Evening star., 1923-10-29
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY

BY THE MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.
If Lord Vernon rs arriving In New
York with Lady Vernon on Thursday
next. from England, on board the Ma
jestic. 1t Is because he has been ap-
pointed by Justice Giegerich of the su-
preme court Of New York to take
charge Of the extensive New York prop
erty Of his American mother, the
dowager Lady Vernon. who lives In the
srrictest retirement at Pau in the south
Of France. The unfortunate woman. a
daughter Of the late Francis C. Law
renee Of New York, has long been men,
ally afflicted. Her eldest son, the late
Lord Vernon, succumbed at Malta dur
ing the war to wounds received at Gal
.Ipoh, and subsequently Charles Lanier,
the New York banker and trustee of
me Lawrence estate, having no one TO
whom to pay over the money for it, had
aer eldest surviving son, the present
peer, designated by the New York
lection with this business that he is
.oming to New York.
Lord Vernon ls a captain Of the royal
,ayy; served In ,, the grand fisst under under
.niralty at Whitehall, in turn, during
ne great war. He lost his father nearly
-hree decades ago and was brought up
.nder the guardianship of his uncle,
me late William Frederick Vernon.
who also had an American wife, namely,
the daughter Of Gen. Daniel M. Frost.
ord Vernon married Miss Merry
clay. daughter of Col. Clay of the In
Iian army, eight years ago. They have
ne daughter. now four years old. But
.4ord Vernon is still without male is
sue and the next heir to his peerage
Ind extensive estates is his cousin. Sir
William Vernon, bailiff of the Island of
ersey, great-grandson of the third lord,
married. to a daughter of Philip Cos
ct, and making his home at St. Peters.
Jersey.
Lord Vernon came quite prominently
before the public, some time ago, in
'onnection with the sale by public
uction in London Of his celebrated
.brary at Sudbury Hail. the gem of
ne collection. the celebrated manu-
cript lie Roman de la Rose fetching
enormous price and being purchased
or dispatch to the United States-I
nderstand for the California library
# Henry Huntington. lie Roman de
L Rose was executed for King Fran
is / Of France. 1t covers 206 leaves
t vellum and has about 220 miniatures.
was, no doubt. stolen from one of
he royal palaces during the great revo-
ition and was then brought to Eng
md, finding its. way to the Sudbury
!brary In the year 1919. How 1t came
England Is not definitely known, but
,efore finding place in the Sudbury
brary Il had been one Of the treasures
Z the library of the first Lord Thur
w. In fact, 1t first came to England
bout the end Of the eighteenth CEN
mblazoned on the first page and on the
econd page there Is a painting of the
1onarch surrounded by his courtfers
eceiving the volume from the author
The Vernons can boast of being
,mong the very oldest families in
'ngland. being descended from that
ichard de Vernon who accompanied
william the Conqueror from Nor
mandy to England and was one Of the
even barons created by Hugh Lupus.
he great Earl Of Chester. They set
led at Haddon Hall In Derbyshire
* 900 years ago, and one of them.
r Henry Vernon, Lord of Haddon,
vas governor and treasurer of the
household Of Prince Arthur. elder
-other Of Henry VIII. Arthur
,rince of Wales spent much of his
.oyhood at Haddon Hall. and his
ephew, Sir Henry, was the grand
,ather Of that Dorothy Vernon whose
.lopement, furnished so picturesque
, romance. sRd whose runaway mar