The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-08

A.. ..,,, ,,o-e famous house OF Car
,o-vsk, and wa, the grandmother OF
Stanisias Poniatowski. last King OF
| Poland
This arst Polish Marquis OF Huntly
wro,o some letters. still in existence.
| 20 CHARLES II. signed Henry Gordon
de Huntly." laying claim to certain
moneys from the estates OF his nephew
George Duke Of Gordon. and although
no mention is made Thereon IN
"Burke's." ne married and had child
rem and grandchildren, Polish genoa
Ioeical works of recognized authority
containing records OF th"r ha"heN
births and deaths.
His grandson. John. IN whose favor
,he Grand Diet of Poland reafirmed
the Polish marquisate in 1893 as above
stated had by his son Peter. president
NJ The High Court OF Justice OF Po-
land A number of grandscns, one or
whom. Joseph. founded the great Ger
nan military family OF Ven Gordon,
members OF which are to be found in
~ Eaiser's army and navy to-day.
IL, lies buried in the Castle OF Marieh-
burg Another son founded the Aus
trion Won Gordons. and il is on record
that both the Berlin and the vienna
Crown DEPARTMENTS of Herald-y, while
authorizing them TO use the name OF
Won Gordon declined TO permit them
70 style themselves Huntly. on the
e~ound that the chief of their branch
of the family still existed as Pols"
MARQUIS of Huntly at Warsaw.
The Polish Marquis Huntly at the
beginning of the nineteenth century
achieved fame and distinction as cav
airy general. and his grandson IRAN
els who has just died. never rar-ie1.
so that the Polish line becomes eX-
tinct. though still represented by the
descendants of the first Polish marquis
in Germany and in Austria. The Po-
nsh marquis. who used identically the
same armorial bearings as his Scotch
namesake including -"
teal Gordon motto OF "Bydand'' dis
posed Of his family estate OF Ojcow'
in the government OF hielc
twenty years ago. making MS nome
thereafter wholly at Warsaw and. like
his ancestors. was a Roman Catholic.
There is no house of the British ars-
toc-acv more extensively represented
among the nobility OF Continental
Europe than that of Gordon. The Rus
sian CIordons have as their ancestor
Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchr.es. in
Aberdeenshire. who was the right hand
man OF Peter the Great. There was
Van Gordon, who figured among the
Dutch officers who surrendered the
Cape of Good Hope 20 sGreat Britain
something over a hundred years ago.
There was a Gordon who was among
the assassins Of Wallenste'n. the fam
Gus commander Of the Thirty Years
War There was a Gordon who was
Governor OF Cronstadt. and another
who won fame as Swedish explorer OF
10 n
eighteenth century
The scandinavian branch OF the
Scotch house Of Gordon has furnished
many notable statesmen. generals and
admirals to Sweden. and not long ago
there was a Count Gordon who was ad-
rninistering one Of the principal Swed-
ish provinces as Governor. while an
other was hlling one of the highest
Offices at court. They are even 70 be
found in the Spanish and italian no
bility. while on this side CT the Atlantic
there are many hundreds of perfectly
authentic Gordons in the United states
and in Canada. who are proud TO be
able to trace their ancestry 10 that
Sir Adam Gordon of StrathboSie who
was Grand Justiciary OF Scotland at
the beginning of the fourteenth CEN
fury.
Although Emperor William has mad
but one grand master of his mousse
hold since his accession TO the throne.
! namely, Count Augustus EulenburS,
his brother-ln-law. Prince Frederick
Lecpold of Prussia. inspector general
of the cavalry Of che German army
. has already used up seven. and new
one the eighth. has Just been appoint
Cd TO the ONCE IN the person OF Col
onel Hans Won Donop. Among his pre-
decessors have been Count kanitz
Ma ior General Won Nickisch. Chamber