The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-28
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1eweled turban, was a marked figure
an an any OF tAe great gatherings OF In
nan mar princes. Hydera5ad even during
loyal TO England But there was
ame, some twenty-five or thirty wear.
ago, when the late Niznm was a child
when Hyderabad was a source OF na
end OF trouble to the British authori-
ties, owing TO the fact OF itb being a
perfect nest OF intrigue.
Henry Labouchere Is mistaken when
ne alleges In the pages OF London
ruth that the English admiralty
makes !t stric, rule never to give
employment to an officer who has lost
MS snip, and singing out the name of
captain Edward Stafford Fitzherbert,
VINO mas Just been appointed inspector
or contract built ships. in spite Of his
having lost the fne cruiser Bedford
of the coast Of Korea last year, as an
exception to the practice. II there has
oeen any rule OF this kind. It has been
more honored in the breach than In
tAe observance, and I can cite many
instances OF this. the most notable OF
oil being probably that OF Lord aIayo's
sailor brother. the late Maurice Bourke.
VINO died as commodore of the
royal naval and whose naval ca
reer was such succession OF
in!sfortunes in the way of loss OF ships.
mat he was regarded as a perfect
Jonah; officers and men being reluctant
Bourke was. in command OF the III
fated British ironclad Victoria when
She foundered off the Syrian coast,
some ,mass twenty years ago. carving al
the bottonJ of the sea. He was I'm
command OF the Sultan. another
ironclad. when she rem on TO an
uncharter rock. and was wrecked
pear Malta. He ran another
shtp which he commanded. on a
reef. somewhere in the West Indies.
and had at least three other similar
disasters. though of minor Importance
to his credit Yet in spite OF all this
he was appointed as commodore of
the squadron OF warships In Newfound-
land waters. and remained high in
favor up to his death. alike in society
and at court, retaining his post of
equerry to the Queens second son. tho
sailor Prince Alfred. Duke OF Edin-
burgh and of Coburg. In fact. II no
distinction Of being the youngest ad-
miral, he was the youngest COM
modore and the youngest post-captain
of the British navy.
II was his funeral, by the by. that
led to an odd dispute between Admiral
Prince Louis of Battenburg, then a
captain In charge OF the Naval INTEL
ligence Department at the Admiralty,
The latter was in those days Mr.. (af-
forwards viscounD Goschen, and he
directed the prince to represent him
at Maurice Bourke's funeral. 1t was
the first time that the prince. who
virtually formed part of Queen Vic
toria's family. had been asked to una
dertake such work as this. namely, the
representation at a public ceremony
of an officer of the crown who was
comoner. city merchant. possessed of
neither naval nor military rank, from
professional point of view. When
Prince Louis first received the orders
from Mr.. Goschen, he resoluteIy de-
clined to obey them, and referred the
matter to Queen Victoria. al did also
Mr.. Goschen, Queen Victoria, really
ing that matter Of discipline was in
volved. and that from the moment that
princes OF her family were serving in
the army and navy they must submit
to the regular discipline and regula-
lions, directed Prince Louis to comply
with the orders of Mr.. Goschen. Mau-
rice Bourke, by the by, was the next
heir to the earldom of his brother, Lord
Mayo. who is childless and who. like
the commodore, Is son of that Lord
Mayo who was nssassinated by n con-
vict OF the penal settlement on the
Andaman Islands. which he was visit
ing In his official capacity as Viceroy
of India.
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