The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27
PASSES
AS COUNT TOLSTOY

Cd and q rule is that one martinez
should always remain on the prem.
i ~, and pe Gonstantiv on duty. keep
other Quaint relic OF tho past IA Tia
naahit Of calling The front OF The ham;
t eng Snop and the rear premises "thc
LHrd Jersey is indebted Tor his III.
:, iauNe ownership Of this bank 10 III.
,LSt ihHt one Of his ancestors lie
! ae ,,i5.i !-ord atmorcland, made q rum
aWsy match with sarah only daughter
81 Robert Child. the banker The l,t.-
NJ we last REPRESENTATIVE in the maIc
, OF the mouse Of Child. was enter
tanning Lord Wcstmoreiand one ave.
hihs az dinner when the earl remark
cd 70 him. IF YOU were in love win
: CIR. Child, and her father Would no,
DOE "ouiu s3u
DO? WIZ run away win her. ot
IT, was the bankers rash reply.
Loru estmorcland acted upon his
a,hHice, and went off on the following
DAY with MISS Sarah Child, in or,lio-.
COZ fashion. by postchaise to Gretna
", nose progress. however Was arrested
by the carl's shooting one OF his
, ,h f,; lusl as he was catching up with
sworn 70 disinherit his Grant daryl.
Yer, child. who was a great character
hM NO, not break the letter OF his VOW
MS nank ana all his vast propcrty to
ms grandchild. the eldest daughter or
i-oF1 and Lady Westmoreland on tho
sarah and should take Inc surname Of
child lie was found dead, drowned
IN IN. Inc Inc LAKE az ostcrly Park. but wheth-
, da ne committed suicide in state OF
aespondency or fell in By accident re-
mains :, mystery to this day
- s men Soung Lady sarah Child grew
a an sn nnt narr ,n the hft Ear Jersev
Guilds Bank. much in the Same ".e,
ina, ina, the late Lady Burdctt- coutts
il,anageu and controlled Couttss Bank
end With the. same degree Of autocracv
~ ~ characteri@ed her sway over Lon
ION non society for more than half a cen
~. Shc was an altogether inter
pftnce OF the blood, or foreign states.
mar, visited England without calling
fno mer at once upon his arrival in
countess of Jersey wife of the fourth
carl, was the favoritc Of George "
hoy he are friend Lo nf Igrsey Who vas
mcinhcf Of the household OF queen
a1S1l r. has been raymaster- general,
ana ad Is chief of the NllicrS family.
which claims descent from the Vii.
, l,a:, seigneurs dc lIsle. Adam, in Nor
a great role in English history, and
among its representatives have been
me IN = Duke Of Buckinslam Of the reign
faVoritc Of Charles IT,. through whom
she became the ancestress or the Dukes
OF Grafton and the Lords of Souihamp-.
Sir Edward Filliers. was the duenna
OF the two daughters Of lanes IT,. who
succeeded TO the throne as Queen Mary
and Queen Nine respectively. 1t was
Queen Anne who conferred the dignity
of the earldom Of the Island of Jersey
upon her duenna's eldest son.
The next Lord Jersey is now known
as Lord Nillicrs is an important mem
her Of he Jockey Club and "A con
Spicuous figure on the turf. is narriea
Lady Ki!morcy, and managed three
years ago to win sum of s250.000 at
Monte Carlo a the tables. and, what is
more. TO bring back tho entire amount
70 England with him. intact. much to
the dismay Of the Bonapartc- Radziwill-
Blanc mana cement OF the Casino
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