The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-29
ny LA MARC UISE III: F0NTENoy.
uEEN ALEXANDRA. according
4 tp the latest reports from Lon
W don. is to act as Regent. dur
i1s the absence of the king and

W don. is to act as Rcgent. DIR
rs the absence of the King aud
OF the Queen in India. next fall and
winter. The Duke of ConnauSht Is arr
irving In Canada TO assume his Office
OF Governor-tienernl. In September. and
II has been found both impoiitic and
few weeks after taking M his duties
at ottawa, to assume the regency dur
Ing the three months absence Of the
King.
In cntrusting the regency TO Queen
Alexandra, rather than to his cousin.
Princo Arthur or ConnauSht. who is
too young. and who would be placed
In the always awkward position of out
ranking his own father. the King Is
after all acting IN accordance with
precedent. The precedent that applies
pill OF. l765. when the persons de-
clarcd by Parliament to he entitled TO
the regency. In The event of the de-
mise or ineompetence OF the crown.
during the minority OF the then heir
to the throne. were defined as, first OF
all. Queen Charlotte. and then the
Princess Dowager OF Wales. mother
of George III.
We're George V. going 10 india alone.
the regency would. according to the
terms of the regency bill OF last sum
mcr. be vested by law In Queen Mary.
But since she is accompanying her
%consort to india. Qnecn Alexandra, as
tho sovcreign's mother. Will take his
place during his absence. and become
acting ruler of every part OF the Brit
ish Empire. even to the extent OF Sign
India. while George, the Emperor of
that country, Is holding his durbar
there.
Drummond Castle. in Pcrthshtre.
which has Just been leased ny Lord
Ancaster. and by his American wife.
formerly Miss Floise Breese. OF New
York. to Fben Dyer Jordan, of Boston,.
ig nnn fHthesmDG nictNrnSnIp n nd In
tercsting places in Scotland, replete
with historic memories. II lies about
three miles southwest of Grief. and the
castle gates are cache through grand
old avenues or trees. which arc with
out equal in tho United Kingdom. Tho
oldest part OF tho castle dates from
1921. when 1t was built by the irst
Lord Drtitnmond, n nobleman whose an
ccstors, descended from tho ancient
Kings Of Hungary. came to Scotland
with Prince Edward Atheling of Eng
try after the Heath Of King Harold at
the battle OF hastings.
The Drummonds furnished no less
than three Queens to Scotland. the best
prummond. consort OF James ~. who
Was poisoned ut Drummond Castle.
along with her two sisters. to enable
her husband TO marry Princess Mar
Earet OF England, sister OF King Henry
VIII. Mary Queen of Scots was a
frequent visitor to Drummond Castle.
and her son James /. and her grandson
Charles !. OF England often stayed
there.
In the days of Cromwell the castle
received some ronEh treatment, and
again in 1858 the castle was partial
ly demolished. The Young f'retcndcr
slept there OH the eve Of the TO him
SO fatcfnl battle of Culioden. and in
17i5 the widow OF the fifth Earl of
Perth cher husbands title of Duke of
Perth. bestowed by King James II. al
st. Germain never having been rccog-
nizcd by the English g~overnmenO
RACED a portion Of the walls. to pre-
vent The castle being used as n fortress
by the military forces OF King George.
then operating In Scotland against the
1'rctender.
h castle. however. WAS completely
century, and Is stlll surrounded by the
world famed gardens, which were al
ready celebrated MS far back as tho
reign Of Charles IT,. and have as a
Scottish flag. Marking the centre Is
mn immense multinleX sundial. ron
structed In ! $50. and which, having no
less than nifty faces. Indicates the time
of day in every direction.
Queen Victoria was there in 1912. and
recording in her diary tho visit. OK
presses her admiration for n superb
gold ever. with basin OF the same
metal, three feet In diameter. dating
from tho time OF that Lady Arabeila
Drummond who married Robert III.
q scotland. ana hecame mother OF
Sc~oti8nd's poet King. James III, whose
In verse. The Kings ouhnir," is now
universally accented by scholars. Drum
mond Castle passed from tho Drum
monds into the possession Of the Bcr-
ties. OF whom Lord Ancestor is the
chief, through the marriage of the
twenty-nrst Lord Willoughby OF Eres-
by, and second Lord Gwydyr. with the
Lady Cleinentina Sarah, daughter and
sole heircss OF James Drummond. TInrl
Of Perth. The tw~enty-fourthA Lord WILL
louEhby Of I1resby was created Earl
OF hncnster some eighteen years ago
by the late Queen Victoria, and the
present Lord Ancestor is his son.
Tho fifteenth OF the so-callod "phil.
lippsH snles. which Ia taking place this
WEEK 10 LONDON; n In which the lots