The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-22
BY LA MARaUIsE DE roNrENoY.

ATTAIN WALTER LONG, who is
X accompanying the Duke OF Con-
nausht to Canada fortnight
hence in the capacity OF aide de-camp.
Is an officer OF the crack regiment OF
Scots Greys. and served through the
South African War, where he won the
Distinguished Service Ordor for con-
spcuous gallantry on the battlefield.
He Is the eldest son and heir of Wal
! ter and Lady Doreen Long. and is mar
| ricd to a niece of Sir Alan Johnstone.
British minister at The Hague. that Is
TO say, to the daughter OF his elder
| brother. Francis tombstone. the future
| Lord Derwcnt.
Captain Longs father WIS Secretary
for Ireland in the Balfour Cabinet.
Agriculture. and president OF the Local
Government Board. 1t Is to him that
Great Britain is indebted for the severe
dog muzzling and dog quarantine laws
now In force throughout the United
Kingdom and Ireland. which have had
the effect of completely stamping out
, rabies and hydrophobla. Dog lovers.
| however, do not appreciate this. and
to them the name OF Long is an OBJ
ject of exccration. What Is most OBJ
jected to In the laws Is that portion
thereof which prevents the bringing
OF any dog into the United Kingdom.
no matter after how short an absence
abroad. without undergoing a six
months quarantine Lady Dorcen is
one OF the sisters OF the Earl OF Cork.
and Walter Long himself Is an honest
straight-riding country squire. OF the
Tory persuasion. who has n gift of
hard hitting and plain speaking. rath-
er than charm OF manner. suavity or
persuasivencss.
Captain Long and his father. WAL
ter Long. both represent to-day the
old Wiltshire house OF Tylney Long.
1t Is still very rich family: but much
Of It's wealth was squandered by the
fourth Earl OF Mornington. whom his
uncle, the great Duke of Wellington.
used 10 describe as the curse OF the
Wellesley family. He succeeded, at the
age OF twenty-four. in winning the
hand of Catherine Long. elder sister
of Sir James Tyiney Long. and heiress
to portion OF his estates. valued al
ubout 100000 a year. and to sum
in cash amounting to a couple OF mil
lion dollars. In fact, Miss Catherine
Long at the time OF her marriage in
1872 was counted as the greatest heir
ess of her day. The early years OF
her nErried life were spent at Wan
stead Hall. palace on the borders of
Epping Forest, which was said to have
but one equal In England, namely,
Blenheim. but OF which to-day not one
stone upon another is left. For sew
eral years they lived happily. and three
children were born 20 them. Then sud-
denly change came over Lord Morn
ington, who developed into a tiend in.
carnate. How the transformation was
brought about no one knew, for the
person most deeply concerned, the
plundered heiress and neglected wife,
kept her own counsel. What is known
is that night after night, when Lady
Mornington lay dying, reveling went
on until early in the morning al the
great house, and II the stories of the
villagers Of Wanstead and Legion are
to be believed. not even the enter
tainments of the He'll Fire Club OF
Medmenham Abbey approached in
wickedness what took place at Wan
stead Hall. Lady Mornington's great
fortune could not. stand the perpetual
drain upon it Immediately on her
death. the earl was obliged to leave
England, and revenged himself by
selling Wanstead Hall to q Norwich
builder. on the condition that every
yest'Se Of the magnificent fabric above
ground. should be cleared away with
In twelve months.
Thereafter. Lord Mornington went on
shockingly. was to such an extent an
outcast, that a family council of the
members of the house Of Wellesley,
presided by the great Duke of Yelling
ton, decided that he was unfit to be
trusted with the care OF his own sons
This opinion was approved by the
courts, and at the instance Of the
Victor of Waterloo, the sons were
made wards in chancery. Finally,
without penny with which to bless
himself. ostracized by all, subsisting on
an allowance OF $40 paid to him week
ly by his uncle, the first Duke OF Well.
ington, and afterwards by the sec
ond duke, the fourth Earl of Morning
ton died in humble lodgings in Thyer
Street. In the Marylebone district of
London. He was succeeded in the earl
dom OF Mornington by his eldest son,
who had long before cast him off, and
who himself died without issue, In
Paris, in 1853. when the earldom of
Mornington passed to his cousin, the
second Duke OF Wellington.
Lord Leconfeld, who has just mar
ried Miss Violet Rawson, has one of
the most beautiful country seats in
England, Petworth Park, his place in
SUSSEX. being. moreover. crowded from
cellar to garnet with the most wonder
full art treasures. IT Ia especially
Identified with Turner, who in the days
whom II passed to the Lords Lecon-
feld) may be said to have almost made
his home there. Tho artist had his
own suite of apartments at Petworth,
and very large number of his paint