The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-02

as n stock-broker. being n member O.
the hrm OF PanmuTe. Gordon e. Com
as in clubland, aud was younger
brother of the present Marquis OF
Northampton But. as IN the case O,
80 many old English families ne dir
Tered from his elder brother political
~ and whereas he was "A Conserva-
i've. Lord northampton is NOT merely
Views border On socialism
Lord Northampton IS enormously
rich. his wealth coming 20 MIN by In
but also from his mother. sole daught.
c. and hcircss OF IN. second Lord
.Ashburton, who Was ono OF the princi-
Indeed, It was from his graRdtathec.
Lord lshburtOn, that Lord Alwyur
Compton derived his tastes and his
aptitude for finance in the city. where
good stead. Lord .,lwyne's family
traces It's descent In an unbroken line
ished in the reign OF Henry IL. and
who was the son OF Turchii. OF AR
den, an Anglo saxon chicftain. who,
Harold FOR william the conqueror os
The very eve OF the battle OF Hastings
The marquis's country seat OF Comp
ton Wynyatcs. where Lord Alwyne was
born and brought W. has been tho
home OF the Compton family since the
time or the compilation Of Doomsday
Book. nearly a thousand years ago.
The Duo dc Guiche, eldest son and
heir of tho present and eleventh Due
DC Grano1t. and Of the latter's second
Frankfort on Main. bids fair TO develop
into the most useful member OF the
historic house of which his father Is
done TO France b. his handsome OLD
grandfather the tenth Due de Ora
mont, TO whose frivolity. and almost in
conceira bic insouciance. iirst ambas-
ND 1,Er Int
or Foreign Affairs. France is Indebted
ior her SO disastrous war with Ger
many in 1870 The Due de Guiche. not
content with taking the customary de-
sree OF Bachelier es Lettres sought
and obtained the degree of Docteur es
sciences. which no other Frenchman
largely by his renarkab Bile thesis, en-
titled "Acrodynamique du Plan" The
thesis was based on experiments on
the resistance OF the air on different
planes. When he began these ex-
pcriments he found that there was in
an FRANCE no laboratory for expert
mndertake and: accordingly. with the
assistance of Carlo Bourlct. professor
Of applied mechanics at the National
Conservatory of Arts ct Meters. In
the kind which he had In View at
zurich, ut Darmstadt and elsewhere
Levaliois Perret suburb of Paris,
equipped with the most newly de-
Vised OF machines and the most mod
ern and precise of instruments
This laboratory. tho only one OF its
KIND In France. liz becoming OF greater
Importance every day, and is placed
by the, duke Mt the disposal OF lead
ing scientists for experimental work.
Thus. Colonel hartmann, of the French
army, Is experimenting there with tho
reformation of metals. and Professor
Bourlet with the friction OF metals.
The duke is not merely a savant but
also sportsman. maintains racing
stable, is an adept at golf and cX-
hibits paintings both at the Salon
and the exhibition of the Socie.c Nat
ionaie He Is married to tho daughter
fulhe, the countess, a Princess Cara
man himay by birth, being the high
priestess OF Wagnerian music In
france and the ackn owlcdged leader
of Partisan society
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