The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-15
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sands Of pounds sterling, lasted no less
than three days and nights. and was
attended by crowds. high and low, from
All Roscommon and tho neiEhborinE
counties.
The extravaganza OF his successors
somewhat Impaired the great posses
sions OF the family. But what diyested
the peerase of most of it's landed prop
erty was the marriage OF tho father of
Lord do Freyno. He was welded by
n Roman Catholic priest at Cork to
Catherine Maree. daughter OF Luke
Maree. After three sons had been born
to the union. It was discovered that
by tho law OF Ireland tho marriage
was invalid. and tho children illegiti-
mate. owing to the fact that the Roman
Catholic priest had no power to SOL
emnize a marriage between a Catholic
and Protestant. Lord and Lady do
Freyne were then married again, In
tho Protestant Established Church, or
Grange German, Dublin, in 1854, and
their fourth son. born In the follow
Ing year. succeeded to tho title. His
parents, by way OF repairing the In
Justice. left every vestige of property
that they could to their eldest and ille-
Ultimate three sons. one of whom be
came n notable member of Parliament.
Lord do Freyne. therefore had to
content himself with the strictly en-
tailed estates. His entire life after
succeeding to the title, has been ono
long struggle to make both ends meet.
and as he has been wholly dependent
on tho revenues from his Roscommon
County property for his own mainte
nance, and that OF his very large
family, he has been compelled to re-
sort to the most vigorous and even
ruthless measures In order to obtain
the ronts from his tenants. 1t has been
n case OF getting tho money from them,
or OF literally starving with his wife
and dozen children, and In this way
he has obtained an unenviable rcputa-
ton throughout the Emerald Isle as
singularly tyrannical and heartless
rack-renting landlord.
Baron Maurice Arnold de Forest.
whose reconciliation to his wife, only
sister of the present and third Lord
Gerard. has created 80 much of stir
in English society, and who Is now
living with her once more In perfect
amity at the French seaside resort of
Le Touquet. is ono of the two natural
sons OF Lucien Hirsch. only child OF
tho well-known fnancier. railroad
builder, and philanthropist, Baron
Hirsch. Lucien predeceased the old
baron, who thereupon bequeathed the
bulk of his enormous fortune to his
two grandsons. Both of them received
the Austrian title of baron from En-
peror Francis Joseph, in recognition
OF their grandfather's munihcent char
tiles
Maurice, after marrying and d.
vorcing Nine. CASTOR Menier. married
in 1904 Lord Gerard's sister, by whom
he has two children, and incidentally
secured naturalization as an English
citizen. After the birth of the two
children the marriage came to grief,
largely through the influence of the
baroness's English relatives and
husband. as too foreign In his ways.
They also objected to his political affil-
iations with Lloyd George, which led
to his being blnckballed by the Re-
form Club. and to the subsequent resg-
nation from that institution of Lloyd
George and of Winston Churchill, his
two sponsors. Tho trouble thus en-
geHdered eliminated In the bnronesss
elopement with young officer of the
Second Life Guards. Lieutenant II. S.
Ashton. whose mother was an Ameri
can. Baron de Forest did not divorce
her. although she refused to return
to him. Subsequently De Forest felt
himself compelled to bring suit for
Islander against his wifes mother the
widowed Lady Gerard, but eventually
dropped tho proceedings owing to the
difficulty OF obtaining the necessary
evidence against her. Since then Ash
ton has died. and now Baron de Forest,
whose country seat is stowe House, the
famous country seat or rather palace,
of the last three Dukes of Bucking-
ham and Chandos, Is once moro living
happily with his wife.
This reconciliation is by no means
an isolated case In English society.
Thus. Sir Samuel Scott is living happily
with his wife. the prettiest OF the
daughters of tho Earl Of Cadogan, al
though during a period OF mental nber-
ration, when she really ought to have
been under restraint, she was induced
TO eiope by one Of her husbands
brother officers OF the Regiment of
Horse Guards. young man of the
name OF Burnaby.
English society shows itself indul-
gent to these wives whose indiscre-
lions have thus been overlooked by
their husbands: no doubt taking tho
ground that If the latter, ms the most
injured parties. have seen fit to pardon.
the remainder OF the world can afford
to show similar magnanimity. Not so.
however. royalty. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra. Notwithstanding their