Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

treason or felony he can demand to be
| tried bv his peers. but in case OF misde-
| meanor he is ameDable to trial by an
ordinary jury. He cannot be outlaweo
| in any civil action, cannot be arrested
| unless for an indictable offence, and he Is
| exempt from serving on juries' lie may
| sit with his hat on In courts OF Jusuce'
| Should a peer have the misfortune 10
merit the last penalty of the law he can
saw "beeono" TO the plebeian rope, and
demand to swing by a silken cord.
peeress. I'm her own right, retains her tue
after marriage. no matter how INFERIOR
the rank of her husband may be; put q
Deeress. by marriage, If she becomes q
widow and marries again, loses her ram
in the peerage, If her second husDahu
Is below il. and only retains her title by
courtesy. Sometimes the husband or
peeress takes his wifes name Margaret
Of Newburgh, the celebrated countess ol
Warwick married John Marshall, ana ne
became Earl of Warwick. we nave IN
stances If the kind in the husband OF the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who TOOK her
name. and In the husband OF Baroness
Kinloss. who took his wifes family name
of Grenville.
Most of the ten ladies who are peeresses
In their own right belong TO the rank or
baroness. that being an old title of nobility
which descends in the female line. IRE
cedence is given according TO the date
OF the creation of the title which they
hold. and it is q little amusing that at
present the youngest peerless ranks hrst'
The Barony Of Beaumont dates from l5U9,
when it was conferred by writ OF sum
mons by King Edward II. upon Henry ue
Beaumont, a grandson of John de Brlehhe,
last King Of Jerusalem. Inc present
representative Is the little Baroness
Beaumont. aged 4. and she is the eleventh
baron" of her line. This charming III
tie girl might. | think. be called the
nren,ier baroness of England. She sue
ceeded under very sad circumstances her
father. the late Baron Beaumont. pelns
accidentally killed while shooting Ine
history OF the tiny peeress lies an III tAe
future. She is pretty child, with pIlght,
brown hair and very large blue eyes her
tastes are at present equally diVlded De-
tween animals and dolls. The Baroness
&c devoted to horses, and visits her staDieS
as often as she is permitted. Her par
ticular delight is some pet rabbits which
feed out OF her hahd.
Another old baronial peerage, which
dates from 1877. IS represented To-Day Dy
the Baroness Berkeley, the hiteentn OF ner
IT, She Is the daughter or the
tIon craven Fitzharding Berkeley, and
a'renddaughter of the fifth Earl and thir-
seentb Baron Berkeley She succeeded 10
the barony upon the death of her uncle
In 1872. The earldom, which nad peen
held conjointly by the last Baron passed
~ the nearest male heir. cousin as
e could not be inherited by the nearer
female heir like the barony. The Baroness
berkeley is the wife Of Major-GeneraI
Gustavus Milman. and her heir Is ner
only daughter, the Hon. Eva Mary fliz.
hardlnee. She owns the charming seat o.
Martins Heron. in the Berkshire which
stands I'm extensive grounds, wooded Win
oak and beech trees.
The Baroness Berners Is the seventh ~
succession, and can trace back her uue
10 the year 1855, when Sir John Bourchier,
x q. was created Baron Berners py
writ OF summons from Henry VI, IN
other words. he was called 10 the King
rrcat Council, or House OF Lords. Inc
orrIt when followed by sitting III the
House OF Lords. established the ba-
.orv which could descend through
10Th the male and female lines. THIS
,eerage fell into allegiance In l9iS, and
Was not called out until 1882, when II was