The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-03
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ny LA aiARQJISE DE FOSTESOf.
FRANCIS MONEY-cOuTTS. vino sue
dominant share III the owner
ship Of Coutts's Bank. and In the pos
session OF all her great entailed pro-
perry, has filed a petition TO the crown
for the termination of the allegiance.
in his favor. OF the ancient Baronies of
Latiner, Of Scales. and OF Buldesnere.
which formerly. belonged TO the house
OF Neville. and which have been in
allegiance since the death. several hum
dred years ago. OF John Neville. Lord
nero. from whom the claimant is de-
scended on the distan side.
The late Baroness Burdett-Coutts and
her eldest sister. the late Mrs James
Money. who Predeceased her, were CO.
heiresses OF these baronies. and some
establishment was aroused when at the
time of the elevation OF the younger
OF the two women to peerage in her
own right. she should not have select
ed the title OF Lady Scales or Lady
Latimer. But this was strenuously op-
posed by her elder sister and by the
present claimant. M
In cases where peeragcs fan Into
allegiance. 1t Is usual to permit them
10 remain dormant until all but one
died out and i then the peerage Is only only
called out OF allegiance in the event
OF the other deceased o-heiresses hav-
ing left no children. This happens TO
be now the case with the Baronies OF
Lattmcr.. Scales and Baldesmerei. and
1t is proba Bile. therefore, that the Com.
mittee Of Privileges OF the House OF
ferred the claimants petition for in
yestigat ton. Will report In his favor,
and that the sovereign Will ihereupoD
terminate the abeyance in favor OF
him to take his seat In the House OF
Lords. as Lord Latimer, Lord Scales
and Lord Baidesmere.
fFrancis Money dputts is married to
a daughter Of G. Churchill, of Bray
lowed his thirty-five year, old son into
the Unionist camp. He purchased
about neor three III years ago ,stoodlsigh Park
spends most Of his lime in London.
Ilc Is a member of th> bar, with poe
tic aspirations of religious charac-
ter. and has to his credit several vol
them rhe Aihamb abr T Pfs'y Ro amGns
of King Arthur" The Book of job"
and the Revelations of St. Love. the
his aunt, the late Baroness Burdett-
Contts, who would have disinherited
him. had she been able. The rancor
OF the baroness towards him was main
ter With the latter she had never
got on very well. But when Lady
Burdett-Coutts married In 1881 the
I>iuut ~ n w lllldn1 tASnfnead- Bart
lett Mrs. lanes Money took her to
task in the most fat-footed manner,
sub5ecting the baroness to such ex-
her conduct in wedding a man young
enough to be her grandson, that ali
relations between the two were broken
off.
II Francis Money coutts iinherited
his aunt's property, 1t was by virtue
Of the will of Harriet, Duchess Of st.
Adams, whose first husband, Tom
Coutts. had left everything that he
owned to his widow. The duchess. an
eS-actress of the name Of Harriet
Mellon. portrayed In several of Lord
Beaconsi1eld's novels under trnnspar-
entt pseudonyms, bequeathed this for
tune OF her first husband to the young
er and favorite of her two step grand
daughters Chat Is to say. the grand :
daughters. OF Tom Coutts) Angela
Burdett, child of Sir Francis Burdett,
assume the name Of Coutts, in addi,
ton to her own, and stipulated that In
the event of her death without Issue,
ings in the ownership of CoGtts's Bank.
should go to the elder sister, Clara
Burdett, married to Rev. James Money.
and whose eldest son Is the present
claimant of the Baronies OF Scales.
Datimer and Baldsmere "a igE.
To no ono will the death OF kindly
old Prince Hans" of Ifolsteip .Glucks-
burg prove n greater loss than 10
King George OF England. to his .,sia.