The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-21
LORD DYNEVOR NOW
In HOUSE OF LORDS
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r ORD DYNEVOR pronounced pin
Hosse Th9 pora accession iSlo3r 70 n the
fathers death. creates a vacancy
In the Conservative ranks OF the House
Of Commons, boats Of descent from
Lady Margaret. half-sister OF King
Arthur Of the Round Table celebrity.
and Is chief OF one OF the Oldest OF
Welsh families. He IS l!neally de.
scended In the male line from Roderick
the Great. the laet King OF united
Wales. who died in the ninth century,
ana whose three sons divided Wales
between them. Lord pynevor Is de-
the principally OF South waleB
The family has been In the posses.
sion OF the Dynevor Castle estate from
time immemorial. The ancient castle
ITSELF. which dominates the Valley OF
Tony. in Carmarthenshire is in ruins.
ana the modern mansion. which WAS
punt little over hundred years ago.
MS setting, noble. park. with its
majestic trees many hundreds Of years
old, is magnificent.
Lord Dynevor, like most other Eng
lishmen OF rank. has put in some years
as private secretary to cabinet minis
ters, notably TO Lord George Hani-
ton when Minister for India, and to
Admiralty. He IS married TO a daught-
er Of Lord Jersey. owner OF ChIlds'
Bank. In London, and Is. like his faith
eer before him. great traveller. having
been several times round the world
The late Lord Dynevor had number
OF adventures while travelling, end was
Just leaving San Francisco when the
earthqnake took place there. six years
ago. escaping with no other loss than
that OF SILK hat. which. along with
It's leather hat-box. perlahed in the
catastrophe. 't
The Lord Clifford whose death has
taken place SO suddenly al Old Park,
his country Seat In Sussex. near Chi
chester, must not be COMPOUNDED with
here last fall, and who is the eldest
son and heir of the Marquis OF Tweed
dale The Lord Clifford who has just
been gathered to his fathers was 4
toria Cross during the Ashanti War OF
1874, not for one, but for several feats
OF heroism,. being the first man TO
enter the Ashanti capital of Coomassie.
Wolseley in the South African War Of
1878. and although he did not actually
receive tho surrender of the Zulu King
Cetewayo. yet il was his close pur-
nights. al the head OF a party OF
scouts. that caused the dusky mon
arch TO give himself up TO Major Mar
ter. Afterwards Lord Clifford was
Colonial Secretary for West Australia
and for Gibraltar, retiring TO take up
his life in Sussex. where he was promi-
nent In the hunting field.
or Lord Giffords three brothers, Ed
ward. who was in the navy, was lost in
the Eurydice, off the Isle OF Wight In
March 1873. while Maurice who lost an
arm In the Ma tabele War. was burned
to death in a particularly shocking
fashion last year, paralysis preventing
him from moving hand or foot to ex-
tinguish the flames which were con-
Stunning him. He left a young son.
Charles by name. now twelve years of
age. who becomes the heir to the title.
his. uncle. the new Lord Clifford. be-
ing the only survivor of the late lords
brothers. He is a member OF the bar,
Is married to the widow Of Thomas
Booth, and he has no children.
The peerage was created by George
~. in favor OF Sir. Robert Clifford. as
reward for his energy in prosecut-
ing. as attorney-general. the unfortu-
nate Queen Caroline. on the occasion
OF her trial for marital misconduct by
the House OF Lords. He was the son
of an Exeter linen draper. whose wife
was the daughter*of a butcher OF the
same city,.
Lord Ebury. who in a public letter