HIE CONQUEROR'S MEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 143, 19 June 1931, Page 9

HIE CONQUEROR'S MEN

COMING VISIT TO FRANCE. No fewer than 1’1" American des eendants of the knights ami nobles who “came over” with William the Conqueror m ill accompany the Bri’ifii descendants when the party organised by the I’nited Associations id - Great Britain and France visits Falaise for the ‘‘William the (onqueror Fetes” next month. Lord Derby, who is president of he associations, will head the party, which includes Lady Malcolm of Poltalloch, J who descends, through her mother, [from Le Breton- Lady Malcolm’s [mother, Mrs Lily Langtry, afterwa-ds I Lady de Bathe, was a daughter of i Dean le Breton of Jersey—Sir Alfred j Bower. Bt., formerly Lord Mayor of 1 London, who descends from Michael He Bure; Lord whose ancestor was Herbert. Count ol \ ermandoi<; i and tho Countess of Verulani. All claims to descent have been submit ml to Professor Macary, tho eminent French historian, at Falaise. The main ceremony will be the unveiling on Sunday, June 21, of the bronze tablet to the memory of the Conqueror’s companions. This tablet, rhe cost of which has been subscribed from all parts of Great Britain and i 1 <■ I nited States, is to be orertc I in the keep of the castle of Falaise. weighs a ton and a half.