New Britain herald., 1915-06-26
GREAT GRANDSONOF
 KING GEORGE " S,
Newark JanitOr Awaits Day He
 Gan Claim His Rights

grandson Of King George ". of Eng land Garbed in overalls and jump er, with a time clock to check his going and coming, he works each day With broom, mop and dustpan, await ing the day when he can claim his rights.
 The claim of Fitzherbert is based on Iamily records and on documents that have lain buried concerning the agreement between King William ". Princess Alexandria, later Queen Vic toria, and her line of successors, by which the offspring of the morgan atic Aharriage of George ". was to leave England and refrain from go- ing to London or any part of west ern Europe until the year 1912. This markable agreement was signed May IT, 1892, and bears the sigma <ure of King William, Queen Victoria, Maria Ann Fitzherbert, the rnorgana- tic wife. and her son, James H. A. Hayward. It was witnessed by ECharles Grey.s Earl, of Hanover Henry BrouEham, chancellor. Arthur Vol lesley. Lord Wellington and Rev. Sid- ney fSzl1til. The document bears the royal seaL
 S30,0O0 tn Be Paid Annually. 4As a part of the pact. six thou sand pounds, sS0.00O, was to be paid annually during the natural lifetimes Uf the deported family, and to de- l lposit in the Bank of England "a mil- l lion pounds or 5000, GOO. or rather. an amount that would reach the five milhsn mark in the year 1912
 II was also provided in the sol ] chm document, that in case the suc-i kcession should not result in an heir l to the throne, and parliament should recall the line of King George w. then and not otherwise. would the fpnd be canceled.
 Duke of Malta
 BY peerage patent also issued at that time, the Fitzherbert heir was given the right to the title of the pukea pf Malta, after the year 1912, i or to receive instead grant of $250,- l 000.
 The Fitzherbert claim adds an other chapter to a long controversy. lone of the great mysteries of Eng lfsh history as to whether there were children born to George ". and Mama Ann Fitzherbert, whom he s made his morganatic wife in 1785 This remarkable woman was born Mary Ann Sfnythe. She married at 19 Edward Weld of; LuIworth castle in the county of Dorset. He died early and she married Thomas Fftz- herbert of Swinnerton. He died af- |ter three years The young widow was known as the beautiful Mrs. |Fitzherbert,. and it.Mas not long af- i ter she lost her second husband that she met the Prince sof Wales, after ward George He was 23 and she 29 History records that he paid |ardent court to the fair widow. It was syhen the prince was injured and she had gone with the Duchess of Devonshire to his bedside that the proposal of marriage was made. Fin- alIy. on December 21 n 7s5, they were ! welded by an Anglican clergyman. The marriage was invalid because 1t was Contracted without the consent l of George IT. The couple lived hap Ehe king married Princess Caroline, land by consent of the Pope, Mrs ' \FritzNerbert and the king renewed |their relations in 1903. The king kdted in 1890 and his morganatic wife fin 1sS7s
 Accomplished by Kindness. Before his death King George ". Itried in vain to get possession of nu-
 nerous documents held by his nor .Eanat5c wife,. His successor, Will tliatn ". appears to have accom- lplished by Kindness what George tried Eto do by force,
 According to the present claims of {fhe Fitzherberts, son was born to 3the king and Mrs. Fitzherbert in D7S6 This son is said to have lived |n Ireland, where he married and had kllree children, two sons and daugh- ter. and it is from those two sons khat the branches of the family in Ehia, country trace their lineage. J
 rheus Fitzgeorge of Shunk Sullivan
 ounty. Pa, is claimed to be the present. head of the family here. It
 as he who discovered the long Host
 144ments relating to the family.
 hav were buried in an earthern jar
 ' the family cemetery lot and had
 a$n there for over half a century.
 Letter of Queen Elizabeth.
 One of the choicest bits of evil
 encc which the family holds is the
 etters of Queen Victoria, written in
 a44 which states that she is send
 nx E decoration as insignia of rank
 De worn after the year 1912
 Not until the great European war
 over can the heirs hope to come Into possession of the s5,0O0.O O00
 laced to their credit in the Bank
 T England, nor can tho legality of
 hef claims be established
 sAvIN ROCK MEN FINED.
 Ne> Haven June 2s.- Several