The Washington herald., 1913-07-26

tcoprisht. In. b. 4. D. Jacohsoa-)
Tho Lsinstsr family belong to . mum.
Der Of the Norman families. who. like
the ormonds Buffers, retained leading
position In ireland by not clingtng to the
Old faith. a. large group OF the others
did. Carton. at Maynooth. has not been
Q social center since the death Of the late
Duke and the beautiful Duchess Of Lem
ster. The present duke dwells but little
At Carton. owing to his delicate health.
Lord Desmonde FitxGerald, his presump-
tive heir. II unmarried. The youthful
Lord Edward FitsGerald, who has fol-
lowed the example Of his historic name
sake in the family in making an uncon-
ventional marriage, 10 the youngest Of
the three brothers. The large Leinster
estates were among the earliest sold un-
der the land act. when Its working began
during Mr.. Wyndham's tenure Of once
a. civil secretary In Ireland.
The late George wyndham was 'Ie tout
beau. IL tout bon, ct lie tout SYM
pathique." as . Frenchman called him.
He had q presence that came on one
almost as q sunburst in cloudy weather
A mistake which the London press had
fallen into ID to speak Of him as a happy
compound of the best English. Irish. and
French qualities. the French having
some to him from Nine. de Genis and
Philippe Egalite. SO far as Is known his
only French ancestors were much farther
back. Lord Edward FITZGERALD. through
his mother, was descended from Louise
de Kerouaille. Duchess Of Portsmouth.
and the only favorite Of the Merry Mon
arch" who could be called lady" His
paternity of her son. the first Duke Of
Richmond of the present line, has never
been denied. This would bring Henri ~,
the grandfather of Charles II. into the
remoter line Of ancestors
Not a single Royal Bourbon in the least
resembIed Henri ~, and not one OF the
three, Louis, or Charles. or Louis Philippe
resembled each other. The Merry Mon
ARCH had something OF his WIZ ennVen,
ing presence gayety when under a cloud.
but without any Of his serious qualities.
all of which went to the greatsrandson.
William Of Orange. There was really not
little Of the gay temper ament. HAPPY
wit. and marked sympathy with the
French peasantry Of Henri ~ in MT.
wyndham, who easily might have risen
to all-around greatness. had his lot IN
youth and earlier life been cast In hard
lines. He had a fine moral nature; Henri
" had not. All the King Of Navarre's
natural bent was toward low opportanisn
and "canaillerie" But hard times and
the Huguenot environment in which he
was placed, FIRST by his mother. and then
by circumstances. kept him fairly
straight. He further had the luck not to
come to the throne until he was gray
beard, and then he was Obliged to live
under the eye Of the indispensable Sully.
an austere mentor whose advice and ad-
ministrative ability he valued. but whose
severe eye held down his baser propen-
stiles. Sully. so to speak, was his re-
proachful conscience, from which he
could not get away. He no more liked
Sully than Charles II did going to kirk.
when at the head of the Scotch army.
Knole House (near Sevenoaks) in Eng
land, already a show place for visitors
and a center Of dramatic interest in the
present Lady Sackville cause celeore. is
one Of those buildings that warm the
heart Of the architect and the antiQuary.
One side Of II might be mistaken for the
front Of ST. James Palace itself. 1t was
Archbishop Bourchier who. in 1856. built
the greater part OF the building as II now
appears and four of his successors made
it their pleasure house.
The house and estate of Knole have
passed through many hands. One Of the
owners, Lord Saye and Sele. had an IN
happy time during the rebellion that
brought the men Of Kent up to London
in support of Jack Cade. But before he
lost his head he had received from the
King as many honors and perquisites as
he could well carry. Three centuries ago
Knole passed into the possession Of the
Sackvilies, and with some mutations 1t
has remained with that family.
Five and twenty years ago the fu-
ture Marquis of Northampton. then
Earl Compton. might have had politi-