The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26
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instead upon one of the Kings lords in
waiting. namely. Lord Wilmington
This appointment will be of interest
to every reader of the late Lady Bras
sey's so popular and fascinating volume
entitled The Voyage of the Sunbeam
portraying the life of the authoress and
of her children on board what's to this
day probably the most famous steam
yacht aioat. For Lady Wilmington is
the Marie Brassey who figures on al
most every page of the book.
IT was while steaming from Bombay
southwards. en- route to Australia. on
board the Sunbeam. that Lady willing
don. when the yacht was two days out
from Bombay, lost her mother IN so
mysterious fashion. Lady Brassey
had left her husband and daughters on
deck. to go below for an after tin'n
siesta- She was in the best of spirits.
and in perfect health. while the wea-
Their was ideal. the sea as smooth as
glass with not breath of wind. NO
one ever saw Lady 6rassey again There
was nothing to show that she ever
reached her cabin. No one heard OF saw
her fall or jump overheard Yet she
must have done either the one or the
other. since no trace of her could be
found on the yacht. nor has ever any
clue been found 20 the mystery
An equally remarkable though far
less tragic mystery of the ocean on
that particular voyage of the sunbeam
was the discovery on the surface OF
the Indian Ocean. thousands OF miles
away from land and hundreds OF miles
distant from the track of ocean liners,
of a beautifully rugged toy sailboat.
such as one sees on the ponds and
lakes in Central Park. New York, and
on the Serpentine. in Hyde Park. Lon
don. OF on the Round Pond in Ken
sina.on Gardens. The boat. without
any name of its maker or anything
that could give a clue to its owner
ship. beyond its schooner rigging. was
sailing along without even any signs
of being weatherbeaten- How 10 same
there or how long &. had been there.
Lord Brassey has never been able TO
discover. and 10 hangs to-day as one
of the strangest of relics from the
ceiling Of the perfect museum of curios
which he has in his Park Lane house
in London
Lord Wiilingdon received his peer
age on the nomination OF Premier
Asauith few months before the death
of Edward VII. formerly repre-
seoted the Bodnin Division Of Corn
wall in the House of Commons. and
belongs TO a family which settled in
Sussex towards the close OF the eigh-
tccnfh century to enjoy very large
fortune. which. under the name OF
Freeman Thomas. 10 had derived from
extensive possessions IN the Wcst
Indies. notably in Antigua. Lord Viii
kingdoms father vas an officer OF tho
ride Brigade. hts mother a daughter
81 that first Niscount Hampton. 50
long Speaker OF Tire House Of Com
mons. and who vas also twenty-fourth
Lord Dac~e. Lord Wiiiingdons coun-
trv scat t. Ration Hall. near East
bourne lie u about forty-six. very
rich IN his own right and also through
his marriage. and - a great cricketcr.
having csptained both the Eton and
the Cambridge University eievens.
re vas 4. ID. {. TO his fatheT-in-isw.
Lord Brassey. when the latter was
Governor % Vicforis. and served -
major OF the SUSSEX reomsnry through
the south African War.
A long 80 the late Countess %
FLANDERS. mother Of King Albert. 81
prIolufc vas alive. she would never
perraif any authoritative dental Of the
.c.Sraious stories relating 70 the SUD
lar death OF her eldest con. Prince
BALDWIN stories which were 20 the ef-
feet that he had been Killed IN .
fracas IN q house IN the Avenue Louise.
in BRUSSELS. about the American prima
donna, sibyl Sardsrson. who died - the