The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-24
DUKE VISITS AMERICA
TO FIND RICH WIFE

Huyn, general In command OF the cav
airy division at Cracow. But / have
before mo n complete list OF tho NOM
bers of tho Austrian house of Huyn,
and there is no Countess Marie Huyn
among the number married to any ono
OF the name OF Warren. or. indeod, to
any Frenchman
When last hero, tho duke" was &C
companied by his mother and she was
good enough to give me copies in her
own handwriting of tho certificate OF
her own marriage. and of her eldest
sons birth. In both OF these docu-
ments her maiden name Is given as
Marie Huyn de Vernev!le But thorc
is no record of such person, nor of
the marriage or any such person,
among tho Counts and Countesses
Huyn in that volume OF the Almanach
dc Gotha which is devoted TO the
enumeration of German and Austrian
counts and countessos. In her mar
iiage certificate tho name OF her hug
band Ia given Rs Ans' I'm Leon de War.
rem, 81 French citizen and his protas-
sion as suLinspcctor of ono of tho
French agencies Of tho English Gr.s
ham Insurance Company.
In 1904 tho Duke OF Warren Sur
rey came into the lI,1olight in Paris.
owing to the arrest ~ his younger
brother who styles himself tho Mar
qUis Hamelin de Warren Surrey, under
extremely scandalous circumstances;
in fact, circumstances not ut for pub
LEGATION in family newspaper. Let II
suffice to state that ono OF tho charges
against the oi-disant marquis was
that he had taken leading part In
So-cnlled BLACK Masses" in an apart
ment which he and some other indivi-
duals OF the same stripe had rented in
the Avenue Friedland, in Paris, and
that he was convicted and condemned
TO long term OF imprisonment, tho
sentence being confirmed on appeal.
II liz only fair to tho elder brother,
now here. to state that. although he
was mentioned In connection with the
AFFAIR, yet that he was neither indict-
cd nor brought to trial. He left the
country on the arrest of his Younger
brother
would not go to the trouble OF
printing all this information concern
ing him. wcre 1t not that l understand
mat his coming to this country is, AS
IL was fourteen years ago, for tho
purpose OF obtaining n rich American
wife, and that 1 should be sorry to-day,
as would have been then, to know
or any American girl wedding him.
without being fully aware of the true
value OF his nooiliary honors and OF
his antecedents.
Marriages or American women with
titled foreigners seldom bring happi-
ness TO the former. Disappointment.
humiliation and neglect too orton have
become their lot. Especially IS this
the case when the title for the sake of
which they have given their hand and
their fortune is either besmirchcd or
else OF doubtful authenticity. Tho
title. AT any rate, SHOULD be beyond
question. since otherwise 1t Is akin
10 gold brick. have beer fortunate
III these letters In preventing quite n
number OF these so-called "intcrna-
tonal marriages. and much consequent
misery, by giving the true history OF
inc suitors. and especially of the titles
which they had adopted-the tnforma-
ton being usually given In response to
some members of tho prospective
brides family. and sometimes actually
on the very eve of tho date appointed
FOR the wedding
Tho Duke OF Warren-Surrey NAV be
the most tnofrensive OF young men.
out before any American girl bestows
upon him her hand she would do we'll
10 SGT at rest all tho doubt eyistinc Nc
TO his nobiliary honors, and to satisfy
herself that they Will be IA source ~,
social prestige to her, and not OF ridt
Guile
Copyright, 1914, by the Brentwood
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