The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-20
La Marquise de Fontenoy

: DUNG Archibald Sinclair, q SUB

\/oUNG Archibald Sinclair, SUB
! altern OF the Second Life
Guards. and in honor OF whose
coming of age a number OF festivities
have been organized In England uui
more especially in Scotland, by his
Srandfather. Str (John) Tolemache
Sinclair. and by other members OF the
historic house TO which he belongs !s
half an American, for his mother was
Mabel, the beautiful daughter OF Man
Ion Sands. OF New YORK. and through
her Lieutenant Archibald Sinclair tNvho
on hts near agenayian grandtath-
cr's death will inherit his baronctcy
/ and entatled estatesb is connected by
ties of kinsmanship with a number OF
New York families. including the Van
derb!lts.
| The estates which youns ,..ucla,t VII!
inherit arc very great, extending over
comprising some OF the finest shooting
IN the northern kingdom. ana tho
wonderfully picturesque castle o:
| Thurso. which looks over the stormy
tides OF tho Pentland Firth, and Is so
close TO the sea that one can literally
/ issh from the spray necked windows.
| For years Sir John. who is somew ma 4
! eccentric, has let 1t TO Thomas Barring
and to Lord Cromer, who usually en-
| for the shooting Just east OF tho
castle which is exceedingly spacious.
| is Harold's Tower over the tomb of
Earl Harold. who was ppsstssor at one
time of half OF Orkney, OF Shetland
and OF Caithness. and who fell in bat
tie against his own namesake. Eurl
Harold the Wicked" in 1870. Near
by Is the town OF Thurso.
Sir Tollcmache Sinclair (,vho is
Laird OF U!bster. and who is chieftain
Of one OF the branches of that great
| clan of Sinclair OF which the seven
teenth Earl of Caithness is the head
| Is e!shty-seven years of age. and may
| be said to have commenced his public
| career rather early. since he was page
| of honor to queen Adelaide in the
reign of King William ~. receiving
| on his own resignation Of that post.
at the age OF seventeen. the customary
commission in the Scots Guards lie
| married away back in 1899, one OF the
| beautiful Anglo French Standishes OF
DuXbury Park, and this naturally
brought him into close contact with
the court Of the Tuileries and with
| the great world in Paris during the
| paimy days OF the empire. Indeed, Sir
| John Is almost as familiar Il figure in
! Paris as in London. and il is no cXag-
\ SeTdtlon TO assert tntt he mas met and
has been personally acquainted, more
or less intimately. with nearly every
| notable parsonage OF the Victorian era,
| from Emperor Nicholas l. of Russia
and the great Duke OF Wellington TO
| the present Gear and Emperor William,
and comprising Prince Bismarck, with
| whom he stayed at FREDERICKSBURG:
\ Count Cavour. Mazzini Garibaldi. En-
1 press Eugenie. both prior and subse-
quent to her marriage; Marshal Prim.
Emperor Macmillan OF Mexico. Theirs,
etc. The "reminiscences which he has
| printed for private circulation contain
/ many things that are trivial, almost
to the point OF childshness, and here
and there something of real import
! ance. But, such as they are, they all
| help TO increase the understanding of
| the pcrsonageS with whom they deal.
BY his family, Sir Tollemache--for
! that is the name by which he is known
| lis looked upon as a crank. and the
record of his eccentricities would I'LL
q volume. Some years ago he endeav-
| ored to relieve the monotony of the
poorhouses all over England and
Scotland by presenting them with
gramophones, the records consisting
however. not OF popular tunes but OF