MARGINAL NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 25303, 5 June 1935, Page 8

MARGINAL NOTES

Herr von Tschirschky, a close friend of the German Minister to Austria, Herr von Papen, and until recently Honorary Attache in the German Legation in Vienna, left there with his wife for England, whence he will go to China to work with a big industrial concern. He was recalled to Berlin some weeks ago but declined to go, though promised a safe conduct by Herr Hitler. His argument was that he was being threatened by the German secret State police. His attitude led to his resignation.

Less than a month after losing a claim to estate valued at about £7,000,000, Count de Civry has died in Paris, aged 83. His. claim was to the great fortune of his grandfather, Duke Charles 11. of Brunswick. Duke Charles, compelled to abdicate in 1830, died in 1873 and left his fortune to Geneva. The Count’s contention was that Duke Charles 11. was morganatically married in 1826, his daughter becoming Countess of Colmar, and that as her son the Count became claimant. Letters patent establishing his mother as heiress mysteriously disappeared, but some years ago copies were discovered in the British Museum. These were accepted as genuine by the Brunswick Consistory Court a few months ago, but on March 20 last the claim against Geneva was rejected in the Paris courts.

The famous Glencoe estate in Scotland, 75 square miles in area, and containing the Pass of Glencoe, the scene of the massacre of the Jacobite Macdonalds in 1692, has been sold by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal. The purchasers are Messrs G. E. and W. R. J. Lambert, a Bournemouth firm of builders and contractors. Neither the purchase price nor the intentions of the purchasers have been divulged. It is the most spectacular estate deal since the Duke of Montrose sold Ben Lomond, and Kinfauns Castle, the .residence of the Earls of Moray, passed into other hands. The estate covers a large area in ‘ Argyllshire and Perthshire. It contains famous deer forests and game’ preserves. Included in the sale are Glencoe House, Invercoe House, .Carnoch House, Black Corries, numerous shooting lodges, a home farm, ten service houses, and between 30 and 40 crofts and small holdings. The massacre of Glencoe occurred in the night of February 12, 1692. The head of the Macdonald clan, Alexander Macdonald of Glencoe, had failed to take the oath of submission to William and Mary. A small body of troops under Campbell of Glenlyon became guests of the clansman for a fortnight while Glenlyon arranged to have all the passes guarded to prevent the escape of the Macdonalds. The signal for the massacre was given shortly after midnight, but the plans miscarried and the majority of the Jacobite highlanders escaped. Between 30 and 40, however, were murdered and many died from cold. » i