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securing fortunes in England. We took
the position that these fortunes were few
and far between, and that it was useless |
in most cases, for Americans to attempt to
secure them. The editor OF the Anglo |
American Times, published in London. in |
the interest Of American emigration, de-
votes an editorial to this topic and imparts !
some valuable information for the benefit |
of gullible people on this side Of the ocean. |
The editor first alludes to case which |
lately occupied the Queens Bench division
of the High Court, and ended in MIR. Z.
E. Lawrence and another being ordered to |
refund certain sums obtained by misrep- |
resentation from those who sued, with five |
per cent. interest The plaintiffs, BY no
means chickens, as the Judge remarked,
had vet swallowed somewhat ridiculous |
story touching a syndicate about to be
authorized by the French government to
raise q loan of e24O,0O0,0OO sterling,
and all this in spite Of the notorious fact,
stated by the editor Of the Times, that
France can always place her own Gov
ernment loans on the best terms among
her own people, and only in one single
instance in this generation went outside,
whenthe country was virtually in the hands
of the German armv and then recourse
was had to the Anglo-American house Of
Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co"
The Times then alludes to the claims Of
the Lawrences OF America to the Towneley
estate in England, a claim to which we
have repeatedly alluded in the editorial
department Of the GLoBE-RErUBIIC. This
claim the Times asserts to "be still more
ridiculous" than the claim alluded to in
the Introductory portion Of this article.
The Times then proceeds to state that ia
siel Lawrence printed an article in the
Buffalo Express, July, 1872, showing upon
what the family asserted their title to an
estate Of s5OO,O0O,OO known as the
Towneley Estate, and to establish the
claim WIS selling bonds at very low rate
for funds. Corydon Ksrr 1--WE are told)
joined forces with Mr.. Lawrence, but q
quarrel arose between the two over the &C.
counts and Mr.. Karr finally published a
letter in London from the wel-known
genealogist, II. G. Somerby, showing that
this estate was in possession Of its legiti-
mate and lawful heirs. The Lawrence
claim was that William Towneley, Of
Towneley, married Standish, grand
daughter of the sixth Duke of Norfolk;
that his daughter Mary Towneley, married
Joseph Lawrence, of New York, son of
Thomas Lawrence, and that she
was the heiress OF her fathers
estate Upon reference to the genoa
logical record it appeared that the mar
riage OF William Towneley with Cecilia
Standish was fact, and that his sons,
Charles and Edward, succeeded to the es-
tates. On Edwards death they reverted
to his uncle, John, whose grandson is now
the owner. Joseph Lawrence's wife was
named Mary, but the family name was
only assumed to be TowneIey Mr. W. E.
Lawrence replied to the aspersions on the
family, the claim then attracting some at
tentlon, and was able (the Times asserts)
to show good family record, but his letter
was taken up and considered by English
genealogical students and some errors
were discovered. J. Lawrence's son,
Richard, had son born in 1874, named
Efingham, and grandson, also Effing-
ham, the assertion being that Francis
Howard, Baron Efingham, Governor Of
Virginia, married Towneley, sister of the
Mary Towneiey who married Joseph Law
renee; hence the family name Of Efing-
ham. At this point genealogical expert,
Mr.. Nichols, pointed out that no Baron
Efingham had married Towneley, the
lady married not Howard OF Effingham,
but a Howard of Corby. The
real reason for the family name of Effing-
ham was that Elizabeth, widow Of the first
settler, William Lawrence, married Sir
Philip Carteret, Governor of New
Jersey. and on his death in 1852
married for the third time Col. Richard
Towneley, branch of the Towneleys,
who came to Virginia in the s1ite of Lord
Efingham, hence had named his son Ef-
fnghsm Towneley. In the next genera
ton the name was taken by the Lawrence
family, who are thus misled by the similar
ity of the names into what the New York
Nation terms a ridiculous claim. The
Nation took up the subject on an amusing
dispatch to the New York Times, asserting
that vast English inheritance called the
Towneley estate had just been awarded to
American heirs by the Court of Queens
Bench. 1t was added that the American
agent employed in prosecuting the claim
had to bribe two members of the House of