The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-28

generally barony. This device serves to
relieve the tediusfl Of long waiting Tor
seat when the father threatens to i've
on unfortunately. The Earl OF AIDE
marie IL now e,ghty-four years old,
aud published q very sprightIy book not
long ago. which betrayed no indication OF
decaying vigor. His son and heir. VS.
count Enfield $50 called by the EarI's sec
ond tltle). IL himself over fifty, and mad
prospect OF being well-grown boy be-
fore attaining the peerage, but was "sum-
moncdo 20 the House Of Lords = few
years ago as Baron Ashford-a third
Title under which he sits and votes,
though still known and addressed
as viscount Enfield. In like manner Wis
count Ockham, son OF the Earl OF Love
lace, who married Ada Byron, daughter OF
the poet, Is himself peer; not, however,
as Viscount Enfield, but as Baron Went
worth. under which title he Is borne on
the rolls OF the House OF Lords. So in a
few other cases. which, as already stated,
are only exceptional.
The title Lord" is formally given, as
we have seen, to all barons who exceed in
number all the peers OF the other grades
combined. 1t is also colloquialy and In.
formally applied "for short" to earls and
viscounts. and sometimes-though more
rarely-to marquises. II is used "by
courtesy" but invariably as prefix TO
the ChYistion names Of the younger sons
of peers OF the two highest grades.
The late Lord Frederick Cayendish,
assassinated In Dublin, was younger son
OF the Duke Of Devonshire. Lord Eus.
tace Cecil is. we believe, Younger son OF
the MARQUIS OF Exeter. For brevity's sake
they are often written simply Lord Frede-
rick, Lord Eustace, etc. not "Lord Cav
endish " or "Lord Cecil" except by
Americans.
"Lady" is not only the feminine equiv
alent OF Lord" but something more. III
il applied TO the wives OF baronets and
knights bachelor by courtesy, as to the
wives of lords Of right. IL is also given TO
the daughters Of carls as well as those OF
dukes and marquises. with the Christian
name (as Lady Mary, Lady Jane,
etc.), and in case OF intermarriage
with cOmmoner is still retained.
III Lady Mary Jones should marry Lord
Smith, she becomes Lady Smith; but II
she marries John Smith, Esq. she is Lady
MaTv Smith. Lady Blanche Noel, daugh-
ter of the Earl of Gainsborough, who ran
away Witn ner fnuSlc-JeacleT, was uisoN Hc''
ny her family and died IN this country a
few years ago, was Lady Blanche Murphy
after her marriage.
The younger sons OF earls and all the
children of the lowest two grades OF the
peerage, both sens and daughters, are
.. the Honorable" A. 3. or G. ID. The
heiress of Viscount Ockham or Lord
Wentworth. mentioned above, is the Hon.
| Ada Mary -Milbanke, who is grand
daughter of "Ada, sole daughter OF the
house and heart" of the poet. This
title Honorable" is not, as IN Ameri-
can usage. indicative OF any official posi-
ton, but of hereditary rank only. Even
the members OF the House Of Commons are
content with a simple NJ. p. after Their
names. With regard to Fright Honora-
BILE" the case is somewhat different. II
belongs by right Of birth to peers OF the
lowest three degrees, but also, by virtue OF
their Office. to all members of the Priyy
Council (about 200 i'll numberI OF what
ever rank
Next in rank to the peers come the baro
nets, and after them the ordinary knights
or "knights bachelor"