The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-20
BEAUMONT
WILL BE PRESENTED

N|cFSdlu t5rltlBn pecEa8GS QeECenC
through tho female rs wolf ne through
the mafe limo; that Is to soy, when a
baron by writ dies, in case no leaves
two girls and boy. then the latter.
three su 90 T. tho 0a tiiis Su, IL
the poer in question leaves only two
daushter1 the crown declines to take
any cognlzance of tho respective ages
of thcso damsels. and tho title remains
In allegiance. that is to say. unused, un-
I'll one or another dies. wh,reupon the
survivor OF the two succeeds to the
title. Often this abeynnco continues
through centuries. Sometimes. but In
relatively rare cases, the crown, usual
~ with the consent OF the entire fam
OF ono of thy daughters. who is not
necessarily the eldest. but sometimes
tho youngest
Thus. the Beaumont peerage has been
several times in abeyanoc. for. created
by writ of summons in 1909 1t fell
into allegiance in 1907. and SO remained
until 1870. when the father of the late
pear at last received possession there
line of female ancestors Queen Vic
toria was very fond Of calling peor-
ages out of allegiance; and the case of
the little daughters of Colonel Lord
Beaumont, whom she had known and
liked. and or thu widowed Lady Beau
mont, who is most charming wo-
man. appealed to her strongly So a
GEAR aftor Lord Beaumont's death she
called, by means of letters patent
the Barony of Beaumont out Of abey-
ance, IN favor Of tho Hon. Mona Sta
pleton, just two years of age at the
time.
Tho young pcoress is now coming of
age. OF course she has no vote in the
House of Lords. but she possess By
birth. or rather; I should say. by vIr-
tue OF Queen ViGtoria's patent. all the
prerogutives of peeress of thu realm
instead OF being Indebted for them to
marriage; If she weds a peer OF her
and the Same thing Will OCCUR in the
event Of her wedding commoner,
who Will have no share In her honors.
These will become mergad in those of
her husband II she Is led TO the altar
by peer of superior rank to her
own. At her death her pe.ragc Will
pass to her eldest son. II she has male
daughters, it will again fall into abey
ance. 1t has occasionally occurr Ad
that a pceress of the realm married
to a commoner husband has prede-
the somewhat paradoxical situation
was created OF man who was q COM
moner. having son who was a peer
and boins compelled to yield the pas
to the latter on all oflciai and social
occasionH
The original patronynaio OF tho Lords
and Ladies Beaumont was Do Brienne.
It was Henri de Brienne, vicomte de
Maine. and grandson of John de
Brienne. ono of tina last Kings OF Je-
rusalem, who may be said to have
founded the English branch of his fam
lily. He accompanied Edward I. to the
Holy Land. and afterwards served I'M
der him during the wars in Scotland
was appointed Joint Wardsn of Scot
was summoned to Parliament as Lord
Beaumont baron by writ. In 1908.
Among other offices which he hold
were those Of Lord High Constable Of
England, King Of Man. and Of Justieisr
of Scotland. In the year 1440 the sixth
Lord Beaumont. Lord High Constable
and Grand Chamberlain of England.
was advanced by Henry VI to the
Ing tho first instance of the creation
OF a viscounty In England. His son
the seventh baron. and tho second Wis
while his viscounty. which was a
peerage by creation. became extinct,
his harony being by writ. merely
scendants of his only sister and
remained in allegiance, until Quaen Vic
torin eonsented to terminate it in IA
vor or Miles Thomas Stapleton as the
senior of all the heirs.
The eighth baron had two sons on q
who succeeded him. and who contract
ed an extraordinary marriage with
Miss Violet Isaacson: whose mother
kept the well-known dressmawer's and
modiste's shop in Regent Street, Lon
don. There was no Issue of this mar
riage. and the ninth lord was sue
cecded by his younger brother, father
OF the young baroness.
There has always been a good deal
OF confusion between Violet. Lady
Beaumont, nee 1saacson, daughter OF
Madame Elise" and Ethel. Lady Beau
mont daughter Of the late Sir Charles
Tempest, last of his line. and head of
one of the finest old Catholic fam
lies In England. I need hardly add
after this, that Ethel, Lady Beaumont
like her two daughters, the young
baroness Beaumont and the Hon wv
Stnpleton. are devout members OF the
Roman Catholic Church. to which the
Young girls father and grandfather
belonged
The ancestral home of Baroness
beaumont is Carlton Towers. near Sell
by, In Yorkshire. Carlton has been in
tina possession of the Stapletons ever
since Joan. granddaughter OF the sew
enth Lord Beaumont. and hla hciress
married Sir Brian Stapleton In the
middle of the fifteenth century. 1t
contains splendid collection of Itai=
ian Old Masters. and a suparb library
which Is rich in French literature and
rare editions. The entrance hall. the
broad marble staircase and the superb
venetian drawing room are said 10
have cost over q million dollars From
tpe iiagstan tower there Is one Of inc
finest views in Yorkshire. There Is Q
subterranean passage at Carlton Tow
Grs. which formerly led TO Selby All
hey close by.
Copyright, 1912, by the Brentwood
q Company
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