The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-05
BRETBY PARK SCENE
OF FAMOUS TRAGEDY

MS steward that the mansion was un
safe, owing TO the timbers having be-
come rotten 1t was only after IL had
been pulled down that 1t was disooy
cred that they were perfectly sound.
and 10 great was tile grief of Lord
Ihesterheid AZ the mistake which hc
had made that he died couple of
weeks AFTER the battle OF Waterloo
me sixth earl rebuilt IL as far as nos
sible on It's former lines. II wa, in
herited by MS son. in turn the sew
ehth earl. who. when ne died. was
round In his VIII TO have al!enated n
10 his sister. Lady Evelyn Stanhopn.
married TO the fourth Earl OF carnnr.
Won. 1t was this marriage. and the
WI! OF the seventh Earl OF Chester
"elo' that brought all the vast wealth.
as vel! as the literary and artistic
treasures uncluding the famous Cbes
terheid Letters) and most OF The 40.
tates OF the Earidom OF Chesterfield
INTO the family OF the Earl OF carnar-
Won, who is not Stanhope, but a
Herbert.
Charles Garden Assheton- Smith of
Vaynol Park. Bangor. Wales. who has
yus' oefn created baronet. owes that
.ohoF 10 the fact that when he found
that there were three houses which
INSTRUCTED the view of Queen Flea
nor's Gate. in Carnarvon. and thus in.
te!icred with The recent ceremony OF
( .hVest!ture OF the heir apparent az
fFince OF Wales. he gave $4,000 to-
wards the purchase OF the houses tn
the appropriation OF their OCCUPANTS.
ana to the raz!ng OF the buildings 70
phe ground. Strictly speaking. his
psFohym!c is Duf. He took the name
o! Assheton- Smith in accordance with
the terms OF his elder brothers viii
when ne came In for the Vaynol prop
erty The Vaynol estates came TO cne
LUIS through the widow OF the fam
Gus NJ F. II. Thomas Assheton smith
OF Naynol He left all his property 70
MS widow, and she passed on VaynoI
90 granddaughter, that is to say. the
eloer brother of the newly created
D"tohet' whose sister. by the by, Is the
widowed Lady Vivian, mother Of
Queen Alexandra's fascinating mnid ~
honor. Violet Vivian.
Sir Charles Assheton- Smith Rar,
as he must now be styled Is a verv
cie'er cartoonist. and under the sigma
ture of "Cloister" has contrih,,,aa
many notable cartoons 10 I.ondon
vanity Fair" the most widely known
IN TINS country being undoubtedly thar
%hlch represents Admiral Lord Charles
iesioro as a Chinaman. Cloister
with which he won the Grand NationaI
me estate Of Vaynol extends over AZ
700 acres. comprising a park, splendid
~ wooded. more than eight miles i'm
circumference in which zcbras kan
saroos' monkeys. beavers, etc. roam
al VIII; while there is also a very fine
nerd OF american bufaloes: SIR
Nharles Assheton- Smith, as well as
the Duke OF Bedford. and CHRISTOPHER
Leyland, of Haggerston Castle, I'm
northumberland. devoting themselves
with considerable success TO the breed
ing of American bison on their re-
spective estates.
The Vaynol property also includes
me greatest slate quarry in the United
Kingdom, known as the Dinorwin
quarry. Vaynol Hall Itself commands
a superb View OF snowdon, half OF
which mountains is included in the
property, and was built in the eiGh-
teenth century 1t has been in the
Assheton Smith family for many cen
turtles. There are four families on
the estate which have been in uninter-
rupted occupancy of the same farm
for 500 years. and no less than sixty
eight families of tenant farmers who
have held the same farm for $50 years
Copyright. 1911, by the Brentwood
Company