Evening star., 1923-05-04
Position in Egypt Firmer:
Thanks to Wisdom of Lord Allenby

Goodwin of the time of Edward the
Confessor and sister, therefore. Of
King Harold of England. The pres
ent Lord Moubrey is the twenty-ninth
in direct line of male succession from
Botholph Stourton and from Anne
Goodwin.
Stourton is not only Lord Mou-
brey's patronymic. but likewise thc
name of the family seat near Knares~
borough in York shire-once famous
as Thornville Royal of the we'll
known sporting Col. Thorton, whose
wife used to ride races dressed as q
jockey, and who kept all Yorkshire
talking by his extrava gance.
Lord Moubrey's ancestors have been
singularly unfortunate. Thus. the
eighth Lord Stourton was hanged
with a silken halter for murder in
1857. and for many years the silkeu
halter in question hung above his
beautiful tomb in SALISBURY Cathe-
dral, precisely as the huge red castle
hats Of cardinals are suspended above
the tombs OF these princes of the
church. The fifteenth and sixteenth
Lords Moubrey lost their heads on
the scaffold for high treason. and
the fourteenth Lord Moubrey suffered
tering on his own shield the roya!
arms of King Edward the Confessor.
The second Lord Moubrey was be-
headed at York for rebellion and the
seventh peer was hung. drawn and
quartered for taking a. leading part
in the insurrection against Henry N.
From this it will be seen that large
number Of Lord Moubrey'S ancestors
have engaged the unpleasant atten-
tions of the public executioner
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Strawberry Hill, the historic sthuT
ban home of Horace Walpole, situateS
between Twickenham and Teddington
on the Thames, is once more in the
market, as apparently its present
owner, the widowed Lady Michelhan
finds it difficult to attract London so=
fciety into the outskirts of the me-
tropolis in the same way as the late
Horace Walpole. and afterWard of
Frances. Countess of waidergrave,
whose garden parties at Strawberry
Hill enjoyed international fame.
The widowed Lady Mitchell, who
has owned 1t for the last fifteen years,
has been very pretty woman, and is
related to a number of well known
families in America-notably to the
Chambers and to the Jays of New
York. She likewise counts among our
kinsfolls the Pellews, being a daush-
ter OF that Mrs. Octavius Bradshaw Of
Powderham Castle. who by her first
marriage to Hon. Fleetwood John
Pellew was the grandmother of the
late Lord Exmouth. Her appearance
is familiar to many, for her portrait
by Jan van Beer is regarded as that
brilliant artists masterpiece.
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Strawberry Hill was originally
known as Chopped Straw Hill, owing
to the fact that 1t was first, built by
an Earl of Bradford's coachman, who
had acquired a large sum of money
by dishonesty substituting chopped
straw for oats in feeding his masters
many horses. Strawberry Hill had
always been associated with famous
people. 1t was there that Colley Glib
ber wrote his play. The Refusal
and whence he waged his war
against Pope. After Cibber came
Bishop Talbot of Durham, then the
Marquis of Carnarvon, then Lord John
Sackville, and in May, 1747, Horace
walpole, the best known and most
brilliant of all the sons of the great
Sir Robert walpole On his death
1t went to his niece, the Countess OF
Waldergrave, and through her to the
seventh Earl of Waldergrave. After
the demise of Frances. Countess Of
Waldergrave. daughter of tho seventh,
earl of that ilk. il was bought by the
late Herbert Stern. who was created
first . barsnet and then a peer Vnter
the title of Lord Michelham.