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did not play q very important role in
the existence OF his former wife.
For she she may be & said to ,,hsS have =, gone on
marriage in 1908. first Of all as
militant suffragette, who served her
bit in jail for having set fire to a
letter box with the object of destroy
ing the mail therein. eventually Sc
strike, and, after that. as the prin-
cipal business associate Of her
father. the late Lord Rhondda, in all
his vast business enterprises both in
Great Britain and on this side of the
Atlantic. Sir Humphrey was never
seen with her, never accompanied
her In her numerous travels and trips
across the Atlantic, was rarely men
toned by her and was treated in such
a fashion as to confirm the impression
superfluity and as a negligible guam
tity who was not worthy of consider
alton; in fact, as husband who did
not matter"
Satisfied with Name.
Coming Of very humble stock, she
was satisfied enough to bear his an
cient and honored name and his title.
and even, by her sufYragette activi-
ties, to drag them into Jail, prior to
the death Of her father. But when
she succeeded to. the latter's Wis
county, which he received during the
war, and became Viscountess Rhond-
Ia in her own right, she ceased even
to have any use for the name and
title of her husband. In fact, at the
time when Lady Rhondda took the
initial step for divorce 1t wa
membered her husband In order to
get rid OF him.
These initial steps take the form Of
obtaining q decree from the courts
for the restitution Of conjugal rights
implying that the petitioning wife
by her husband and that she yearns
:or his return, the assumption being,
of course, that they have parted COM
pany. The whole thing is a mere
dom. II ever. complies with the decree
of restitution of these rights, and his
refusal to defer to the directions Of
The court are grounds for the latter's
grant Of a divorce, when taken in
conjunction with his more or less
conduct. But It was dificult to re-
frain at smiling at the notion Of
LADY Rhondda. the former militant
sufrragette and the greatest coal
magnatp In Wales--quite a super
woman" whore business matters were
:oncesned-coming into the Iimelight
as q poor, devoted. forlorn wife who
has been left desolate and heart
broken by the abandonment Of her
husband, and seeking the assistance
of the law to restore him to her
towing arms.
Seventh Barsnet OF Line.
Sir Humphrey Mackworth Is the
seventh baronet Of his line. head of
a very ancient family in Derbyshire.
which has. held the lordship of the
Manor OF Ashe, In that shire, ever
since the reign, Of King Richard II,
that is to say, nearly 500 years. One
Of Sir Humphreys ancestors. a name-
sake. enjoyed the distinction Of en-
tombment with great pomp and state
| In Westminster Abbey As one OF the
| principal advisers and lieutenants Of
council. But when Charles II was
restored to the throne In 1860 he had
Humphrey Mackworth's remains
!. thrown out. of Westminster. Abbey.
along with those of oliver Cromwell
himself and other prominent parlia-
corpses Of the lord protector, Of
Gen. Ireton and Of the others were
treated with every public indignity,
drawn on, hurdles to Tyburn, through
the muddy streets, hung to the gal-
lows there; and then. after being
.eibbet. after having their heads cut
on and spiked on Westminster Hall
as those OF traitors to the crown.
Humphrey 0Ackworth's corpse was
merely thrown into q pit in what Is
nov the churShyard of OF s. Mar
ths pe!tsh church of fhe two houses
of p0g3tnOooA n