The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-12
Contracted Sickness While on
Recent Hunting Expe-
ditior.
BIZ Ia MAnauIsE DE- toNrESof.

a tOEld memorial Hospital in To-
! ronto. contracted while in Winnipeg.
! where he was on a shouting cNpedi-
Z ton. is the second Of tie half
| brothers OF the Duke Of Portland. and
/ second and third in the line Of sue
cession to the family honor5 and vast
wealth of the dukcion.
His prospects in this direction have
become more remote since tha birth
Of a couple of sturdy boys to the duke.
Lord Charles. like his other and older
! brother. Lord Henry Cavend,sh Ben
timex. Is a former officer of the crack
/ corps throughout the South African
var. retiring with the rank of major
lie has since been master of the
Groom Hounds. and spent OF course
much time in the hunting field. lie
is married to Cicely Grenfell. daughter
OF Seymour Grenfell. of Elibank House.
mapiow' and sister OF that kiversdale
time on this side OF the water. and is
famous as Il polo player.
Lord Charles and the Duke OF Port
tenant-General Arthur Cavendish- Ben
timex. grandson OF the third duke.
The general was twice married. His
son by his first wife, daughter OF
duke. The second wife was daughter
OF Lord kilmainc's brother Dean
Brown. Of Lismorc
She was very remarkable woman
and managed to win the affection Of
her stepson to such an extent. that
when no was a relatively penn'less
succeeded to tho titles ard estates
of his third cousin the NTH Duke of
Portland. whom he hah never seen in
his life. he no: orly made very hand
some allowance TO his half-irothers
and salf-sster. but also used the great
influence which he had acquired
through his territorial possessions to
obtain for his stepmother n paerage
In her own right, namely. the Barony
OF Boisove:. II" coaJi oniy do his.
however. Oh condition that CT her
her eldest son. Lord Henry Cavendish-
Bcntinck, but that It should revert to
himself, although there was no blood
relationship between them.
The fifth Duke OF Portland was that
eccentric peer whose horror OF being
seen by strangers was so intense that
he spent millions OF dollars in adding
vast subterranean apartments to We'll
roomy tunnels in every direction be-
meath the extensive park, many Of
OF the estate. It was entirely owing
to the difficulty of finding people who
had ever seen this re;irinE duke in
later years that some persons OF the
name Of bruce were able for long
time after his death TO carry on a
suit for the title. claiming that the
duke had led double life and that
while he was peer OF the realm at
owner of the Baker Street Bazaar.
tthe father and gran father OF the
respective litigants) when he chose to
assume this disguise. The claim. how
ever, was proven to rest only on a
singular resemblance between the duke
and bruce and upon several other re-
markable condolences But the suit
developed into cause celebre."
the pretensions of the Druces were
definitely thrown out of court.
King Georges hooby. as everyone
knows. is that Of postage stamp col
considerable interest in the Information
al Stamp Exhibition. which - to lie
held in London In October next. und:r
the auspices of the National "hilatelic
Society. in celebration of tho Golden
Jubilee of Philately.
Although stamp collection had been
recognized for some years previously
in 1862 that a movement was get on
foot by n coterie OF Partisan enthu-
siasts. for the application OF scientific
methods to the collection and study
spread TO other countries. especially
England. with lightning rapidly. A
National Philatelic Society was formed
later the Royal Philatelic Society OF
Great Britain obtained It's charter from
i the crown with Sir Daniel Cooper. the
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first president.
All sorts of "personages of light
and leading" became Interested In phil
ately. among them King George. whose
collections are worth = fortune, since
he has often paid thousands OF dollars
learned Earl OF Crawford. almost equal
!, ~ celebrated, comprised in eighty
quarto volumes. has Just boon soil TO
a prominent London dealer for Il Very
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ford collection was complete set OF
Matching seige stamps. with the BADEN.
Powell head facing the wrong way.
ment, excited TO SUCH an extent the
resentment of the late Queen Victoria
and OF her son later on Edward VII,
against General Baden-Poweil. that
his brilliant defense OF the town re-
manned for a long while without any
royal acknowledgment OF reward
Both the sovereigns in turn regarded
this assumption of a royal prerosa-
tive as something akin TO lese majestic.
If not high treason; and it was not
until years later that ne received the
honor OF knghthood and a handle
to his name" for his good work In
i founding the Boy Scout Corps"
If Lord Crawford has sold his stamp
collection. IT is because this mos. use
full peer. tho twenty-siXth earl OF his
line and chieftain Of the Scotch Clan
OF Lindsay. has become almost totally
blind and can no longer enjoy them.
The accident which happened n few
days ago to King Frederick Augustus
III of Saxony. resulted from tho fact
that n passing cavalry division so
frightened the royal mount that be-
fore anybody could interfere, tho
animal hoited and violently threw its
rider Fortunately. King Frederick
Augustus suffered no severe injury
than IL strain OF the muscles of the
right thigh, and since he was at once
hurried in an automobile to his villa
at Wachwitz. he was enabled to in
stantly receive medical care. His
Majesty of SaXony is by no means
what one might call a particularly
good rider.