New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-20

| eponSible 70 tho government anu 10 INC
nation for his safety from all harm and
| molestatior.
| Canadian Ma jor Becomes English Earl.
! Tnasmuch as the Hon. John Ashburnhsm,
| OF the Croft. Crowborough, Sussex, for
merry Of the English diplomatic service.
! and one time consul general and diplo-
matte agent I'm Bulgaria. died last MAY
| without leaving any issue by his mar
! rage with Miss Maud Dawson. daughter
| OF an Anglo-Indian official. il is Major
/ the Hon Thomas Ashburnham, third
| brother Of the nth Lord Ashburnham.
who now. through the lstters demise
/ succeeds 10 tho earldom OF Ashburnham
/ 70 the viscounty OK s.. Asaph, 20 the other
| honors and estates in Suffolk. Sussex am
j Wales. and to q considerable fortune.
/ Major Ashburnham has for the last
! tve lve years made his home A. Frederic
! ton. New Brunswick. where he married
/ in 1908 Miss Marie Anderson. a telephone
, operator in the employ or he New Bruins
( wick Telephone Company. Formerly
captain Of the eth Hussar Regiment. with
! which ne served i'm the Egyptian cIm-
paign Of 1852 under Lord Wolscley. ana
aldc-de-canp 10 TWO yiceroys Of Ireland
one Of them Lord Aberdeen during Dis
former tenure OF tha, office, Thomas
| Ashburnham accepted a commission as
major OF a Canadian militia regiment, tie
, 18th New Brunswick Dragons after
settling down at Fredericton. J under
stand that he sailed the DAY before r's-
terday for England with bis wife. 'or
the purpose Of taking possession ~ nus
| inheritance.
The new Lord Ashburnham. who Is
( man Of nearly sixty. has no children. ana
! in the event OF his death without male
issue the family honors viii become eN-
,inct. while the entailed estates viii
| either he LETT at the disposal OF bis
widow or else become the subject Of IAN
} suits on the part Of the descendants Of
the daughters Of the fourth Earl Ash
burnham.
There was little love lost between the
new Lord Ashburnhan and tho late earl,
, for only last year the TWO were engaged
I'm legal proceedings against one another
i'm connection with the viii and estate -
another brother. the Hon. George Ash
burnham. who died in 1911. and under the
circumstances
| .ord Ashburnham n Protestant may on
deavor to revoke the action Of tie .alA
earl. a convert to Roman Catholicism. IN
PLACING Pembrey. his country seat and
park in Carmarthenshre. ~ the dispose.
OF the Benedictlne monks after their eH-
pusOn from their mOnasteries DO Bit
tany. There is so much resemblance oe-
tween the Welsh and Breton languages
| that the monks. most Of them natives oi
Brittany. found themselves able 10 con-
verse freely with their Carmai thenshirs
! neighbors. who. though nearly AL diner
! ont in faith. welcomed them with the ut'
| most kindness
Lady Mary's Romantic Birth.
! The late earl left an only daughter.
! ady Mary Ashburnham. now twenty-t"o
/ years al age who has become nun ana
! belongs 10 the Convent of the Sacred
| Heart. at Redemption. on the outskirts
| Of London No one knew OF the birth Of
this daughter until several years after II
! had taken place. and II had always beeh
| supposed that the late earl was an inNei-
crate bachelor until The London Times
/ OF February "a. 1873. contained an an
/ nouncement 10 the effect that on Jan
uary >. 1880. the Countess II AshburDhanl
| gave birth 10 "A daughter" Lower down
! i'm the same column. on the first page 81
! The Times" there was announcement
among the marriage notices that "on ven
ruary .. lssS, a marriage took place Be.
tween Bsrtram. Earl Of AShburnham. ana
Emily. daughter OF Robert Chaplin
The latter on investigation turned ou'
! "A
| but of hunbl, origin. The countess lived
n very retired life-was altogether IN.
known to the great world " London ana
even To her husbands relatives But Ne
was devoted TO her. and when she o.ed' ~
iaDp-that IL 10 say. after Twelve years 81
happy marrisge-he mourncd her deeply
! and sincerely
He was man Of great srudtion an"
somewhat contradictory chsracter-ucs'
For whereas in all dynastic matters al
home and abroad he was an ardent e'
gitimist-actually founder Of the Nhi'r
Rose or Jacobitc League-in domestic NAV
tiers he was a Radical and Home Ruler
Sold His Treasure to Mr.. Morgan
Some years ago he sold the greater part
Of his word-famed library At Asnoutp.
ham Place. Battle Sussex. the gems U.
which including the Mazarin Bible an"
the manuscript Eyangelsrium. given "
! Emperor Louis the Pious to the conNep'
Of Noble Canonesses. which he founded !"
A. b.. S2i. at l.indau. on Lake Constance
found their way into the possession oil o.
Pierpont Morgan. and now hsure a'"o"~
the latters treasures In his library !"
| New York
Ashburnham Place. in Sussex. Is y"