The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
KING WILL VISIT
 GORDON CASTLE Had Enjoyable Visit at May
 Hall IN HUMOROUS MOOD Baron De Clifford Is One of Most Interesting Babies in England. Dreadful Secret Disclosed in z
 Willoughby Family
BY LADY MARY MAINTAINING

saving much. as he is rated as one or th' 1 five best shots in the kingdom.
 1 This will end his vacation time as h' | goes direct from Gordon castle to make
 the final preparations for his Indian trip 1 According to present plans the roya party will embark on the Messlna d Geneoa the latter part of November d' they are scheduled to arrive at BompaA
 December ?. The Durbar at Dem VII l begin December F and the festivities ahe ceremonies will terminate on the 10th
 wien the King is going to Nepal on
 short hunting expedition, during whlcf | the Queen will stay at Agra. Christmas Is 10 be spent at Calcutta. It Is eX, pected that their majesties will stop al l Athens for a day on the outward Noy' age. and they may spend few oays IT Egypt on their way home.
 The King greatly enjoyed his stay al Hoy Hall. He asked the Mackintosh the | size of his estate. Tt is only R4,o0C acres. your majesty" Ut is large" was the reply; "and till today it contained some large birds" "There are few left for tomorrow, sire The King was in a humorous mood, and at dinner asked the Macintosh il he was the real hero of the ancient story in "Punch,'' where an extortionate cabman in London wanted something ex- tra. for his fare. "My man." said the chief of the clan, 'I'll hae ye tae ken that awm The Macintosh" The cabby' reply was, T don't care d. if YOU are the bloomin' humbrella, l want my fare" The Macintosh assured his maj esty that the incident did not occur in his time
 Moy Hall is said to have come into the possession of William, seventh chief of Macintosh, in the year 1886, by gift from David Bishop of Murray, and has been in the possession of the Mackin- toshes ever since-that is to say, for nearly six centuries.
 William, 18th chief of Macintosh, was treacherously beheaded by the Countess of Huntly while on friendly visit to Huntly castle in 1550 the cooks hatchet being used for the decapitation. One Of the treasures of Moy Hall is a gold time- piece which once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots; and another Is sword presented by James V of Scotland to the chief of the clan. One need hardly say that there is a bed on which Bonnie Prince Charlie slept, table whereat he dined, also his bonnet, and a piece of his plaid.
 King Georges host is a descendant of that historic Lady Macintosh, to whom Prince Charlie once owed his escape. The story of the event makes dramatic read ing. A dozen or so miles from Moy Hall, where the Prince was a guest, was an Hanoverian garrison. The commander got wind of the presence, almost under his nose, of the Stuart Prince, whose capture was such an object of interest in London. Arrangements were made for the dispatch of an overwhelming force, which was timed to reach Moy at midnight. But Lady Macintosh, too, received due warning. She enrolled every able-bodied man on the estate and post ed the force in a wood through which the royal troops had to pass. At the right moment the Moy men raised the war cry of half the clans of Scotland, with the result that the invaders fancied they had all those clans in front of them, and, deciding that discretion was the bet ter part of valor, they beat nasty re- treat. Next morning Prince Charlie got safely away.
 Baron de Clifford. who has just cele- brated his 3d birthday, is one of the most interesting babies in England. The first of the line, Robert de Clifford, was one of the most powerful barons during the reigns of Henry " and Edward l, and held many high military offices. especially in the north of England, whence he raided Scotland with great success. But, daring though he was, he cannot be regarded as the founder of the fortunes of the family, for his immediate forbears included many warriors and statesmen. Among them was Walter dc Clifford, the brother of, Fair Rosamond for whom Henry II forsook Eleanor and on whom, says the legend, the Queen wrecked mortal vengeance.
 But Robert was the first to hold the barony by writ, though the fifth by right of feudal tenure. He fell at the battle of Bannockburn on June 25, 1874 and was succeeded by his eldest son. Roger, who joined the insurgent barons and is said to have been made a pris- oner after the battle of Boroughbridge and executed at York. There is d tra- dition that he escaped with his life, and died peacefully, though in obscurity The seventh baron married daughter or Harry Hotspur, Lord Percy. Their son, Thomas, was killed at the battle of St. Albans in 1455. The first mention history makes of John, his son and heir is that in February. 145S, he was in company with Somerset and the Earl of North humberland, without the walls of London and about Temple Barro and Westmynster," urging a claim for compensation for the death fof his father. This he was able tc | reinforce with grete power" He was afterwards attained by act of parlia- ment This attainder gave rise to one of the prettiest romances in the family, fol the son and heir of the disgraced lord was none other than Wordsworth's shepherd Boy" The story goes thai he was concealed by his mother ant brought up to her estate at Londesbor- ough, whence he was afterwards snug. gled to Cumberland farm on the Scot. tish border It Is even said that wher he recovered his title and estates, or the accession of Henry VII, who re verscd the attainder, he was so unedu cated that he could not even read. Bu such were his studious habits that he be came before his death a great astrono mer and astrologer. The shepherd | son." married twice, his wives being daughters respectively of the Earl Q Shrewsbury and the Earl of Northumber | land.
 An ancient and dreadful secret tha concerns the family history of Lord Vii l loughby De Broke has recently beer dragged into the light of common day
 It appears that the name of all the Vii | loughbys was originally Bugge, on,
 Ralph Bugge, merchant in the day of King John, having been the founde of this noble family. But his fastidiou
 descendants were ill-pleased with the
 surname, and changed it one fine day t llWiloughby, from one of their posses
 sions in the fair shire of Nottingham.
 
 l MT. Sidney GrevilIe. who has resigne,
 the private secretaryship to Queen Alex
 andra, which position he has held fo
 ten years. is one of the most honore, and distinguished men in the court ser
 vice. and eminently qualified for the pos
 he has filled so ably for he has courtl, manners. much tact. and charming con yersational powers.