The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-25
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| throne. and the present Kaiser, who
realized that his coronation as Prus-
sian King would emphasize the fact
mat lie was not having himself
crowned as German Emperor
thc city ~ the most Important STRAIT
eSic point on the eastern frontier, and
! the province Of East Prussia IS the
nome OF an. ancient aristocracy who
/ have always been the CHIEF defenders
I Of the crown. but have been some
| what neglected during the last TWEEN
I ty-hNc years If the Crown Prince
ana his charming WHO hold court tI
/ KONG sberg, it will undoubtedly tend
! TO repair this. and increase the pOpu-
| larity or the dynasty.
stephen Scrofe. whose marriage TO
Miss Ethelburga Waterton is asuut to
take place in London, is ono OF the
Scropes of Dandy, N Yorkshire, and
"a younger brother of tho untitled CHIEF
| OF one or tho most ilustrlous houses
I In England which has figured III his
| tory ever since the days when Rich
ard Scrope was one OF the Wardens
| of King Edward the Confessor
some thirty years ago or more. the
| late Colonel Simon Couycrs Scrope,
cider brother OF Gcrvase and stephen
| Scropc. joined his father in laying
| claim To the E.nridom OF Wits. be
| slowed by Richard II. IN 1884 upon
| Sir William IL Scrope. who was Ike
| gent OF England when Richard went
I
i ieated by Henry of Boiling broke. after
| wards Henry ". the Earl of Willis
| WAS hehcaded. as described by Shakes
/ peare in Scene IL. Act III, OF kim;
Richard H."
/ The patent by which the Isarldom Of
! Wits was conferred upon this III
fated peer. who loft no children. de-
/ clarcd that the dignity would descend
to his heirs male for ever" or, ac
| cording to the Latin phraseology. ''ct
! heTedibus suis musculis in pcrpetuo."
| the claimants could not show a direct
| descent from the Earl of Wits. but
| only collateral relationship: that IS
| to say. descent from 2 common an
cestor. a Latin phrase similar to that
| OF the Willis patent had been held
some sixty years since to cover ccl-
| OF William Courtenay to the Earldom
of Devon. So. when the late Colonel
Scrope's petition came before the Com.
mittee of Privileges of the House of
! Lords, and before tho principal law Of
/ fcers of the crown, 1t was rejected.
/ on the ground that the Latin phrase
! to different constructions. could not
| be held TO cover collateral descent. as
| It would be thereby creating a new
form of inheritance and succession %
peerages: that the craftsman who had
drawn up the letters patent had. at
| the best erred in using the words "et
| hercdlbus suis utascul!s IN pcrpetuuin.
and that neither the crown nor the
| government could be bound by the
! mistake of a clerk.
When Colonel scropes lawyers cited
| Courtenay. who had successfully based
ms claim 10 the Earidom OF Devon
on identically the same phraseology.
| 1t was replied that at the tine wnen
| the Courtenay petition was presented
the Committee oil privileges OF the
| House OF Lords allowed them selves
| TO be wrongly advised by their pre-
siding officer. Lord Brougham. tnen
! Lord High Chancellor, VINO knew all
sclutely nothing about peerage law,
and by the then Attorney General. SIR
| THOMAS Denman, who knew stili less.
| Tho crown. it is true. had. on the
| recommendation of the Committee OF
Privileges and of Lord Brougham. re-
vived the Earldom OF Devon N favor
| OF VIII lam Courtnay. and the peeraSe
| thus revived could not be revoked. But
! a mistake hat been made, as LORD
Brous nam himself afterwards confess
| ed. and therefore the case could not
| constitute Il precedent.
| when he virtually got William Cour-
| tenay into the House of Lords. as
Earn of Devon. by an error OF law.
almost secured the Ear!dom OF An
mandate for Colonel Hope johnston, UNI
DER Identical circumstances, and had
actually gone so far as TO conGratn-
late Mrs. Hope Johnston on becom-
ing Countess OF Annandale, when the
fact that he was in error was called
10 his attention by Lord Chief justice
ceeded in the possession of his eX
tens!ve estates By mis- brother. Ger
vase and with name so historic and
a descent so ancient can well AFFORD
Whites. or with any other nobiliary
title; for we read in history of Sir
Henry IL Scrope as Lord Chief JUS
tice In the reign OF King Henry Ill.
and OF his nephew. Ricnard. being
created Lord Scrope OF Bolton in 1871.
Ten years later came the celebrate ed
controversy of Lord Scrope with Sir
Richard Grosvenor concerning the
which was decided in favor of Lord
Scrope the testimony going to show
that even in those days the Scropes
were accounted one OF the most an
cient of English families. AS result
OF this controversy the Grosvenors re-
cicved new arms from the crown, the
azure garb or which are now the
arms OF the Duke OF Westminster The
name of the celebrated race horse,
Bend Or Is an echo OF this contro-
versy.
the battle or Flodden Field as shown
in the ancient ballad OF that memoir
able conflict. and other Scropes dis
tinguished themselves at the battle OF
| taking OF Edinburgh and at the bat
| tie ot Shrewsbury where Hotspur met
| his death. Archbishop Scropc. CT
York, was beheaded at York. in the
sight Of his minister. OIL WHIT Monday.
lio5. The eleventh Lord Scropo had
Mary Queen of Scots in his custody
at Bolton Castle for over a year dur
ing the reign of Queen Eliza beth. In
fact there is no end to the appear
ances in the pages OF English history
OF this Scrope famsly, which furnished
to the nation five archbishops, two
Lord High Chanccllors and n dozen
knights OF the Garter. To-day il Is
untitled. But not the less distinguish
cd. less blue FLOODED or less consider