The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-14
~ IA MAnnu,sE DE roNTENoy.

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Z ORD BRIDPoRT who arrived in
board the White star liner Occa-
ne. may be said TO REPRESENT two
5oI iangiands greatest naval heroes
namely Nelson and Hood. When Ad-
miral Lord Nelson fell In the battle OF
aEntsigar, he left no legitimate Issue.
and his honors passed to his only sur
xsYing elder brother. the Rev. Dr Will
liam Nelson who moreover received
IN national recognition Of Trafalgar
~ Earidom, with perpetual pension
q s2b,VoO year to always go with the
Earidom.
The descent Of the Earldom ana OF
ne PENSION was most curlously arrang
qnt that in the event Of the Reverend
Earl lying without male issue, the
pceragcs and tic annuity should pass
~ ~ ine son Of Mrs Thomas. Bolton, OF
Wells Norfolk. tho eldest sister OF the
great admiral Now the son OF the
parson carl prcdeceased his father. ana
5ho latter on his demise left an only
daughter. She. according TO the italian
law OF succession. Inherited from
her father the Ncapo1itan Dukcdom OF
Bronto and all the valuable Sicilian
bestowed by King Ferdinand and Queen
caroline of Naples upon the great adj
mira FOR his defense OF their throne
aIaih5t INC French She became there
iorc Duchess Of Brontc In her own
right. ana married the Hon. Samuel
HOOD grandson Of that famous Admiral
NiScount iiood whose naval exploits
included the defeat Of the Frcnci, Meet
under Count de C;rasse in 1882. his
seizure Of Tonlon In 1898, and his cap
tu r, Of the island OF Corsica.
lIood's younger brother. AleSan dnr
Hood. who was created viecoun! Bird
feet at Iioricnt. As this first Lord
Bridport left no children. his honors
PASSED by special remainder ut his
death ,, 70 his, srandnephew, samuel
Bronto, and thus the families of Nelson
ah d. Of Hood became united
The eldest son of this union. who
his father and Duke Of Brontc through
his mother, joined the household OF
Queen Victoria and of tho Prince Con-
military service In the Crimea. re-
NAMED connected with the comr, as
e, .1 and az lord in waiting. until
n period of sixty three years. Tho
present Viscount Bridport now in
america Is his eldest son, is, like his
i;dn be before him. a soldier BY proffes-
StrangWays. sister OF 1.-THE late Earl OF
Leicester, has as heir an only surviv
ing son. who three years ago married
a Miss Eileen Kendall. known on the
stage as Miss Dorothy Orme.' and is
n cousin Of that very handsome and
popular actress, Denise orme." who
n.
band, formerly known as Captain John
farde- Buller. Of the Scots Guards flav-
ing lust about Christmas time succeed.
ed to the family honors and estates
on the death Of his father
The present Lord Bridport has not,
however succeeded to his fathers
nnkedom Of Bronte. The latter, by
and by special ARRANGEMENT with tho
Italian Government, went 20 the pros
cnt viscount's fourth brother the Hon.
I<.,-s ,fl1t. Mall k.<s, 49,
Gneen Mary's household, was her pri-
Vate secretary when she was Princess
Of Wales. and was before that comp
trollcr Of The household OF her father
and mother the late Duke and Duchess
OF Teck
When not engaged In his duties at
in in Sicily, at the castio Of Mania n,"s
Is s,ans 80 p!'sf t Gene
nral MANAGES. who with Harold lad
the Saracons from all that part OF the
island. The castle was occupied FOR
Q time by William IL GRANDSON OF the
nearly every rclgninE house OF En-
rope IS descended, and 1t was there that
his mother. Queen Marguerite. founded
MONASTERY NJ IN ~ for the
back by one Of tho MOBILES Of constsn-
tine the Great from Constantinoplc,
and which. Representing the Virgin and
cd by Saint Luke. Tho picture. which
Alexander Hood found hidden way in
tho castle. now hangs over the altar
in tho adjacent church. 1t is very
crudely drawn and painted tho Infant
Jesus having distinctly Oriental APP
pearance. and dark. copper colored
complexion.
AZ the time when the Castle OF
a stcry, as we'll AS the lands and the
vineyards connected Herewith. wcra
bestowed by King Ferdinand upon tho
y shocking condition OF disrepair. anu
remained SO until 1t passed into tho
possession Of the late Lord Rrldport.
on tho dcatlrsof his mother. about fifty
years ago. Up to that time, no mem