The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
Last One of Cavalry Officers in
Historic Charge of Light
Brigade.
ny IA MAnaU1sE DE roNTpNoY.

NTH last Wednesday there we're
but two veterans loft who had
taken part as cavalry officers in
the historic Charge OF the Light Bril-
Eade at Balaklava--two Of that Gal
liant Six Hundred" who have been Inn
mortaNzed by Tennyson In what is
perhaps the most stirring of all his
poems. To-day only one. namely Sir
George Wombwell, formerly Of the
seventeenth Lancers. remains, the only
one OF that once relatively numerous
gathering OF officers of the Lgh; Bril-
sade who were wont to dine together
OH the anniversary OF what was per-
haps the most heroic feat or arms dur
ing the Crhnean War. one can pic
ture to oneself Sir George Wombwell
when the next Anniversary comes
round. on October IS. dining in soli-
tary state. and drinking a silent toast
10 his dead comrades
The last Of them to leave him was
the ootoSenasiaD Lord Tredegar who
died last week and who belonged 10
tho same Lancer regiment as himself
namely. the Death or Glory Boys"
He had his horse shot under him in
the charge. and only reached tho Brit
ism lines by jumping OH gun-car-
rlase after having escaped from the
scene OF carnage, which Tennyson
SO Justly described In his poem as the
Jaws Of DEATH and as "tne mouth
OF hell" Emerging from tho l,.tter
without scratch. he. by a singular
freak OF fate. lost forty years later
the sight Of one OF his cyos. through
the carelessness of guest whom he
had Invited to shoot with him over his
preserves at Tredegar Park
The latter Is perhaps the grandest
old place In Monmouthshire and has
been in the family Of the Arorsans. of
which Lord rredegar was the ohief,
since the days OF Llewellyn ap Ivor
itnys OF south Wales. The authentic
founder Of the house. though a atiIi
more remote ancestor Is claimed 10
have been Caractacus. The valiant chief
OF the Siiures tribe OF Britons. who
was carried of captive 10 Rome In
the reign OF Emperor Claudus.
Lord Tredegars viscouuty, bestowed
upon him by King Edward eight years
ago. has become extinct with his
death But the baronetcy. dating from
1872. and the barony created nifty
years later. as we'll As all the entaiied
estates and large fortune. are inherited
by- the late peers nephew. hitherto
known as Colonel Courtenay Morgan.
married TO Lady Catherine Carnegie,
daughter OF the sixth Earl OF South
is
son OF Younger brother OF the old
Balaklava veteran. who died unmar-
ried.
Most OF the revenues OF the new
Lord rredesar, as of his uncle and
predecessors In the peerage. are de-
rived from a single mile OF railroad
which runs through Tredesar Park,
and which is known as the golden
mile. When the railroad in that por-
ton OF Wales was being built. 1t was
found necessary, In order TO avoid an
enormous circuit ane great engineer
ing difficulties, entailing immense and
immediate expense, 10 pass through
Lord Tredegars park. To this the
first Lord Tredcgat agreed. on the con
| dition that he and his heirs should
forever receive certain royalty on
every ton OF goods carried over that
portion OF the road In those days
Newport 10 which the line in question
gave access, was far from being tho
I important seaport that it Is to-day
and the terms We're readily accepted.
But since then the trade OF Newport
has become extensive. and the annual
income which the Lords of TredeEar
have derived from the royalties of
the golden mile can only he described
a. altogether princely.
Sir George Wombwell now the sole
survivor OF the officers OF the Charge
Of the Light Brigade. is eighty one
years OF age and still hale and hearty.
He is the head of one of the oldest
families in Yorkshire. and one OF the
most interesting. Not only has IL
owned lands in tho county ever since
the reign of King Stephen but IT like
wise claims the custody of the remains
of Oliver Cromwell which arc pre-
served at Sir Georges country seat,
Newburgh Prory
II may be remembered that after
the Restoration, Charles II. avenged his
father by causing the body OF Oliver
Cromwell TO be exhumed from West
minister Abbey. and sending 1t to Ty-
burn to be first hanged and then de-