, 1881-03-13
THE PEERAGE FOR 1881.


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THE PEERAGE FOR 1881.
A Glance Through the Pages Of Rur1k
and Dod, aud the odd or 1nterestin
Facts They Contain.
Nt4p York World.
The year.1SS0 witnessed an unusually larg
number of changes in the English Pee
age. Baronetagc,; and Knightage. n
less than = seventeen new ere alton
were recorded during the twelycmontt
though three of these were only promotions
Lord Beaconstield making Lord Lytton tn
Earl Of Lytton, Lord Sk>!merstlale the Ear
of Latholn, and Baron Sc<'os Earl Sondes
Baron Watson's, too, "'ccs only Il law peer
age. LII addition to these, the retiring Pre-
lnier called V1sconnt uolmcslale to th
House Of Lords in his fathers Barony
Amherst; conferred the Barony Of Shute OF
all Irish n0bleman, Viscount Darlington
gave the Duke Portland's stepmother tLt
title of Baroness Bolsoyer, and Matlt
the following Peers: 49, Baron Hal
don (sir Lawrence Pafky;;'d3aron Win
borne (Str tvor GUEST; Baron Aulilaun ISL
Arthur Guinness; Baron l.alnington (NIr
Baillie-Cochrane); Baron bennington (A[r
| Abney-llastings); Baron Trevor .u.ort
Arthur Hill-Trevor); and Baron Rowton
] (Afr. Atontagu Corry). During his second
| administration Lord Beaconstclu conferred
| thirty-nine titles, including thu Dukedons of
| Connaught and Gordon and his own Earl
dom, to say nothing of the imperial rank to
which he promoted his sovereign. Last
year Mr. Gladstone made :. Bob ~
10y Lowe vicount Sherbrooke, A1r. klla1cll,,
bull Hugessen Baron Brabourne, and
Tar, la I 1r1 Fro., r,b.,
The, next Peers, It is understood, are to be
Lord Ouo Russell and Sir uarcourt John
stone, who retired from Scarborough to give
NJ Dodson seat During his first Admin
istration Mr. Gladstone added tllirty-six
being the Duke Of Westminster, the Marquis
uf Kipon. the Earl Of Dutfcrin, and the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts. The year 1850 saw
more new creations and promotions than any
since 1881, wien eighteen names we're added
to the roll Of the peeTage.
The deaths uf lSS0 included sixteen peers
and one peeress in her own right,-the DOW
,nger Countess Cowper, whose Barony Of
Lucas descended to her SON Earl Cowper.
Ng Two !itis5 oscae Of kvers
bers of the political fanliIies of Pitt and
Canning. The giving Of the Barony OF Sllute
TO ;Viscount Darlington, all Irish Peer
leads to peculiar state of things by
land, e22clusively: such to loo, at y which
point All Important clause in the acE
of Union comes into operation authorizing
the Crown to till up any further gap 50 ;,s to
Keep up the Peerage Of ireland to the num-
ber Of 100. Upon the roll OF the Lords at tile
opening of the second session of the Twen.
ty-second Parliament of the United Kingdom
there are 51T names. but rs six Lords (Lord
Selborne, Earl Spencer, the Duke Of Argyll,
Earl Sydney, the Earl Of kenllare. and the
Earl OF Erne) are. twice named, the total
number Of Lords, spiritual and temporal, is
5l1. OF these, four are Princes of the BIuud
Royal, two are Archbishops twenty-five are
Dukes, nineteen are MarQuises, l3Sure Earls,
Bishops, and 30 are Barol,s. The iirst name OF or
the roll Is that Of the Prince of Wales, who
is followed BY the Royal Dukes OF Etlin-
burg. Connaugi't, AID Cambridge, the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury, Lord Seiporne (Lord
the Duke Of Argyll Lord priyy Seal, the
premier Duke is the Duke Of Norfolk,
Enrl-Malshal Of Ensland;., the junior, the
Duke of Westminster: The premier Mar
the junior, the Marquis Of Abergavenny.
