The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19
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TN England, as all those Americans
arg aware VINO frcqucnting Lon
doh society. have bcen brought
into contact with royalty. curtseys
nave TO be made by women. no,
only TO the two Queens and 10 the
nrlhcesses OF the rcisning house. hui
also TO the King and TO tie princes.
me curtsey Is, however. not made 10
.ne royai princes Until they grow uii.
Although the Prince OF Wnics will not
attain his majority Cat the age OF
elghteen) until June 20. 1912 thu a
70 SAY, more than n year hence. the
known that after his seventeenth
birthday. namely. next month, 1t Is
expected that the token OF difference
uisated In curtsey Will be paid to
nm nm pE ne women whom he meets.
lie Is also addressed AZ Sir by ali
Of mis- fathers subjccts Just In Inc
same way that his only sister Princess
alary although stii IA short skirts.
II - ana seSsen rs "Aiaam." even by
elderly dowagci progresses, who have
known her mother since the latter's
childhood.
LADY Lsdy p Dash Who has Just 9sen
connie. ii Bnckinghnmshirc is mother
~ the premier baronct of Great Brit
ain. ana widow Of that Sir Ruhcrt
DaShWopd who attracted q consider
able amount Of American newspaper
mhrkAhIc performance OF the role Of
"Romeo." on board ship, during his
Trip across the Atlantic 10 New York.
Later he attracted attention throllgl
hccoiuins involved In some legal pro
ceedings in England With a hook
maker. during the course of which 1t
was brought 10 light that sir Robert
had Tor Years ocen carry!nx on het-
ting business IN Nigo Street, London,
under the name OF "iicnry Benson 9
he had sold out his interes, in the con
Germ TO his partner a bnoSmater Of
the name Of Gotschalk. who when the
baronet subsequently, made bets with
him, declined 10 pay him his winnings.
on the ground that Sir Robert had got
TIC better Of him in the purchase OF
the business The judge decided ,da I
the law did not admit OF the recovery
of bets though legal process
The Dashwoods are an old Dorset
shire family, which Gourishcl IN the
reign OF Queen Elizabeth and the
fortunes of which may be said 10 have
been founded ly George Eastwood.
TURKEY merchant, and. an alderman OF
TIC city OF London in Tho reign OF
lanes !. The Second barone, was
that Sir Francis Eastwood Of unsavory
memory. who desecratcd Mcdnenham
Abbey. on the Thames through tho
ioundation there OF the infamous Hell
Fire Club, Int who managed. in spite
OF his rillainies. to secure the Office
Of Chancellor Of the EXchepicr. and
died at an advanced age as II.ord lie
i'tNDcnCcT. having luncrltcu the bar
ony as such. from his uncle, Lord
Westmoreland Having no legitimate
issue. the pecraGc fell into abeyance
At HIS death. and still remains In that
condition. lie left, however. an ilieGi-
,imatc daughter who under the name
of Fanny -intonia. Furnished much
material for the chroniuucs scand-
alcnses at the beginning OF the nine
tecnth century. md who. wonatrfillN.
beautiful and clever. has been nm
mortnlized by Dc Quincy In a vivid
character sketch. under the title OF
The Female lnhdel.r t
It cannot be said that Lord lie
Despcnceryhas enjoyed nndisiurhed re-
pose since his death For the family
mausoleum of tho Dashwoohs, at West
W%conhc Park, where he lies entomb-
ed, has been repeatedly broken into
by vandals. and subjected 10 the most
ghoulish dissertation. lhe last out
rage Of this kind having hecn per-
petratcd as recently MS FIVE years ago
Nor have the criminals ever been dis
covered or brought TO Justice, In spite
Of the large rewards offered for their
arrest. ''I'f
Sir Edwin Hare Eastwood. father
OF the late baronet. and grandfather
therefore Of the now fificen-ycar- old
Sir John. the present master OF West
Wycomhe Park died very mysteriously
In Paris In 1882 IIe was a victim OF
the alcohol habit. which! had reduced