The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-01-03
HE MAY BE A LORD.
W. w. Aston Said TO he In Training For
the British Peerage.


England continues to speak of Will
liam Waldorf Astor as an American,
and America laughs at him as an imi-
tation Englishman, but the truth is he
is so much an Englishman that he is ac-
tually slated for the peerage. This may
seem incredible in America and yet it
is fact
You are probably aware that Mr..
Waldorf Aston has already become a
British subject, and since he natural
lied himself here he has enjoyed prefer
Genital election to that select circle of
England's territorial magnates, that POI
litical hottest of the holies, the Carlton
club. A further step in his upward
fight was his nomination for the bench
Of the county of Middlesex, and he will
be forthwith gazetted justice of the
peace. That is an honor conferred by the
lord high chancellor, acting for the
crown, ON the nomination of the lord
lieutenant of the county. 1t entities the
holder to rank as justice of the quorum
and is an inevitable preparatory step to
higher rank. So far so good, but the
half has not yet been told. He has been
offered baronetcy, but, not quite con-
tent with that, stipulates for the rank
of baron at least and will undoubtedly
succeed.
Let me explain the difference in rank
between a baronet and baron. The
former is the lowest order of hereditary
rank and entities the holder to be ad-
dressed as sir and his spouse as lady. 1t
is in point Of procedure rank 65 and per-
mits the holder to sit in the house of
commons, whereas that of baron entities
the holder to tho rank, title and dignity
of my lord and seat in the house of
lords. The style of address to the spouse
Of the holder Of the title is still my
lady. The rank of baron is the lowest
of the five orders of peers and entities
the family of the holders to be known
and addressed as honorable.
Lord Beaconsfield once said that there
was ''a certain moral force in name
and dignity in double barreled
name" Mr.. Aston is of the same opin-
ion. He writes and styles himself Wal
dorf Astor. So in books of reference look
under W and not under A. Mr.. Wal
dorf Aston. however, is doing we'll and
is appreciated here. He has always been
in good hands, having from the first
been chaperoned by that fine old English
gentleman, that sturdy old courtier,
Christopher Sykes.
Success In social life in England de-
ponds entirely on whose hands one gets
in, and it is not always that the most
written about are the most desirable.
In the case of Mr.. Waldorf Astor, his
chaperon is not much known outside,
but Christopher is a man of rare judg-
ment and unsullied character, and, what
is more, one of II. r. H. s set, high in
the favor of Queen Victoria and socially
power behind the throne. From the
standpoint Of practical politics the Civ
ing Of social rank to Mr.. Waldorf Astor
is brilliant. twill tend to attract other
multimillionaires, and when we get the
Astors, Vanderbilts, Havemeyers, Rookie
fellers, Goulds and others our London
season will blossom like q rose, and
when the few remaining coronets of
British aristocrats now in pawn be re-
deemed then the plebeian government
of the United States may devise some
means of social demarcation to keep her
millionaires at home. Meanwhile cor
dial welcome awaits them here. Cor.
Philadelphia Times.