The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-27
STRICT NEUTRALITY
PLEDGED IN TREATY

Hope blue diamond. now IN the pos
session of Mrs. Edward Mclean. All
tho money thus obtained i9l1meo 'na ma
which had gone before, and then Loru
Francis started in to sell the Famous
Hope collection of Old Masters, ana
family portraits: among others
magnificent Sir Joshua Reynolds paint
ing OF the Duchess OF Newcasue OF
his day.
The duke demurred TO the aliena-
ton of the family portraits, and as
Lord Francis declined TO defer 10 MS
wishes ne took legal proceedings 10
prevent the sale. The courts, however,
decided that the duke was no longer
the next heir to his younger orolhei
Lord Francis under Mrs. Hopes VIII.
and had ceased 10 have any standing
in the case since Lord Francis nad
become the father of a small SON Inc
pictures accordingly were sold. ana
unless / am much mistaken, boIu
Francis has also managed TO dispose
Of Deepdene. the beautiful Hope
country-s' at portrayed by Lord pea
consfeld in several OF his novels. and
which Y as rented for so many years by
Lily, Duchess of Marlborough, the
American widow of the late Duke OF
Marlborough
That LORD Francis should. after con-
vertlng all this property into cash. De
once more in debt to the tune OF
quarter of million sterling. shows Jhat
he is incorrigible. and that If he sur
wives his elder brother. the estates ana
treasures of the dukcdOm Of New
castle. which Mr.. Gladstone. as trustee
did so much 10 improve and TO increase
in value. will be scattered in the same
way as old Mrs. Hopes fortune. her
estates. her world-famed jewels ana
her wonderful collection OF pictures
Lord Francis Hopes little boy, the
now six-year-old Henry Pelham Gin
ton, is the offspring of his second mar
rage. After divorcing the American
actress. May Yohe. with putnam
Strong, son of former Mayor strong,
of New York. as correspondent, Ioiu
Francis married. at Melbourne, OilVe.
daughter of George II. Thompson, OF
Melbourne. and the divorced wife OF
Richard owen She died in Switzer-
land last fall. leaving Lord Francis with
a boy and two little girls, the boy oelng
now the second heir to the dukedom
of Newcastle.
Lord Francis and his children make
their home at Castle Blaney. in County
Monaghan, the castle occupying
picturesque position on the shores OF
Muckno Tough, a beautiful sheet OF
water covering an area of 1,OD acres.
studded with several well-wooded Is
lands. The gardens, laid out IN ter
races are adorned with statues which
cries and in the grounds of the Palace
of St. Cloud. and which were acquired
bv the late Henry Thomas Hope. the
grand father of Lord Francis, after the
downfall of the empire. The bianey
Castle estate takes its name from Sir
Edward Blaney. Governor of County
Monaghan. who received a grant of
the property from King James l.. on
the condition that he would erect
fort between Newry and Monaghan.
as a protection for the inland trade
supply of the two towns. The pres
ent castle occupies the site OF the orlgl-
nal fortress.
Mile. Philomene de Lewis Mirepoix.
whose book La Cite des Lampes'
Dublished under the pen-name OF
Claude Silve" has just been crowned
by the French Academy. is the only
daughter OF Henri de Lewis Mirepoix.
second Spanish Duke of San Fernando
Luis, and who is popularity known In
French society as the Duke of Lewis
NIirepoix. although he has no right
to any such French title. For the
branches of his family. which owned
the dukedom OF Lewis and the his
/ toric dukedom of Mirepoix. are both
! extinct and Henri de Lewis Mirepoix
is descended by another male line
from the founder of the family, Guy
de Lewis, VINO was MaTShdl OF the
First Crusade. and received from the
Pontiff of that epoch the hereditary
title of Hereditary marshal of the
Armies of the Faith which is held
by Henri de Lewis Mirepoix to-day.
The Lewis Mirepoix are one of the
most ancient houses in France. fur
nished a French Governor to Canada,
claim descent from Lewis, the third
son of the biblical patriarch Jacob,
4 and boast of a painting by some old
master in the present dukes pic
ture gallery, portraying the Holy
Family. and in which the Lewis of
that time is shown dofhng his hat to
the Virgin. On scroll appearing on
the picture are the words of the Holy
Mother: Put on your hat, mon
cousin :"
Copyright, 1918. by the Brentwood
Company