New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-26
SIR WARREN D'OYlY
rooIish Baronet's Fight with
American Dentist.

$50. ,ou pv The Brentwood Company
r,P,,.,nes Hadley DOyly, whose marriage
20 cousin. Miss Evelyn Miller, took place
10 ~ ,3lair on the day following Christ
a. ,be British Governor of the Anda-
n islands. in the Indian Ocean. and 'he
~. - the ancient baronetcy OF his father'
~ warren Hastings D'Oyly, who is no"
81 -.,-.5 from the Indian Civil Service.
-. ,sw Mrs. D'Oyly is a brave woman.
-. her husbands first wife daughter OF
-,cis bingham Clerk, government COM
I.,~s,oner at Mysore, was murdered IN
~. shocking fashion three or -FOUR years
- native convict. the Andaman ISL
s. being used as a penal settlement Tot
,,o., dangerous and worst OF native
- ~ India and Burmah condemned
,o,q terms Of penal servitude. II may
.osre8 that the late Lord Mayo, while
-. ~ India. was also assassinated
". ,;eitiog Port blair. the capital OF tho
N,-zs nv, a life convict from the Pesha-
r. tor5er i'm 1872 As the conVicts are
v. 80 v,tr q considerable amount OF I'D
,ri,bin the limits OF the ISLANDS oy
.or5,,rt the lives of the Engrsh OIL
o,5 -heir families. who constitute
-. white population Of the archi-
are subjected TO certain amount
-, This. together with tho remote
:, tre Islands from everywhere-tneY
ne s. .o,nected with the mainland only by
-.~.1ess-~enders the post OF GoNernol VI
~ Ardamans far from desirable.
~ name OF DOyly is quite familiar IN
.,,s country through the controversy De
-I' sir Warren Hastings D'Oylv. the
,,rer Of the Governor OF the Ahuai'iaH
-.,.,1s and Dr. John Evans the American
..rtis+ IN Paris. nephew and TOT a ui'ie
-. a5o,tei son OF the late Or. Ihorlas
-.,,s dentist 20 Napoleon ll' ana VIM
l,.,..A en- memorable q role IN connection
- che escape Of Empress Eugene llo'''
- after the overthrow OF the mon
-. 80 S.n+eruber, 1870. DR.. John Evans
a...;-a5 nv means Of the payment OF the
1'.e.o-,s-,. fees. the title Of marquis from
49, vatican. Joining thereto the name ol
-. sssymiug at the same time the
49,. crest and the motto Of the
'-,,e,t ,ouso Of which Sir Warren u O!ly
p chief Dr.. Thomas Evans, who' ue-
.. his long residence abroad Teii'ali''u
-. a~5 a very patriotic American Was
-o,sa5 20 such indignation about the MAJ
~. rs broke or ali intercourse WIN
~ .,rs,. md disinherited him. While Slr
-, protested in vain against Johh
- ,surpation OF his name ana ar
-, bearings. especially when the doc'or
D..s bis Two sons. Raoul and the late
,I.stair 20 drop the name OF Evans Io'
~, = Count and Niscount DOyIE'
.rec,iys'v. iust as II they mad oeen INC
- ~, some peer OF France whose o'sn'-
-. .,,-5s-ed the great Revolution. IN
-, n. possessing a Papal title OF nooll'y
-, carries with it no such prerogatiVes
49, ,rs i,vss,itrre Of sons with tues du'Nis
,,e lifetime Of their father
n rosn Evanss assumption OF the ha'he
I'D arms Of D'Oyly was based on the la
cha, 5ls mothers name was DOyly' ne
.,ai-,e5 that she belonged 10 an American
,-a,cb NJ Sir Warren Hastings DOyly
,sr,r, founded by a certain Major DOyN'
-, o.,s sart bv Oliver Cromwell 70 Porto
Die. ON the occasion Of the Enghsh OCcu-
rs-ion o. that island. as its hrst Go'eii ~.
Now. SIR Warren Hastings D'OY!E Ilu's'
vanity. rerudiates these pretensions OF re-
lo-iorsrip. am certain il Is that IN I"0
,aess of Burkes "Peerage, ana U'h7i
ro-ys ~ reference devoted TO the ancient
house nj D'Oyly. 10 mention whatsoever
4 .-aa. % any American line or Of any
- ,ta alleged D'Oyly ancestors or an
actresses Of Dr.. John Evans. Even were
n. -crr1cted on the distaff side with me
u-,olisr D'Oyly family. he would have mao
!. -irb- whatsoever 20 assume us name
80 rms 81, conjunction with pontncal
-i.ls Of nobility.
r.e D.Cvlve. like so many others came
49, with William the Conqueror' VINO
~-.-,s6 N lis companion. Robert D'OylN
49,. ,.srories ir oxford. This ROBERT
r,o,,,. built oxford Castle and was Do'u
rr~5 constable OF the Kingdom ana q anu
c.rye- ~ tie King He left no sons OuC
,r.. q daughter. who died childless' anu
"a succeeded in his honors by his oro'H-
o. sor-trat is 20 say. mis- nephe" ana
r.r-ssate Robert D'Oyly. from whom the
r,grso D'Ovlvs Of to-day are linealiy ue-
.t.er6s1 and who. after entertaining En-
oress Maud al his castle Of Oxford helpeo
.Nsr n ee.aue from that stronghold "Hen
Che va begieged there by King stephen.
II nav 30 remembered that, the GROUND
tsr,g tti.slv covered with snow, she ana
her corranions dressed themselves III
white and thus evaded the notlce ol O,o
ssrrries Nor was this the only escape III
which he -sslsted her, for when II became
recesss-, for her 20 fee from OeNlzeS
ao.e-t D.OyIv caused the Empress to DC
nailed down into a coffin, had It placed
,,por bier and then borne in funeral pro-
..ss..o,. .,,t ~ The town, ne himself acting
2, chief mourner
SIR william D'Oyly was Member OF fdI
-ps,re.- for Norfolk. and was knighted o'
1rt,-..s I for his devotion 10 the royahst
cause with which the entire family "eIe
is--idcd on the restoration he received
fsronetcv from Charles II in recognition
az t,e LOYALTY. and for a number Of gen
srat.ous past the family has been identineo
with the British government service lh
Ind. The sixth baronet. Sir John DoYly'
of D.Ovlv Park IN Hampshire, having
faar ffe most intimate friend and asso-
c..t, NJ Warren Hastings, whose cause ne
vigorously championed from his seat in the
-{r.sl ri commons. 10 IS IN memory OF
thi. friendship that the present oarone'
bears the Christian name OF Warren.
Sir Warren was at the head % all the
Indian prisons on his retirement, but has
since been overtaken By financial mis-
fortune. and some years ago was gazettec
rs e bankrupt His father, the late I'll
Charlie. D'Ovlv. was one OF the best gen
erals Of the Indian army. and greatly dis
tirg4i-1ed himself in the GVallor war ana
en- the Indian mutiny.