New-York tribune., 1911-01-09

less as his party is OF such infinitesimal
Importance compared with that OF the
Duke of Orleans.
Tudor Mansion for New York Woman.
Old Lord Sandwich. who prior 10 the en-
ac'ment of the Lloyd-George budget last
summer announced that If it was carried
ne would be unable TO keep UP the family
estates has now fulfilled his pledge, not by
stlhng them, but by turning them over TO
ms brothers son. George Montagu. who is
"'aiileu TO a rich American wife, In the
person OF Miss Alberta Sturges. stepdaugh-
te' OF the late Francis Leggett. the mill
lonaire wholesale grocer of New York.
george Montagu WAS educated at Winches-
! Yer ana at Magdalen College. oxford sat in
farllameat from 1900 TO 1906 for the South
I er1 DIVISION of Huntingdonshire, was as
sistshI private secretary to the Minister of
AsIlCullHe' ana before leading his present
wife TO the altar was engaged to Miss
CllNe Custance. who Tilted him for the sake
Of Lord Alfred Douglas
LORD sandwich, confirmed bachelor, is
| although a kind hearted man. very eccen-
| tric' Thus, on one occasion. for a time he
ordered his servants 10 wear their hats when
| tHey waited at luncheon, as a sportive re-
Duke to women wearing their hats at the
midday meal And during the bicycle
craze he used to walk about in the streets
OF Huntingdon with bicycle bell. which he
rang necessarily, as he considered bikes"
real danger to the life and limb Of pedes-
trians. Like most of his ancestors. he pos
sesses a gift of repartee.
II was foprtI, carl NO. t,~i.i,i,
plenipoteniary at the congress which nego-
tIated the peace of Aix-la- -Chapelle I'm 1746.
During banquet, when toasts were pass
ing, the different envoys became poetical
as well as loyal in their phraseology. The
French Ambassador gave "My royal mas
ter the sun who illumnates the whole
Wcrld. The Spanish Ambassador followed
WITH the toast, my royal master: bright
ana Illuminating as the moon Then Lord
sandwich rose and called on the company
to drink to "My royal master the Joshua
who caused both the sun and moon to stand
still"
1t is this same fourth earl who figures In
history as the inventor of sandwiches. IT
is said that he invented them for the pur-
pose of being able to ~efresh himself with
out leaving the gaming table. and it was
this which inspired the lines about himself
and his contemporary fellow card player.
Earl Spencer. to the effect that:
The one invented half a coat,
The other half dinner.
lie used TO go by the name Of Jimmie
Twitcher. and was one OF the members
of that He'll Fire Club which used to as
semble at Medmenham Abbey. In his clos
ing years his fondness for ancient music
led him 10 found that little theatre in Tot
tenham Court Road which eventually be-
came famous i'm the Victorian era as the
Prince Of Wales's Theatre.
The Huntingdonshire property. which
Lord Sandwich has now turned over to his
nephew and TO the latter's New York wife,
is known as Hinchingbrooke. and the grand
old genuine lGlzabethan mansion was built
by Sir Oliver Cromwell, uncle Of the great
Protector, OH the site Of a Benedictine con-
vent, which had been granted by Henry
VIII to Thomas Cromwell, his gentleman
of the privy chamber. Sir Oliver Cromwell
entertained Queen Elizabeth and King
James I with such an amount Of splendor
and at such lavish cost that he was obliged
TO sell the place which was thereupon pur-
chased by Sir Sidney Montagu, father Of
the first Lord Sandwich, and a cadet Of the
family of which the Duke Of Manchester
is now the chief.
Sir Sidney Montagu's son was very dis
tinguished naval and military commander
and one Of the most notable figures at the
coronation Of James II, who created him
Earl Of Sandwich. He was blown into eter-
nity, with his flagship, the Royal James, IN
the great naval battle with the Dutch off
Southold Bay, in 1872
Part OF the old Benedictne convent re-
mains. incorporated in the mansion built
by Sir Oliver Cromwell, and there are some
grand old stained glass windows, adorned
with the Cromwell arms. number OF ola
family portraits. and a magnificent library
I'm which, of course. the diaries OF Samuel
Pepvs. a. near knsman and intimate friend
of the first earl. have a conspicuous place
Both Lord Sandwich and Admiral the Hon
Victor Nontsgu are great favorites at court
MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.