The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-04
Youthful Double Earl Is Very
Wealthy and Not Yet
Married.
~ LA MARoUIsE DE FONTEN0Y:

Married.
~ IA HAReuIsE DE FosIENor;; !,
New York from England on
IL board the Lusitania for his nrst
visit to this country, where his
father was 50 widely known and mad
90 many friends. 10 what may be de-
cribed as double earl, being not on
ly the fourteenth Earl of Leven. but
also the eleventh Earl Of Melville. be-
sides which he has a number Of minor
honors. He Is twenty-six years OF
age. has been elected a Representative
rich indeed. and came rather prom
inently before she public some time
ago through his presentation to the
late King OF some $4,000 for use In
the arrangement Of a chapel for the
Knights Of the Scottish Order of :he
At Edinburgh.
Lord Leven while at college distin-
guished himself as a steeplechaser. and
now, although he holds a commission
in the cavalry Of the Territorial for
ces. is a banker. like his father and
grandfather before him. Indeed. the
eleventh Earl Of Leven was 30 much
of a business man that he actually
went to the length Of disinheriting
his youngest son. the Hon. Norman
Melville. for sending his boy to the
University OF Cambridge. whereby the
probability Of his becoming fitted for
business had decreased" The banking
houses in which Lord Leven is the
principal partner are those Of Melville,
Evans, Fickus & Co.. and Of Williams.
Deacon & Co.. which have very large
American connection. the arm of Will
ed to the business Of the great firm Of
Williams, Deacon. Labouchere. Thorn
ton & Co, which played very i'm
portant role in International finance
during the early years Of Queen Vic
toria's reign Lord Leven's father was
often over here in connection with
man at the wedding in New York of
Consuelo Yznaga 20 the late Duke of
Manchester
The present Lord Leven's grand
father, the eleventh earl, married the
daughter Of Henry Thornton, NJ p. the
friend of Wilberforce. Of Thackeray,
Macaulay. and Of Gladstone in his
younger years. Indeed, the Thornton
villa at Chaplain so graphically por-
tryed by Lord Beaconsfield in the
opening chapters of the novel left un-
finished at his DEATH was the head
quarters Of that society of wealthy
Exeter Hall School. who led the abol-
ition movement in England. and who
for a time exercised a most powerful
influence upon English politics. Henry
Thornton's Family Prayers had a
wide vogue in this country, and proved
source of large revenue to the
author.
Lord 1evens family is q very ancient
one. and Melville" beside being one
of its titles. is also its patronymic-
The MelvilleS flourished in the reign
OF David l., Of William the Lion. and
of Malcolm ". one OF them being the
Iatter's Lord justiciary of Scotland.
The first Lord Melville Of the present
creation was the ambassador sent by
James VI, Of Scotland. to England in
%5s7 to plead with Queen Elizabeth
for the life of his mother. Mary Queen
Of Scots. The fourth Lord Melville
was raised to an ear1dom by William
Ill, and married the granddaughter.
Of that Sir Alexander Leslie who was
time, and who after having been ap-
pointed by King Gustavus Adolphus
Field Marshal OF hts army. for his
many victories in the Thirty Years
Earl Of Leven. by Charles l. The earl
dom was made transmIssible in the
female as we'll in the male lire, and
on the death OF the second Leslie Earl
Of Leven without male issue. his hon
ors passed to the second Earl OF Mel
VILE. since which time the two earl
6oms have always been united.
10 Kirtlirsto. Park. in Oxfordshire.
which he purchased from the Dash
woods 1t is the finest place In the
county, with the exception of Blen-
helm: and the mansion. built At the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
contains notable examples Of Grinding
Gibbons's carving, and has famous
apartment known as the Monkey
Room In consequence OF the painted
ceiling By the French artist Clermont.
on which are portrayed a number OF
monkeys engaged in aeld sports. There
10 only one other ceiling Of this sort
in existence. painted by the same ar
tist. in the hshing lodge Of Monkey
Island. on the Thames. near T4plow,
for the then Duke Of Marlborough.
park Of some 10000 acres. win oaks
and elms many centuries old, coeval
indeed with both John Of 0aunt and
King Henry " Who made their hones
Daring his stay In New YorA LORD
Leven's attention will doubtless Be
called to the presence Of q tombstone
In the Hefle Dutch village OF Pluck
emin. " J.. in the foothills Of the
Orange Montana. bearing IN inScrsr-
ton 90 the effect tina: u was erected
VIII W;,.m ne r<a!i. Of ,Ss sev .ss Sn
British Regiment. second con OF the
sixth Earl Of Leven ana Melville. and
who fell ~ the battle Of Princeton on
January ., iss., aged swenty-s!x: also
an irsimatten that his Tombstone vas
erected by This friend Benjamin RUN.
". n, Of Philadelphia. ~ q mark Of
his esteem for hie worth. and hts re.
spect for his noble ,ams1v." oeoS 90
" ssh:nston. about 20 retire 10 winter
suar.ers at No:rissown, =. J. carries
the wounded colder along wt.h kpn
after .hc battle 81 Princeton. and ~. a
Ne .orne neuteaans died ea rcetc.
brrIes him with military ap...s ~
tire graveyard o. the village % P1unk.
emsn. being present at the tntermeae.
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