New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-09
LORD OF BURLE|GH"
1ennyson and "Peerages" ignore
The Romance of His First Wife.


,,...,o.s "Poerage." although regarded as
standard official work Of reference Is
MEETINGS guilty OF strange omissions.
r..,s although IT describes the first Mar
- ~ Exeter as having been married 10
-.-,-,a Vernon. OF Hanbury. before becom-
- che husband OF Sallie Hoggins. OF Bo-
,os in Shropshire and furnishing thereby
~. .bene Of TennysOns beautiful poem
,i.,ed The Lord OF Burleigh. it affords
= Glow 20 what became Of Emma Vernon
e. sor divorce from Henry Cecil. who
A. a. the Marquis % Exeter.
vs. She was a great heiress and MEMBER
,e-v ancient house. Indeed it was
..-a,,se she possessed great wealth and
uon-v Cecil was destined to become Loro
rvster that their respective parents forced
.,.r, into a marriage which. on her sioc
o.. anv rate. was lcveless
Al those who have lead Tennyson
-.o,, to which ! have referred above VIII
:. Interested 10 learn what became OF her.
=, lem. Cecil divorced her il was be-
80 srs after suffering much unhappi-
.. e'oped with a young clergyman TO
-t,,,, she had been deeply attached as
-, Girl. but who had been driven from
~. rouse bv her father. who resaroeu
,,., ,, reason of his lack OF name socldI
.,siticr and wealth as an altogether men
~. .ri-or The couple hed 70 LISBON
80 they were married as soon IS Iieh'S
r,.1 had divorced his wife. The ciersE
yro was man of delicate health.
-,.,.-,ee5 20 consumption at Lisbon ana
,t. N.ife whose father had mean
uble died returned home 70 '"N'
sses,c- of Ter property.
ending herself boycotted oy county
.t~ worcestershire. whore her estates
80. situated she was inpeIied oS III.
-. On we'd che manager OF her proper - =,
....- served 20 still further ALLEVIATE ''e
So. f-iends and relatives rom ne
a. .,..e .tig union a happy one OF '"e
v,e totally deficient in oreeu'"9,
80, heavily. and. IN one word pe'Cue''
o'o'- ..i,,. inherent class from herself
N.Y., a. couple Of years after"ard' ana
s.~.p sha lived alone and II cohsu-
-..r,,sio, FOR number OF years on
'...ao-..,-A s~ irreproachahle conquer, anu
Sd. ,oundless charity. the mistake
Of her youth. ne r.,
b.~ LAST sickness. when she vas m
- chat she would have az the most
60. months 20 live. she sent 70 LIS
old woman who had been n%T
-. .re-e and whose appearance al
,~5s5 her much comfort ana sal's'N1''0''
ss,d ,- the arms OF the old woman
..,, tr ointment Of a solemn promise man
o., rar. mistress prepared the BODY Io'
...,., and Who g the otseques. when
49,. .-,e~rr words ashes 70 ashes ana aus
s...- were uttered. scattered upon me
s,~ s.-,e mould which she carried with
p. subsequently, transpired that the
Ia r.,7-,7 had wrapped her former mis-
...ss &C., tr, sheet which had covered the
.,-,~na7 when dead. and that the mouid
.ti.b she scattered on the coffin was from
l., grave a. Lisbon.
The body Of this first wife Of Lord Ike
,sr vas not entombed in the family vault
.uf ~ rer own request. in grave in the
,tIa-e -hurchvard az Banbury. 1t was the
Vernon, VINO after forcing her into love
less marriage. had cstracised her I'm the
mos. cruel fashion tor her subsequent two
matrimonial alliances. and she did not "lSn
10 So among them when dead
40 mention IS made in Burke or in any
nj The other "Pserages" OF her second and
tI~l marriages. which. however, are mat
i.rs Of the most authentic record. When
$40 died. IN 1915. her estates devolved upon
ts- k.nsman, Thomas Shravley and to-
-lr they are in the possession Of bis grand
EN- -'- Harry Foley Lambert Vernon, who
was created bsronet in 1885. and who
owes his name OF Foley 20 his possession
%. tre Foley property IN Pembrok'shire
sr6 his name OF Lambert 10 his inheritance
che Erril'e property OF the late Kitty
su1tes- O. stamford and Warrington.