The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-06

ccivabIe indisere,ion OF speech" I Ie.
clhred hy the premier to be happily
nnique IN the British judiciary" and
which related To some remarks which
nc had made In connection with Inc
, trial OF an electoral bribery case a,
Bognor.
conn, George LehndorG. whose re-
ircmcnt Is announced from the Office
OF grand master OF tho horse to tho
crown OF PRUSSIA. and as d!rector-!n-
chief II all the celeb rated stud farms
ami horse breeding establishments be.
longing TO the crown. ana to the state
IN Prussia offices which he has held
curing three reiSns and for over
thirty. ycars-;s not only one of tSe
most influential pcrsonngcs of the Scr.
I'm great world but also one of IN,
most familiar and respected figures
OF the European turt--onc OF the rare
honorary members Of the English
:lockey Club OF the French Jockey
Club. and OF the Vienna Jockey Club.
III" Is now in the ncighborhood of cigh.
u. celebrated few years ago his
golden wedding with his wife. who war
born Countess iialnein. and has nva
fried I-ehndorff, being destined In al.
probability To succeed TO his father,
offices, having acted for long time
ns his principal assistant
The old count is very rich thankt
70 MS own clcycrncsS and foresight
For. immediately after the Franco
'rGINHan W NE. III Wnlch he LOOK part n
y. -. c, TO the late Emperor William
forcsceing the enormous expansion OF
berlin. he proceeded to utilize every
aYailab BILE dollar that ne poss scd q
purchase waste tracts nf inGl Oh what
were then the outskirts of Berlin l,u;
which rapidly increased In y,lua II III
altogether phenomenal extent Need
Tess TO add that he Is "A capital SPORTS.
man. Until some years ago he was
an adept in the difficult feat OF driv-
Ing four! hand from the box nf
that OF drag. Although his hair ana
beard are snow white. there Is Very III
tie sign Of age, about his figure, which
Is as erect and as soiiicrly as ever.
If | were asked for his chief charac-
tcrlstics. I should say that they were
the most entire absence or anything In
the the shane OF side, vanity or conceit
always been famous for his good looks
Two years ago he brought out. not
sgninst the wishes OF the Emperor but
memoirs OF mis- ancestor, Count F'rn-
est I>chndorf, entitled Thirty Years
at the Court OF Frederick the Great"
which were full OF p!ctnresnue cpl
sodes, and went far to improve the
fair name OF Prussia's most famous
ruler; In fact, one cannot help re.
sretting that Thomas Carlyle should
have been unable TO see them before
he wrote his standard work on Fred
erick the Great
Mrs. .Pedar Bruguiere has been so
frequently reported as being on the eve
of marriage since her divorce that I
would not refer in these letters to
the story Of her engagement to Lord
Berwick were u not that IL has form
ed the subject of cable dispatches OF
some length from Pars. Lord Ber-
wick spends much OF his time in that
capital where for several years he was
cGnncctcd with the British embassy nv
an honorary attache. He now makes
his home In England. living in Charges
street when I'm London. and at Atting-
ham Han, near Shrewsbury when in
the country: Attingham Hall having
been for two centuries the ancestral
home Of his forbcars. 1t contains one
of the most famous collections of pic
lures In England formed hythc third
Lord Berwick. during his rcsid encc In
Italy as British ambassador to tho
court of Naples. and includes examples
OF Murillo, VelasureZ and Titan. as
we'll as OF the best En~ish old mas
ters. Contrary to what has been stat
ed in print. Sir Rowlrnd Hill, author
of the penny post in England. did not
belong to this family, n member OF
which. Noel HILL secured the English
Barony of Berwick along with seat
In tho House Of Lords. for his services
in thc House of Commons.
Copyright, 1911, by the Brentwood
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