Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-16
Tho Uncertain Fortunes Of Noble Fa"'-

lies.
The story of the rise and fall and the yarie-
ties of fortune experienced by the noble fami- |
lies Of England, OF indeed OF any country
where titled families exist, forms one Of the
most interesting branches of historical writ
ing In England, many Of these family his
tories oftentimes of very romantic char
acter have been rescued from unde5erved
oblivion by the hands of meritorious authors
who reverence the old and titled houses OF
developments which reward an investigation
oftheir histories English literature is there
fore well supplied with this class of works,
and the amount of family lore thus accumu-
lated IA both large and curious. ..,....
Like all other earthly things, dukedoms,
earldoms and baronies have their humble be-
ginningS, their periods Of greater or less re-
nowu. which may extend over centuries or |
be limited TO q few generations, and their |
day of decadence and dissolution. Some
times they terminate on the scaffold, often 1
times ON the field Of battle, and frequently by
the ertravagance and dissipation Of unworthy
members, whose offspring nre lost in the |
vulgar currents Of life, in consequence Of the
loss OF the family estates through parental |
irnnrovidence. A narrowing uncertainty |
broods over them all; for single generation
NAV humble the proudest Of them: Byron
was prouder of his pedigree than of his poems,
vet twice within living memory has New
stead Deem III tuG w hitSA CNctN
risked absolute ruin in the hope of becoming
the founder of new line Of lairds, but the
SCOTS of Abbotsford exist no longer IN the
fsudal acceptation of the term. The tenures
Of nobility are but fieeting shadows.
The vicissitudes Of the English noble fami-
lies are strikingly illustrated in the house OF
Percy, They had vast possessions and in
nuence, and were constantly mixed up with
the political connections Of the kingdom
and the result was that for one of its chiefs
10 die A natural death was the exception
rather than the rule. The first earl was slain
St Bramham Moor his brother was beheaded,
and his son, Hotspur, fell at Shrewsbury.
the third at Towton; the fourth was Inur-
dered by a mob the fifth died in his bed, but
hiz second son was attainted and executed in
Tyburn, and his eldest, the sixth earl, died of
grief and modification on earning the title
of"the Unthrifty,' by the improyident waste
Of his inheritance. For some years after ms
DEATH the succession was interrupted by the
uttainder Of his brother, and a cloud obscured
tue fortunes of the family. They had to un-
deruo the modification Of seeing the duke
dom Of Northumberland conferred on a
Dudley; but he, too, getting attainted, the
eArldom was restored to the righttul heir,
who, untaught by adversely, Joined the
rising of the North against Queen Elizabeth,
and ended his life on the scahold. He was
the seventh. The eighth was sent TO the
Tower for his exertions in favor of Mary,
Queen of Scots, and was shot or shot himself
there. The ninth was fined 100000 and
@ es ho;c- nncaroed IN the Gunnow5e,
pia, The % eIeSenth. the last male of The
English branch, left an only daughter, who
passed through many romantic scenes. Be.
fore she was sixteen she had been twice 9
widow and three times wife. Her first
husband, a lad of thirteen, died few months
IL Il.
,.,eet uias . N 20 - s.as sstaJ h,~ tha h,llat
teeir UNION waS 81, ,s ~, ia suito,
Sl AZ aIsaO haod Sha III thar narrieS the nrond
US i0r ner SSna en,,orsat I'D nrohahiv i;ved han.
n;Iy with him. 80 n, -19r',f51 /. is-,I'
Pitak, WIZ i.. L "a. &c .tha N.v;llas which In
,.,dis .i,s .,raat sari of WarvicR The king
,.o. ~ nssssscts another starting evidence q
nanei, w, 0h.-lss Neville the s;xth earl
;n.s"5 ra.-lv ravennss astimated at fs0e
an ~ ths nrssantr English currency. an,
SsSstsa daily $4,000 persons at the opeI
taLlss az b;s' castles. vet his descendant il
tao sonrth decree lived In penury in the Low
Countries on q small pension allowed him b
~" KinSr NJ Snain and died. without NAL
taare Il, leol (Inlv two of OromweII,s son
H.1f,ad bi,,,.- P;cIard who anccaaded IN IN
p.atsc,orate' and Henry : Lord Deputy I
irsisnd' Richard's reicu lasted but eigh
months. After passing twenty years abroad
K.
male issne. Henry, ex-Lord Deputy. +,
,oained In England and died in 1853, leayiu
S~s sons ali Of whom died without issue q,
cant one Who lost on spent ali bis patrimon
and the family terminated in a grocer and {
sttnrnev his sonE.g NJ n rnT /
The iast reuresentatiye of the Umlraville
oncs the possessors of a proud estate, kept
chsndler,s shop Al Newcastle. and when /
dIsd his 6.niIy were left in destitutioD. III
i;nssi descen2ant Of Simon Montfort is
saddler, and the reUresentatiye of the earldo
of Mar--the origin Of which, 1t is aaid, is 10
a. sntiouitvc-srsa once discovered h, a co
MI dsseeudent Of the Earl Of Crawfo
Srss a hodnan. and Hugh Miller, who work
with him often heard him addressed, z Joh
vn.l ~ ca sefard hiring ,,s another hod n
taad,o, the histcrv IN snch famiiies. rais
a,,,Is,, a5vantitiS.n eircnmsta nee from q
yss,.1 =, ,he MN sarje~ ~ earthy grande
~ ini =; .;..... ~ .iai o-;,insi Ia,
guy sin,,an " siun y, e,S n ~ stnrsIi9 a. 49,,
s5e ~ ;. il = ~
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