Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-13
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Although the person of King George
is considered in the eyes OF the law
as the anointed of the Lord. and blows
struck at him would entail all sorts
of frightful medieval penalties pre-
scribed for the felony of high trea-
son--pena,lties which are usually
averted as in the case Of that Lieut.
Bean who struck the late Queen Vic
toria across the face with his cane.
by the consignment of the offender
to the great state prison for the
criminal insane at Broadmoor for the
remainder of his days-yet many is
the drubbing which the present ruler
of the British empire received as a
boy from his chum and playmate, the
late Earl of De La War;. Black eyes
were quite frequent in their romps
and Quarrels when staying with his
uncle at knowle Park. now belong
ing to Lord Sackville, but then the
home of the first lord of the line, who
was a favorite and trusted member
Of Queen victoria's household and
who frequently entertained the men,
bers Of the reigning house, especially
those of the younger generation, un-
der his roof. King George must be
reminded of these boyhood encount
ers-many of them quite Homeric in
their way-now when he finds him
self in the company of the late earIS
labor party has Just been nominated
by Prime Minister Macdonald, with
the approval of the sovereign, to the
post Of one of his lords-in waiting.
Since the early portion of the reign
of Queen Victoria and the premier
Lord Melbourne, 1t has always been
the rule that the high dignitaries of
the court. and especially the lords In
waiting on the monarch. should be-
long to the political party in power,
so as to prevent that any, suspicion
of the ruler being influenced by his or
her encourage against the cabinet or
the day. Young Lord De La War; is
the ninth Of his line, twenty-four
years of age. married to Miss Diana
Leigh, daughter of the late Gerald
Leigh, and has two little boys-the
elder known as Viscount Cantelupe-
to inherit the family honors and es-
states. He first came into the lime
through a story told about him by the
Ma rquis of Lincolnshire, who as he
reditar ylord great chamberlain is
charged with the control and custody
in which the two houses of parlia-
ment hold their sessions.
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Speaking at banquet Of the Ma
tional Liberal Club in honor Of the
great Greek statesman Ventzelos,
Lord Lincolnshire related the follow
inE incident. He said that a couple
Of hours earlier, when the peers were
about to 60 into session at the house
Of lords, one of the attendants an
nounced to him that an able seaman
was outside in the lobby, who wanted
particularly to speak to him. Lord
Lincolnshire went out to him, and
found a handsome lad between 81 seven en-
garb Of an ordinary sailor OF the
royal navy. Asking what he could
do for him. the youngster expressed
a desire to see Sir George Caves
requested a place on the steps of the
throne Now as the places on the
steps OF the throne during the ses-
sions of the house of lords are re-
privy council who are commoners,
and to peers who have not attained
their majority Lord Lincolnshire
asked for the name Of his inter-
locutor. .--..
=: my name name" replied the boy. '4s
"That boy" subsequently declared
Lord Lincolnshire, has been serving
for the last eighteen months before
the mast on board 2 steam trawler
put him on the steps Of the throne
and now he has gone back to his ship
to do his duty to his God and to hts
country. That is the kind OF lads
we bred in England"
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And then he went on to tell how
the young earl on attaining his six
teenth birthday at Elton, declined to
continue his studies at that ancient
and historic school. and determined
to do his bit in the great war then
in progress. It was 1916, 90 he en-
listed before the mast In the royal
navy, and remained at sea as an able
seaman for the following four years.
his work after the conclusion OF the
armistice icing that particularly dan
Gerous task Of picking UQ mines