The Washington critic., 1890-05-19

Belongs to the family of Lord Vernon.
WAIPoLE.- Louise Corbin,
daughter Of Daniel @. Corbin of New |
York and niece of Austin Corbin; mar.
ried in 1888 TO Captain Robert Horace |
Walpole, nephew and heir of the fourth |
Earl of Oxford and descendant of Sir |
Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of |
England.
WoLsRLEY. Miss Annita Teresa Muir.
ply, daughter of the late Daniel T. |
Murphy of San Francisco; married in
1SS3'to Sir Charles Michael Wolseley of
Staffordsbire, England, ninth Baro-
net.
The list includes two duchesses, and
duchess is the highest rank that can
be attained in England by any woman
not Of the royal blood, and the duke
doms Of Marlborough and Manchester
are individually distinguished even in
their own class.
1t is a curious study, this list Of
Anglo American marriages. It shows
that some American families run TO
English alliances and that some English
families run to American wives. The
Churchills, the Vernons and Harcourts,
the Fairfaxes-each of these families
has record of several American wives
Then, on the other hand, the Jeromes
Of New York, the YZnagas of Louisiana,
the Frosts of ST. Louis and the family
of j. L. Motley, the historian, have each
given several ladies to the English nobi-
ity. While political and Parliamentary
leaders like Chamberlain, Harcourt,
Churchill and Play fair have come to
America for their wives, the daughters
of such American statesmen as Presi-
dent Grant. Secretary of State Fish and
Secretary of War Endicott have gone to
England for husbands so the conces-
sions are pretty well balanced.
Some of the ladies as well
as some of the lords had made
quite remarkable matrimonial records
before entering into their present
alliances. Lady Aylmer, for instance,
was divorced in Chicago before she met
that sprig of Irish aristocracy, who,
though quite young, seems to have
been by no means slow himself, and she
didn't remain much more than q year
with him. And there is Lady Grantley.
She actually obtained divorce from
her husband to marry his nephew.
Mr.. Motley's two daughters are mar
ried to Colonel Mildmay and Sir William
Vernon Hareourt. The Jeromes have
divided themselves among the
Churchills the Frewens and the Leslies.
Of the two Yznaga del Wales, one is
Lady Lister Kaye and the other is the
! Duchess of Manchester. The two
Misses Frost of St. Louis have been
thawed, the one by Molesworth and
and the other by Vernon. The Yer
mons, the Hsrcourts and the Ansons all
belong to one family.
1t is worthy of note that several Of
these English aristocrats, who have mar
ried American women, are residents of
the United States, and engaged in max
ing their living by honest work, as
Americans are accustomed to do. Lord
Fairfax is country doctor and farmer
in Maryland; and the Hon, Hugh North
cote, son of the late English Foreign
Secretary, is in business in New York
Anson, the grandson of Lord Vernon;
Pelham Clinton, Graham of Esk, and
several of the other aristocrats men
toned in the alphabetical list. are living
quite American. If they are not so al
ready. There are good many work
ing men among the British aristocracy,
just as there are among the French
mobiles.
The Due d'Aumale was among those
who received important awards at the
Paris Exposition last year, He OBJ.
tanned his prize for the Zucco wine
which he grows on his property in
Sicily. The Due de Montpensier, on
his side, draws considerable income
from the sale of his Seville oranges
and his wheat grown near Bologna
in Italy, while Prince Galitzin, who
"raises" his own. champagne-Medoc
y Hermitage and Burgundy in corner Of
the Crimea, was vice president of the
wine jurors at the exhibition, and, ow
ing to the number of bottles which
passed through his hands during three
months, is fully entitled to take thu
palm as champion taster.a The kinl
of Hollands beer from the Brasseri'
Royale was also rewarded by the jurors
while in another order of thing
Cardinal Lavigerie, the anti-slaver,
apostle, was the winner of grand priz
| for his Algerian juice of the grape
! Among the French noblemen, however
who are connected with commerce by
considerably closer ties are the Due d.
Doudeauville, who makes nice trif
, out Of the wine and oil produced on hi
/ property at Bissacia in Italy. Nea
! Bonetable the duke hasa manufactor
! of earthen and chinaware. The Du
de Feltre is in the milling business; tn
members of the Montebello family sci
, famous champagne, while the Marqui
' de Lur- Saluces offers his own Chatea
d'Yquem directly to the public
Dozens of minor notabilities might b
a cited, who are engaged in agriculture
1 and collateral pursuits, nearly all c
q whom figure in the list of awards
r French exhibitors.
v If all the British noblemen at HON
and abroad should follow the exampl
n of these industrious French noble
{ there would be no necessity for the bi
!. which the London correspondents sa
g Lord Rosebery is about TO introduce
J. Parliament providing government a
d sistance for peers and people
;. rank of both sexes who may hay
n fallen into poverty. There a
said to be upward of thirty Britis
l. and Irish noblemen now living G
" charity. Several are hopelessly ban
t. rupt, while few are earning their II
# ing. The recent death of the vi
!. countess Vingsland has called publ
attention to this fact This estimab
l. woman, who has been in receipt of f1O
l, year from the civil list, was disco
1t cred ten years ago making shirts for
:. living at pence piece.
?, Lord Lisle, an Irish nobleman, is II
ing in the depths of poverty in a smi
r. house at Bayswater He is the head
is an ancient family. The father of t
t, Duke of Buckingham died at 81 yea
ST OF age in extreme poverty. More tn
twenty baronets are leading preC
Of lious lives. One is a pawnbrok
TX and another is photograph
"a artist This latter, Sir AtW