The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
WIFI E is DAUGHTER
OF CRIMEAN VETERAN

portion OF the mansion last week. the
private chapel escaped destruction.
Lady keninare's mother. who is a con-
vert to the Roman Catholic Church.
had determined that this chapel should
be absolutely perfect of its kind OF
exquisite proportions, with it's altar of
transparent Oriental onyx. it's white
and green marble walls. it's costly mo-
sales. Its beautiful paintings. its gor-
Seous old silver candlcsticks encrusted
with coral. and its rare embroidered
vestments. 1t is a perfect gem Of &C.
clesiastical art.
One of the features of Killarney
House has been the beauty OF the door
handles. the majority of which are
formed OF richly chased and wonder
fully enameled seventeenth and ciSh-
teenth century warehouses; 1t is to
be feared that most of these have been
lost In the flames as well as the mag
nihcent old Spanish embossed leather
hundreds of years old. with which the
large dining room Is. or was, tapes
tried.
Killarney House. although built by
the late Lord kcnmare, at cost Of
over million dollars some forty years
ago, looked, with its Elizabethan style
of architecture. all covered with creep
ers. very much older mansion, and
the windows and terraces commanded
an unbrokcn view of some fifteen miles
OF the famous Killarney lake and
mountain scenery-a scenery that en-
joys world wide celebrity.
Lord and Lady Kenmare will receive
general sympathy for the loss of their
beautiful home. For they have done
much good in the district, and Lady
kcnmare, in particular, has established
among other things a thriving indus
trial school at Killarney. Indeed, both
she and her husband have spent much
time, trouble and money in promoting
and developing Irish industries, having
founded amongst other things n most
successful furniture factory. where
beautiful and artistic articles are de-
signed and executed
The Brownies. of whom Lord Ken
mare is the head. hailed originally
from Hertfordshire. and in the reign
of Henry VIII. had their seat at Tot
teridGc, in that county. and at Creft
i'll Lincolnshire. But in 1883 Queen
Elizabeth appointed Sir Valentine
Browne surveyor of escheated lands in
Ireland. Five years later he purcha sed
from Donald Earl. of Glencare, many
OF the latter's lands and manors in
the counties of Kerry and Cork, and
subsequently, obtained from James L.
who was very fond of him. n grant OF
all the estates Of Lord Glencare. on
the latter dying intestate, without
issue. The grant, which bears the sign
manual of King James, and the date
of 1852, expressly stipulates that 1t
include the Lakes of Killarney with
all the islands In the same, and the
| fisheries of the said lake, and the soil
and the bottom thereof" For time
all these great possessions of land and
water belonging TO the Brownies were
confiscated, owing to their loyalty to
James H., and to the Stuart. that is to
say. the Jacobite cause. 1t was not
hVlfi h Il
Jury that the lands were restored, and
now MA, namely the e" ea rid na" ans
oaronetcy OF kenmare and the Wis
county of Castleross, were confirmed
to them by George III.
1t was while he was Lord Castleross,
| before the death of his father, that
the present Earl of Kenrhare furnished
| striking illustration OF his chilval-
rous sense of honor. Married to the
Hon. Elizabeth Barring, sister of the
| present Earl of Reeve lstoke, he had re-
ceived with her large dowry. When
| the house of Barring got into Difficult
ues. some twenty years ago. Lord
| Castlcross came forward and volun
tarily surrendered to the liouidators
| OF the firm the entire amount of his
! wires dowry for the benefit OF the
Barring creditors. AS every one knows.
the liquidation required number
Oh years, ana eventually resulted in
the payment in full of all the obliga
lions OF the firm. by means OF its as
, sets, so that Lord and Lady Kenn,are
! ultimately received their money back
| rms does not, however, in any way
diminish the merit OF the heavy sacri-
nee which they made two decades ago.
Tor time reducing themselves to ali
solute poverty, for the sake of the
honor Of the house of Barring
copyright. 1913. by the Brentwood
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