The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-22
La Marquise de Fontenoy
o r D SUDELEY-whose widowed
daughter. the Hon. Mrs. Charles

" II ~ SCD6L6 whose WIDOWED
daughter. the Hon. Mrs. Charles
Sergison. has met with death un-
der such mysterious circum-
stances as to cause the coroners jury
much more extensive investigation is
made-is veteran of the Crimean
War, served Queen Victoria as lord in
waiting. and as captain in command
OF her bodyRuhrd Of gentlemen at
arms. and after going through the
campaign against China OF nifty years
ago, retired from the navy, and be-
came member OF the bur, enJoying
an excellent practice, until he was
called by the death OF his brother 10
the House OF Commons.
Considering himself debarrcd from
the exercise Of his legal profession
when he became member OF tho II ouse
OF Lords. he turned his attention to
other forms OF activity. Organizing
huge fruit farms on his estates In Eng
became one OF the greatest manufac-
tnrcrs Of jam in the United Kingdom
turning out thousands OF tons n year of
and. Interested himself in all sorts or
other industrial and commercial en-
terprises The Murretta crash. follow
barrnssed him SO greatly that no
came to grief or the twcnty-three
Joint stock companies with which he
was Identified. either as leading d.
TcClOr OF AS president no IcSg than
nineteen were overtaken by disaster
and IL four alone survive. one of them
in complete reorgan!zed and recon
structed form, 1t Is. according 20 un-
Kind comment in financial circles in
London. because the concerns took the
precaution OF Jettisoning this titled
Jonah To-day he no longer figures
on any board of directors: possibly
because of his reputation as a hoodoo
1t is only fair to him to state that
he was never one OF those pcers,
known as Guinea Pigs" who lend
financial schemes about which they
know nothing, in order to serve as
bait to credulouS investors. All the
companies with the management of
which he was connected were bona
tide concerns. and he took very ac-
tive part in their administration. That
was Just the trouble.
tions of about fifteen years ago. But
he hns long since secured his discharge
and recovered his seat in the House OF
Lords. from which. s is we'll known.
over. he Is now quite well off. For
Lady Sudeley Is a very rich woman in
her own right. since she Inherited a
fortune of several million dollars from
her father. the Hon. Frederick James
Tollemache, younger brother OF tho
eighth Earl Of Dysart Unfortunately,
sudeley's financial revorses. and after
he mad been compelled to sacrifice the
family estates. especially his ances-
trail home, Toddington Park, in Glouccs-
tershire. one of the most superb
Gothic residences in the United King
dom.
Lord Sudeiey's patronymlc is Han
bury, and he has common ancestor
with Lord Bateman in that Henry de
Hamburg who was Lord Chief Justice
of Ireland in the reign of King Ed
ward H. The peerage dates from the
second year of the Victorian era. when
1T was bestowed upon Charles Han
bury. of Toddington, In connection with
his marriage with the only child aud
hciress OF the last Viscount Tracy. who
himself was descended from the old
time Lords de Sudloy. One OF tho
present Lord Sudeley's siSters. by the
by. is the Hon. Mrs. Charles Henry
Maudc mother of Cyril Maude, the ac-
tor. married to Miss Winnifred EN-
cry the actress. With regard to the
death of Mrs Charles sergison. she
was found dead in the house of =
friend whom she was nursing night
and day. She had not the least sign
of violence. and. according to the ply
sicians. there was no other assignabe
cause of deatE.
Prince Adam Sapieha. who has just