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Show BRITISH PEERESS WAS NEW YORK LADY BB Vjrix'kin, An announcement of in H tterraton loth titles of the Atlantic is B nh.-it.l5ir Right Honoralilo Lewis Vcr- BBJ mint tfarcoiirt, popularly known licrc- B -jrnfarc :is "l.ulii", who was recently BBV acn-icd to lhc pecrauc, lias elected to BBJ USe 7jmwii, henceforth, as Karon Nun- B ikfcn.na.Coiirtcitay, in the county of Ox- H tr3ranI Viscount Harcourt, of Stan- H tnT. SXarcourt, in the same county. H .1&s"cJ ev.it km" to the House of Lords B Irors. slot of the Commons, wherein B fie has. sat as representative of a I.an- BBJ ciaJjJrr constituency since 1904, adds BBj inc mvre to the already lengthy list BBJ -uf Anotrricnn peeresses of the realm, BBf 'She Viscountess Harcourt, as it will BBj 'Sc (SCir.iill for a while to remember BBJ ftiCS her, was originally Miss Mary H .lift Burns, daughter of Walter II. BB) (Baexx of New York, a great heiress BBff :ia t a. niece of the late J. Picrpont BBJ Tin: new viscount, who was once BBJ iKaffccilof seriously as a possible Brit- BBJ -ift.it r12alx1.ss.1dor to the United States, BBj jjinlitjto is now said to lie overhauling BBJ rtbe Jt3brr.il party machine, had, as BB) ee&xrs an an American wife, a stcp- BBX iva hi-r from the laud of the Stars and BBJ 'Si-atpvu She was a daughter of John BB tfcxiiap Motley, the distinguished BBi iSumncan historian, and was the scc- BBj .ouXwrafc of "Lulu" Harcourt's father, BB 'iih-William Harcourt, one of the BBj 7vnCjcst of Liberal statesmen. Vis- BBj jncitoi'i Harcourt who was married BBj SaiTlViO. was, previous to the war, one BBl aff afoc ""great" Liberal hostc'sscs of BBJ t&xHA&on, and a frequent entertainer BB KtHsrTrraXXy, but she never has dcvclop- BB tdauen a trace of what is known here BB joiZsnAc" and has no affection what- BB tsirsr Sot the limelight. She has been BB psnteriincitt in war-work since the BB rsay Uys of the struggle, and was BB tmof the organizers of the American BB "'tlCratnen's "War Relief committee BH s!ifjrh established the Paignton hos- BB -peal, l)rt when, on two or three oc- BH -cusnas, while discussing its work BHf vosHttter, the present writer has tried BH 'iiofxt tier to talk about her personal BH n'5am:'jn the business, her invariable BH nryOf lias been "Do please leave me BH' -uottof it!" She his one son and three BV CDeSc daughters. V An Ancient Seat. BB Kcr luisbancl, who has been colonial secretary and first commissioner of works, as well as a trustee of the Wallace Wal-lace collection and the British museum, muse-um, has taken his new title from his two stately residences, Nuneham Park, near Oxford, and Stanton Harcourt, Har-court, only a few miles away. The first named has becn'the home of the Harcourts for seven centuries. It came to jts present holder as the descendant de-scendant of the sisteri of the first Itarl Harcourt, who yv with Gcorjrc II at the Uattlc of Dcttingcn, and whose death, not on the battlefield, was a tragic one. it is more notable, perhaps, for its large dlmmcusious and the exceptional beauty of its situation sit-uation near the Thames thanfor .ny architectural features. King Hdwfiul was first entertained there in June, 1907, after the place had been painstakingly pain-stakingly renovated, the house party invited to meet him including the late J. Picrpont Morgan, and Mrs. Hums, Viscountess Harcourt's mother. It was in 1864 hat Nathaniel Ua'f. thorne while on ?. isit to this tountry wrote of Nuneham as follows: "The house itself is built in the classic style, as if the family had been anxious to diverge as far as possible from the Gothic picturcsqucness of their old abode at Stanton Harcourt. The grounds seemed to me even more beautiful than those of Blenheim. Mason, the roet, a friend of the house, gave a drsifii of a portion of tile garden. gar-den. Of the whole place I will not be niggardly of my rude, transatlantic praise, but be bold enough to say that it appeared to me to be as perfect as anything earthly can be utterly and entirely finished, as if the years and generations liac done all that the owners could contrive for a spot they dearly loved." A Snntch of Romnnce. With Stanton Harcourt, the new viscount's other place, is connected the picturesque story of the marriage and subsequent "love in a cottage" of Simon Harcourt, afterwards Lord Chancellor and Viscount Harcourt. The Rev T. Clark, chaplain to Simon's father, Sir Philip Harcourt of Stanton Stan-ton Harrourt, Oxfordshire, had a very prcttv daughter, Rebecca, and one dav it was whispered the girl was about to become a mother. The knight made inquitics, and in great anger summoned his son, Simon, who admitted the fact, and also announced that Rebecca was his wife. Thc youthful couple were turned out, and they went to live in a little Oxfordshire Oxford-shire town. There their little son Simon (direct ancestor 6f the new Viscountl was born, also two other sons and two daughters. PoorrRe-becca PoorrRe-becca C'ark did not live to shd're he husband's greatness. ' , .Lord Chancellor Harcourt 'never made Stanton Harcourt his' slat. When greatness and wealth came, he bought in 1712 Nuneham Courtcnay, a few miles away, which since, has been the family seat. Stanton 'liar-court 'liar-court fell into decay, but was restored some years ago, and is now a picturesque pic-turesque shooting box. Its fishponds or moat, and Tudor gatehouse give the place a wonderful antiquarian interest. in-terest. One building remaining is the great kitchen with huge fireplaces but no chimneys, for the smoke escapes es-capes throng! a lantern in the toof. |