The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
Fifth in Line of Descent From
Famous Victor of
Plasscy.

BY la MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
~ ING GEORGE has just bestowed
N o commission In the army upon
young Viscount Give. who has
lately graduated from the Royal Mill
tary College OF Sandhurst. and who
will attain his majority at the begin
ming of next December. He is the
eldest son OF the Earl of Fowls, and
the fifth In direct male descent from
the celebrated Lord olive, the victor
Of the battle of Plassey, and to whom
more than any one else Great Britain
is indebted for the possession of her
huge empire of India. Young Lord
Give was born at SIS Berkeley Square.
in London, the town mansion of his
famous ancestor and which remains
the metropolitan residence Of Lord
Fowls to this day.
The victor of Plassey--a battle In
which with 5000 men he defeated the
ruler of Bengal at the head of an army
of 10000 mon, and thus avenged the
| atrocities of the Black Hole OF CAL
cutta-made his country seat at Clare
mont, which he built for himself at
the cost OF 100000 1t has long since
passed into the possession of the
reigning family. was used by Queen
| Victoria for her honeymoon, was az
forwards lent by her to King Louis
Philippe and Queen Marie Amele af-
| ter they had been driven out of France
| by the Paris revolution of 1S48. and is
now the home Of the widowed Duchess
| of Albany: but Lord Gives arms still
| appear on the pediment of the Corn-
! THAN columns which constitute a fea-
ture of tho facade OF Claremont
| Stately as Is the latter 1t Is infe-
rior In grandeur and in interest to
Fowls Castle, tho principal country
~ ba ri ~ IN ha
possession OF which young Lord Give
will EVENTUAL: succeed. 1t Is the
castle OF "Garde Doloureuse" Of Sir
! Walter Scott's novel. "Betrothed." In
ancient times 1t was known as the Red
Castle, being built of red sandstone,
and afterwards as Poole Castle. Its
connection with the family of the earl
is of great antiquity For 1t was orig
inally the seat OF Owen Ap Grinith.
! the last Welsh sovereign prince of
| Fowls Wenwynmyn. The latter's de-
scendants having become extinct in
the male line, the castle passed
through the distaft side of the house
! to the Herberts a Junior branch of
| the family OF which Lord Pembroke
| is the chief There were Herbert
Earls o. Fowls. also Marquesses Fowls.
and even a Duke Of Powis. who played
| a great role ut the court of St Ger
| main after the deposition and exile of
! James II. The great Lord Gives son
married the only sister and sole heir
| ess of the last of the Herbert Lords
| of Fowls. and. on becoming through
this union the owner of Fowls Castle.
and of all tn landed property connect
| ed Herewith, WAS created Earl of Fowls
| of the present creation.
| Fowls Castle Is a huge baronial pile.
built on an eminence, in the middle
of a very extensive and beautiful
! IL ut,
lection Of Indian curios and relics.
! brought from the Orient by the great
| Lord Give
The late Earl Fowls was a some
| what eccentric Individual. and his en-
tire life may be said TO have been
overshadowed by the fact that he ac-
| cidentally killed his father the sec
ond Earl Fowls, while out shooting.
He was not on particularly good terms
with his nephew, the present earl, and
| when the latter, ne George Herbert,
married the famous beauty, Miss VIo-
let Lane Fox, they had extremely
little on which to live. In fact, their
circumstances were very straitened.
Before many months had passed, how
ever the late earl suddenly died. and
the young couple found themselves in
| possession of very large fortune. in
| deed.
The late earl had n passion for
boarding things In out-of the way
places. and most amusing stories were
told of the extraordinary discoveries
of hidden treasure made by Lord and
Lady Fowls when they first took pos
session of Fowls Castle. after the old
earrs death. Rooms that had been
unopened for half century or more
were investigated and many precious
things in the shape Of old plato. su-
perb Jewels, and valuable paintings.
OF the existence OF which no one had
the slightest idea, were brought to
light
Lady Fowls to this day remains an
extremely beautiful woman. She Is
as fair as the lily. with golden hair,
smiling face. and a perfect figure.
Prior to her marriage she was sub
jected to the most extraordinary per-
secution on the part OF an Individual
of the name Of Randall. gentleman
by birth though not by breeding. who
fell violently in love with her. She
was unable to move out OF the house
without being annoyed by his persist
ent and urwelcome attentions and so
importunato did he become that her
! mother. Lady Conyers. was repeated
ly forced to invoke the assistance OF
the police. and to cause his arrest.
He suffered no less than three different
terms of imprisonment, with hard
labor, for thus offending, and when
last charged with the offense was let
go. solely on the condition and the
pledge that he should expatriate him
SELF
Lady Powis. besides being peer
esS OF the realm through her marriage