The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-08
BARON Won ROBECK
ARRIVES IN AMERICA
BY La MARauIsH DE roNrESoY,

NJ LIZ mtNalisE DE FoNTESOY.
X arrived in America. from Irelind
~ Is, although Il member OF the
swedish NOBILITY, and the pos
SCISSOR Of Swedish title. nevertheless
an lFishman, that is to say. 81 being
eIaI generations Of Irish forbears IL
enough to make one son OF Erin
H!S patronyn'te is Fock, But II IS his
tItle Of Baron Won Robcck tina, will
sound more familiar to the ueopl. OF
this country. whore his great grand
iather; John Henry Fock. Baron Won
th.oot,h p!ayed an important ro!c IN
nsnt'nS FOR the American cause In the
d! o. Independence. lie cntcrei the
Swedish army as cornet of cavalry,
ana theFeupon OBTAINED permission OF
dragon regiment under orders Tor
america. Here he served under the
command of the Comte de Rocha nbeau.
vas aide-de-camp for time Of the
Cd al the battle OF Gloucester. Re-
turning TO France in 1888. he received
rom tne French government pension
OF 1900 l'vres a year for his dlsiin-
guished services in America, and being
invaded out OF the French army. rs
turned TO sweden.
iiayins fallen in love with a beauu-
css OF the Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick.
younger brother OF the Earl OF Upper
ossory, he emtsrated 10 Ireland. Sc
ment as subject OF George III, and
became. through his wife. possessed OF
all her fathers grandfather's and
a esstfa Rhf ome i;o lnslndiGg hsr an
Mas, in County Kildare. He died leav-
ing only son, who served throughout
ne fenlnSular War under the great
Duke Of Wellington, and was twice
married, the ftrst time to a daughter
q Lord CloncurrY. and subsequently, TO
Mss Emily Fitzgerald, niece OF the
tAifd Duke OF Lelnster. The late bar
on also served in the army. and so. too.
mas his son and successor. now In this
country, In fact, the present baron Is
chief commissioner OF police In Dub
l!n lie IS married to one Of the Alex
anders. OF straw Hail. in County Car
low, and has several children. There
IS besides the original parent stem or
the family I'm sweden. also a Russian
BRANCH. the. head OF which is L!outen-
himself In the far Orient In connec-
ton with the defense Of Port Arthur,
during the war in Manchur.a.
The Righ, Hon. Walter Runciman.
who has Just become Minister OF Agri-
culture, is. with the exception OF VIM
ston Churchill, the youngest and only
Wesleyan member Of the Asqu!th Cab
met and. curiously enough. they were
formerly the bitterest of political adj
yersaries. Eunelman defeating Win
SSoi CllrcHlil NJ oIunHID, III 1889, While
Winston Churchill secured sleshing
victory over him In the same constitu-
ency Just twelve months later The
Runcimans hail from Scotland, and al
though one of them was president of
the Royal Scottish Academy at the
close of the eighteenth century. the
father OF Walter Runciman may be
described as n self-made man. For he
went 10 sea at the age of twelve, work
ed up through all grades, from ship boy
to master mariner. founded a steam
ship line known as the Moor line, and
also the great shipping firm of Runci-
man & CO A brother was James
Runciman, the litterateur, and journal
!st on the staff OF the London Pail
Mall Gazette" In the days when Lord
Norley of Blackburn was its editor
1t was at James RuncIman's house,
by the by, that Walter Runciman
made the acquaintance and became the
friend of Robert Louis Stevenson. AS
befits Il man who can boast of having
had two grandfathers lighting i'm the
battle of Trafalgar, and who prizes as
his most valued treasures the medals
which they won on that occasion un-
der the command of Nelson. ne is de-
voted to the sea- and fond above every
thing else of the sport of yachting
There is no doubt that II ne had had
his choice of office he would infinite
ly have preferred becoming the First
Lord of the Admiralty. instead of Min
lister of Agriculture. That his former
adversary at oldham. namely. Winston