The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-23
Must Get Married and Lose Com
mission. or Stay Single
and Be Sued.

III Ia MANoUISE DE FONTENOY.
ORD COMPTON. hitherto a lou
tenant OF the Royal Horse
Guards. and who has now.
through his fathers sudden death In
Italy. become sixth Marquis OF North
ampton. will be compelled 10 resign
his commission in the event OF his
carrying out his intention OF marrying
violet Moss, the musical comedy nc
tress, union to which his father was
bitterly opposed. On the other hand.
he is confronted by breach OF
promise case should he fail to lead her
to the altar, and in view OF the great
entailed estates and very large for
tune OF which he has now become nos
sessed, would certainly DO rnulcted in
heavy damages. Young Lord North
ampton Is no stranger on this side OF
inc Atlantic. and was over here some
siNyyears ago as Lord Compton.
The foundations OF the family for
tune were laid by the marriage or
WIN Compton. n son OF Henry Wills
favoritc gentleman in waiting to
Eliznbeth Spencer. the only daughter
and! heiress of Sir John Spencer. Lord
Mayor OF London. Will Compton was
SO notorious scapegrace that when
he fell In love with the girl the Lord
Mayor objected to his suit, and for
oade him the house In nowise dis
Outraged. Will Compton disguised
himself rs bakers apprentice. car
ried off his inainorata concealed In n
bakers basket on his shoulders, and
married her before her father had
time TO interfere. Sir John began b.
d!sinheritins his daughter. but was
induced by Queen Elizabeth TO become
reoonciled to her. and when he died
he left her his great fortune which
was estimated al s5,O00OOo a colossal
sum In those Gays. Its amount seem
ed to turn The head OF his son-in-law
For he INDUCED in such insane extra
vagance, spending $4,000 in n fort
night. that his wife secured his in
generation for few months in the
Tower of London. until he has re-
covered his mental balance. Although
created. by reason OF his wtfes for
tune. Earl Of Northampton. no to the
end OF his days was known to his
contemporaries tho crazy lord
owing TO the dementia to which he
had given way on his sudden acccs-
sion to riches
II was from Lord Mayor Spencer
that the Lords OF Northampton in
heritcd Canonbury Tower which has
ever since remained In their posses
sion. 1t is ono OF the most intereat-
ing relics of suburban London. was
written about in the most interesting
fashion by Washington Irving, and
back as in the fourteenth century. In
the latter part of the nfteenth and
sixteenth centuries II was used for
religious purposes as a priory, and
shared the fate OF most establishments
OF that kind in the reign OF Henry
WILL. who presented IL to Thomas,
Lord Cromwell, Ills gentlenan-in-w wait
ing. 1t was rented for time to Sir
Nicholas Bacon. and then passed into
the possession of Sir John Spencer,
the Lord Mayer. In his time an un-
successful attempt was made by
pirates hailing from Dunkirk, to kid
nap him, and to hold him to ransom
while on his way from Canonbury
Tower 10 his town house. Crosby Hall.
In Bishopsgate, which, until few
years ago, was one OF the most pic
turesQue survivals Of Elizabethan
architecture In tho metropolis
The Lords OF Northampton have fire.
quentiy accorded the hospitality OF
Canonbury Tower and house to dis
tinSuishcd people, among them being
Oliver Goldsmith. who found refuge
there from his creditora. and who is
said TO have written The Vicar OF
Wakefield' and The Traveller" be-
meath Its roof. Ephraim Chambers,
father of the encyclopedias. lived
there. and was buried from thence IN
Westminster Abbey: and among other
famous writer's who have found shelter
at Canonbury was Christopher Smart.
whose Song to David" has been pro-
nounced by Eossctti and by Robert
Browning. 20 have been the only
great accomplished poem OF tho
eighteenth century"
The new Lord Northampton owes