The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-08
National Debts.
TWO GREAT HONORS
BESTOWED BY KING

routed. he himself Being badly i'W wound Sdo
Cd and taken prisoner. He had al
re ,Ss been Wounded NO, sYi. in the beginning
subsequent hurt had the effect OF lam
Ing him for life.
In spite Of his III luck, all his SOL
soldier superseded in his Command
on the arrival IN South Africa OF Lord
OF the campaign By Lord Kitchener. he
asked only permission to remain In
me field until The end II the struggle,
content TO undertake any work as
signed TO him, regardless OF his SEN
lofty in rank. A man OF considerable
fortune. peer of the realm. with
beautiful country seat in England and
in the field. performing the mos,
wear!some duties. including all sorts
| OF fatigue and hardsh!ps quietly and
tt9r the country and for the men under
ms command. That Is why, instead OF
being sheived, along with other un-
.9sccessiui commanders at the end OF
dignity OF Knight Grand Cross OF
the Bath. the honor meeting with uni
versai approval. and a fow years az
chief OF tho British torces in South
Africa.
Me;huen wears on his breast. among
MS other decorations. a medal which
he received tor a s!ngu!ariy gallant
act. while military attache OF the Brit
ish embassy at Berlin. One bitterly
G TSia winter day. while walking in tho
a man Who had Sroken through SranI 'P }ha
thin ice coating OF the canal, and was
aFowning Without moments hest
sauon LORD Me,huen jumped IN. and
man safely TO the bank For this
pinned on 70 tho uniform OF Methuen.
sian medal for saving iite: a medal
which was also the arst decoration
eyer won ~ the late Prince Bismarck.
ana "nicn TO the end OF his days no
priced infinitely higher than any other
Lord Me.huen's ancestral home In
Ms WI known as Corsham Court.
South Atr!ea. TO Louis BruguIere. OF
New York. II has been IN the posses
sion OF tho Me thuen family ever since
ing on the Site OF the y palace ' OF a
saxon King. from whose time the deep
ana far-reaching cellars and vaults
cate II comprises no less than u hun-
o dFed rooms. and contains a superb
co!lection. OF Paintings. especially old
masters, formed BY that Paul Methuen
%ho was Secretary OF State to George
10 4tner foreign courts. and by John
Methaen. who after being Chancellor
OF Ireland. was ambassador TO Portu-
gai' where he framed that treaty for
the mutual interchange OF wines and
WOODEN manufactures which continues
70 this day TO be the basis OF Great
Britain's trade with Portugal.
II mas been asserted that the Meth
being derived from John Methuen's in
timacy with King William III, who
was Dutchman. But this is not the
case; They are in reality OF Magyar
stock. 1t seems that King Edgar
Atheling. While travelling in Hungary.
made the acquaintance there OF
Hungarian noble. who accompanied
him to England There Edgar quar-
relied with William the Conqueror. and
retired to Scotland. together with his
Magyar friend: The Scotch King NAL
colin welcomed them both. and granted
TO the Magyar the lands OF Methuen.
in Perthshire. and his descendants
adopted the territorial designation of
the land as their surname. They
moved to England in the reign OF
Henry VII. and settled at Corsham IN
the reign OF the Virgin Queen.
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