The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-07
EARL'S SISTER MAKES
HER DEBUT ON STAGE

Eice's wife. as possessed of title, and
as the daughter and sister of earls
Of ancient lineage, will not be sub
iected TO the Esolent, patronizing
ways of tho local magnates, which ar,
especially offensive when these indi-
riduals are OF the new-rich class. In
fact, Lady sydney Will be spared many
OF the hardshlps and humiliations that
fall 10 the shars of the ordinary clergy
mans wife
Lady Sydney's brother is the TWEEN
ty-fourth chiettain of the great Scotch
from Gregory Grant, who was Sheriff
OF Inverness in the reign OF AleXan-
der H., that Is to say, at the begin
Ming of the thirteenth century. The
Grants themselves repeatedly refusa I'd
titles, when the latter were pressed
upon them, est.cminG their position
as chieftaln Of The Clan superior to
any pccrage The latter, however.
their will. through the marriage Of
Sir Ludovlc Grant TO Margaret. daush-
ter of James Ogilvie. Earl OF Seaficld.
The grandson OF this lady, namely. Sir
Louis Alexander Grant. succeeded, by
virtus of his descent from her. to the
Earldom of Seancld, on the death of
the fourth of the Osilvie Eorls of Sea-
field without Issue.
Tho romantic story OF the Earldom
of Seafleld, even in it's most mod>rn
episodes. has been too recently related
passing reference here II is general.
" understood that 1t furnished the
inspiration for the novsl and play
entitled Little Lord Fauntleroy."
King George has officially announced
that his eldest son, the Prince of
Wales will matricuiate as an under
sraduats at Magdaien College. Oxford,
MlChnaln1 81 ho 10 %
In the fall. The King himself was
never connected with either univcrsi-
ty. But Edward VII. was student
wards AT Trinity, Cambridge; and the
only member of the reigning family
whose name is Identified with Mag
daien Is tho eldest son OF Prince and
Princess Christian Of schleswis Hol-
stein, that is to say. the grandson of
Queen Victoria. Prince Christian VIC.
tor who succumbed to enteric fever at
War Masdalen is college that is
celebrated for it's absence of clique
ism; and TOR its prominence, alike in
studies and In athletics. Its name is
and THE, perhaps the most pictures
quo of all colleges. was foundsd as far
back as In 1853. by that William Wayn-
nete; Bishop Of Winchester. who was
site of the Hospital OF ST. John the
Baptist, which had been founded and
endowed by Henry III Magdalcn Col
ieGo has long frontage on High
street, while one aide rises directly
ABOVE branch OF the River Cherwell.
me chief feature of tn. front s. tho
Dell tower structure which, for grace
and beauty OF proportion. Is hardly
surpassed by any other OF the Per-
pendicular period. From it's summit
LATIN hymn has been sung for hun
dreds of years on May Day at o'clock
IN the morning. To the north of the
cioister quadrangle stand the so-calIed
New building. dating from 1893, and
20 the north and west OF those again,
extends the Grove. or Deer Park
where deer were established In 1920,
and Add'sons Walk, named after JOS
Perhaps the most notable p,riod Of
the history of the college Is that OF
1913 TO 1858, when the Fellows resisted
lanes lis attempt to forco a Presi-
own choice, John Hough. successively
Bishop of Oxford and OF Worchester.
Indeed. when George w. rs regent
took the allied soverelgns to see m,
ford, in 1914. and asked. rs that
Aiagdalen TowerT Yes, Sir" was the
reply, that lis tho towsr against VIII CHI
lanes II. broke his head" CARDINAL
Woisey was a fellow OF the college
~ the time when this tower was build
ing, and among the alumni OF th.s col
leGe have been John Hampden the
fatrior, Joseph Addison, Gibbon. the
author of The decline and Fall OF
the Roman Empire" Charles Reade
Goldwfn Smith and Oscar Wdlde
Sir Harry Vemey. who was selected
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