The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-26
LORD SAY AND SELE is
EIGH TEENTH IN LINE

party In the Eouse in case a division
should occur. but also for advice with
regard to the distribution OF official
patronage and rewards. Percy Hing
worth l. an Oxtotd graduate. and
through his marriage to the daughter
and heiress OF the late George Goats.
of Paisley, IS very rich man His
country place. Lake House near
Stonehenge. where he Is n near neigh
Dor OF Mrs. Asquith's brother. Lord
Glenconnor. was destroyed by nre last
April, the family narrowly escaping
with their lives. 1t Is now being re-
built
The Illingwor,h family have long
been connected with the prosperous
Yorkshire manufacturing town Of
Bradford. IN whose poorhouse one Of
its members. Joshua Iil,gworth. Lord
OF the Manor OF Pudscy. died last
June. Had he lived "A few weeks
longer. he might have found himself
In the possession OF wealth. for coal
had Just been discovered within the
bounds OF Pudsey Manor. and although
he had sold his last land titles many
years ago as Lord OF the Manor. he
sim retained his rights to the min
erals in the soil. another equally un-
fortunate Illingworth is the late VIII
liam Of that Xix whose name is ia
medieval history. He devoted his life
time 70 the discovery. transcription
and collection OF old parchments and
manuscripts in English cathedrals,
castles and mArors and In municipal
archives. lie held the government OIL
flee OF Deputy Keeper OF Pubic Rec
ords, but lost his sight. was unable
10 obtain a pension and died In pow
erty and blindness in a back street In
Islins1on. StEl another membcr Of
the family is Frederick son of "A
journeyman woolworker at Bradford.
who cmigrated as boy to Australia.
made a fortune there and has repeat
ediy held Cabinet office at Perth
Prince Joachim Murat head of that
house and grandson OF that Miss Caro-
line Fraser. of Philadelphia. who mar
ried Prince I.ucicn Murat at Borden
town. y J.. has become the principal
representative in France of the exilcd
Bonapartist pretender. Prince Victor
Napoleon. What Is, however. much
more extraordinary IS that the OK
cellent Joachim, thanks to an arrange
ment with the Institu de France. is
now master OF the oldest stag hunt
in France. namely. that of Chantilly,
founded in the sixteenth century by
Anne de Montmorcncy. Lord High Con-
stable OF France y subsequent mas
ter of the hunt was the Grand Condo,
who destroyed at Rocroy the prestige
OF the spanish arms. At meet of the
hunt under the mastorship OF Mon
seIgnour the Duke Henri de Bourbon.
the latter's brothcr-in-law the Duke
de Melun, was killed by a stag at
bay under the eyes OF King Louis
XIV Emperor Joseph II. OF Austria,
King Frederick william II. OF Prus-
sta. King Gustavus III. OF Sweden.
Tsar Paul of Russia (undcr the IN
cognito OF Comte du Nord) are among
the notables who took part in the
hunts of Chantilly during the eigh-
teenth century. and when the last
OF the Condos died In so mysterious a
fashion In 1880 and bequeathed his
estates. including the Chateau OF
Chantllly. to his royal kinsman. the
late Due d'Aumale. the latter main
tanned the hunt in style quite in
keeping with its old time traditions
and former splendor. During the sec
ond empire. when the Due d'Aumale
and the other Orleans princes were
eXiled from French territory. the
Chantilly Hunt was continued It his
expense by FIRST one and then another
Of the royalist mobiles In the district.
and after 1871. when the Duo dAumale
was permitted to return. he turned
over the nastership TO his nephew. the
late Due de Chartres. He retained 1t
until his death. two years ago. his
country seat. the Chateau de St. Fir
min, being In the immediate neigh
borliood.
Since shortly afterwards the hunt
has had as master Prince Joachim
Murat. who has. as above mentioned.
rented the hunting rights OF the for
est form the Institute OF France. to
which the Due dAumalc, much to the
rightful disgust of his relatives. be-
queathed the great Chantilly Chateau
and estate. Needless to add, the Roy
alists are equally Disguised at the idea
that a hunt that for nearly three hun
dreI years has been so closely iden-
tined with the house of Bourbon
should now be under the control of
a Murat descendant of farrier. This
particular representative of his lam
lily Will be remembered in this country
In connection with his violent and sue
cessful opposition TO the projected
marriage OF his widowcr father to the
late Miss Gwendolyn Caldwell. of New
York. the match being broken off on
the very eve OF the wedding. Prince
ding was that the wealthy bride was
an American, which in view OF the
American blood in his own veins was.
par with what Murats generally
do.
Copyright. 1912. by the Brentwood
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