New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
Quebec House To Be Sold.

Every reader Of Thackeray's novel THE
Virginians" will be Interested to learn
Of the advertisement for sale of Quebec
House. at Westerham, in Kent the his
toric home of General James Wolfe the
hero Of the battle on the Heights OF
Abraham, at quebec. and who lies en-
tombed at Greenwich Hospital. and not
as generally supposed. in Westminster
! Abbey, where beautiful monument has
been erected i'm his honor.
I'm "The Virginians' a description is
given of Harry Warrington and Colonel
Lambert riding into Westerham, their
welcome there by their host, "a stately
matron. an old soldier. whose recollec-
tons and services We're forty-five years
tck. and the son OF this gentleman and
lady. the lieutenant-cOlonel Of King
stons regiment then stationed at Maid
stone
The house has only been in the posses
sion Of the Wolfes since the beginning OF
the eighteenth century. when it was pur-
chased by General Wofe's father Colo
mel Edward Wolfe. It was known up To
that time IA Spiers and dated from the
reign Of King Henry VII, whose armorial
hearings still figure on the overmantle
i'm the dining room, along with the date
1897. that is 10 say. but few years after
the discovery of America by Columbus.
# was not until after the battle of Que
bee that the place received its present
name.
The house is full Of relics of General
Wolfe. including his bunch of seals, a
lock Of his hair swords and pistols, as
well as military accoutrements used by
him. and a number Of volumes on mill
tarv subjects annotated i'm his handwrit-
Ing
Quebec House has always been a bourne
Of pilgrimage TO Canadians visiting the
mother country. and now that il has been
put M ior sale. there is a movement
afoot for It's purchase with its contents
and for It's transfer to the Dominion for
use az a Wolfe Museum. preferably at
Quebec.
Incidentally. it may be mentioned that
General Sir James Wolfe Murray, OF
CringIetie i'm Peebesshire. has Just an
nounced his impending marriage TO the
widow Of Sir Donald MacFarlane. The
general. who has held the office of Master
General of Ordnance for several years
and who is man OF sixty and Widower
with grown up children, Is descended i'm
the direct male line from Colonel Alex
ander Murray. of Cringletie. who COM
manded the Black Watch OF 42d High
landors. in the taking of quebec and in
whose arms the mortally wounded Cen
Of
Abraham. Stree then. and i'm memory of
that battle all the children born to the
Cringletie Murrays have been chrstened
with the compound name of Wolfe-Mur-
ray and the general about to wed il the
chief of the Cringletie branch of the Muir
rays Of Blackbarony.
The chieftain Of all the Murrays Of
R!ackbarony is half an American, his
mother having been Miss Helen Sanger.
daughter ~ Gerry sanger of Utica \. Y.
never like to mention the Murrays
without calling attention TO the cXtraor-
binary beverage on which the members OF
this historic clan thrive and which is
found al its best on the broad acres Of the
great chieftain of all the Murrays, the
Duke of Athol. 1t is known as "Atholl
brose" and elsewhere as Murray brose.
and its principal ingredients consist OF
honey. cream and whskey, especially the
latter. strong and plentiful. one hardly
knows whether the proverbiai sturdiness
of the Murrays IS due to the fact that they
o,d their ancestors have been drinking
This brew for coo years or whether they
are fine specimens of manhood in spite
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