The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-16
HEIR TO BARONETCY
RESTAURANT KEEPER

peeresses OF the realm. or the daughters
OF peers.
This fret Marquis of Abercorn di-
vided his time between Barons CouIts
Ireland. which / described the other
day in these letters as forming part OF
10000 acre estate. and Staninore
Priory. on the outskirts OF LONDON,
where he maintained an immense
amount of state. AS an instance OF ms
fastidiousness, / may mention thaI ne
make his bed should wear new gloves
when engaged In that task. any IN
fraction OF this rule, or the toucnlng
of his sheets by bare plebian hands,
being visited with instant dismissal
The marchioness had a very clever
and brilliant woman as her MAID COM
panion. Miss Owenson, II dld not
At in with the marquis's ideas of gran,
deur, that his wife's companion should
be untitled. So on one occasion. when
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was
him 20 exercise his viceroyal preroga-
tive to bestow a knighthood upon ms
household physician. DR.. Morgan the
doctor receiving, this honor on tne ne Ss-
Miss Owenson, who thus became Lazy
Morgan Whereas the marchloness,
and even the marquis have peen long
forgotten. at any rate by the genera
pu blic, the companions remain 10 TINS
day celebrated, under the name o.
Lady Morgan. as the authoress OF one
ing volumes of "reminiscences IN exlS.
tence. dealing with the social ana cout
life OF the great world OF tngldnS
in the early decades of the nineteenth
century.
This Marquis of Abercorn's eldest
son was advanced by Queen Victoria 20
the dukedom of Abercorn, on the nonll-
nation of Lord Beaconsnelc. ms o oIra
so much so that Edward VII. used 10
nickname him odd Splendid: He was
best when exercising his duties as viTJ-
fest pleasure in administering the wee
regal kiss to the ladies presented at tne
courts. which he held at Dublin Castle-
When they were extra good LOOKING
his aides-de-camp, aware OF his wishes.
would cause the fair one TO pass
second time before the throne so tna'
ne could kiss them once more
Well bred people. who become ip-
volved in scra pes, endaevor as a rule
to conceal their identity. When, there
fore. one finds persons in troupe ooing
precisely the contrary; one eg ,ni tbe New
York papers devoted a considerable
amount of attention to rather sordid
divorce case in that city, which wouId
have received no special mention had
il not been for the fact that the petit
toner, Elliott Wray wilkinson; was
asserted to be scion OF E baiy q an MS
uncles baronetcy.- and that. the CO.
respondent was a former officer or the
English army, OF the name of Harms
Barton. lone of Baden-Powel,s chief
scouts in the Boer war. and VINO nad
won the Distinguished Service Oroe.
by his heroism in carrying messages
between Lord Methuen and denreai
Sir Frederick Darlington, in the South
African campaign.
Now, I have before me list, up to
date. of all those who have ever re-
ceived the Distinguished Service Order,
since its foundation by Queen victoria,
over a quarter of a century ago. ana the
name of Harris Barton does not figure
therein. Consequently he has never
received the Order. Nor is there any
family in the English baronetage of tho
name of Wilkinson AS oaronetcles
only descend in the male line direct. ~
follows Therefore. that Elliott Wray
Wilkinson cannot be the heir to a baron
etoy Finally. the British Army Lists
OF 1899 and 1900 that is to say. during
the thick of the Boer war, do not con-
tain among the officers the names OF
either the petitioner or the correspond
ent.
Copyright. 1918, by the Brentwood Coz