The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-24
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IA M1ItouisE III: ToNTENoY.

ADf MEUNS Viii, and the dispo-
IN sition OF the great fortune OF
this very wealthy and eccentric
woman. who. prior to her mar
riage, was 4 music hall and vaudeville
topic for discussion In English society,
which had kept its doors TO q great
extent closed against her. For this
she rendered her dead husbands kins-
Wife, formerly Miss Adele Beach Grant.
OF New York, largely responsible She
Rad looked 70 them to promote her
social aspirations, and in those days
| had intimatcd to thcm that they would
he her principal heirs. But they failed
to fulfil her expectations. and, cutting
them off with relatively small
legacy, she explains In her will that
It IS because they failed to treat her
with proper consideration. Tho most
.e,Mtraorrdinary beauest however, IS
| C.cely Gordon. The now twelve-year-
old daughter Of Lady Granville Cor
don, and the question OF whose par
entage, formed some seven or eight
years ago the subject Of one OF tho
most sensational causes cclebres in
England, eliminating IN All announce
ment in the Oncial Gazette. by the
Lord Chamberlain, that he had re-
ceived the commands or the late King
| to cancel Lady Granville Gordon's
presentation at court, thereby cXclud
ms her thereIrom. and holding her up
TO public ohlopuy as an object OF So
cial ostracsm.
Lady Granville Gordon, who now
makes her home in the south or France
WITH her daughter, is AN American wo-
man, and halls from Chicago. where she
lived at Highland Park as Margaret
Humble, daughter OF the late Wiiliai IN
Turner Humble. and married as her
first husband Frederick Il. Close a
wealthy American. from Minnesota,
whose brothers. William and James 3.
Close. still live in Chicago. Her hus
band was killed while polo playing
8. = Il
his widow She went to England, was
presented as an American widow at
court in London in 1891, and three
years later married Christian Fred
erick Gordon, son of that Colonel Cor; or
don who was for SO many years comp
troller or the household of Prince and
Princess Christian.
During her marriage 10 Christian
Frederick Gordon, better known by
his nickname OF Eric" he gave birth
TO daughter, who received the name
that Is to say, in, 1902. her husband
was compelled by his relatives TO sue
for a divorce from her. owing to the
TACT thnt she was living openly with
was named as correspondent. There
was no defense, and the custody OF
the child was awarded TO the pct!tlon-
ing husband. Mrs. Gordon, however.
child. Matters dragged on and on.
The decree was made absolute and
Mrs. Gordon married the correspond
ent. the late Lord Granville Gordon.
Finally, Erie Gordon, forced once
more by his relatives. took proceedings
10 enforce the surrender Of the child,
in accordance with the terms OF the
decree of divorce. Lady Granville Cor
don, instead OF giving up the child,
went into court, and not only swore that
Cicely was the offspring OF Lord Gran
vile Gordon. instead Of her former
husband, Eric Gordon. but even pro-
claimed that she had been intimate
with Granville while still Mrs. Close,
and before she had married Eric She
added that Eric Gordon had known
throughout her second marriage Of her
intimacy with Lord Ceramic" Cor
don, and had offered no objection
pcnnilessy while she had a large in
come In her own right. inherited part
~ from her father and partly from
her American husband, Frederick B.
Close. Il was following this evidence,
virtually confirmed by Lord Granville
Gordon. that King Edward caused the
issue OF the public announcement Of
tho cancellation OF her presentation
The trial eliminated in an order by
the presiding judge that little Cicely
Gordon should at once he given into
the custody OF Erie Gordon's parents,
since both Lord and Lady Granville
ship TO the child. had shown them
selves. by their own confession. to be
altogether unfit to be intrusted with
the bringing MP OF n little girl. Lady
Granville Gordon. In lieu OF oheying
the order OF tho court and giving mp
her daughter, disguised the latter as