Evening star., 1923-07-27
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Lord Cadogan, who has just arrived
In New York from England on the
Homeric, although only the seventh
earl of his line, Is. nevertheless. OF
very ancient lineage. For his family
was founded by a royal Welsh prince,
Fulys, who had a son, Gadwgan. a
name which eventually was Angli-
cized into Cadogan. The first Cad
ogan to achieve note was William OF
that ilk, who so distinguished HIM
self in the campaigns of the first
Duke of Marlborough on the con-
tinent that he was raised to the
tually succeeded the duke as COM
chief Of the army and
master general Of the ordnance.
His honors descended by special
remainder to his brother Charles.
also a general in the army. and to
whom, really, the foundation of the
family fortunes are due. For he
married the daughter and heiress of
Sloane and. through his wife. be-
came invested with the ownership OF
the manor of Chelsea In Middlesex.
1t is to Sir Hans Sloane, by the
by. the successor of Sir Isaac New
ton as president Of the royal society
that England Is indebted for the
British Museum of which the wonder
full collection he had formed consti-
tuted the nucleus. Indeed, that is
why the earls Of Cadogan, as heirs
ter's daughter. have always been
hereditary trustees Of the British
Museum, the others owing their ap-
pointment to the. crown. who has
earl OF Crawford to the trusteeship
vacated by Lord Rosebery, through
illness.
At the time when the late Earl of
Cadogan succeeded to the family hon
ors and estates, a little over half a
century ago, the manor of Chelsea
estate was not considered of any par
ticular value. Much Of the property
was marshland and the remainder
slums of the most poverty-stricken
order. Fortunately, he had a very
brilliantly clever wife In the person
of Lady Beatrice Craven. and 1t was
entirely owing to her initiative that
her husband organized the so-called
Chelsea reconstruction scheme, which,
in the seventh and eighth decades of
the last century. was in full blast
and which had the effect of convert
ing Chelsea from a slum into one of
the most fashionable districts of the
British metropolis.
Most Chelsea land was sold vacant
upon ninety-nine-year leases. 1t has
since been built UP with street upon
street and square upon square of the
most costly houses and mansions in
the lease, will become the property.
together with all the fixtures. Of the
ground landlord-that is to say. the
entailed estate of the Earldom of
therefore, Is bound. like that of the
Dukes Of Westminster, to steadily in
crease in gigantic strides as time
goes by. Indeed, little viscount Chel-
sea, now nine years of age. viii be,
by the time he attains his majority
of Cadogan, an extremely rich man
and accounted one OF the half a dozen
great ground landlords of London.
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Little Lord Chelsea will be a far
richer man, indeed. than his father,
the persent earl. For the latter, like
his elder brother, the first husband Of
Lady Meux, managed to involve him
self in all kinds of financial troubles
and diff1culties during his fathers
lifetime. necessitating his frequent
appearances In the bankruptcy court
and the payment of very large sums,
by the late earl. in order to extricate.
after q fashion, his two elder sons
from their monetary difficulties and
from the tolls of some Of the most
notorious Insurers in London.
|. 1t was with view to the protec-
tion of the Cadogan estate that the
present earl was obliged to sell his
reYersionsry life interest In the en-