New-York tribune., 1911-03-16
LORD BR|DPORT HERE
Heir of EneIand's Greatest Two
Naval Heroes.

-ord Bridport. VINO hrllNCu III Nv" w"
80 davs ago on board the White star
- oceanic. may be said To represent two
-,gland's greatest naval heroes-name
u 80, and Hood. Whom Admiral Lord
>-.,so, fell In the battle OF Trafalgar he
-, 10 legitimate issue. and his honors
sod ,o his only surviving elder brother
- Rey Or. William Nelson. who. more
- received in national recognition OF
-.a,o1rsr an earldom. With a perpetual
r.,on Of 5000 d year always TO 20 viii
me earldom.
-, descent Of the earldom and OF the
,s,on was most curious,y arranged
q. ras stipulated in the patent that In
- event OF The reverend earl dying With
male issue the peerag ges and the an
..,,y should pass 10 the son of Mrs. Thomas
po,,on Of Wells. Norfolk. the eldest sister
:. ere great admiral Now, the son of the
.,-son earl predeceased his father. who
nis demise left an only daughter. She,
,ocording 10 the Italian law Of succession.
.te-,,ed from her father tho Neapolitar
s,to5c-1 o. Bronte and all the valuable
.i..lian estates on the slopes of Noun;
va bestowed by King Ferdinand and
o,,oer Caroline OF Naples upon the great
.s,,'-al for his defence Of their throne
Gains the French. She tecame, therefore,
r,cbess Of Bronte in her own right and
-,e,ried the Hon. Samuel Hood. grandson
:, that famous Admiral Niscount Hood
-.,ose naval exploits included the defeat
- the French fleet under Count de Grasse
a. -. his seizure OF Toulon in 1898 and his
~,n;,i-e OF The island OF Corsica.
al
rsnhew ~ the first Viscount Hoods young
- brother, Alexander Hood. who was cre-
,.s5 Viscount Bridport for his victory over
.ss French feet at LOrient As this first
lord Bridport left no children. his honors
-asse6 by special remainder at his death
20 his grandnephev. Samuel Hood. hus-
bsns q the Duchess Of Bronte, and thus
.,s families Of Nelson and Of Hood became
os',ed.
The eldest son OF this union. who became
.f.-d Lor5 B-tdport throleh his father
and Duke q Bronte through his mother.
,,ined he household OF Queen Victoria and
~ the Prince Consort in 1911 and save for
term Of military service in the Crimes
-s-ained connected with the court as
,9verry and as lord-in-waiting until his
ses,h. n leNi-that IS 10 say. for a period
n s.vty-threc wears The present Viscount
p-dpo-t now IN America. IS his eldest son,
srs IS Ike his father before him. SOL
der BY profession and married 70 Lady
Maria Fox Strancvays. sister Of the late
Earl o. leicester. has as heir an only sur
viv.ng son. who three yeals ago married a
Mss Eileen Kendall. known on the stage
as Miss Dorothy O-me" with whom he
IS TOW making his home ir California. en-
.a.sd n fruit farming. She is a cousin OF
,ha. very handsome and popular actress
Denis 1rme VINO : now a peeress OF
RE realm. her husband. formerly known as
0a1tsin John -arde- Bulle-. Of the Scots
Guards. having Just about Christmas tine
cone in-o The family honors and estates
N the death of Ms father
The present Lord Bridport has not how
ever. succeeded 70 his fathers duke dom Of
Bronte The latter. by virtue OF the late
lord Bridpo-t's will. and by special ~
sangsner- with the Italian government.
-ent 70 tre present viscourt's fourth broth
s-. the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood. treas
r-s- u Queen Mary's household. who was
e. private secretary when she was Prin-
roller q the household Of her father and
-othsr. The late Duke and Duchess OF
Teck
VIE, ro- engaged N tis duties az court
e is 20 De found at his home in Sicily. a.
,as Caste - MANAGES. + Is a grand Cd
place. built some thousand years ago by
he g1at General Maniaces, who with
Ea-o.d Ha-drada- and the latter's Morse
Ter. drove ne Saracers from ali that part
n The island The castle was occupied for
tine ov william H. grandson Of the great
King Roger o. Sicily. from whom nearly
every rcigring house Of Europe IS de-
'cerdsd and 30 was there that his mother.
Queen Marguerite founded q MONASTERY IN
l',i ,or the preservation OF q sacred paint
80, tr3Uct, back by one Of the mobiles Of
Constantine the Great from Constantinople
sri whic. reoresentinc the Virgin and
C1A1, vas alleged 10 nave been painted by
- Luke The picture which Alexander
Hood toim5 hidden away in the castle. now
-91ss over the altar in the adjacent
0'lroh. T. IS very crudely drawn and
,a.7ied the 1fant Jesus having q distinct
Or.ents. appearance. and dark. cop
ier co,ored complexion.
Al the time when the castle OF MANAGES
s71 re r-ins o. the uouastery. as well as
he lands ana the vineyards connected
herewith were bestowed by King Ferdi-
'tA- upon the great Admiral Nelson the
'isce vas VI a shocking condition of dis
f's4s. and remained SO Until il passed
'd'' ''e possession of the late Lord Brid-
'-''. cH the death OF MS mother. about
t} re7rs ago IN 10 that tirne no mem
ter OF TIE Nelson o. Hood family had Wis
"'a ne p'acs. and II is OF interest 10 add
e. me g-c3t Lord Nelson himself never
once took The trouble 10 inspect the prop
Try Or 10 sc' foot on bis Sicilian estates.
ING s'e Lord Bridport. however took
pace N Land. spent d considerable sum
money ir restoring the castle and build
ss ah' % developing the property turn
- o''f mo cnIro management thereof, IN
.,'' 10 r' fourth son. Alexander. To-day
estate. which is trayersed by nearly
'+ mics of excellent roads produces
"is' quantity o. excellent wine. Of the
'1e oi-t.. which yields very hand
return. wrie tie castle has been
's''ed iuto a most commodiOus and
luxurious abode crammed almost
celia t0 rarret with Nelson relics.
there also that are preserved the
chests filled with MS private CORE
,'ence with his Egeria. Emma. Lady
c'on. Will King Ferdinand and queen
''h' ci Naples. g. well as his official
- confidential correspondence with tho
N English Premier Pitt. and most Of
Facing statesmen. commanders oiplo-
sho rulers OF a hundred years ago.
'a'ler Hood IS tho custodian thereof.
'n@ uUe u the great earthquake at
Una. Two wears ago. much alarm was
ENGLAND for their safety. which was
renewed until telegram was received
..u Hool s-lt-nc tLat The castla u