National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-14
suEpRy uRITISU PEERS.

The Duke of Beauford, great coach.
ing man; the Duke of Bedford, owner of
Convent Garden Market and of many
neighboring Stun, and the Duke of Mari.
borough have each proited to the extcnt
of upward of $4,000, 600 during the past
four. and-thirty years. There is only ono
Observation-Disclosures family has
done as well, if not better, than the three
dukes first mentioned" In the Water
fords are the Beresiord family, whose
pasture ground used to be the Irish
church. In thirty.fourty years eight
Beresfords drew from Ireland, us minis
ters or digntaries of the Irish church,no
less sum than $3.50, 1000. There were
also considerable number in the army
and the civil service. Six marquises Of
different families have drawn between
them about S15,000,000, their offices
having been almost sinecures.
The Marquis of Salisbury, although by
no means the least rapacious of his clan,
nevertheless figures for about million
of dollars distributed among relatives.
whom he contriVed even before he be-
came premier to introduce into positions
under the government. His profits and
perquisites are now, of course, vastly in
creased, as he has free rein with the ma.
TONS wealth.
Several earls have been successful in
bleeding the nation to a pretty tune, but
only four-Grey, Hopetown, Kimberley,
and Minto-have got over S5,000,O0O
apiece since 1850. OF these Earl Grey
has a rental of $4,000, and 1t was
owing to the place-hunting propensities
of the family that Goblet aud other pop
ular leaders, II generation or two ago,
entertained such profound dislike to
whiggery. The army, the navy, the
church provided the money, and some
was forthcoming from the funds out OF
which the salaries of the ministers OF the
crown are paid. The Grey family eb.
tanned between them ninety.nine offices,
held by forty-nine individuals.
There has been quite swarm of KIM
berleys seeking Office successfully, up
ward of 1877 having fallen to siXty.seven
members Of that family during the past
thirty.four years. This peerage (Wode-
housed only dates from 1897, yet of the
sons and descendants of the first Lord
Wodehouse sixteen have been in holy
orders, Lord Wodehouse was, should
explain, created Earl Of Kimberley,
The army, navy, colonial, and diplomatic
services have been well "milked" by the
Kimberleys. Viscounts and barons ap'
pear to, have been richly provided with
place hunting relatives. Some yiscounts
have each bestowed upward Of sixty posts
upon their next of kin. The incomes
have brought their recipients gross totals
ranging from 81 100000 downward. II
may be observed the degrees of CON
sanguinity, which seem to have contrib
uted n claim to patronage, have included
those of grandfather, father, brother
son, daughter, aunt, nephew, niece
cousin, hall-cousin, and collatera
branches of the patrons family,
Viscount Combermere, himself IN re
GENT of n handsome hereditary pension
figures at the head of those noble Lords
who have not forgotten the claims o
their male relatives, generally OF need
class. For example, of his la9 maseu
line relations, all told, only thirty'iy
failed to ioist themselves upon the pubIl
purse, the remaining lGi distributin
themselves in the army Coy, navy 90
church (55), and other departments ga,
Within the period commencing in 1856
and ending last year to thirty'iour relf
tiyes of this illustrious pensioner sixty
seven offices were allotted, bringing int
their pockets upward Of SO, 900, 900.
How the house of lords, the gref
nursery of these outdoor paupers, is II
cruited is interesting. The hereditAT
principle, of course, explains the pre-
cnce of many nobodies in the upP'
chamber. 1t is said that one'ha!f OF tn
present house of peers owe their, pos
! lions to descent from successful bal