The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22
NEWSPAPER MANAGED
AND OWNED By WOMAN

ana is married to the seventh Earl OF
bathurst. great grandson of that Lord
Bathurst whose name Is SO profoundly
eHecrated BY the BonapartIsls owing
TO the circumstance that he was the
statesman responsible for the exile and
captivity of the First Napoleon at ST
Helena.
Curiously enough. the present Lady
Bathurst is a very great adInirer Of
Napoleon, and when. during the Bocr
war, her husband. Lord Bathurst, was
selected by the British government to
command the garrison of st. Helena
where General CronJe and some thous-
anus or Roer prisoners were informed
until the end OF the conflict, she made
her quarters in a bungalow erected for
the accommodation of her husband and
herself on the Longwood estate, only
short distance from the house which
I mad been the residence OF the First
I Napoleon. and where he dic.I Her let
tcrs throughout her years STAY In ST.
iciena were all dated from Long wood
and II certainly seemed strange to re-
ceive letters bearing the signature of
bathurst from such an address,
Lady Bathurst was very ANXIOUS TO
buy Lonewood. but found that Queen
Victoria. on the occasion or her first
stay In Paris. had made a present of 1t
10 Napoleon H.. while visiting with
him the tomb of the first Emperor.
under the dome of the Palace of the
lnNalides. incidentally, may add
mat Longwood has, since Lady Bath
ursts stay on tho island, been al
lowed to fall into a lamentable state
or wreck and ruin. owing 10 the fnct
thht neither Empress Eugene nor tho
Bonapartist pretender at Brussels nor
yet the French government, will con-
! trihute a penny piece 10 keep the place
in repair.
Lady Bathurst never makes any
secret as to her resentment about the
manner In which the First Napoleon
was treated at 81. Helena. and insis,s
th;tt ms exile there is ono or the most
ueplorabie pages or English history.
She also states that his taller. Sir
iuason Lowe. was stupid. mcndacious.
ana little OF gentleman" and that
ne contributed more than anything
else 10 give Englshmen the rcputa
ton OF being cruel"
Lady Bathurst is one OF the hest
known women in London society TIT.
IS que 10 the fact that her parents
mouse was among the most hospitahle
al LONDON, that her mothers salons on
loyea European reputation, and thar
AFTER Lady Glenesk's death II was she
Lady Bathurst. who was wont RI do
lne honors OF her fathers establish
ment. The house of the lare Lord and
i.'uS 1ithesk was in Piccadilly. lust
east oil the Bachelors Club, and form
cry belonged to the poet Byron II
was there that the bard wrote h,s
farlsina' and his Siege OF Corjnth =.
a i.u ~ was there, too, that he spent
ms brief married life, its salopa co,
shutting the scene of his final enamel
ana parting with Lady Byron. Lady
bathurst inherited IL from her farther
on his death but after q few ycara
she sold 1t. and moved to Bruton
street. owing to the fact that picca -.
oliiy' with its motor buses, its PRO
oi socialists, OF unemploye ed,
ana or sunragettes. has pecoms an
noisy as TO be disagreeable 40 r.s,
dencc q 1881
Lazy bathurst has been cndeayor;ne
~ considerable time past 10 dis
\ cover certain family portraits which
tofNherly belonged To the BatbursI
hS, OUT winch In some way or other
asno, nreh aiienated. and which are
sehefaiiy believed to be scattered
among private collections on hi. .ida
ol inc Atlantic. Tie paintings have
beeh missing since 1911, ana when
thcy were last heard OF were adnrn.
ing the walls Of the ancient Eathu,s,
manor mouse of Franks. near Farming
nam. III Kent, now owned by I,or,, ~,
uls', which had come Into the nos
esSiol OF man Of the namo OF ras
hef. through his marriage with a Mic,
! nathuFst. helrcss OF The manor ~
ranks and OF its contents The mr.
Ihi's include ono OF I4ancelot ia tburst
! iucr man OF London in tho reign al
IL I-ii.aDeth, and owner OF Franks:
ALSO a picture OF his wife. Judith Par
dolph. Both these paIntInp. - -,
| halhurst armorial BEARINGS. ana thci,
motto. ITEMS la fol-" as well a. 80
aate or 1858. Then there are two ya,.
dykes of the last Stuart, Duke =,
richmond. and Of his duchess. Re.
sues .hese. there are full-leneth nor.
1919, OF hins Gustavus Adolphus OF
"weuen' or Queen Elizabeth of Enpland
oi Baron Wrangle. and OF Count Oxen.
sHerna, as well rs portraits n, ~
'romwellian General Sir Roport Cool =
~ iiaishman, in Glouccstershire -,
LORD berkeley of Stratton. ana y,
naron George Fleetwood, Governor y,
'oiinar and Of Glen, in Sweden a..
Information about these pictures 49,
be very welcome TO Lord ana Lot
Bathurst. u'
II Lady Bathurst declined to pcrn,,
lhc insertion In the London Mornino
fost OF the Times advertisements OF ~.
REDUCTION In price to a penny. II Ia no
'"use her paper Is also sold at n penny
ana mat Its circulation bids fair IN IA.
impaired by this new move on tho nm r,
% me TiEnes. The Morning Posi- 4,
one or the oldest established organ.
OF the English metropolitan press wa.
owned In turn by Tattersail, a Chris
ne, and by Lancashire paper man,
lacturer or the name OF Crompton. bc
iofe passing some sixty years ago into
The possession Of Lady Bathurs,..
grandfather. Peter Borthwick. When :,
became par excellence the organ q,
Lord Palmerston. the champion in Eng
iand OF the cause OF the Third Napo.
leon and tho London paper that dc
voted moro space and attention thar
any OF Its contemporaries to the doing.
or court and society In England.
When AlGcrnon Borthwick toole .,
over from his father, he greatly de.
iyeloped IL IN various ways, transform
"a 1t into An extremely prospcrou,