The Denver Jewish news., 1923-09-13
OLD MEYER GUGGENHEIM'S
SON HELD L E EGITIMIS ST
HEIR TO SCOTCH THRONE.


viscount Stuart's American wife,
daughter of solomon Guggenheim- of
New York, has Just presented him in
London with n son and heir who will
continue the line and eventually become
the head of the illustrious and historic
family of Stuart which has furnished
so many rulers to Scotland and Eng
land, says the Marquise de Fontency
in the Evening Bulletin, of this city.
For Lord Stuart is descended. like his
father the aged and sixteenth Earl of
Castlcstewart. in the male line direct
from King Robert III of Scotland,
through his son, Robert Stuart, first
Duke of Albany.
The second Duke of Albany was put
to death by his nephew, James i of
Scotland after the latter's liberation
from English captivity, and his Duke
dom was attained and forfeited to the
Crown. But his heir in the male line
direct received, first, the title of Lord
Ochiltree. and finally the titles of Ba-
ron Castlcstewart, Viscount Stuart, and
Earl of Castlestewart in the Peerage,
not of Scotland but of Ireland.
That is to say, the acknowledged
head Of the great Scottish house OF
Stuart, who has not rood of land in
Scotland. has no place among those
Peers of the Northern Kingdom who
at each general election to Parliament
I,l tn, lao nj In nf HnIy-
rood at Edinburgh and elect sixteen
representatives of their order in the
House of Lords ut Westminster.
Nor has the old Earl of Castle
stewart seat in the House of Lords
and the only vote he possesses is that
in the election of representative Peers
of Ireland for the upper chamber of the
Imperial Legislature.
Ultra-legitimists contend Lord Cas-
tlcstewart has a better claim TO the
throne of Scotland than King George.
For the male line of the descendants
of Robert III, that is to say, of the
eldest son of Robert IL. came to an end
of the death of James V. father of
Mary. Queen OF Scots. and it is held
by II number of gencalogists that on
his death the descendants in the male
line direct of King Robert II's youngest
son. the first Duke of Albany. should
have succeeded to the Crown of Scot
land, instead of james vs. daughter
Mary. ut that time widowed Queen of
France. z
King George is II Staurt through
the female instead of through the male
Nine. that is to say, through Mary
Queen of Scots and through her grand
daughter. Elizabeth. sister of the ill
fated Charles l. of Great Britain and
ireland. and consort of. the last King
Of Bohemia. But of course King
George holds the crowns of his trio
of Kingdoms not SO much by virtue OF
descent as by that law of Parliament.
now over two centuries old. which is
known as the Act of Settlement
Lord Stuart passed from the status
of IA younger son into that of heir np-
parent to his fathers Enrldom through
tit Vi t"o 'iN'i 'A''hN.' -
France i'm the World war, i'll the course
of which he himself was severely
wounded. He won the Military Cross
and was incalidcd cut with the rank
of major, as commandant of n battery
of Lewis guns.
The first of his wife's family to
come to America was Meyer Guggcn-
helm. who arrived in the United States
more than n century ago. from Ian
genau. in Switzerland. and settled
down in Philadelphia, where he seemed
to have started on his most successful
business caree rby means of the prcduc-
tion of stove polish. Then he turned
his attention to mining and built the
first smelter in Pueblo. Colorado. urg-
ing his SONS to follow him in the brisi-
ness.
The venture was successful. even
from the very outset and as far back
as half n century ago an English syn
dicate offered $15.O00.OOO for the pur-
chase of the Guggenheim mining and
smelling interests, an offer which was
at once declined .-B'nai Messenger.
AT THE ORPHEUM