The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-07
B> La MiN0uIsE DE FONTE.NOY.
~ I'M GEORGES spurs are consti-
k tuuns once more he subicc, OF

ling GEORGES spurs are eonsti,
Il iutihE once more tire suhjec, Of
LIZ conflict which may be deserts.
ca as twentieth century edi-
ton OF that famous Battle OF ,hc
spurs in the reign OF Henry VIII The
dispute Is as Ia whirh OF III. mars
q INC realm is entitled to the hcreti-
itary rlEht OF carrying. IN tho process
sion or the regaliu At the ceremony az
,ne Goronation. the sraa, gold spurs.
which, dating from the reign OF Rich-
hru II. AFTER being duly couSccratcd
are used in the investiturc of the SOW
eietsn ne hereditary prerogutivc OF
,.lD,., as Inc spurs Of 81. George.
was originally granted TO the Earl or
i.s ,ii!'.1 from from whom II PASSED TO the
.Teys dc Ruihyn, But the right is
SO ancient that the nrst grant OF tho
ofiice is shronded III mystery and us
lar back as IN 1855, the prctcnsio ions OF
6 Iy DC Kuthyn were disputed By the
Dnke Of Norfolk and the Earl OF Kent.
~ the coronation OF George ~. they.
were carried by Lord Calthorpe, and
q, mat OF Queen Victoria By Lord
poet -
~ the coronation Of King Edward
me right Of Lord Grey dc Ruthyn was
contested by Lord Hastings and by
he Earl of Loudoun The Court OF
Claims found il dfiicult to determine
me /, mal!er. and tllcreupon King Ed
rec dlsputants that they should toss
Up for the privilege. conndcd the Of
nee TO the Earl CT I-oudoun
Until the ee reign IGN Of Mll onse m MORE ,n
spurs. after being taken from the al
aat oy inc Dean OF Wcstmnstcr were
aa,f h Il, fastened by the Lord Great
ton, to the heels OF the King. But q,
The coronat ton OF William W. victori;
ana d Edward VII the Lord Great
merely. touching tae royal heel with
NC pointed ends Of the SPURS. which
are without rowcls after which the
spurs We're replaced on the altar This
particular feature OF the ceremony ny.
dates back to the days OF King Edward
The Confcssor ana was intended 10
crcisn was not only the monarch. but
likewise the foremost knight and tho
personiication of the chivalry OF the
realm.
ST James's Square, In London, for
m,erly restricted to the stntclicst
homes OF the great MOBILES Of England,
after having been subjected TO the in
vasion of several clubs, Is now being
absorbed By business institutions: and
,hor nc !, site Of what was Derby House
a portion Of which will lie devoted
70 the metropolitan Offices OF the Eng
lish and Scottish Assurance Company.
Derby House belonged in turn to tbs
Grafton TO Lady Yarmouth. and TO tho
Earls OF Dartmouth. before being sold
by the latter to the Earl Of Derby
about 100 years ago. The third Earl
OF Buckinghamshirc also lived there
for a time and it was there that old
Lady I3ucktnShamshirc, during the
derful masquerade parties. She had q
mania for thcatricals and figured re-
peatedly in Gilray's famous carica-
lures, one representing her-a perfect
bowl OF cream" Derby House was
built by AUBREY, dc We're, Earl OF on
ford, who had the reputation OF being
the most dissolmtc among. the coui-
belonged TO tho Duchess Of Grafton.
the wife of the natural son of Charles
II. by Barbara Nilliers, Duchess or
Cleveland
st. James's Square may be said to
date from the reign of that gay and
festive monarch. When nc returned to
England on the Restoration. Mayfair.
I3elgravia. Kensington and Chelsea.
now fashionable quarters of the me-
tropolis were lonely villages. and but
few insignificant houses We're dotted
Mulberry Gardens covered tho site OF
what is now Buckingham Palace--rei-
jcs of the futile efforts made by James
J. to grow silk in England-but in the
days OF The Restoration degraded TO n
sort Of rustic tea garden of unsavory
10 Harry Iarmyn. Earl of st. al,
bans, belongs the credit OF pcrceiv-
tho neighborhood OF st. Jamoss Pal
ACC. and accordingly he obtained from
Charles II. a long lease of some fifty
to q hundred acres. in what were
was nothing moro than hclds--and on
this land he built his own house and
planned out others for his friends. Tho
great Grc contributed 10 prosper his
the city homes OF tho old nobility, tho