New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-25
Lady Dorothy Nevill
. ,elE PLACE IN THE soCE TY OF HER TME-THE DECISIVE
Eh ' TRAITS OF HER CHARACTER
copyright. 1915. by C. W. smaIley. ,
London, May 10.

asn england, two of them known
d'0 snnored all over the world. The
CIV acre Lady Dorothy Nevill' who
p On Easter Monday, at eighty
~. Lord Wolseley. who followed
a' me next day; the Earl Of Penn
D" who in one instant passed from
~ y. % death. on Sunday March 80,
| wr Pierpont Morgan. who died on
~ 21st. both these last two in Rome.
- yr. Morgan 1 wrote last week. and
~. Of Lord Pembroke.
m1ord Wolseley said what l had
something more than a year
IN these columns. You know what
..ssion his death made here, and
~, tribute England has paid ihe
-, soldier to whom she owes ~
-, mart t. efficiency OF her armed
- hv which ] mean the regular
- to-day. THE Times" in its
-,ny columned memoir, for the most
evcellent. revives in a careless
-..,cs the almost forgotten and
-soilv refuted story that Wolseley
IN mart responsible for the delay n
.,ortine of the Gordon relief eXpe-
a,,on repeat. therefore, what I
,,rs said before, straight from Wolse-
sy's lips:
lvas on my knees to Mr. Gladstone
f., months. entreating him 10 let us
He steadfastly refused"
And when Mr.. Gladstone finally re-
,,,sd il was 700 late. His stubborn
,,s had sealed Gordon's fate. no
,,,ir rests on Wolseley's memory. No
AR Of the responsibility was his. He
,ssps honora bly, with Nelson and Wei
rrrton in ST Paurs Cathedral; to
,b,.s he passed amid the mourning OF
mighty nation.
NJ Lady Dorothy Nevill I meant 10
say something at the time. but weeks
ave passed and l must content my
III with a belated tribute. The over
sowing records Of the press place her
.,- the moment on a pedestal where
he can hardly keep a permanent place.
For many years the most prominent
Arre of her sex in London society"
avs one high authority. ! doubt
rhstber she was ever that. She was
never commanding figure. She was a
euriosity-a word l use in no disparag-
tur sense. but in the sense that she had
he art Of exciting curiosity. BY birth
she was entitled TO q place she never
ouite filed She was Walpole. Her
is,her was third Earl Of oxford; a de-
gsndant Of the great head Of the
house. she was the widow OF Mr..
Reginald Henry Nevill. grandson of the
first Earl Of Abergavenny. She was
the friend Of Lord Beaconsfeld, who
writes TO her as My Dear Dorothy
or NY Dearest Dorothy" "a tie that
adds TO her name. and added 10 her life,
a. much piquant interest as any other.
Her relations with Mr. Chamberlain
hsgan early IN the career Of that great
lssder. in the DAYS Of his unpopularity;
turing all which she was loyal 10 him.
I carries one far back to think OF the
i2s when the social world Of London
dominated the name OF Mr.. Cham Der
an: now the idol Of Imperialism: then
regarded as the arch Radical OF his
rne and the most dangerous OF u
Shoe group Of enemies Of the existing
social and political order. II made no
1zsrence 10 Lady Dorothy. ] nave
,sard her say more than once:
They may say what they like about
l1. I stand by him"
And so she did. and her support vas
rcth having She was. in truth. {"
Tory Of the Tories. but in her social
relations she had no politics. The
tisnd Of Disraeh. she was also the
Hsnd OF Mr.. Gladstone; though never
With him on anything like the terms OF
he Disrseli intimacy. All was fish
hat came 10 her net; provided the ilsh
we're big enough. or Of a strange spe-
tee used 10 think her luncheons
we're an epitome Of her life. There YOU
asi celebrities or notorietics Of All
Erih There IS a story which ! hope
o6ody will think profane. People
Ers discussing the indifferentism and
religion Of modern life. Said one OF
he COMPANY:
II Christ came TO London nobody
vcald pay him the least attention"
oh, yes. Lady Dorothy would ask
I'm 10 lunch"
It has been told Of Lord Houghton
sso, and in either case is apt IL
sis not Mr. Stead who said it, though
z may have served as a basis for his
Teyerent II Christ Came to Chi
ago" Mr. stead was one Of the
nelley group that came Of a Sunday
some other day 10 Lady Dorothy
welcoming table in Charles street
ssrkeley Square. where since ] knew
aa she had always lived. ! do not
1ention names unless they are typ
al as Stead's is. There was between
LADY Dorothy and stead a kinship OF
"aL His life was a protest and so
's hers. but whereas Stead was ever
militant she was herself content
'''n an attitude Of criticism or OF Gym
1al yet amiable Indifference. she
'sened never able to understand that
pope might really dislike each other
= might dislike to meet. She would
ave put Stead. in his worst days
"a, "a TO the Archbishop Of Canterbury
" ty Chapca che amused SuS-