The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-03
PURSE NOT IN KEEPING
WITH HIS ROYAL IDEAS
ancial difficulties arise from his many
sided cult OF the GODDESS OF Chance.

Lady Kinloss. peerless in her own
right and daughter OF the third and
last Duke OF buckingham and Chan
dos. has just come into considerable
fortune and an estate known as
Lanston. in Forfarshire. through the
death OF Lady Harvey. daughter OF
Sir Robert Harvey. There is curious
story attached to this fortune and be-
quest. which Lady Kinloss owes 10 her
descent from Alexander Gavin, beadle
and sexton of the parish church OF
Lunan, Forfarshire, in tho early part
OF the eighteenth century.
1t happened that In the time OF
Alexander Gavin's father. who was al
so beadle OF the parish church OF Lun-
an. that Dutch vessel was wrecked
in Lunan Bay, her captain being hos
pitnbly entertained in the beadle's
house. The friendship thus formed re-
suited in the eventual marriage OF the
Dutch captain to the old beadles
daughter. Catherine, who proceeded
with her husband to Holland where
he made fortune in trade. Alex
ander Gavin, after succeeding his
father as beadle. married, and had n
| son of the name OF David, who while
young man. Joined his uncle and
aunt in Holland, became partner In
tho business, and made n large for
tune OF hiE own, besides inheriting
that OF his uncle and aunt. He there
upon returned to Scotland.
David Gavins first care was to pro-
| vide literally for the comfort of his
! parents, and, in 1858, he purcha sed
| from the Cockburn family the beaSitl-
I full estate Of Langton. In ITO he
married Lady Betty Malta nd. a daugh-
ter OF the seventh Earl OF Lauder
dale. His only daughter by this mar
| riage became Warehouses of Breadal-
bane. She left the Langton estate and
the Gavin fortune to her eldest daugh-
ter Lady Elizabeth Pringle the
younger daughter being Mary. Ouch
ess OF buckingham Lady Pringle had
two daughters, namely. Mrs. Baillie
Hamilton. and Lady Harvey each OF
whom succeeded in turn to the Lang
ton estate and Gavin fortune. Leav
ing no Issue, the entire property now
passes 10 Mary. Duchess Of Bucking-
hams granddaughter. Lady Kinloss.
Lady kinloss's pcerage, Scotch
barony, created in 1901, in favor or
Sir Edward Bruce. who was twice Scot
fish ambassador to England during
the reign Of Queen Elizabeth and
who took his title from Kinloss Alb
oey. OF which he had been the com
mendator in 1893, is very curious
remainder to the heirs male OF the
first lord, and. falling them. to his
heirs whatsoever. and failing them, to
his assignee. That is to say, II all or
the heirs of blood were TO die out. the
last OF them would be able to bequeath
the peerage to a perfect stranger, by
means of will. as n lesatee. This is
the only British honor which liz de-
scendablc in this peculiar manner.
Lady kinloss. however. owes the
possession Of this peerage to her de-
scent, through the distaf side OF the
house, from the first Lord kinloss, her
father. the third and last Duke or
Buckingham and of Chandos, having
been tenth Lord Kinloss. His duke
dom became extinct on his death In
1889. when his earldom OF Temple went
to his nephew. Gore I.angton. of New
ton Park, his viscounty of Gotham to
his cousin. Lord Lyttleton. and his
barony of Kinloss to his daughter,
, who, up To that time had been known
as Lady Mary Morgan having mar
ried the late Major Luis Morgan. Of
the Lancaster Regiment.
She inherited from her fether. along
! with the barony Of Kiuioss, TIT great
/ Palace OF stowe in BuckinghamS hire,
/ which. with the fortune which she has
| now inherited. she will be able 10 keep
I up better than in times past. In fact.
| the expense Of maintaining Stowe has
! compelled her TO let II whenever she
! could flnd tenant, and II was occu-
| pied from the time OF his exile from
/ France until his death, by the Comte
| dc Paris, and afterwards by Baron de
| Forest.
! 1t is approached by a magnificent
| avenue of elms over two miles In
! length. through a stately Corinthian
| arch. sixty feet high, the facade oil
| The building being no less than 1000
! feet in length. The main floor OF the
| mansion is reached by an immense
! flight Of steps, OF which a famous wit
remarked that there is no getting out
! of the house after dinner without
| tumb!ing down flight OF steps as
| high as St Pauls." The Kitchen OF
! Stove is one OF the features or the
! place, and its open CRATE Is in proper
ton Ia the vastness OF the palace
holding a fun ton of coal at time
Another feature is the cedar wans-
coting of the private chapel. the
carvings of which date from Eliza
1 bethan times; while the ceiling OF the
great library contains no fewer than
! Il9 duarierings OF the family arms or
the Temples, the Grenvilles, the New
tons. the Chandoses, and the Kinlosses
The pleasure grounds, extending ever
1000 acres, constitute the finest cN-
ample of landscape gardening in the
United Kingdom, and are immortahZed
IN the verses of Pope, and In the prose
OF Horace Wnlpo1e. On the death or
Lady kinloss. her peeragc. and Stowe,
Will pass to her eldest son, now known
as the Master Of kinloss, and who is