The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-17
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fered IN the shipwreck. This wreck
was attended by considerable loss
Of life. Then there was King Ed
wards sailo. brother, Alfred. Duke OF
Edinburgh and Coburg, who. while
COMMANDING the British naval forces
IN the Mediterranean, ran his flagship.
the sultan, Oh to rock. near Malta,
the vessel laundering. In this in
stance however, no lives we.e lost.
There are branches OF the Hope fam
ily in France and in Holland. and one
81 them. Thomas Hope. of Paris. was
the former owner 81 the palace in the
Faubourg st. Gcrmain, so long tile
home OF that Princess de SaEan. nee
Seill!ere. WHO died as DuchcSsc de Tai
ieyrand, and which is now owned b. one
OF the principal art dealers OF the
French metropolis.
Hopctoun, the ancestral home OF the
Marquis OF Liniithgow and where Lord
Charles Hope Mas born. has q window
for every day III the year. II stands
on q magnificent terrace. overlooking
the estuary Of the Forth. and is fun
Of magnificent masterpieces by Van
dyke, Itubens and Titan. The late
Lord linlithsow VINO used 10 hc
known a. the Earl OF Hopetoun, was
advanced To the marddisatc OF Linlith-
gov for his services as first Governor
y
tralia. and as secretary for Scotland.
with seat III the Cabinet.
Inasmuch IS Etiemme Dejcan, for
many years director % the National
Archives OF France who has just died,
recently published "a work dealing
with the Royal!st rising Of lS3e-lS33
in France in the Ecudce, which de-
MES the existence at that time OF the
marriage OF Its leader. the Royal
Duchesse do Berry. 10 Count Hector
Lucchesi, 81 Dejean taking the same
view as the Comtesse de Boigne, in
her widelyread memoirs. il is only
fair To point out that an official record
OF the existence Of this marriage at
the epoch IL question may Dc found
at the Vatican.
The wedding took place ct Rome on
December Il, 1881, the ceremony be-
ing performed by the Able de Roz-
even. and its record will be found on
page III of the volume In l.ibro primo
Malrimoniorum," in which are emu
merated the marriages OF note per-
formed with the sanction Of the Car
dinal vicar OF the Eternal CITY in that
year. The marriage Is entered with
others on the page set for that par
ticular date. and as the numbers of
the pages follow one another in due
order. there Is no possibility OF the
record having been inserted at sub
seQuent period. Any one who wishes
10 convince himself OF the correctness
OF this statement has only to apply to
Mgr. Waenzel. the chief archiVist. or
the learned Father Hoerle, who is at
the head OF the Vatican library. who
Will undoubtedly allow him TO see the
register in question.
This establishes the fact that when
the duchess. in captivity ut the Castle
of Blaye. gave birth on April 10, 1893,
to her daughter. who received the
name OF Anna RoSalic. she had already
been married for sixteen months or
more, and that the child was. there-
fore, born I'm weGlock, and was not il
! Legitimate. as asserted by the late NJ.
| Dcican and by The Comtesse dc
| IoigLc. King Charles y, father OF the
Duchesse de Berrys first husband,
was most anXious to prove that the
| child was Legitimate. but convinced
| himself by the official records Mt the
| Vatican that the marriage had been
, solemniZed in duo order. and admits;
| tho fact In a letter which Is now in
the possession of that well known and
! erudits royalist author. the Vicomte
| de Reset.
| NJ dc Reiset has also In his pos
! session a letter. found by the Comte
| I.ucchesrs grandson, the present Duke
! della Graaia, at his Austrian chateau
| OF Brunnsee, in which the count in
| 1899 entreats tho duchess to relieve
| him OF his pledge to tho secrecy OF
| their marriage, in order that no might
join her In her venture to raise the
Royalists of Vendee in behalf of her
son by her first MARRIAGE; that son
E, who died as Comte de Chambord, and
who, as a tcn-year old child. reigned
f.,,. h.,tt I.,ray -
Henry v.
lie has also the duchesss answer
| TO her italian husband. in which she
declines to release him from his prom
Use, pointing out TO him that II