The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-01
ny LA MAnaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
ORD DUNMoRE, who has just ar

/ 4
rived in America, with his wife,
by the Kaiserin Augusta Vic
! toria, is. like his father before him.
4 Christian Scientist, and his visit to
| America is, I understand. in connec,
ton with this cult. TIc is also one OF
that small band of men who wear the
| Victoria Cross perhaps the most high
~ priced of all such distinctions, since
II is only correct for feats OF alto
fire OF the enemy. Although Il soldier
by profession, he won H. order, not as
soldier, but as war correspondent
| for the London Times" He was doing
duty as an =. ID. c. on the stan OF the
Niccroy of India. when the frontier
| War of 1897 broke out. lie volunteer
ed for active service. and being unable
to get to the front as combatant
went rs q war correspondents During
a brush with the enemy. he managed
10 rescue dangerously wounded com
rade Lieutenant Mclean. whose horse
had been killed. Ii was the bravest
feat OF the campaign, and those who
witnessed IT cannot TO this day un-
-rstand how Lord Dunmore mana ged
10 escape unhurt. as he and the wound
ed man We're literally surrounded by
the savage foe. ON the same day he
had 40 less than three horses shot
under him.
! Lord Dunmore has likewise seen ac-
! tive service in the Bocr War, and un-
der Kitchener in Egypt and in the
| Soudan, but retired from his lieutenant
coloneicy of the Sixteenth Lancers on
| succeeding to his fathers carldom, in
order 10 devote himself to the manage
ment of his family estates. lie is
married to Miss Kcmbe. daughter OF
the Scotch laird who owns the creator
part of the Isle OF Skye. has written
( two or three good books OF travel. and
is known in the army and in club
! land Icy the nickname of Lord Fin
| owing to the fact that the title which
he bore until he succeeded to the earl-
! dom was that OF Niscount Fincastle,
and that his stature is altogether alb
normal-he stands six feet four in h'.
stockinged feet.
His Christian Scientist ideas goi him
on one occasion into trouble with tho
| present Crownprinccss OF Sweden.
/ formerly Princess Margaret of Con
naught. For, acting as her visavis at
tennis. he had the misfortune to send
| Il ball dying into her face, with such
| force that she was compelled 10 quit
| the game. According TO the ethics
| of Christian Science, there is no such
mere imagination. Acting in accordance
! with these principles. he remained
mute. and did not attempt to apologize.
! assuming, of course. that the blow
! could not possibly have really hurt
The late Lord Dunmore was fre-
Quent visitor 10 this country. and took
| part in the War of the Union, serving
on the staff of General Robert T.. Lee
h. .f q q
the conflict. Although holding COM
mission in the royal navy as Captain
Charles Murray he had previously. un-
der an assumed name, commanded dur
ing nearly three years the Nashville,
I and other blockade runners, being one
OF q number of EnGlishmen OF birth,
| fortune and title who embarked III the
| blockade running enterprise for the
F! sake of the excitement and adventure
He will he remembered as the inven-
| tor and originator of the now popular
/ form of entertainment known as the
! smoking concert.
| The late earl was also famous as an
! explorer, and one OF his principal fea: S
| In this capacity was the ride on horse
/ back from Pekin to ConStantirople
| When he got back TO England, he pub.
/ Iished volume describing the jour
: ucy, which resulted in a very odd CON
/ troveIsy in the London Times In
/ his book he asserted that one of the
/ great Central Asian rulers. by whom he
/ had been entertained on his journey
/ was so convinced OF divine considera-
! ton that he WAS in the habit of grant
! ing free passes to heaven. by means
! Of letters of recommendation addressed
/ ITO my brother Gabriel" Either copy
/ OF the book or else some newspaper
I accomplishing this story, must in some
I wonderful manner have reached Cen
! trail Asia For nearly year after
/ wards the London Times" received a
| letter from the dusky potentatc in
| question. which 1t published. and in
J which he denounced the earl as liar.
| declaring that he had made but a
! poor return for the hospitality re-
/ ccived
! The Eardom of Dunmore was origi-
! nnliy created In favor of Lord Charles
| Murray. second son of the Marquis OF
! Atholl, and who was master OF the
/ horse TO King James lis daughters.
/ Princess Mary and Princess Anne, prlot
/ to their respective acceSsions to tho
| throne. 1t was This first Earl OF Dun
| mores grandson who was the last
! British Governor OF Virginia, and
while his memory is obnoxious to that
| part OF the United States. owing to his
wanton destruction of property in the
! War OF independence. he was sum
| GENTLY attached 10 Virginia to give Its