The Irish standard., 1886-11-13
YANKEES in. ENGLAND.
American G;rls Who Have Be-
come British Aristocrats.

Who Married English. Noblemen and
Now Wish to Forget That They
Ever Were Republicans.
[Adam Badeau, in Phiadephia Press.l
There arc no Peers who are Americans;
but the future Earl Fitzwilliam was born
in Virginia whore his father end mother,
| Lord and Lady Milton, were living at the
time Lord Milton has since died, and the
American Viscount now fourteen years
old, win succeed his grandfather in the
Earldom Several of the Peeresses are
American by birth and lineage. The Mar
chioness of Anglesea was Miss King, Of
Georgia; Lady Abinger was Miss Ma
gruder. niece of General John B. Ma
Grantley was Miss lcVickar, Of New
York.
The future Duchess ct Manchester. now
v;scountess Vaudeville, was Miss Yznaga,
Of New York, and other American wemen
have married connections OF the Peers.
Miss Jerome, of New York, has become
Lady Randolph Churchill sister-in law Of
| tha Duke Of Marlborough; Miss Warden, a
| daughter OF q. I. Stewards former part
ner in the dry-goods business, is
now the Honorable Mrs. Darlington; |;
Miss Stevens, daughter Of Paran Stevens,
/ Of New York, is Mrs. Paget Of Lord angle
seas family; Hiss Livingstone, Of Nsw
York, is Mrs. Cavendish- Bsntinck, cousin
OF the Duke Of Portland, anu Miss Mary
Motley, daughter OF the historian, has be.
| conse Mrs. Sheridan, and a cousin OF the
! Duke of Somerset, Earl Duferin, the prea,
| ent Lord Houghton, and Lord Grantiey.
Has sister, once Mrs. ives, is the wis Of Sir
| William Harconr1, and will doubtless one
Gay be Peeress, for her husband is al
| most certain to receive nobility as the
| reward Of his political services. Halt
score Of other Americans are the wives 9f:
knights and Barcnets, all their lady-
| t31irs."
Such things have happened before in En-
! glish social history. Years ago two
| beautiful sisters, Louisa and Marianne
Cation, became the one Duchess OF Leeds,
the other Warehouses OF Wellesley and
sister-in-law to the great pnse OF Yelling
ton The Duchess was still living while J.
| was in England. but had retired from the
world The famous Lord I.y ndhurst was a
son of Coploy, the American painter, who
! s7nigrated 20 England, where his son be-
came politician and was elevated to the
| peerage, but died without an heir,
The only Peer now living descended d.
rectly froo, American stock is Lord Ash
burton, whose great-granofatber, the 1rsa
/ of his name. married Il Miss Bingham, oz
Philadelphia With this lady he acquired
some OF shat choice Madeira wine which
comes to higher perfection in the United
| States 5han in England. This nobleman
wss once entertaining s. Teticen5 Phlla-
dolphan whom he found ii impossible to
| draw into conversation, but toward ths
end Of the dinner Lord Ashburton pro
sIucsd some Of rhe Madeira from tho csI'
lars OF bis Philadelphia f;:ther-in-law. Iha
| American was asked to pronounce upon
its quality, and, after one sip, ne lecog.
aaizeci the delicious favor; set MS glass
torciply upon the table, and, despite hia
taciturnity, exclainled: Bingham, ky
gosh!''
; There has beon great change i'll ths fees
ing of the aristocracy toward Americana
within She last 2ew years. When w.N
| first liz England, in 1859, there we're net
twenty Americans 1ivinG there admitted ta
high society. Il stranger now and then
!
| haps Introduce enc or two az
his country -peop'e at rare intervals
to his English friends, but the Ea.
! glish Thought she Americans were hal1
| savage OF ST least half-bred- They
| were so Ignorant themselves about Anes'
| ica that q wonlan oE title and education
| asked me on which side General Grant had
fought in the civil war. They believed we
were entirely unacqnainted with the
usages OF civilized society; th&s OUT wo-
men were handsome, but loud in speech
and behavior and always overdressed, aud
| the men tobacco-chew Yankees Of tne
stage type--once removed. I was often
co1n nplimented because l. spoke good En-
| giish; they evidently supposed that all
Americans talked through the nose and
used the dialect OF Artemus Ward.
/ Some fifteen years ago two very hand
scme and brilliant American girls were Sc
ling about 8 little in London society. One Of
| i.,ry IN ostin inmate English friends, roman
OF rssuk and breeding, too, made some Jar.
/ quiry about the yosng ladies ut @ bali,
putup her eyeglasses and seemed to aa-
'mire them. !. thought sne was making an
ladyance and inquired (indifferen5ly.I am
happy to say whether she wanted TO know
taem. 'tOh! no, indeed, " and then checked
herself, for she had no wish to he rude; but
she shuddered visibsy st the narrow escape
| she had made. Yet she had no son that
the Americans might have III arried.
/ Some adventurous American ladies
worked very hard before 5hey made their
svsy; through no harder, perhaps, than at
hons or than English wo1nen work in the
sarae way. They took houses and enter
tanned; they made timely and acceptable
presents; they spread reports of their own
fabulous wealth. They dressed nlaryei-
ously; their jewels attracted attention
even among those who boasted Of diamonds
| for heirlooms. Above all, they were hand
some and. therefore, necessarily attracted
the men. y.
Those who have established themselves,
however, have NOT, as a rule, been loyal to
their country or country people. Especial
~ the women who have married high En-
glishmen seem TO wish to forget that they
ever were Republicans. They are unwil-
! ing to have their cid friends OF connections
! , =