The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-03
On It's Surface Nelson Traced
Plan of His Naval
Operations.
ny "a MARauIsE DE roNrENoy.


A MONO the treasures to whlch the
~ rew Lord Sidrnouth has sue
ecedai Through tho death of his
vcncia tio father, 10 the old mahogany
table, ~ tic polished surface OF which
Nelson raced, for tho information of
the nrSt Lord Sidmouth. with his Anger
dipped in a glass OF wine. the plan for
hts naval operations which eliminated
so gloriously for England, in tho bat
tie OF Trafalgar. The table was then
at the White Lodge. In Richmond Park,
which Lord Sldu.outh. who was Prime
Minister OF England at the ,ime. oc-
cuped as ranger. II Is now preserved
at Upottery. the Devonshlra County
scat OF the Lords OF Sidmouth. near
Iioniton.
The late Lord Sid,noulh, who has
just been gathered to his fathers. in
MS ninetieth year was the sole sur
viNor OF the memorable brea kfast
party which assembled at the house OF
SIR Robert 1nglis, to bid farewell TO
that Trafalgar veteran and Arctic
explorer Admiral SIR John Franklin.
on The day IN 1915 when ne sailed from
the Thames. on board tho lZrebus cs-
great northwest passage. and IL pos
sioio. 10 reach the North Pole. It was
u notable gathering, the party includ-
ing Lord Arundel, father of the present
Duke OF Norfolk Monck,on Mines. af-
terwnrda Lord Houghton, and father
or the present Marquis Of Crewe. sam
uel Rogers. the banker poet, without
whom no brea kfs.st party was ever
complete, and Aubrey de We're
Sir John Franklin. II may DO re-
called. persisted With all his near
soe officers and men. But il Was
not until in 1859. that is 10 say. fifteen
years after the breakfast party. that
the mystery OF their disappearance was
unraveled. and their tragic fate known.
1t was Lord Sidmouth who brought
the news thereof to Lady Franklin. and
during all the years OF her anxiety
and waiting, he had stood by her side.
ana assisted her IN the promotion and
dispatch OF tho various expeditions
sent out TO ascertain what had be-
come OF the Erebus and the Terror.
with their living freight.
Ths late Lord Sidmouth vas no
grandson OF the Prime Minister. vino
won his riscounty for his services as
speaker OF the House OF Commons In
ms youth tins late peer had served in
the navy Tor ten years OF So and was
q Tory OF the old Il shioncd TYNE. who
iast came into tho limelight when he
wrote to tho London Times 10 protest
against the erection Of n s,atue ia
oliver Cromwell within the precincts,
OF parliament. IT Wcstminster. dcclar-
ms that it would be rs approprtate 10
put up statue there of Guy rawkes.
or gunpowdcr plot celebrity
His family arc long lived For tho
mother OF tho late viscount. whom +
can wen remember, died in 1891. IN her
hundredth year, surviving by over
thrco decades hor husband, who was
considerably over seventy at the time
OF MS demise. The first Lord sid
mouth, tho friend and colleague or
Pitt. and Premier was eigbty-seven
when h. died. The present Iorh sid
mouth IS a man in the neighborhnnd
of sixty, and has two grown-un sons
one OF them a captain OF the Devon.
shire Regiment.
The AddinEton family. of which he
is the chief. is very ancient one hail
ing originally from the Comfy Of Ok
iord where the Manor or r'rirrford
has peer in their possession .irca
tudor times They have been lords .,
the mnnors IF upottcry and Rowridgc
IN DeNonshire. since the beginnius ot
tine eighteenth century.