New-York tribune., 1911-10-07
po,,.,o. Of Lady Northccts.

-as,- Sor+bcote. who has Just been lei,
49, through the untimely destn OF
,,o~ husband. the former Governor Hehe'"
- Australia. can boast of singuiarlN Tue
1T career Tn the various 'Peerages
90 standard works Of reference the name
- fs-,uy will he looked for IN Vaih'
- a.. .,.sryyvbere described merely as
..,rce a6opted daughter of Lord Mount
--.-bsr." the great Canadian railroau
king. and no other intormauo" i'
800 concerning her parentage.
.r.ts is due 10 the fact that her child
.,a,+ ir Canada, was far from
-.. she was the Cinderella OF an
American clergyman's family. the ii''''.@
s- question and his wife haihng from
mont where their daughter Ahce was
.o-- In some way the late Lazy NOUN,
s,.-ben became acquainted with AI4ce' 'OoA
o. ssDc,. to her. and as the girls He "as "''
~~.,sser,. rose-colored and she was Hioi
nv lass the SQUIRE douleur OF her lam
a,. she gradually came 90 spend more ahu
-o-s time with the Mountstephens' ~
- -s;sed objections 90 this deciarl"s
.ss. q. resulted in Alice's houseworK oelHs
iss. ,,-5ooe whereupon Lady MounIsIepii'
...--e5 b, rroviding a servant 70 take inc
,i-rs -Isce I'm the clergyman iaHlllS' % %aIu
ultimately making an arrangement 'o 'oo
.s-r sr+opetber. on the understahulhs
.s., .,e clergyman. HIS wife ana the re-
-,a,r5.- NJ their family renounce all tur-
So, .,-.c+ion and relationship WIN
A.. ans. rate. IL resulted in the sever
- I'm ,lice,s ties with her family ana
t- ..- ocular adoption by Lord ana Lazy
Molrtstepnen, who settled N 80
fortune upon her when she "iai'''O
Northcote .-.-,otV,
She be 2 very good looking extremely
generous and universally popular woman
vino won general favor I'm India When her
5,,sbs-5 was Governor Of Bombay ana 'H
Australia when he afterward oecsiii7
coys~ro- General Of the Common"eailH'
roy5 Nor.bcote. who recently rented o'I
lo-g resea EastweU Park. the oeautii Vi
Ke~.ts1 Mace Of Lord Gerard. mas SUE
cunobs5 .o the effects of the Indian anu
Arg--ar,a- climates which completely uh-
ssrmined his constitution ana "hen
rss,se through New York coup'e Va
v.srs sr. ON mis- way home from the All
-,oodes IN England, after having assls,e"
q, Welcoming the United States oattlesHl 20
In Australia 10 was apparent 20 MS IIlei'u9
here thar he was very sick man SHlall
IN stature though weighted with DIX
mguacre he was the second son OF lhe
late LORD Iddesleigh. the least liked ana
most respected leader that the ConserNa-
tive party IN England has mad IN nlouei,- Ci5.-
times and who. while Secretary OF ST. So
for Foreign Affairs. died suddenly OF heaI'
failure an Lord salsbury's house during
conversation with the marquis.
Lord Northcote first came TO TINS couH'i
!n 1871 as secretary 20 the special eilD"sSy
Of the late Lord Ripon. in connection WIN @
he settlement of the Alabama treaty. OHe
o. his brothers. namely, the late Ol'eI
Northcote. married a sister Of HamiiIoii
and stuyvesant Fish. Of New YORK anu :,
FOR many wears was IN business III a"
Street. he left a son and daushtei' W. W.
have occasionally visited their Amer I' '''-
relatives. the son having spent some uiiie il'
couple OF seasons ago at Newport wiz,
The stuyvesaut Fishes. Another oi
Northcotes brothers. the Hon Amy do
Northcote. also married an American sliI'
daughter of the late James q. DudieS'
q Frankfort, KY, and Is partner III ''''
aIm Of Adds d Northcote. of Chicago