The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-17

pals. concerts. and at any other ON
GA. ga, functions at which tho foreign ,.u-
SoSs are present. In fact, he /. the
intermediary between the coiir, and III.
loreiBn diplomatic corps IN all cc,r-
hotlihi matters. as they arc consigned
90 70 speak, TO his particular car.
ieHeea he invariably introduces the Dip
loihhtlc corps, which makes It's on
trance as soon as ever the roya!tt..
nave taken up their position In the
throne room.
:. The salary is $4,000 year. in add,
uon TO which there are plenty OF Der
nuihltes and allowances, and the OF
nee can be held only by II man who I,
guagc, as we'll az OF all court crI.,
monial and etiquette, both In Euyj.,,,,I
ana abroad.
vii, queen IN -, Aiexandra and her children
downger Countess of MnccIcs,,ci,,
grandmother OF the present and sew
enth ehri, NJ the age OF ninniy-onc.
LADY Mac" as che WAS known NJ
court. was n Grosvenor hy bir,h. II d..
ter OF the iirst Duke OF Westmi,lsicr
and had been a lady In whiting OF
Queen Alexandra from the tine wict
mark as bride. Herself the mothcI
OF no less than fifteen children. hci
tlaternal experiences stood her in good
s ,,, on the occasion Of the prema
est child. the late Duke of Clarence
at Frogmore. in January. 1861 AZ ,hr
conclusion of royal skating party
mere were no medical men or nurses
IN attendance, and 20 unexpected was
me birth OF the heir to the crown AT
mat particular moment that Lady Mac.
ciesheid was compelled TO fulnl, ana
that most successfully. all their yarIeI
ana necessary duties.
She was u great character in ne,
way, win very keen sense OF hunlot
extremely witty In conversation most
supple and unaffected in her manners
the very last. Learning bridge al
TOR her eightieth year, she became ali
solutely enthusiastic about the game
m,icn until few weeks ago she plny-
ca almost necessarily.
me present Lord Macclcsfcld, her
grandson, Is IL man of twenty four, *
married, mnL but has no children. He
one, of the grandest old places in 't OK.
fordshtre one of the few cnstella trn
inoatea buildings. atiil left In EuglnIiN
ana aaapted to the exigencies of moo
ern comfort and luxury. with scarc4
/ any sacrifice OF it's ancient style
and character.
1t was originally built by the Comic
n ne uW8un,q'ueviile. one OF tho followers
Macclesficld has in his library a let
ter written at The close OF the thit-
teenth century. by Brunette I4atini, the
night nassed at Shinburn Castle Al.
thoush the foundations and vaults are
in more ancient, the present buiid-
ing dates from 1877. Tho castle, as
wei! as the surrounding. propertios
passed, by many vicissituies. through
the the families. of De Lisle, Bsauchamp,
Talbot and Gage, until in the eighteenth
century 1t was purcha sed from Thomas
Vlscount Gage, by Sir Thomas Parker,
who. on his promotion from the lord
chief iusticeship to the woolsack, as
Lord High Chancellor OF Great Britain.
was created Viscount Parker and Earl
Of MacclesfeId.
1t is sad to relate that after i'm
parchment and conviction OF corrup-
ton, this first earl was removed from
the chancellorShip, rs no longer I'll To
act MS official keeper OF the soveretgn's
conscience. and was fined the sum OF
$4,000.
1t is only fair to add that he turned
whatever money lie obtained in this
questionable fashion to excellent ac-
count for he formed at Shinburn Cas-
tie the finest private library of his
dag. purchasing the famous coll action
OF Nicholas FoucauIt, the French
scholar and collector. IT comprises Il
splendid collection of Welsh manu-
scripts of great antiquity, as we'll as
the Shinburn Cations, and especially
the '.Ailrrour of The Worlde, Translated
by ~ n Simple Person. William CaN-
ton, out of French, into English, ana
printed In Westminster Abbey In 1881"
Copyright, 1912, by the Brentwood
ComDany.)