New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
LADY De RIOS ARRIVES
Premiere Baroness Of England
and PeereSS in Her Own Right.

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,copyirh, 1918. uy tine brentwood Company
Lady de Ros. who arrived recently on
board the Cunard liner Mauretania, IS "a
peercss in her own right and the twenty
NTH holder Of the premier Barony OF
England. created In 1851 She is the
twerty-scventh iu descent from that ROB
crt d., Ros who was the leader OF the
barons who cNtorted the Magma Charta
from Kinz John. and who married Isabel
daughter OF King William. the Lion Of
Scotland His tomb is to be seen 10 this
day I'm the Temple church In London
Lady dc Ros who inherited the pcerage
from her iather six years ago, is
woman OF near sixty. and is married TO
the Hon Anthony Dawson. younger son
Of The FIRST Earl Dartrey As com
moner he has no share in her title and
prerogatives This leads 10 somewhat
awkward contrctcmps abroad. where
hCtclkccpers not initiated into the nys-
terics OF the British pccrage cannot quite
understand how a Mr. Dawson can bo
travelling with "a Lady Dc Eos as man
and wife some foreign inns have even
been known 20 close their doors against
them
Iady de- Ros has three daurhters. which
means that the peeragc VIII go into
ab,yaucc on her death, since the crown
does rot recognize any priority of hirih
whore women are concerned. kinF
George VIII b. fr,e 90 terminate the
ab,yarcc in favor OF any ono of Lady de-
Ross three daughters. two OF whom, the
oldest and the Youngest. are married and
have children The barony has twice
/ before been IN tbcyancc. the second time
on the death Of the twentieth baron 30
| 1857. and remained I'm that condition until
lsos. that rs 90 say. 'or 10 years, wh.n
! il was terminated lu favor of charlotte.
wife of Lord Henry Fitzgerald. who was
descended on her mothers sd" from me
| eighteenth baron
The Lords d. Ros have played notable
| role in history The fourth baron led
the second division OF the English army
/ al m battle Of Crccy The seventh
Baron was a Knight Of the Garter and
Lord Treasurer Of England. and Cath
erln,. the nineteenth holder Of the harouy.
was the wife Of George NIlllcrs. Duke ~
Buckingham. who was thc most notable
/
death at the hand Of an assassin
There Is but one really dark page IN
/ the history OF this peerag,-one stain
/ uDon its cscutchcon-due 90 the twenty
second lord His name is stin recalled
/ in connection with one Of the greatest
card scandals Of the nineteenth century.
which convulsed English society just 't
the time OF the accession OF Queen We
toria To the throne. He was charged 10y
a weekly Lo..Gon paper, The Satlrist
with cheating AT cards at the travellers
/ club I'm Pan all For TWO full years
previously he had been suspected OF un-
( fair practices. and the only reason why
he was permitted TO 20 on playing was
that several Of the men who subsequently
became his accusers We're wont. with
more cynicism than honesty 10 bet on
his hands. The matter might have gone
on indefinitely had not the weekly paper
/ I'm oucstion got hold of the story and
printed 1t.
Lord q Ros was then compelled 10
take legal proceedings against the owner
Of the paper There were almost as many
peers who went into the witIcss box for
I the purpose OF cycusing Lord dc Ros on
the ground OF alteration of mind and Of
/ otherwise tcstfynR in his behalf, rs
there were noblcmen who figured as his
/ accusers. chief among the latter being
Lord Henry Bcntinck, and the great
SPORTSMAN, George Payne. The jury de
cidcd i'm favor Of "The Satirist," which
| was equivalent to a declaration that
! /. ord de Ros was guilty Of the practices
/ imputed 10 him. On the following day be
/ left England forever. aftcr being permit
/ ted to resign from all the clubs to which
/ he beloagel. He died a couple Of years
| later in the utmost obscurity, completely
ostracizcd by society. both in England
and abroad. Fortunately he was unmar-
! ricd
! Lady de Ross country seat and princi-
pal home is in County Down. known as
I old Court. near Strangford. II is noted
for its woodland scenery and ovcrlooks
/ tho Irish Channel
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.