The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
ONLY ONE VOTE LOST
FOR LORD FAIRFAX

cess Joan OF Scotland, daughter of ttinY
ahen !, , ~, ThG present Lord Torpi;
ilcutenant- General Charles Il. Gordon,
son's twenty years ago, and his eldest
SOL. Jniics' mister of Torpichcn, sue
Gnnbcd TO fever eighteen months ago,
while acting ns assistant commission
/ or ana administrator OF Nyassaland, In
Africa "
With regard to tho, other new rep.
Leven ana Melville. he came into tic
pubic eye rather prominently u year
or so ago. through his presentation tc
ovo. Tor use In the arrangement OF
chapel of the knights of the Scottish
Order of the Thistle. which Is now com.
pieted. and Is To be consccrated to
the service of tho order some tino
this summer. in the presence OF tho
King and Queen.
Lord Levcns father was well
known figure here in America. and
lew members OF the British pccruEe
possessed Il more extensive acouain.
ian firi %ath PEOPLE and conditions IN
AZ The wedding in New York of Miss
Consuclo Y2naga to the late Duke OF
i,nha a hester, and vas head of two Of
houses In London. namely, those Of
Melville Evans IL Co. and OF Williams,
| I'encon d Co. the latter having sue.
ccednd TO the business of the great
firm OF Williams. Deacon. Labouchcre.
thornton Co. which played a great
role In international finance during
| me carly years of Queen vctorip's
Lord Leycn's grandfather, the clev-
ehtn earl. married the daughter OF
lWifmm nS thornton: NJ T. the friend OF
or limestone In his younger years.
indeed the Thornton Villa. at Chaplain,
SO graphically portrayed BY Lord Bea.
conSiicld In the opening chapters OF
nc novel left unfinished ut his death,
WIS the headquarters Of that society
OF wealthy pictists constituting the
pillarS OF the Exeter Hall School, who
led the Abolitionisi movement In Eng
| land. and who Tor 81 time exercised {,
most powerful Influence upon Englisl,
PRAYERS" had a wide vogue In ,his
country, about nifty ycara ago, and
Proved n source of large revenue Ia
Ma aiIm'y Is IS not gfry o 7n
rs patronymic, but likewise the titla
mead OF the family being fourteenth
Earl OF Leven aud eleventh Earl OF
.MneiSiile Tic Mclvilles nourishcd IN
Lion ana OF Malcolm III. one Of them
heinB the lattcr's Lord Justlciary OF
nSo'iHnd. The iirst Lord Melville oil
sador sent by King James VI of Scot
land. from Scotland 10 England. in
i'Sr 10 plead with Queen Eizabots
ior the life Of Mary. Queen OF Scots.
,
10 10 an iIardom OF Melville by king
william III and married the grand
nh,usntcr Of chat Sir Alexander Leslie
VINO was one OF the greatest generals
OF ms time. and who. after having
been appointed by King Gustavns
:Adolphus Of sweden Held marshal OF
MS army for his many victories in tho
,dhiriy Years War. was created Lord
i!nlsony and Earl OF Ievcn BY Charlie. /
me caridom Was made traHsmissibIe In
.n@ Ieihhic as well as the male line.
second ri M I
,. n,uE,lters Margaret ana Catherine.
IN had succeeded 10 his honors, dying
without issue, the Enrldom of I,eyen
nnd B;arony Of i,alEony passed 10 the
sffcohd Earl OF Melville, who, as stated
aopNe. was son OF the granddaughter
OF he FIRST Lord Lcvcn
since then the TWO cardoms. namely.
nose or l.cNen ana Of Melville have
'eGh heid ~ ono and the same persons
tnn are now owned by the new repre-
sentative peer OF Scotland, WIN may
end' ~ stiii unmarried, ana one al
W nc richest mcmhers Of the pecragc
''opHrlEht. 1919. hy the Brentwood
Company)