The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-22
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~ Ia MAKQuISE DE FONTENoY.
ORD l.ECONFlEI.l who Is putting
Times coach on the road Be-
tween london and Brighton by
way OF competing with Alfred G.. Van
derbilt who for several seasons past
has been running his coach between
London and Brighton. Is a nephew OF
LORD RoSebery. served. like his father
before him. In the First Life tiun rds
Is unmarried, very rich. and makes his
home With his mother. both in London
ana q Petworth. his beautiful place In
sussex. Ictsworth originally belonged
10 the Earl OF Egremont and was be-
dnenthed ny the third and penultimate
peer of that line TO his natural son
George Wynllam. along with n large
share OF his fortune. The remainder h.,
distributed among his oter iliegiti-
mate children. one or whom. Mary
Wyndhafn. married the frs, Earl OF
Munster son Of King William w and
and last Earl Of Egremon, when he
succeeded to lis nnc1cs honorS. found
ms peeraSe almost entirely Jenuded OF
us possessions AMI with but littIc left
George Wyndhnm entered the army.
served throughout tho C'rimean War.
attained the rank OF colonel. and In
1859 was created a, peer OF the realm.
viving SON father OF tho present lord,
succeeded to the Tile In 1869 marry
Ing Lord Roschery's gifted sister. \
brother OF the second earl Percy WIND
ham. died only q few weeks ago. al
Clouds. his beautiful place in Wilt
shire. lie was the father of tho Right
Hon. George Wyndham who was sec
rotary for Ireland. and Is stcpfathcr or
the Duke or Westminster: while his
three sisters. whose portrait by Sar-
gent was described by King Edward as
a picture OF the Three Graccs." mar
ricd respectively. Lord Eicho. Charles
Adcanc. and Sir Edward Tenant, Lord
High Commissioner Of the Assembly a
Edinburgh. and recently raised to the
DceraSe as Lord Glcnconncr
The present Lord LecOniicid was a
good deal hampered, during the first
year after his accession TO his fathers
honors and estates. This Was attribute
late peer to get the best of the revenue
authorities. Like quite a number OF
other members % The Upper House OF
Parliament. he planned the evasion of
popularity known as death duties" by
transferring during Ills lifetime the
hulk Of his estates TO his eldest son,
The latter happened 10 predeccaso him.
to the late peer. who had to pay the
full amount OF death duties. rs the
heir Of his SON When he in turn died.
and the present ord T.econiicld his
estates. the death duties amounting
to something like s25o.0o0. had to be
paid all oyer again. much to the salts
faction OF the revenue officials. who
naturally laughed in their sleeve.
Don Fabrizio Ruffo. Duke del Sasso.
who has just died so suddenly. while
visiting ono Of his Russian wife's rela-
tivcs. at Upton Tower. Slough near
Windsor, In England. was an Italian
diplomat who. when stationed at st.
nctersbnrg. had fallen IN love with
Princess Natalie Metchcrskaya. and as
she Is very rich, and he had no fortune
of his own to sneak Of. he settled down
st. Petersburg, though, with his wife
and daughters. 81 is tho Gus tom 10 spend
part of each year In France. The Ruff
fos. arc among the most ancient houses
In the year :. y, 200, Don Serio Ruf-
70 was Grand Marshal of tho Kingdom
of Sicily The hend Of the family bears
as his chief title that Of Prince III
Palazzole and nc is likewise grandce
of the first class in Spain
The Metcherskayis. to whom the now
widowed Dona Natalie Rufo. Duchess
OF Sasso. belongs by birth, liavo played
n worry lmnortant role in the history
Of Russia. and rank. along with The
Troubctzkois the Narischkincs tho
Gargarines. and tho Galitzines. among
those great houses Of the Russian no.
bility which claim descent from Rurik
and from nmong whom Michael Roman
off was elected to Tho crown, Al the
beginning of the seventeenth century.
thesc Russian Boyars assembled for
the pnrposc Of clecting ono Of their
number ns Gear. nmiiri Tronbetskoi,
the general 10 whom, more lhnn any
one else The repulsc OF Tho Polish In
vaslon had been due. WIS their FIRST
choice, II was only after he had de-
clined the honor that. on his nomna-