The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-18

twenty three. TO a lieutenancy in the
royal navy, is indebted for tho baron.
etey, OF which he is the lfth holder
was Lord Mayor of London IN 1914
ana as such presided al the great ban.
dnet given by the city OF London. a,
the Guiidhal, to the prince regent, 10
the allied soverelgns. Alexander t. u
Russia, King Frederick william III
OF Prussia, etc., after the overthrow
OF M NnPeleSn. and his exile 10 EIDE
recent creation. the family IS a. vrr!
ancient one indeed. and is one ui The
few that can prove an uIbrok-i, d..
man Conquest TO the prcsen; day. ia,
founder having been Hughes Il" Don.
vie. who came over from Douyilie
near Avranches. In NORMANDY wi;h
OF the family WAS placed OIL record III
the College Of Arms IN 1913.
There Is another baronet Of ~,
s ;:,,I. surname ,urs sir Compton Dom.
OF the Family Which l"'G has i BEEN
settled In ireland since the days Of
James l. Strictly speaking, this branch
became extinct in the male line. VITA
the death OF Sir Compton Domvilc,
clerk o! the crown and hanaper, in
l76s. lie left his estates to his Sis
Of parliament for Dublin. on the con
d!tioa that he should assume the sur
nam and the arms OF Domvillc His
son received buronetcy in 1918.
There is still another Domvillc who
Is entitled 10 the prefix OF Sir 10 his
chris ttan name, that Is to say, ADMIRAL
Sir Compton Domviilc. who is a Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
arms, which won him promotion iron, a
iteutcnancy TO commaudersh!p, was
ms rent. in the China seas, with lit,
tic British gunboat, the Aigcrinc, armed
1nli
ones, and manned By couple of dozen
men, men o. cninese pirate fleet of ihir-
teen boats, with $50 guns, and manned
by 500 men. all of them armed to the
teeth. Lieutenant Compon Domvillc, as
ate graft. the others thereupon taking
10 flight.
In spite OF this. and many other Sim
liar feats to his credit, the closing
years OF Sir Compton's active service
IN the navy were emblttercd through
three years after his accession. from
the command In CHIEF or the Meditcr-
ranean fleet. OF course the King did
this on the advice and through the
Admiralty. and of Admiral Lord Fisher,
who was first sea lord.
The Mediterranean fleet was in those
days regarded as the most important
It's corps d'elite standing in the same
light to the remainder Of tho navy, as
the division OF guards does to the
army. It was charged that after Adj
miral Cir Compton pomville had been
In command thereof for some time
everything had been permitted to run
down and deteriorate to such point
that his immediate removal was i'm
perative. The removal followed i'm.
mediately after the naval manoeuvres
OF 1902. which were so adversely re-
ported upon by the Admiralty itscl:
that the London Times. in discussing
the parliamentary paper on the sub
ject. declared editorially that 1T aug
gests painful reflections as TO the per-
sonal qualities of those who were re-
oeuvres"
The removal of Sir Compton created
tremendous sensation throughout the
United Kingdom, and also in naval
circles abroad; but, in view of the nd
mirars long and meritorious services
IN the past, he was not immcdiatcly
shelved. but was let down easily, by
being given the presidency OF the Royal
Naval College al Greenwich, which he
of age.
Copyright, 1912. by the Brentwood
Company