Evening star., 1923-10-22
BY THE MARauIsE DE EoNTENoY.

Lady Maud Macintosh. eldest
daughter of the Duke of Devonshire.
whose husband, Capt. Angus Mack
intosh, only son OF the Mackintosh
Of Macintosh, died at Washington
in 1913, while she was just recov-
ering from the birth OF her little girl
at Government House at Ottawa, is
about to marry again.
Formal announcement has been
made of her engagement TO Capt.
the Hon. George Evan Balllie of
Dochfour, Inverness, eldest son of
Lady Burton, peeress in her own
right, and who is next heir to her
barony, as we'll as to her extensive
holdings in the great Bass brewerles
at Burton-on-Trent Capt. Bailiie
served as captain of the Royal Horse
Artillery during the great war, win
ming the military cross In France,
and afterward further distinctions
while on the staff Of Gen. Jan Smuts
in the conquest or German East
Africa.
Lady Burton's peerage was bestow-
ed upon her father the late Sir
Michael Bass. with special remainder
to his only child Nellie. He was one
of the close personal friends Of King
the time when they were at college
together at Cambridge. When he
was raised to the house OF lords as
Lord Burton, he declined to follow
the usual custom of applying to the
Royal College of Heralds for the dis
covery of mythical Norman and Cru
sader forebears, being content TO be
ancestored by the true founder or
his house and of his fortunes. the
humble carrier and bottle washer,
William Bass, born in lf17, at Burton
on-Trent He even made fun OF the
heraldic devices which he was COM
PEELED to assume. selecting as his
motto punning allusion to the
name OF his firm, namely, Basis
virtutam constantia," which which ne USED ssesi
ale is that it's. always up. TO the
mark"
His daughter. Lady Burton, resem-
bles him in this respect. She is very
unaffected, outspoken, and, as a girl,
was very high-spirited. On one occa-
sion. at a dance in the old picture gall
lery of Holyrood Palace, at Edinburgh.
when she whisked past in the mazes Of
Highland schottishe, an old-fashioned
general, startled by her decidedly lively
style of dancing. commented. within her
hearing. Hardly the manners of We're
de We're"
Bass: they are the manners of the
beer de beer, and jolly good beer 1t is,
too"
On another occasion, at a ball, the
present Duke Of Athol, having been
presented ard promised by her dance,
and who was then known as the Mar
uuis of Tullibardine, wrote the latter
! name on her dance program.
'.Ls that really your narne" inquired
the irrepressible Nellie. 1T is very
curious one, and very long for every
| day use"
"Well," replied the red-headed mar
uuis, somewhat nettled, sit is O name
| pretty wel known in Scotland. Have
you never heard of the Tullibardines.
great great-grandfather, who fell at
| MalplaQuetY'
| piled. But then, you see. my great
| great-grandfather was a bottle washer"
| At vet another dance a fancy dress
ball, at which she appeared gorgeously
! arrayed in the garb of the royal lady
! who is scripturally reported to have
1 tempted King Solomon from his marital
obligations to his 1000 wives, her host
| ess inquired, as she greeted her: ''Well,
| Nellie, so you've come as the Queen of
| Sheba."
| Sheba." -
! x x K X
| what Lady Burton omitted to men
ton in replying to the Marquise of
! TulIibardine was the fact that, al
| though the fortunes of the Bass FAM
| lily were founded by the humble bot
tie washer and carrier. whom she de-
scribed as "her great-great-grand-
father" she is connected in a way
I with the family of Shakespeare. AS
| every one knows, the bards mother
was q Mary Arden, daughter of Wal
ter Arden of Park Hall, Warwick
shire. Now. Emily Jane Arden, who
married Michael Thomas Bass. and
| who was the grandmother of Lady
| Burton, and the great grandmother
therefore Of her son and heir, Capt
Evan Baillie. wes descended ina di-
rect line fror1 t'sis ,Wsitsr Arden .of
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