The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06
EMPEROR NICHOLAS
GIVES HIS CONSENT

than Count Bernstorn or Baron VIII
helm won Stumm. and 10 more likely
appointment Through the death of
his uncle. the late Prince Alfred HAITI
}elft, he IL yery rich and the owner
o: CREST laEde estates IN Germany.
while his vie too: Is q great heirsss.
grandson Of old Professor Caesar Metz.
the best known teacher OF dancing In
New York In the early half Of the
nineteenth century. His classes were
attended by the late william Astor, as
Mrs. John Jay. by Stuyvesant F1sh,s
mother when she was young girl.
and, indeed, by most OF those maidsns
who afterwards developed into power
full leaders Of New York society: lead
ers possessed Of graces Of carriage.
department and courtesy. and above
all Of . dignity and refinement OF man
ner that are strangely lacking in this
twentieth century. The professors
her beauty. and won the heart and
the hand OF Colonel Moulton. OF AL
bany, and IL was their daughter. Helen.
who married the late Count Paul HAITI
feidt and through him became the
Lord cranworth, whose book en-
titled "A Colony in the Making. just
published by Marmillans. and dealing
number Of references TO ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt. and to his son
Kermit, makes his home in that part
of the world with his young wife. his
eight year old boy and his four year
old girl. having closed up Letton Hall
and Grundssburgh Hail. his country
seats in Norfolk and Suffolk Though
his peerage 10 Of modern creation.
having been one Of the last to be be-
slowed by Queen Victoria just before
l. a.
ana its patronymic OF Gurdon. taken
from 0ou-don. near CAhors. on the
borders Of Perigord. in France, figures
on the Roll Of Battle Abbey. as having
been represented by one OF its bearers
mar OF william the Conqueror. SIR
Adam de Gurdon, . IineAl ancestor OF
Lord Cranworth. who was one OF the
leaders OF the Simon de Montford re-
bellion. was defeated IN single com
ward. Afterwards Edward l.. who sub
seouentIy pardoned him and entrusted
him with high ONCE: The arms grant
ed By Edward l. 70 his defeated adver-
family Of which Lord cranworth Is
Lord Cranworth father received
his peerase largely through the innu-
ence Of King Edward when Prince OF
Wales For Robert G.rdon; Is ne er wss
maEnases Of Norfolk, the County in
which Sandr1ngham . situated: ana
therefore q neighbor OF the royal mas.
ter and mistress Of SandrinshAm Hall.
che Chairman Of the county Council.
and Of the Quarter Sessions King
Edward used often 70 shoot over the
(:urdon- in Norfolkshire. . place which
has been IN the 0arden family since
The reign OF Queen Elizabeth. when
John Gvrdon obtained u through his
marrsaxe with the only child and heir-
ess Of william Brampton. whose peo-
nle had made their home there Tor
three centuries previously.
lord Cranworth served through the
aouth African War. married In 1893
Miss vee Rsdley, q nice s,, on LORD
q her seascn: and e very pogri:,
among the English colony out IN Eass
ASrscs- where he - m extremely i'm
nortans member Of the community. He
Il vel known ~ IN African traveller.
sn6 ero00biy knows more about the
remote dis;ricss Of Abyys;nia than
any other Engiishman nov living
SSouyrfGhs, 1919, BY the Brentwood
CO0psny.D