The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-22
Settlement.
GLADSTONE'S FRIEND
GOVERNOR OF MADRAS

ant an, OF the Royal Naval College a.. OK
befn ne ,, hIord HOOD Is. like his father
Indced the smaliness OF the iate
| . .IoI q 1900 led, at the time OF his un-
111 ennisa suit for the hand OF Princess
nioPulaf witticism In London society
, ,nJ naui pen EcJected on the ground that.
a,ni.s mere ylsconnt. his rank was In
John Campbell. then Ma lsS Of l" harne
- H9Nv i'ukc OF Argyll. whercupon The
i ,acI l - q, Houghton. aiiuding to tho
!ach cf Size OF the viscount declared
n .nai the royal family in the matter had
strained at n gnat and swallowed q
s sa,hel The latter word having the
same pronunciation in England rs the
name of Campbell.
me present Lord HOOD is soldier
~, profession, was major OF the Gren-
n ~ ,,s Guards, served in the last Ashanti
/. r AZ, mas a fine country place OF about
J ~ acres IN Mort hamptonshre. at Bar
n ION Se'agrove. and is the fifth holder
famous admiral, sir Samuel Hood 'ae'a
reward for his naval victories. espe-
s s,l.i ms successful attack on Touion
ana ms conquest Of the Island OF Cor
sica. Since then at leas. halt n dozen
members of this old Dorsetshire family
PIE OF exceptions, every. one OF the men
has done service either ia tho army or
N the navy. 'IF''
Miss Primrose Stapleton Cotton +ho
lancee of Lord Hood is a woman of ovnr
thirty and is a daughter OF Col. the
ion. Richard stapieton Cotton. Of tho
scots Gnard who Is next heir to- hi.
!, nephew's Niscountcy of CoInbermere
and TO the Comberinere Abbey estate in
Shropshire. as well as to much landed
'ro sonIS IN stanordshire. It must be
ootn 70 the present and to the future
Lord Combermere. that the late Wis
count failed In his efforts to sell Com
bermere Abbey, which was leased for
season, ut an enormous rental. 10 tho
late Empress Of AUSTRIA
me late Lord Combcrmere's efforts
70 sell the abbey were due to the So
Ga ostracism to which his second wife.
me Nlscountess, had been subjected by
the county families. This boycott was
now widowed Lady Combermerc in the
ulYorce court number Of years ago
y sister OF Sir George Chetwynd, she
bury Hall, one Of the most popular men
III the county, but whom she Abandoned
aesert'ns also her young children. in
Stapleton Cotton. afterwards Lord
Combermere) and then a married man
himself. The flight Of the couple caus-
double divorce suit. For the Hon. Mrs.
Stapleton Cotton made it n cause for
a divorce, while Mrs. Poole's husband
ton Cotton's example. The consequence
was that both Mr.. >Stapeton Cotton and
Mrs. Poole We're declared liberated
- Oiii iitll leSpcCIlSO matrimonial ponds
by the divorce court taking advantage
Of which they were Immediately unit
ed in marriage W
The Viscountcy of Combermere was
first conferred in 1914. on one Of the
most distinguished cavalry generals OF
the Peninsular War. The present Lord
Combermere, who is a son OF his faith
er's. second marriage. is confirmed
bachelor but no longer enjoys the an
nuity OF $4,000 year which was voted
by Parliament for three lives at the
time when the first Viscount Comber-
mere was raised 10 the House OF Lords.
Comhermere Abbey is situated about
four miles from Whitechurch, in a beau.
tiful country. The abbey Is said tC
nave been founded about the year 1880.
by the Cistercian Order Of monks A
very picturesque old building, and sit
natad on high ground, near the lake, IT
has hardly q rival for beauty in the
Kingdom. Tt possesses a wealth of an
Client carvings and number OF we'll
authenticated ghosts.
Copyright, 1911, by tho Brentwood
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