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allowed to remain idle when 1t car
be turned to good account for the
benefit Of ones fellow creatures. Cas.
tie Ashby ia let to the well-knowI
South African magnate, Friedlander
md Is famous for the balustrade
which runs around the entire edge o.
the roof. and which is constructed OF
great stone letters, SO placed as to
show verses from the gospels: the
Same form Of decoration boing re-
peated in the balustrades In the nu-
merous stately terraces with which
tho gardens are adorned.
The marquis is an earnest radical.
with advanced views. indeed, that
verge on socialism; and being one OF
the very few supporters of the finan-
cial legislation of the present admin
tstration. in the House OF Lords, owes
his Order of tho Garter to tho nomi-
nation OF Premier Asquith. Much of
his wealth comes to him through his
mother, the late mRrchioness, having
boen the only daughter and heiress of
the greater part Of the fortune OF the
scond Lord Ashburton. who was In his
day one OF the principal partners of
the house OF Barring. Sho brought her
husband In marriage vast estate, in
Guiding extensive ground rents in the
Clerkenwen and Islington districts oil
London, which are increasing In value
all tho time.
Lord Northampton traces his de-
scent from Osbert of Compton, who
nourished in the reign OF Henry II.
and who was the SON of Turchil of
Arden, an Anglo Saxon chieftain.
who, according to history. deserted
King Harold for William the Con-
queror. just before the battle of Hast
ings. From the contemporary OF the
Norman Conquest. the present mar
quis Is descended in an unbrolSen line
and his family was already in posses
sion of the estates OF Compton Wyn-
yates--a corruption Of Compton OF tho
Vtneyards-at the time when Dooms-
day Book was compiled, near a thou
sand years ago. 1t remains to this
day the favorite home of the Marquis
of Northampton: tho present mansion.
built on tho foundation of olde.
houses, dating from the reign OF
Henry VI11- when 1t was constructed
by Sir William Crompton. the whipping
boy, the childhood playmate. and the
boyhood friend OF Henry VIII. whom
he attended at the Field Of the Cloth
of Gold.
Esme Howard, who made 80 many
friends In the United States when at
Washington. as councillor Of the Brit
ish embassy and ae charge d'aifaires,
has been promoted from the post d
minister at Berne. to succeed Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice as envoy at Stockholm.
where the emoluments are almost
double those which he has been re-
ceiving until now. He is tho fourth
son OF Henry Howard, OF Graystoke
Castle, In Cumberland, and a grandson
of that Lord Henry Howard who was
brother of the twelfth Duke OF Nor.
folk: He served as private secretary
OF the lato Lord Carnarvon, when Vloe-
roy OF Ireland, also Of tho late Lord
Kimberley when Secretary of state for
Foreign Affairs. and through the Rncr
War as a trooper of Yeomanry.
His wife. Lady Isabel Howard, IS
not only the daughter of n Scotch
peer. but also IN italian princess by
Newburgh. Visoount Kynnaird, and
Baron Levingstone. all in the peerage
OF Scotland. being also Prince Gius-
tlniani and Marquis Bandini Of Rome,
and Duke Mondrngone. as we'll as
Count of Carionla of Naples. His fam
lily, namely, that OF Giustiniani. reign-
ed as soyereigns over tho island OF
Chinos until 1t was seized by the re-
public of Genoa In the fourteenth CEN
fury. and he can trace his ancestry
TO Edward /. of England
The late Lord Newburgh's British
honors came to him through his
mother on her death. and In order to
enjoy the prerogatives thereof. he Sc
cured letters of naturalization as a
British subject.
Tho enrldom OF Newburg and the
minor Scotch honors connected there
with were bestowed In the first place
by Charles III. on one OF his favorlte
gentlemen-in-wai ting. Sir James Lev
ingstone. OF Kynnaird, had been ono or
the most devoted Cavaliers Of Charles
l., and had accompanied the latter's
son and successor into exile. The sec
ond earl died without male issue His
scotch .peerages passed to his daugh-
ter Charlotte, who was first married tn
Hugh Clifford, OF Chudleigh, and af-
forwards To Charles Radcliffe. ff1h
Earl of Derwentwater, who lost his
head on Tower Hill, In London, for his
participation in the Jacobite rebellion.
charlotte had n daughter by her first
marriage. and a son by her second mar
rlage. The son became fourth earl
Ills son, the fifth earl, died without
issue. and then the earldom OF New
burgh and the other Scotch peerages
reverted TO the Roman Prince Vim
cenzo Giustiniani grandson Of Char
Totes daughter by her first marriage.
IL was this Roman grandson of Char
lotte and OF Hugh Clifford, OF Chud-
leigh who became sixth earl He
again. left no son, but a daughter, who
became Countess OF Newhurgh in he1
own right She married a Roman pn,
trician. the Marquis Bandini who was
authorized by the Pope to assume and
continue the title OF Prince Giustinani,
which had belonged TO his wife.s
father. Lady Isabel is his grand
daughter. One OF her sisters Is the
wife OF Prince Camille Rospiglios,.
Another is the wife of Duke Mario
oirazioii. while yet another. the Lady
or Princess Christina, Is a nun of the
Order of tho Sacred Heart.
Esme Howard's elder brother Is Sir
stafford Howard. Of Thornbury Castle.
Worcestershire, who was Under Secre-
tary OF state for India in tina Glad
stone administration Of 1885, For the
last twenty years or more he has been
commissioner OF the royal woods
forests and land revenues depart
inent, that Is to say, or the department