Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-15
CANADA ACCEPTS
HER NEW RULER
WITH MISGIVINGS


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OF Connaught simply had been endured,
not liked. that n Governor General sur
rounded by court etiquette was not
suited to Western independence and
democracy. and that Canada demanded
ono of tho best statesmen in the cm-
pirc, or no one.
JUST before the great war started.
Canada refused In SO many words TO
receive the Prince as Governor Gen
eral. The war changed things. Con-
nauKht WAS left In HIS Job for the sake
or imperial harmony, although II for
NOR Prime Minister Of New Brunswick
said: we have gone the limit with the
Duke Of ConnauHht Our objection is
to royalty being brought to Canada
Despite these snubs. the King and
queen then tried to appoint Prince
arthur OF ConnauYht an his fathers
successor. Unofficial reports TO this
effect famed tho embers OF hostility TO
royalty here into flame again. Finally
the attempt to have royal parsonage
In Rtdeau Hall wasigivcn up. but King
George appointed the nearest to a.
member Of his family he dared. az the
Duke of Devonshire is thoroughly
iuentlueu with inc court ptTty anu
court interests in London.
SUCCEEDED HIS UNCLE
EIGHT YEARS AGO
The Duke OF Dcvonshirc is forty
eight years OLD. and succeeded his
uncle eigh, years ago He made his
political debut as Victor Cavcndish In
the House Of Commons In 1892. and
there had an undistinguished career.
His ancestry assured him advancement
in British bureaucracy, however. He
was for three years treasurer of the
royal household. and last Decent Der
was made knight OF the Garter, the
highest soci al honor In the gift of the
King.
The duke has been financial secre-
tary to the treasury, and in June. 1915.
he was included in the coalition gov
eminent at the request Of his father
in-aw. the Marquis OF Lansdowne, as
Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Lord
Lansdowne had. indeed. tried to make
him his successor as Unionist leader
In the House of Lords, but Transformers
colleagues would not hear OF It.
The home life OF tho duke and
duchess is ideal. They have TWO sons
and Ave daughters The duchess knows
Canada well. for as girl she lived
here when her father was Governor
General.
The duke is fond of sport. especially
cricket. He has been president Of one
OF the great cricket clubs in England.
As TO the dukes fortune. a curious
situation is found. Hc is lord Of nearly
100000 acres. He has magnificent
homcs--Chatsworth House. Dcvonshire
House. in London. Bolton Abbey, in
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Hall and Compton Place. at East
bourne. Each is a palace In acres of
beautiful grounds. with woods ana
serves. he owns almost all the little
seaport villar. Of Eastbourne Yet the
duke has several times been reported
pressed for funds. lie gave up horse
racing. perhaps partly through the in
fiuencc OF his wife's puritanical views.
Most surprising of all. in 1914 he sold
the famous Duke OF Devonshirc IL
brary, started IN the sixteenth century.
to nm American book buyer for price
said 10 have been sl.7oo.cO1.
ANOTHER cURIOuS FACT
REGARDING TIE DUKE;
There is another curious fact about
tho duke. lie cannot say, nor can any
body else. whether he is the eighth
or the ninth duke OF his line. The
dfth duke was twice married. His first
wife, daughter OF Lord Spencer. had
rs her most intimate friend cousin.
Lady Elizabeth Hervcy, the wife OF 4
Colonel Foster.
After the death of the Iast-namcd,
Lady Elizabeth, n beautiful widow,
took UP her residence with the Devon
shircs. 1t was an era of somewhat
Il 1or ho ,F
Devlnshire gave birth at Paris to a
child her friend and cousin likewise
bore an infant. The two children came
into the world the same day and
under the same roof. and, according to
the belief of contemporaries. had the
same father.
One Of the children was a boy and
the other girl But no one to-day
knows whether il was the duchess or
Lady Elizabeth who gave birth 10 the
hoy. II was declared by many that
the two women changed children, and
that IL was the illegitimate child who
subsequently, succeeded TO the title and
the immense estates as sixth Duke of
Devonshire. The duchess died few
years later. and the duke then married
Lady Elizabeth.
On the death OF the fifth duke, so the
story goes, MS son ana mis- cousliir the
E;nrl Of Burlington. who would succeed
to the title If the son were bogus. con-
suited how to adjust matters without
scandal. An agreement was reached,
according 10 the terms of which the
sixth duke was left in undisturbed pos
session of the family diGnities and
property on tho understanding that he
would remain Il bachelor. He carried
out this compact. and for forty years
aftcrward was known as the bachelor
Duke" When he died tho titlo re-
yertcd to the unclouded line.