The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-12
Ghoulish Outrage Reported From
Country Seat of Duchess
of St. Adams.
by IA MARou1sE DE roSrENoy

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ABLE dispatches bring the news
OF ghoulish outrage at New
town Amer. the Irish country
seats az the Duchess o St. Adams,
near Clonmcl. Tlpperary. whore the
tam1!y mausoleum was forci5!y entered.
the -eAden coffin Of the grandmother
OF the duchess chiseled open. ana a
number OF valuable Jewels buried with
the body stolen. The rnaus olr0m Is.
however wrongly described as lat OF
the ducal house OF St. .1-bans. The ST.
Alaans vault is situated at Eastwood
Lodge. near Nottingham. which has
since the days Of its founder Nell
t"ynn. the mistress OF the Merrie
Monarch. The Mausoleum OF Newtovn
Amer is that OF the House of Osborne
which settled there in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth and received a bar
onetcy from James 1. The coffin Violated
was that Of Lady Thomas Osborne. wife
OF tAe ninth oaronet, and not that OF
william Osborne. the tenth baronct OF
ms line, died In 1924. mis- baronetcy
went 70 MS uncle while Newtown An
nor and other estates went to his SITS
son or Il converted Jew of the same
name on becoming possessed OF the
property through his wife. assumed her
name, being thenceforth known as
Bernal Osborne.
Ralph Bernal Osborne. who success
slVely represented u number OF Eng
lish constituencies in Parliament. and
VINO was secretary to the admiralty for
number of years. had two daugh-
ters By his marriage to Catherine
Osborne. When ne died. it was found
mat he had bequeatheG his entire for
tune. as We'll as the Newtown Amer
ts-ates. 10 the younger of them, Nance
~: Grace, widowed Duchess Of st
-A.oans. expressly excluding his eldest
daughter, Edith, now Lady Blake from
al. al participation in the inheritance.
s ie uucness' with rare sisterly gener-
os!ty. insisted on guaranteeing a share
70 Edith. but kept Newtown Amer as
part Of her own portion
II Ralph Bernal Osborne, who was
one OF the best known figures in Lon
uon society thirty years ago, renowned
for his sarcastic and cynical Wit. dis
inherited his eldest daughter. IL was
because she contracted what ne thought
suDinspector OF the Irish Constabulsry
named Henry Blake. who had begun
Tile as ! sAopboy In Pym's emporium
IN DUE.ih, and whose first wife is
understood to have been e. salesgirl
~ the same establishment. The tirst
Mrs Blake had been dead some years.
before tho young suhinspector, while
on duty at Clonmel, won the heart OF
Miss Osborne. Thanks TO the inter
est exercised on his behalf bv his
brother-in-law. the late Duke o, 81
A!oans' he was appointed two years
.@tcr 10 a resident magistracy In Ire
anu ana after eight years service in
mat capacity, he received. also through
the influence of his brother-in-law. the
soveTnorship Of the Bahamas This
was the first OF several similar posts.
one colony alone declining 10 AGENT
MN, namely. that OF West Australia
partly because OF the reputation he had
maze in Ireland for merciless severity,
ana partly because his son by his
hrst marriage had become one OF the
notorious characters OF Perth. the can
ital city, where he had welded an
/ equally unpleasant woman. This son
some years ago committed suicide in
inc most extraordinary fashion. bv mi
Ing his waistbelt with small sticks
OF dynamite. in lieu OF cartridges. nno
blowing. himself up on the fashionable
drive OF Perth. the entire upper hair
or his body being destroyed
In duo course Henry Blake received
Knlgnthood for hts colonial services
lie was in charge OF Hong Kong az the
time OF the battle of Manila, in lsgs
end terminated his career as Governor
oil Ceylon on account OF slight TO
which he subjected the DUO de Mont
pensier This young Prince OF Bour-
pom orleans had brought 10 him warmly
worded autograph letters OF Queen
Alexander. which for some unknown
reason he ignored even to the extent