The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-17

Miss Winifred Scott Falls Into
High Honors on Her
Mothers Death.
ny la MAI,QuIsE DE FoNrENoY.


~ ISIS WINITRED SCOTT has be-
MI come through the recent death
lHE OF her mother. Lady Agnes
Io!lcmache scott the next
heir to her eccentric and childless
uncle's Earldom Of Dysart and Barony
Of IIunt!ngtowcr. II these honors had
been English they would fall into abey-
ance on Lord Dysarts death. as the
Lady Agnes was one OF two sisters.
the other being Lady Westbury; but
being scotch d!gnitics. they VII! de-
scend to Miss scott. as there is no
such thing as allegiance in the peerage
OF Scotland.
While there are no less than nineteen
women in England who are pceresses
In their own right. there IS ONLY one
VINO can boast OF an earldom. namely,
the literary and diminuttve Countess
OF Cromartie. sister OF that exceeding
~ sta4wart and masculine Lady Con-
stance Stewart Richardson Tile Earl
.4om OF Cromartle. Ike that Of Dyaart,
IS scotch. All other women who are
peeTesses In their own right. with the
exception OF tho young Duchess OF
FIFE and the octogenarian Viscountess
Aaino!eden. represent only baronies.
"a The Esrldom Of Dysart and the
created BY King Charles l.. in 1919. in
iayor OF william Murray. who had
formerly held the office OF whipping
hoy to that monarch, an Office wniCo
condemned him to undergo an Tho cor
poral punishment which tho IS saered
person OF the sovereign meri;ed. but
could not receive Charles despite
ms unHeserved reputation tor ingrati-
tude, never forgot all the thrashlnEs
that VIII Murray endured for his sake
and when he bestowed these peeraEcs
upon him, granted them with renainder
10 ms heirs. female as we'll as male
AS the whipping boy had no sons
ne was succeeded by his eldest dauEh-
ter. Lady Elizabeth Murray. who mar
.itd sir Lionel Tollemache. and that is
why the patronymic OF the Dysarts
came to be c!ungcd.
Lady Elizabeth on sir IAoners death
inAtTled the Duke of LauGerdale. who
played so important ana uusuvorv "A
HOHuca4 role IN the rcigns OF Charles
ana James H., and it was during
I TINS second marriage that the Dysart
residence. Ham House. AZ l.e,ersnnrn
between Richmond and Teddington on
me thames. became the headouartars
81 the notorious "Cabal" admlnistra-
tion. OF which Macaulay writes SO in
terestingly.
The most remarkable thing about this
suburban mansion. or rather palace
" IN SUI! oeionge to the Earls OF
JSs"rt Is that. according 10 the elabo-
rate inventory OF its contents com
Pi4ru by the above Duchess of l.aud.r-
Ha4e IN 1879. every article OF furniture
IN inc state apartments occupies to-
uaN It's original position ami everv
picture hangs in its old place-and ms
after the lapse OF two and n hNf cen
tur!es. The principal iron gates o, tho
PARK, nave never been opened since
CHARLES !. drove through them for mo
.ast Time. ana himself closed them
win his own hands. declaring thai in
SO doing he was shutting out MS
In the private chapel is preserved
a prayer book presented by that King
TO AIS boyhood friend Win Murray,
with a most touching inscription in tho
royal handwriting. and in the So
called "Cabal Room" where the states
men used to assemble. the silver fen-
Ger nre-irons and Notwithstanding
latter fashioned like King Charles
spahiels--are the very ones that wero
B placed there for the use OF Catherine
OF Braganza Queen of Charles II
Whcn she stayed a Ham House The
present Lord Dysart occupies the bed
room OF his ancestress. the Duchess OF
.ItNderdale. and sleeps in the same an
tque bed. covered and hung with tho
same stun OF crimson damask and
so!a that once shielded her slumbers.
Thus the characteristics charm OF thi-
osq historic residence Is that evervs
t"inS that has ever belonged TO IL still
remains nothing has been taken away
sold, or otherwise disposed of. No
hooks have been added to the great
Hprary since Noltaire sent mis- Hon
riade' TO the fourth earl, and the