The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-06

was led thereby to assume an ances-
Try to which ne was not entitled In
The Pirates or Peuzance" Gilbert
makes somebody say: 81 bought this
estate. and the chapel on IT, In tho
cha pei there are ancestors. Whatever
| l. IN the chapel is mine. Therefore
thcS are my ancestors"
! This droIl and fantastic sitnotIon
| was in measure cxemplifed by the
late Sir William Grnn;haIn In real life.
me family 10 which lc belonged IL OF
SUSSEX and OF extremely modern orr
GIN me learned Judge being the Grst Of
IT'S members to achieve distinction,
most Of the other Sussex Granthans
having been either petty traders.
( ago there WAS in Lincoln a very an
Gent and nristocratic family Of the
name OF Grantham, which figures cx-
tenSivcly in the old annals OF taa com
y Of Lincoln. In some way the late
| Sir William sccctainci this, as well as
Inc fact that the family In question.
which had become extinct In the reign
OF Charles H.. near 400 years ago.
had LETT several tombs and memorials
notably large a!abastcr altar tomb
bearing the date of 1919. with rcCun-
Gran than, In ST Thomas's Cjaur.-i, nj
Lincoln, and a stained glass window,
/ bearing the date Of 1867, illustrating
Granthams OF Lincoln, in the parish
church OF Golthc.
Sir William managed to purchase
| the memorials. tho tombs, and the
stained glass window. without. how
procedure OF procuring what IS known
as Il Faculty from the Diocesan OF
Lincoln, or from the Ecciesi,stical
Commissioners. Then he had the win
dow the tombs and the other riy,n-
orials conveyed to his county place
Bircombc in SUSSEX and secured per-
mission of the rector Of the parish
church there to set up over the altar.
the stained glass window from Gothic.
and to accord place In the church
for the 'to,rios and the memorials;
torically Interesting character.
When Sir William was first knjghted
on ills elevation to the bench nearly a
quarter. of a century ago. and obtained
motto Forward" But after obtain
Ing the stained glass window from
Golthe. and setting il up In the parish
church al Barcombc, he quite natural
ly adopted. In lieu Of his former mot
to. that of the Granthams Of Lincoln.
CONNIE Dieu Grantit," which appears
on the window.
While there are hundreds of cases OF
people, even of the Hottest rank and
titles. usurpinE armorial bearings and
no vcstiGc OF right, this constitutes
the only instance outside or Gilbert
and Sullivan's Pirates OF Pcnzancc,"
of the appropriation, not merely of
and that, too, by a Judge of the high
est court 81 the land. member II the
tribunal charged with the interpre-
tation and execution OF the letter as
well as the spirit of the law of Eng
land.
The saving grace of Sir William was
his fondncss for horses, and when he
presided at the trials at the Old
Bailey, In London, or ut the law
courts, a mild sensation was always
created in the city by mis- arrival top
booted and white-breeched. on splen-
did hunter. which he stcered through
the dense traffic with amazing skill.
No Judge ever furnished more copy"
to the newspapers. or was the subject
Of more discussion, through his utter-
ances. both on and off the bench, than
the late Sir william Grantham. He
believed himself to be great wag, and
was extremely fond of INDUCING in
witticisms while presiding at trials:
witticisms which were sometimes in
questionable taste especially when at
the expense of some young and nerv-
Gus barristar, some unfortunate culDrit,
or some hrow-beaten witness. AS an
instance of his rec.slessness of speech
on the bench, may recall his inquiry
of husband. who In the witness box
was testifying to the disobcdicncc OF
his wife. why on earth didn't you
box her cars?" Only last year he was
subjected to grave rebuke in Parlia