Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-29
THE COWBOY EARL.
Some Beautiful Specimens OF the So
Called Nobility Of England.
Chicago Herald

Chioago Herald.
The death OF the earl Of Aylesford,
! which Is announced, closes career
! that has been anything but a success
! ful or honorable cue. AS the heir OF
| the AylesfOrd estates, this young man
| early IN hfe took n conspicuous pOsi-
| tion among the royalty and nobility Of
! England. He was companion Of the
prince Of Wales In most u bis
! youthful escBpades, and accom-
panied that worthy 10 India. On
his return, Ayleeford WIS married TO
one Of the most beautiful and amiable
young ladies I'm the kingdom, the
/ daughter Of a member OF parliament
| not OF the nobility. For time the
| young earl abandoned his evil HssOci-
ates, but he returned TO them again.
! His wife then fell under the influence
| Of the disreputAble marquis Of Bland
/ ford, now the duke Of Marlborough,
and finally eloped with him 10 Paris,
! living with him there for years as his
wife.
This and financial misfortunes seem
| 10 have sobered AylesfOrd. He brought
! suit for divorce, and would have been
given an unqualified decree n bis own
| record could have been made 30 APP
| pear less repuslve. An order of sep
aratlon was granted and Aylesford was
| erjoined 60 pay his wife a sum Of
money each year 20 long a. che re-
| Trained from "molesting" him. After
| this unhappy scandal his great estate
| passed into tie hands Of a conseryatOr,
| and taking an annuity OF $780,
900 the earl came 10 Amer
lea, broken 10 health and spirit.
| Presently he purchased ranch
Of 40, 700 acres In Texas, but returning
| to England he found that "A still more
! painful humiliation was in store for
him. His wife had son by the duke
Of Marlborough, whom she had
| dubbed Lord Guernsey, "a title right
| fully belonging 10 the AyleBfDrd faml-
| ly and worn usually by prospective
heirs tO the earldom. He began an
action against her for "molestation, !"
and, after a trial which did more than
anything else Of recent years 10 show
the utter infamy OF the English nobil-
| ity, the court held that her action In
calling her son by that title came un.
der that head, and that she
was no longer entitled 10
receive an annuity from ner lat0 hus.
band. Thrown then upon her own
resources she disappeared In Paris
The earl OF AylesfOrd visited En-
gland IA few months ago 10 make some
arrangements for the care Of his two
worse than motherleas children, and,
returning 10 this country, he an.
nounced that henQeforth this would be
his home. He built q comfortable
house on his great Texas estate aud
lived there Ike any other cattle-ralseG,
surrounded by the reatlessl Cowboyl
and rangers, who were always hiA
frlendsNand with whom hid seemed
ever Rt tPse. He banished himself de-
liberate4 from the home Of hA ances-
tors ndkpparcntly stated with dlssl-
| patton and broken with sorrow sought
lOrgetiulness In the wild ,free life OF the
border. His death at the age Of thir.
ty-iive was no doubt hastened by the
foolish eNcesses of which he had been
guilty. His old companion In vice,
the moro atolid and phlegmstlc, Albert
Edward OF Wales, has sObered down
IN time perhaps To Insure himself long
life, and while AylesfOrd sleeps In b
dl.honored grave no will be king OF
England.
| THE EARL or AYLEsFORD's WIDOW
LONDON, Jan, II The sudden death
Of the earl OF Aylesford, at his ranch
IN Texas, causes much comment and
speculation here. He spent three
months Ia England last year, and sig,
nallzed hlB visit by row ut railway
station, during which lac had leg
broken, and by the sale OF his country
estates at Aylesford, near Maidenstone,
In Kent Lady Aylesford left hii
home In 1875 for the protection Of the
marquis 0f Blandford, who Is now the
duke OF Marlborough People In socl
ETY. are now discussing the probablll
ties OF the duke of Marlborough fulfill
ing the solemn pledge which he mad,
70 Lady Aylesford some years ago. Ia
make her his legal wife as soon as pos
sible. She excused her conduct In ao
oeptlng. Lord,Blandford's protection on
the plea that life was intOlerable with
Lord Aylesford, aud that Lord Bland
ford had promised 10 marry her IA sOoI
as she could get divorce. Now
that Lord Aylesford has been re
moved 10y death, IL remains 10 b,
seen whether the duke OF Mari
borough will fulfill the promise IA,
made eight years ago and has fire.
quently renewed MANY peOple VIII,
are well acquainted with the charac
ter and record OF the young duke do
not believe that he will be mar
enough TO redeem his pledge, aud tina
he never meant TO make Lady Ayles
lord his duchess. The prince o
Wales, who WAS boon companion Of
Lord Aylesford and sponsor for ia,
younger az Lis two daughters, il sale
70 be much affected by the earl's sud