New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-31
TWO ENGLISHMEN.
LORD EDWARD CAvENDISH AND MR. HENRY
SAMPSON

distinct sides OF English life. The two were Lord
Edward Cavendish and Mr.. Henry Sampson.
i can imagine slight shiver OF surprise in the
two worlds o; the two men at seeing their names
coupled. They had certain high qualities in COM
mon. vet it is because they were 50 different and
not because they were so like that write Of them
together. and because each had so many titles to
respect in WAYS SO far asundcr
1t is needless to saw of man who in this ceun-
Try bears the name of Cavendish that he
starts in life with great advantages. Lord Ed
ward was the son of the seventh-the present
Duke of Devonshre; brother. therefore. TO that
Lord Frederick Cavendish who in 1882 was muir
dered in Phoenix Park in furtherance of what is
called the Irish cause brother also to Lord Hart
ington who is heir TO the Dukedom. The father,
man of noble character and gifts, has chosen all
his life long to devote his energies and great abil-
tiles TO his family and his estate. Lord Edward
as younger son would naturally. had he been OF
a less family. have had his own career in life to
make. But the Cavendish revenues are ample enough
to provide for younger well for elder sons. and
Lord Edward found himself under no obligation 70
seek livelihood like some other younger sons
Of old families. by stockiobbing or the turf or
even the bar.
His industries in life have been Of another kind
and have never had for their object the making
of money He was educated at Trinity College, Cam
bride; at eighteen was appointed Ensign in the I'd
Derbyshire Militia and four years later Lieu
tenant in the Rife Brigade. where this scion of
duca house made himself useful for some years
by teaching musketry to his fellow soldiers. He
did il. no doubt thoroughly well the tradition of
conscientious thoroughness Is in the family.
Then he went to Parliament for three years
then lost his seat and did not re-enter the august
assembly at Westminster till 1880 when he was
elected for North Derbyshire. and this seat he
held till his death In the interval, in s73'4,
he had been private secretary to Lord Spencer
during his first Irish Viceroyaty. He married in
1865 his first cousin-that also. among royalties
and the Rothschilds is kind of fashion with
Cavendishes when they marry at all-the daughter
of the Right Hon. William and Lady Elizabeth Las
celles. who survives him. Lord Frederick Caven-
dish died without children. Lord Harrington is
unmarried Lord Edward leaves heir pre-
sumptive to the Dukedom of DevOnshire in the
person of his eldest son. Mr.. Victor Cavendish now
twenty-three years old.
In public life Lord Edward has never been
a conspicuous figure, but has held an honorable
place He was of course Liberal: the Caven-
dishes were Wings. and so by natural transition
became Liberals when the Wing party disap
peared from the scene When in 1886 Mr.. Glad
stone split the Liberal party in twain. Lord Ed
ward, ike LOrd harrington, uecll1eu u lOi-
low his former leader into the Parnellite camp.
He became, as did the greater part Of the more
distinguished Liberals, Liberal Unionist; one
who valued principle and the integrity of the
Empire more than party ties personal claims.
What he undertook to do in Parliament, he did
we'll He spoke seldom preferring, as so many OF
the most useful members Of the House of Commons
have always preferred, to exert his influence in
the more private counsels of the party. He was
respected and liked and latterly he took upon
himself the onerous duties of Whip to his party.
a post impossible to any man who has not tact
and knowledge Of men and unfailing good temper,
If he have also that kind of ascendency which
still in this country springs from social position
and high descent, much the better.
So far as these public duties would permit,
Lord Edward lived with his father The Duke of
Devonshire has of late years seldom been seen in
London. When Devonshire House was open, 1t
was his daughter, Lady Louisa Egerton, Lady
Edward Cavendish, who received his guests, or,
on occasion, Lord Harrington. At Chatsworth
it was the same, though the Duke, if his health
permitted was to be seen at table, and sometimes
in the library or drawing-room. Lord Edward
was understood TO be his assistant in the manage
ment of the property task to which the energies
of no one man were equal, vast are the estates
and so many the interests in which that immense
fortune is invested. lie pald yearly NlslU W
Lismore Castle to look after the Irish properties
of the Duke, which, in the two counties of Water
ford and Cork, amount to some $4,000 acres.
landlord is supposed to be in ireland object
of execration to his tenants, and sometimes is.
Not so the Duke of Devonshire nor his son, Lord
Edward. The Duke is believed to have spent
more for the benefit of his tenants than he ever
received from them as rent, and Lord Edward
and his wife Were beloved on this Irish estate and
the tenants looked 10 them TO friends.
Lord Edward Cavendish, in word, lived the
life of an English gentleman to whom those about
him are constant objects OF care. He had char
acer and force Of character, yet never heard that
he had enemy. Those who knew him knew
the beauty of his nature also, his simplicity, his
kindliness, his loyalty, his high spirit and his
high sense of honor. There are many English
men who lead his life of quiet. incessant devotion
TO duty; who nothing for fame and every
thing for the verdict of their own conscience
and the approval of those nearest to them. OF
this admirable type there were few better ex-
amples than Lord Edward Cavendish.
The other of the two Englishmen whom I so
rashly bracket together, Mr. Henry Sampson was
journalist Between journalist and Caven
dish what can there be in common" would be
the first question by many countryman Of both
Nothing certainly, in their ways of life, or their
associations, or their views of the world some
thing, perhaps, in more essential matters. At any
rate, we can but inquire. and inquiry can do. no
harm.
Mr.. Sampson was q man Of much mark in Eng
hsh journalism where he was better known as
Pendragon. This latter was the fanciful name
under which he wrote. He was editor and owner
of a Sunday paper devoted chiefly to Sport and
the Drama, called The Referee 1t may not
seem that man could attain great influence on
public opinion in the conduct of such paper but
Mr. Henry Sampson was man who left bis mark
on whatever be touched. He had great energy Of
character, and great courage, and gift of saying
what he thought in a way that compelled atten-
ton. His career might not be thought remark
all Amerca where everybody Is Self-maue