Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-10

| lie d1ed Few years since III his country
home, county Leitrim, in which he was
possessed of landed estates. The present
head of the firm is ex-Lord Mayor
Pirrie.
The great firm has not hitherto gone
in for yacht building, but such is its
record, capabilities and possibilities
that the defenders may look we'll to their
laurels.
The first representative of Sir Thomas
Upton to arrive in this country is a
sturdy Irishman who comes of good
Irish stock-the Hon. Charles Russell.
He is the son of Lord Killowen, the
Lord Chief Justice of England, the first
lrishman VINO has held that honor. Lord
Killowen was born at Killowen, lonely
but charming spot near Rosstrevor, in
County Down. The Russells were a
well-to-do, honest, simple people, in
tensely devoted to the old faith. Charles
was destined, in his mothers eyes, for
the church-his uncle was President of
the alma mater of the Irish priesthood,
Maynooth College. His brother Matthew,
however, entered the church, and is to-
day prominent member of the Jesuit
order. He also edits high-class maya
zine called the Irish Monthly. Charles
\ went to the law. He began his legal
career as a police court attorney in Bel
fast, but soon tired of that limited field.
The bar attracted him, but the Irish bar
at that time, particularly the northern
circuit, in which he would have to seek
| fortune and fame, was not quite tempting
enough for his ambitions. He accord
ingly was called to the English bar, Of
which he became a shining light. He
allied himself to the Liberal party and
followed the fortunes of Gladstone. He
sat in Parliament for County Louth until
defeated by Parnellite candidate.
Russell, at this time Sir Charles, has held
Office under Gladstone.
When "the Grand Old Man" became
converted to Home Rule Sir Charles
was one of the foremost champions of
the cause, and he brilliantly defended
Parnell in his famous issue with the
London Times. Sir Charles was further
rewarded for his loyalty to the English
Liberal party by his elevation to the
Lord Chief Justiceship. When he came
to select his title he remembered his
his old home in Ireland and became
Lord Killowen. His son, Sir Thomas
Lipton's envoy, practices in London as
an attorney. He it was who conducted
the defense of Edward J. Ivory, of New
York, who was arrested in Glasgow
charged with being concerned in dy-
mantle plot. Mr. Kusseii advised that
Ivory plead guilty so that he might get
off with a light sentence, but John F.
Mcintyre, who went over to London in
the case, thought differently, and the
prosecution was suddenly abandoned.
The representatives of Sir Thomas
Upton who arrived on the Britannia on
Friday are Sharman-C Crawford, Hugh c.
Kelly and Hugh McGildowney. The
name of Sharman-C Crawford is a magic
one in Ireland, especially in the Ul-
ster province. First among the cham
pions of the Irish tenant farmers was
the grandfather of the present bearer of
the honored name. At time when,
according even to the English Solicitor
General, the houses of the tenantry were
such as the lower animals would not
endure, when they had neither right nor
title to the soil which they cultivated and
improved, Sharman Crawford fought
their battle. In 1885 he introduced in
the British Parliament bills for the i'm
provement of their condition, but only
to meet defeat Year after year from
cause, but in vain until in 1916 and 1847 a
million and a half of the Irish peasantry
died of hunger on the roadsides. Shar-
n-Crawford was the soul of the move
ment, and, backed by the sturdy Presby-
terrain farmers of Ulster, he waged
fierce battle against the landlords and
their friends. The fight waged by
Sharman-Crawford,a although losing one
until he was laid in the grave, was
crowned with victory in the end. His
son, who bore his name and who is still
living. took up the standard where his
father dropped it, and carried on the bat
tie in and out of Parliament. The Ten
ant Right Association paved the way
for the Land League and concessions of
which the elder Crawford never even
dreamed.
The present Sharman-Crawford has
taken no part in politics, preferring to
devote himself to sports and to the enjoy
ment of his beautiful home at Crawford's
Burn, overlooking Belfast Tough. On
his property is situated the Royal Ulster
Club house. Nearby is the charming sea-
side place Bangor and the seat of the
Commodore of the yacht club, the Earl
of Dufferin. Lord Dufferin was until
recently British Ambassador to France,
and there is no ADLER man in the entire
peerage. His mother was sister of
the noted orator, Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dan. Her name will be remembered as
long as the English language lasts for
her beautiful ballad, 1.-The Irish Emil
grant"
Across the bay from the Crawford
residence and that of Earl Dufferir and
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