The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-15
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his hostility to the doctrine OF papai
infaliib!lity. Sir John in 1869 was
elevated. on the nomination of Mr..
! Gladstone. to the peeragc, as Lord Ac-
ton, married the German Countess
Marie Arci was lord in waiting to
Queen Victoria, and a particular fav-
orite OF Empress Frederick.
The present Lord Acton. his son. Is
therefore through his grandmother
tthe wife OF Sir Ferdinand .Actonl the
chief representative or the ducal house
OF Dalberg, The latter claims 10 be the
most ancient and illustrious family iii
Germany. and TO BE- able 10 trace SIS
descent to a near relative OF the Saw
TOUR, who became u Roman centurion.
and settled at Hermstein. near Worms
For centuries the Dalbergs played
conspicuous role In the history OF Ger
many on the pages or which their
names continually appear. Whenever
the Emperor elect was crowned as rul-
er OF Germany and of the Holy Roman
Empire. herald invariably demanded.
in loud tones. lis any Dalberg here?"
and II any one OF that name was pres
ent, lie was Immediately knightei
then and there, by the new monarch
The penultimate Duke of Dalberg was
Arch Chancellor OF the Holy Roman
Empire. in the closing years of its ex.
stence. and when the Empire was
overthrown by Napoleon at the be-
ginning OF the nineteenth century
and when all further resistance
10 the latter had become useless. Join
ed his fortunes. and was appointed by
him president Of the Federation OF the
Rhine. which Napoleon had created in
order TO take the place OF the Holy Ro-
man Empire. Napoleon also created
him Grand Duke OF Frankfort. and de-
sisnated his own stePson, Eugene de
Beauharnais, as his successor He died
without issue. being succeeded in his
Dukedom OF Dalberg by his nephew
Emerie last Duke OF Daiberg, who was
with Talleyrsnd at the Congress Of
Verona.
Another OF the Dalbergs figured con-
spicuously in the army OF King Gusta-
vus Adolphus. in the Thirty Years War,
and is still known in military history.
as the Vaubun OF Sweden"
Lord Acton Is. like his father. a mod
crn and liberal Catholic, received his
education al Magdalen College, oxford
and is married 10 Miss Dorothy Lyon.
daughter OF Thomas Henry Lyon, OF
Appleton Hall. Cheshire He owns
Aldenham Park and estates. extending
over an area of 10000 acres. in Shrop-
shire.
But the famous Aldenhsm library.
comprising a collection of no less than
$4,000 rare volumes and priceless man
brated collection in existence, OF works
on the history OF the various Chris.
tian churches. was bequeathed by the
late peer to his friend Lord Morley
OF Blackburn. now Lord President OF
The Pr!vy Council. and leader of the
government in the House of Lords. AS
Lord Morley Is not man OF means,
and did not know how to house the
books, realizing at the same time that
II would be most ungracious to dis
pose of them by sale, ne presented the
collection. as ii stood, to the universe
~ library of Cambridge as a me-
mortal of the late Lord Acton Tho
university has since then been obliged
to pay $4,000 for the mere cost of tho
removal OF the books to Cambridge
from Alderman Park. In addition to
this, the structural alterations neces-
STATED lat the university library to
house the books. the provision OF book
cases, etc. cost $4,000 more. Then tho
work Of scientifically catnloguing the
library. which has only just been COM
pleted after several years hard work.
has cost another $4,000 or $4,000.
while the printing of the catalogue,
and the binding of the books. has
eaten up another $4,000. SO that the
total estimated cost to the University
of Cambridge entailed by the ac-
ceptance OF this gift of the late Lord
Actions library from Lord Morley has
amounted to the neighborhood of $4o.-
600
Copyright. 1911. by the Brentwood
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