, 1881-08-18
=. AN ENGLISH DUKE
His Grace or Nntnersci, Ills Earllani.
and lSlh se,4u aUh.
s.l.xIsf sftx..Al


E.aasloM Truth,
Ills Gruce the DUKE Ut Somerset II, %, tic
WHOLE thu rlcverrst Ut the Dtlkes-tlnt Is
of English Dukes. Only twn--Argyil an,l
DevnlIslfrc-cn!l nl nil b. compared tn him
iii intellect, and, III spite Of their varictl nc
cumpllsalments, Il May lW. doubled whether
eitlur Of those Peers llas shown the sa,lc
grasp OF the MOST difficult problems In
religion nrltl politics us their brother Of Sonl~
erset. Tie Duke Ut Deyol'stir.., indeed. llas
bce,, content to plAy tie part Df II Mmccilus
through life, ard tho Duke Of Argyll Is II
little too straitty hed9rd with the tenets Of
Scuttll 1'llritun1sln for Ills mind tO llase the
frtcSt pERy. Ills RECENT attitude on the tlitcs-
tlOn Of opening museums OIL Sundays was
real disappointment to &l,Ally uf Ills htll!lrtr5
Edward St. Maur Is twetfl1. Dukg Of :5o!n-
erset atut seconu temporal Peer OF the realm
after tho 1'rlnces Of tic bootl. Excessive
pride Is family failing ,of tfie Se}lnol!rs
gethcr, cxcilp: from the hereditary taint.
lie WAS not, however. .u,lite strnlg,.tnin,ieh
enough to ref.se the Garter. us III his own
Interest. lle should l,nve ttoi,e, beLng pnil.
fully co!nnonplnce IN npt"a rance. llU looks
like All lsllngtuh grocer In his Sunday lNst.
md to SEC him girt with I,Is rtband yotl w"asl
fancy that he, WINS also light a!llorg tile
'rorcyters or 0dtl-Fellnws, nr Il lr!ier of tile
Band Dt Hope at!out iuta ke pnrt ~ y prncrs-
SlOb1, NlItt tMktk[UlIf EUblSlslUNS llEHs
pings, ,sat awltwariI'y on bin. ! NH Rfrni.I,
TOO, tint IT. Was u wrakness fnr lol!OrAry Ills
tincttull that tli.H hin, aeceut .tlc luralE .rl-
tenancy vi i}eyu'lsi.lre, the tIntirs nf which
arc known to bore llitn grcntst. atil Wnnltl
be MUCH hetserdfscllHrect. l'y 'nany \ equity
Then tic Duke .gut hinIselr createh MI
Earl by l.Ur.l pallIterstNll. which serhGh
curious enough 10 the outside world. and
n y.
le,Idisurc Ut hundreds Of pounds for II poor
nnblelnal,,- rs lenst fur his ltgl, TanlE.
Tic o[enson for tl!c application t.,; tue tllc'!
PRIMO At1nIs!er was tw0i0ttl: The eldest
one, wore Slnra'iises or. Earls D. eoarle-
w. The, luke Of Mancl!estsr's sc:;.
ontl title Is vlsconnt Vaudeville. but 10 nf
Somerset llAtl nHly one tittU besttle Lie Dncnl
one. namely, tlmt Of. l'aron Seymour: Fol; E
Lord Seymour before 1le became "hls avn
father;' but for lis son he desired n higher
style. Then there WHY a stcOtltl reason.
whereby hung II WeiEhty question, nt the
grayest Interest to antsasarl'ss, n,l not !" b..
sc0t[ed ut by my WHO take pride III their own
The members of tlle Dukes family !Iayt
eS1MficMceA many se"reh!nEs Of ir.nlts w
the yItnl subject as II Whether tl!Iir ntllIe
ancestor with tho Dnkr. uni tln. Ilsrtfori
bruucIl generally. !'ayo clMng % l'l' spelling
Of Seymour. l3nt for tie Somerset ltnt'
tho flint Inns gone forth fr,,n tGaslol.nrsrrs
tint Its members nlst nllt 81. AlHtr I'll their
cnrus. 10 emphasize Ills DETERMINATION the
Duke chose IN lsts3 tic title Of Fart 81. Mn,lr
| Curlonsly enough his snM hnrc totll lilies
havlng lecll calte.i 10 the ljp,er l!ousu i,
the DArony Of Seymour. !itatiiHx tttnlt.iu.M
| Tho Dukes twn sn.ts are ttHst. I,hrt Ell
| ward st. 0lnNr, n yhung htay, Ut :srHI
rr0n,tse,-n contributor 10 thu fhriHi!MiiI
Rcuictu IN Its best Aays,-yAs ktlle'
| IN tiger hunt; md Tie Earl ST. a1nMr Wiz
| carried of by i!lnes4 ul,0,lt Il tlrc;u!u ngn
Tllo brothers were bltl unmarried. Ths
EAri was attended on. his he.l, lItHel hy III
eminent physician. wlln. slnub,lDss. dill III
for tho noble patient that nrt cnNlt suggest
but tia parents, wild with grief, fanrr.
that the blnnle Ut their suns death lay Will
tho doctor, nnd hastcnrtl to ssntr t!tei
opinlou to society in Il pamphlet. l,v. W:
lost no time II! bringing tIl nrtit'n fur lti.el
and the result was Illustrative of En.als,
manners and customs. Tins nuku tcn!lrrr
q sort Of lMlf apolugy,-l.eld out thu tips u
Ills ltttlG fingers for tlc DuctOr To tiukr.-
and with this faint expression Of III, I.'l!nls
sion o,l the part of Ills Grncn tliat liz mgl,
| possibly have lteG,l s0ll.vwlsnt lsasty. III
W-llnd tO be satisfied.