New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
CURIOSITIES OF THE PEERAGK
From Temple Bar.

| The Duke of Leeds traces his descent from Lord
Mayor Osborne, the Barings hold two peerages,
or have BEEN bankers. The Earl of Jersey is part
ner in Childs bank, and this connection OF VII
romantic incident which occurred at the end Of
the last century. The tenth Earl Of Westmoreland
ran away with the only daughter Of Robert Child,
Although the runaways had good start In their
up in Cumberland. Lord Westmoreland was equal
the the ssns hSrss s s0Ga % Gs
which bold proceeding he able to get over tlie
It is said that that nobleman had, previous TO- the
elopement,put the following question TO the bankerf
ther Iefused his consent to the union, what shond
You do 7" to which he received the prompt reply,
"Why, run away with her. TO be sure" Child did
ertheless he left the whole of his fortune to their
first daughter-this was Lady Sarah Sophia Jane,
who married the fifth Earl Of Jersey, and was grand
There are certain unwrtten rules as to entry into
tho House of Lords. Thus an ordinary mortal q
becomes yiscount, and Prime Minister or states
man of the first rank springs into an EarldOm at
one bound. ,Walpole was created Earl Of Oxford,
the Earldom Of Bath. The latter, when he found
he had stultiiied himself by his rise In rank flung
down.his patent on the ioos and was with difficulty
somewhat similar scene occurred when another
hot-beaded man was raised to the peerage of Lons-
than an Earldom He even took offence on being
made an Earl in 1884. when he found that he was
junior to two other Earls who had beenadvanced
not, like him. from among the cOmmoners, but from
among the Barons. At first he refused to take his
seat among the Lords and marched back to tho
Commons
Lord Clarendon tells an amusing story In his life
respecting the difficulties encountered by Lord Ar
lington, tho weil-known member of the Cabal Min.
lstry. in the search for ttle Sir Henry Bennct
had no estate from which he could take his name so
he fixed upon tho ancient Barony Of Cheney, which
had expired in 1887, although he was La no way
connected with the family who had formerly held
it, The warrant was drawn out and for some days
he was called Lord Cheney. But this was not TO
last for gentleman of Buckinghamshire, who, al
though ho had no title to the Barony, was of tho
same family and had Inherited most of the property,
went to Bennett and desired him not TO affect a.
tie to which he had relation; and to which,
though he 1.-THE gentleman could not pretend Of di-
rect right yet he was not 50 obscure but that him.
self, OF son of his, might hereafter be thought
worthy of it by tho crown. and in that respect it
would be some trouble to him to see 10 vested In the
family of stranger" AS the patent had not been
prepared, Bennett contented himself with the name
of the little farm Of Harrington between London
and Uxbridge, which had once belonged to his IA
ther, but had since been sold. In assuming the
name, however, he blundered in cOclney fashion
and left out the L. that the title was given as Ar
ingtOn. s5ss
Lawyers have sometimes chosen their titles from
the towns where they first obtained brief, but Sir
has kept alive very noble name in rather re-
markable manner. The greatest English antiquary,
William Camden, lived and died ut Chiselehurst
in the house called after him Camden Place. and
peerage he took his title from this house which has
since been so famous as the abode of Napoleon Ill
and the ex-Empress Eugene. The Pratts bad prop
erty at kentish Town which was built over aud
this district may be said to take its name from tho
author OF the Britannia"