The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-17
Beats Burglar So Badly He
Spends Several Weeks
in Hospital.
in Hospital.
ny "a MAnauIsE DE roNTENoY.

ny IA MARQuIsE DE FONTENOY.
ORD KINGSTON, ninth earl OF his
line, who has been spending the
winter travelling about In the
United states and Canada, and Is nov
In New York. at the Manhattan Hotel,
FOR a stay of some duration, is u peer
extremely handy with his fists. For
some years ago. on being Weakened In
the middle Of the night by the presence
| OF burglar In his bedroom. at Kill
roman Castle. his place In the County
| or Roscommon. he administered such I,
vigorous thrashing to the foolish in
trudcr that tho man was laid up for
several weeks in the hospital for re-
pairs before he was In a condition 10
appear even before the Magistrates,
Lord Kingston served through the
! Boer War, with tho Irish Guards, in
/ which he held commission. and can
boas, OF beng that rara avis a popu-
lar irish landlord, although a Tory,
since he believes In and practices the
policy OF encouraging his tenantry to
! improve their holdings on his 10000
aces or estates in County Roscom-
mon, not only by means of financial
assistance, but also giving them Sc
cure tenure of their farms He Is very
well Off. being married to one OF the
daughters and heiresses OF the late
| Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, OF brow :
| Ing fame. The estates have been In
his family ever since the reign OF
| Queen Elizabeth, who bestowed large
grants In Roscommon upon his ances
tor, Sir John King. In recognition OF
his military services.
The Earls of Kingston represent. In
the female line, 1t is true. the White
knights. and quarter the lartcrs ar
mortal bearings with their own. Some
500 years ago John Fitzgerald, Lord
of Decles and OF Desmond, by virtue
of MS royal seigniory, as Palatine of
ireland, created three of his sons by
his second marriage hereditary
knights, and thus originated the titles
of the White Knights, tho Knight OF
| Glyn. and the Knight of Kerry. The
title of knight of Kerry Is borne to-
day by Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, owner
OF Valentia Island. on the coast of
Kerry. and famous as n ynchtsman.
| The acceptance by his father Of a baro-
netcy was very generally condemned
In Ireland. where IL was agreed that a
every sense OF tho word inferior TO
! the honor OF being nineteen the heredi-
tary knight Of Kerry.
The present knight OF Glyn Is Des-
mond Fitzjohn Fitzgerald. son-in law
OF the Earl OF DunTaven, and there are
many here who will recall his wife
| Lady Rachel Fitzgerald. as having ac-
companted her father 10 this country
| at the time of the Valkyrie races for
the American cup. She died some
| years ago. after giving birth to a son
as twentysecond Knight OF Glyn The
/ knight of Glyn has no baronetcy. and
| though he has an official right, ms
hereditary knight. to the prefix of Sir
TO his Christian name, he refrains from
using It. lest 1t should SAVIOR too much
OF the ordinary knighthood.
| The White Knights became extlnc,
/ in the male line In the reign OF
/ Charles l.. when thcir heiress married
tho first Lord Kingston, and thus
/ brought their property into tho King
| family.
! One of the members OF Lord Kings
tons family has been immortalized by
| the poet Milton. For II was son OF
! Sir John King the founder of his
house, whose tragic death by drown
! ing In the Irisi Sea is COMMUNICATED
by the blind bard in his "Lycidaa"
| Another member OF the family, name
| iy. the second Earl of Kingston. was
towards tho end of the eighteenth CEN
tury tried for murder by the Irish
| House Of Lords at Dublin and prompt
| iy acquitted. The drama had original
ed In the objectionable attentions OF
n Colonel Fitzgerald. married man,
| TO an unmarried daughter of the earl.
| The latter's son. ut that time known
| as Colonel King, and who afterwards
| became Lord Lorton, resolved to put
an end to tho matter by challenging
(! Fitzgerald to duel. The hostile en-
counter took place in Hyde Park. In
London. but wGs Interrupted before
! much damage had been done by the
| arrest Of both combatants and OF their
seconds for breaking the peace
| Some months later Colonel King and
his father. the earl. found that Col
onel Fitzgerald was staying in dis
! euise at an inn, III village close 20
| their place. at Mitchellstown. near
! Cork, and that lie was making prcpa-
rations to abduct the gill. Colonel
King was engaged in n hand-to- hand
encounter with Fitzgerald In the inn,
and was getting tho worst of II. when
his father, Lord Kingston, rushed in
and shot Fitzgerald dead.
Colonel King was tried by the ordin-
AIRY courts, at Cork. and was acquitted
by the jury OF the charge OF murder
TOR which lie had been indicted. Not
long afterwards his father, Lord Kings
ton. was tried in the same way, by the
Irish House of Lords at Dublin, IL be-
ing the last occasion of the upper
house OF the Irish legislature sitting
rs a court of Justice upon one OF its
members. AS stated above, Lord
Kingston was acquitted By the unani
nous vote OF his fellow peers.
NJ. Gorcmykin's appointment on
Thursday last to succeed Vladimir
l<okovtzoff, as Prime Minister OF Rus
STA, serves TO recall The manner in
which he was dismissed n number OF
years ago from the post of Minister
OF the Interior. 1t took place Il few
days after the great riots OF the stu
dents OF the University of ST. Peters
burg. In 1899. Goremykln delayed for
nearly week making any report to
the Car about the disturbances.
Nicholas resented strongly this ne
Giect. and when the Minister OF the