The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-20
SCOTS OBSERVE
OLD CEREMONIES
Dignitaries Attend the British
Sovereign on Recent Visit
to Country.
FOLLOW FORMAL CUSTOMS
Honorary Posts in Scotland Re-
main in Some Families
for Generations.
FOLLOW FORMAL CUSTOMS
BY LADY MARY MANwARING.

BY LADY MARY MANWARING.
Special Gable 10 The Tribune
LONDON. Aug. l9.-No more striking
coincidence OF the difference between the
status OF Ireland and Scotland In the
United Kingdom could bc imagined than
that shown In the personnel OF the great
officers Of the courts held In Dublin and
Edinburgh In the Irish capital, English
and Scotch dIgnltaries fairly outshone
those OF Irish extraction
In Edinburgh none but Scotsmen were
on guard In the high ofhcial positions
during the visit of King George and
Queen Mary to their Scotch capital
They were received. in fact, as king
and queen o: Scotland. rather than OF
Great Britain. Their majestles were re-
eeived at Edinburgh by a staff OF purely
scottish diynitarles. who were in attend
ance on him throughout his stay in
Scotland by virtue of their offices, which
are In most cases hereditary,
First and foremost among the great
diSnitarles OF state who were In attend
land was his eldest son. In his heredi-
tary capacity as grand steward OF Scot
land, an office with which he became
invested from the very moment OF his
over q year ago. The heir apparent be-
came at the same time and in the same
manner duke OF Rothesay. lord OF the
Isles. and prince OF Scotland, Indeed,
the office OF grand steward Of Scotland,
by reason OF the vastness OF the power
and authority formerly vested in his
hands. has always been Identified with
that OF the prince OF Scotland, in the
eldest son OF the sovereign He was the
only dignitary not OF pure Scotch birch
and descent.
The prince OF Wales had with him
Lord Halfour OF Burleigh, who is keepe.
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Scotland, His Scotch pcerage, which
dates from 1907. when II was created by
James l., came 10 him from the distaff
sida OF the house namely. through the
marriage OF Mary, daughter OF the fourth
Lord .Bulfour OF Burleigh. To General Al
exander Bruce, a cadet OF the house oil
Bruce. OF which King Robert Bruce was
q member and OF which the carl q Elgin
Is the chief.
High Constable Ranks Next.
grand steward OF Scot!and-that is. the
heir ir-appagent-comes the hereditary
lord high constable of the kinsdom-
namely, the earl Of Enroll. The oface
since It was bestowed by King Robert
Bruce In 1915 on his devoted companion
In arms. Sir Gilbert Hay Of Enroll. along
with Slams castle. which has been the
home of the Hays OF Enroll ever since
that IS To say. for near SIX hundred years
The office Of lord high constable invests
Lord Enroll. the nineteenth carl OF his
line, with precedence over every peer
and dignitary OF the kingdom Of Scot
land who does not happen 10 he prince
OF the blood. and Win the right OF re-
manning covered IN the kings presence
The most interesting relic preserves mt
his castle OF Slams Is the playing card
Ca nine OF dlamonds) known 10 this day
as "the curse of Scotland on which the
able order that no quarter should be
given or prisoners taken at the battle OF
Culloden, fought on April 10. Il7lG;
Then there Is the tniTteentn d IukG Sn OF
dcntally, premier peer, OF Scotland, as
well as chief OF the historic house OF
Douglas. VINO Is hereditary keeper OF
Holyrood palace. On the strength OF this
office the former Dukes OF Hamilton mo-
nopolized all the best apartments. es-
pecially the RESIDENTIAL ones at Holyrood.
ny. and 1t was only with the utmost dif-
ticulty that the crown managed 10 recover
the premises which were occupied by the
king and queen.
Prcsides Over Meetings,
The duke OF Montrose Is lord clerk reg
lister, and as such presides at the meet
ings Of Scotch peers hold at each parlia-
mcntary election for the selection by the
Scotch peers OF the sixteen or their num-
ber who represent them In the house OF
lords. The Duke OF Buccleuch and or
Quoensbury Is the captain general o!
the Kings ROYAL Bodyguard. OF Scotland.
which Is likewise known as the koyn!
Company OF Archers. and the rank and
file OF which. composed OF Scotchnen or
gentle birth and blue blood. are armed
on state occasions with bows and ar
rows.
Then there is the Marquis OF Breadal-
banc who Is keeper OF the prlvy seal OF
tho King OF Scotland. and who is one OF
the largest land owners OF tho northern
kingdom. being able To ride in direct
line for hundred miles from his castle
OF Taymouth In Perthshire without ever
leaving his own land,
Lord Southcsk WAS nt HolyTood as the
hereditary cupbearcr OF the King OF Scot
land He Is the chlcftain of the great
Scottish clan of Carnegie. great
grandfather OF tho present Lord Southeast
married Miss Agnes Elliot. daughter OF
Andrew Elliot, lieutenant governor OF
New York Mt the close Of the eighteenth
century: and the present earrs father
Travelled extensively in the United Stntes
and wrote several pleasant books about
America at time when II Was less ia
milinr 10 Europeans than II Is today. AZ
forwards he devoted much of his time TO
expiorat ton OF the more remote districts
o! Cannda where there are several towns
today that bear tho name OF Southesk and
of Carnegie in his honor.
Finally. there is the hereditary carver
10 the King ~ Scotland. He Is only nine
years old being Sir WYndh1m Car
michael Anstruther. eleventh haronet OF
bis line II was truly u Scottish recep-
Hon