The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-16
SIR JOHN JELLICOE
rs SMALL IN STATURE

when the pertinacious spider encour-
aged him TO make the third and sue
cessful bid for the Scottish crown.
Lord Galloway was compelled by
agricultural depression two or three
years ago 10 sell q portion Of his Wig
town estates to Sir Malcolm Mac
Eacharn. an Australian multi million
aire. who has been several times Lord
Mayor of Melbourne. and who Is the
principal partner Of the great ship
ping firm of McIlwraith. MacEacharn
& Company. and the originator Of the
frozen meat trade OF Australia. The
property purchased by Sir Malcolm
from Lord Galloway comprises the
scene OF Sir Walter SCOTS Guy Man
nering." "Red Gauntlet" and The
Bride OF Lammermoor,' whose last
resting place. indeed. is situated on
the estate.
Sir Walter Scott took an old story
connected with this place as the
groundwork of this most beautiful OF
his novels, the original story being TO
the effect that Janet Dalrymple. daugh-
ter Of the first Lord stair, who had
engaged herself without the knowiedSe
OF her parents 10 Lord Rutherford,
Was compelled by them TO break her
troth TO him. and to marry suitor
whom she did not love. David Dunsar
the younger. of Balloon. She became
insane on her wedding night dying
shortly afterwards. while David Dun
gar badly wounded in that same night
in a duel concerning which he refused
TO make any revelations, survived her
tor couple Of years.
The river Bladnoch runs through
the property. and II was at its mouth
that the Wigtown martyrs. IN the
Covenanters' GAYS. were tied to stakes
at low tide, and drowned oy the ris-
ing of the waters.
With regard to Lord Graves. his
barony dates from 1894, when IT was
bestowed upon Admiral Sir Thomas
Graves for his services in command
ing the van of the British fleet in the
great naval victory off Ushant, Lord
Howe being in chief command. The
irish peerage bestowed upon Tommy
Graves was that of Graves of Grave
send: the Gravesend in question be-
ing not that on the banks OF the
Thames but in the Irish county or
Londonderry 1t was by Il mere
chance that he lived TO distinguish
himself in the battle of Cshant IN
1874 For in 1857, on the very day
that Admiral Byng was sentenced 10
death at Portsmouth for retaining
Minorca, Thomas Graves was being
tried at Plymouth 10y court-martiai
for IAN error OF judgment in not
engaging a French ship. He escaped
with censure and the view taken IN
his case demonstrated that the de-
cision adopted by the court-martlal
at Portsmouth in the case of BynS
was erroneous. Byng was executed;
but Graves survived for many years
to render such valuable services TO his
country that he was rewarded with a
peerage and an annuity OF $4,000 a
year.
The second peer was lord of the bed
chamber to the Prince Regent. and
was afterwards comptroller of the
household to the royal Duke of Cum
berland. and brought his life to
close by a particularly sensational sui
eide in 1890: while the third lord mar
ried the daughter of Napoleon's fam
Gus marshal. Berthier. Prince-Duke de
WagraTn.
Curiously enough. none OF the pre-
lecessors Of the present Lord Graves
ever took the trouble to demand and
secure a vote in the election of repre-
sentative peers of Ireland in the House
OF Lords a Westminster, and when
the present Lord Graves some years
ago applied for permission to vote. he
was compelled to submit 10 the long
and costly procedure of proving his
right 10 the barony Before the com
mittee of privileges of the House OF
Lords before he received the neces-
sary warrant
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