The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-02
GOVERNESS-IM-CHIEF
TO ROYAL CHILDREN

rick Bellew. of Barmea.h. received an
Irish peeragc in 1913. ana married thu
daughter ol Don jose Maria dc Men
dozay Rios, OF Seville. the famoua
spanish mathematician.
TINS most moacrn part OF Barmeath
castle, which mas been the ancestral
| nome OF the family Tor many cen
! tGries. oates from the roIgn OF Charles
| old square tower. winch is SUCH a
I feature OF the place, is more than 500
years o!d. The castle is full OF in
tereslinS associations, and 1t was IN
ine great nall that the eleventh Duke
OF Norioik contracted in 1867 mis- ro-
mantle marriage with the lovely
Marian COppinSvr. VINO has been i'm
mortuiized Dy 4+osarth. in a portrait
Hey- piece.
The now widowed Lady Below. who
only celebrated her snver Wedding
three years back. Is q daughter OF the
late air Humphrey &c 1ramord. and
like the late LORD Bsllew anu mis- sue
cessor, Roman Catholic.
The new Lord BelIew. by the BY, haa
already turned over JenkiHstown PARK.
ana MS Jenk!n3town estates. to hi3
younger brother and heir. the Hon.
his home at. Barmeath Castle.
Ancther member OF the Bellcw fami-
~ Is sir Henry Grattan Bellew. who
! makes MS nome at Mount Deilew. IN
, County Galway. He is descended from
Il younger son OF Sir Edward Bellew,
tho third baronct. OF Barmeath, ana
through his mother. who was Miss
pauline Grattan, is grandson OF the
famous Irish patriot, Henry Grattan,
who was one OF the most matchiess
orators OF his time. and VINO lies
buried IN Westminster Abbey, not far
from the tomb and memorial OF his
friend Charles Fox.
Moy Castle. where King George VIII
spena severa! days shooting next week.
Is the ancestral home OF his host.
Aiack.ntosh. twenty-Hfth chief OF the
Scottish Clan Cha;tan.
The Clan bears tho motto OF Touch
Not the Cat" and in Gaelic Maekin-
"Morthear Chat" which may be
translated as Lord OF the Cats" Ii
seems that when the Norsemen in the
ninth century invaded the northeast
country. from Dunscanby Head 10 Ross.
known as Cattuy. from It's occupants.
the Catta!ch. The newcomers called
the district Catttnez settled there, and
intermarried with the natives. From
them arose a missionary. who did an
immense amount OF work in convert
ing the pagans OF that portion OF
Scotland to Christianity, and who was
tan. The Clan Chattan was composed
OF Nackintoshes. MacPhersons, Mae
Beahs and MacGilvrsys. From him
the Macintosh OF the present day
claim descent
Only two of his predecessors have
been titled Sir Lachlan Macintosh
was kn!shted oy James VI. OF Scot
land. afterwards James l. OF England;
while Aeneas Macintosh. twentieth
chief, had baronetcy, now extinct,
conferred upon him by George III.
William Macintosh, the fifteenth
chief OF Clan Chattan, was treacher-
ously beheaded by the Countess Of
Huntley. while on friendly visit to
Huntiey Castle In 1850. the cooks
chopper being used for the decap!ta
Atoy Castle. where the King will
stay, came into the possession of the
Mackintoshcs in 1885. by deed OF
gift. by David, Bishop 81 Murray, and
has never since then changed hands.
II is q grand old place. where Prince
Charles Edward stuart sought refuge
Intending his .apture. Lord Ioudoun
set out from Inverness. at the head or
q detachment OF government troops.
But the young prince got away, by q
stratagem of the chieftain wife. she
posted small force in the woods
through which! the road passed, and
these men, by firing their guns. and
initiating the war cries OF the various
Jacobitc clans. deceived Lord Loudoun
were present In considerable strength.
SO fearing TO risk an engagement with
mis- small force, he marched his men
back TO Inverness. thus rendering pos
sibie the escape of the young preten-
der.
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