The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-06
BY LA MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY


7 ORD LASCELLES. who Is now In
the United states. staying at tho
- Ritz-Carlton Hotel. in New york,
IL the eldest son and heir of the Earl
OF Hardwood, and. while he has been
recently connected with the diplomatic
service as an attachc. and also spent
some time at Ottawa as 4. d. c. 10
Lord Mimic, formerly held n commits
sion in the Grenadier Guards. to which
tors had belonged. But he severed his
connection with the regiment follow
Ing unpleasantRess In relation TO a
Raging" scandal. In the course OF
when he was compelled under pres
sure TO admit that lie had been sub
Jected TO maltrcatment and abuse. ow-
ing TO his disinclination to so out
with the brigade drag. In one word.
Lord Lascelles did not hit IL OFF well
with his fellow officers, and according
Is LEFT the army,
The family or Lascelles IS one OF the
Oldest in Yorkshire, where II has held
prominent rank and enjoyed great
prestige ever since the reign of King
Edward l.. seven centuries ago. The
earldom. however. is OF relatively
modern origin. having been created q
little over 100 years ago. in favor OF
Edward Lasceiles. who was the init
mate friend OF Maria Theresa's son,
Emperor Joseph II, The latter present
ed to the first Lord Hardwood some
Tokay vines, which the earl planted
in 1883 at Hardwood House. his pla ce
in Yorkshire. and which, alone OF their
kind In the United Kingdom. still yield
a quantity OF delicious grapes every
year. The first Lord LAKEWOOD in
herited vast fortune from his father
and uncle, amassed by them In the
West Indies. especially in Jamaica and
Barbados.
Hardwood House is one OF the grand
est country seats in Great Britain. 1t
was built in the reign OF George Ill.
from designs BY Adams and Carr. on
the site OF all ancient manor house
known as Gawthorpe. and is famous
for Its superb painted ceilings. The
absolutely unique collection OF old
Sevres. old Dresden and Crown Derby
porcelain. valued by experts at CON
siderably over $1,000, 600. and which
was once the glory of the place. has
TO get rid of the heavy membranes
on his property. Hardwood House
stands in great deer park OF several
thousand acres, and the present LORD
Hardwood enjoys cosmopolitan fame as
one of the pillars OF the English Jockey
Club, and as one of the greatest au
thorities on all matters connected with
the turf.
One OF the earrs half-brothers. the
Hon Eric Lascelles. died as a travel
ing Snowman some years ago. at Broad
Wa. in Worcestershire, from the eff
fects of drink. His behavior had been
Such as n cpn,DpI his relatives 10
cline to hold any further Intercourse
with him. and he degenerated into a
drunken and pcnniless itinerant show
man. treated by the authorities as a
vaGrant. and looked down upon by
everybody. The inquest showed that
he had been found dead In his gypsy
cart, from the combined effects OF
liquor and want.
Another half-brother the Hon. Fran
els John 1asceles. now happily mar
ried. killed his Chinese cook in a TIT
Of temporary insanity while out ranch
ing In British Columbia, was tried for
murder and committed to an asylum,
from whence he was subsequently dis
charged as cured.
a more distinguished member Of the
family is Sir Frank Lascelies, the
former British ambassador at Berlin.
Sir Frank married the daughter of
olo SIR Joseph cute. Irish physician
to Napoleon III, and 10 the Due de
Morny. and who, joint creator with
the latter of the popular French sea
side resort Deauville. is portrayed by
Alphonsc Daudet In his novel, The Ma
bob" in singularly malignant and
slanderous manner, under the trans
parent pseudonyin Of DIR. jenkins" Sir
Franks daughter Is now married 10
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. long attached 10
the embassy at Was ngton, and now
British Minister at Stockholm.
AS many people are aware. there are
two Prince Hermann Hatzfeldts. who,
have both filled the office Of secretary
OF the German embassy at Washington
in recent years. one OF them. Prince
Hermann HatHfcldt Wildcnburg (who
bore the title of count when over here)
and who is now German minister pleni.
potentiary in Egypt. Us half an Ameri-
can. his father having been the late
Count Paul liatzfeldt, who died as
German ambassador in London, and his
mother. Miss Helen Moulton. daughter
of Colonel Moulton, of Albany and
New York. and granddaughter of old
Caesar Metz. the leading professor of
dancing In New York in the early por-
ton OF the nineteenth century. This
Prince Hermann married last spring
young Baroness Marie Stumnn, intl-
mate friend and lady In waiting OIL
the German crownprIncess daughter OIL
tae former German ambassador at Mad