The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-05
SPECIMENS OF THE NOBILITY
The Blue -Bl0oded Blackmailers of
the Mother Country.
THEY MARRY AMERICAN GIRLS
Fraud -Bespattered Blacklegs and
0dious Yagabonds.

The New York Journal publishes, with
portraits, the following list Of English
peers and peeresses implicated in the
Hooley and other scandals. It is inter-
esting to note among the names that Of
one especially Infamous in ireland, Lord
Norbury, descendant of the bloody mon
ster who disgraced even the Irish Judi
ciary in the days of the rebellion.
Lord Grenville, another of Hooley's
blackmailers, has been member of par
lament, a m-in-waiting to the
queen, and a lord of the treasury. Lord
Grenville figured in an incident that will
live in the annals of the British aris-
tocracy. Hooley swore that he paid Lord
Delaware $4,000 for merely saying:
"Lord Grenville-Mr. Hooley."
Sir Robert Peel, grandson of the great
English prime minister has squandered
his fortune in most disgraceful man
ner. He was put out of a gambling club
in Paris, and refused to fight a man who
had insulted him. He insulted an Amer
lean girl to whom he was engaged. He
is bankrupt
Viscount Deerhurst married Miss Bon
ynge, of California, and is the eldest son
Of the earl OF Coventry. He charged
Z Hooley $4,000 for introducing him to
other noblemen. Lord Deerhurst's IA
ther, the earl Of Coventry, is master of
the buckhounds, high office in Queen
Victoria's household. The young mans
disgrace will give pain to the queen.
The duke of Manchester was last year
hauled up in an inferior court for failure
to pay livery bill of S1OO. He is only
22 years old, and is threatened with
bankruptcy. He has wasted his small
fortune in dissipated living. He will
make new start by marrying an ac-
tress, Miss Joan Wilson.
I The earl of Winchelsea was exposed by
Hooley as a peculiarly shameless finan-
cial fraud. He himself suggested that
he could become chairman of the Dun
/ lop Tire company for a consideration.
He got $4,000 from Hooley. He told the
latter that he could not accept the money
personally, but that Hooley might hand 1t
to his brother.
Lionel Charles Cranfield Sackville,
eighth Earl Delaware, Baron Delaware
and West, and Baron Buckhurst. The
earl is near relative of the marquis Of
Salisbury, prime minister. Promoter
Hooley swore that he paid Earl Della
ware s125,OOO for becoming director of
the Dunlop Tire company, and for other
services in beguiling the public.
The earl of Albemarle is one of the
great British mobiles disgraced by Pro-
moter Hooley's testimony. The pro-
moter swore that he paid Lord Albemarle
$4,000 for becoming. director Of the
Dunlop Tire company. He afterward
announced that an agent Of Lord Abe
marie had offered him S. 900 to withdraw
this statement.
The earl of March obtained $4,000
from Promoter Hooley for being a di-
rector of Schweppe's Mineral, Waters
company, and $4,000 year in addition.
The earl is eldest son and heir of the
duke of Richmond and Gordon, who is
descended from an illegitimate son of
Charles H., and quarters the royal arms
of England, Scotland, Ireland and
France.
x The earl of Rosslyn is a British noble
maaswho has danced upon the stage in
ballet girls costume. The earl is bank
rupt and entirely without means of his
own. AS last resort he became an
actor, and figured at public dinner in
& order to advertise the company. He is a
brother of the duchess of Sutherland and
the famous countess of Warwick.
William Brabazon Lindsay Toler, earl
Norwood, Baron Norbury. These are all
of Norbury, Viscount Glandine, Baron
titles of noble blackmailer who took
\ thousands of dollars from Promoter
/. Hooley for helping him to float his COM
panies. The founder of the Norbury
S family was chief justice Of the court OF
common pleas Of Ireland.
Lord Savile was one of the crowd
who blackmailed Promoter Hooley The
1t.
Lord Savile. who was formerly known
as Sir John Savile. was for years in the
diplomatic service. and was last ambas-
sador to Italy. His seat, Rufford Abbey
Is famous for Its beauty and antiquity.
The marquis of Huntley appeared in
4 the London bankruptcy court three weeks
80. His liabilities were $700, 200, and