The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-03
VANE GETS
EMPTY SATISFACTION

Court Grants Judgment of $780,
600 Against Virtually PENN
less Man.
ny LA mARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
A RTHuR e. 8. sEBRIGHT has
"A figured so frequently during the
past twenty years In connection
with unsavory financial scrapes that
have engaged the attention Of the
English law courts. and has been the
subject OF so much unpleasant motto
riety. that it Is difficult to understand
how Captain tho Hon. Henry Cecil
Vane, eldest son and heir OF Lord
Barnard. could havo been SO foolish as
to have consented to accord to him
tho use OF his namo in tho backing
OF notes to tho tune of nearly Slb0,vo0
Tho bills were discounted by usurers,
for the benefit OF Arthur Sebright,
and. as he was unable to tako the
notes up, Captain Vane, or rather his
father Lord Barnard, has had to pay.
The only satisfaction that Vano has
got out OF It has been that tho courts
have granted him a Judgment OF 3l4O,-
900 or more against Scbright. 1t is
at the best an empty satisfaction, since
Arthur Sebright is virtually penniless
Captain Vane ought to have known
better, being over thirty years Of age
a member of the Bachelors Club and
formerly A. D. g. to Lord Ampthill
when the latter was Governor of Mad
ras and acting Viceroy OF India. For
tunatcly. his father Is very we'll off,
although at one time ho wae In some
what straitened circumstances.
Prior to 1880 Lord Barnard. then
known as Harry Vane, held very
subordinate clerkship in the Depart
ment of Public Charities. a post which
brought him salary OF about $1,000
"A year, beyond which he had little to
1.-Two on. Ely the demise Of the last
Duke of Cleveland who was his grand
uncle. but whom he scarcely knew, and
hv virtue OF the peculiar provisions of
his will, he passed from this relative
penury into the enjoyment of $4,000
4 year. the barony OF Barnard, with
a. seat in the House of Lords. and the
possession OF Raby Castle, and of the
Raby Castle estates
Raby Castle Is 4 grand old place.
dating back tc the thirteenth century
the most notable object being the vast
hall. which possesses an arched roof
supported by eight octagonal columns
1t Is approached by an arched door
way. over which still frowns a port
cullis, and through Its doorway the
carriages drive right Into tho hail.
past the roaring log fires. which In
winter burn in huge CRATES on either
side. under the gas jets depending
from the roof to the doorway ut the
further end of the hall. which is the
entrance OF tho castle proper.
Lord Barnard WAS not permitted TO
enter upon the possession OF Raby I'm
peace. For within three months after
the dukes death, suit was commenced
against him by Sir Frederick Mlbank,
/ father of that Henry Vane Milbank
who came over to America to net as
second to his friend. Fl. Alsop Borrowe.
| in the duel which he was TO have
f! fought with Coleman Drayton, but
which never came or. Another of the
contestants in tho suit was Captain
Francis Forester like Lord Barnard,
! a granddaughter OF the last Duke of
| cleveland.
The old duke. who had mover shown
any interest or affection for Harry
Vane, knew that there would be con-
test with regard to the succession to
| the barony Of Barnard. At the same
timo. he was anxious that the peerage
| in question should not be Inherited by
any ono without sufficient means to
maintain 1t with batting dignity and
splendor. Accordingly. he left will
bequcathing Raby Castle. rs well us
| Cleveland House, In st. James's Square,
and an income of $4,000 year. ito
any person living who shall within
tho period of five years after my death.
establish mis- title to the barony of
Barnard" Failing this. tho Raby Cas-
tie estate, Cleveland House, and the
| $4,000 n year were to go to his fnv-
orito granddaughter. Captain Forester,
| in addition to tho latters other large
bequests. Henry vnno finally estab-
lished his pretensions TO the barony
| of Barnard to The satisfaction OF the
Committee Of Privileges OF the House
OF Lords and of the crown, and so Sc
cured Raby Castle He claimed it on
the strength OF his descent from Nor
gan Vane. tho second grcat-grandson
of that Sir Harry Yane from whom, 1t
may he remembered. oliver Cromwell
publicly prayed the Lord to deliver
/ him, when he cleared out the House
of Commons. The claim was contest
cd by Captain Forester; not because
he denied Harry Vanes lineal descent,
| but In consequence of flaw in con-
nection with the birth of the latter's
father, who came into the world only
! three months after the marriage OF
his parents.
| Lord Barnard. It Is generally known.
will receive, when the Unionist party
returns to office, revival in his favor
OF the former earldom of Darlington.
which at one time belonged to his
family.
| AS for Arthur scbright. he is an
cx-convict. In December. 1903, he was
convicted OF swindling the Marquis OF
Downshlre. and sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment with hard labor.
He also served another six months i'm
prisonment In 1898. for obtaining
money under false pretenses: and n
little later achieved the extraordinary
feat OF swindling the terribly impe-
cunious Marquis OF Huntly out OF
! $1,000. for which he was arrested and
charged at Bow Street Police Court,
the case being compromised through
the payment OF tho money to Lord
Hunt]y by members OF the Sebright