The Washington herald., 1911-10-14
PEER, AGED 81, AGAIN
. ENSNARED BY CUPID

l Dukes seem to be blessed with longe-
| witty. Since the tragedy of the brother
Of the Duke of Bedford, the predecessor
of the present holder of the title, nearly
| twenty years ago, none Of the British
| dukes have died much below the al
| lotted span. The Duke of Grafton is
more than ninety, the late Duke of Rut-
land was about the same age. and the
, Duke of BuccIeuch has just graduated
In octogenarian honors, and may live
another decade. The duke is very old
friend Of the royal family, and 1t was
in his palace at DaIkeith that Queen
| Victoria once held a drawing room"
| The duchess, who was a daughter OF the
| late and first Duke OF Abercorn, has
! been in the royal household for the
best part Of her life, and she and her
sister, Lady Lansdowne, have shared all
the secrets Of Queen Alexandra for the
last fifty years.
! The duchess was mistress of the robes
to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra.
Lady Lansdowne has for years been in
! Queen Alexandria household. and her
| daughter, the Duchess of Devonshire is
mistress Of the robes to Queen Mary.
| So between them these Abercorn ladies
| have had the royal ear-and the royal
confidence - almost throughout three
|
record.
Lady Beatrice Pole-carew, the wife of
Gen. Sir Reginald Pole-Carew, whose
| protracted illness has been announced, is
one Of the best known chatelaines of the
| West Countrie." The general is a de-
yscendant of one of the most historic
families in the British baronetage. 1t
was In 1901 that Sir Reginald, then a
| victorious general coming home from the
K war IN South Africa, welded the eldest
| OF the beautiful daughters OF the Mar
! guess Of Ormonde The wedding was a
| great society event, for Lady Beatrice,
| as the daughter OF a great yachtsman,
was we'll known and greatly admired
| in society, while Sir Reginald was con-
| sidered a most desirable "parti.' even
apart from his distinction in the army
Since then Sir Reginald and Lady
! Beatrice have settled down to a very
affectionate family life with their three
children at their place at Torpoint. in
Cornwall. Sir Reginald also has a quaint
| old place in Ireland. in County Upper
| ary, and as both are very we'll known
| in the Emerald Isle. they enjoy a great
deal Of popularity in that country.
The second marriage Of Lord Sufield,
a trusted councillor OF both Queen Vic
! and unceremoniously performed as TO
I fall almost in the category Of secret
weddings" The lady is the widow OF
! Col. Rich. a member OF one of the COL
! lateral branches of the ancient family
Of that name. Both chose to have the
| ceremony performed in the simplest
I manner. and there were only three per-
! sons present at the nuptials. The bride
was given away by Lady Marian. daugh-
, ter OF the fourth Marquis of Ely and
wife OF the officiating clergyman, Rev.
James Weller. an old friend OF his lord
ship.
The quiet character Of the proceedings
obviously was a necessity, as the first
! Lady SufFeld, who was a member OF
the famous fnancier family OF Barring.
and a sister of Lord Revelstoke. only
had been dead short time. The pres
ent LADY Sufield is much younger than
her husband. She has been widow
fOr a number OF wears.
Lord Suftield carries his eighty-one
years with little to indicate his age. He
is as alert in mind and as active physi-
Cally as many man a decade or more
his Junior His almost aTectionate 10y
atty to the reigning house has become as
prOverbial as his dash and courage in
| the hunting field were in his earlier
years Originally in the Seventh HUssars.
Lord Sutf7eld left the army on the death
of his half-brOther. whom he succeeded
IN 1873 as the fifth Baron of Suf1eld. The
family was founded by Sir William Har-
, bOrd. who was created a barOnet in 1745
His eldest son and successor was raised
to the peerage in 17GN. The present holder
OF the title vas lord-in-waiting to Queen
Victoria from 1868 TO lST2 and accompa-
MED the late King as Prince OF Wales on
his tour through India. Ever since he
was regarded with the greatest favor by
King Edward. whose personal friend he
was for years.
Lord Suficlds seat, Gunton Park, in