The New York herald., 1863-08-16
The Heir or the Author % Chiide
Harold. Fnn s8
from the London telegraph, July q. 4

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Ten mouths have como and gone since . peer Of the
realm Of Fngiand the heir 70 . noble Inheritance the
almost frendless working for his daily bread a. ship
wright 10 the docks OF london For moment the fate OF
Byron Noel Baron Wentworth was the talk Of the day,
the world forgot the existence o that sad young
lie, so strangely passed and 80 carly ended What the
causes may have been which Induced the late peer to
forego his titlc forsako his family and bury himself
self imposed obscurity among the many strange
mysteries which lie hidden in the annals OF the house
from r. ',Du on. he tnowiodse o. bis own rank and
class. what relations he formed amidst his new
associates In what connections he may have bscymc M
volved all qIestiors which asked eagerly for
and. answer bcirg gyen were speedily for
gotten. II was indeed. reparted that be hal LETT wife
behind him. born In m hnrnble sphere Jet for all that.
Baroness q Wentworth but shcn the report
dicted, and claimant cared 10 demand the
Savs SaS peea psec On na,bns bat die rumor Nonb.
however By and still the surviving brother Or the
deceased nohlean made 90 claim 20 The dornsn peer
age, and wondered whether tho fnte which mlrred
the Of tho eldest OF Byrons Rrandsns was 70 be
that also Of tho second aud only surviving heir
of that nsbls name. Al last this doubt has
been removed and Ralph Gordon Noel yiscouut o~khsu
has appealed 70 the House Of Lords 10 be installed In the
,,. ros rhen IN. ~. s.sr "os, "a
an unavoidable reflection supposng that late Lord
had been duly narr al aay period before h's death
this short lived union. that child. and not tho peer
younger brother would have been the her 20 tho female
barony OF Went worth. I this interval then Lad elapsed
perhals useless for the present clanut appeal
- the House "a lords. and my safely assume That u
must have becn some doubt G 10 whether the dcccased
rccs died unnarrei or, ~ married ~tbout issue, tha.
mas caused tho Committee of Privileges a the Upper
House not 70 acede al demand of tho rcond
What may be lne result of this Inquiry a. tothe rishi
fu owner Of The Wentworth title, II n Idle now u sur
me But the story ~ the disputed inhe itanoe ~ IN
teexng other grounds than thai a strange
terry which attaches 20 it Tho student of English
s.iu,Ious and o our historic honcrs could nd no page
our annals moro fn of teaching than that when was an
folded the Other day In the apIca made 10 the House Of
Lords Three esniaros and hall have well ngn passed
moned 70 take his seat In ths House of Lords by the
srsa,est Of thc Tudor monarchs, Baron wentworth
name Of has been found all the great epochs
Of our chelnercd history Dor e too, TIE ilusrious
and when that with ITS cavalier usrcrics, ra.ssd
away ind again, in Tho mistress OF ths Duke of Mon
mouth, ih. nesl representative ths house q Went
oome urou another Haroness Wentworth less un
fortunate than the left handed consort of the bastard
aspran, 10 the throne " kngsnf-the widowed wye Of
The d,snsuisbsd Yngish poet George ycrdon sirh Lrd
Byron ID bot the other day that CHS lady died, and
her grandsoo had inherited tho tls which hs re-
su,sd 10 claim before no VOC succumbsd 20 ne dsrk
fatality which bas hung above hn rsos and lineage 10
thus strangely and psryessey that The history % ths
pssr succeeds 70 hs brosser's tA dspsnds upon tbs
shs royal house whlch s,l sis upon The lrore q Enx
land. 50 70 thst ths Old and the new are oonnectsd
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