The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-04-17
LIVE ISSUES.
Alien Land Owning.


the way is being paved to English
landlord tenantry in this country.
The following is a list of titled lords
and ladies of England owning land
in the United States:
Viscount Scully, of England,
owns 100000 acres of land in IL
linois, Iowa and Nebraska.
Three million acres in Texas be-
longs to a syndicate in London COM
posed of Baroness Burdett- Coutts,
Earl Cadogan, III. G. Fitzroy SOM
erset, Duke of Beaufort, William
Alexander Lochiel Stephens Doug
las Hamilton, Duke of Beaudon,
the Duke of Rutland, and Ethel
Cadogan, Maid in waiting to the
Queen. This is known in London
as the Texas Land Syndicate No. 3,
and owns whole counties in the
state of Texas. There are two other
English land syndicates owning
land in Texas.
Sir Edward Reid, 2,O00,O00 acres.
This is a syndicate which owns
lands in Florida only. 1t includes
the present Duchess Of Marlbor
ough, Lady Randolph Churchill
and Lady Lister Kaye.
Sydicate No. Al, 100000 acres.
This syndicate has all its holdings
in Mississippi. 1t includes the
Marquis of Dalhousie, George
Henry Howard Cholmondeley wis
count Cholmondeley), Georgiana
Viscountess Cross; the Hon. Lady
Hamilton Gordon and the Hon.
Lady Biddulph.
Marquis of Tweeddale-1, $780,
600 acres. The Marquis is William
Montagu Hay, famed all over Scot
land as the rack rent landlord.
Philips, Marshall & Co., London
100000 acres. This firm has
the whole peerage for its clients.
The Anglo-American Syndicate,
London-75O, 900 acres. The funds
of widowed peeresses are largely
invested here. The lands are in
the South and West.
Bryan H. Evans-7OO,0OO acres.
Mr.. Evans resides in London. His
lands are in Mississippi.
The Duke of Sutherland-125,-
900 acres. This il the rack rent
nobleman of police court fame.
The British Land Company
$4,000 acres. This land is all in
Kansas.
William Whalley-31O,O 900 acres.
Mr.. VALLEY is the squire of Peter
boro, England.
The Missouri Land Company
100000 acres. This operates a
Missouri domain and has head
quarters at Edinburgh.
Robert Tennant-23O,O 900 acres.
This is all farming land. Tenant
lives in London.
Dundee Land Company-247, 900
acres.
Lord Dunmore-12O, 900 acres.
Benjamin Newgas, Liverpool
100000 acres.
Lord Houghton Gin Florida)-
$4,000 acres.
Lord Dunraven Gin Colorado
10000 acres.
English Land Company Gin Cali
fornia)-5O,0OO acres.
English Land Company Gin Ar
kansas so, 900 acres.
Alexander Grant, London
$4,000 acres in Kansas.
Syndicate No. 6-11O,OOO acres.
This syndicate includes the Earl OF
Verulam and the Earl of Lanke-
vile. The land is in Wisconsin.
M. Elfenhauser of Halifax
$4,000 acres. The land is in West
Virginia.
Syndicate No. $4,000 acres.
This is a Scotch concern and its
land is in Florida.
The above itemized statement
does not include the Holland syn.
dictate, which owns 100000 acres
of grazing land in Western states,
nor the German syndicate owning
1000, 900 acres in various states.
5O,0OO,OOO acres along the line OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad has
recently passed into the hands OF
the English stockholders of thai
railroad.
Foreign holdings of large bust
1900. l~loaI~e, ON, loroo oittoc x,o II