New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-17
Only One Officer Left of the
Charge of the Light Brigade.

comes around. on October p, dining /,
to his dead comrades.
The last Of them TO leave him was ibs
octogenarian Lord Tredeear. who die
last week and who belonged 10 the san,
Lancer regiment as himself. namely. the
Death Or Glory BOYS Tie rad hi.
horse shot under him in the charge. an
reached the British lines only by iump.
ing on a gun carriage after having es
capped from the scene of carnage. which
Tennyson 50 Justly described in his poer
as the Jaws OF death" and as ",hs
mouth OF he'll" Emerging from the la,
ter without scratch. he ay a singubr
freak Of fate lost. forty wears later, H.
sight Of one of Ms eyes through The
carclessues> OF q guest whom Doe had in.
vited to shoot with him over his ,eserve,
AT Tredcgar Park.
Grandest Place in Monmouthshire.
The latter is perhaps the graudest Old
place I'm Monmouthshirc. and has been
in the family Of the MOreans. OF which
Lord Tredeear was the chief. since the
days OF LleWeiyu Az Ivor. Rhys o.
South Wales the authentic founder 0.
the house. though a still more remote an
cestor is said to have been Caractacus
the valiant chief OF the Silures tribe o
Britons. who was carried of captive :,
Rome in the reign Of Emperor Claudius
Lord Tredegars vi.county. bestowed o.
him by King Edward eight years ago. h.
become extinct with his death. But to.
baronetcy. dating from i792 and H.
baronv created 1fty years later. as well as
an the ontaiied estates and large fortune
are Inherited by the late peers uerheV
hithcrio known as Colonel Colrtena
Morgan. married to Lady Catherine Car
ucsie daughter Of the sixth Eah o.
Southe,k. The new Lord Tredegar If u
son OF d younger broth,r of the old b.
lahiaya veteran. VINO died unmarried
Most of th. revenues of the new L0m
Tred,ear. as II his uncle and uredecesso
in the peerage. are derived from a sins
mile Of railroad. which runs through
Tredegar Park and which b. known a.
the Golden Mil. When the railroad n
that portion ot Wales Was o'.hs o'iN
was found necessary in order To afo'a ar
enormous circuit and great engineering.
difficulties. euttiinS immense and .mmed.
ate expense. o. pass through Lord Trede.
CARS park To this tho FIRST Lord Trede
gar agreed ol tie condition tnat he an
his heirs should forever receive ceridt
royalty ON every tom ~ goods carried ovGI
that portion of th4 road To those days.
Nc"port. to which the Dine do questloi|
gave access W.. Tar from being the im''
portant seaport that 10 is to-day. and iie
terms were readily accepted But since
then the trade of Newport has 0eCom, ey.
rausfye. and the annual income which tas
fo,5s ~ Tr,d.,.t have derived from tas
ROYALTIES ~ tho Golden sid. can only d.
,r..g.,tl,,5 MS .,r,o~.trer r,fr0aiv
ii
D" Oc0' se
Sir George Woma~el low tne sole sit'
yiyor OF the officers % t.' 'hti-e ol lH'
Light Brigade. is e.-nu -oa. t,ais Oh
and still hale and hcartr. l.e rs the head
of one OF lne oldest families ln lofAs'".
and on, OF tlT most lll ...-. ti-- -f't N''..
has il owned lands iu ,he county eve
since the reign OF kiu- >, ohoh but '
likewise claims the custody of the :"
main, of oliver cromwell "m'h are pre-
served ar Sir George country seat He"'
turSh priory
ID may oe remembered thl; ai'et u'
Restoration Charles ID aFe.-'n '.' '"'.
by causing the body or '"'t. ''o.',".'
To he eNhum'd from N'''l.I'''' a.,
and sending I 10 Iyol'H. 80 "'.
hanged ana then decdpii'tea 1'u q-S.
tered no the foot of the raAo"s' ~"
wells daughter. Lady Fap'onoeis' VIM
husband at that time owned Ne"u.isD
Priory. $ asserted. by menus o' -. .s.,.
the guards. TO have sn'c''o'd III s, -,
80 ob,,iro,i rossesson o.
his romans which she conveyed to ,hs
priory. At any rate. IN the uppern's.
s,or, 81 Newbursh Prior,. al the end o.
\ small chamber. there Is a massive ston'
n,,i, into the wall. with au iuscripuo'
In, r,r,b tbat the Lord Protectors
body Iics behind H.
Sir George Wombwelr@ crandfainc