Evening star., 1923-05-29
By -HE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENOY.

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! 1t will be news to many that Nancy
Letter of Washington. d. C. whose
! two sisters, Mary and Daisy, made
tmost brilliant marriages-the one 10
the Marquis of Curzon, now secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs OF the
/ British empire, and the other to the
i twentieth Earl of Suffolk. who gave
/ his life for his country in the great
| war-has been living for some time
! past at Goleta. in southern California,
near Santa Barbara. where she has
| Just lost her English husband. Col.
! Colin Powys Campbell. a fine old
veteran of Great Britain's frontier
| war in India. Col Campbell leaves her
| with a son and two daughters to par
! tfcipate with her similarly widowed
| sister, the Countess or SUFFOLK ana
their brother-in-law. the Marquis OF
| Curzon in the suit which they have
! started against their brother, Joseph
! I. .eiter. for an accounting OF his share
! in the trusteeship OF the big Levi Il.
Letter estate. Lord Curzon. of course.
| is taking part in the suit in behalt
of his three daughters by the first of
! his two successive American mar
riages.. Col. Campbell was the son
of a very prosperous Scotch coffee
planter in India, Alexander Copse
Campbell, who spent the latter part
of his life in London with his wife. a
daughter of Lord Lilford, where they
were we'll known by reason of their
hospitalities. Colin was their second
son. and after passing through Sand
hurst. he was gazetted to the North
Staffordshire Regiment. from which
he was transferred at his request to
the Bengal Staff Corps, and eventual
ily appointed to the Central India
Horse. one of the crack cavalry
corps Of the British army in India. in
which the remainder of his military
career was passed.
In 1895 he was placed in military
command of Sir George Robertson
political mission TO Chitral and di-
rected the heroic defense of the mis-
sion during it's prolonged siege in the
Fort of Chitral, having as his second
in command the then Captain tnow
Major GeneraD Sir Charles Town
shend, whose subsequent experience
on the Euphrates in Mesopotamia
was less fortunate. For whereas Sir
Charles Townshend was obliged TO
haul down the British flag at kut
and to submit to the Imprisonment OF
his entire army by the Turks, his
name being associated for all time
with one of the most sensational sur
renders OF the great war, terribly
damaging to the prestige OF the
British army throughout the orient.
Col. Campbell was able, despite his
severe wound. to hold out at Chitral
until the Siege was raised by the ad-
vance of a relieving force.
Colin Campbell, who received pro-
motion to a colonelship for his serv-
ices at Chitral, took part in several
yrn
was military secretary of the late
Lord Elgin during his viceroyalty Of
In61a, and was renowned twenty-odd
! wears ago as one of the most brill
liant polo players in India. He won
the heart and the hand of Nancy
Letter when she was staying with
her sister. the late Lady Curzon at
Curzon's' viceroyalty of India, and
the marriage took place in 1904,
shortly after which the colonel re-
tired from the army and returned to
England. where the y lived for sey-
near Brighton, which they leased
from the late Earl of Chichester. and
afterward at Lord Ailesbury's house
in savernake forest, which they rent
In 1920 the colonel was ordered by
his doctors to take up his abode In a
kindlier climate than that of his ma
tive land. His long service in India,
also the severe wound which he had
! received during the siege of Chitral.
had told upon his constitution. and
so the colonel, with his American
wife and three children, left the
United Kingdom to settle in south
ern California, where they purchased
name of the Campbell ranch. This
was about two years ago, and from
then until his death the other day,
the coIoneIs entire interest and ac-
tivities were absorbed in his develop
ment of the ranch, in which he took
the greatest pride and pleasure. His
marriage was in every way very
happy one. The couple were devoted
/ to one another. and every one liked
Col. Campbell, who was particularly