New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-01
SAVED FROM HANGING
Peer Whose Ancestor Escaped
Rope by His Good Looks.


,,,cb friendly interest has been aroused
18th IN Paris and in London. by tho en-
rorent Of Mile. Roberto de Neuhizc
-, daughter OF Baron and Baroness Dc
>.rA,ze. 10 Viscount Duncannon son Of
49, Earl of ssborough, head Of the his
III Irish house Of Ponsonby. This al
,to,ce meets unanimous approval Tho
s07onced couple are admira bly, matched I'm
.ositior. fortune and looks; also they are
.s,orted 10 be very much I'm love with
each other
The dc Neufizes belong 10 an old
r-onch family If one is 10 believe d Ho-
-iAr who. as every body knows, makes but
tsO mistakes in his time honored dlction-
.rv Of French nobility. Indeed. the de
X.uAizes are mentioned on page 1924 Of
one Of his ponderous volumes as being
entitled 20 bear arms as follows. Azure
q cbsyron or. between three roses argent
talked and leayed with the came and in
g chief argent 1 crescent sable, letw"or
TWO stars gules
What. however. viii interest people On
this side Of the Atlantic much more than
these frifing details is that Roberto DO
Neufize's father is not only an officer Of
the Legion IF Honor, but also head Of
the great lauking house Of Ncufize 4
Co. q regent Of the Bank OF France. 2
director Of the Parts, Lyons & Nediter-
ranean Railroad and q director of the Otto
nan Bank not 70 mention half dozen
other disnities belonging 10 the financial
sporting and social world. all Of which
B. l..
even o. American eyes.
Nile. Roberto de- NeUfize is d delight
ful tspe ~ the modern French maiden,
retouchsd in tho most delicate and becom-
ing fashion 10y that splendid tutor. Auglo-
Saxon contact. She rides we'll and sits
her horse squarcl- Her father IS p
horsemsn Of 10 slender merit and he
doubtless showed her from tenderest in
fancy how 10 take her fences straight
rs 10 Lord Duncannon, ne IS everything
that a young Englshman Of birth and
breeding should be. AL thu members Of his
family are noted for their good looks. In
deed. over century ago one Of them, Lord
Ponsonby the ereat-graudson of the first
Earl of Bessborough, who was the hand
soonest youth Of his day. owed his life to
his striking appearance
The incident took Tlace in Paris in 1871.
when there was all over France q strong
feeling against England. Lord Ponson5y
,n his warderings about the oldest part Of
the city happened to fall In with mob
end was al once seized by the angry,
drunken crowd Of men and women. who set
UP the CRY II n Ia lanterne"-the lamp
posts Of that time being the most coEven-
tent objects u convert into a callovs. He
was pushed and dragged along 10 the street
corner, the rope that usually held the Ian
tern was placed around his neck and ne
was hauled up actually hanging In mid air.
when the women-it will be remembered
what fendsh part they played In the
great rsvcluton--as II by q common iui-
pulse rushed forward, cut the cord and
Jet him drop 10 the ground, exclaiming that
ie was too handsome Il boy to be hanged,
even though lie was an Englishman. and.
bearing him Off carefully. tended him until
he had recovered from his injuries.
Lord Duncannon's father thu Earl of
Ressborough, was one OF the first members
Of the peerage 10 go INFO business. He is
a many sided man having been in turn an
officer Of the navy-on the retired list OF
which he still figures as o commander
member Of the bar, then for number 81
Years private secretary 70 the Speaker Of
ths House Of Commons. He was appointed
High Sheriff Of Carlow County in 1895, and
Is now Justice Of the peace fer the counties
Of Middlesex. Carlow and Kilkenny; IS
Knight Of Grace Of St John % Jerusalem
besides being Baron Bessborough, Baron
Ponsorby tthe family patronyrlic) and
Baron Duncarnon. Nor ought I 70 omit
his other distinctions, namely, those Of
knight Comna nder Of the Victorian Order
and Commander Of the Bath. Re was a
member Of that party OF gay Young naval
officers who accompanied King George S
sailor uncle, the late Duke Of Edinbprgh'
on his trip around the world on board the
Galatea, associated with him on that &C
oasion being Admiral Lord Charles BerHs-
ford Admiral Sir Adolphus Fitzeeorge'
Lord Kilmorey and others.
EIi~ business experience has been a eN-
tensiye as his Official employment, inclld-
ing, a. II does, the presidency oi the com
many that owns and manages that | nS
chain Of hostleries known as tie CORD ~
Hotels. the Craftsmanship Of the Ashanti
Gold Field CORPORATION and Il the company
which supplies one Of the most popular OF
table waters. which ought indeed, 10 en-
dear him 10 those who have the cause OF
temperance at heart.
AS to Lord Duncannon, he is about thirty
one years old, and, like his father, is q
member OF the bar. He was educated at
Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge;
became a barrister II the Inner Temple In
1903; In 1906 contested the Carmarthen bor-
ougb Tor Parliament; in 1891 was elected a
member Of the London County Council and
IN 1910 successfully contested the borough
Of Cheltenham. being elected to represent
that city IN Parliament. He is better
known on this side IL the water as we're
Ponsonby the name which he bore until
ne became Viscount Duncannon. OF course.
his title Of Lord Duncannon is merely one
Of courtesy AID he has no seat In the
House Of Lords. II he had, he would be
ineligible for election 10 the House OF Com
mons
It is sincerely 70 be hoped that the union
Of this young man and Mile. Roberto de
Neuaze, pledged under such favorable au-
spices, with enormous wealth, good looks
and love on both sides 10 a degree quite
ont of the ordinary will prove as happy a.
al the friends Of both families expect.
A Cosmopolitan Admiral.