Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-05
SKETCH OF SALISBURY.
Englnnd's Premier Once Followed Jour
uaiism For the Money In 1t.

Englnnd's Premier Once Followed Jour
naiism For the Money In 1t.
Tho present prime minister Is q man
who would have succeeded In almost any
walk of life no had chosen to follow. Tho
head of u historic family, and possessed Of
great wealth, his opportunities have no
doubt boon great, but for all that it Is to
his great natural abilities that he mainly
owes his success. 1t must be remembered
that he had made figure in the world
when he was plain Lord Robert Cecil, and
before there was any likelihood of his com
ing into tho family title and estates.
Robert Arthur Talbot Gnscoyno. Cecil
was born in 1880 and was educated at
Elton and Christ Church oxford. At tho
university he was II frequent and effective
speaker at tho Union Debating society
and In 1853 ho was elected member of par
lament for the family borough Of STAN
ford. Four years later he married Miss
Anderson, daughter Of the judge of thnt
namo. Her parents wero opposed to tho
union, not considering Lord Robert Cecil
sufficiently good match. Lord Robert
was then n younger son. and with worry
little money at his disposal. Indeed In
the year OF his marriage he took TO jour
nallsm in order to supply the deficiency of
u hOlllOWluJ lIluUotlUdtO allowance.
In that year Tho Saturday Reviow was
started, and soon became famous by tho
clcvorness wit and daring Of its articles.
Lord Robert Cecil WAS one of tho earliest
and most valued contributors. II was DO.
tween 1859 and 1865 that he mado his
mark In the commons. This was in Lord
palmersion's second administration. 1t
was in 1858 that his elder brother died,
D,,I l., tf,~ I pr1 hpir
20 the marduisntc. IN the following year,
on the formation Of Lord Derbys third
administration, ho was appointed sccTo-
tary of state for India. His father died in
1867, and he came into the tito and On.
torcd the house Of lords He soon cstab-
lishcd Il reputation as foremost dcbater in
tho upper house In 1871 he took Office
under Mir. Disrucil, and in 1916 YVES sent
To Con,tantinoplo to try and help TO sct:lo
The disputc between Russia and Turkey.
lie also wont with Lord Bcaconsiud to
tho Berlin congress and rendered great
assistance in that affair.
On tho death Of Lord BcaconsncN, in
1850, Lord Salisbury became tho rccog
niGcd leader Of the Conservative party.
He became premier In June, 1855, on tho
resignation of Mr. Gladstone, and again
after tho general election Of 1856 Tho
present is therefore Lord Salisbury's third
administration. The Marquis Of Sails
bury has perhaps won moro laurcls by his
management Of foreign affairs than by
his domestic policy. Rightly or wrongly
he is credited with great diplomatic skill
When not in London or abroad, Lord Sal
isbury spends most 6l his time at his mag
nilicent and historic country seat ut Hat
field.
Hatfield House Is one OF the finest of the
ancestral homes of the English nobility.
1t was built in tho reign Of James |, end
tho date of its completion, 1911, stand,
over the principal entrance. 1t is "A noblo
mansion, and its superb park, in,ersccted
by avenues OF oaks and heeches, almost
uncqunlod in their magnitude ana beauty,
is one of the most beautiful scenes in the
country.
Hatfield is crowded with objects of his
torical interest, not the least remarkable
Of which are those connected with Queen
| Elizabeth, of whom there arc four or five
| portraits in tho collection. Here we see
the quccn's silk stockings, deliberately en-
| broidered, tho first of their kind ever
brought to this country; her garden hat
of plated straw or cane work which she
is said to have worn while sitting under
an oak, tho remains of which still stand in
tho park, carefully preserved and sur
rounded by n railing, whom the news was
brought her that she had succeeded to the
throne; her pedigree from Adam, a long
roll of parchment, richly Illuminated; her
jewel case, inlaid with mother of pearl
her cradle, rs an infant, made of OAK and
carved, and other relics spare Moments