New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05

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miliar 10 almost all the postmasters WIZ
supplied relays OF horses.
! cantain Hely-Hutchinson, for tho ~,
which he had played in this affair, was an
his return 10 Paris tried and convicted ,or
aiding and abetting the successful escano
Of the marquis. was sentenced TO three
months' Imprisonment and was cashiersa
from the army. Years afterward his com
mission was restored 10 him. and he died
as a Knight of the Order OF St Patrick.
To Bear IreIand's Standard.
King George has appointed the O'Connor
Don 10 bear the standard of Ireland at the
coronation. The OConnor Don. who is
the Kings lieutenant end custos rotulo-
rum for the County Roscommon. and who
makes his home at Clonalis, Castlerea in
County Roscommon. is a direct lineal de-
scendant Of King Roderick O'Connor, who
exercised supreme sovereignty in Ire
land until in ll72. he surrendered his
sceptre TO Henry ii of England. But the
O'Connor Don is able TO trace his ancestry
much further back than this For he is a
descendant OF Eocheidh Morghmeodhm.
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death. A. y. sec. and also OF the latter's
grandson. Dush Galach. the first Christian
King OF Connaught. Conchobahr. popu-
lary known as Conner. who died as King
Of Connaught in s73. represented the ninth
generation from the foundation of the
dynasty. and II is from that time forth
that the family have been known by the
name Of O'Connor. No more striking evil
dence Of the antiquity Of the lineage Of
the O'COnnor Don can be furnished than
the fact that his estates IN County Ros-
common have been in the possession Of his
family for over seven hundred years.
The O'Connor Don is unmarried. His
mother was held in high regard by the
late Queen Victoria, who used always
whenever she dined, either at Windsor or
at Osborne. to cause her name 70 be
printed in the court circular as Madam
O'Connor. The Irish chleftains who have
the prefix Tho" 20 their names invari-
ably have their wives addressed as
Madam" which in this case is an official
title recognized as such by the Court Of
ST Jamess.
The word THE" prefiXed to the name
signifies that the bearer thereof is the prin-
ciral representative Of one of the great
houses that once exercised sovereign sway
over the Emerald Isle. There are many
people In Ireland who claim the right 10
this prefix. and who coolly adopt y with
out a shadow Of warrant But among those
few whose title is unquestOned and recog-
nlZed alike by the British Crown and by
the people OF Ireland are The O'Donohue,
The Macdermot. whose ancient title or
Prince Tooavin is kept up TO the extent
that he is always spoken of In his own
country as The Prince. The Macgilli-
cuddv OF the Reeks. The OBrien, who IN
England is known as Lord Inchequin, and
Tho O'Connor. which is the real name OF
the O'Connor Don. The Don appended
10 MS patronymic is not a surname but a
title. concerning which there is some dis
uute. In the Irish language, however
Dun" signifies noble much the same
as Don does IN Spain
The O'Connor Don, like his father who
was a member Of Queen Victoria Privy
Council. is a Liberal, but holds aloot
from politics. favoring as he does a more
modified form Of Home Rule than that de-
randed by the present Irish party In
this he resembles his father, who was
defeated some twenty years ago at the
polls by John Redmond. the present Ma
tionalist leader
MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.