The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-22
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~ WHO has Just been appointed GOV.
~ nrnoE 81 Madras, with a teeming
POPULATION as great az that OF the
United Kingdom and Ireland. was a
particular friend and favorita OF VII
e nam E%art , Gladstone. whom he sue
!ncnt Tor Midlothian. His patronymic
IS not really Carmichael but Gibson.
,ino MS family may be said TO have
oeeh iounded by Sir Alexander Gibson.
one OF the most eminent jurists OF tbs
reign or King lanes L., who bestowed
upon him. not only Il baronetcy, but
also barony. along with the title OF
some eighteen square miles in Anti
G t Ani1costi. as everybody knows.
IS asa, an island In the Cult Of st, Lawrence,
FRENCH chocolate manufacturer. who
uses 1t as game and fish preserve. i,
me barometer, The 5arony and the
sons son. who was. however. deprived
OF his titles and honors In lS49 and
they DO not seem TO have been revived
by his heirs. nor has any trace been
foun1 Of the patents and OF the war.
rants among the records Of the crown
of Scotland. although the new Governor
o. Madras has In MS possession authcn-
tcated copies CT these documents ma dc
about the time OF their Issue.
Another baronetcy was conferred
uI,on the head Of this Gibson family In
l!02, and, according TO some. therefore,
Sir Thomas Carmichael Is the four.
teenth baronet of his line, while, ac-
cording to others he Is only tho ninth
Sir Robert Gibson. the NTH baronct.
eighteenth century, and It was his bro
thcr and successor who. with the per-
mission Of the crown. and in accord
ance with the entail of the Skirline
estates. formerly belonging to the Earls
of Hyndford. through the marriage OF
John Gibson with Lady Helen Car
Hyndford. assumed the name of Car
michael, in addition TO that of Gibson
Sir Thomas may thus be regarded al
the principal representative of the for
to their honors, which include the Wis
countcy Of Inglisberry and the barony
of Carmichael. They have been dor
| mant since the death without issue Of
Andrew Carmichael, sixth Earl OF
Hyndford, in 1917. Readers of Robert
l.. Stevenson's novels may be interested
figures In his "Catriona." and who was
one OF the few actual personages APP
pearing IN his romances. became in real
life life the Countess Of Hyndford. and il
that the carldom Of f1yndford n-a tho
minor honors connected herewith fell
into allegiance. Most OF the estates OF
the earldom OF Hyndford have now
| passed into the possession of the fam
lily Of the Anstruthers. and Sir Thomas,
| who has no children and who Is j
! particularly rich, having been COM
PEELED some time ago to sell q superb
| collection of art treasures and histor-
| zeal relics, dating from the twelfth to
! the sixteenth centuries, has absolutely
declined to take any steps to establis
! his claims to the earldom. as proceed
| ings Of this kind are terribly costly.
/ One Of the reasons, however, which
| led him to withdraw from Parliament
was the question raised, among others
| by Joseph Chamberlain, as to whether
| he really had Il right to sit and vote in
the House of Commons on the ground
| that by inheritance he was in ali prob
! ability a Scotch peer. In fact, debate
actually took place in the House OF
Commons about the matter, and it was
| In consequence of the possibility OF his
I vote on any important measure in the
! lower chamber being invalidated on the
! ground that he was peer that he
withdrew from the House Of Commons.
| prevailed that 4 member Of the House
| Of Commons could retain his seat there,
even after succeeding to q peerage. un.
It'll the moment when he received the
writ of summons from the crown to the
: House OF Lords. The discussions how.
+: ever. brought to light the legal fact
. that q members seat in the lower houss
/ becomes invalid from the very moment
| that lie inhorits n pccragc. no matter
whether lie receives n writ Of summons
| or not.
Lord Hood, whose engagement TO
Miss Primrose Stapleton Cotton has just
| been announced Is the Oldest brother
| Of Captain the Hon. Horace Hood. who
Mrs. George Nickerson. widow OF a
|Wealthy New Highlander Of that name.
| and daughter Of the late NJ. TouZalin
OF tho Santa Fc and Of the Chicago.
Burlington and Northern Railroads.
iCnntain Hood being now tho command.