The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-03
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h - Mtn0IIsE DE FONTENof.
II ORD WALLScouiiT'S only son
and heir, the Hon. Charles Jo-
IL senli Blake, seems determined To
Keen his name before lis fellow
c2nntrymen, in an altogether %nnenvia-
bic fashion: No membcr OF the pccr-
ago has made more frequent appear
hnccs III the London policc courts for
trunk nnd dLsordoriy conduct: AMI
~pris9ner'A dock for brutality amt
cruelty 10 lfs wife. one OF the fc.,-
lures OF TIC assault being his splitting
in her face. In order 10 Indicate tic
contempt which he felt for her. al
Icing OF BIRTH infcrio. TO his own.
she. Ike him. halls from lreiard. Is
OF James Mayo. and at ,tc time When
she became the Wife Of the future
Lord Wnllscourt. in 1906. was the yvid-
ow Of a certain loscph Roisset, ana
kept 81 small tobacco SHOP IN the PUT
neg SUBURB, Of London.
II Is fortunate. in uiorc respects
man "nc, that they lave no children.
and tia in the probable event Of tha
Ron. Charles Blake dNinD without is
sue. the NV;tllscnurt pecrngc will be-
come extinct; for there irns always
hccn a doubt as to etllc status OF Lord
W,allsconri. Although he figures in all
the standard ''recrage*'' and Official
works OF reference. as I.ord Walscourt.
served AS such in the Coldstrcam
Guards. is received as such at court
and exercises Inagisterial prcrcsHtivc
Endcr the crown as deputy Lieutenant,
Vi VI th'E rpilHtS OF tTilN:tN. under I've
name Of Lord W~aliscourt, yct he mas
never established his position in the
'clt OF Irish peers. lie is, therefore.
not eligible 10 vote in the election
himself become Il candidate for cleo
iion by the Irish peer, to tho House
Of Lords, while he is, on account OF the
pr%esunp,ion OF his pccraSc, prevent
ed from voting as a in Ire
land.
This peculiar condition OF affairs is
IN 4 ~ 1a In, ~ A al 81, t...,f 49, >T L tI-I
patent by which the barony OF Wallis
court was created. on July II. 1900, 1T
MS bestowed upon Joseph Henry
Blake. of Ardfry. whore his ancestors;
had been established since 1872. with
remainder i'll default of issue male or
his body, 10 the heirs male Of the body
OF his father Strictly speaking, the
b;rony should have been conferred
Iron ioseph Henry Blakc's father. whn
was SIN living. and who was a power
~ ihG county ,G of Subway. But he Wis
then in existence. vas as such pre-
Guided from any Office or honor, Ills
eldest son was a convert to Anglican
Ism. Some say nc became a Pro-
tc.tant in order to be able 10 obtain
the pcerhgc, and his conversion was
not regarded as real;
later. during the lifetime OF his fati,-
CT, and without issue. Fibm the time
OF his demise. until that Of his faith
or. several years later. tho baronv re-
NAMED in suspense. and was consid-
cred by many as having become cx-
tinct. After old Mr.. Blako's death,
however, the eldest son OF Lord Walls
courts younger brother, Captain Ig-
7latiuS Blake, who had died iii 1917.
that is to say, prior to the creation
Of the pccraGc. was induced by his
relatives to assume his uncle's title. as
second Lord Wolselcy. He. too. died
without issue, and then. in 1916. the
sen Of another brother of the first
Lord Wallscourt assumed the barony,
the present peer being his. son.
When the patent WAS made out in
1900, Tie Duke of Portland, then Lord
Lieutenant Of ireland, and the falnMis
OF Londonderry. both protested strong
~ against the tenor and wording Of
the document, realizing that its va
lidity would be called into question:,
| But The Rlakcs insisted on having it
irst so. and as they were ~all-powcrful
in Galway. where their support was
needed by the crown, their wishes
were complied with. The very fact
| that neither Lord WaIlscourt, nor vet
| his fathcrHbc:orc him, have ever sought
! 10 establish their status as peers Of
Ireland, constitutes in itself an admis-
sion OF their own doubts and fears
as to the value of their barony.
King George, who remains in con-
t1ol OF tho DuchY OF Cornwall estates.
! until his son. tic Prince OF Wales. Whn
is Duke OF Cornwall. nttains his ma
iority. has given expression to views
in connection with the administration
| duchy. which are worthy OF note. Much
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