The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-25

prior to his accession TO the curldom
and whose name WAS on two occasioni
published as about TO contract az
American matrimonial alliance. has IT.
the press, ami is about to publish.
dealing with the excavations which
have been carried on during the last
hve years At his expense. and largely
under his direction. at Thebcs: eXcava
tions which may add nave been rich
IN their discoveries. Lord Carnarvon
has been known in connection with
' nosy n n,is but 9ro no one save hi:
aware that lie not only possessed II
pronounced taste for archaeology. but
also q quite remarkable knowledge
thereof. which his vast wealth enAb,rti
him 10 turn to very useful account.
as, for instance IN his extensive and
1srtiie explorations OF tho ruins ~
There are few peers win more re-
markablc records for travel Indeed,
he had already been several times
round the world. ana had visited all
sorts of remote corners of the globe IN
his big steam yacht. before lie attained
his majority. and the result was thai
When a twenty-five he succeeded to
the great fortune Of his father which
is stu growing-and to all the re-
sponsibIlities entniled by the posses
sion Of vast landed estates in Eng
land; In Canada, and In the Antipudes.
those folies and absurdities so 81
Ten zen associated with fledglins .peere.
He is married TO Miss Alniina Womb
Wombwell who was of French birth. Il
Mile: Boyer) who Is Il sort Of adopted
child OF the bachelor Alfred dc Rothn-
siderable portion OF the latters grca,
wealth. She l. n rather pretty aud
dainty little blonde OF The Dresden
China order, who perhaps jus, on that
nickname OF the Marauise" She has
two children. the boy now thirteen
S S,,nor Of age nsnpins HE fathers
In accordance with ancient custom,
on tho birth OF an heir to the Earldom
OF Carnaryon. 500 gallons OF beer were
OF the occasion. and placed In casiS.
made from oak grown on the iIighclcro
estate, hooped with brass. and bear
ing an earl's coronet. and Inscription
plate of the same metal The inscrip-
ton runs:
May ffighclere flourish Thi. cask
OF ale, containing 500 gallons. was
brewed In commcmoration of the birth
of Lord Dorchester. Born November j.
lS9S. Aiber!. Strcathcld, butler Tigh-
clere Ca stle."
This cask Will not be opened until
the boy attalns his majority. when it
VIII be drunk In his honor by the mem
bers OF his fnmiiy, by the retainers
ployes OF the estate. and by the neigh
bors. during the festivities in connec-
ton with his coming Of age.
hcaevei, born at IIighciere, but In
..rndca: not at Lord Carnarvon's town
house. which Is IS Berkeley Square,
but, at neighbortng mansion. which
casion For while neither the Earl
nor Lady Carnarvon are afraid for
themselves, they did not consider I,
ever be darkcned in after life by tile
feeling that he had been born in a
house bearing a number that is pro-
Highclere. which Is the favorite
home OF Lord and Lady Carnarvon, is
IN Hampshire, and. commanding mag
niticent views. stands In park four
teen miles In circumference, swarm
ing with game. IT was once the manor
of the Bishops Of Winchester. Robert
sawyer- defendcr OF the seven bishops,
owned IL in the reign OF James IL,
and LEFT 1t to Ills oniy daughter, wife
o. Thomas. Earl Of Pembroke. from
whom 1t passed TO her second son.
OF Carnarvon The house is full Of
treasures. Including some of the nm
est G.insboroughs and Reynoldses in
the Kingdom: among them the portrait
of that Lord Chesterfield who succeed
ed me writer of the historic Letters"
In the hall is preserved the chair on
Which the great Napoleon sat when no
signed his .abdicatio at Fontainebleau
and which he habitually used Wi1an
holding council with his submissive
ministers. ~ Iliglclerc is also pre-
~ NV Nouuci.iui COlleCIlOn OF
books and manuscripts which formerly
belonged 10 the Earls OF Chesterfield,
particularly to the most famous Of
that ilk, including the famous Chester
field letters, all OF which were be-
quenthed by the seventh Lord Chester
field on his death without Issue. TO his
sister Lady Evelyn Stanhope, married
to the fourth Earl of Carnaryon, along
with all the entailed property of the
Lords of Chesterfield.
Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
Company.l