The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-13
A NOBLE TROOPER.
Tho Sou Of an Earl Becomes g
Private Soldier.
iIe Horriflcs Ills Arlstocratic Relatives
by Eniisting as Cavnlrymnn
"a Dramatic Incident
In Ills Career.

cshor day, enjoyed the. in England,
somewhat unusual distinction of hay-
Ing served as an ordinary trooper in the
british cavalry, says the marquis dc
Fontcnoy in the New York Recorder.
Young, amiablo and good looking, when
he left college and took up his abode in
London, he soon was drawn into q most
pernicious coteric. All those human
birds of prey who make their livcli-
hood by pluclSing young men of rank
and fortune at once marked him as
their own. He was very wild, broke
the traces in every direction, sowed any
amount OF wild oats and, finally, wound
up one morning after night of riot
and dissipation by cnlisting as an ordi-
nary soldier in the Second life guards
under his family name of White The
horror of his relatives was indie
scribable. The only person to take the
matter in any way quietly was the old
carl of Bantry, his father, who grimly
remarked that twas far better for Lord
Berehaven to be grooming his charger,
learning his drill, and cleaning his kit
quietly at the Spital barracks at Wind.
sor than lounging about London with
the blacllcgs and drunkarls who had
been his associates.
During this period of trooper life OF
Lord Derchavcn rather odd and dra.
matte incident took place A we'll
known money lender received one
morning Il visit from a well-drcsscd
gentleman who represented himself as
being Fiscount Berehavcn, eldest son
and heir of the earl Of Bantry, and re.
qucstcd loan. The moncy-lcnder.
S:.m - l,a
which were answered satisfactorily.
and then told the young gentleman that
when he called again he would doubt
less be able to oblige him, in the event,
of course, of the necessary inquiries
having elected the replies which he ex-
pectcd. The inquiries were made and
everything seemed all right, for the es-
capable of Lord Bcrehaven's enlisting
was not generally known, and the
moncy-lcndcr wrote to his visitor to in
form him that if on certain day he
would call at his Office in Pail Mall he
would only have to sign the note to get
the cash.
In the meantime, and by the mercst
chance, the fact of Lord Berehaven be-
ing ut that time Il simple trooper under
an assumed name ut Windsor reached
the ears of Sam Lewis, who of course
at once scented fraud. He put him
self immediately in communication
with Trooper White, who came up from
Windsor to see him, and who had no
difficulty in proving that he was the
only real Lord Bcrehavcn. Together
they determined to organize q most
dramatic coup dc thcater. The original
Lord Berehaven. with scarlet shell
Jacket, forage cap cooked over one ear,
whip i'll hand-the trooper undress uni
form an complet, in fact-was con-
cealed behind n screen when the false
Lord Berehaven came to Sign the bill
and get the money. At the proper mo.
mcnt he emerged from his hiding place
and denounced the imposter, whom.
however, he declined to prosecute. For
the miscreant was no other than very
near relative, whose name forbear to
mention, inasmuch as he is now en-
deavoring to live down his past.
Shortly afterward Lord Berchayen
left the army and undertook long trip
through the United States to Australia.
Although the journey did not benefit
his physical health-greatly damaged
by his follies and eXcesses-as much ms
had been hoped, yet it certainly greatly
ameliorated his moral condition and
enabled him on his return to settle down
to new life. His father died about
this time and he succeeded to the Ban
try estates in County Cork, which
amount to about seventy thousand
acres in area. He married in 1856 n
niece of Lord Petre, but leaves no issue.
being succeeded in his title bv his uncle.
may add that the Bantry pcerage was
conferred upon the first lord in 1897 by
way of recognition of the great services
which he rendered in repelling the
French fleet when it entered Bantry
bay for the purpose of landing an army
of invasion