The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-17
SUCCEEDS TO UNCLE'S
EARLDOM AND BARONY

twelve Caxtons which adorned 1t then
arc there to-day. This fourth earl's
wedding clothes and hio Garter robes
arc as carefully preserved as II he
We're 10 wear them tomorrow, though
ne cleo In l77O. and in the So called
miniature Room there is q frame con-
tanning an earring with a lock of hair
taken from tho head of Queen Eliza
Deth's favorite. Robert Doyereux, Earl
Oh Essex, "on the morning of his
execution. Ash Wednesday. February
Tho late Earl Of Dysart was an ex-
traordinary character. Having quar-
relied with his wlfe. he Withdrew to
a small house near the Strand. from
Whlch no never emerged during the re-
naming nifty years OF his life. allow
Ing no ono save his lawyer ana his
doctor to have access 10 his rooms
, inc servants having received orders to
pass his food In to him through hole
IN the door. His only son. Lord Hunt
, inGtower. predeceased him by some six
years; being killed In the hunting acid.
ana leaving his charming Irish wife,
ms son. and his two daughters in
the utmost poverty Not farthing in
THO way of assistance could she yet
from her reciuse old father-!n-la law, one
OK the most celebrated misers Of the
lctoFlan era, whose only amusement
was TO sloat over the title deeds and
> bonds amid which he finally died. How
, poor Lady HuntirStower and hcr child
3
mat lnterVened between her husb bands
death and the decease of her semi I'm
sane old father-in law no one but her
self and the late William T. Gladstone
ana ms wife could tell. Gladstone had
Dcen one OF the most intimate frlends
of Huntingtower, who had appointed
MIN guardian OF his children; a trnst
winch the statesman fulfilled in the
most generous manner
On the old earl's death Lady Hunt
L ILL.,
revenue from HIS estate until after
the settlement OF the lengthy lawsuit
iini5tituted on his decease by an in
dlNldual who claimed to be tho present
earls half brother. the issue Of an
earlier marriage OF the deceased Lord
tiuhungtower. Tho claimant was sun
VINO declared that she had been passed
OH at several hotels in Scotland
as Huntlngtower' wife Fortunately
when the S@se came before the House
81 Lords, the fact was discovered that
tiHs woman mad had husband living at
the tine when she was said TO havo-
6een travelling In Scotland with Lord
liun.lnStower, and the case was ac-
cordlngly thrown out OF court
Tho present Earl Of Dysart is al
most as eccentric as his grandfather;
50 much SO that his wife has boon
0 OBJ Il to leave him, and whereas she
makes her home at IS Quocnsgate Ter
race. In London. and has q country
place OF her own at st. Meets, I'm Hunt
.nEIonsnlre. he makes his hcarquartcrs
at Ham House. She is n clever woman
ana is the first OF her sex to be elect
ca 10 the office OF churchwarden: name
~. OF the parish church OF Croxtor.
IN mbridseshire.
some time ago her husband offered
70 make large donation to tho Rich
mond hospital, near Ham House. on tho
condition that the authorities would
introduce homeopathic treatment which
they declined TO do. He has distrlh.
DfHU fNn1gGgFflu Of
as reforms Needed in the Pulpit'i ma
\ cure for Anarchy among the froo
Libraries Of the United Kingdom Uo
Is an enthusiast on the subject OF Wag
NJ : music Is n declared foe OF vac
S.nItlon' mas inaugurated movement
against the wearing OF evenir.r drssS
ana mas, IN short shown himself pos
sessed OF more crankisms than any one
Hlhh shouln carry. But on tho other
| nnnd' he understands all about clectrl-
80 Is an amateur chemist Of much
SSn'' ana mas designed a model laun-
| nrN run entirely by electricity which
mas been erected on the Ham House
estate, he Is not unknown In this
mtry, winch he visited about ten
lars ago when he excited considerable
astonlshmcnt by HIS intirnation to ncws
PAPER lnterviewers that he did not
care tuppence FOR the House of Lords
bn mntch, by the by. as a Scotch peer,
ne mas no seat) He stated further
that home rule should be granted
70 ireland ana that he voiced "the
sentiments of many peers. when | say
20, l 90 not care tuppence whether
Canada goes to the United state or
remains 10 Great Britain" Ills one
perPetu9l fear is that he should be
con- USED with tho Irish Earl of Desart.
VINO IS a member of the International
Court OF Arbitration at The Hagiia
ana was for many years Public Prose
e,utor and principal Counsellor TO Tho
a very brilliant man, whose daurbtnr
Lazy Sybi married the late W Raw
ard cutting OF New York. is eaunliv
Earl of Dysart '"c
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Company