Evening star., 1923-05-23
Lady Blythswood Quick to Deny
That Prince Will Wed Her Daughter

some 900 years ago John Campbell
OF Blythswood married the daughter
ana heiress of John Douglas of
Mains. in Dumbartonshire. and while
mis- eldest son Colin inherited BIyths-
wood, Renfrewshire. his second SON
became the owner OF Mains and of
ms mothers landed property, and as
sumed her name and her armorial
bearings of Douglas The issue of
the elder brother died And then the
eldest son of James inherited BIyths-
wood and took back the name OF
Iempoell. From that time forth-it
the elder brother has been master
OF Blythswood. with the ancestral
patronymic of Campbell. and the sec-
ond brother has become the owner
Oh Mains and of Douglas Support
with the name of Douglas. The
Dumbarton estates are Very large and
were greatly added to by Margaret
Douglas of Mains. who married
Archibald. Duke of Douglas. the VIC
tor of the great Douglas cause
celebre"
On her death the duchess left a con-
siderable amount of property to her
nephew. Col. Archibald Douglas. with a
proyiso In her will that every owner of
the property should bear the name of
Douglas and that the whole property
should be known as Douglas Support. or
the main support of Douglas.
A few years ago the great mansion
or Douglas support. situated on the
banks OF the North Calder, was partially
aestroyed by nre, the beautiful chapel,
however, being saved while among the
paintings rescued was a celebrated one
OF gigantic size. representing the whole
genealogical tree of the house of Doug
las. Blythswood itself has been in the
possession of Lord Blythswood's family
since the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots.
and the present mansion erected on the
foundations of very old castle was
built on the south bank of the River
Clyde. TO the west of Renfrew, in the
early part OF the eighteenth century. and
was frequently visited by SIR Walter
Scott.
| Lady Susan TownIey's 'Indiscre-
tions." which she published last year
and created momentary stir on both
sides of the Atlantic by reason of the
fact that she had always been a storm
tcenter in all the diplomatic positions
to which her unfortunate husband
was appointed, has not proved a
financial success. Nor has she been
more fortunate in her rural under
takings. which she alluded to in her
book, which she wound up with the
announcement that she had retired
with Sir Walter to the country, where
she was breeding large black pigs.
which, If not quite so interesting. is
at least more remunerative and less
exacting than diplomacy" For she
| has been obliged to abandon her.pig
| breeding enterprise as disappointing
| In a monetary sense, and Sir Walter
and herself have been compelled to
put WINFIELD Place, on the ont
skirts of Windsor forest, upon the
imarket for sale by auction. Within
four miles from Windsor castle, with
large pleasure grounds a lake of two
acres and the mansion dating from
the Georgian era, 1t was in every sense
+ of the word a most attractive home to
(which Sir Walter and Lady Susan
always returned with pleasure during
the intervals OF their diplomatic mis-
sions, and for the rental of which dur
! ing their absence. they were always
able to obtain a handsome sum, -esi
pecially during the Ascot season.
/ That they should have been obliged
to sacrifice it is a blow which mI,st
have hit them very hard.
Lady Susan makes no secret in her
IsDvoH oi the reasons Wnlcn LED to her
husbands retirement from the diplo-
matte service and to the shipwreck of
his official career. For, when in De-
cember, 1918. he went to London from
his legation at The Hague to ascer-
tain from the foreign office why he
had been passed over in the promo
tions to an mbassadorship to which
he was entitled by seniority, he was
Uniformed by the, private secretary 0f
the minister of foreign affairs that
E"the indiscretions OF Lady Susan had
destroyed his chances" The "indis-
cretions" OF Lady Susan had been ex-
(tremely numerous. in fact this stormy
petrol of a sister Of the Earl of Abe
marie has left q train OF squarrela
and of III feeling WHEREVER she had
been, among them being her comment
spent some stos.m y yssrs a. Washlns I.
ton I'm no. way measured up to- The
social illness Of thingR." A~