outbreak
Of the last war In south Africa. and
in spite OF his being the envoy of the
power that was looked upon as the
chief enemy OF the Boer republics long
before the war broke out, managed
TO get OH Very we'll with old Pres
ident Kruger, owing to his having
acquired a very fair mastery OF the
Dutch language Indeed. both sir WI
liam and his wife. Lady Lily Grcere,a
daughtcr OF Lord Courtoun. succeeded
In getting themselves very much liked
by tho Bocr officials at Pretoria, thanks
TO their savo!r Gairc. their inpcr,urba-
bility and their good nature SO that
although II was reported at one mo
mcnt that they und The members OF
the legation had been massacrcd on
the outbreak OF host.lties. they were
never at any nonen, In danger
SIR William was made the subject
al rather sensational episode while
subsequently holding the Office OF
British envoy 20 Switzerland On the
occasion OF New Years Day rccep
ton in the Federal palace. at Bcrnc,
he Is said to have remarked 10 q
friend commenting on slic SyNcton
scandal AT Paris: "Ahi when II VIII BE
necessary to 70 to Frances aid after
Will have TO be done with brain
speclalists. ana with nurses from
lunatic asylums' \ secretary OF the
French embassy overheard this and
OF the diplomatic corps ~ Bcrnc.
called upon Sir William to explain.
Sir William declined 10 give any cN-
PLANTATION what 'oevcr, on the ground
I'm no trSt mis- I tor
OF Indifference to him what reports
cav"sdroppcrs made concerning him.
and that, moreover, since the French
ambassador Raindrc had taken upon
himself 10 make such frequent un
friendly reports about him, with the
view of securing his recall, that lie
lid not consider himself called upon
10 give an explanation Not long after
wards Sir William was promoted 10
The more highly paid post OF Buch-
Arrest, while Ambassador Raindrc was
shelvcd
succeeded at Bucharesi by Walter
I,eaupre rownlcy hitherto cnvoy a
f'uenos Ayrcs, and who will be re-
in the United states AS iirst secretary
and councillor Of the British embassy
AT Washington, where his wife. Lady
Susan Townlcy. sister of Lord Abe
marie. OF George and of Dcrck Ecppci
played prominent part in the social
war that culininated, in the recall 81
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and OF her husbands own chief, sir
Henry Mortimer Durand.
Many great houses of the English
;rlstocrhcy have been placed in mourn
ing by the death Of Lady Emily Kings
cote, who was the widow OF Sir Rob-
ert Nigel Kingscote and who FOR
forty years Was q lady in wait
ing to Queen Alexandra. Lady
Itingscotc was a daughter OF that
81, IA.
bcrlain 10 Quetn adelaide, and who
was believed by many to have been
secretly married 10 tic widow of King
William ~. Lady Emily may there
in court circles from hey earliest
youth, ana she was Il friend of Queen
Alexandra ever since the lattcr's mar
tiage, that Is 70 say. ior seven or
lady in waiting. Most of those Amer
leans who have been presented To Queen
Alexandra. will recall Lady Emily, who
WAS very handsome and distinguished
looking woman; one who stood so
high IN the regard Of her royal m's,
trcss that when prevented by age and
nlirmity from continuing her duties
as lady in waiting. she was maintained
maindcr OF her days. She played Il
prominent role at the last coronation.
in immediate attendance OH Queen
Alexandra, and her death has the el-
feet OF placing III mourning her only
| surviving daughter. the Marchloness Of
! Cholmondelcy her half sister, the
| Duchess Of .ibercorn her nephew. the
! Duke of Beaufort; Lord Howe and his
mother; the Earl and Countess of
l.ondesborough and her only son, Nigel
| kingscote. formerly an officer OF he
! Rifle Brigade, and who made his home
/ with her
There are few, II any. English fam
| lies. Htlcd or untitled. OF greater an
| tiquity than the kingscotcs. whose
pedigree goes back in an unbrokcn
| line to tho year a. n. ass. while Kings
cote Manor. their ancestral home in
| Worcestershire, has been in their pos
| session ever since llhi. Robert i'itz-
! Denmark. married Eva niece of VIII
! liam tho Conqueror. by this union he
| lad several children. among them Il
| son OF the name OF Maurice Maurice
married Aldeva. daughter Of Nigel
! l'itzarthur Of Is Ing cole, and rcceived
IL; his dover the Manor Of Iiingsrotc,
tho, marringc taking place in l15i.
owner of the Manor or kingscotc, is
the sixth of the Lords of the Manor OF
| kingScote to bear the Christian name
| Of Nigel, and the twenty sixth in
descent from Robert l'itlhardingc. Tho
manor has always remained in the
possession OF tho Kingscotes, without
! Interruption. and the domain inca s,ires
rs II did according to the records of
| the first Doomsday Book. nearly 900
, years ago
| Tho mansion. part OF which is very
| old, was added 10 in 1920, and was SIT
uatcd ON the edge of one Of the many
lvalleys or dclls running from the ton
OF the Cotswold Hills, some $40 feet
| H. II L..