Evening star., 1923-12-28
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Joins Norfolk Royal Colony

I mothers Ashton property. the en-
| tailed estates, including Lumley
Castle, in Durham. and the several
peerages- going to young Lawrence
Lumley. whose elder brother fell In
| the great war as an officer Of his
fathers old regiment, the 11th Hus-
sars.
Few British peers can boast Of
more illustrious ancestry. For Lord
Scarborough Is descended from Lyulph
Lumley, whose wife was a grand
daughter of the Anglo-Saxon King
Ethelred. Another OF his ancestors.
namely, the seventh Lord Lumley,
was one of the peers who sat in
condemning her to death. In spite
OF this. her son, King James I, in his
leisurely progress from Edinburgh
to London to assume the throne Of
Elizabeth, rested some days at Lum-
ley Castle, an edifice dating from
the reign Of Edward I, last of Eng
lands crusader kings. as the guest
mother to death. Although most
Hospitality entertained, the cannv
monarch was told so much by his
host about the antiquity of the Lum-
leys-there is a magnificent heraldic
at nssrss the castle In Which Sa the
the creation of the world-that
James got quite bored and finally
quite pathetically entreated his host
to let up, exclaiming, Mon! Gang
hae gotten. 1 didna ken until moo
| that Adams family name was Lum-
ley
The fourth Earl of Scarborough, who
was likewise the twelfth Lord Lumley,
married the youngest sister and heiress
OF Sir George Savile OF Rufford Abbey.
and from thenceforth the name OF
Saviie became associated with that OF
Lunley. in the double -barreled pa
tronymics Of the Earis OF Scarborough.
Savile is a familiar name to students
of American history. For the Sir
George Savile above mentioned as own
er of Rufford Abbey took a very promi-
nent part in the house Of commons In
championing the rights Of the Ameri-
can colonists prior to the outbreak OF
the war of independence which, IL he
had had his way, would have been
averted by means of wise concessions.
! He also championed the cause of Catho-
lie emancipation, for which his town
house In London was wrecked during
| the so-calied Gordon riots.
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The seventh Earl OF Scarborough was
a parson and canon OF Yorkminster.
But he could hardly be called a man OF
God. For he crippled his eldest son by
his violence, and broke his own neck
while OUT fox hunting. The next and
eight Earl Scarborough did not marry
but left several illegitimate sons, be-
queathing to them, not the Scarborough
estates, which are strictly entailed, but
all tho Rufford Abbey property. which
they were to hold in turn, assuming
the name and the arms of the Saviles,
on the understanding that, in default o:
their male issue, the property should res
vert to tho earldom of Scarborough.
One of these sons was raised to the
peerage as Lord SaviIe for his services
as diplomat, and 1t is his nephew, the
present Lord Savile. likewise a veteran
viving grandson Of the seventh LORD
Scarborough, who Is the actual owner OF
Rufford Abbey. A few years ago, after
attaining his sixtieth year as a child
less widower, he married young Mrs.
Claude Levita, who presented him, in
1919, with small son and heir. Fail
ing this little boy, the Rufford Abbey
estates, which are very valuable, will
revert to the earldom of Scarborough,
from which they were alienated by the
seventh earl.
Lady Scarborough, in her younger
celebrated for her magnificent Titan
red hair. Her only son, by her first
marriage to the multi-millionaire,
Robert Ashton, died q year before the
outbreak of the war. He was one of
the most popular and best looking Of ,
f1cers of the Second Life Guards, all
ways in mischief. whence his nick.
name OF 'sThe Scamp" He created.
not long before his death, a sensation
by running away with the English
wife Of Q foreign. born nember @s
the British parliament.