San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
A MAN OF PEDIGREE.
Some Interesting Data Respect
oliver Thomas Edwin Fitz-
Patrick.

is frequently nothing without a
good big name and pedigree, and
is rated as high as in this country
we rate dogs, horses and cattle by
pedigree and record. OF course
wealth may take the plebian into
the charmed circle of aristocracy,
but even Astor, of New York, who
has located in England, with all
his millions cannot stand as
much chance of entering the aris-
tocratic circle of English society
as the practical Tauper of noble
descent.
Now as to pedigree we have an
example that, without being offen-
sive in any way, is especially
amusing to a free and Independent
American. Mr.. Fitzpatrick,
young Irishman who made some
record as polo player, and who
has been in the sheep industry in
Kendall county and other places,
was married lately to a most
charming and estimable lady, Miss
Lucretia Willoughby White. Mr..
Fitzpatrick is, as they say in the
Mikado, a man of pedigree. Let
us now turn to Fosters Peerage
and Baronetage and see who he is
and what are his connections.
The record is clear and explicit.
Oliver Thomas Edwin FitZ-Pat-
rick, the groom, is the fifth son of
Lady Olivia Taylour, daughter of
Sir Thomas Taylour, marquis, Wis
count and baron of Headfort, and
earl of Beehive of Ireland, and ba-
ron Kentsis of England, under
whichtitle the surviving lord sits
in the House of Lords. She mar
ried August 10, '53, the Reverend
Frederick FitZ. Patrick, rector of
CloOne, county LeiUrim, Ireland,
and their issue is five sons and
three daughter. The groom was
born July 90 '63.
One of Lady Olivia FitZ-Pat-
rick's daughters is Mary Adelaide
Virginia Thomasina Eupa-
toria Fitz Patrick and
is, of course, sister to the groom.
She married October 3, 1873, George
CORVALLIS West, great-grandson
of John Sackville, Earl Of Delaware
and Niscount Cantelupe, Baron
Delaware and West, by which mar
riage he is closely related to Sir
Lionel Sackville-West,a at one time
British ambassador at Washing
ton, ID. c., but who since then has
become Earl Delwarr and Baron of
Buckhurst, inheriting the great
historic estate of Knole Park,
Sevenoaks, by virtue of his mater
nal descent from the famous Duke S
of Dorset.
Mr.. Cornwallis-West is a gentle
man of wealth, and resides at
Ruthin Castle, county of Denbigh,
Wales. His wife, the groom's Sis
ter, is one of the most famous la
dies of England, and owes her rep
utation to being, in face and form,
one of the most beautiful women
of England, when at the time Mrs.
Langtry was queen regnant of a
society that was adorned by the
most beautiful women of the world.
1t is no mean compliment to Mrs.
COrnwallis-West to say that she ran
a good second to the famous Lang
try, when in the height of
her. beauty. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
bears little resemblance to
his beautiful sister. She and
Langtry are now passe, and
have had to yield the palm to
younger beauties. 1t is the old
story La Refine est mOrte, viva La
Refine.
To write the history of these
families and their connections
made by marriage would be virtu-
ally to give the history of England
for the last 600 years, for the first
Lord Cantelupe fought with Ed
ward ILL.,, in the wars with Bruce
of Scotland, and the second Lord
did good work at the battle Of
Cressy, in France. That history,
which would be most interesting
and creditable, would fill several
issues Of the LIGHT, and even the
ramificating pedigrees could hard
ly be condensed in single issue.
From these facts it will be seen
that Mr.. Fitzpatrick is certainly
a man of pedigree.
1t should be noted that the noble
house of Headfort, for generations
back spelled their surname in the
plain, ordinary and every day way
as Taylor, the correct way, but
some years ago the head Of the
house" Frenchified" it as Taylour to
Indicate Nnrman descent when. as