The Irish standard., 1891-05-23
LORDS AND GENTLEMEN.
Known as Such from Their Titles, but
by Their Acts, Men Without
Character or Reputation.
ENGLAND'S HEREDITARY RULERS

Minor Mention Of Some Of the Disgraoed
and Blaekguard Peers Who Rule
the Destinies Of Great Britain.
The eccentric nobleman is we'll to the
fore Just at present in England, He
has taken to amusing the mob. Last
week, says correspondent of the PHI
ladelphia Press, we had the Earl Of
Lonsdale racing against time on The
public highway, and TO-DAY at Tatter-
SALTS heard that young Lord Rosslyn
had made a bet with Lord Headley that
he Will eat two pounds Of steak and
drink gallon of ale in less time than
Lord Headlev takes to kill and skin a
bullock. Rather promising exhibition
this.
A dav or two ago met coming out of
his club the gentleman who rel )ices in
the title of Baron Braye. He had a
tall hat on his head and a soft hat in
his hand. He walked with thick
Malacca cane, and he carried an um-
brella under his arm. He usually ap
pears that way on the streets. He
says: 'It's so deucedly convenient, you
KNOW If it rains he can put up his
low crowned hat aud stuck up his um-
brelIa, and then it gives him headache
Ito wear the same hat for more than
half an hour"
The Duke of Hamilton can be recog-
nized mile off by his clothes. They
are always of the same pattern, very
loud check, very baggy trousers, very
short coat and a pot hat. He usually
has dozen suits made On the same
lines, color and pattern at the same
time, and he regularly, whenever it is
possible, changes bis garments in the
middle of the day. al
When driving q four-in: hand he is in
ths habit of stepping into the inside Of
the coach for few minutes and chang
ing his clothes before resumlng the
reins. OF course he wears black things
at night, but otherwise his wardrobe
may be regarded as one of the most
peculiar in civilization.
Lord Lisle insists upon smoking a
short clay pipe in the streets. He is an
Irish peer and not very we'll off. His
dining room walls are adorned with
colored clay pipes, arranged In stars
and crosses. all Of which-oyer 800
nave been smoked by his lordship. It
is said that he would have been elected
a representative peer Of Ireland but for
the fact that his brother mobiles were
afraid that he would disgrace the sac
red body of corOnets by smoking his
short clay pipe on the terrace Of the
House of Lords.
Lord Gardner, fourth baron of his
title. is one of the few English peers
who not only decline to live in their
own country, but go out Of their way to
un- Anglicize themselves by eccentric
foreign marriages. This nobleman
lives all the year round in India. and
his baroness is a daughter of Prince
Mira Shikoe. a grandson of the late
King of Delhi. She is coffee coIored
lady. and enjoys her betel-nut as thor
oughly as Nautch girl. Her lords
household is similar to that OF an In :
dian Rajah.
Lord Newburgh point blank declines
to be either an Eaglishman Or Scotch
man, although he is the tenth peer Of
his title. He is an Italian citizen and
calls himself Count Bandini perhaps
the olly instance on record where =
man prefers being an Italian count to
an 'EnQlsh earl. Viseount Taaffe, an
Irish peer positively declines to be an
Irishman of any description. He and
his father bsfore him were naturalized
Austrian, and the country has agreed
so we'll with him that he has risen to
the rank Of Prime Minister to the En-.
peror Franz Josef. He also calls him
self count Count Taaffe.
But you have an instance of renun-
citation OF peership, as we'll as citizen
ship, in Dr.. Gontee Fairfax. Of Vir-
ginia, who as is we'll known, is eleventh
Baron Fairfax in the pesrage OF Scot
land, but he finds il. however, q agreater
honor to be q citizen Of the United
States. SIS
Diseraced and BLACKBOARD peers are
now quite . strong body in England.
One of the Irish earls, who was q cor
poral ia the Life Guards. before be sue
ceeded to his title. did six months hard
labor Tor some breach of military disei-
pline. Another peer. ca english one.
and the son 81 u Lord High Chancellof,
can never show nis face In the House
|of Lords aaain. He committed q
gushing crime. ne has drcpped hIs
title and - now clerk to 4 firm % auss-
t,ouee ~ 81 a The n arquis Is