St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-16

the third bearer thereof, yet the family
is one of the most ancient in England,
and, Notwithstanding the fact that the
direct pedigree only reaches back to the
and other records of the same date show
that the LambtOns were established in
the county of Durham shortly after
the Norman conquest. The grand
father of the present peer was
the first pOSSeSSOr of the earldOm, an
honor which was conferred upon him
for his services as gOvernOr-general of
Canada and as British ambassador to
Russia, says the New York World. The
earl was born thirty-twO years ago, as
the elder of twins, and whereas his
younger brother, who came into the
world about two minutes later, has been
obliged to content himself with beg
carly pittance of $4,000 year, the elder
ha Inherited the title and an income of
$1,000 per annum. Like his neighbor,
Lord Londonderry, the present viceroy
of Ireland, he has taken the advantage
of possessing coal mines to set
up as retail coal dealer in London,
and is largely adding to his wealth
thereby. After leaving Elton he was
appointed to commission in the Cold
stream guards, in which he only re-
manned short time, being shortly after
his accession to the title appointed by
Mr.. Gladstone as lord-in-Waiting to the
queen. Of course, when the split of
the Liberal party on the home rule ques-
ton occurred the young man, like many
others similarly situated, forgot MIR.
GIadstone's kindness and joined the
ranks of the grand old mans bitterest
enemies. Lord Durham is far from
popular either in society or on the turf,
on which he figures as an owner of race
h., -
club. He is singularly mOrOSe and tact
turn by nature and has become more so
since the unfortunate and ill-ad-
vised lawsuit which he brought
in January, 1885, against his
lovely and refined wife. The latter, who
was Miss Miner by birth and a MEM
Der of one of the old Yorkshire families.
was one of the most famous beauties of
the London season of 1888. and had been
pressed by her relatives to accept Lord
Durham as sutton for her hand. Every
effort was used to overcome her reluc
lance
AND THE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE.
The young countess, however, found
neither the society of her husband nor
that of his male and female friends con-
genial to her taste, and showed her UNI
happiness by becoming more and more
| silent and reserved, especially when in
the company of his friends. This 81
| lence Lord Durham, who had become
tired of his beautiful bride, most I'M
| justly sought to attribute to insanity
and imbecility land at length commenced
a lawsuit for the purpose of annulling
his marriage on the ground that his
wife had been in state of idiOcy at the
time of her marriage. The trial, of
| course, became a cauSe-celebre, and at
| tracted an immense amount of Well-de-
served sympathy for the young count
eSs. 1t is needless to add that Lord
| Durham's demands for the annulment
Of his marriage were speedily refused
by the presiding judge and jury, and SO
great was the popular indignation
aroused by the earls conduct that he
was forced to leave England on pro-
| lOnged tour abroad Immediately after
| the close of the trial.
| AS race-hOrse owner he has been
| even more unfortunate than in his do
nestle relations, and his ill-luck on the
turf has become proverbial. Thoroughly
embittered thereby, Lord Durham, at a
recent dinner of the Gimcrack club, at
York, made a very OutSpOken speech
against all malpracticeS on the turf,
freely limiting that his ill-luck was, at
any rate, partly due to foul play He
especially alluded to the notorious fact
that, Notwithstanding the rules of the
turf prohibit it, jockeys are accustomed
to wager money, not only on, but against
their mounts, and asserted the Jockeys
and their accompllces almost always
arranged beforehand which horse was
to win. He especially designated one
racing stable. as distinguished for this
kind of sin and out" running, and al
though he mentioned no names it was
known at once that it was the
racing establishment of Sir George
| Chetwynd which he alluded to.
On being questioned by Sir George
| Lord Durham frankly admitted that he
had alluded to his stable, whereupon
the baronet challenged him to fight a
duel. This Lord Durham declined. as
sorting that he preferred to fight the
matter in court of law. The stewards
of the Jockey club have refused to in
terfere in the matter. and there the mat
ter rests for the present. The general
impression is that although certain of
the Jockeys employed by the barOnet
may possibly not be free from blame,
yet that Sir George himself is abso-
lutely above suspicion, and that Lord
| Durham in his bitterness over his losses
has gone too far in the matter, and
grossly libeled his former friend Chef
wynd. This feeling has become more
pronounced since Sir George has sub
mitted his betting book to the stewards
of the Jockey club and has actually in
cluded it's contents in the acrimonious
| correspondence published on the sub
! ject.