The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-14
Recalls Wide Swath Cut by
Swindler of Assumed Name
of De Moleyns.
~ La MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY,

III LA MAHQUlSE DE FONTENOf,
Id Lord yentry's death. and the
succession to his Irish peerage
OF his eldest son, Colonel .he
Hon. Frederick Eveleigh de Moleyns.
Formerly OF the Fourth Hussars. serves
TO recall tho very wide swath cut by
swindler OF the assumed name of
Eveleigh dc Moleyns. in New York and
other cities OF tho United States, sbut
more especially in Chicago. in 1908.
The man turned out To be q former
valet of the new Lord ventry, and
who, having been In his service for q
number of years. had not only become
intimately acquainted with all his fam
ily aRairs. but had also succeeded In
acquiring his peculiar mannerisma, and
in culusnting marked resemblance
TO his OK employer With charges of
bigamy. brought not BY one but by
several women. Hnd with many cleyor
frauds to his credit. he Is, unless / am
much mistaken, still doing time"
eitner az Joliet or at Sing Sing.
Sometimes he passed himself or as
MS former employer, and sometimes as
the iatters younger brother Richard,
VINO happened to be In Chicago at tho
.i1ne when the man had just been ex-
tradited from New York. and who con-
fronted him In Jail. The Hon. Rich
ara EveieiGh de Moleyns on that occa-
ponce, oi the manner In which tho ux-
Vhiet had been lmpersonatlng various
members of Lord Vcntry's family. not
oniy on this side of the Atlantic uut
also In Australia, New Zealand. South
Africa, on the Continent OF Europe. and
even In England itself, raising money
sserswhera on checks and notes bear
ing tho DveieiEh de Moleyn signature.
The family name OF Lord ventrys
otNy,
Moleyns since 1871. Before that time
IT was plain Mullins. the change hav-
ing been made by the third Lord Ven
Try. grandfather of Che new peer who
secured royal license authorizing him
TO effect the alteration. Tho first Lord
ventry started life as plain Thomas
Mullins. OF Burnham, In the County of
Kerry. received a baronetcy In 1897, and
peerage In tho year 1900, for his SER
wees in bringing about the legislative
union between England and Ireland
Until the third Lord yentry, the NOM
ocrs OF the family were content to re-
gard certain Frederick william Null
inns, member OF Parliament for Tralee.
In the reign OF King William III, as
the founder of their house.
The third. lord, however. was mora
ambitious. and caused n genealogical
tree TO be constructed. showing His
descent from certain William do
Molines. who. coming over with VIII
liam the Conqueror, took part In tho
hattle of Hastings, and received a grant
or lands for his bravery on that occa-
SION. His immediate descendants are
asserted 10 have distinguished them
selves In tie early Cruaades, and tho
Saracen's head, which constitutes n
feature OF their armoral bearings. IL
supposed to commemorate their war
,ike leeds In the Holy Land Even the
late Sir Bernard Burke, that most com
PLEASANT OF psychologists, who is re-
sponsible for go many cenealou,c,l
| ialry tales and mythical family trees,
did not and It possible to stand for this.
and In his standard "Pcerages" passes
over these pretcnsions In Significant
silence
Among the most noted members OF
the family In more modern times was
that genial and witty Judge, Thomas
Eveleigh de Moleyns, who, by reason
or his very agreeable manners and
wonderful suRv:ty. even under the mos;
trying circumstances, was known
throughout the length and breadth OF
ireland by the name OF silky Tom or
Dublin" His mother, the Hon. Mrs. Ed
ward Muilins, was one or the most
celebrated beauties of her day, and saw
much OF tho Peninsular War, In which
her husband took AN active part She
met with most extraordinary ndyen.
lures there. lost her leg, which had TO
be amputated without anaesthetics. re.
covered, subsequently bore ner. hus-
band large family OF children, and
lived 10 the ripe old age OF ninety,
universally beloved by reason OF her
kindly wit and sunny temper.
The new Lord Ventry. who won tho
Distinguished Service Order for con.
spicuous gallantry during the Boer
War. is a bachelor OF hfty-three, well
Set up and good looking; and, need.