The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
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OF the principal witnesses in Tho
IL recent cause celebre at Edln-
onrgh, which eliminated In Tho
sentence OF u brilliant young artillery
ofiicer, of tho name of Captain Cecil
Ayimcr Cameron. ana of his wife. n
i nn, OF Lady Ruthven. TO three ycars'
fr,,. serSitude. for attempting to de-
IN connection with $40. 900 pna,l
NECKLACE. is the daughter OF the fourth
ISmti OF Arran. and wife Of old Lor,
~ ,S VINO bears title familiar 10
The third Lord Ruthven (whose name
IS pronounced as II spclt "Rivyen'') was
me principal actor In the murder, OF
nninnto, the troubador favoritc of Nary
queen or scots, In the Palace OF HOLY
rood. Ills successor. the fourth }lord
Was Inc hero of the historic raid Of
iit,nthven which had for It's object the
sslnunnpp,ng OF her son, James vi OF
SCotiand and James J. OF England
while this lords son. In turn, was Killed
In the so-called Cinwrie consnirarv
when mad for its object the assassina.
non ron OF this very acIfsame monarch
!Hc family OF this Lord RuthYcn wn 8
declared forfeit of It's honors. 1
lone years later Thomas Ruth
Yen great grandson Of the second
cr u.n ntutthveh. Is asserted 70 have been
harently by Oliver Cromwell. since Inc
date OF the creation is given az 1851
mat Is 70 say. shortly after the cxccti-
tion Of Charles l., and fully nine years
throne. Now. although 1851 is yivc,
as the date of the creation OF the
narony. the exact date OF tho patent
Is unknown There Is no Official re
corr OF II existing, either al Edin-
ourEh or anywhere else. 1t was never
registered. as required by law. nor was
u copy made OF II. and rs rnorcove,
, ,here Is no "doc1uet or. sign manus
are wholly unknown.
we have the word of the present
huthVens that tho orig inal documeni
VAS IN existence for more than n hun
IN IRE which took place at Frecland
IN 1870. or course the question vii
naturally arise as 10 why 1t was thai
' Wnile II vas IN existence for ninety
nine years. and In the possession OF the
family, no copy thereof should have
heen made. or any steps taken to regis
ter II.
and heir OF this alleged Cromweiliau
Lord Ruthvcn OF Frceland. died without
male Issue. as one Of the lords OF III,
treasury OF William III. leaving his
Estates 10 his youngest sister. Jean
On her death without Issue, his estates
were Inherited By her nephew, Sit
William Cunningham, son OF his eldest
sister ammo, Lady Cunningham. Neither
lean Ruthven nor Sir William Gun.
- l''t iiits III wa u My
claim 10 the Barony OF Ruthven. which
In iif'Grawford's Peerage OF Scotland
n standard and official work publishe ed
at Edinburgh III 1716. is described as
having become extinct. Sir Willlan
Cunningham also died without issue
and then the estates went 10 lisa bel
Ruthven, a nlece or David Lord Truth
ven and daughter of his second sister
Elizabeth, Lady Ruthven.
Isabel married Colonel James
Johnston. Of Graitney. and according
10 Lord Iailes. lin Testing way" APP
piled for a summons 10 the coronation
of George H.. as heiress not only OF
he Ruthvcn estates, hut also or the
Cromwcilian Barony Of Ruthvcn. She
received the royal summons to the coro-
nation, S Baroness of Ruthven in heT
own right. tho summons bearing the
signature OF George H.. and a letter
Is In existence in which she declares
that this was Ter ''ratent." and thai
She would preserve IT as such in her
charters chest. Her son assumed or
his mothers death. the title of Ruth
ven. on the strength of her summons
TO George Ills coronation as II peercss
and his grandson who was also a self
styled Lord Ruthven, died without Is
sue, leaving the Ruthven estates &c
his sister Many. married Mt the begin
ming Of the last century to an Irish
county magnate. Walter 11orc. OF
lIarperstown. County Wexford. The
present Lord Ruthven is her grandson