The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28

was asked for an opinion as to the Bella
Union variety actor who claims to be "an
eldest son" of the Sir Robert Peel of to-
day.
Russell Peel is young man under 30
years of age. He is in business in this
City and has been for some years at 80
Pine street. He is son of Archibald Peel,
grandson of Sir Robert the great.
"I am extremely averse to newspaper
notoriety, especially in connection with q
disagreeable subject of this kind" said
Mr.. Peel.
''Still do not think it right that this
man should be permitted to make capital
at the expense of the name of Peel. do
not know the man; l never heard of him
until he appeared in the papers here as
the eldest son of a man who is not mar
ried. Sir Robert Peel of to-day is a young
man himself and as say, is not and never
has been married. Consequently the main
prop of the variety mans story being taken
away there is no need of denying it's de-
tails. l may only add that in every other
part of the story of which, in its relation
to the Peel family, l would have knowl-
edge, it is all equally false. 1t is remark
able, l may add, the number of people
who come here to make capital by the use
of old and we'll known English and other
foreign names"
This was all that Mr.. Peel cared to say
about the matter, but he was evidently
very much chagrined at being called upon
to come into public notice to deny the
claims OF a stranger to a name of
which he is, with reason, proud.
MAT Feldman," the variety man who
claims to be the eldest son of Sir Robert
Peel, had evidently not studied his Peer
age sufficiently before he entered upon the
"eldest son. business. Still, as he is not
running bills of expensive totals on the
strength of the Peel name, or even play
ing part calculated to infatuate the eligi-
BILE heiresses of Mob Hill, he may be said
to have made his point in the advertising
already secured.
But even a casual familiarity with cur
rent news should have protected him
against the error OF claiming to be the
"eldest son" of Sir Robert Peel. The
present Sir Robert Peel has held the title
but about year. Within two years he
figured largely in newspaper stories that
were telegraphed over the country by the
column, in which he was represented as
trying to induce all American young lady
to marry him, and in which The American
young lady, seconded, or perhaps superin-
duced, by stern father, fatty refused to
do so.
The American young lady in the case
was Miss Kittie Sanford of Bridgeport
Conn.,, granddaughter of Henry Sanford,
president OF the Adams Express Com anv,
and daughter of Professor Samuel Sanford
of Yale College, and the richest man in
Bridgeport.
1t was IN the latter part of August, 1894,
that the present Sir Robert Peel, then
plain Mr.. Robert, came over from England
expecting to make Miss Kittie his bride
She was then IS. and her wealthy grand
father intended she should marry Harry
Shelton, member of the law firm which
had charge of the business of the Adams
Express Company. Miss Sanford had been
educated at Paris, and while there it was
that she met Mr.. Peel. He said he met
her at Monte Carlo, confessed that he had
fallen in love with her and had proposed
marriage; and he said further, that she
had accepted him. But her father, who
was present, objected, and he said, sug
gested that they wait a year. At the ex-
piration of the time he came over, went to
Bridgeport, but was unable to see Miss
Sanford.
He then called upon the grandfather in
New York, and that old gentleman gave
him what, if it was to-day, would be
termed pronounced case of CLASSY eve.
He called Mr.. Peel libertine, and stated