[Hardy-l] Trivia question

[Rosemarie Morgan]

There is also the awkwardness of the neighboring Devonshire family of 
Trenchards being aristocrats.- Of undoubted noble lineage, with connections 
to knights of the realm and, at the time of Hardy's *MC,* prominent in 
government and military circles, this Devonshire family was highly 
respected (although not noted for high IQs) for service to the Empire - 
notably in India and Africa.

IF Hardy had been "borrowing" the name of the Devonshire Trenchards he was 
at least smart enough to set his (*MC*) story back a few decades.

Cheers
Rosemarie




t 03:59 PM 4/4/2008, you wrote:
>In a message dated 04/04/2008 15:57:18 GMT Daylight Time, 
>kgwilson at uottawa.ca writes:
>"Trenchard" was indeed the original Dorset family name.
>I would suggest that in the case of Tess, Hardy felt that ‘Tess of the 
>de Turbervilles’ or ‘Tess of the Turbervilles’ would have sounded 
>too clumsy and alliterative as titles, without the euphony of Two on a Tower.
>
>Best wishes
>
>John Pentney