The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-10
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even its maintenance. The roofs were
! allowed to fall in. the windows robbed
/ not only their glass. but even OF
| their casing, the doors removed from
their hinges, while ivy, so picturesque,
and yet so promotive of disintegration
| OF buildings. was allowed to have un-
/ checked growth. In short, the place
was allowed to go to rack and ruin.
The present Lord Winchelsea, while
he has no money to restore the place
as whole. has At least rendered a
portion of tho roofs watertight board
ed up some OF the windows and taken
steps to preserve the walls But it
! would cost far more than he can ar
ford to restore the entire place, which,
| when renovated BY people OF taste and
| refinement. with reverence for the past.
! would be one of the grandest and most
stately of the old country seats for
which England is so famous
Lord Moncreiff. who has just sue
ceeded to the peerage through the
death OF his parson father. will be
the only schoolmaster In the House
OF Lords, now that the late Earl of
! Stamford has been gathered to his
fathers. and that the reverend Marquis
OF Normandy has given up the boys
school which he maintained at Null
grave Castle. near Whitby, his an
cestral home in York shire. The insti-
tuition Of which Lord nfoncreiff is head
master is the Stanley House School at
! Bridge of Allan. Stirling shire, and he
has great reputation in Scotland as
a cricketcr. being the star player of
the Stirling County Cricket Club
He Is now the head OF the entire
house and clan of Moncreifr which has
number of representatives in this
country, and which is one of the Oldest
families of Scotland, tracing it's line
back TO the time when surnames first
began to used In. North Britain. 1t is
said to have been founded by Ramerus
de Moncrcif, keeper OF the wardrobe
10 Alexander L.. at the beginning OF
inc twelfth century: and the lands OF
Moncrein. In Pcrthshire, were granted
by King Alexander of Scotland to Sir
Matthew Moncreh, by charter bear
ing the date of i24S. still in existence,
Moncrcif having been in the uninter
rupted possession OF the Moncreiff
family ever since, that Is TO say. for
moro than 600 years
Sir Matthew's descendant Sir John
Moncreinf, who died in 1890 had two
sons, William, the elder from whom
Lord Moncreiff is descended and John.
the younger. from whom is traced Sir
Robert. the founder OF the branch now
I represented by Sir Robert Moncreit1
"iiiiam's grandson John Moncreitt
received baronetcy from James T. in
1876 with remainder to his heirs male
whatsoever. His son and namesake
the second baronet. became involved
IN financial difficulties, and was forced
thereby to sell the ancestral AIoncreifr
estates TO his distant cousin Thomas
.Moncretf, head of the younger branch
VINO built the present mansion. known
as Mopcrein House. and who received
oaronetcy in 1856 from lanes H.
Ihnt is why the old Moncrelf estates
in fkn
Moncreiff, instead Of Lord Moncreift,
the head of the family.
James Moncreiff Of the senior line
achieved great eminenc:. on the Scot.
tish bench. and became Lord Justice
clerk OF Scotland, receiving prior to
the death OF his elder brother a bar
onetc% OF his own, in 1871. and three
years later q peeragc. as Lord Mon
crein. His grandson, the present Lord
Moncrein, has, therefore, in addition TO
ms barony two oaronetcies, one be-
slowed by James l. and the other by
Queen Victoria.
lie has a couple of places in Scot
land, namely, rHiliebole Castle In
Kinross shire. and Cantallon House. I'm
North Berwick. both Of which. how
ever. have been let for some time past
or his father, the late peer was rec
Tor OF Tanworth. in tho suburbs Of
Birmingham. and made his home at
the rcctory. Lord Moncrcin himself.
who is married, but has no children,
resides at the school of which he is
head master. The next heir TO his
honors is his fathers younger brother.
the Hon. James Moncren who lives
AT Edinburgh, and has number OF
| sons
The best known OF tho Moncrcins in
this country are William and Malcolm
Moncreiff. brothers of Sir Rober, Mon
! at oil r.
years, have made their nome at their
Big Horn ranch. Sheridan County,
Wyo., Malcolm being married to a
very charming Kentucky girl a
daughter OF the late Samuel Walker.
of Frankfort Ky. Ronald Moncreift
another brother, who spent much time
in the United States, died four years
ago.
rhc members of this branch of the
Moncreins are renowned for their
good looks, especially the women and
the seven sisters of William and Nal
colin Moncroiff were some of the most
famous beauties of the day. especially
Georgina. Dowascr Countess OF bud
ley the late Duchess of Atholl. the
late Lady Graham Montgomery and
Helen. Lady Forbes, OF Newe
People here who have been taught
to believe that the German diplomatic
services are models to the rest of the
world in, organization and efficiency
should glance over pamphlet which
has just been published in Berlin By
one OF the leading German economists,
on the subject of the empires repre-.
sentation In China. Speaking from
much experience of the Orient, the
author complains bitterly that the
post of envoy at Peking is always
treated at Berlin in the light of a
third -class mission, to which men are
appointed merely by virtue OF senior
ity. and without the slightest regard