New-York tribune., 1912-03-11
SACKN|LLE ROMANCE
,oother Chapter, in Which Hert-
ford Treasure Is Concerned.


:, enc bequest by the late Sir John Murray
~ art treasures and other property
So extent of several millions OF dollars
~ wife of Lord Sackvlle, who will! be
W.r,be-ed at Washington as Josephine
II.a.or,o sackville- West, when her father,
~. Iota Lord Sackville, was English Envoy
~ United States, is the most extraordi-
80 development Of it all. Lady Sackville
rather fascinating woman, with
.,-r.,,n daughter. When her brother and
g., sought TO prove judicially that their
.Sa- lord sackviIle. had been duly mar
Ns 80 the Franco Spanish danseuse. Jo-
N.,ne or Pepita Olivarez, and that they
80 therefore legitimate, she, in that
W.. cslebre. sided against them, and
go with all her might and main to
rrovA that her mother had been her faith
-. ,r,stress. instead of his wife, the rea-
~, heng that she had married her first
.ors,n lionel Sackville-West, who owing
- ,ba fllegitimacy of Henry, the son of his
',.c1e had succeeded both to the Sackville
,neraqe and to the Sackville estates Con-
s.o,,ontlv II her brother and sisters had
,ron their case, and proved that their
mother had been lawfully married, she
herself would have ceased 20 be peeress
~ the realm. and her husband would have
bAen Obliged to surrender the celebrated
KnoIe Park estate, in Kent, TO her brother.
I, seems that some four years ago the |
,otA Sir John Murray Scott made will in
favor OF Lady Sackeille, to whom he was
devoted at the time, to the extent of mill
IONS Of dollars Subsequently this devotion
cooled considerably-so considerably that
ha ,nade another will. from which it is un-
derstood the bequests to Lady Sackville
yyera eliminated. This second Will has |
teeD lost and has been advertised for in
avery direction by Sir Johns brothers, one
of whom is a retired major general of the
army. General Douglas Scott, and oy his
sisters, Alicia and Mary Scott, VINO nave
kept house for him, and who nursed sir
John through the illness which culminafeo
IN his death. Unless this second VIII cen
be found much Of the property, including
Castle House. in County Antrim, and Sir |
Johns London mansion, in ConnauGht
Place. will go TO Lady Sackville. his two
sisters will be left without home, and
they as well as Sir Johns brothers, neph-
ews and nieces, will inherit but little of
his property-that property which was be-
oueathed TO him by his employer, Lady |
wallace, to the exclusion of the children OF
her only son. Captain Wallace, of the |
French Cuirassiers; that property which
Lady Wallace had inherited from ner hus- !
band, Sir Richard Wallace, and the latter
from his half-brother the fourth Marquis
of Hertford. and from his mother, Maria |
Fagnianl the famous, or, rather, infamous
wife Of the third Marquis Of Hertford'
Thackeray's Lord steyne."
A good deal Of nonsense has bsen writ
Ten about the late Sir John Murray Scott
In his obituaries it is wrongly claimed
that II Is 10 him that Great Britain is d.
rectly indebted for this wellnigh price
less and world-famed collection, formed
by the second, third and fourth Marquesses
Of Hertford. and by the latter's half
brother Sir Richard Wallace. But this Is
not so.
Sir John Murray scott's story was an
one. He was the son OF al
obscure English physician in small practice
st Calais The doctor had occasion on one
Of the numerous trips of Sir Richard ana
Lady Wallace between England ana
France 10 render some slight medical ser
vice 10 Lady Wallace after crossing OF
the Channel which had been more than
usually rough. and which had prostrated
her completely with seasickness. The ac-
thus formed was cultivated
ana resulted in Sir Richard eventually
taking the doctors young son into his
employ, first as clerk and subsequently as
private secretary.
! should not like 10 say what role John
Murray Scott played in the estrangemeht
which ensued between Sir Richard and
his only son. Captain Wallace, Of the 6th
French Cuirassiers, who greatly dlstlh-
FUished himself as a gallant officer OF cav
airy In the war Of 1870 against the Ger
mans taking part in the historic charge
at Sedan. But the fact remains that the
arrangement between father and son, each
Of them a fne fellow in his way dated
from the moment that John Murray Scott
became a member of the household OF
Sir Richard Wallace, and that Captain
Wallace died at enmity with both his
parents
When Sir Richard died it was found that
ne had bequeathed the whole OF his vast
wealth 10 his widow, a lady of French
birth and parentage, whom no had mar
Ned many years after the birth OF their
son. the latter and his boys being, there
Tore, prevented by this bar sinister from
inheriting the baronetcy Of Sir Richard.
1t was generally believed that Lady Wal
lace would at her death be found to have
provided for her grandchildren, and like
wise that she would in a measure restore
10 the now terribly impoverished Marqui-
sate OF Hertford at least a portion Of the
Immense property Of which IT was divested
by the fourth marquis in order TO enrich
MS half brother. Sir Richard Wallace. the
NTH marquis being merely a distant cousin.
But both these expectations were disap-
pointed. Lady Wallace left the art treas
ures at Hertford Square TO the English
nation, IN compliance with her husbands
wishes.
English royalty with the exception OF
Empress Frederick and English society
enc and all had subjected Lady Wallace TO
tne most cruel ostracism during her life
urne, on account Of her having lived With
sr Richard for so many years before their
marriage. Sir Richard bitterly resented
,his, and. instead Of donating his collections
70 the nation himself. as he had at one time
intended doing, he arranged that the treas
"res Should be bequeathed by his widow
ana IN her name to the English people, by
shom despite his munifcent charities she
iao been so badly treated. with regard to
he widowed Lady Wallace's fortune.
amounting to some S2O,OOOOOo. she made no
provision at all for her grandchildren. but
.e" the whole Of IL TO John Murray Scott.
mere was talk OF efforts being made 20
upset the will on the score OF undue infiu-
.noe and on the plea that Lady Wallace
aIter the death of her husband Nae mora