The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-23

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the day after tomorrow. on board
the Olympic, is married to the widow
of Lawrence Turnure, of New York.
daughter of General Roy Stone. l.. :.
~, and is head OF u family which ever
| since the reign of Jnmes l. has been
closely identified with the royal house
hold.
Tho mon all bcar the peculiar Chris
tian name of Debonnaire, which seems
singularly appropriate to the career of
Il courtier. for which they have dur
ing hundreds of years past manifested
so much liking. With one exception,
they have all been faithful to the trust
| rcposed in them by tho sovereign and
the members of the rciEning family.
That exception WAS William, Niscount
| Monsoon, who, although member Of
the household of Charles l.. betrayed
BIS royal master. for which. after the
Restoration. he was dragged with Il
halter round his neck on hurdle
through the streets of London to the
gallows at Tyburn Ton the site now oc-
cupied by the Marble Archl, and was
then imprisoned for the remainder of
his days in the Tower Of London.
The present Lord Monsoon was eauerry
to King Edwards sailor brother AL
fred. Duke of SaNc-Coburg and of
Edinburgh, until that princes death
succeeding his father. vino had been
master OF the dukes household. His
mother, the dowagcr Lady Monsoon, still
, retains her connection with the widow
cd Duchess of Cokurg and Edinburgh
as ono of her ladies IN waiting. An
uncle of Lord Monson, seventh baron
OF the line. WAS master OF the horse
and treasurer of the household 30
Queen Victoria. The family likewise
Possesses baronetcy, bestowed upon
the late 81" Edmund Monsoon, on his
I retirement from the post of ambassa-
dor in Paris. Sir Edmund was the
secretary OF Lord Lyons when the LAT
| ter represented Great Britain at Wash
ington, during the presidency of Lin
coin The baronetcy Is now held by
his eldest son, Sir Maxwell Monsoon
who, attached for time to his fathers
en- bassy in Paris. is now in the auto
+ mobile business. representing one of
The big French concerns in London.
lie. like his cousin, Lord Monsoon, has
an American wife. She was Miss Edna
Powers, daughter of that James Gull
more Powers of New York. who with
his Wife has kept for years one of the
best known American pensions" or
boarding houses. in the French CAPT
tai, namely, tho Pension Powers in
the Avenue dAntin. So that there
arc TWO American Lady Monsons, while
there no less than four women en-
titled 70 style themselves Lady Mon
son: namely, the two Americans lust
mentioned. rs well as the widow of the
late Lord Monsoon and the widow of the
AMBASSADOR.
Lord Monson has scven-year-old
son. to whom Lord Rosebery stood
godfather. the second heir TO his peer
'agc being his cousin. Sir. Maxwell
Monsoon. Ills country scat is in Lin
coinShirc, and is known as Burton
Hail. 1t has been in the possession OF
the Monsons for centuries.
! Among tho features OF the place is q
sort OF columbarium, OF carved orna-
mental stone. bearing the .Monson
hcraldic devices. ana which is destined
! TO receive the urns or silver Jars con
tanning the ashes of tho Monsous now
/ living and as yet unborn. IL was built
! by the late Lord Monson, Immediately
adjoining tho private chapel, and with
! the object of avoiding an enlargement
OF me ancestral vaults and family
mausolcum, which would otherwise
have been necessary. owing to the
number of dead which they contain
me Monsoon columbarium is something
I IN the shape or n sanctified pigeon
| house. there being tiers Of pigconholes
one above another. Each pigeonhoie
on receiving it's urn OF ashes is herincti-
c*Ily sealed with pane Of thick glass
/ while brass plate Immediately below
denotes the name, the title, and the
other customary data concerning the
person whose ashes occupy the rccep-
tacle.
Cremation is becoming more and
more the fashion among the titled and
/ untitled arstocraCy OF Great Britain.
ana TINS iH naturally leading to the
abandonment In great measure of
| TIE old family mausolcums, and the
substitution in their place of column
nifiuins, Such as that of Lord Monsoon
! These columbariums, in spite of their
ornate character, do not. however, in
spirc the feeling OF solcmnity aroused
by the stately tombs that adorn so
many of the ancient cathcdrals, alb
Boys and churches Of the United King
dom
There was recently published on
-hOth Sincs of tho Atlanlic a facsimile