The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-18
BISHOP CARPENTER
WILL VISIT AMERICA

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to show his face again a& court. Or to
presume to address the KinS.
DR.. Younger. believing that Tho IN
, Junction proceeded from the sovsrsasn.
obey>d without demonstrates or delay;
and Lord Townshsnd thereupon watt
ing upon George I. informed him that
the bishop had received q kick from
horse, which had fractured his SKULL
and 70 which he had succumbed.
George expressed the deepest concern
at the bishops death and never enter
| tanned the remotest idea Of the decsp-
ton practiced upon him. until num-
Der of years Afterwards. whom Loro
Townshend. having meanwhile rst1-so
from ONCE. q royal review took place
Of some regiments that were encampeo
on salisbury Plain. Tine attendance d
the Bishop and Chapter OF the Catne.
oral OF Salisbury was demanded ana
George /. almost had . at when has
hand was kissed by . divine whom ne
had believed to be in his grave Tor
years and whom he had mourned as
dead After the ceremony was over ne
sent for the bishop and an explana-
tion took place. George. conscious VI
the rsctituds and propristy OF the mo-
tives that had actuated Lord Town
shend in organizing this pious fraud.
never expressed any resentment, put
contended himself with promising Or.
Younger the translation to more lo-
crative See. and had actually nominated
him for vacancy which occurred
shortly afterwards. when the bisnop
died very suddenly. in real earnest
DR.. Boyd Carpenter. the present Clerk
Of the Closet. was appointed to the
Office by King Edward in 1908; Just
to deliver q series Of lectures at Har.
ward University. But he had been con-
nected with the Royal Household as
Chaplain to Queen Victoria ever since
til the present day. he has prepared
the younger members Of the fe:Sn;aS
family for confirmation. and has min
| istered to tho older ones. including
Queen Victoria. Empress Frederick. and
This has naturally brought him knto
very close intimacy with the relgn4nE
house.
But the bishop is nothing Of q cour-
tier, and once. while Canon of Wind
to preach before Queen Victoria, who
was very fond Of his sermon.) on being
asked: Don't you feel nervous when
preaching before the Queen?." he re-
piled: I never address the Queen
know there will be present. the
Queen. the princes and princesses. the
royal household. and the servants. down
1 to the scullery-maid-and preach to
the scullery-maid." Now as Clerk OF
the Closet. it falls to his task to Sc
Sunday before the King and Queen. in
| the royal chapeis Of Buckingham
Palace and Of windsor. A few months
ago he resigned the Bishopric Of Ripon.
with its salary OF $4,000 a year ana
a palace. in order to accept in lieu
hey. with a residence within the Abbey
precincts. and a stipend Of $4,000 .
year.
DR.. Boyd Carpenter-and this is I'm
portant to note as indicating the re.
ligtous views Of King George and
He usually wears trousers in lieu OF
knee breeches and CATERS. and q turned
down collar and white tie. In preference
to the usual stin clerical stock. In
| short. he has rightly been described as
!, "a bishop without starch
+. Lord Rossmore. the appearance in
entitled Things I Cannot TELL" Oc-
! CURED on the very day Of the death OF
/ his octogenarian mother. the Dowager
Lady Rossmore. succeeded to the earl
dom through the tragic death of has
! elder brother, who was killed some thtr-
ty years ago. under the very eyes or
Queen Victoria, by a crushing fall.
while riding for the Guards Cup in
the Windsor military steeplechase. The
Queen was SO shocked that at her re-
quest the continuance Of the race
meeting was abandoned. During the
following winter the present Lord Ross
more became the subject of q most i'm
pudent impersonation on the part OF
an extremely dashins and good-looking
adventurer. who, assuming the name
and title of Lord Rossmore, was re-
ceived everywhere at Rome. welcomed
with open arms by the late Sir Angus
tus and Lady Paget at the British En-
bassy. and presented to both King
Humbert and Leo Kill One evening
there was a sensational expo at
the British Embassy. brought about by
the presence at dinner there OF a guest
newly arrived from England that day.
who had spent the previous week shoot
ing with the real Lord Rossmore at
| the iatter's place in County Monaghan,
and who at once denounced the bogus
peer as q fraud, when the latter was
introduced to him.
Lord Rossmore. although a rabid
who had the good sense to realize some
years ago that there was room for i'm
provement in the conditions govern
ing the relations between landlord and
tenant in Ireland So Derry" as he is
nicknamed by his friends, severed his
|, connection with the Orange Society. OF
which he had been one OF the pillars.
and became an enthusiastic supporter
Of Lord Dunraven's devolution scheme.
Rossmore Castle. his principal home
in County Monaghan. commands a
beautiful view of lake. Of woodland, and
of the SLEEVE Beagh mountains. II was
known for many years as Mount Maria.
and was In those days a convent Then
Tor few centuries Il was known as
Cortilvtn Hill. and then IL had It's name
changed for the third and last time TO
Rossmore Park
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