The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-20

now the matter will be brought home tn
Americans more directly than it has ever
peen brought home yet, for there is short
~ to be union in London of the Ameri-
can lano-oWnlng interests, and series Of
drastic measures are scheduled, which it
Is believed will not only increa.4 the an
nual rentals of the vast domain involved
but which will greatly affect the destiny
OF the hundreds of thousands who dwell
upon it.
First OF all, list of the members of the
aristocracy who own the lands in question
will not be without interest Such a list
has never before been given in full. The
greatest of the English holdings and the
persons interested, are these:
The Texas Land Union Syndicate No.
~, 100000 acres. Interested peers: Bar
oness Burdett-Coutts, Earl Cadogan, H.
y F1tzroy Somerset (this is the duke of
beauforO, William Alexander Lochiel
stephenson Douglas-Hamilton, duke of
Beaudon; the duke of Rutland; Ughtaed
). Kay-Shuttleworth and Eand Ethel Ca
dogan (maid in waiting to the oueen).
This syndicate owns whole counties in
Texas and tens of thousands of persons
pay it rentals.
Sir Edward Reid. 1000 900 acres. This Is
only. 1t includes the present duchess OF
Marlborough, Lady Randolph Churchill
and Lady Lister Kaye
Viscount Scully, 100000 acres. His lord
snip maintains an elaborate system of bail
ifs.
Syndicate No. Al 800 900 acres This syn-
dicate has all it's holdings in Mississippi.
1t includes the Marquis of Dalhousie, Geo.
Henry Howard Cholmondeley (Viscount
Cholmondeley), Georgiana, Viscountess
Cross; the Hon. Lady Hamilton Gordon and
the Hon. Lady Bddulph.
Marquis OF Tweedale, L. $50 900 acres. The,
marquis is William Montagu Hay, famedI
all over Scotland as the rack-rent lord
Philips, Marshall & Co., London, 1 300
600 acres. This firm has the whole peerage
for its clients.
mo Anglo-American syndicate, London
10000 acres. The funds of widowed peer
esses are largely invested here. The lands
are in the South and West.
Bryan Fl. Evans, 700, 900 acres Mr.. Evans
resides in London. His lands are in Mis-.
sissippi.
The Duke of Sutherland, 125, 900 acres.
This is the actress loving champagne bib.
bling and rack-rent nobleman of nolic.
court fame.
The British Land Company. 800 900 acres.
This land is all in Kansas.
william Whalley, 100000 acres. Mr..
Whalley is the squire of Peterboro. Eng.
land
Inc Missouri Land Company, 300 900
acres. This operates Missouri domain and
has headquarters at Edinburgh.
nooert remnant, 100000 acres. This is all
farming land. Mr.. Tenant lives in Lon.
don.
Dundee Land Company, 247,ooo acres.
LORD Dunmore, 10000 acres
Benjamin Newgas, Liverpool, 100 900
acres
Lord Houghton, Tin Florida), &C, 900 acres.
Aoro Dunraven, Tin Colorado 60 900
acres.
English Land Company, Gin California;
$4,000 acres
English Land Company, Tin Arkansas.
$4,000 acres.
Alexander Grant, London, Tin Kansas).
81, 900 acres
Syndicate No. 6, no. 900 acres This syn-
dictate includes the earl of Vemlam and tho
earl OF Lankeville. The land is in WILSON,.
sin.
M. Elfenhauser, of Halifax, 900, 900 acres.
The land is in West Virginia
Syndicate No. /, $4,000 acres. This ia =.
scotch concern and its land is in Florida.
1t is claimed that fully &c. 900 900 acre. =,
American land are thus owned by Rrea+
landowners In England and Scotland This
docs not include the Holland syndicate.
which owns 100000 acres of grazing land
~ western states. nor the German syndi.