The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-28

and for that of the commemorative
These peers all have rho charac-
teristic and time honored preference
OF tho old nobility for property II
iand. rather than in stocks and bonds.
Land appears to them now, as it has
done for hundreds Of years past. as a
safer investment than industrial or
commercial enterprises. and, above
all. moro respectable. That is why
Lloyd Georges new land bill, WITH
It's menace. not merely OF increased
taxation but Of appropriation at gov
eminent valuation. Will give rise to
= considerable influx Of English
scotch ,-ud Irish peers into Canada
bent. liko the late Duke Of Sutherland
on exchanging their POSSESSIONS in
. the old country for land in the Do
minion.
Lord Ipswich is fine, stalwart
young fellow. almost rs tall and broad
as his uncle. the late Earl OF Euston
vino. an Anak ia stature. on several
occasions represented King Edward,
prior and subsequent to his accession
70 tho throne. ut great Masonic gath
erings in the United States and IN
Canada tic is descended in the direct
male limo from King Charles H.. who
created tie dlk"dom OF Grafton for
his Legitimate son by Barbara
N!llicrs. Duchess ofe Cleveland. As
such. Lord ipswich's grandfather. the
present Duke OF Grafton. who is nine
ty-threc years OF age. has the right
70 bear the. royal arms Of England
France. scotland and Ireland dc
bruised by Il bar sinister.
When | announced III these letters
the other day the death in Paris. OF
the president of the French Jockey
| Club the Due de I'cZensac. without
male issue. L predicted that his duke
dom would soon he usurped by some
other member OF the AIontesuuieu
family. although the patent by which
King Louis \NllI. created the duke
dom Of Fexensac. i'm 1924. explicitly
restricted its descent to the new
dukes nephew. Raymond. the son of
the dukes elder brother. and 10 Ray
mond de Montesquieu Fezcnsac's de
scendants III the male line only.
There are no descendants in the male
line from Raymond. second Duke OF
fczensac. left. The late duke had
two daughters only: one of them mar
rieG To Count Francois de Maillc, and
they have Inherited his property.
The dukedom has now been coolly
assumed by the Marquis Joseph dc
MontcsQuicu, who is descended from
another brother Of the Duke de Fez-
cnsac. OF tho Restoration. and who
is not. according to the patent of the
dukedom. at All in the limo OF success
sion. II is a most Migrant piece Of
usurpation. He has had tho impudcnce
to send notification To the leading
organs Of the French press or his
assumption OF the dukcdoin. and as
he is Very rich, through his wife, who
was one OF the hciresses of her multi
mill ~ Il
Cecile Hcinc. and has lots of money
u carry off the usurpation. the title
VIII be generally accorded 10 him.
lie VIII not, however. be permitted
10 use il in any official document.
The government OF the republic. al
though il processes 10 despisc titles,
is very severe about this matter. 1t
viii permit no uobiliary title to he
used ia official documents. or for any
official purpose. that has not been
registered by the keeper of the Great
| Seal OF France, on the succession Of
its holder; and this dignitary. who is
also the Minister Of Justice, is eX-
tremcly strict in refusing To register
any title OF nobility. unless the appli.
cant is able To furnish the most con
/ vincing documentary evidence that he
| is the legal heir thereof according 10
/ French law.
The laws in France still in exist
I encc. and dealing with the descent of
7 nobiliary titles restrict them to the
descent in the male line, except in
! certain rare cases duly specified iii
the patent. Unfortunately. there are
no such penalties III France as are
provided in Germany. Austria, and a
number OF other Continental countries,
in the way Of fines and imprisonment.
for the unwarrantcd use OF nobiliary
/ titles for social purposes.
I ocopyriGht 1919. by the Brentwood
CompanN.D