The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
DEAN OF WINDSOR
PLEADS FOR HELP
i'm RESTORATION
Now I'm Washington
After Visit i'm
New York.


have penetrated to Washington
Of late is the Very Rev. the
Dean Of Lincoln. who in his
private person Is Albert Victor
SaiIlie. NJ. v. o.. registrar Of the
Order OF the Garter and resident
chaplain to King George.
Dean BailIie. who has been In
New York for the last week or
ten days, reached Washington
yesterday. The Belgian Ambassa.-
dor and Baroness de Cartier are to
give q luncheon in his honor today,
tomorrow Mrs. James Carroll
Frazer is entertaining for him.
and altogether he will be much
feted during his short stay.
Nephew Of the celebrated Dean
Stanley Of Westminster, from
whom he received much Of his
early training. DR.. Baillie. as
Dean Of Windsor, is one Of the
so-called Royal Peculiars." in
that he is exempt from the
spiritual jurisdiction and author
ity Of any bishop, and even from
that Of the Primate OF all Eng
land. the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, being accountable only to
the sovereign, who is the supreme
head Of the Church of England.
.
THE Dean is a great favorite
with the royal family. with
which he has been associated
since his childhood. His mother,
the late Lady Frances Baillie.
daughter of Thomas. Earl Of
Elgin (the Elgin to whom the
British Museum owes the posses
sion of the Elgin marbles rescued
from the Parthenon). was one of
the favorite ladies-in-waiting to
Queen Victoria, of whom the
dean is godson. He is also q
nephew OF that Lord lElgin who
while governor general of Can
ada negotiated successfully a
treaty at Washington which he
was described as having '.floated
through the Senate on an ocean
Of champagne" and who died as
viceroy OF India. He is a nephew
also Of General the Honorable
Robert Bruce. who was governor
OF Edward VII until he attained
hts majority. Still another OF
the deans uncles was Sir Fred
erick Bruce. who died at Wash
ington as minister plenipoten-
tiary to the United States.
The dean, who has a beautiful
five-centuries-old official, clustered
residence within the precincts Of
Windsor Castle, Is the particular
dignitary of the church entrusted
with the direction and control of
St. Georges Chapel, which forms
part and parcel Of the castle, and
which is above everything else,)
the Chapel Of the Order of the
Garter. The knights have their
seats in the choir of this ancient
fame, each stall being adorned
with a large brass PLAGUE on
which are inscribed the name
and the titles of the knight, and
on which also his armorial bear
ings are emblazoned. Above the
stall hangs his banner.
CINCE the institution OF the
~ Order of the Garter by King
Edward III. in 134S a number of
knights have been degraded
that is to say. expelled from the
order, the most recent instance be-
ing that Of the ex-Kaiser. The
ritual requires that on such occa-
sions the brass plates bearing the
name and arms be removed from
the offending knights stall in the
chapel and defaced and the banner
not only taken down but formally
trampled upon at the eastern en-
trance to the chapel and kicked
down the large flight Of steps in
the presence Of the officers Of the
order. Of the clergy and the choir
BY the Dean exrayed In full canon
icals. Dean BaHne was not re-
CURED to repeat with the ex-
Kaisers banner his Trinity Col
lsge Cambridge prowess on the
football field, for he was not then
Dean, and the Dean Of that time
was so crippled with rheumatism
that he was unable to perform this.
dne-honored and spectacular part
OF the ceremony of degradation.
Some time ago the restoration
OF the oakeE woodwork of the
eleventh century roof Of West
minister Hall led Dean Baillie to
cause q careful investigation to be
made Of the roof of st. Georges
Chapel. He found that 1t was in
such danger of imminent collapse
that with the consent of the King
he Immediately ordered the greater
part Of the chapel to be closed to
the public. Today the interior is a
forest Of scaffolding as the work
Of repair is under way. The dean
during his stay here hopes to in.
terest in this enterprise those
Americans who have at heart the
preservation of the finest speci-
mems of oId-time ecclesiastical art.