The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-04
'LAIRD OF COCKPEN"
NOW IS IN NEW YORK

ment as 2 Unionist So we'll did ne
manage MS wards property. that al
Shen he took charge. all the mort
cages had been paid off by the time
me present earl came or age. and
entered Into possession Of a clear IN.
---e Dl saUU.00O year.
The present LORD Dalhousle Is a
man or thirty-five. served through the
Rccr War as q subaltern of tho Scots
Guards. and is married to very
pretty woman. sister OF the present
Earl OF Ancast,=r. whose wife was
Miss Eloise Brcesc Of New York He
mas a son OF eight years who bears
the title OF Lord Ramsay
One Of the earls brothers. the Hon.
Patrick Ramsay, is in the d!plognatic
service ana was attached for i time
10 the British Embassy at Washing
ton. Another brother. Alexander. is a
lieutenant in the Royal Navy. and IS
Connaught. Governor General of Can
ada, a \. D. c.
II Is mainly Tor the purpose OF Wis
iting him at Ottawa that LORD Dnl-
housic has Just crossed the Atlantic.
Inc youngest brother, Fox Ramsay IS
believe. n stock broker in London.
lie was one of twins but the other,
Ronald, a subaltcrn of tho Scots Guards.
disappeared mysteriOusly from aboard
'' % iunNr--., n"rlran liner Clcvc-
lana, within a day OF reaching Ply
mouth on MS way oacA to England
from an enjoyable visit to this coun
Try NO ono had seen him jump over
board. but the letter found in his cab
In addressed to his uncle Charles. bid
ding him farewell and thanking him
IN the most touching manner for all
that nc had done for 'us boys" left
no doubt as TO it's being a case OF
suicide. What cause there could have
been for the act remains 3 mystery. as
go monetary troubles or feminine en-
tanglements We're known lie left.
indeed, some $4,000 deposited in a
London bank.
may mention. as illustrating once
more in these letters the peculiar sym
pethy existing between twins. that
Fox was the only one of his brothers
TO whom the dead man left mes
sage OF affection.
The Earl Of Dalhousic. whose sobri-
him because Dalhousie Is situated in
the parish OF that name. and whose
ancestors were so denominated, is not.
as so many people believe. descended
from that Marquis of Dalhousi6 who
won such fame as Governor General
OF India and conquoror Of the Pun
That marquis was tho only surviv-
ing son OF the ninth Earl OF Dnhousic.
and died without male issue. his mar
Quisate becoming extinct while the
earldom went to his cousin FoN Ram
tary OF War throughout the greater
part of the Crimean conflict. His cor
respondence was published under the
name of the Panmure Papers some
time ago. and contained many letters
addressed TO him by Queen Victoria
in her own handwriting. giving elo-
quent and sometimes hom"ly express
sion to her profound concern FOR the
sufferings OF her soldiers in the Cri-
mea.
In one letter Of Lord Panmure ad-
dressed to the Generalissimo in the
Crmea- and dated from Windsor Cas-
tie he mentions his execration OF the
telegraph and the newspapers, espec-
tally denounclnG the pernicious act
ivity of the London Times correspon-
dent at the front. the late sir VIII
liam Howard Russell. known in this
country as Bull Run RUSSELL" This
LORD Panmurc. who died without issue
as eleventh Earl OF Dalhousie was a
man Of the most iracible temper. but
of sound heart. He was a godson OF
Charles Fox the statesman. ana when
mere school boy had espouscd his
mothers cause, in her differences with
his father. Owing to this. the father.
the first Lord panmure. declined ever
to meet his son again. during the
thirty-iiNc years that elapsed before
his own death. and declined TO make
his allowance more than $500 year.
This was fortunately supplemented BY
a relative. who made up for him an
income of $4,000 a year. How bitter
~ the IttlcT mated inc son. may ne
gathered from the fact that on re-
covering from severe illness. he gave
dinner TO his tenants 10 celebrate
the occasion. and proposed this toast.
The disappointed one" referring of
course to his eldest son. and the sup
posed chagrin OF the latter at his es-
cape from death. An old farmer pres
ent, who had low opinion OF his
landlords virtues. construed the toast
in different fashion. and eNclaiming
i've heard many a queer toast pro-
posed in my day. but this is the first
time I've ever been told to drink the
health of the devil." drained his glass
to Satan. assuming OF course that it
was the Father of Evil. and not the
son of his host who had been so
grievously disappointed.
Lord Dalhousie had two castles; Dali
housie in Midlothian. and Brasl kin, in
Forfarshire Both Of these places have
been in tho possession OF his ancestors
since tho twelfth century. the name
OF Ramsay figuring in well nigh every
page OF Scottish history. William de
Ramsay was one OF the fellow sign
atories of Robert Bruce's famous let
ter to the Pope in 1920. Sir Alexander
Ramsay fell beside his King at Floi-
den Sir George Ramsay was created
Lord Ramsay ny King James l. of
Great Britain. and his son was Gle
waited by Charles !. to the Earldom
of Dalhousie.
Copyright, 1912. b. tho Brentwood
Company