The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-17
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ment 10 a New Zealand hcircss OF
1 great wealth, and of tho name of
Miss Neville, has Just been an
nounced has hitherto bccn known4.a the
, most Impoverished OF British peers Ills
predecessors in the carldon having. by
their insane cxtrayagancc, made ducks
founded by the merchant Simon Torkc
towards tho close Of the seventeenth
century, and which was augmented by
his grandson. Phiilip. forkc. who be-
came Lord Chief Justice OF England &C
thirty four Lord .iigh Chancellor ut
thirty seven, ana the nrst Earl OF Hard
wickc.
The present earl eighth OF his limo.
spent ten years in The United States,
before succeeding 20 the family honors.
anh during three OF those years work
cd as on ordinary miner, tor union
wages, in gold mine III Montana.
| where he WAS KNOWN as Charlie" and
as Number l26'' 10 the management.
nc was AZ ono time, while in this
| BESSIE Thomas. daughter and heiress
OF u millionaire dynamite manufnctur-
er. Of Bay Cit, Mich. The marriage,
however, failed TO mntcrialize. For
the past two scars he has been one OF
NE pioneers Of aerial navigation in
Europe; and the news OF his fathers
death. and Of his own accession TO the
peerasc and 10 a seat III the House of
Lords, orcrtook him while. he was at
l Pau with the Wright brothers, taking
part IN their dying machine cXperi-
Lord llardwirke las a quite small
PLACE on Tho :Soleni, known as sydney
Lodge, at Handle, near Southampton.
ana when in Town makes his head
cestral home Of tho Yorkcs. Wilnpolc
Hall, III Cambridgesh with It's double
avenue OF Gins, three miles long. each
;trc2 several centuries old, Is now III
| tie possession Of Lord Clifdcn. who. ac-
cordnis 70 the Yorkc family. secured
nc place 1T one quarter OF its real
value, ~ buying up the mortgages
with which It was cncunbcrcd and
then foreclosing.
Prince Ala.imiliar Egon Thurn and
IaNis was obliged u secure tho kindly
intcrce.;sion OF he Emperor. beforr he
Albert, Duke 81 Worth and OF Dom
auataufen. the head Of his house, the
sanction sanction of the latter, which. was in
,agc with one Of tho most beautiful
girls Of Budapest Lola Ilrauss. daushl-
or and sole heircss Of one Of tho leading
manufacturers Of Hungary. and vino
has already settled upon her a fortune
Oh Sl.2up.UpQ. II addition to this. She
will Inherit probably a, least SIX times
that sum ut his death. Prince Max is
elder brother OF Tat Prince Victor
Thurn and TaHs who during his stay
IN tnls country became involved In
matrimonial difficulties with a lady
whom he met ut one OF tho night lob
Ste palaces in New York. and who
claimed THAT he had made her his wife.
The Almanach dc Gotha the pages Of
which concerning his family are annual
" revised by the chief Of the house
evidently considers him as married to
some one OIL, other. For in the issue Of
lue aimanach Of the present year, he is
set down as married. though the name
or his Wife is not given.
Nictor Is now living III France. under
a cloud. For he left the Austrian army
under extremely discreditable cirC,in1-
stances entailing his retirement, not
10 say worse. from all the clubs to
at Pesth. He formerly held a commits
sion in the Ninth Austrian Hussar regi-
ment, crack corps but was deprived
thereof, without being even permitted
to have his name carried on the re-
serve list Of officers Of the Austrian
army. Among. those who have served
with him in the regiment, was Prince
latter was over hero at the same time
as Victor Thurn and TaXis. lie not
only declined to hold any Intercourse
whatsoever with him but went so far
as to warn al! his friends and aoauain-
tances against him.
When Victor after having made the
United States too hot to hold him, re-
sued there by number of people. IN
Guiding Miss Kcmper. as soi-disant
Countess Glare. and "a man or the name
OF Ialtynsky, for money advanced for
that matrimonial campaign In America
which according to hls; hackers was to
have resulted In his winning the hand
of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. now Coun-
American hcircss. The lawsuit led to
tlle t1IeGFG9t EOTt oT rCyc1aiions aud HUI