The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-18
By La MARaursE DE roNrENoY.

NH a r l. Z BATEMAN HANBURY
who as younger son OF the late
Lord Batcman is entitled to the
prefix of Honorable" TO his Chris
tian name. and is next heir 10 the
Bateman peerage, since the marrla re
of his elder brother, Lord Bateman,
to the widowed Mrs. Henry Cabot
Knapp. of New York, daughter OF
James Jeffrey Graham OF that city,
has remained without issue, has JUS:
embarked in what is known as so
ciety Journalism" by the purchase OF
the London weekly newspaper ~titl1i
Madame" an old established organ
OF that portion of the press which
caters more especially TO the feminine
element. He Is however. no tyro in
journalism. For. some time ago he
acquired control of The Throne" II
London illustrated weekly. which has
vicissitudes. and has managed to set
1t on its feet and to render Il 4
paying concern.
Fortunately he is rich: far more so
than his brother Lord Bateman,
through the Wills of couple OF I'm :
cles; and has, one of the most beau
tiful Elizabethan country seats in the
United Kingdom, Breccles Hall, near
Attleborough. In Eorfoikshire: spend :
tanning its style and character. The
building contains grand old hall.
with oak paneling over 300 years old.
The floor Is of oak, only partly COW
cred with rugs. The numerous bed
rooms are In feudal style, there bein 3
no paper on the walls: only rugs on
the floor. There is no electric light,
the whole house being lit with lamps.
The gardens are laid out with Old
H.
interesting in every way that both
Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra
have visited II on several occa sions.
y year or so ago. Charles Bateman
Hamburg purchased Eye Castle, tho
old Norman stronghold commen ing
the town OF Eye. in Suffolk, and pre-
sented 1t to the municipality; while
his widowed mother. who is also very
rich in her own right. organized at
in the castle. and filled with interest.
Ing relics connected with the his
tory of Eye, which ne had collected
and purchased for the purpose
The Hanburys are a very ancient
family. One OF them was lord cham
berlain to Edward III; another of
them Lord Chief Justice of Common
Pleas in Ireland under Richard H.; a
third was member of Parliament for
l..
fourth, Sir John Hamburg. was knight
ed by James /. for his services as
High Sheriff OF Northamptonshire
William Hanbury in the reign Of
George II. married the sister and heir
ess of Viscount Bateman, and through
this marriage the extensive Bateman
estates passed into the possession OF
William Hanbury's grandson and
namesake, who was raised TO the
peerage by Queen Victoria in the first
year of her reign, as Lord Bateman
of the present and second creation.
The fortunes Of the Batemans may be
said to owe their origin to Sir James
Bateman, who was member of Parlia-
ment and Lord Mayor of London in
the beginning OF the eighteenth CEN
fury, and also governor of the South
Sea Company.
Whether Charles Hamburg Batemans
invasion OF society journalism will BIO
a success, remains to be seen. Those
members of his own particular class
who have made the experiment have
for the most part met with failure
They include the late Earl Desart. eld-
err brother of the present peer, re-
nowned for his homellness. and also
known in London society as the parti-
cular bette noir OF the late King Ed
ward For several years he owned
and edited Vanity Fair"
Then there was the Earl OF Rosslyn,
who ran for n short time society pa
per entitled. If remember right, Scot
fish Life" and which he used to ad-
vertise by correcting the proof sheets
in a particularly conspicuous manner
seated in a chair In Hyde Park, at
the very hour when the fashionable
world was wont to foregather there
He had as his associate Lady Colin
Campbell widow of one of the young
or brothers of the Duke OF Argyll. She
also ran for time a society paper