The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-01
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Der OF Thousands of tho more Import.
ant regular Subscribers to the work
But in other Instances the complain
ants may show themselves loss amen
! able to reason. and the editors OF
Burke's "Poorage" seem to have caught
Tartar In Herman Munro. who Is
/ suing them for having declared in their
Issue OF 1911 that his father, John
Munro, died unmarried. AS herman
Munro did not submit to the euitors
the certificate of his father and moth
er'5 neutrality-suspicious. 1t was mere
SCOTCH that Is to say. common law.
narrlage-thcy, In their 1912 edition,
restricted themselves to mentioning the
namo OF John Munro. without the adj
dition OF any information as to wheth-
er he had died as q married man or
as n bachelor. and making no men
ton Of Herman Munro as his son
It see,no that Herman Munro. in
default or bis parents marriage GER
tincate. had put forward as evidence
of their lawful union tho inscription
the name OF John Munro, but also OF
several OF their children The pre-
siding judge deprecated this form of
tombstone OF the patriot John Hamp-
oen the names OF his three wives and
Of his twelve children are Inscribed,
although the epitaph on tho same
monument explicitly stated that he
died unmarried.
There arc two families of Munro
Ono Is headed by Sir Hector Munro. or
home at Fouls Castle. He Is chief of
the clan. ills baronetcy dates from
Charles l. Tho other Is headed by Sir
Campbell Munro. of Lindertis, In For
| farshire. and Is an offshoot OF the Mum
| ros OF Fouls and It Is to them that
herman Munro belongs.
Some years ago Burke's "Peerage"
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quarrel with James Burke Roche,
brother and next heir to Lord Fermoy,
and who WAS parted from his Ameri-
daughter. and had rejoined her father,
Frank Work, in New York. Mrs.
Burke-R Roche then proceeded to secure
from the Delaware courts a divorce
from her Irish husband. The divorce
| was recorded in Burke's "Peernge,"
whereupon James Burke-Roche i'm
the editors of BuriSe's "Pecrage" for
having proclaimed him In Its pages as
having been divorced from his wife.
He pointed out TO them that In the
| no nor his wife could secure disso-
| luton OF their marriage excepting by
private act of Parliament, since d.
vorco is unknown in Irish jurispru-
dence. He added that tho divorce OBJ
| tanned by his wife from the courts of
Delaware was utterly valueless IN the
eyes of English or Irish law, since
| his wife had become Il British subject
! by marrying him, and could only Sc
| cure matrimonial freedom by the de-
| cree OF the British courts or by act
OF Parliament He claimed heavy dam
| ages from the editors for the injury
| done to his good name In ireland,
! where, although not himself Catholic,
he made his home in n country which
, was wholly Catholic and the people of
which would naturally, Mt parliament
tary elections, In consequence, decline
, TO accord their votes to divorced
! man. Indeed. Il Is quite true that
! James Burke Roche has never sat III
| Parliament since this publication In
the pages OF Burkes "Peerage" OF the
Delaware divorce.
| The editors of the "PecrnEe' were
! compelled TO make the most complete
apology, to publish n correction OF
their statements and to pay heavy
DAMAGES. while those pages of their
"Pcerage" OF 1912 that reie 10 Lord
| Fermoy and his family make mention
| of James Burke Roche and of his wife
and children, MS If they were all living
together In the happest fashion IN
| England and Ireland. Moreover. when
James Burke Roche succeeds to his
brothers Irish peeragc. his wife. al
though she has been separated from
| him for nearly 4 score OF years. will
become, ipso facto. and whether she
| likes it or not. Lady Fermoy while
the oldest OF her twin boys. Maurice,
| n particular favorlte among the Young
err set In New York society. and
Will become, on his fathers death,
Lord Fermoy in his own right and a
! peer of the Irish realm. that Is to say.
his title will invest him with all the
with tho exception of a seat in the
/ House of Lords.
Copyright. 1912, by the Brentwood
! Company