The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-31
BY LA MARoUIsE DE FONTENoY.

TT WO weeks after his legal renunci-
alton of the historic titles of
ID ike OF Gambia. OF Duke of
Benavente. and of Marquis of laval
quintc. Don Louis Bessieres. former
member of the Spanish Cortcs has
been laid to his rest. as a bourgeois.
free, however. from the stigma of the
crime of counterfeiting. with which he
had been charged by his wife's rela-
tfves. and which had the effect OF
Keeping him. while still a duke IN
jail for two years at Madrid. until his
innocence was judic!ally established
fle owed his ducal titles to the fact
that he had married the only daught-
er and heiress of the sixteenth Duke
favor of the Inflated brother OF
Lucrezia Borgia. this first Duke of
Gambia. from whom tho present Ouch
ess of Gambia is lineally descended
having been murdered by his brother.
Caesar Borgia. In Spain, women who
have titles in their own right. con-
vey them to their husbands. by marri-
age, and in this way Louis Bessieres
became through his wife Duke Of
Gambia and of Benavente.
Although their union was love
match. they soon quarreled, and her
relatives, who had resented her mesal-
lance. Joined in his persecution. which
resulted two years ago In his com
plete financial ruin and restitution.
followed by carefully engineered
conspiracy for the purpose OF incrimi-
mating him in charges OF counterfeit
ing. When cleared OF these. his wife.
the Duchess of Gambia. was compelled
BY the pressure of public opinion to
make some rnparation. and this took
the form OF settlement OF an allow
ance or $4,000 year upon him, on
the understanding that he would give
up her name and titles. which he had
obtained through marrying her Her
father was the thirteenth Duke OF
ossuna. a title now borne by his
nephew, Don Marione Teller Glron.
Lord Allendalc. who has Just been
transformed by King George from a
baron into a viscount is captain Of
feomen of the Guard. and has an
american sister-in-law in the person
Of the wife OF his younger brother.
Hubert member OF Parliament for
Eastbourne. Mrs. Hubert Beaumont
being Eliza Mercedes. eldest daugh
ter of Michael 2. Grace. of New YORK.
Lord Allendale and his brother Hubert.
who are very rich. being at the head
OF the lead mining industry in Dur
hamshire. and son OF the late Lord
Marquis of Clanricarde. She was one
or the most popular figures in London
society. and remarkably beautiful
woman. Indeed. when old Shah Nasr-
Ed-Din. OF Persia, visited England,
away back In the seventies. he was
SO much smitten by her charms that
he offered her husband and her fami.
~ 100000 II he might take her away
with him to Teheran. after her death.
g. "a rI Al
widow OF that Inflated general. Sir
George Pomeroy Colley, who was in
command OF the British troops on the
occasion Of their disastrous defeat hv
the Beers on Majuba HILL In the first
Boer War. some thirty years ago
The present Lord Allcndale was form
erly In the army, represented the Hex
ham division of northumberland in
Parliament. was vice chamberlain to
King Edward. and is married TO
sister of the Marquis OF Londonderry
Breton Park. his place near Wake
fielu, has been in the family since the
early part of the eighteenth century
Lieutenant Francis Woodbyne Par
ish of the SiXtleth Rifles. a. D. c. to
Lord Gladstone. Governor of
South Africa. and who Is engaged TO
be married to Miss Dorothy Drew,
the taNorite granddaughter OF the late
Mr.. Gladstone (she frequently fgur-
ing when a child in the latter's por-
traits. seated on the knee of the Grand
Old Man, Is 'is.-satiss<.z,, ,1i Sc sat Sir
Woodbyne Parish who played so i'm
portant a role at Buenos Ayres in the
infancy of the Argentine Republic. In
fact. so great was the gratitude OF
the republic to Sir Woodbyne Parish,
that when he finally returned to Eu-
rope, he received, not only the pub
lie thanks Of the President. the legis-
lature, and the government of Argen-
tina. and an ovation from the peo-
pie, but likewise the request by the