The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-28
SIR WILLIAM GRANTHAM
REBUKED BY PARLIAMENT

OF his former motto that of the Grant
lams or Lincoln. CONNIE Dieu grant
ill., which appears on the window. if
While there are hundreds Of cases
or PEOPLE. even OF the Hottest rank and
title, usurping armorinl beariEgc ana
no vestige OF right. this constitutes
the first instance outside OF Gilbert
and Sullivan'a Pirates OF Penzancc,'
OF the piratical appropriation, not
merely OF arms. but actually OF an
cestral iombs, and that. too. by judge
of the highest court Of the land--a
member OF the tribunal charged With
the Interpretation and execution of
the letter as well as OF the spirit OF
the law OF the land 81
Lord Melville. whose country place
In Sorthamptonshire. stately Eliza
possessed of many associations with
the memory Of the poet Dryden. was
almost destroyed by fire the other day.
OF Melville and Lcven, Who usually
styles himself by the latter Of his two
earldoms. For, whereas the patro-s
nymic Of the young earl is Melville. that
The viscount has many American
friends and acQuaintances. whom he
Hospitality entertained at Christlania
during the many years which he spent
there under the name Of tho Hon.
Charles Dundas. as consul general Of
Great Britain.
~ Dundas, the own particular friend
and colleague of William Pitt, to whom.
he owed his elevation to the peeraSc
/ He was Pitts secretary of war. and
before he died was compelled to sub
init to Impeachment by the House Of
Commons for malversation while treas.
urer Of the navy, being duly acquitted
after a trial BY the House OF Lords
lie left a very largo fortune. and the
present viscount owns, in addition 20
his country seat in Nor,hamptonshire
vile Castle near Edinburgh
The great historic house OF Koniss.
mark. in Germany. seems bent upon
ant fashion. the disreputabic Count
Gnnther Konigsmark being again In
trouble. this time a Nice, in connec-
ton with certain fraudulent mortgage
the 'Graehicher Taschenbnch' Of tile
"Almanach dc Gotha." as still lieu-s
sian, army. But this IS not correct, and
commission lie has been divorced
no. less than four times. his last wife
some. famo in literature under the
pseudonym Of Count Salviak."i and.
having made Germany too hot to hold
contract fifth matrimonial alliance
on the Riviera 81
The Konigsnarks have played
very conspicuous role In the annals
Of Europe. It was tire Countess Aurora
Konigsmark. renowned for her beauty
who found favor in the eyes Of King
Augustus. OF Saxony, by whom She
became the mother Of that famous
military leader, the Mareschal de SAKE,
| who, gave the English such drubbing
at the battle OF ltontenoy. 1t was an
other Countess KoniGsmark who was
the favorite of George T. Of England,
, while Count Philip Konigsmark was
/ murdered by the officers Of that Kins
as he was emcrging one night from
the apartments OF The Queen. He had
I been BETRAYED by one OF her ladies' 2.
Countess Platcn. whose advances he
had spurned, and who. when he las
on the floor Of the palace expiring OF
her heels The Queen, it may be re-
WONDERED. was placed under restraint,
and kept a close prisoner In the Castle
of Alden for thirty-two years. l5sS
Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
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