The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-23
TO BECOME KNIGHT
OF ORDER OF GARTER
nY "a MAnauIsIs DE FONTENoY.

BY LA MARauIsE DE FONTENoY.
IN spite OF the announcement that the
inVes'lturt OF the Prince OF wales
Ghrter is TO be Of u private charac-
Ter. II will prove 10 be a more solemn
eereniSny than anything OF the kind
reign OF Charles II. 1t viii begin with
a enaptsr OF the knights OF The Car
sor Castle. where the young prince Will
nave the gold collar of the order placed
around his neck. the star amXed 10 his
lett breast. the taweled garter around
ms iett leg. Immediately below the
knee. and the mantle OF the order
hung about his shoulders.
That Will complete the Ceremony in
SO Tar as tho chapter is concernedI
Sut Tor the first time in near three
nunored years Il will be followed by
Jnapei, which Is the chapel Of the or
DER The procession vii, start from
f fniio wets ERIC Chamber and Will be as
sori all veteran officers Of the army. in
lult uniform. Their correct titie is
really the Poor knights of Windsor.p
tmey are OBSERVING officers. without
wianin inc castle. as we'll as an allow
aHce IN ADDITION TO their pension, and
Liner pserogatives They will be fol-
Canons OF Windsor. by the heraIds and
pursuivants in their CONSCIOUSLY em-
i pr0,d o meoieyal tabards, by the pre-
Is the Bishop Of Winchester. by the
chancellor of the order, who is ihe
Hlshop OF Oxford and by the regis.
n turn Will be followed by Garter
Principal King Of Arms. by the Usher
OF the BLACK Rod. who is Admiral Sir
the knights OF the Garter, two by
NO.. IN their gorgeous Garter robes.
me King and Queen. and the Prince OF
waies; The procession Will make its
through the Horseshoe Cloisters. and
Viii enter st. Georges Chapel by the
west door.
The religious service. which will be
place, and the Prince OF Wales viii
Then be- conducted TO the stall assign
ed 10 him as a Knight OF the Garter.
and from which his banner will be
In the evening The King and Queen
will banquet the knights of the Order
OF the Garter; and much curiosity Is
teit as TO whether the Duke Of Mari
guests. For on the occasion Of the
last chapter, held during the reign Of
sing Edward. the duke did not re-
the customary Invitation to din
ner at the castle. while the duchess
was Ignored altogether, these being
manifestations OF royal displeasure for
the puDllClty Wnlcn they. had given TO
their matrimonial differences.
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Sir Roger Twysden.s accession, at
the age of seventeen, to tho h%aronetcy
OF his distant cousin. Sir Louis Twysden
OF Roydon Hall, Kent-a ~baronetcy
of the Oldest in oxistence-serves to
recall tho extraordinary suit, I may
call 1t a cause celebre. which took
Inn GnCnnd u hl rnnGtCUA Of ~ this onntnnt
family: q baronctcy created In 1865.
The name of Twysden is a familiar one
to every reader of Thackeray. for it
Is the one which he gave to his Com
missioner OF the Powder and Pomatum
Office"
The first b~aronetcy, tho one which
q very old man to a boy, was originally
bestowed by King James !. upon a
knight of the name of Sir William
Twysden. OF Roydon Hall. who had con
London when he came south to as
sumo possession of the throne of Eng
land. Sir William had two sons:
and Thomas. who became one OF Tie
Judges of the Court of Kings Bench.
md received In his turn n ~bnronetcy
from Charles IL, six years after the
l%atter's restoration
For moro than half n century. n nm
til the close of 1909, It was n b%aronetcy
which was marked down In "Burke's
ence. as having become extinct in 1871,
But some. eighteen months or more
ago, n claim was nut forward. and the
litigation which ensued served to dis
close a very interesting eighteenth
century omance
It seems that at tho beginning of tho
reign of George III the second of the
Twysden haronetcles was held by Sir
Roger TwisdAn. who spe1t his name
with an 81" instead of n ~" and who
was tho fifth OF his line. He had three
| sons, the second Of whom. William.