The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-26
HE is DESCENDANT
OF QUEEN HORTENSE

necessary to eXpectorate. i'm token OF
eMecration and disgust, when the name
Of 1loeckcren d'Anthes is mentioned
Hceckercn dAnthes. on leaving Rus
STA. made his way to Paris. and eleven
years later. when his alfbrother. Ma
poleon Ill. WAS elected to the prcsl
dency OF the French republic. he at.
tached himself to his fortunes. After
the coup d'etat which landed Napo-
leon on the throne of France. HeccS
crcn d'Anthes was created Il Senator.
and received a number of other lucra-
tive Offices and diSnities, besides an
annuity from the imperial privy purse.
He had son and namesakc, Baron
George Heeckeren dAnthcs. whose
son. Young Lothairc lieeckeren dan
thes, is to we'd AN American on Tues
day next, Lothaire being. therefore.
great grandson of Queen Hortense.
IL is of interest to note here that
the child TO whom the widow of Alex
ander Pushkin gave birth four months
after his death. and the paternity of
whom the poet had been inclined TO
ascribe to his brother in aw-though
there does not appear TO have been
much foundation for the SUSPICION
married, when she grew up. General
Doubeit chief of the Russian secret
police, eloped from him with Prince
Nicholas of Nassau. brother of Queen
sophie of Sweden, and is by Prince
Torby who is the morGanatic wife of
Grand Duke Michael Of Russia.
Lady loan Byns. daughter OF the
present Earl OF STAFFORD. has gone
much about in English society under
the chaperonage OF her American aunt.
Cora. Countess OF STAFFORD. who was
born as Cora Smith, of New Orleans.
and was widow in turn OF Samuel Col
gate, of New York, and the fcu; IL
AL ,.f <-I Ea,. IL, tai.
husband being Martyr T. kennard. of
Norfolkshire. that the news of her en-
gagcment to the eldest and heir
of tho wealthy Lord Dunleath may
prove of interest to n number of my
readers
Lady Joans fance is captain Of the
Irish Guards. in which he serves as
tho Hon. Andrew Mulholland-a name
familiar throughout Ireland in connec-
ton with the ownership by his family
OF the great York Street Flax Spin
ming Company, of Belfast. Indeed
Lord Dunleath. the head of the CON
Germ. and the chief of the particularly
prosperous flax spinning industry OF
the Emerald Isle, shares with the brew
Ing peers. Lords Ardilaun and Iveagh,
the distinction of being one OF the
three richest men in Ireland
The match is q fortunate ono for
Lady Joan. who a pretty and clever
girl of about twenty-four. has no
money whatsoever In fact. her father,
the Earl of Strafford. one of the parson
members Of tho House OF Lords. is
among the most impecunlous OF peers.
He was. prior to his accession to the
title, chaplain TO the Speaker OF the
House of Commons.
His succession to the family honors
was the result Of "A tragedy. For on
the very day that his American sister
in-law. Cora. was presented at court as
Countess OF Strafford. her husband
that is to say. his brothcr-was run
over by n railroad train and killed a;
Potter's Bar, near London.
The present earl used to be known
by the name of Poodle" Byng. owing
TO his curly hair. and in order to avoid
being charge upon him, two of Lady
Joans elder sisters started n shop for
fine work and embroidery in Belgrave
street. London. One OF these sisters.
Lady Dorothy Cuthbert, was accident
ally killed by her husband while out
pheasant shooting with him Their
1 marriage had been a snGularly happy
one. and he became insane with grief
being for months afterwards under re-
straint to prevent him from harming
himself. He has now recovered hui
leads a very retired life
The present line of the E.arls OF
Straford is descended from a Younger
son OF the first Lord Torrington. who
was Governor of Barbados. and a
o'othcf OF mat Inflated ADMIRAL John
Byng. who was shot. in accordance
with the sentence Of court martial i'm
100. on the quarterback of his own
ia eship. AT Portsmouth, on conviction
or failure TO relieve Mnorca when il
was being besieged by the French
feet.
The earldom was created in favor
OF John Byng, who died as field mar
snai, and who was one OF the most
distinguished commanders of the PENN
sular War and al the battle OF Waterloo
lie was allowed To take the title of
Stfaftord. owing TO the fact that his
mo'her was granddaughter and the
heiress of the last of the Wentworth
Earls Of STAFFORD.
Copyright, 1913, by the Brentwood
Company