The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

tho Tory element, but met cold re
ception from the Wings
( He settled in st. Johns. Now Bruins
wick In 1881 and entered into tho
mercantile business with his sons
Richard ana Henry.
Ia i791 he returned to London.
where he died Juno ii, 1901. In 1912
lie fought bloodlcss duel with the
Earl of Lauderdale for a remark which
the latter had made about him In the
House of Lords.
II has been said that his last year.
We're embittercd by reInorso. Traitor
as Arnold was. and cXccrated and de-
tested as is his treason. he is not with
out Il monument: so that while his
evil lives after him, all memory of
what he did that was good is not in
TERED with his bones.
~ very interesting article. entitled
The Downfall of benedict Arnold" by
George +. Tilton, appeared in the Oc-
tober number of the Historical BulIc-
tin, To which is appended a footnote,
"a par; Of which reproduce.
1T is only fair in connection with
the accompanying article to add that
its author Was in 1905 the secretary
of the City Improvement Society. of
Ncwburyport, Mass. which on Septcm-
her ~ Of that year erected n memo
rial on the spot where Colonel Bcne-
bee had encampcd for the night. 100
years before
Some twenty odd years ago. was
on a visit 10 London. and went one
morning with the Rev. Frederick Har-
ford, minor canon of Westminster
Abbey. on vist5 to the Archbishop OF
Canterbury 'Mi Renson). to whom
mad letters of reduction from ScN-
"ral bishops of the Episcopal Church
in the United states
There were a. usual number of
English clergym at Lambeth Palace
on visits or hu icss or ceremony to
the archbishop While | was sitting
in the library. ] CHANGED to see Rev.
Nir. Hartford in conversation with 1
gentleman OF clerical attire. whose face
seemed to remind me OF either some
person or picture which had seen
and when he returned TO me | inquired
who the person was He Informed me
that it was Rev. Mr.. Arnold. a grand
son of General Benedict Arnold This.
OF course, quite interested me, and on
Mr.. Harford's suggestion | called a;
the canon's residence in Deans Yard.
Westminster Abbey. that evening aud
heard from him the following account
OF the family of Benedict Arnold
The person whom / saw was the Rev
Edwin Gladwin Arnold OF Little Mis-
sender Abbey. and Mi Hartford gave
me a full account Of the family, which
| abbrcviatc.
Benedict Arnold married Marraret
Shippen, daughter OF Judge Edward
Shippcn, of Philadelphia. and on his
death left five children They We're
Edward Shipper, James Robertson.
George, William Fitch and Sophia Ma
tilda. Edward Shipper Arnold becnlnc
lieutenant in the Sixth Bengal Cav
airy. OF the british Army. ana pay
master at Muttra. India lie died III
ISIS at Singapore. James Robertson
Arnold became lieutenant-gcneral in
the British Army. ana married Vir-
ginia, daughter OF Bartlett Gooduicil,
Esq of Sailing Grove, ESSEX. lie died
in 1884, and his wife died i'm 1892.
George Arnold was lieutenant colonel
or the Second Bengal Cavalry, and
married Anne Brown. lie died i'm 1925.
The only one Of Benedict Arnold's
sons who left issue was William Fitch
Arnold He was also an officer in the
British Army. being Il captain Of the
Ninoteenth Lanccrs. He married in
1873 Elizabeth Cecilia only daughter
OF Alexander Ruddoch, of the Island Of
Tobaro, n captain i'm the Royal Navy.
Captain Arnold died in 1876 lie left
six children: Edwin Gladwin. William
Trail Margaret stewart. Elizabeth
Sophia, Gcorgianna phipps and Louisa
Russell. The second son. William Trail.
was soldier and became q captain
in the famous Fourth Regiment OF the
british Line, and was killed at Scvas-
topol in the Crimean War
All of CAPTAIN William Fitch Ar
nold's daughters married clereymen
Of the Church of England MARGARET
was married To tho Rev Robert II
Rogers Elizabeth to the Rev Bryant
Burgess. ieorgianna TO the Rev John
Stephenson ana Louisa to Rev. q. Cecil
Rogers
Edwin Gladwin Arnold, the first son
Of CAPTAIN William Fitch Arnold, was
the only one Of the children who CON
tinued the name He is Cor VASE .
clergyman OF the Church Of England.
and when saw him was said 10 be
seventy years of age and rector OF
sarron in Cheshire. He married i'm
iN'2 Charlotte Gcorrianna. the eldest
daughter OF Lord Henry Cholmondley
ana Mabel Caroline Francis Thcii
children We're the Rev. Edward Chol-
mondicY, William Henry. officer i'm the
Royal Navy: Charles Louthcr, Henry
Abel Arthur Seymour Herbert ToIlc-
rnachc, Marie Elizabeth. Emma Char
loiic, Gcoigianna and Mabel Francis
I he Rev Edwin Gladwin Arnold by in
hcritancc owns the canadian posses
sions granted TO his traltorous grand.
iathor By The British government.
Benedict Arnolds only daughter.
Z
q! Ihipps. OF the British East India
Army lie Was related to the Earl OF
/ MulEravc She died in IS2S.
i he estate and scat OF the Arnold
family is Llttlc M!sscndcn Abbey. Buck
inghamshirc. an old estate that be-
ionSed TO the church before the Re
formation.
one of His Good Deeds.
MI. liarlord told IN" the following,
which he heard from some OF the Ar
old family: General Arnold had mot
tDoctoD General Warren. VINO was
Killed At Bunker Hill. and formed a
strong attachment for him. After
Wnrrcn's death ii was found he lcr, no
means Tor the support and education
Of his four children
Arnold became Interested in The mat
ter and brought 1t to the attention OF
The Continental Congress. which how
ever, did not result in any action He
then wrote 10 Mercy Scholay, who was
/ in charge OF the children. their mother
ha<!nG died some time before Arnold.
though at that time poor. sent nm cr,lr,