The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-10
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Tho castle Is an old fortress Of the
3 Marches of Wales. was built by Edward
/ !. upon rising ground. IN dish of
! mountains and takes its name OF
| Ruthyn from Rhyddin. the Welsh for
I the hue OF the stone employed in its
I construction. In 1882 il was grained
! by the crown TO ono Reginald de Grey,
from whom the Lords Grey de Ruthyn
/ descend. n underwent many vicissi-
! tudes In the course of history, was
seized on one occasion by owen Glen
dover and was besieged and taken also
/ By General hutton. one of the princl-
/ pal commanders OF Oliver Cromwell.
who pronounced il to be "the most con-
venient place for a garrison In all
North Wales, as things now stand with
us"
/ The castle is extremely interesting
| In fact, its interest may be said 20 be
| almost inexhaustible. since the fun en-
( tent of the great area OF dungeons un-
! derground has never been entirely eX-
( plored. With it's grand octagon tower,
/ its ancient walls. Its moat. its stately
! terraces. IL constitutes a particularly
, appropriate background and setting
| for those eisttedfods so strongly sus-
| Sestive Of old Wales. that have often
! been held there
II Colonel William CORVALLIS West
| is offering his entire property in the
! vale Of Clwyd for sale-a sale which
will probably entail his resignation OF
} the high Office of lord lieutenant OF the
I County of Denbigh, since the posses
/ sion OF land In the shire is an indis-
/ pensable qualification to the appoint
| ment OF the sovereign's principal rep
! resentative there-it Is because he has
| two beautiful places in Hampshire, es-
| pecially the estate of Newlands. on the
! borders of the New Forest. and over
! hanging. so TO speak, the Solent. Pas
sionately fond of yachting. both Col
| onel CORVALLIS West and his wife, one
| of the most famous beauties in the
England and Ireland of thirty years
ago. have always preferred Newlands
| to Ruthyn Castle and the neighboring
! prosperous seaside resort. known as
Milford On-Sea, owes its entire exis-
tence to the. Vests, who derive there
! from a considerable fevenue.
4 Newlands comes to the colonel
! through the Cornwallis family. to
which. however. ne is in no sense OF
| the word related. When the last Earl
| of CORVALLIS ard famous admiral died
sixty or seventy Saars ago without
leaving any heir, he bequeathed his
Hampshire estates to his friend the late
Frederick West, the fathe- of Colonel
NJ CORVALLIS West. who received the
permission Of the crown to assume -hc
! name and arms Of CORVALLIS in con-
junction with his own, on coming INTO
nossession Of the estates. At Ruthyn
Castle Colonel CORVALLIS West has al
! WAYS been Obliged to maintain con
siderable state. and was oTerwhelheu
with obligations of every kind as fora
lieutenant OF the county. AT New
lands he is merely the prosperous
squire and enthusiastic yachtsman'
free 10 follow his own devices, and has
consequ ntly felt more at home shere'
Colonel CORVALLIS West does not
relish the additional duties imposed
upon the lords lieutenant of counties
under the new regime. and in view or
the onerous fiscal burdens which the
present Chancellor OF the Excheduer
| has placed upon the owners of land.
| finds II too great a drain upon his re-
sources to keep up several establish
ments
II is also well known that neither
Colonel CORVALLIS West nor his wire
was pleased with the marriage OF the'r
only son. George CORVALLIS west. 10
the New York-bor widow of Lord RAN
dolph Churchill: lady whose sons.
especially Winston Churchill, FIRST
Lord of the Admiralty. are Older thah
her Young husband The feud between
Colonel and Mrs CornwallS west ana
their American daughter-in-law has
never been wholly healed, and they
neither of them relish the idea OF her
oueening it at Ruthyn Castle, as the
principal lady of the county
As their son has no children by his
marriage and is not likely TO have any.
the colonel and Mrs CORVALLIS West
prefer 10 convert the Ruthyn Castle
property into cash. so as to add TO
their own income during their respec-
tive lives and 20 the competence o.
IN. coloneTs brilliant wife. IL she sur
wives her enormously tall and stu
wonderfully Sood-looking husband.
The colonel is slow of speech. that Is
to say. he stammers- His wife. IKE
ALL brilliant Irish women. IS terribly
innpatient. and nothing is NOR anus
io, than to witness her impotence
when ne talks and begins to stutter-
The more impatient she becomes the
more he shutters. and when ! USED 20
see much Of them-true. some years
agO-matterS would SeHeFdl4H NiHu up
by her finginS book. preferably. or
the erst light object handy. AZ him IN
her evaporation. missiles which long
experience had taught him TO dodge
with A degree of quickness and deft-
ness hardly TO he expected Of so big
man.
The colonel and his wife have retain
Cd the affection OF their two beautiiu'
daughters 90 very extraordinary de-
gree and the Princess OF Pless- whose
name OF Mary has been Transformed 10
Daisy. and the young Duchess or West
minister. VINO though christenec Con-
stance. has aiways been known by her
own people As Shelash. are never so
happv as when staying with their Won
5erfuliv -ood-natured. genial father'
who idolize- them. and Win the"
mother with whom they have 50 much
in common. in everything save stature
r-or whereas they are both "diVinely
tall Ms CORVALLIS West. like her
r,o-her that wonderful old I.ady
Olivia ritzpatTick-the most lively OF
na-sons' wives that IL has ever been
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