Evening star., 1923-10-29
British Lord Placed in Charge of
Demented Mothers U.S.. Estate

rage with Sir John Ssnners carried
Haddon Hall into the eNSnily of the
Duke OF Rutland, the pres>nt owner.
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Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair. who
has Just been appointed governor of
the Australian state OF New South
Wales. with a salary Of $4,000 a
year, additional allowances and an
Official residence handsomely fur
nished at Sydney. is a native OF
Canada and spent several years as
naval attache at the British embassy
at Washington, where he was very
popular. He was also a member OF
the special mission of former Premier
Arthur Balfour to the United States
wiser of Lord Robert Cecil In the ad-
ministration of the blockade depart
ment while the conflict was in prog
ress. II may be added that he Is the
today, the only colonial governor of
the British Empire who can speak
from personal experience of life In
the interior of the harems of the
1eeton pror tn tn this his a
riage to one Of the daughters and
helreSSes Of H. W. Struben. a South
deed Sir 61dieys ] OF exPeTienaes Of the
interior of oriental seraglios was OBJ
tanned when he was a midshipman In
the Egyptian war of 1852.
Sent by Admiral Lord Alcester, rthe
British feet that bombarded Alexan-
dria, TO convey dispa atches from the
khedivial palace of Ras-el-Teen TO
the outposts of Ramleh. he lost his
way. He was taken prisoner and
brought before Arab Pasha, the
rebel chief, who sent him off, under
a strong escort, to Cairo. AS Ii had
been intimated that the prisoner was
no less a parsonage than the great
! Lord Alcester himself, his arrival in
| the Egyptian capital was hailed by
many thousands of natives, yelling
that the English had been defeated.
When he alighted from his train
at Cairo 1t was realized that his
diminutive stature and his extremely
| boyish appearance precluded him
from being passed as the British
COMMUNICATIVE chief responsible for
the recent bombardment of Aiexan-
dria- So he was declared to be the
admiral's son, and was then paraded
through the streets on public exhibi-
tion as a type of the foe.
Afterward he was lodged in q
palace belonging to one of the princes
Of the khedivial family. most Of the
members of which were friendly TO
Arabia, and was treated with the
utmost consideration during his five
weeks of captivity that ensued. In
deed, he became special pet of the
lDH q q n N ~ 4rNy in
the freedom of their various harems,
treated by them as particularly
,omeiy smah boy, of no masculine
consequence whatever. That they
were justified in adopting this atti-
tude Is, perhaps, best shown by the
fact that he vigorously resented 1t
as rejecting upon his claim to be an
officer of her majesty's navy and con-
sequently a fuli-fiedged gentleman.
His kindly treatment was due in
part to his undeniably good looks,
though of a very boyish nature;
iikew lse that Arabi Pasha was par
ticularly anxious to show his mag
nan'imity and also to please old
rerdinand de. 1esseps, creator OF the
Suez canal, whose good wnl he was
anxious to retain and VINO had inter-
ested himself in the lads behalf. In
deed, 1t was through the efforts of
c Lesseps that The middy, now
an admiral and a colonial governor.
was finally released and sent back to
alexandria from Cairo, just before
Arabpa hnal overthrow by Lord
Wolseleyzat the battle of Tei-ei-keor.