The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-08
Grandfather Received Title for
Distinguished Military
Services.
BY ia MAnou1sE nE rnNrrNon

- ucath oil his father has iust be-
come tfth Duke of Trevisc ia
unmarried. rich, and young, be-
ing twenty-nlnc years old. He is 4
great grandson of Napoleons Field
Marshal Morticr, who was created
Duke Il Trevise In recognition of his
distinguished military services The
hrst duke went over 10 tho Bourbons
I IN ISL ana was killed In 1850, while
riding At the side of King Louis
/ Philippe's carrilgc. by the bomb OF
i tie you'd he retsicide. rreschI Oddly
y enough. the TrevIse family have sui
! iered much by explosions. for the late
Lux several years ago Was badly iii-
( !urcd ny the bursting of the Sasolenei
! ianls OF has automobile wnil. not long
/ afterwards, the Marquisc dc Trevisc
I town house, IN the kuc de Berri. was
1dh'aSeu ~ IL oomo, the criminals to
'h.s gay having remained u..c !scover ID.
! III is the widow of the dukes elder
| brother the late Marquis Il. rrevisc.
! VINO owns the magnificent country seat
| ~ the fanny, the historic Chateau OF
''ceau. the gardens OF winch were iaId
/ Out 10y lie N-tre. who aIso designed
| those of the Palace of Versailles. The
| Chateau dc aceau originally belonged
| TO the famous statesman Colbert.
! The new duke inherits the castle and
estate of De Livry, in the Department
! de Seine-et- Marine, and n fine hotel in
! the Faubourg st. iionorc, Paris. His
dukedon was confirmed OH the Restor-
alton in 1914, by Louis Xviii. owing
! to which favor the family is royalist
rather than imperialist to-day.
The late duke attracted no little
attentlon about six years ago By a
Partisan music hall divinity To pre-
Ient her from styling herself Mile
s Dc arsyise- The silly girl was merely
and other public tavorites. who for
. years have made practice of assum
I ing the most high sounding names
: tHey could find, as, for instance. Emil
cannot be SAID to have obtained much
satisfaction By his victory in the case:
! Tor the woman, on being notified by
inc courts OF the prohibition OF her
transformed her ''nomme de sucrre"
into "Treyvyse." which in French
sounds absolutely the same; SO that
she may be regarded az virtually re-
tanning the name, and having, more
over obtained through the suit an i'm
mense amount OF valuable advertise
ins at the expense of the duke.
| The claim OF Count Henry Taaffe,
son OF the late Prime Minister Of Aus
| trta, to exercise his rights as twelfth
Niscount Taafie of Corren and Bally
motto. County Sligo. in the pceTage
Committee of Privileges of the House
OF Lords. on the recommendation OF
me Lord High Chandeliers Of Great
| Britain and ireland and of the Attor-
| ncy-Gencrals of the two Kingdoms.
| The refusal is based or The objection
| of the visconnt to abandon his Austrian
| allegiance and his commission in the
! Austrian army in order to become a
! as to his lawful right to tho Vscounty
/ OF Taane and the Barony OF Baliy-
motto, peerages dating from 1928. but
the insupcrable question is one OF ma
! tionality.
| No seat in the House or Lords is
/ involved, as these digni,ies are Irish.
/ and the only advantage the viscount
/ would derive from a change of allie
glance, would be the right to vote
! whenever there Is a vacancy among
! the twentyeight peers who represent
their l7o-odd colleagues in the Upper
J House of Parliament. These repre-
sentative noblemen hold their Office for
! life
The present Count Taaffe owns no
property in. Ireland, though he has
| large Austrian estates. at one of which
( Eliischau. In Bohemia, his mother.
/ Countess Irma Won Taaffe, nee Coun
tess Czaky. former beauty of the
! Niennese great world. has just died.
The connection of the family with
! Austria dates from the battle Of the
Boyne. at which the third viscount
| was killed fiEhting for King James.
. Francis. who had al the time already
attained distinction IN the Austrian
! service. Francis's history reads like
romance. Educated at the University
OF Olmutz. he became page of honor
/ to Emperors Ferdinand Ill. and Leo
pold l., afterwards receiving a cap
! tancy in the Duke of Lorraine's reg
| iment of Austrian cAirassiers. He at
! tanned eminence :: ,th as a general and
a diplomatist and died n field mar
shall and knight of the Golden
fell in the .Tacobitc cause. and he him
self showed his Stuart proclivities by
sending James II. some valuable tro-
piles he had captured from the Turks.
he stood high in the esteem of William
of Orange. who gave him an audience
at Loo and confirmed him in his Brit
isli pccrages.
The sixth viscount. who rose TO be
AN Austrian lieutenant general. as
Count Taaffc. was Chancellor to Duke
Leopold. whose son married Maria
Theresa, and became Emperor Francis
He saw much service against the
turks ana in the wars of the Polish
succession. Though moro or less
try. one may assume that he remem-
hered Ireland for 1t is recorded of him
that lie conferred lasting benefit
on the people of Silcsia, whore he had
large estate. by introducing the po-
tato culture" The present counts
father was ono OF the boyhood friends
of Emperor Francis Joseph. who used
invariably to address him by his Chris
/ 'ian name. and with the affectionate
familiar "Du." A man of INDECENT dis
position. he devoted himself to many
branches Of the public service. solely
, from motives of affection for the EN-
( pcror.
: SO close are the associations between
( the grand old Dcvonshirc house of
Northcote and America. the late oliver
Northcotc having married the sister
of StuyvNsant Fish, who is ono of the
{ guardians of their only son and heir
that the marriage of Viscount 81
! Cyrcs to Miss Dorothy Morrison mil
/ lionaIrcss. and very pretty. cannot but