The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-05

x sued only few weeks before
l. ~ MS death, directing that an off,
cial record OF the order of baro-
nets should be prepared and kept at
the lone Department. and that no
person whose name is not mentioned
on the roll should be officially ac-
knowledged or addressed as baronct.
atthe same time appointing a commits
sion for the examination Of all claims
10 be Included in the roll. has re-
suited In the disappearance OF a num-
Der OF baronets with doubtful titles
from the pages Of tho 1911 editions Of
Burke's" and other standard works
OF reference.
Among the baronets who have thus
disappeared from the scene. Is 'Slr"
GrenFillc Louis Temple. who has
hitherto figured In the Official peer
ages and baronotages as the twelfth
Baronet of Stowe. Burke" In particu-
lar. devotlng until this year three long
columns TO his family.
me case is OF considerable interest
on this side OF the Atlantic. for a va
rlety OF reasons. One OF them Is that
Sir Grenvillc was long reported as
missing" In the United States, but is
n roi;, serving IN the Canadian Mounted
prince Albert Land. The second rca-
son. is. that swindlcr, availlng him
self OF the fact that ..Sir" Grenville
was described as missing" assumed
MS name and the title. BY means Of
which he pcrpetrnted. on both sides or
the Atlantic, q number OF frauds, and
induced an uniucky American woman
TO marry him. The third reason Is
that the eighth baronet. OH the strength
OF whose assumption OF the title at the
end OF the eighteenth century Sir
Grsnville has hitherto styled himself
2 baronet, as his senior descendant IN
the male line was an American.
me family Is very ancient one. be-
ing descended from Earl Leofric and
and among his ancestors are Robert
Temple. Lord OF the Manor OF Temple.
IN Worcestershire in the reign Of Henry
III. Peter Temple obtained from King
Edward VI n grant OF the Manor Of
stowe. In BuckInEhamshre. and his
grandson, Thomas Temple. was created
a baronet In 1911 By James l. lie had
thirteen children, and Fuller. in his
,Worthies or England relates that
Lady Temple lived TO see 100 OF her
own descendants
enih bnronct. died without issue in
1886, George Temple, Marquis of Buck
ingham. and father Of the first Duke
OF Buckingham and Chandns. rs /, mem.
Der of the Temple family highest in
rank. and as senior general. M
dressed letter to his klnsman. John
Temple. native. Of Boston. Mass. and
at the time British consul general for
The United States. residing in New
York. announcing 10 him formally that
the TEMPLE bnronctcy Of Stowe had
devolved upon him as heir male The
marquis further stated that he had
taken care to notify the fact to Lord
Carmarthcn. then Secretary of State.
in order that he, John Temple should
be acknowledged as a baronct, In Off :
cial communications Consul General
John Temple. who thereupon assumed
he style OF "Sir John Temple Bart .
married a dnWgh,er OF James Rowdoin.
Governor of the state OF Massachusetts.
and one OF his daughters, Elizabeth.
married Thomas T. Winthrop, also
Governor OF massachusetts. Sir John
was succeeded by his son, Cirenville.
who. born at Boston. was married TO
a daughter of Colonel George Watson.
Of that city. and from him "sir" c;ren-
VILE Louis TEMPLE. Of the Canadian
Mounted Police. is the senior descend :
ant in the direct male line. another
descendant Of Consul General John
Temple being Temple BowdoIn, OF
New York
Now If the Marquis of Buckineha m
insisted unon Cc-s,,l- General John
Templc assuming the Temple of stowe
baronetcy, It was because he believed
that as a descendant Of the Rev Thos.
'remp]e. third son of the first baronet
John Temnle was the senior heir. This
would 1,nvo hoan nndonhtAdlv norroct