Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-09
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,ish. Consul in Baltimore; and though native |
of that city. and born of an American mother.
ne is an Enghshmnm by birth even, rs much |
hs Hhe mad been born in her Males,y's Palace. !
The circumstance of his being by birth AZ A. |
meriyan, and his descertstrom ,hp late Chaties
Carroll. of ofCsr,p,'spn, will, ceshaps, add interest
10 the following brief notice Of his family. aud
his own career,
Charles Carroll rTavish was born in Ba,,i.
more In tSISs Hisfa,hcr, John NJ lavish. &,
present Braish consN. in ths, city, mar,ied the
ycunges, daughter Of the late Mrs Catrm, The
eldest daughter If the distinguished Carroll Of
Carroli'on, the last surviving sipner of the De.
ciaration Of Independence. Mr.. Carroll ofCar.
ru'''on had but three children, his first born
was son. named after him, who died in tho
prime Of i'c, leaving widow and several chill
dren, the eldest of whom is Col Charles Carroll
now residing on Carrpll's Mapur, about IA
miles from Baltimore; one Of his daughters
married the Hon. Richard BayatJ, late United
States Senator from Delaware; ; another MARI
ed Mr. Jackson, of Phsdelphia, and her sis.
tiers also 'nur;ed Philadelphirns.
The eldest daughter of Charles Carroll mari.
ed Mr. Catop, and leh Iour daughters, the eld.
es, of whom married The Marquis OF Wellesley.
elder brother of the Duke of Wellington, and
during the reign of the late King OF England
/ she held her levees in Dublin, when the Mar
| quis was Lo,d Lieutenant OF Ireland. At the
do a ho Ma, k,lo -
she was lef, with moderate iurumc, altogether
Insufficient to keep up the State of her rank
but through the iiii'dsnce Of the Duke of Wei.
Iing'on the queen granted her handsome pen.
| sion, and gave her a residence at W indsor Gas.
tic, with sotnc siuecurc Office. The second
daughter of Mrs. Cation married first Mr. tlat.
vey, bot after few years of uncongenial union
with MN, sire u5tained divorce from the &C.
clesias,fca; cosr., aud by an act of Parliament,
and shortly afterwards married the Duke Of
Leeds, une Of Tire msst wealthy nobles Of Eng
lard, She tesnies with the Duke at their ba.
rcniui essates on tac boriers ot Scotland, in
England The third dsr ghler n,arrted, about
tcn yrsrs sryA NJ. Jernynghsn,, who upon the
death Of his tslher, IN lsE,, becan,e lord Stat.
fnrd and sucoeeded to the estates cf his tather
| happened 10 I've in london in Aurns,, 1890,
and by The k;nd invi's,ion o; his l.ordsI,p, nc.
companied linn 10 The House pf Peers on tho
occasion Of She frorogalNsn Of Parliament by
Her Majesty in rerw,n. This was the hrst sp.
pearance Of his iordshp in the isvuso, and On
which OCCASION t:e was duly s~nrn IN.
The sourh daughter married Mr.. M'Tavish,
in Bal,iuaore. arri shc now resides AZ one Of the
mos' magnificent and romple;e cpan,ry res,,,en.
ces this side Of the Atlantic. She was grex,
iavor,.e OF her ilustrmus grandfather, TO whom
she was devuivd fn years, and whoa, she ,en.
ded in his last iilness. aud in cons.eaence she
became heit 10 a very large por,io OF his er,ates
valued al thrcu miiiaas os doiarv. By the
death oi her mother, Mrs. Cat,a,, she came into
posson uf abou, s2tR 600 and her k,,tune may
he SET down at S7tD G1 She has sevsr,i chit.
drrn of whom the eidrst is Charles Carroll
81 lavish. the men.ber Of parliament from Dan
dalk, Hlssariy education Was begun at Roch
llIl Academy at El,eott's Mills, urar ten
miles from Baltimore sud smr from Csrrcil's
Msnor We were classmates ,ogpther. and on
Saturdays We generally vi,i,rd the manur and
rass-d the Sundays. He was ~ha, IL called a
bright boy, TALL and erect, good horseman, and
even a, that time, thongh mere child, he spoke
the French beautifully, An unfortunate arri-
dent of which | was the cause, fractured his
arm and cemen'ed our friendship. lie Was sen,
from this country schoul to his aunt, Lady Wei.
lesley, who placed him at ST. Omer's College,
where his grandfather had received the educa.
tion which distinguished him as scholar Of no
ordinary ability. Young Carrpll maintained a
respectable position in his class. aud let, college
with some distincuon. l. ..,s r....-
The Duke OF Wellington iooa a great fancy
to him, and invited HIM TO reside at Apsley
House, where he imblted from the military hero
9 passion for aims. A brilliant career was uper
20 him in the British army, but his aun,s did
not wish him to enter Her Msies,y's service
ieet he might, by war between England ant
the United States, be called upon to take VI
{ arms agains, his native country. Through III,
, influence of the Duke, he received an appoint
men, as Lieutenant in the Guard of the Empe
Q ror Of Russia, in 1889, but he only remaine
- there year, aud returned 10 England, TO &C
. company Lord Cowley, brother Of the Duke a
i. stlaehe, to Constanlnople, and afterwards I
!. Paris, whence he returned short time ago, I
!, stand for Dundalk, as the candidate Of the Libe
!. raj party, who succeeded in returning him fo
the tea, IN Parliament. Knowing him froI