The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-23
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couple OF pistols In her belt, ready to
shoot him on tile slightest provocst,on.
Her husband was at the time with the
King. When her unweIcome guest
TOOK his departure on tho Following
morning she intimated TO him that II
he had remained with his lirc, 1t had
been entirely owing to his good be-
havior.
A feature that strikes the visitor on
entering the grounds OF Rip.cy Castle
Is the inscription carved over the
lodge entrances, "Parlez au suisse"
tSpeak to tho Swlss)-a relic or the
eighteenth century. when most OF the
great houses on the Continent and IN
England had Swiss hall porters or
lodge keepers. and when most people
belonging to the English great world
spoke French as freely as English
Ripley Castle has been in the pos
session of the Ingilbys since 1917. that
Is to say. for near 500 years.
although the family can trace It's de-
scent even still further back. There
have been several lngilby baronetcies
which have become extinct, owing to
the necessity of going back to ances-
tors prior to the creation of these
honors in order TO find the next male
heir of the estates. Thus. the pres
cnt baronetcy Is the third the first
one, created by Charles /. in 1912, nav
ing become extinct i'll 1T72. while that
created IN 1871 became extinct in 1854
The present baronetcy dates from
1866.
The actual head OF tho family, Sir
William Ingilby, is an octogenarian
veteran of the Indian army, has as
heir his eldest son. Captain William
Ogilby, Of the scots Guards, married
to the Hon. Alberta vivian, daughter
and heircss OF the enormously rich
Lord Swansea, and succeeded two years
ago to the title and estates-they in
clude Harrington Han, near Spiisby,
in Lincolnshire-on the death or his
elder brother Sir Henry. Sir Hcnry's
end was in the nature or ii tragedy.
For. suffering from most painful
internal complaint, for which he had
been operated upon twice and was
about to he operated on for third
time. he was driven by SUFFERING to
blow out his brains at Ripley Castle.
Sir James Douglas, or Carr, who has
just succeeded to the family baronctcy
through the death OF his elder brother.
Sir Arthur, killed in the terrible rail-
road accident at Carlisle, In England,
about a fortnight ago. has seen n con-
siderable amount OF service III tho
Royal Artillery, from which he rctlreu
not long ago with the rank or colonel.
The late sir Arthur was an oiilccr or
the royal navy, and there is hardly
member OF this family, which claims
descent from Douglas OF Loeb Leven,
who has not been an officer or cithcr
the one or the other service.
The baronetcy was bestowed upon
Admiral Sir Charles Douglas in l!t,
for his feat in forcing passage up
at the time when it was closely invest
ed by the Americans. The second
baronet was a vice admiral The third
baronet Sir Howard Douglas. was a
general of the army Il distinguished
officer of the I'oninsular War, and Gov
crnor OF New Brunswick. OF his six
sons, one alone was Il Clergyman. ana
all the others were either naval or
military officers. The fourth baronet
father of the present and sixth baro-
net was General Sir Robert Douglas,
who WAS in turn Governor of Jersey
and Lieutenant Governor or the Cape
OF Good Hope.
There is no property connected with
left everything in his power to his
three surviving daughters. Colonel
Sir James Douglas, who makes his
home at Carr House. Monkscaton, in
northumberland, has no children, ana
on his death the baronetcy Will be-
come extinct
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