The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
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~ old garden, while tho remainder or
his body rests beside that of his wife,
in Westminster Abbey.
Swift, il may be remembered, was
In the employ OF Sir william Temple
as his secretary at Moor Park, and
William Ill, who was constant vIsl-
tor TO the place, is on record as hav-
Ing on one occasion amused himself
there By teaching Swift how to cut
asparagus IN true Dutch fashion.
Near BY Is Waverley Abbey. from which
sir Walter Scott took the name now
principally associated with his Waver-
ley novels.
Ihen, again, there is tho celebrated
naturalist. Charles J. Waterton, who,
dying in 1865, contributed more than
any other Engl!shman to make his
countrynen and Europe generally &C
qua!nted with the natural history OF
the United States. He was buried ac-
cording TO his testamentary direction
between two old fav5rite oak trees. in
" alton Park, near his ancestral home
In Yorkshire. The spot was especially
cohsecrated by priest .: the Roman
catholic Church. IN which Charles
Watcrton died. declaring that he
would rather run the risk OF going 10
hell with Edward the Confessor, tho
Venerable Bedc. and 81. Thomas
= docket OF Canterbury, than make a
dash for heaven in company with
Henry VIII. Queen Elizabeth and
Dutch william"
also remember reading OF tho
widow OF Cromwellian soldier. named
Taylor. who was buried in the garden
OF her house at Brig, standing upright,
side by side with her husband and
daughter, who had> been Inferred in
Ike fashion. Here in tho United
states know of but TWO instances of
the kind; the first. in one Of the most
beautiful country seats Of Wcstchcs-
Ter County. y Y. where the present
owner preserves with pious care the
little mausolcum containing the re-
mains OF long ago owner OF the
property; while on Grymes Hill, Staten
Island there is likewise. in the
grounds Of one Of the finest mansions
thcrc right under the drawing room
windows the tomb of the much-loved
daughter OF the proprietor.
The late Lord Nunburnholmc during
the closing years of his lie declined
10 permit cards TO be played at Warter
frlory, owing 10 the sensational
baccarat scandal which gave so evil
name 10 Tranty croft, the country
seat in the same county of his brother.
Arthur Wilson
not long survived her favorite brother.
Lord Archibald Campbell. and her
death VIII prolonS the mourning OF n
very large family connection. includ-
ing her eldest brother the Duke OF
Argyll, and his wife. the Princess
Louise II is distinct loss 10 Eng
iish society, over which she exercised
most conservative and restraining
influence, her own birth. her husband
position and enormous wealth enabling
her to act with an Independence and
an authority TO which no other wo-
man could lay claim. She will be laid
TO rest In Westminster Abbey. the
Dukes OF northumberland enioyinG
the to-day rare hereditary prerogative
Of interment IN this British Walhalla
Formerly many of the great houses of
the aristocracy possessed this right.
But they have either become extinct.
or have allowed the privilege to laDse
The northumberland vault In West
minister Abbey is situated beneath the
Chapel of ST. Nicholas. which was the
scene OF terrible accident on the
occasion OF the funeral of the famous
Elizabeth Percy first Duchess OF
OF the present crea-
ton. Her obscquies, as customary in
the eighteenth century, began Mt II
+. NJ. BY some mismanagement, n
number of men and boys had been al
lowed TO climb UP and seat themselves
on the front OF the adjoining Chapel
Of st. Edmund, when the whole screen,
weighing three tons came down to-
gethcr with n portion of the tomb OF
st. John of Ethan Several were
killed. numbers terribly injured, and
tho funeral service was delayed until
the small hours OF the morning
The only women who have been hon
ored by burial IN tho abbey within the
last hundred years have been the
grandmother OF the present Duke OF
northumberland; Lady Burdett-Coutts.
who was cntombed there in 1907; old
Mrs Gladstone, who few years pre-
viously had been laid TO rest beside
the remains OF her hus nd the Grand
Old Man, ana Lady Augusta Stanley, |
wife OF tho celebrated Dean Stanley. |
The mother OF the present duke de-
clined to reposo there. She was a |
daughter OF the great banker, Henry
Drummond, so we'll known as one OF
the founders OF the church originated
by Edward Irving, and insisted upon
being buried in the churchyard at AL |
bury Park, her fayorite home In Sur
rev.
rhc entertainments OF the late
Duchess OF Northumberland were not
wildly amusing but thew were wide