The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-06
Quarrel With His Mother Causes
Aunt to Help Him as Little
as Possible.
~ la MAI,QUIsE DE roSrrxoy

Ia MAltVJisE DE FONTENOY.
" ltANCIS COUTTS. whose contest
~ with tho Duke Of Atholl Tor the
4 ancient ana long dormant bar
onies OF Latliner. Scales and Bal
0esmere, as weil as 10 the Earidom OF
oNiord, mas been engaging tho atten-
tpn OF the Committee OF Privileges OF
tne House OF Lords during the mast
WseH' IS tho mated nephew ana princi-
pa Helr o. the late Baroness lSurdett-
DoUt'a, tArCuSh whom lao IS the domi-
nant shareholder In Coutts's Bank.
whero George v Gike Edward VII. and
Queen victoria before hlm) keeps his
Money Money IL Francis Coutts was DIS
!lHtd oy ms aunt who left away from
MN every vestige OF property She
could, II was owing to her quarrel with
ms mother. the late Mrs. Money -Coutts.
gether Til Lady Burdett-Coutts mar
ried in 1881 the Brooklyn born william
ASnmead Bartlett, now William Ash
mead Bartlett Burdett-Coutts. Mrs
-NOney-coNtts opposed this stranec
union In the most Downright manner.
and treated her sister 70 such plain
speech anent her proposed marriage 10
= man young enough 10 be her grand
son. that all relations were broken OH.
-lrs. Money-Coutts prcIcceas-d the
i>Sroness ana " her son Fruncis in
herlted his aunts fortune. IL was BY
virtue OF the VIII Of Harriet. Duchess
OF -. Adams, whose first husband, Tom
Coutts, had left everything he owned
10 MS widow The duchess. former
actress born to the name OF Maion.
LETT nothing TO the heirs Of her second
husband cine Duke OF St. Albans), who
had failed 10 treat her with proper
consideration. but bequeathed her for
tune TO the younger Of tho two grand
daughters OF old Tom Coutts Angela
Burdett, on the Understanding that she
should assume the name OF Coutts. in
addition TO her own. and that II she
LETT no issue, the property should go
10 the elder sister Clara Burdett. who
married c!ergymaR named Money
whose son is the present Francis
Money-Cortts. He. like the Duke OF
AthCn. claims the BaTony or Latimer.
which was created by Edward /. and
which fell into allegiance in 1851. by
the death without male Issue OF John
Neville last Lord Latimer through
descent from one Of the latters daugh-
tiers. The eighth Earl of Northumber-
land, who married one Of them. went
so Ear as 10 assume MS father in law
titles, without warrant or right. HIS
son, the ninth earl. was afterwards
compelled to surrender them. His
claim. however, persisted and passed
on the death OF the fourth Duke OF
northumberland 10 his grand nephew.
the present Duke Of Athol. Experts IN
gcnealcgy Insist on the superiority OF
Francis .Coutts's claims To the Oarony.
as being more direct and clear. 1t is
probable. therefore,. that the Committee
OF Privileges Of the House OF Lords
viii decide in mis- favor. and as the
sovereign usually follows the recon-
mendation OF the committee. though
not compelled to do so, II is likely that
Francis Coutts. who failed of election
to the House of Commons. VIII find
seat in the House OF Lords as Lord
Latimer
With regard 10 the De We're Earldom
OF oxford. his prospects arc distinctly
inferior to those OF the Duke OF Ttholl,
who claims II through line OF de-
scenudiMerent from shat concerning the
Latlmer Barony> Moreover, there are
other pretenders to this nonor, In the
persons Of the now-made Marquis of
Ldncoh hire, formerly known as Earl
Caring ON, the Marquis OF Cholmon-
deiey. and the Earl Of Ancas,er, who
IS married to Miss Eloise Breesc Of
New York X ia not only the Earl
dom OF oxford which is at stake. but
the ancient Office OF Lord Great Cham
berlain, one OF the highest dlgnities
OF the realm originally bestowed as
an hereditary honor, in the twelfth
century By queen Maud upon Aubrey
De We're, first Earl of Oxford. On the
death without issue of Henry the
eighteenth earl in 1926. the sovereign,
upon the erroneous advice OF the Com