Evening star., 1898-03-19

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x : 2/VNWx vas t possessions,
may, in the next, be
UDH driven back by fate
01fU into the lowest strata
llg of society. The year
ISIS has just shown
W. US Lord William Ne
vile (son of the English. Marquis of Aber-
gavenny and direct descendant of the great
King Maker" Warwick), convicted felon,
entering upon his term of Imprisonment at
"orm"ooo Scrubs. Who can prophesy
what position in life the descendants of this
degenerate Neville will hold? When re-
leased from jail, he will probably change
his name and betake himself 10 some dis
tant colony. His father is a Knight of the
Garter Fsnglands highest decoratton), his
sens may descend to any level in the scale
of society.
many old British titles are today found in
curious places. Far away in Hindostan
there is a lonely little village, Munowta by
name. The head man of this petty settle
ment Is a swarthy half-breed, whose right
tul name and style, as admitted by the
clerk OF the house of lords, is The Right
Honorable Lord Gardner, Baron Gardner i'm
the peerages of the unit ed kingdom and of
Ireland Lord Gardner's immediat te ances-
tcrs, having lost their estate went ont to
indla, wnere they intermarried with drsky
and founded an Eurasian line of uears The
/ present baron has the right to take his seat
In the house of lords, but Caesar like he
prefers to BE- chief magistrate in tiny Mu-
noWta, to remaining a titled nolentity in
England. 49,
Titles In Strange Places
In Maryland resides a country physician
and small farmer. who prefers to be known
| as DIR. John c. Fairfax" But in reality he
a iDh
| Fairfax, Eleventh Lord Fairfax" and a
descendant of the famous Lord Fairfax,
who commanded the Puritan forces in the
English civil war. The great estates once
owned by the Fairfax family in England
passed out of their hands wnen the elder
biancn died out at the end Of the last CEN
tury. Today little but the barren title re-
mains to this EngliSh-American Deer Lord
Fairfax's brother and predecessor in tn.
Darony was better known as Charles Fair
TAX one time clerk to the Legislature of
California. A son of the doctor-baron holds
the position of salaried clerk in New York
| bl sine IS house
America also owns an adopted British
paronet Sir Charles Stuart-Menteth, Bart,
has long been a resident at Canandajgua
N y, and is married to a New York lady
Ihe present Earl of Aberdeen governor
general of Canada, may not he Earl of
Eoerdeeh, after all At any moment his
e!cer brother and pred acessor in the title
may put in an appearance. This earl was A
wild, wayward lad, who went to sea and
mas never been heard of siEce Ten Brit
| lsh courts, after waiting a certain length
OF time, allowed his brother to claim the
title and estates by default There has
never been, however, any absolute proof of
the late earPs DEATH In the same way the
death OF the Archduke Johann of Austria,
VINO went to sea undar the name OF "John
Orth, has never been proven
The present Earl of Buchan before suc-
ceeding to the title. was a groom and
occasional jockey; while the ninth Earl
OF Seaheld, while actually in possession
| OF his title, was forced to earn a living
IN New zealand as ''hedger and ditch
er For years this nobleman's weekly
Eventually he was appointed balIiff in
| a little backwoods court of justice.
An Orgnn Grinding Viscount.
| Viscount Hinton. son and heir of the
Earl Of Winchelsea and Nottingham.
grinds piano organ through the streets
of London and Brighton. with a large
placard asking for aims. He takes this
course in order to spite his father who
has disowned him; and, while public
curiosity concerning him was rife, he man
aged to earn a good living. Now adays,
the piano organ has been pawned
The present Earl of Caithness, head of
the great house of St. Clair was born
the SON of an Aberdeen bank empIoye
the United States, and for years he
punched cattle in Idaho Eventually.
| In $780, his father succeeded a far-cff
cousin in the earidom: and-hey, presto,
pass!-p,ain Jack Sinclair cowboy be-
came Viscount Berriedale and heir to
one of the oldest of Scotch peerages
Within twelve months after his return
from Idaho his fathers death made him
Earl of Caithness.
The son and heir of an English earl
and himself a viscount by courtesy, is at
the present writing working in a stable
in the Boer republic. He holds a SUBJ
ordinate position among the grooms where
his knowledge of horses acquired dur
ing his captaincy in a crack" cavalry
regimenD stands him in good stead. Lcss-
es on the turf and the inevitable woman
in the case" are said to have been the
causes WHICH drove this viscount to serve
as stable boy In the Rand.
Baronet Policeman.
constable in the royal Irish constabu-
larry ct Dublin is Sir Thomas Fenton Ech-
lin, a seventh baronet. The Echlins lest
all their estates in chancery, and the head
OF the house is thus forced to act as q
policeman. Sir J. H. Rivett-Cernac is a
writer in the inland revenue office at Som
erset house. one Of the lowest and worst
paid Offices in the British civil service
Only few months ago a great sensa-
ton was brought about in England by
the succession of hall porter named
Percival to the title of Earl of Egmont
Sir Harry Yelverton Goring, the eleventh
holder Of a baronetcy created In IGe7, was,
when he succeeded to the title, The keeper
OF little tobacconist's shop In Tamworth,
Derbyshire. He had served as a common
soldier in the 18th Suffolk regiment, ard
his large family worked In the factories
and mills around Tamworth.
Scattered Irish Nobilities.
Perhaps the present holders of the old
Irish titles, Norman or Milesian, are the