The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-19
HAS WARM PLACE IN
TRUE IRISH HEARTS

veins, ucing descended on the dIstan
s se from George Plantagenet. Duke OF
Clarence brother or Edward ". TIC
such an extent were the HASTINGS OF
the present limo formerly regarded az
forming part and parcell OF the royal
family of England. that Gear ivan
OF Russia, In the sixteenth century
sent an ambassador to London in the
person OF Feodor Pissemskoie in order
TO request the hand OF Lady Mary
Hastings. daughter Of the second OF
the Hastings Earls OF Huntingdon.
Lady Mary. however. who was ono OF
the beauties OF the court OF Queen
Elizabeth. was so terrified BY the bar
barous manners of the Muscoyite en-
voy. and OF the members OF his SUITE.
that she declined TO become Czarin;.
OF Russia, and the Russian mission
was forced to return home, and 70 in
form Czar Ivan that his offer of mar
riage had been rejected.
Methodists. both in the United States
and CANADA, Will recall that IL was the
WIG OF the ninth Earl of Huntingdon
VINO was the principal supporter OF
the Methodist community OF Great Brit
ain. In the eghtccth century. She de-
voted very large portion of the Inn
mense fortune which she possessed, TO
the endowment and foundation or
Methodist chapcls throughout the Unit
cd states and Canada, ind among her
chapialns were the two brothers Wesley,
George Whitcficld. ana Rowland Hill.
she fought many battles with the Eng
lish authorities on behalf of MethodisIn.
which used in those days to be known
as Lady HuntinEdons Conncxionn
The formerly large estates OF the
Earldom OF Huntington, now belong
to Lord Loudoun. and II the late Earl
OF Huntington was unable TO give any
large marriage portion 10 Lady Ileene
Campbell or big legacy on his death,
II is because his peeragc was n very
impoverished one, unit! his son, the
present Lord Huntingdon. married the
ri sol fnN Il l.zt. ~
Samuel Wilson. Australian squatter and
sheep multi millionaire, whom lure
weren't people used to describe as q
1muttonaire." When the tenth Earl OF
dred years ago. without male issue.
he bequeathed all his estates to his
sister. the Countess Of MORA, through
whom they subsequently, went by mar
present possessors The Earldom OF
Huntingdon remained in allegiance for
twenty years after the tenth earrs
death, and then a claim was put for
the claimant being now represented by
MS Brandnephew, furniture dealer,
of Dean Street, Brooklyn where he
goes by the name of George Planta-
MORA, fearing that IL the American
claimant proved his title to the earl
DOM based on his direct descent from
Sir George Plantagenet Hastings.
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died as far back as 1641, she would
be obliged to surrender possession OF
the extensive estates, resolved to put
up rival claimant to the earldom, and
10 pay all the heavy expenses In con-
necton with the proving of his de-
scent, on the stipulation that he should
leave her in undisturbed possession of
the estates. This candidate of Lady
MORA was able. thanks TO her money,
10 prove his descent from the second
Earl Hastings: and since the American
claimant had not the money to obtain
the various documents needed to show
his descent from the brother of The
NTH earl the Committee of Privileged
or the House of Lords of which by
the by, the Earl of Moria was a NON.
der, decided in favor of Lady Moria;s
candidate, The present Earl OF Hunt
ingdon and Lady Ileene Campbell are
his grandchildren.
or course If the Brooklyn claiman.
became, possessed of sufficient means
to reopen the case, and managed TO
establish his rights to the earldom I,
would at the best prove a barren honor.
For. according 10 law passed during
the reign Of Queen Victoria, after es-
tates have been for a certain time in
the possession of a family, they may
no longer be recovered by process of
law. even although the original title
of the holder be defective.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
Company