The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-24
WILL HAVE ITS HOME
IN LOWTHER LODGE
did not live there, but in a small house


cid not live there, but in a small house
close by.
AS n matter or fact. Lord Blessing
ION hlnseli hrst brought dOrsay into !
ms Inenase by inviting him 10 accom- /.
PdhJ ms party Tor tour In Italy. and I
from that time on he never remained
long away from the Rlessingtons' i'm
mediate neighborhood. until tine death /
81 %, me countess. While at Naples. Lady /
bleslnSion caused Count d'Orsay TO wed /
LADY harriet Gardiner. who vas not
her daughter. as has been alleged hut
nner step daughter. Lady Harriet was
nut hiteen yarse old at the time. and
her father. Lord Blessington. presented
the couple with quarter of a million.
dollars on their wedding day
Five years later Lady Harriet loft
her husband. it Is said because she had
discovered through a packet Of letters
that her marriage had been merely ar
ranged by her step-mother In order to
Justify d'Orsay's presence in the family
she bctook herself TO Paris, where she
achieved considerable success by
writing novels for the Partisan fenille-
tons. After the ruin and death of
Orsay, she married the sixth Earl
Cowpers younger brother. the Hon.
Charles Spencer Cowper who owned
Sandrano,hnm which H., sold IN thnI
late KIN rd,yarI sn,,e ans od1
Years nrn c,hsrls. c,o,,x,'a, ~, 6oco,,,
Inc a ,yidowcr married an Annette,
Jessie Mclean only da,..sh,or ~, CO..
49, c,,.' oi'S u"'S ~ Ui ~
NrtstOH Nielean' Oh Ne"ourEh-
en- thc-Hu cson.
As for Lady Blessington and d'Orsay.
they continued to live on at Kensing-
ton Gore for tie nineteen years fol-
lowing Lord Blessingtons death In 1890.
though owing to the refusal OF his wife.
Lady Harriet. to divorce MIN. ne was
never able TO marry her fascinating
s stSsn Of ,,,r In ,n is,9 '9sy were gys
insane eNtravagance-an extravaganza
whicn Won Tor the countess the name
OF the gorgeous Lady Blessington" and
TO escape their creditors they aban-
ao on o, kensington Gore to the bailins
ana souSAt refuge IN Paris
~ nI.n nad cone much IN the way
Inc no go 80 ar l.o.iS .\,po.e2n our
thoy had some reason 70 Axnnc, ~,
they would he kindly received bv him
But he took no notice OF their arrival.
and 1t was not until several weeks
later that ne suddenly found himself
aaDe 10 race win them At a reception
.. ~ al nls nVno' a. Frlhce -fTeSld dent
H. exciafn,.d -, S.,,u5 ItI cotu1s
an Lazy hIessinston'
d., d, ~, Wnen 90 YOU return 70 Lon
".IsMe' wh'ch created intense
"",ohs an 'ne oystanders'
Ga u''e''y "'soohcertel Napoleon.
sulcidc-a fact not generally known
end was buried In the family tomb OF
count d Orsay's sister the Duchesse de
Ir"Grlmont, at the latter's country scat
Wv har , uor!ey, orsay ala not sur
On M -, sons, 9yins very suddenly
" " ~ YET! Jay alter receiving from
ii SqrnnC, ING state appointment of
In ali H. s,ori ~ sho.
heard lola ~ Is6v is1ossI ave ever
in the plays that hnve bnen 49, t
around her romance with 6'orsay
have nayer 500, a.. ,,o,,,,o. -,
his curious .nrastrv ~ d ,mauG %
Anna Franch bv name vy.s naa',it,,,
woman OF Italian Mr. 90 ~, u &c a., u vi
,.o,,-rror "a. ""o IN "ei
ITO she bSca,n MAS IA p p,nslrl About
"NOiNte 'te rorSanatlc VIE
- inc then Duke CHARLES of Wurtem-
De' 8 oE "hOh she mad two children,
h,- Ia