The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-19

Tho impending marriage OF Lady
kathleen Hastings daughter OF tho
Eafi and Countess OF Huntington, 10
young SIR Edward NnyIor LeyIsnd rs
OF interest to people on this sido OF
Tho Atlantic. owing to tho fact That tho
young baronet is half American. ana
eldest son OF tho most altogether
charming daughter OF Uncle sam who
has ever become an Enclishwoman bv
means Of matrimonial alliance.
Or all tie American women who
havc married Englishmen there is
none that holds a higher place In the
entire royal family. especially or
Queen Alexandra, ns tho widovod
LADY Naylor Lcyland, OF whom KIM
Id"ard was wont 20 doclare that sho
was the only American woman welded
TO Br!ton whom no had never heard
say an ill-natured thing about her
countrNwomcn, or about her native
land Daughter Of William selah
Nhamberialn. OF Cleveland, Ohio ghe
Us not moro than forty-six Years OF
ase and has retained to an oxtraor-
aihary degree her great beauty. her
cry and sracefulncss OF figure,
and her charm
Ter name has frequently boon men
toned To recent years. in connection
WIN mat OF ricld Marshal Lord Kitten
/ ehcF' and whether or not ne was =
su'tor for her hand, he is nj any rate
one OF her warm admirers md Nest
friends Like him she lis somewhat
reserved In her manner, does not easily
take people into her con0denco ,.,d
while extremely gracious. kecps mere
eCquaintances and even ordinary
friends a distance
Nonody therefore knows quite
whether her marriage to tho late Sir
ner pert Naylor Leyland was a mar
ucuiarly happy one or not, Tho tenor
OF his VIII would indicate thar ne
union. III its later stages at any rate
was not altogether OF nm ideal char
"c'er' For, although no had an in
C"nlo or considerably over 100000 n
year. with million dollar house at
me knlghtsbrldgc entrance to HYDE
Fark, In London, and couple Of
grand OLD country seats In North Wales
ull thot he left her was an annuity Of
Fi"'o"V year conditional upon her
not marrying again. ana n furthor al
'oWance OF $4,000 a year FOR tho usc
OF the two boys, pending their minor
.E. Up TO the present. sho has not
~ me p'nch OF poverty, owing to the
'act that her boys have made tboir
nome with her. But If her eldest son
Weds she VIII be reduced to her SIS .0no
IA year unless he makes spccial nro
vision for her.
SIR Edward, who is a godson of the
atc King attained his majority lust
NV" years ago has Inherited much or
her comcllness. IL clever. with n pro
nounced Iondncss for amateur nctIno
which Is shared hy his tancee That
~ indeed the manner in which thov
pec"iNe infatuated with one another.
"c ~ niece OF that Lady llcene
Nanpnell, who has established herself
WIN her husband In Western Canada
w order to give he, two bow. ,
1norouSh colonial training. I'm the OK :
pectat!on OF their CARVING an, d,
'"reer Tor themselves In the dominion
lazy kathieeus father is the four
NeN'll rarl OF huntington. that is In
~! hpider OF an earldom which I'm
o!Heh times was held by Sober, MI
]"oth' familiar 10 old ana young alike
nfoughout hundreds OF years. under
the name of Robin Hood Mcthodls,s
Ooth IN the United states and Canada
WIZ recall That II was the wife of the
"Hth Earl or Huntingdon OF the pr,s-
cHt NM. WI" was the principal sun
porter or the Methodist community Of
'Feai britain, In tho eighteenth cen
Jury so much so that Mcthodists in
tu"so days used TO be known az "I.adv
huntingdon ConncNlon." and she de-
voted very large portion of her i'm
mehSe fortune to the endowment and
foundation of Methodist places of
worship throughout tho United states
and Canada
Lord Huntingdon is descended on
the distaft side from George Plantagc-