The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-13
DECISION is AGAINST
SIR MAR TEINE LLOYD
~ TX MARQUlSE DE FONTENOY.
n IL aLAlfTEINE LLOYD. whose bar.

~ La MARQUiSE DIE I'ONTENOY.
| q -. ~ x 1 ~ ~ LLOYD. whose bar
| - ohctcy only dntes from 1863 ia !;
| ~ received n very serious black eve
a. tne hands Of the Court OF
n mo %. ,,i,s, Claims; one which must
TO submit 70 it his pretensions' Th h..
! !attcr are to the effect that he is hy
! Hisnt OF tenure. twenty fourth Lord
i aarther q; the Barony of Kcmcs, in
Ielnbrokeshire. and the only remainin,.
LORD Marchcr OF tho Kingdom. or rnth
81, l should say. of the nrincipnlity az
},il AS such. he. as we'll as his
h a,mer ana grandfather before him.
I've Decn exercising, as part of their
.isl MS, the annual appointments under
.ntlr hand and seal. OF the Mayor Of
~" g, 'o ,i OF Newport. Fembrokcshirc
VI thlS provocative they will now
pc ucpflVcd. since the Court Of Claim;
mas decided that SIR Marteinc Lloy,l
haS not established BY evidence. his
light 10 the heirship or the forme, ;.
| Lord Marchers Of the Isaronv OF kcmor
lie might have gone on ENJOYING IN q
privileges and the prestige OF n Lord
.iarciicr OF the Barony OF kencs for
eyer. no one caring To go to the trouble
81 contesting his nsurpntion. had he
not put forward demands to the Court
:" r. ciaims 70 precede all baroncts in
Immediately in tile wake Of the bar
,ons, ana TO bear the Kings silver
harp. '''''o''
Sir Martcinc Lloyd declares that he
IS descended from Martin dc Tours.
II Norman noblclnan WHO lccomnanici
| William the Conqucror 10 England and
having acquired by conquest 81 large
District in rcmbrokcshirc, known as
U ,uii,t or kemes. was created by King
| William, palatine baron thereof aud
| entrusted With the duty OF yuardin,r
ne inarcncs. or frontiers. Of Wales
whence the title Of Lord Marchcr.
Now the descendants of this Martin
/; dc Tours In Inc male line direct came
In rni H. -
on thc death OF William Martin, Lord
Laiatlne or kcmcs: and Newport Gag
r,e, which is now nothing but q ruin.
passed by marriage through, thc Aud
| lcys' INC owens of lIenllys. and several
oshcr welsh families. to the Lloyds.
81, 81 whom Sir Marteinc Owen Now
uraS lioyd Is the present representa-
livc The Court OF Claims does not
ceny that sir Marteinc owns the castle
81 Newport. the headquarters Of the
lihrtin OF Tours who was the first
OF the Lord NIarchers of Wales hui
lakes the ground that he has not es-
!aDllShed evidence Of his descent even
in the female line.
Sir lartcnc, whose mother was ali
HeircSS is very rich, his estates cx-
lending over some 100000 acres. in
iour Welsh counties. in spite OF which
ne ne, announced couple Of years ago
! hat owing TO the Lloyd George budget
and tic spoliation OF land owners bv
the government, ii was his duty 10
economics and that in his case the
| economies would begin by removing.
his name from all subscription lists
either for local institutions or FOR
charitable enterprises.
From hcnccforth he can no longer
style himself as he proudly does in
the pages OF Burke" and in Who's
Marcher Of tho United lLingdom."
This Court of Claims. which has thus
deprived him Of his lordshin of the
lnarchcs. is not. strictly speaking. II
nf N s,ytt III
nnttcc OF Privileges OF .thc House OF
Lords. which sits on claims to peer
ages. That is to say it docs not de-
then reports to the sovereign, who
accents the advice. or refuses it, at
MS dtscretion In 500 cases out Of :
600 he accepts it.
The first time that n court of this
klnd was organzcd was in 1877, oil the
occasion OF the coronation Of Richard
IL. end AZ q number Of coronations
ard Now the court has for It's chair
man the Lord High Chancellor.
! Curlously enough; the findings of
very unsatisfactory and brief. They
arc preserved al the Record ONCE in
the custody OF the Master OF Rolls, and
while In each claim mention is made
as to whether II has been allowed or
rejected they fail 10 give any Of the
discussion on the subject, on. any Of
| he testimony, limiting their rcmarks
to such sentences as ..Rcicctcd for lack
of evidence or else "Allowcd."
Sir John Fuller. whom King George
has Just transferred from the post or
vice-chamberlain of the royal house
hold to be Governor. OF tho Austria
Ian colony Of Victoria, Is, in spite OF
his modern baronctcy member of an
old county family OF Wilts He was
) educated ut Winchester and at Christ