The Detroit times., 1914-12-23

ter Lady MARY Grosveuor daughter /
OF the first duke of Westminster0 4
while Lord Hugh twho is the first I
dukes fourth som married Lord /
CriChton's sister. Lady Mabel erich I
ton, daughter of the earl of Erne. 10 I
whom Lord Crichton Is eldest son and /
heir
Lord Crichton is major and ad1ll-
tant OF the Royal Horse Guards, He
served with that regiment in South
Africa, taking a hand in the relief or
Ladysmith. and being mentioned in
dispatches and winning the ID. ), q.
In appearance he is the embodiment
OF 0uida guardsman-more than
six feet in height with fair hair and
mustache. blonde complexion and
an eyeglass. Lord Hugh Grosyenor is
a captain of the First Life Guards.
Although he is barely 80. he Is an
uncle of the duke of Westminster.
The king and queen attended his
brilliant wedding to Lady Crichton II
years ago. The show OF presents on
that occasion was one OF the finest on
record, and they included one unique
gift--a burst shell arranged as an
inkstand. that Iadysmith sent by Col.
!
rible experience and Crichton had a
terrible accident in the hunting field
five years ago Four OF her ribs were
broken and she went through long
and dangerous illness
The news that Prince Francis Jo-
seph OF Hohenzollern, lieutenant on
the Emden, is alive and well, brought
JOY into a Twickenham household. for
Queen Victoria Augusta. the wife OF
King Manuel, is his only sister. He
is young sailor of reputed charming
manners. He was serving on the
cruiser long before the war broke
out
So far the sovereign houses OF Ger
many have not been very strongly
represented in their navy. Besides
Prince Henry or Prussia and the
kaisers third son. who is an officer
on the cruiser Koln, the only other
German sailor prince. in addition 10
Prince Francis Joseph or Hohenzol-
Tern, is the son of the duke or Schles-
wig Holstein-S ondersburg Glucksburg
II was sister of the young man who
married the duke or Albany's son, the
duke OF Sake oburg Gotha.
The earl OF Armagh and the earl
OF Clarence are in command OF Ger
man troops at the front, and the
prime minister will be expected short
ly TO inform the country whether it is
reasonable that those noblemen
should be permitted in the circum-
stances TO retain their peerages OF
the United Kingdom.
The earl OF Armagh also is the duke
OF Cumberland. He Is doubly related
to the British royal family through
his cousinship TO the king and his
marriage to Princess Thyra. a sister
OF Queen Alexandra A great-grand-
son OF George III, he would now be
king OF Hanover If his father had not
sided with Austria in the war OF 1850.
The close association of his family
with the reigning dynasty OF the eoun-
try is revealed by study OF his i'm
mediate ancestry his predecessors In
the title being George lis son, Prince
William Augustus Frederick: prince
or Wales son, Prince Henry Frederic.
and George HIS son. Ernest Augustus.
Moreover, the dukes father, King
George OF Hanover, lies buried in the
royal vault at Windsor castle.
The earl OF Clarence must surely
have Invested himself of his British
nationality, seeing that he is fighting
against this country. He is the young
duke OF Sake Coburg. son OF the
duchess of Albany and OF Queen VIC
torias youngest son. Prince Leopold.
He came to his throne very unexpect-
eddy. His great-uncle, Duke Ernst,
brother OF the vince consort, was
succeeded by Que i victorias second
son, the duke OF Edinburgh. When
the duke OF Edinburgh died the next
heir was the duke OF Connaught. but
both he and his son, Prince Arthur.
preferred TO remain British, and the
succession thereupon passed to Queen
vlctoria's only other grandson, the
boy duke OF Albany.
The royal German-Briitsh foeman
was eduacted at Elton, and there is a
story of master one day intercept
ing a note that was being passed. TO
the younk duke during class ad-
dressed to His Royal Foolishness
Dirty.Faced Albany"
The late duke OF Buccleuch was like
one OF those impressive misty back
ground figures that used TO loom up
so often in English fiction. He had
great pedigree, over which the
genius OF SlT waiter BCOtl-HlInScii
of the clan--had shed a radiance, and
it's romance was Increased by a royal
bar sinister. lie was the owner of
six houses, Two of which are really
palaces. His titles take up many lines
OF the peerage. He had attained the
garter and not escaped the thistle.
He had an art collection Justly envied
by all American millionaires OF taste.
He owned $50 900 acres and was
master OF foxhounds. One gets the
best idea or the social altitude OF the
Buccleuch family in that they escaped
fashion.
Montague house Is one OF the very
few great houses in London that
could never be called smart" II
was. indeed, unscalable to the smart,
however rich or clever. II was said
10 be the center OF that perfect and
dullness after which the
best climbers sought and strove in
vain. Yet he was one OF the least
known figures i'm the peerage. and all
that ordinary people heard was that
he was good landlord and an up
right man. and that like the late duke
az Sutherland he was a man OF strong
family affections that reached out TO
far branches OF his clan. He had
four sons and many grandsons. and
his death puts many great houses in
mourning.
That fine old Victorian gentleman.
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