Evening star., 1924-02-11
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.


So many inquiries have reached me
concerning the identity OF the very
charming Lady Bathurst who has
been in this country for some time
past, and who is now in trade. en-
gagged in managing one of those Glori-
fed shops at Palm Beach that line
the lake trail, shops in which one can
purchase everything from a package
of pins to a pearl necklace costing
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
that it may be well to explain that
she should not be confounded with
that other Lady Bathurst who is
peeress Of the realm and who is still
the owner and the very active pub
Usher and editor in chief OF the Lon
don Morning Post. the recent ne
gotiations with a view to its sale to
the Rothermere-Beave combi-
nation having apparently fallen
through.
The Countess OF Bathurst, who in
herited the paper from her father, the
late Lord GIanesk. and from her
grandfather. old Tom Borthwick, and
used to be described by the late Lord
Northcliffe as the ablest and most
serious of all his newspaper rivals,
has not been in this country for years,
whereas the other Lady Bathurst
virtually makes her home in the
United States. She is the half-sister
of the fifteenth Lord Inchiquin of
Dromoland Castle. County Clare, who
is head Of the clan and dynasty of
O'Brien that formerly exercised
sovereign sway of the entire south of
sovereignty to King Henry VIII re-
ceived from him the Barony of Inchi-
quin. as well as other hereditary
prerogatives. including that of garb-
ing its servants in royal liveries:-
1ncsia9in. eSs9haeG the He Hon. M MORA osrien ~ is
direct descendant of 1reland's
national hero. Brian Boroihme, prin-
cipal King of the Emerald Isle. and
who fell in the great battle Of Clon-
relics, including his great sword, are
preserved at Dromoland Castle, her
ancestral home, where she spent her
childhood. AS a young girl and even
as child she was extremely hlgh
spirited and rebellious to all au-
She was, also. like most fair Irish
women, very impatient But she was
so attractive that these faults were
regarded as merely adding to the
When her haIf-brother. Lord Inchi-
uuin, succeeded to the title and mar
ried, Dromoland Castle ceased to De
her home, and as her allowance was
not large owing to the extravagant
number Of her brothers ana ie sistersM ,he
wife of the Italian senator, Maroon,
of wireless telegraphy fame-sne
made up her mind to folloW tne
example of SO many other women o5
glove shop in Sloane Square in the
Knightsbridge district Of LONDON un-
der the trade name OF MORA.
Most Of these ventures come to grief
sooner or later. But before the ZION.
Moira O'Brien had been long
enough connected herewith to be
able to decide whether tho venture
was going to be a success, her hand
was sought and won by a particularly
good looking baronet fifth Of his
line. Sir Frederick Harvey Bathurst
IN. first baronet OF tho line having
heen that general, Sir FELTON, Harvey
Bathurst, who was with the DUKE OF
Wellington in the battle Of waterloo
dauphter Of Richard Cation Of Mary
land, After Sir Feltons death his
American widow married the seventh
Duke of Leeds, the first American
Wornan to win through marriage the
Strawberry Leaf, caronet OF an Eng
lish duchess.
The union between Sir. Frederick
Harvey Bathurst and Moira OBrien
did not turn out q success. AFTER the
birth of boy, Frederick, who attains
his majority this year, separation
-ensued, and eventually. in 1912, the
marriage was dissolved by divorce.
It was believed at the time that Lady
Bathurst would wed one Of her most
devoted admirers-Pierre, Marquis De
Jaucourt, head Of one Of the OLDEST
houses Of the French aristocracy. ana
the Partisan salon OF whose motner,
an English woman by birth, IN the
Rue de ,Varennes was one OF the
most famous in Europe.
The Marquis de Jaueourt, VINO
owns the magnificent Chateau oe
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