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

summer and moro especially since the
ATE autumn, for the dismissal OF
Gee. Aehrenth9l. on account OF his re
towards Austrin's southern ally In
deed. PailavicinI's assumption OF the
direction, OF the foreign uha!rs OF the
ssurance ny Francis Joseph that there
Will he no change of d'Aehrenthait
policy. and that the counts retirement
Goes not mean any alteration OF Inc
course OF Austria with regard to Italy
John PallavicIni has already once No.
tore. namely, at the beginning OF last
year, temporarily taken The place al
Count d'Aehrenthal. He Is married 10
Reade nGG roms msmbsa 81 MISS Georglna
nave furnished number OF useful
servants to tine English Foreign or
nee; wnere Sir Eyre Grove has Just
state. The latter's father, SIR Joseph
Grove. was the commercial nttache OF
me principal British embassies I'm Eu-
rope; Captain Fritz Grove. OF tho
Lorenzo Marquee. and Sir Arthur Grove
was consul general at Havana.
the Miss Georgne Grove. who is now
the Margarine John Pallavicini. was
porn Mt Conglcton. at the residence OF
her mothers mother. Lady Rcade
widow of Sir Thomas Rcade who was
ST. Helena during the latter portion OF
the captivity there OF the INST En-
Peror Napoleon.
The margarine. rs a young girl. was
was acting as the companion OF the
wife and eldest daughter OF Ferdi-
nand de Lesseps, creator of the Suez
Canal; There is a story to tho effect
that John Pallevicini. then secretary
of the Austrian embassy In Paris.
while riding in the Bots do Boulognc,
away horses of the De Lesseps carri-
age, and In thus rescung the fair oc-
cupants, who included the young Eng
l'shwcman. who shortly afterwards he
BY this union she became an Aus
TRAN subject, and as such amenable
TO the rules imposed upon Austrian
at court. Not being able to show the
necessary nobiliary quarterings. that is
TO say, exclusively noble ancestry on
generations, she has. until now. been
! excluded from the court circle at Vien-
ma. ard even denied presentation there.
although helping her husband TO rep
have any of her three grown UP sons
all of them officers OF crack Hussar
regiments. been able, owing to her an
fHstrn rn m to obtain tha
Emperor. which Is the birthright OF
/ nearly all of the men of the house OF
Pallavicint. and the masculine badge
OF entirely blue-blooded lineage In
Austria.
The title of marquis. borne by the
Pallavicinis., is the most ancient in the
world 1t belongs to all the male
Pallavicinis of Legitimate ancestry. and
| there are contemporary documents
bearing the date of a. D. o96. showing
that Pallaviclnis were then flourish
ing at the court of Emperor Otto III,
as margraves. and that their titles
were even then considered very anci-
Z, emit indeed. The Pallavicinis actually
assert that they arc descended in the
male line direct from one of Noah's
+, grandsons, who bore the very same
| title OF marquis or margravc during the
memorable cruise on board the Ark.
This is not merely family legend, but
n bona-fide belief, and figures as such
in that monumental historical work
'The Celebrated Families OF Italy,
compiled by Duke Pompey Litta.
There was n Marquis Hubert Pal
! lavicini who served under Emperor
Frederick II. Of Germany. against Pope
Gregory TX. In the thirteenth cen
| fury and carved out for himself n
| sovereignty In Lombardy. which was
! however destroyed by Charles of An
| jou. There was NIargrave Horace