The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-03

IN 1889 and 1891, and now shown. by
proceedings in the Court o; Chnncc-y,
10 De boti Insane and ruined, TIM
whole OF mis- one time immense for
tune and vast estates, winch rend cred
nlIn one or the richest baronets in
England. having been squandercd
decided away, or 50 .mortgrscd that
sae utmost iiihcuity has been export
ynGcd IN obtaining q temporary al
lowancc Of $3.50 4 week FOR his suit
aniS care and maintenance.
the American end 10 this TRAGEDY
| for It is nothing else, is lha fac, tina |:
"A considerable portion OF his landed
property IS situated Ia thIa country,
part OF IL having been acquired By SIR
,n"i9re George .Iohnstonc who was
British colonial Governor OF FLORIDA,
after the latter had been given to the
! EnEiSh In return for the restoration
american heiress OF .se namo OF
Charlotte Dec. The remainder OF the
American property OF Sir Frederick
came 10 him through the commodorc's
! +ldnr brother. the nf;h baTone,. Sir
William Johnatone. by the l1itcr's
marriage with Frances Pulteney,
! heiress Of Daniel Pultcncy, who was
not only the cousin, hut also the chief
! heir, OF Wiiiinm Pultcncy. Earl Of
Bath. 1t is, indeed. from this Pultaney
Earl of Bath that the New York town
OF Bath takes its name.
In 1909 much OF the landed property
o. sir Frederick Johnstonc In the State
OF New York WAS advertised for sale
But II was generally understood that
owing 10 the impossibility OF obtain.
ing fair prices. Sir Frcdcr!ck's agents
contentcd thcmselves with mortgaginc
IHe pronerty up TO It's very hilt. sir
in the latter part OF the eighteenth CEN
tury amounted to considerably over a
million acres, consisting largely NJ
grants by the English crown 10 tho
m t..F 1T,
teney, Earl of Bath. who had a peT
feet passion for money. ana who made
usc OF the favor which he cnjoyed on
the part OF Queen Anne. OF George l.,
served as Secretary or State. to ob,air
these CONCESSIONS of American land
Under the circumstances. 1t is not
astonishing that, Sir William John
grandfather of the present and eign IN
holder Of tho Johnstonu Daronetcy
should nave been accounted the rich.
est man OF The British Empire.
80 ono aTeamt that all this great
fortune, still further increa sod by John
Johnsto tone. who commanded Lord Gives
artillery at tho battle OF Plassey.
ainaSSinS great wealth in India By the
Pagoda tree" had been In late Years 30
squandered and a!ienatcd. by sale. by
GIT and By mortgage as TO leave sir
Frederick pcnn!less, and completely
ucShtntc, until the other day, when
his Intimate and lifelong friend, Henry
Chaplin. n. p. Minister of Agriculture
i'll the last Salisbury Cabinet and
w!dower OF the sister OF the present
Duke Of sutherland, was appointed by
the courts to be his guardian in lun-
acy. The object OF the appointments
was to rescue some vestigo OF the
sentuaSeharlan haronct's property from
the hands or more or less bona fidc
creditors. who had taken advantage Of
MS failing mental faculties to induce
him 10 deed To them every remninInc
h't If his, fortune. In order. as they eX
planned to him. to avert his being
gazetted as "A bankrupt
oct rT the matter is that Sir
Frederick, who enjoys tho rare dis.
tinction of having been a baro,,at
from the moment Of his advent into
brother. Colonel George Gami,lnriv
known as Dolby, ,Iohns,onc. were
had been killed by fall from his
horse. had lived in such complete re-
tirement for several years past that
his former cronies. and even his rcln
lives. had wholly lost sigAt of lin