Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-04-12

ANOIHEh 10 a HALL phcsD AMI NUNS
A LITTLE INDIAN rowN.--srILL An
OTHER aRoOM.--srRANGE FATEs
OF TITLES.
Time, the great leveler, has played
many cruel pranks with noble European
The year 1898 has just shown us Lord
william Neville (son OF the Engiish
OF Abergavenuy, and direct de-
Of the great "klng-maker,"
= convicted felon, entering
upon his term Of imprisonment ut Worm
wood Scrubs.
Many old British titles are to-day found
Ia curious places. Far away In Hindu
stan there IL q lonely little village, Mu-
nowta by nsme. The head man OF this
petty settlement 10 a swarthy half breed.
whose rightful name and style, as adj
mitted by the clerk Of the house OF lords,
IL Right Honorable Lord Gardner, Baron
Gardner In the peerages OF the united
and Ireland"
Lord Gardeners immediate ancestors,
having lost their estates, went out to
India, where they intermsrrted with
dusky Hindu maidens, embraced Brah-
minism, and founded Eurssisn line OF
peers. The present Baron has the right
to take his seat In the house OF lords.
but, Casar-like, he prefers to be chief
ms gistrste In tiny Munowta to remain
ing titled nonentity In England.
Down la Msryland-at Northampton,
Bladensburg, Prince George County,
Nd, to be exact--resides country ply
stefan and small farmer, who prefers to
he known ~ DR.. John C.. Fairfax. But
in reality he Ia Right Honorable John
Contee Fairfax, 18th Lord Fairfax" and
a descendant OF the famous Lord Fairfax,
who commanded the Puritan forces Ia
the English civil war.
The great estate once owned by the
Fairfax family In England passed out
OF their hands when the elder branch
died out st the end Of the last century.
To-day little but the barren title remains
to this English American peer.
America also owns an adopted British
bsrouet. Sir Charles Stusrt-Menteth,
bart, has long been resident at Cam
sndsigua, N. Y, and IL married To
New York lsdy.
The present earl OF Aberdeen, governor
general OF Canada, NAV not be earl
of Aberdeen after sll. ~ any moment
hi. elder brother and predecessor In the
title. may put In an appearance.
This earl wasa wild, hayward lad,
who went TO sea and has never been
heard Of since. The British courts, after
waiting certain length 81 time, allowed
his brother TO claim the title and estates
by default. There has never been, how
ever, any absolute proof OF the late earrs
death.
The present earl OF Buchsn, before
succeeding 10 the title. WAS groom and
occa sionai Jockey; while the ninth earl
~ Sesfield, while actually In possession
NJ his title. was forced 10 earn living
In New Zealand asa "hedger and ditch.
,r." For years this nobleman's weekly
wsyes rarely rose above few shillinRs.
viscoupt Hinton, son and heir Of the
earl OF wiuchelsea and Nottingham,
grinds a piano organ through the streets
Of London and Brighton, with large
plscard asking for aims. He takes this
course In order 20 spite his father, who
has disowned him.
The present earl Of Csithness, head OF
the great house Of 81. Clair, was born
the son of an Aberdeen bank employee
of .msll means. His fsther sent him tn
the United States, and for years he
punched cattle In Idaho. Eventually,
in 1890. his father succeeded far OF
cousin In the esrldom, and plain Jack
Sinclair, COW boy. became Viscount Ber-
riedale. and heir Ia one OF the Oldest of
Scotch peerages. Within twelve months
pf,er his return from Idaho his fathers
death made him earl OF Caithness.
The son and heir Of an English earl,
and himself \ viscount by courtesy, Is
1t the present writing working 10 a
stable 10 the Boer republic. He holds a
subordinate position among the grooms 5,
where his knowledge OF horses (sequired
during his csptaincy In crack cav
,lry regiment) stands him in good stead.
Losses on the turf and the inevitable
woman Ia the case" are said to have
been the cause which drove this royal Wis
couut TO serve as stable boy In the Rand.
A constable In the royal Irish con-
stsbulsry at Dublin. Is Sir Thomas Fen
ton Echlin, a seventh baronet.
Only few months ago great sensa-
ton WAS brought about 10 England by
the succession OF q hsll horter named
Perclvsl 10 the title OF Earl OF ERmont
Sir Harry Yelverton Goripg, the I'm
holder of a bsronetcy created In 1871,
VAS, when he succeeded 10 the title, the
keeper OF a little tobscconists shop In
Tam worth. Derbvshire. He had served
az common soldier In the l2th Suffolk
regiment, and his large family worked
In the factories and mills around Tam
worth.
Theobsld Butler, Viscount Ghlmoy, IL
an innkeeper In the small French city
Of Chslons. The duke OF Tetusn, re-
Gently Spanish foreign minister, IL really
the O'Donnell, prince of Tyrconnell and
lord OF Donegal. Frenchmen claim the
titles OF Earl Of Limerick, Viscouni
Glare, Viscouut kilmsllock and Baron
Upper Ossory. The ex-prime minister
OF Austria. Count Tasiit, is an Irish peer
aud holds rank rs Viscount Tsaffe.