Evening star., 1926-04-11
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
World Celebrities and Their Achievements Passed
in Review-Ceneral and Personal
Notes of Special Interest.
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

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a high honor on the Duke of RoX-
burghe, that of chancellor of the
ancient and most noble Order of the
Thistle. an order restricted solely to
he great historic clans and families
of Scotland and which was created in
the ninth century and many hundred
years before Britains most honorable
and exclusive knighthood Of the Gar
ter. A long friendship exists between
King George and Queen Mary and the
Duke and Duchess of RoXburghe ard
the SoVereignS have paid visits regu-
larly to their ducal country seat, Floors
Castle at kelSo since the days when
the present King and Queen occupied
a modest role in the scheme of things
as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.
Queen Mary has a special admiration
for the Duchess of RoXburghe, who
was Miss May Goelet of New York,
for she has been an American peereSS
who has in the most unobtrusive man
ner devoted herself to the interests
of her husband and his tenants in the
vast estates of RoXburghe and Had
dington, total of many hundreds of
acres She also has shown a most
conservative side in minglng in Lon
don society, and her dignity and re
fusal to be exploited long ago won
the admiration of Queen Mary When
after 10 year: of marriage the
Duchess son, the Marquis of Bow
mont. was born. King George and
queen Mary were his sponsors and
his birthday anniversaries are re-
membered by the presentation of a
piece of beautiful silver which the
Duke and Duchess are reserving in a
special chest against his setting up his
own household gods. The Duke was
severely wounded in the Flanders
campaign and was invalided out of
The army and really has never been
robust since. His new duties in the
regulation and protectorship of the
Order of the Thistle will fill many
empty hours, since he can no longer
take part in riding or hunting or in
the 81 pervisiOn of his estates.
The Marquis of Cholmondeley, who
is better known in polo circles in this
country as the Earl of Rocksavage,
has passed the Winter in Miami and
has succeeded in getting up a fine
polo team, recruited from Nassau and
Fort Lauderdale. With his wife, who
was Lady Sybil Sasson, he will spend
some time on Long Island before re-
turning TO their home at Houghton
Hall in Norfolk. The marquis, who
is close chum of the Prince of
Wales and one of his hunting COM
radeS, has recently been named lord
chamberlain of the realm, powerful
court office. which ranks sixth in
Importance and was created in 1888.
He has supreme sway over the West
minister Palace and derives many
privileges from his historic holding
Besides being one of the noted polo
players of England, the marquis is a
daShing aviator and had been doing
stunts over London before the
World War. His marriage occurred
nTalx- Sx-a yoYh In
is well up in the thirties and Lady
Sybil, now the marchioness, is a
beauty of SO rare and perfect a type
that Sargent requested to paint her
portrait, and this canvas is consid
cred one of this famous artists mas
terpieces. Through her grandfather,
an Anglo-Indo magnate, this lady has
superb fortune, which has been
used most generously to restore the
greatness of the Choimondeleys.
Prince Leopold of Belgium, that
shy youth who visited Washington in
1919, is after the manner of crown
princes making a visit to the colonial
possessions and has just covered all
the Congo country. He has recently
been entertained by the governor of
Nairobi, and that outpost of civiliZa-
ton has been lively as Mayfair for
two weeks and more. Leopold, who
was so tall and slender when in this
country, has broadened considerably
and has become a noted son of Nim-
rod. The governor of Nairobi who
is Sir Edward Griggs, and Lady
GrfggS have been entertaining
group of huntsmen from London, in
Guiding the Earl of Strafford Capt.
Keith Caldwell and others. When the
Belgian prince and his retinue ar
rived hunting began in real earnest
and the party included several ladies,
like Lady Elizabeth Byng, Mrs.
Arthur FaWcuS, wife of the British
governor of kenya, and Lady Griggs,
who can bring down the big game as
surely and regularly as the men.
Young Leopold, like the Prince of
Wales, finds it difficult to select a
mate. He was "a his last birthday
and, according to his friends, his
heart has never been touched at all,
and he goes through the social antics
rather perfunctorily and sometimes
with a bored expression. But his
parents, King Albert and Queen Eliza
beth. are wisely Letting him go his
own way. This is Leopold's first
grand tour and he is attended by six
officers of the Belgian Grenadiers, of
which he is commander. He will go
North and visit Egypt and the Bar
barry states before leaving Africa to
visit the Holy Land and Persia
Sir Archibald Sinclair, who came
to New York last week to visit his
numerous American relatives. is the
only son of the late Mabel Sands. a
belle and beauty of New York 80
years ago. She was the daughter
of the late Mahlon Sands and her
marriage to Sir Clarence Sinclair,
twenty second laird of Caithness in
Ulster, was a brilliant event in the
early 90s. Lady Sinclair was
killed by a fall from her horse
whilst cantering in Rotten Row in
cavalcade of which the Prince of
Wales, afterward Edward VII. was
a member. Sir Clarence remarked,
but the half American peer being the
oldest son, succeeded to the title
and estate five years ago. He mar
ried Miss Marigold Forbes, daughter
of the adventurous globe trotter
Lady Angela Forbes, and there are
two children. Sir Archibald has not
visited his kindred in New York and
other parts of this country since he
was a lad of 10. He became chummy
with many American officers during
the World War and delights in EN-
tertaining his former associates at
the curious old castle of Thurso on
The stormy coast of Pentland Firth,
which is so close TO the sea that
fishing may be accomplished by low
ering a line from the tide -splashed
windows. Sir Archibald wears many
decorations for bravery in action.
In addition to his Sands relatives,
several branches of which are in
Washington, there are cousins In
Wyoming, bearing the name of Sim
clair and descended from that Earl
of Caithness, who was among the
pioneer titled ranchers of the Big
Horn Valley, where SO many other