The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-27

terfered with by the death of the King
OF Greece. Lady Decies, one OF the pref
test and youngest of our American peer
esses, win do a coed deal of entertaining
during the next few weeks. and then
Lord Deices goes into camp with the
South Irish Horse. the fine special reserve
unit of which he became eommandant
on Lord Waterford's death. Luttrell-
strcwn is Lord Annallys property, and
until recently the estate was known as
Woodlands, this name having, 1t Is said,
been given it by the present owners
grandfather, Mr.. Luke White, when he
purchased the estate from the Luttrells,
Lords Carhampton, In Difference to the
vendors wishes. 1t is charming place,
with a park and choice gardens. The
FIRST Lord Carhamptons father was Col
onel Luttrell an officer in James IFS
army, who, however. deserted his SOW
ereign, betrayed a number of Catholics.
and became major general under Will
Fam III. He was eventually assassi-
mated iii his sedan chair In Dublin, and
buried at Luttrellstrown, where so years
after his death his grave was uprooted
by the descendants of those he had be-
trayed and his skull broken into pieces.
The Carhampton title expired in 1929.
with the deaths of the third and last
earl.
Title for Prince of Wales
The Order of the Crown of Wurtem-
berg has been conferred upon the Prince
of Wales by the King of the realm, in
honor of his royal highnesss visit to
Stuttgart. It is less than century old
in its handsome form, but has a far
older history. The badge is a very
handsome affair, consisting as 1t does of
a white enamelled cross, with golden
crowns in the center as we'll as above the
Cross There are four golden lions in the
argles. and deep red band bears the
legend. Fearless and True Tho blue
ribbon is not of SO deep a tint as the
garter but matches well with the roval
blue which is used so much for these
decorations. The date on which the
prince is to receive the Black Eagle at
the hands of the German Emperor has
net yet been fixed But the Wurtemberg
ceremonial is an indication that his roy
al highness is now free to accept from
the sovereigns Of Europe those pleasant
compliments. They are priced highly as
token of international friendship, and
before very long we shall be seeing the
"Pragger Wager" with perfect blaze
OF gems and color upon his manly
breast.
Princess Has Birthday
Princess Maud of Fife, who has just
celebrated her birthday, is sweet and 20,
owed by her elder sister, the Duchess of
Fife, has marked and most attractive
personality. Her merry talk and bright
ways are much appreciated by her
friends and companions, and of all the
royal princesses she is what school boys
describe as the jolliest. Had fate or
dained that she was to have a brother,
certain it is that she would have been
the sharer in his sporting exploits and
hI1rats of "a rrnleGq rnfcchfaf Ona of
her earliest recorded antics was the trick
she played on the old white donkey which
used to draw Queen Victoria's chair at
Balmoral She mixed pepper with its
hay, with result that was fatal to Its
dignity and steadlness. And she has al
ways been a friend of her uncle, King
George, who in former days liked moth
ing better than to romp with his youth
full relative. This friendship with the
King has been strengthened by their
common love for salmon fishing.
Three Have Representatives
or the Is children of King George III.
only three have representatives today.
This is surely very remarkable fact.
The mad Kings fourth son, the Duke of
Kent, became the ancestor, through
Queen Victoria of King George "; the
seventh son of George Ill, the Duke OF
Cambridge is represented by Queen
.
Duke of Cumberland, was the ancestor
OF the present Duke OF Cumberland. Not
a single soul can claim to be descended
from either of the six daughters of the
third OF our Georgian monarchs. But the
Duke of Cambridge was the most for
tunate member of King Georges family
for, curious as it may seem, he is now
represented by more members of the
royal house than is Queen Victoria.
The Duke Of Cambridge married a
Princess of Hesse and had three children
One of them, although born as far back
as 1922, is still very much alive, in the
person of the old Dowager Grand Ouch
ess of Mecklenburg-Str Her brother
became the second duke of Cambridge,
and their sister, Princess Mary of Cam
bridge, married good looking gentle
man from Wurtemberg and became the
mother of our present gracious Queen
Mary. The second Duke of Cambridge
was therefore Queen Mary's uncle. and
III his sister Marys children the Tecks,
the duke always took a very fond In
terest.
The Duke himself was a good-hearted
though starchy, old soldier of school
now extinct, and as he came into the
world just a few weeks before Queen
Victoria, and at his birth was heir to the
crown of England, he was supposed all
his life to have had a feeling akin to
bitterness because the arrival of Queen
Victoria. a few weeks after his own
birth, had put his nose out of joint"
In so far as his acquisition Of the crown