A NEWSPAPER LADY.
Through tho death of her father, tbo Countess; of Bathurst has become tho solo owner of tho -"Morning Post" of Loiidon. She was tho only daughter of Lord Glenesk, and sinco the death of her mother she did the honours of her father's house, both in London and in Scotland. During the war in South Africa .sho was with her husband while ho was,in command of tho garrison on tho island 'of St. 'Helena.' It was during this timo th'afc sho-tried to buy Longwood, famous as the home and death-placo of tho captive Napoleon. On tho application of the Countess of Bathurst to purchase tho place it was discovered that it no longer belonged to England. Through tho instrumentality of Queen Victoria it was presented to the French nation by England during the reign of Napoleon 111. It is said that the Countess of Bathurst has expressed her determination lot to change tho policy of the "Morning Post" as directed for so many years by her ather.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 458, 17 March 1909, Page 3
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170A NEWSPAPER LADY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 458, 17 March 1909, Page 3
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