The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-11
~ Ia VI .ARQUISE DE FONTENOY
ING GEORGE. will ne invested a,
& his coronation with 4 coronation

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the occasion by peer, ut tho IN
stance OF his American wife 1t is
necessary to explain this m order 10
relieve him OF the imputation Of don
ming for the ceremony robo which FOR
tho past eight years has been in the
po ,!,s, OF the owners OF the Tus
near Regents Park. familiar to every
Amer can tourist 10 London.
For the announcement that George V.
would wear a his coronation the man :
tio used on,a similar occasion by Gcorgc
No Immediately served to recall THAI
on the 9Th OF Juno 1881. that il 70
his immense quantity OF clothes. ilni-
forms. and official costumes Of various
KINDS, his toilet articles his linen. ana
IN iact, most OF his personal belong
inss. We're sold by auction, at the di-
rection or the executors or his viii, at
lhiiips's auction rooms, in Bond street
Lot - WAS the dead Kings 'sumptuous
crimson velvet coronation mantle, with
silver star, which fetched forty-Scvcn
Suineas. Lot % WAS the purple vel
vet coronation mantle with 200 ounces
OF gold embroidery upon X" II fctch-
ed Hfty-iivc guineas. In addition to
this. there was the coronation ruff Of
superb Mecflin lace. three crimson Vel
trunk hose. These together fetched Il
iritie over 500, and were, like tile
two ma niles. az bought by Nine Tus-
Saud, for exhibition in connection with
her famous museum of wax works
which is still in existence
NJ nc mantle, however; with Which
the moment Of his coronation by the
attendant clergy Cthc investiiure form
M Just as important part Of the
sceptrc. the orb, and the sword Of
Statel is OF pure cloth Of gold and not
OF velvet. The one used by King Ed
casion and on it were embroidered BY
hand tho bndGcs of the three king
doms Of England Scotland and Ire
and land. Ihat OF George ". Is much .dncr.
hand-loom industry of the Spitalnelds
weaver, the badges being woven into
the surface Of the fabric. instead OF
The gold mantle. or pail" as it is
oIhclaiiy styled. Of the sovereign. be-
why each sovereign is Obliged to have
u new one made for him. The other
n m vi s,i nc Is rgrm1ttsl to retain r
neriain OF England. on the occasion or
the coronation OF George w, was PEI
tro 9bf his f anrrsl Inc and o 81 ds
his mother. became twenty-frst Baron
Willoughhy dEresby. He, was. only
! the. lifetime Of his mother he exercis-
cd In her behalf the Office or Lord C;rca t
Chamberlain at the coronation of
1GoISc ~. II WAS lie VINO received
as his perQuisitc the golden pail or
coronation robc Of George w, and
caused it to DO preserved with such
care. i'll n cedar case, that 1t is In a
perfect state OF preservation, and looks
as If it had just left the loom. 1t was
, inherited, at the death of the late Lord,
Ancaster the other day. by his son
the present Earl who Is twenty fifth
Baron Willoughby d'Ercsby and who
is married to Miss IIloise Brccsc.
daughter OF the late w. J.. Brocse Of
New York, a lady whose mother, now
Mrs. Henry Higgins Of London and
formerly Mrs. w. L. Brcesc Of New
York. halls from Columbus O.. where
! she was born as the daughter OF tho
late George Parsons
II Is Lord Ancaster. who at the in
stance Of his American wife, hig4f-in
favor with. Queen Mary. has placed
George MS coronation robe at the
disposal OF George VI, on tho under
standing that IL is TO be returned 10
them, instead of to Lord Darlington
who Is Lord Great. Chamberlain dur
ing tho present reign.
~ lie gold mantle or pail used by
King Edward at his corona ton be-
came the Spcrquisite OF the Marquis of
Cholmondeley, who was Lord Great
Chamberlain during the recent reign.
this hereditary. office being shared by
Lord Ancastcr. Lord Darlington and
Lord Cholmondeley, taking turns &c
cordlng to their respective lives and
tho respective reigns. THIS golden