The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-08
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~ crownpr!nce Is about
10 visit the United States. lie
- sails from COPENHAGEN next
month. on board a Danish man
oi-war, escorted by n cruiser and a
guhooat' TO Visit those Danish posses
slons in the West Indies. the sale OF
which TO this country was at ono lime
the subject of negotiations which
came TO nothing. owing to overwhelm-
Ing popuiar sentiment in Denmark
against their abandonment. After a
say or TWO or three weeks in the
West, Indies. the c-ownpr!ncc and his
squadron VIII come north. stopping at
11nnapoiis. to visit the President at
Wa~Sh!ngton. and touching al New
YORK. where there Is a large Danish
born population. From New York he
WI! proceed TO Canada. where he will
General. the Duke of Connaught. and
oY the duchess, at Ottawa.
the crownprince IS a very tall. pow
eriu!!y built man. forty-one years OF
ssG; who holds the rank of major
married 10 one OF the two sisters OF
me late reIsn!ng Grand Duke OF
Mecklenburg-schwerin. the other sis
rea neihg the Crownprincess OF Ger
many. He mas W boys. one twelve
anu the other eleven. His next broth
= SMarIes. now o~ccupie the throne OF
H \ under the title OF King
a nephew OF Queen Alexandra Of Eng.
land. Of King George OF Greece, and or
the widowed Empress of Russia.
lie came quite prominently into the
with the role which he played in wei
coming DR.. Cook at Copenhagen as
the discoVerer of the North Pole. It
Is to be hoped that nobody will be un-
prince Of this when he visits New
York. For DIR. Cooks name is a very
sore subject with him. and Its mention
mas much the same effect on his tenn
4 DtT "A ( tnn hnldtn r. - - -
mas on a bull. Let me add that the
cr~ownprince Is very rich. and wifi In
merit still greater wealth on the death
OF MS mother, Queen Louise. who is
ooastinS OF a stature of some six feet
Two and a half inches. and Is also the
richest royal lady OF Europe.
On Friday next King George will
the Marquis of Rlpon and to shoot
over his moors. the VISIT EXTENDING un-
I'll the following Tuesday. when the
monarch Will proceed to Scotland.
sovereign visiting Studley Royal. or
the ~neighboring town of Ripon, since
James ]. was there in 1917.
Lord Ripon's ~patronymic Is Robin
William ROBINSON Lord Mayor of York.
In the reign Of Queen Elizabeth, who
carried on a very large trade with
hora mayor His of son York Was and 1ikew Use
for that city. Indeed. in each
generation, until the middle of the
eighteenth century. the head OF the
Robinson family was Identified with
the city of York, as it's chief magis-
trate or member of Parliament. SIR
William Robinson. the first baronet OF
the line. and Lord Mayor of York.
married the daughter of George Ais
Liable. of Studley Royal. near Ripon. 1t
was owing to this alliance that Stud
ley Royal eventually came into the
family Of Lord Ripon, on the death,
Just a hundred years ago. OF Miss
Georgiana Alslabie. the last Of the
family.
The best known member of the lat
ter was her grandfather. John Ais
liable, who remains on record as having,
as Chancellor of the E~xchequer, pro-
noted. and passed through Parliament,
the bill for the enterprise eventually
known as the South Sea Bubble. and
which. according to him. was destined
and pay off the national debt. The
collapse OF this extraordinary scheme.
and the Wholesale ruin which followed
II, drove him from Office. landing him
in the Tower OK london as a prisoner
of state. On his release he retired 70
Studley Royal. where he passed the re-
malnder Of his days In n considerable
amount of seclusion. devoting himself
to his superb garden. and retaining
sufficient money to be able to purchase
the adjoining Fountains Abbey es-
tate.
There Is nothing worthy of particu-
lar attention at Studlev ROYAL, save
| the shooting. But the Fountains Alb
l bey ruins now comprised In the prop-