New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-10
SIR EDWARD TENANT
Arrival of Mrs. ASquith'S Broth
er. EnqIand'S Newest Peer.


,corvrieht. 1aii by the Brentwood Company
sir Edward Tenant. who arrived last
nisht IN New York from England on board
tho Cunard liner Mauritania and who was
,o,iaed Of his elevation to the pcerage on
tho day before he sailed for this country
&c one Of the largest owners Of The Lon
don Times" and a very influential membe
n the beard of directors in which the con-
troll Of that great organ is now vested
Indeed his own lot Of shares and those OF
Icrd HarmSworth constitute the largest in
diyidual holdings in the paper, his stock
having been inherited from his father, the
lste Sir Charles Tenant. who founded the
family fortunes and amaSSed great wealth
nv the manufacture Of chemicals.
sir Charles was a great admirer of Clad
stone and was among the Liberals who ad-
hered 20 him after his conversion 10 Irish
Home Rule Indeed. when the late Duke OF
Westminster broke not only politically hut
also socially. with Gladstone on the Irish
question and removed from the place of
honor which IL had occupied on the walls
~ Grosyenor House the fine painting by
Mllais Of the Grand old Man. who had
secured for him his elevation 10 a dukedom
HN'''N
auction il was Sir Charles Tenant who
purchased Il. and who. after preserving II
,or a time on the walls Of his own house,
eventually presented II 10 the National Cal
ery
Sir Charles was a wonderful old man.
srd AZ the age Of seventy-hve married. fo-
second time. a daughter Of Colonel
Charles Miles Of Burton Hall. MalmeSbury.
having by this wife (who is now Mrs.
Godfrey Lubbock four more daughters
rho Youngest Of whom. Nancy Tenant
horn In 1904 when Sir Charles was eighty
two wear, oil. IS nearly half a century
,.orrrer than ~ fathers eldest daughter,
Who IS The wife 81 Lord Ribbesdale ard be-
oa-ro a grandmother just about the time OF
Nsrc,.s birth Sir Charless other children
hv his arst marriage include Harold Ten
r.r- now Parliamentary secretary of the
roee,u-,ent Board Of Trade Department
of r,o--r-ercel. and the former Margot Ten
ra,- now The wife OF Prime Minister
Asql.th
Sir Edward Tenant is Lord Lieutenant
~ peebles-shire is a member of the bar.
-soresented Peelles-shire and also Salisbury
fo- n number Of wears in the House Of Com
mons and devoted his time between Wills
ford Manor. his place near Salisbury. and
che Glen. az Innerleithen. in Peebes-shire.
Sir Edward is married to one Of that lovely
tho Of daughters Of Percy Wyndham
whose famous portrait. painted by Sargent
and exhibited at the Royal Academy, was
happily described by the late King Edward
as The Three Graces."
SIR Edward has one Of the finest private
collections Of paintings in London housed
in a gallery annexed to his home in Queen
tDue's Gate. He has provided this gallery
with q separate entrance from the street
and opens the gallery 10 the public on GER
.9.7 DAYS Of the week. including Sundays.
.rae OF any charge. There are quite a
number OF these private house collections
9ren 10 tho public i'm London, free of cost.
among the most notable being the superb
gallery q paintings of the Duke Of West
Minister M Grosvenor House, Of the Earl Of
Tllesmeie at Bridgewater House, of the
Duke Of sutherland AT Stafford House and
ostLe Duke of Wellington Apsley House.
The gallery Of the latter being filed not
on'v with wonderful Spanish old masters
br- also with relics Of the Iron Duke and
O. Waterloo.
uors ON Sundays are mainly composed Of
Members Of the working classes. and it is
worthy q note that they have always
shown themselves keenly appreciatiye OF
're privilege accorded 10 Inem, and that
me owners OF The paintings have never had
any occasion 10 regret their liberality in
tra matter. Ire pictures at Apsley House
are perhaps the finest collection Of Spanish
.d masters u the world. When the French
Marshal Sout invaded Spain. during the
Nepo.eonic wars at the beginning Of the
nineteenth century, he despoed the royal
PALACES a. Madrid, the national galleries
and many churches, cathedrals and re-
ueio1s establishments of their finest paint
ing. Ou being compelled to withdraw
from toe Peninsula he carried all these
treasures away with him IN the form Of
loot He was so holly pursued by the
Duke OF wellington and the English that
lc was obliged 10 abandon his plumber. and
the packing cases were turned over, as a
lawful urze. 10 the Duke Of Wellington
and shipped ly him unopened to Apsley
house I'm London. II was only when the
o9ke returned 10 his native country after
To downfall ~ Napoleon. that he had time
10 examine the contents Of the many cases
which no. bad taken from SOult and when
10 found what they held he Immediately
entered into negotiations with King Ferdi-
rand ~ spain with a view 10 their resto-
ration Inasmu-h. however. as Ferdinand
owed The recovery OF his crown wholly 10
t.e duke 90 whom the Spaniards were
likewise indebted for the expulsion of the
French invaders and the restoration of