The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-02
MISFORTUNES MAINLY
OF FINANCIAL MATURE

was detained In the South of France.
owing TO the Ill health OF her hus
band, Lord Warwick, there.
Az they are both head over cars in
debt, and have exhausted every pos
sble means OF obtaining money. either
from their relatives and friends, or
in any other way, 1t is difficult to sec
what the end OF II all will DO. 1t Is
all tho more sad when one reflccts
that they saddled with the pos
sessions Of Warwick Castle and OF
Easton Lodge, neither OF which thew
are able to sell. owing to their being
entalcd property.
The late Earl OF Warwick also suf-
fered from impccuniosity, and had
great difficulty In keeping up Warwlck
Castle In Il fitting manner. Indeed, az
his death IL was In sorry state OF
repair, although he had not long be-
fore received O. curious windfall OF
considerable proportions. For. on the
opening OF the will OF hts old house
keeper, who throughout several de.
cades had been in the habit OF con-
Quoting tourists over the castle, es-
pecially visitors from this side of the
water, and who had always received
more or less handsome gratuties for
her trouble. 1T was found that she had
left all her savings. amounting to
some $4,000, TO her employer
When tho present Earl of Warwick
married the lovely Frances Maynard.
in Westminster Abbey in 1881, Queen
Victoria's youngest son, the late Duke
of Albany, officiating as best man. IL
was generally felt that better days
were az hand for Warwick Castle.
For besides being tho reigning beauty
OF her day, she was also tho greatest
hciress, having inherited all tho prop
erty and fortune OF her grandfather,
the third and last Viscount Maynard.
All this fortune has been lost; partly
by unfortunate Investments. partly by
extravaganza. Lord Warwick also has
run through all that was left to him
by his father. who had practiced the
most extraordinary economies, In order
10 free the Warwick Castle estates
of It's membranes
Lord and Lady Warwick had hoped
that their son. Lord Brooke would
marry money, and thus repair tho
shattered fortunes OF his house. But
the various projected alliances with
American hciresses failed to material
lzc and ultimately no married tho
daughter of Sir William Eden, seventh
Baronet OF Maryland. who had Inherit
ed much OF her mothers famous
beauty, but who was virtually portion
less. with no prospects of any fortune
to come
Naturally. Lord Brooke does not
wish to Join his parents in breaking
the entail of either the Warwick Cas-
tie estate or the Easton Lodge prop
erty. For he realizes full VOL that,
while the breaking OF the entail would
enable his parents to sell, the bulk
OF the proceeds would go to their
creditors, while the balance would be
used up by them, SO that on their
doath he would find nothing left for
his wife and children.
Lord and Lady Wnrwick's financial
troubles began more than ten years
ago. when. they adopted the scheme OF
turning their possessions. including
their life intereat In the Warwick Cas-
tie estate and tho Easton Lodge prop.
erty, In tho County OF Essex. Into a
sort of limited liability company, of
the kind suggested by the lbrettist,
the late Sir William Gilbert. in one Of
his most amusing comic operas. writ