The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
LORD GRANTLEY BUYS
BEAUTIFUL ESTATE

repeal Of the corn laws. and had
straightway sold the information for
500 guineas 10 John Delane. the editor
Of the London Times. Lord Herbert
of Lea Is the father of the present
Earl of Pembroke, and one OF his
sons. the late Sir Michael Herbert.
British ambassador at Washington.
married sister Of Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Of New YORK
Il Lord Grantiey was brought up
by his grandmother rather than BY
hel3. hat she would be better fitted for
the task For his mother was an Ital-
ian peasant woman and scarcely
i high spirited child. with Wild strain
OF Southern blood in his veins. for
at minister and Of peer of the
realm. Ike last Lord Grantley was
for u time IN the diplomatic service.
and while serving under Sir William
TEN pie At y Naples. prior 10 his aces
sion TO the peerage. became infatuated
with Mariuccia FEDERICO, the parric
ularly lovely daughter OF we'll lido
peasant at Capri.
The romance eliminated in his res
ignation from the diplomatic service
in his conversion from a Protestant
contempt for what he described as
Italian superstition into Il deVout
Roman
the girl. TWO children Were born 10
the marriage, and that the life of the
peasant girl transplanted into Eng
lish society was an altogether happy
one II would be Idle TO assert. In
course Of time Lady Grantley returned
10 her home in Capri. leaving her chill
dren with her mother-in-law. She
was Joined on the island by her hus-
band and he died there in the villa
which he had built. and where his
widow survived him for many years,
f.nIf Lodi of h.a fSh
realm. although CARRIED IL the pic
turesque costume of the Capriete peas
ants and ishe-women
1t was under her roof there that
Algernon Sartoris the English son
in-law OF President Grant. oreathed
The present Lord GrantIey has in
herited the good looks of his comely
father and his beautiful mother He
has son Of twenty. who will succeed
to his honors and 10 his fortune. and
four daughters two of them twins.
One of the latter the Hon Eleanor
Norton. seems to have Inherited the
literary gifts of her Sheridan grand
mother the celebrated Mrs. Norton.
who figures under transparent pseu-
donym in Geoge Meredith,s novel.
Norton has ublished several books of
poems. one entitled April Lilac,
being especially noteworthy, while she
have enjoyed gooi runs IN London
theatres. TO her credit.
Prince Henry. of the Netherlands
has iust been invested with much
state at the Palace of Loo with the
insignia OF the Swan Brothers the
ceremony being all the more remark
a bic since a Catholic and a Protest.
ant dlgnitary of the order took part
therein The origin OF this curious
and ancient fraternity. of which Queen
Wiihelmina l. the only feminine mem
Der Is lost in ObScurity. But accord
ing 70 tradition there lived many cen
turies ago IN Hertagenbosh. which 1
now known - Bois-le-Duc. two rival
families like those Of Montague and
Capuiet portrayed by Shakes peare-
At length when both had been we'll
nigh exterminated b. mutual hostil-
tiles. peace was made and cemented
a. q grand banquet. az which a swan
was me chief dish. the Brotherhood
OF the Swan. otherwise called the
Order Of Our Blessed Lady of Herta-
genboSh. was founded on this occa-
sion the object ,: the fraternity being
partly religious and partly phiian-
thropIc.
After the Reformation in the hf-
tcenth century. and especially after
he capture Of Her;agenbosh IN 1879.
ne various Catholic organizations were
dissolved The miraculous picture of
the Virgin belonging TO the order was
with much difficulty rescued and con
veyed 10 Brussels The brotherhood
itself was spared, and BY mutual con
sent hcnceforth divided into two