Evening star., 1923-04-22

INCE the Marquis OF Curzon has
found IL impracticable to trans
fer once more the entire direc-
tion OF the administration of
the foreign affairs of the vast British
empire from Downing street to the
shores of the Lake of Geneva. the
Rt. Hon. Sir Horace Rumbold.
Bart, G. C. NJ. c., British ambassador
and high commissioner at CONSTANT
nople, has been appointed by King
George to act as his principal pleni-
potentiary at the international con-
gress, which reconvenes tomorrow at
Lausanne for the further negotiation
of the various troublesome issues in
connection with the revision OF the
treaty Of Sevres and the settlement
Of the entire near eastern problem
The appointment of Sir Horace to
this important mission is not with
out interest in the United States.
where he spent some time as a men,
Der of the British embassy at Wash
ington. For he is half American. His
mother, the first wife of the late Sir
Horace Rumbold. eighth baronet of
his line, was Miss Caroline Harring-
ton. daughter of George Harrington
Of Washington, some time United
States envoy at Berne. and through
her as we'll as through the marriages
Of his cousins, Henry and Cumber-
land Rumbold, to Baltimore women.
and of Annie Rumbold to Ernest X.
Richardson Of Philadelphia, Sir Hor-
ace is connected with many families
in this country. He Is related. more
over. to some of the greatest houses
of the aristocracy of continental Eu-
rope, including those of de la Roche
foucauld of Harcourt. of Noailles and
of Polignac in France and that of
the princes OF Lobanoff in Russia.
Indeed the late Horace Rumbold
Gather of Great Britain's plenipoten-
tiary at Lausanne). who was British
ambassador at Vienna, after having
been born in Calcutta, was educated
in Paris under the care and roof of
his aunt, the Duchess de Polignac, in
the Faubourg st. Germain.
Sir Horace is descended from
Thomas Rumbold. who was one Of
the cavaliers of King Charles I at
the battle of Naseby: also from will
liam Rumbold, who was master Of
the robes Of Charles II, and from
Henry Rumbold. who was a gentle
Indn OF the pTlVy CHAnOeT OL Jdhlco {,
while the founder of the family was a
certain Robert Rumbold. who, accord
ing to contemporary judicial records
still in existence, was in litigation
with Alured Of Lincoln in -1194 con-
cerning lands in the shires of Essex
and Herts. In view Of this ancestry,
no credence need be accorded to the
spiteful gossip of Horace Walpole.
who insisted that Sir Thomas Rum
bold, the first baronet Of the line and
one Of the typical nabobs in London
society toward the end of the eigh-
teenth century, began life as a waiter
at Whites Club and was In conse-
Quence the subject OF George Sell
wyn's bon mot. that Everything
comes to him who knows how to
wait
1t is perfectly true that Thomas
Rumbold at the early age Of sixteen.
went out to India as a subordinate
member Of the suite of the then Gov
ernor Of Fort George. But 1t was in
the capacity of gentleman cadet
and not of q menial. and IL he had
been granted a cadetship. it was be-
cause his father was a naval officer
who served with distinction in the
marine forces of the East India Com
pany. Thomas Rumbold's career in
the Orient is a matter OF history.
He was one Of the chief aides de
camp to Gen. Lord Give at the Battle