Evening star., 1924-01-04
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.


England's future king has lost one
OF his closest friends and most use-
ful mentors through the death on
the last day Of the. old year OF the
eighth Earl of Jersey, who has been
adviser-in-chief, about everything
concerning the turf and sporting
matters generally. Indeed, it is
understood that a sort of racing
partnership had existed between
them since the Prince of Wales re-
turned from India last year. and that
several of the large strings OF horses
which the earl has had In training
at Newmarket under Alfred Sadler
and Ralph Moreton In reality belong
to the heir apparent. Tall, fair. a
straight-up man, with the most
pleasant smile, Lord Jersey was at
the helm Of the racing world in tho
United Kingdom as senior steward
of the Jockey Club throughout the
war, and AZ such he was compelled
TO use tho utmost diplomacy mingled
with frmness to prevent the gov
ernment from getting an arbitrary
hand in the management of racing,
thus depriving the national sport.
which has also been known as the
sport of kings, Of its necessary in
dependence.
Lord Jersey Is succeeded in his
honors and estates by the elder of
his two sons, heretofore known as
viscount Grandson, a fourteen,year-
the remaining seven years OF his
minority he WIN be under the guar
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service order in France during the
great war. and who has since the
, restoration Of peace been one Of the
partners OF the great London interna-
tional banking house of Barring He
sever his connection Herewith.
For as guardian OF the young earl he
will have to undertake the duties OF
chairmanship OF the old established and
h!ssoo Gh,las Bank Bank In LonGOn do ea =,
inheritance, and in which they have
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existence for hundreds OF years, and
both Charles II and his favortte. Nell
Gwynn. tho Orange .giri, by him the
ancestress OF the Dukes Of St; Adams,
shown by the firms books still in ex-
istenoe TO this day.
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duties a. q banker at No. T1nst street
very seriously, was = sreat-srandson of
the celebrated Sir Robert Peel, tho most
abIs primo minister OF Queen victoria's
reisn, and was entitled to quarter the
royal arms Of England on his escutch-
con by right OF his descent from Henry
Wits sister, the heroine Of the popular
soreen play. "Whsn KAshthoed Was in
Frances, wife OF the fourth Earl Of Jsr-
soy, played q leading role ut the court
Of George ", both during his rsgsncy
and when on the throne, as one Of his
unhappy marriage to Queen Caroline oi
Brunswick. For having been sent ~
one OF the great dignitaries OF the court
to welcome the princess On on her arrival
suaded her to satisfy her hunger altar
her sea voyage with q salad IN which
onions figured lar!sly, explaining that
there was nothing that the then prince
sgsd se "s n: :: tas os Fl oses: 2;
which he abhorrsd. No wonder. THAI
when she embraced him sfeusivsly on
slighting from her carriage at St
James Palace he turned sway with ~
gasp Of disgust and loudly whispered tc
Hsrris rIs iU. ret ma q 1lsss Of brandy"
Lord Jersey }s tndsbtAd for his sx.
! tremeIy lucrative ownership pf thtl
1 6ank to the fact that one Of HIS an
oestors, the tenth Eari OF We!tmsre-
, land, made a runaway matoh with
! Earah Ann, only daughter OF Robert
| ChiIds. the banker. Tho latter, thu
| last representative of the male line
| of the house of Childs, was enter.
ltafnine Lord west1noreland one eve,
ming at dinner, whom the earl rs'
marked to himi
sTf ycu were in leve with . Girl
Childx, and her father weuId not le
you marry her. what would ycn dor
.Dof Why rng away with her. o
tceurse," was the bankers rash replY.'
Lord Westmoraland acted upon hti
advice. and went on on tbs following