The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25

to-day, instead of the three bars to
which tho earlS In these modern times
arc restricted. The word ca,skins is
merely corruption OF the medieval
FRANCO English words "Suatrc skins"
L, Is Interesting TO recall that Lord
l'cfD? miSht to-day be occupying the
throne OF Greece, in the place OF King
George, mad not his GRANDPA Their tho
ioufieenth euri, preferred tho exist
ence ana prestige OF q great EnEilsh
noble Of enormous wealth ANA royal
ancestry (the Lords OF Derby are de-
Seconded from Edward ID TO that OF
thc monarch or mushroom, tur-
buicnt Kingdom in tho ..evunt For
tho Greeks in the carly. sixties offered
their crown first or all 10 King Ed
wards sailor brother. Prince Alfred
VINO died rs sovereign Duke OF Coburg,
and after that to the fourteenth Lord
Derby, who had been premier when
England presented Greece with tho
group OF lonlnn Islands, Including Cor
III IL was when Lord Derby rejected
IN" ViIer, greatly to the indiE nn ton OF
Disraeii. who complained that the earl
was man devoid OF imagination"
mat the Greeks elected Prince William
OF Denmark, who nov reigns az
George L., and who received his train
Ing in tho English navy.
iHc Sthhie!s mad, however, already
mad some previous experience of
soFereishtE. For from the reign of
Henry ~. ana till the death OF the
Earl OF Derby. towards the close OF
the reign OF George H., that is to
say. for nearly 900 years. they ruled as
4.snSs over the Isle OF Man, subject to
the suzcrainty OF tho British crown
Tho Lords of Derby were in fact OF :
ncially styled Kings of Man" and
not long before the death of the late
and sixteenth carl, he presented to
King Victor Emmanuel Ill. who had
the finest numismatic collection in tho
world, series of coins. minted during
the reign OF The house OF Stanley
over the Isle of Man. and which had
been discovered during tho course OF
excavations AZ Castle Rushen.
The sovereignty of the island on
tho death OF tho tenth Earl Of Derby
without Issue. passed to the Duke of
Atholl, as descendant OF Lady Anne
la Stanley, youngest daughter Of the
seventh Lord Derby and tho succeed
Ing Dukes OF Athol sold by degrees
not only their sovereignty, but also all
their other rights in connection with
the island. to the British crown. for a
sum estimated 1T Sl0,000,000. The
coins presented to Victor Emmanuei
, all bear the Derby crest, namely, the
eagle and the child.
This crest came to the stanleys
along with their Lancashire country
seat Of I1nowslcy Hall. through the
marriage of Sir John Stanley to the
daughter and heress of Sir Thomas
I.athom. of knowsley, in 1885. Accord
I Ing TO family legends and traditions,
one OF the Lathom owners of Knows
ley was notified one day that one of
the great eagles nesting in tho trees
OF his park had been seen carrying a
child to it's cyrie. The knight rescued
the baby. which had remained quite
unharmcd. and which was wrapped In
costly Gold-ombroidered swaddiing
clothes. OF apparently foreign make.
All efforts TO Identify the Infant hav.
ing failed. the Knight of Lathom and
his dame, who were we'll advanced in
years and childlcss. adopted tho little
fellow, and he became heir to their
property. master OF Knowslcy and an
cestor OF the Earls OF Derby.
Knowsley is a magnificent place and
has been the principal home of the
historic house of Stanley, ever since
the marriage OF Sir John Stanley to