Earl Sydney, :. as Lord Steward, comes
tirst in the roll of Earls, followed by the
Earis OF Shrewsbury and Derby; the junior |
Ear r. Is Earl Sondes. The premier lyiscount
sherbrooke. Of the BISHOPS the B'slop Of
l.ondon comes first, and the Bishop Of st. |
Dayid's last, the Bishops Of Rochester Tru-
70, Litehteld, and Liyerpoof not yet having |
seats in the House: The Earl Of Kentnare
(who being All Irish Earl. sits as Lord Ken
nare) comes first in the roll of Barons. as
Lord Chamberlain, followed by LORD de KOS
md Lord Mowbray; the junior Baron is
Lord Brabourne.
People who are interested in personal sta
lstlcs may care to know that : .idesC |
,rivy Councillor is Sir Sir John Macpherson
Macleod, aged IS, and the Youngest Prince
leopold, aged q. The oldest Duke is tie
)uke OF Cleveland, aged II; the Youngest
hG is2 D46e e orst ct Sewfnsti y fns as { 1 Df ar
;; the youngest, the Marquis Camden, s.
The oldest is the Earl OF Ducliingllamsllirc,
=; the youngest is Earl Russell, Is.
C1'nrtesy !-n',.I'Sy title titles, OF course, arc not
+ Arundel and Surrey, heir Of the Duke
+ Norfolk. born in 1s7W. The Oldest
Fktounti is Lord Eversley, aged ~; he was
peaker Of the Conlnttlls FROM 1889 IL 1857 us
'ir Charles sl1aw-Lefevre; the youngest is
, Lord Aiostyn.-SG; the Youngest Lord
outI,ampton,-13. vi tile English bishops
ne oldest is Dr. O1iyant. Bishop OF LANDAU,
=, the youngest is DR.. Hil!. Bishop Of Sodor |
I'D Man,-H. In the Irish Episcopal Church |
the Youngest is Dr. il s.
rcgg, Bishop :. of 49, Cork,-aG In the
eotch Episcopal Church tie extremes |
I age are represented by Dr.. Eden,
sllup Of Moray and Ross pritntts)-7U, and |.
y. Mackarness, Bishop of Argyll and the
;les--57: The oldest Baronet is the yener-
Die Sir Moses Montetore-!N; the youngest
Sir Thomas Lewis Hughes Neavc-tj. The
dest Knight is Sir Duncan NIactiregor, r
sed 80, who entered the army In 1906; the
3ungest is Sir Ludlow Cotter, aged u, who
rs knighted in accordance with Il special | ;
rivllese contained. in the patent Of lis ,
theirs BarDnetcy. Of the Judges, Vice =
llancellor Sir James Baker, Chief Judge in | r
ankruptcy, aged 81, is the oldest. and Sir .
lar'es $. G. Bowen, ut the Queen's Bench | /
lylsl0n, aged n, is the youngest. 5
The Roman Catholic members of the Peer
e IN the three kingdoms are thirty-eislt =
lle list runs as follows: The Duke Of Nor :
TX, the Marquises Of Butte and Kipon, the +
urls Of Denbigh, Newburg, Ashbtlrnllam, +
'estneath. FingaIl. Granard, Ken1llarr. Or, :
rd, and Gainsborough; Viscounts Cor,lai1- :
On, Netterville, Taatfe, and Soutllwell; and s
arons Mowbray and Stourtoit, Cauioys, =
Vaux OF Harruwdeil, Brave, !
etre, Arundel of Warlour, Dorlier, StaE -
I'd, Clifford Of Chudlcigh, Ashford, iier- i
IS, Lovat, Louth, Ffrenci, Bcllcw. q
, Freyne, Howard of Glossop, Act0n'
Hagan, Emily, and Gerard. no less than II
rty-seven :Barone1cies OF the three king >, -
ms also arc held by Roman Catholics, 1Ie +