The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-29
WAS FAMOUS
IN YACHTING CIRCLES
enormous wealth and is of ancient

enormous wealth and Is of ancient
lineage.
The suttons are one. of the oldest
county families In England. and have
curing their history. which dates from
Iudor times. owned various titles, In
eiuding that OF Lord Lexington and
mic Is sutton. Among those stil per-
tanning to the family is the v.scounty
oI canterbury. which is now held by
ncrs. son vi the third Duke OF Rut-
land. VINO. on inheriting the estates
OF ms maternal Grandfnther Robert
sutton. assumed tie latter's patro-
nEmic and arnoriai bearings. Ills son
was the famous Archbishop or Canter-
pnry and his son in tuEn, for his SER
vices az Speaker OF tho House OF Com
mons was created Niscount Cantor
nury. This peers only daughter mar
iied Richard Sanderson. father Of
Lord Sandcrson. the former chief OF
me Foreign Ofilce. and OF Sir Percy
Sandcrson, who spent so many years
IN New York as consul general ot
Great Britain.
Sir Richard sutton and his mother
i havr made their principal home at
which was leased by thc late Lord
oomhermerc to the late Sir Hicha I'd
sutton. And connected with this
lease there Is ono OF th, most curious
stories that I ever heard. and which
uoes not seem IL permit of anythin..
nut u supernatural cNp!anation--if
SHch indeed Is not Il contradiction Ia
terms.
!, seems that OF the death of Lord
Combermere his body was brought
back home. 10 be buried in the church
yard Of the ncishboring village. Lady
Sutton's sister. Miss Corbe;. was stay
lnS with her 1T the time. Bcing an
enthusiastic amateur photographer. shc
busted herself taking snapshots OF all
the points Of Interest in the ncighbor-
mood OF the abbey. ON the afternoon
of the intcfmcnt of the owner OF the
place Lord combcrmcrc. Miss Corbct
took II into her head TO make Il pho
toSraph of the fine old library, and
placing her camera securely in the
desired position. she locked the door.
IN order that nobody might come in
and mar the necessary time exposure.
Some days afterwards. when she came
10 develop the negative. Miss Corbcl
was astonish"d to nnd Il figure SIT
ting in the library in the chair that
used 10 i" tho favorite one of the
Lord tombcrmerc who had Just died.
The person pictured was certainly not
IN the room when Miss Corbet mad"
t ,h cMposure, and in all other respcc's
IN: photograph came out exactly n
shc expected il would. Both she and
her sister Lady sutton. were extreme
~ puzzled over the strange affair and
carefully preserved the picture as a,
curiosity. regarding 1t as one of those
freaks OF photography" that they had
read about. one day friend. who
was II near neighbor as well, while
inS the photographs that Miss Corbc:
mad taken. remarked:
u see You have poor old Lord Com
bermcrc. sitting In his library il Is
"a very good picture OF him-so char
acteristic--so lifclike'"
Lord Combermcre" exclaimed Miss
torbct. astounded at the remark DO
you mean TO say YOU think the figure
III the chair ia Lord Combcrmerc7
II know II is" replied IN. friend
and IL is splendid likeness OF him.
too
When it was explained tina. this
photograph had been taken AT the
very moment when tn" BODY OF Lord
oinbrrm"rc-wh whom neither Miss cor
Dot nor Lady sutton had even sccii
VIM" he was aIivc-wns being In
TERED in the village churChyard the
ih!Si!hcation became deeper stin ana
PAST al explanation on "a natural
PASS. especially when tho Photograph
was shown 10 mum crs OF people who
hah bcen w'l! ACQUAINTED with tne old
tpFd. and VITO all confirmed the orig
maj declaration. that there was no
hunht whatever that II was h whose
'lk.ness appeared ON the photograph
n" mystery has ncYcr bucn ,xuiu In
ed, SO EAR as have heard liut 1t;
dld not intcrrcr" with Lady Sutton's
love for Combctu.r. \hhcv. FOR 50
lar from being frightened. she wax
so impressed ny the kindly and be-
hiGn expression on the face ia the
photograph that she felt more than
ever attached 10 tho place and dlsiD-
cliEcd 10 lcnvc IT,
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