The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-08
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lD - -, !. ? PrtIase, aiillongh re-
OF reference. is sometimes guilty
or strange omissions Thus ~ :
| though il describes the hrst Marquis
| Of Exeter as having been married 10
Emma vernon or lInnsury, before be-
coming the husband OF Salic lloggtns.
| OF Bolas. in Shropshire. ana Furnishing
| thereby the theme OF 'rciinyson's beau
| titnl Poem entitled THE Lord or Bur-
came Of Emma vernon after her di-
| vorcc from Henry Cecil. who died as
tic. MARQUIS OF Exeter.
Yet she was great hcireSs and
member OF 4 very anclen, house In
deed, II was because she roRsc $ al
great wealth, and Henry Cecil was
their respective parents forced them
| INTO marriage which, on her side at
any rate, was lovclcss
Al those who have read Tcrnyson' S
| poem 10 which have referred above
IWiil be interested TO learn what be-
came OF her II Henry Cecil divorced
! ler. II was because she, after suffer
iis much unhappincss, oloped with a
! Young clergyman. TO whom she had
! heen deeply attached as a young girl,
but who had been driven from the
! him, BY reason OF his lack OF name
social position and wealth, as an al
iogether ineligible sutton The couple
He'd 10 Lisbon, whore they were mar
| ricd as soon as ever Henry Cecil had
| divorced his Wife, The Clergyman.
| VINO Was 4 man Of delicate health. sue !
hen his wife, whose father had mean
while died, returned home 10 take nos
sessions of her property,
r,tndin Z herself hoyGoi,ed By county
estates were situated she was inpcll-
I'd by loneliness 10 wed the manager Of
her her property which served 70 still
and relatives from her. Nor was tits
union happy one. For The man was
totally dcicicnt in breeding. drank
q wholly different class than herself
lie died couple Of years afterwards
and from thenceforth She lived alone,
and III considerable seclusion for a
number Of years, celebrating. BY ire
proachablc conduct. and above ALL by
| boundless charity, the mistake OF her
youth.
In her last sickness. when she was
informed that she would have. at the
most. but few months to live she
f sen 70 Lisbon for an old woman who
appearance afforded her much comfort
and satisfaction She died in the arms
Of tn" old woman who, in f;ilhlmcnt Of
a solemn promise made to her mistress
prepared the remains for tho funeral.
and Who At the obscGnies,.. when the
solemn words "Ashes. 70 ashes. and
dust 10 dust, were uttered, sea ttcrcd
some mold which she carried with her.
unon the cof1n. 1t subsequently trans
pred that the old woman had wrapped
her former mistress in the sheet which
had covered the Clergyman when, dead
and thai the mold which she had
scattered on the coffin, was from Ills
grave at Lisbon
The body OF this first wife OF, Lord
Exeter was not cntombcd in the family
vault, but, at her own request. in q
grave In the villa &c church ward at
llanbury. ri WAS the Ncrnons who
after forcing her into lovclcSs mar
riaEc, had ostraciscd her in the most
cruel fashion for her subsequent two
matrimonial alliances, and she did not
wish TO lie among them when dead 4
No mention Is made in Burke's or in
any or the other "Peeragcs, Of her
second and third marriages which
however. arc matters OF the most a,I-
thcntlc record When she died in ISIS.
her estates devolvcd upon her 1ins man
Thomas Shrawley, ana to day they are
IN the possession of his grandson. Sir
Harry foiey Lambert Vernon, who