LADIES WHO WILL BE SUMMONED TO THE CORONATION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 93, 1 April 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

LADIES WHO WILL BE SUMMONED TO THE CORONATION.

Most of the ladies who will witness the coronation will be present in the historic Abbey because of their husband’s peerages but there are a few ladies who are peeresses in their own right, and are, therefore, entitled to be summoned to Westminster Abbey. Amongst these is Lady Comartie, a niece of the Duke of Sutherland, who is a countess. The title was in abeyance for a great many years, but in 1895 it was. revived in favour of Comartie, who was then a girl of 17. The Countess ef Yarborough is naturally known by the higher ti‘.4e confericd on her by her marriage, but ift her own right .she is Lady Faucoiiberg and Conyers, two separate baronies, which came to her in 1892 and 1908 The barony of Fauconberg dates from 1293. Few persons know that Lady William Cecil is now Lady Amherst of Hackney, having succeeded <o tlie title on the death of her father, but this is due to the fact that she prefers to keep her husband’s name.

Th© Bhroness Beaumoifij will be just • 7 at the time of tlie Coronation, for which she is busy preparing. She became her ladyship at the age of two. and was only eight when King Edward was crowned. She will, be a lucky and much-envied girl, for few ladies of her age have the privilege of witnessing the gorgeous ceremonial with which the King and Queen of England are crowned In the case of the Baroness Darcv oe Kayth, .marriage with an. earl has rather obscured the lesser title, but, n necessary, the Countess of Powis, who, by Ithe way, is the sister of the Countess of Yarborough, could claim reoi’ 10 h ,°Mer of a title dating from 1332 to be present at the Coronation irrespective of her right, as the wife of an earl.

Tlie late Lord de Ros was the prelnier ” ar ®J ®f England, but when he died m 189/ he left no sons, and was succeeded by a daughter, who is mow Baroness de Ros. The title was first conferred in the year 1261. and nearly every_ roroqation since has been wir--uessed by a de Ros. Her ladyship will be in Uretminster Abbey on the great day in' June next, but as a woman s i WI li ; denied :hat nrominence which the title gives, and from which her sex debars her.

One of the most interesting of th<S Peeresses, m their own right is Ladv Ber ners A plough she will be in her //th year it is certain that she will witness the forthcoming Coronation. Ladv Berners succeeded to the baronv jns't 40 years ago. and of Her large family the most prominent in the eVee of th® •J. 1 !® 10 Lady Knollys, the wife of Kini Edward s famous secretary. As pord Knollys :s taking a leading part :n I.ll© arrangements for thq Coronation it is natural to assume that Ladv Berners will have a prominent position assigned to her, not only because she is a persona at court, but also because as the doyenne of the peeresses m their own right present she K, be selected to. represent them .d it be decided .to give them' a part, in the actual ceremony other than that of spectators. . . When Lord Burton died in 1909 he. left most, if his wealth and his title to Ins daughter. Nellie, who was. for S'*?*?* 1 y^ ars known" as the Hon. Mrsk BaiHie. &he is now Lady Bnrton. and m due course the eldest child will succeed her. Lady - Burton is famous for her practical philanthropy, and even fiddled her father in this respect. One of the most, intered-ing of the peeresses is. undoubtedly, the Baronass Clifton. Tins lucky girl was born hr 1900, and succeeded to the haronj? in J :he same year. She was. of coUtse, too young to even know that there was such a thing as a Coronation when King Edward was crowned, and there is a doubt even now if she will attend King George’s. Her .guardians drp atilt ’ considering the question, bitt in all probability her ladvship will see the magnificent spectacle. dray and Lady Dorchester are little knov n to phe general public, but Lady Dorchester was created a baroness ns king ago as 1899. The Viscountess Hamhieden is the widow of the la to Kt. Hon. W. H. Smi’.ili, who made his wealth out of the newspaper trade, and who died while leader of the Hous® of Commons. She .is 83 years of age, and will not be at khe Abbey in Juno*. The heir to her title is the Hon. F. w . D. Smith, the present head of the famous book’rtall firm.

Other peeresses in their own right arc the- Duchess of Norfolk, who i« Baroness Henries, a title she inherited from her father, Lady. Kinloss a daughter of the lajje Duke of Buckingham and Chandos—this was tlie only title v (licit could descend to the female line; Ladv Macdonald of Earnscliffe. widow of tlie late Premier of Canada, i he title being conferred in acknowledgement of his seviees to the empire; anr Ladv Went worth, who succeeded to the tide on the death of her father.