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July 14, 1894
Howard Times
Howard, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Lord Rosebery's foresight is shown in an anecdote where, during a house party at Mentmore, he remarked that the place would suit him, and seven years later, he married the owner's daughter and became its owner, later joking about the unexpected.
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Rosebery's Foresight.
The foresight Lord Rosebery displayed in arranging his matrimonial plans is illustrated in the following anecdote: Shortly after he had returned from his continental tour he was one of a house party at Mentmore, a lordly pleasure house which Baron Meyer Rothschild had built for himself in Buckinghamshire. One evening, at dinner, the conversation turned on the exquisite decorations of the room. Lord Rosebery's observation to his next neighbor, by way of epilogue to the conversation, was, "Yes, this place would suit me excellently." When, seven years later, he had married the daughter of the house and was the owner of Mentmore, a friend, happening to meet him, reminded him of this observation. Lord Rosebery replied with assumed gravity, but with a telltale twinkle in his eye, "Well, of course you know that the unexpected always happens."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The foresight Lord Rosebery displayed in arranging his matrimonial plans is illustrated in the following anecdote: Shortly after he had returned from his continental tour he was one of a house party at Mentmore, a lordly pleasure house which Baron Meyer Rothschild had built for himself in Buckinghamshire. One evening, at dinner, the conversation turned on the exquisite decorations of the room. Lord Rosebery's observation to his next neighbor, by way of epilogue to the conversation, was, "Yes, this place would suit me excellently." When, seven years later, he had married the daughter of the house and was the owner of Mentmore, a friend, happening to meet him, reminded him of this observation. Lord Rosebery replied with assumed gravity, but with a telltale twinkle in his eye, "Well, of course you know that the unexpected always happens."-San Francisco Argonaut.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lord Rosebery
Mentmore
Foresight
Marriage
Anecdote
What entities or persons were involved?
Lord Rosebery
Baron Meyer Rothschild
Where did it happen?
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire
Story Details
Key Persons
Lord Rosebery
Baron Meyer Rothschild
Location
Mentmore, Buckinghamshire
Story Details
Lord Rosebery, at a dinner in Mentmore, remarks it would suit him excellently; seven years later, after marrying the owner's daughter and acquiring the estate, he jokingly attributes it to the unexpected.