The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-17

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- He Duke OF orleans. after having
sold Wood Norton. his 4.0O0-acra
estate. to Sir Charles Eedy. the
chanccry Judge. has now also
disposed Of his only remaining Eng
llsh landed property. namely. York
House a. TwiclSenham. for which he
has been looking for Il purchaser for
some time past Frequently confounG-
ed with orleans House. also at Twick-
ennam. York House was his birth
place. Is we'll as that OF most OF his
sisters. It was the scene OF several
royal French marriages and played 4
very important role In the history OF
the house Of Bourbon Orleans during
the nineteenth century
Built some time in the reign OF James
l.. on one Of the most picturesque Of
the upper reaches OF the Thames, OPP
posita Eel-Ple Island. II was acquired
soon after the Restoration by the great
Earl Of Clarendon. who wished to have
a residence In the Immediate neigh
horhood OF Charles II. when the latter
was studying at Hampton Court Pal
ace. when Clarendon's daughter. Anne
HYDE. married J James IL. then Duke of
York. the newly welded couple went
to the earls country seat for their
honeymoon. and afterwards estab-
lishcd their residence there Hence Is
derived the name of York House
Their daughter Princess Anne. az
forwards Queen Anne. was born there
IN 1864. In the room still known by
her name. York House has changed
owners several times since then. one
being Prince Starhemberg, the Aus
trian ambassador 10 England in the
carly part Of tho nineteenth century.
and Il was he who fitted up one OF the
wings as private theatre. where
duced a. his expense
Its next possessor was an Archbishop
OF York, and then came the Hon. Mrs
Damcr. one Of the foremost of English
Hf~a- -
made for herself in the east wing
being afterwards converted into n con-
servatory. Mrs. Damer frequently en-
tertalned Queen Caroline. consort OF
years the suburban English home of
joseph Rates. of Boston. the American
partner OF the great banking house OF
Barring. Indeed st was there that all
those distngu!shed Americans who
visited England during the second.
third and fourth decades of the Vic
torian era were enabled TO meet the
leading men OF Great Britain. Joseph
Batess daughter married Baron van
der Weycr. Belgian envoy in London
and personal representative OF Queen
NictoTia's uncle. Leopold l.. or Belgium.
The Van der Weyers's daughter is now
the wife Of Lord Esher and mother OF
the Hon. oliver Brett who was lately
an unsuccessful sutton for the hand OF
Miss Antoinette Heckscher, OF New
York.
In iS4S. when King Louis Philippe
lost the throne of France. he and Queen
Marie Amelie found refuge at Clare
mont palace. placed at their disposal
BY queen Victoria. The English Queen
also lent another OF her country seats.
namely, Bushey Park, now owned by
the Duke of Connaught TO the exiled
monarchs son. the late Due de Ne
mours The Due d'Aumale another son.
established himself at Orleans House.
Twickenham. and he purchased York
House for his sistcr-in-law the Wild
owed Duchess of Orleans. and her two
boys, the Comte de Paris and the Due
de Charities. There the CorAie de paris
was brought up. there nc married. and
II is there also that all his elder chill
dren were born
In 1871. on their return to France.
they leased the place. but when the
Comte de Paris was forced once moro
into exile he rented Stowe Palace. the
beautiful home of the Dukes of Buck
insham and Chandos. and caused York
House TO be atted UP for his eldest son.
the present Duke OF Orleans.
II remained the dukes principal
nome until the death OF his uncle. the
Duc d.Aumale. placed him in posses
sion or the latter's English estate of
WOOD Norton whittier he transferred
ms residence together with ali his
magnificent hunting trophies. natural
history collections and family treas
urcs.
Ever since then York House allowed