Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-02
A REAL AMERICAN PRINCE.
Ex-Governor John Lee Carroll's Claim
to the Title Of Uriel.

to the Title Of Uriel.
From the New York Journal
1t is not generally known that there is a real.
live, American prince, born on the soil, able to
trace his direct descent to the man who last
bore the title, and having no European or
other competitor to contest his right Another
lives in the ancient castle, renovated and mod
ernized. and derives his income from his broad
lands, but he makes no claim to the title and
bears another which is the gift Of an English
king. The man is John Lee Carroll, once
governor Of Maryland, and the title is prince
of Uriel.
One Of his progenitors. Charles Carroll Of
Carrollton, signed the Declaration OF indie
pendence, q rather democratic document for q
prince to put his name to, and the family have
long since ceased to trouble themselves about
the title, but they are the lineal and only de-
scendants of the men who bore it for q thou
sand years.
Ex-Governor Carroll is descended from
Roger Carroll, or. more correctly, Rory
OCarroll, the last chief Of the Irish clan Of
that name, and the lineal descendant of the
princess of Uriel who played not unimportant
part in the history Of ancient and medieval
Ireland He espoused the cause of the Stuarts
in the wars between Charles and the parlia-
ment and stood Loyalty by that ungrateful
owen Roe O'Neill, who had won rank and fame
In the armies of Spain, were battling to shake
on the English yoke.
Ireland was crushed under the iron he ell of
Cromwell, and Col Roger Carroll accompanied
Charles III in his exile, taking service under va
rlous European governments, according the
whims Of the banished prince dictated. Dur
ing his absence the lord deputy, Sir John Par
sons. found the Clan O'Carroll's domain. which,
IN violation of the rights Of the clansmen, had
been conferred on the chief by an English title,
a most desirable location. and selected il for
himself. He settled down there and made it
his home
Among the numerous Irish and Scotch Jaco-
bite families who made their home in Mary
land were the MacTavishes. They were the
chief OF the clan, and. as such matters go, as
blue" in blood as the Argyles, or the Suther-
lands, or the Flies, or any others now counting
among the Scotch aristocracy. In later times
the MacTavishes intermarried with the CAROLS
and the families are now related.
This involves a curious feature of family
history and a strange freak Of the old .'blue
blood" run wild. One daughter Of the Car
rolls, rs Is well known. married a Bonaparte.
Another married the Marquis of Wellesley,
brother of 1.-THE Iron Duke" of Wellington
Still another married MacTavish.
A son of this MacTavish conceived the idea
OF running for the British parliament and
with the aid of the Wellesleys contested the
borough of Dundalk then rotten to the core
The Wellesleys were tories, but family in
nuence was stronger than party fealty, and
MacIavlsh was elected over a candidate sup
ported by the Carlton club in London.
An old Irishman now living in this CITY re-
members well that rollicking canvass, and de-
scribes how MacTavish used to drive four-in-
hand through the town .'showering fistfuls of
slxpences and fourpenny bits among the mob"
He was unseated on petition of bribery. these
'.sixpences and fourpenny bits constituting
the brides. Then he commenced suit to re-
cover the OCarrou estate from Lord Rosse
and wound up in a private lunatic asylum.
His son was trained with great care. and
everything possible was done TO keep from him
the knowledge which led to his fathers mania
But 1t was OF no avail, and he, too, undertook
the task of BUSTING Lord Rose from the ances-
trail home OF the OCarrolls. Neither seemed
to bother about the bleak, heath-covered hills
over which the MacTavishes held sway
This last prince of Uriel. as MacTavish called
himself, once made an alliance with the O'Don-
ovan-Rossa Fenians, by which for a time they
received a donation of $40 month. Finally he
notified them that, unless they recognized him
as prince of Uriel and began their commune
cations IN proper form with May it D lease
your highness," he would not condescend to
take any notice of them. That ended the alli-
ance. The council would not hear of princes
or royal highnesses."
"We must draw the line somewhere" said
one of them, IAN be the hockey pokey! 1
wouldn't call any man Yer Royal Highness' if
he was to give ten thousand year to the
cause"
Poor Prince MacTavish, who was a tall, slim
and very MISUNDERSTANDING young man, went
through a course of training to fit HIM for the
task of winning back the ancestral
lands by the sword. He entered the
Servian army volunteer during their
disastrous war with Turkey some thirteen
years ago, fought under the banner of Don
Carlos and sought the sanction of the pope for
his enterprise. He found inscriptions law
yers who preyed upon his mania and encour-
aged him to go on till he was finally put in a
place of safety by his friends.
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