The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-07
BY. La MARoUIsH DE FoNTrsNoY.
r ORD BRASSEY, at the age OF SOW
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n
enty-hve. has become convert
IL to the suffragette oause, and his
accession to their ranks Ia one
OF considerable Importance. For Lord
Brassey is o peer who commands uni
versal respect who has always enjoyed
reputation for sound common sense
and observation-disclosures. and who has done
many things in his long and useful
life; Moreover. he has held. and still
holds. high office For he has been
Lord OF. the Admiralty. governor OF tho
grest Australian uf an colony Of yosora
Architects. brother of the Trinity
House Corporation and for tho last
three years has boon Lord Warden OF
dignity of admiral.
True, he Is not borne az such on the
navy list. But ne Is an admiral. lust
lieutenants of counties bordering the
scashore, TO whom this Office was
added to their other attributes as
shire, In order to endow them with
maritime rights. In connection with
the defense of the coast against In
y yant ,o by any foTeign enemy. insnr-
borough is Vice Admiral OF York
shire, and the Earl Of Mount Edge
There Is even "a diminutiYc peer the
young Marquis of Donegal. now about
seven years OF age. who is hereditary
Lord High Admiral OF Tough Neagh.
which Is the largest lake. not only in
ireland. but also OF the entire British
Isles covering an area OF 1853 square
miles, with a coast line OF sixty i've
miles. His dignity dates back TO the
sixteenth and seventeenth Centuries
when the lake was the scene or many
important naval battles. The last one
fought on Its waters occurred In 1912
Lord Brassey cherishes in quite a
particular degree the title OF admiral.
ATTACHED TO the office OF Lord Warden
Of the Cin0ue Ports. For It Is doubt
ful II there is any other member OF
the House of Lords, mot a sailor by
profession. who has worked more en-
his entire career. to promote the In
terests OF the British navy, and 10
fnrther the maritime grandeur OF tho
interest IN ali matters pertaining 10
the sea finds expression in his founda-
ton and production OF "Brassey's
compilation. which Is to he FOUND on
hoard every man-ofwar, both Eng
lish and foreign.
His flne steam yacht Sunbeam, which
mas 10 lis record near half q million
ot knots, has been seen in every port
OF any Importance on the face OF the
globe, Several months Of each yenr
have been spent by him IN cruising,
and many OF these cruises have Turn,
ished material for entertaininG books
some OF them by Lord Brassey. some
- eHcil W Tue lSuOS BTuSEey, ana
some of them by his present wife He
was one of the cher organizers OF the
Royal Naval Reserve in which until
ne became lord warden. he held tho
rank Of captain. Moreover, in his ap-
pearance and in his manner he CON
veys the impression of the quarter
deck. rather than OF great contrac-
tor whose firm Is responsible for the
construction of many great railroads
both In the United Kingdom and In
foreign countries.
Lord Brassey Is well known in this
country. where he is frequent visi-
tor In the pages of"Burkc" and simi-
lar works of reference we are inform
ed that he is descended in direct line
from Robert de Bresey who lived In
the reign of Edward Ill, the state
ment formerly put forward by those
authorities, to the effect that the FAINT
~ was descended from the companions
In arms of William the Conqueror
known as the Sieur de Brescie, having
been abandoned. But If the descent Is
authentic. the family must in its less
remote generations have fallen upon
evil days. For the father OF Lord
Brassey was that fine old fellow, Tom
Brassey, the greatest of all the rail-
roed contractors of Europe who start
ed life as a common laborinG man, and
died a multi-milli onaire, leaving to
each of his three sons a fortune pro-
duccing an income OF 100000 a year
independent of their share in his