The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-04
.JEVONSHIRE TOWN.
HOUSE IS SOLD


LONDON, Nov 4-The sale Of the
Duke q neyonshues town house to a
real estate syndicate Tor $1,000. 900 Is
Isis latest Of tie seats OF the old nobH-
~ 70 pass into the hands OF outsiders
Tue purchaser OF this London nome OF
me governor general "a Canada Is an
AF'erican syndicate ard II As reported
mat a hotel WIN be erected on the Sit.
DeNphsnire house was erected nearly
tWo centuries ago, IN 1913 al a cost OF
Npout el,VVVbOO, II Is one Of the most
l5inpofthht ana historic Of the old Lon
den mansions with gloomy eXteriors
and splendid interiors which Thackeray
and the other Victorian novelists made
the stage settings OF their most NJ
presSiNe passages Ut London life II
slahds with characteristic British dis
regard Tor display, It's back to London s
Qinei thoroughfarc, Piccadilly. its
porehes facing a spacious garden worth
some dollars per square inch. Lans-
qoWne house, the town place, OF thu
Marquis Of Lansdowne. which com
nlandS an even larger garden, Is The
nearest neiAtbor and that Is reported
70 be In the market also
The governor general Of Canada and
the Marquis Of Lansdowne both own
lhree or four country estates as we'll
they are az the front OF th& great
landed DroprictOrs Of the kingdom. and
ne dllke's palace named Chatsworth In
lpefbyshire is one OF the most mngnifi-
cent private establishments in the world
surpassed by nothing in Britain except
Windsor castle
Chesterfield house, owned by gener-
atoms 81 Lords Chesterfield. and long
considered the finest Of the old Lon
don residcnceS has be an sold recently
This had been rented for some wears
by the duke Of RoXburge who married
Miss Nav tiovlet. Tie daughter OF Oglen
Goeie,, Of New York Here the gov
eminent entertained Colonel House
whes hs came 10 London as spec al
| commissioner after tho United States
entered the war The duke Of Rutland
has just parted with his town hous
which FOR q tire WAS tenanted by the
American merchant Gordon Selfridge
LORD EburN's great country estate 10
surrey near London, has been pur-
chased by newly-created peer Lord
LeNerlume, tile soap magnage.
The newspapers ascribc various rea
sons for these sales The chief one is
| that supcrtncome taxes and the general
Increase of the cost Of living make I'M
possible the upkeep Of such buildings
ana the necessary retinue Of servants
another that the motor car makes Il
| possible for people To live in the toun-
| try and still enjoy all the advantages
of town life. Another writer Gre ity
| the duke Of Deyunshre with n balief
| that the constant sight Of such costly
| prl ate possessions by the buyriding
| masses who daily pass the iron gates
q Devonshire house tends to promote
| Bolshevism
England Changing Hands is the
| heading under which a weekly paper
groups long pages Of notices OF estates
for sale. Kimberley castle, one OF the
properties Of the late duke OF Norfolk
IL in the latest list. Also Ruthin castle,
long In the possession Of the Cornwall
lis West famiHt the Rothes estate,
linked With the ancient earldom OF that
name: and Burton Pynsent, once in
hahltcu by William Pitt. Mathein pal
ace, Ashby- Saint Ledgers, Greg " Nog,
Castle Toward, Hrafham Grange, Rush
brooke hall Windlesham park, What
ton manor Barwel court, Abby OWN
Hir--these are typical offerings on the
real estate market, They are deserib-
ed some Of them as Jacohean, Tudor,
Queen Anne Georgian: pictured with
meats turrets, gargoyles, panelled oak
walls and carved stair rails; and many
have appertaining to them lakes. deer
parks, Italian and Georgian gar ems,
"hlntlng with four packs and even
"feuinR land. In such reading mat
ter the knowing find between the lines
not a few stories OF family tragedies
Apart from sales Of whole properties
many great estates are being curtailed
by placing few Thousand acres on the
markets here and there, The eggre-
gate of these land transfers has
amounted to millions Of acres this
| year The redistribution OF the land
| into smaller holdings, which has been
| the principal reform Of the past cen
| fury in Ireland, ~ generally considered
all for the good OF the larger island.