The Washington herald., 1911-12-26
FAMILIAR FIGURES.
CALLED BY DEATH

Gently, was a familiar figure at British
court ceremonials Queen Victoria ap-
pointed him to be gentleman usher in
1882, which post he held until his death
From 1880 until 1900 he was comptroller
and equerry to Princess Louise duchess
OF ArgylD. Above all, he took a promi.
nent part in organizing the tableaux vi
vantes and theatricals which were SC
frequently given in Osborne House dur.
ing the SOS.
The death Of Lieut.. Gen. Sir Baker
Russell removes another of Lord Wolse-
ley's Heutenants, and particularly one
who was associated with his chief in al
the small wars and military expeditions
OF the '7O's and sos OF the lasI
century. A big, burly man, of great
physical strength, Sir Baker looked more
like a heavy dragon than a light cavalry
leader, but he gained a great reputation
In the latter character when he COM
manded the Thirteenth Hussars and after
ward led the First Cavalry Brigade in
the Egyptian war.
Lord Wolseley and Sir Baker Russell
first came together in 1873 on the Gold
Coast, and though they were men of very
different military types, they there form
ed close friendship to which both have
been loyal to the end. Baker Russell was
an advanced type, while the majority OF
his friends held political views which
were strongly opposed to his own, but
this difference never led to controversy
for which he had no taste. He was
keenly interested in musical affairs, and
real connoisseur of art and bric-a-
brac. which he collected on a modest
scale. He belonged to an old Berkshire
family-Collins of Betterton. He served
for many years in the Fifty-seventh
Regiment, and he took part in the South
African campaign of 1873
The late Lord Twedale was educated
for the Indian civil service, as has been
the case with so many of the younger
sons of great Scottish families in the
olden days of the British East India Com
pany. AS Lord William Hay, he held va
rious appointments in India, but re-
turned home in 1866, when he was elect
ed a Liberal member for Taunton Dor
ough. He lost his seat in 1868, but re-
manned in the Liberal faith until the
home rule split. For several years he
occupied himself with business affairs.
In 1887, upon the death of his elder
brother, he succeeded to the title and es-
tates of the barony of Tweedale and
since then he divided his time between
London and Yester, the family place in
Haddingtonshire. He was five times
lord high commissioner of the general
assembly. Lord Tweedale generally su-
pervised the management of his extern
sive estates. He was very hospitable,
and entertained largely at Yester. His
shooting parties were always well man
aged and his he
mermuirs" are among the best in the
south of Scotland. He was a man Of
stately presence and Of the fine manner
which is now almost thing Of the past.
The story which recently made the
rounds of the London press that early
next year Sir Dighton Probyn will relin-
quish possession of Park House, Sand
bingham, which then was to be con-
verified for the use Of the Prince of Wales
and his younger brother, Prince Albert
is an absurd fiction, as ridiculous as the
report that King George would purchase
a residential estate" in the west Of Eng
land.
Sir Dighton Probyn "relinquished pos
session" Of Park House more than a year
ago, and the place is now occupied by
Sir William Darlington. When King Ed
ward came to the throne he decided that
Park House should become the official
residence of the keeper of the privy purse
at Sandringham, and King George has
continued this arrangement. There is no
idea of providing a separate residence
anywhere for the Prince of Wales or
Prince Albert.
The already crowded list of American
peeresses who but recently got, an addi-
ton when Miss Mildred Sherman was
married at New York to Lord Camoys,
Is to have still another addition in the
person Of Lady Esher, also an American
bride.
Lord Camoys, who is only twenty-eight
years old, is, as already stated in this
column, the head of one of the Oldest
Catholic families in England and the
owner Of Stonor Park, a lovely old coun-
try house, which he was compelled to let
for years past, being financially unable
to keep up the vast establishment. Hence,
of course. the marriage and the influx OF
old papa Sherman's millions, made in
Rhode Island mills.
The Stonors have been much about the
English court. The present baron's
mother was a great friend OF Queen
Alexandra. His aunt the Marquise
d'Hautpoul, is the present Queens best
friend. His uncle, Mr.. Harry Stonor, Is
a groom in waiting on the King, and
two former peers of that house were
"personae gratae" at the Victorian court
By the way, Lord Camoys was best man
to Lord Decies last year when the latter
married Vivien Gould, the New York heir
ess some twenty years his Junior.
The French royalists, though their po-
litical influence ceased long ago. were
more than surprised-they were dismayed
the other day when a letter arrived from
the Duke of Orleans that hereafter he will
have no direct representative in France.
The duke. who is the Bourbon pretender
to the French throne, is an exile in Eng
land, where he resides in royal state at
Wood Norton. He hopes by this open let
ter to end the discord between the two
camps of his followers which began sew
eral months ago when he changed his
confidential representative in France.
On the one side is the newspaper Action
Franchise, of which Leon Daudet is head;
on the other are individuals who oppose
the militant methods of this newspaper.
In his letter the Duke OF Orleans says he
has undertaken to reorganize his follow
ers in an effort to decentralize the roy
alist movement, as he has always been
opposed to Capitalization. The political
bureau is suppressed. but delegates will
be appointed who, by means Of commit
tees, will carry on the royalIst campaign.
As matter of fact, the cause of the
Orleanists (the French republic) was
never more solidly placed on its founda-
tons than at this moment The royalists