The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
PECULlARITIES OF
THE BRITISH PEERAGE.
Use of Titles in England Is .
Ing Mister, Don't You
Knows

! Special Correspondence OF The Sunday REPUBLIC.
London. April 5-Ic the British peerage
had been specially designed as a puzzle 1t
could hardly have been made more per
| picking than it is. even for those who move
within its exalted circle. In fact. SO con-
fusing is it that a peer might well be ex-
cused for having occasional doubts as to
his own identity.
If. for instance. one were to call out the
name Lord Grey" to an assembly OF the
peerase, no fewer than five Of our aristo-
Gratis would answer 10 the name' LOT there
are an Earl Grey. a Viscount Grey de VIII
ton. Lord Grey de Ruthyn, Lord Grey or
Groby and an Earl de Grey; while Baron
waIsingham Is also a De Grey.
The titled HGrnlltons are quite as con-
fusing. for are there not a Duke OF Hanil-
ton. a Marquis of Hamilton. two Barons
Hamilton. Of whom one is the Duke or
Argyll and the other Niscount Boyne. and
a Lord Hamilton of Dalzell: while Hamilton
is also the patronymic of the Duke or
Abercorn and Lords Holmpatrick and Bel
haven.
Two OF our peers answer to the descrip-
ton of Lord Amherst-Eari Amherst a"i
Lord Amherst of Hackney. There are three
Lords Howard: one of Eflnsham. another
of Glossop and the third of Walden. There
Sfe INO l<luS MAJ
the Earl of Mar and Kellie-and SO on I'M
I'll the brain almost reels with the confu-
sion of them all.
And where peers do not bear Identical
titles. the titles are SO similar that none
but a peerage expert can always DISTINGUISH
them. There are a Lord Middleton and a
Lord Middleton: a Lord Langforu ana an
Earl of Longford: Lords Liiford ana iAiIori
and a Viscount Kynnaird and a Baron kln-
,nairS And how is the man IN the SlitcS
to distinguish between the Earl or LINDSEY
and his Lordship of Lindsay; between Loro
Hampton and viscount Hampden. Lord
L;IsIe and Lord DE Isle: or BETWEEN Wiifen 'hs
More difficult to master than the luentity
of peers bearing the same, or Practicaiiy
many of the names in our peerase; Wny.
for example. should the MARQUIS OF Aper5
gavenny be known as A6erSenny, LNdu
Stourton as Sturton. Lord De la war; as
Delawar, the Marquis of Cholmondeiey as
Chumley, Earl Beauchamp as beechani.
Lord Farquhar as FaTk,er, Loro H Ig
Lord Magheramorne as LORD Miarrahprn
Lord Powerscourt becomes Poorscort. LOU
aristocratic family names evesonrSowe
is transformed into Loosen Gore: tlennes
into Fynes; Foljambe into tnolJaIni IN
mareso into Doomerrick; Dalzeu INTO Deem
and ColQuhoun into C0hoon- h
Another curiosity of the peeraSe wnich
adds to the M s fars;an 1,,f Es t Borne Seeu6Iy our
nobles-in fact. there Is scarcely a county
in Europe which has not conferred a utie
on one or other of our peers The Ear OF
Newbursh is also an italian MARQUIS Ban.
DIM. Duke Of Montdragone. and Count OF
Carniola, and bears the very un.Enghsh
name of Sigismund Nicholas Venantius Gao
tano Francis Gfustiniani-
The Duke of Hamilton is also Duke OF
Chatellerault In France: Lord Reay com
bines the chieftainship Of the Scottish clan
Mackay with the title of Baron Mackay OF
Ophemert. in Holland and until lS,s Ts :
Earl of Perth Is DUO dc. Melfort. Comte
Lussan. and Baron de Valrose. IN France.
and the Earl of Clancarty is known 10
The Duke Of Marlborough Is the Suabtan
Prince Of Mindelheim and a Prince. of the
Holy Roman Empire: Viscount Bridport -
Duke of Bronte In Italy: the Duke OF Wen
terloo. a Spanish Duke and a Duke. Mar
Quis and Count of Portugal: and Lord Pr
bright is a Baron of the Austrian Empire
Few things are more surprising than the
large number of so-called names to be
found in the peerage. Lord Strathcona and
Viscountess Hambieden are Smiths: Robin.
son is the .~patronymic Of the MARQUIS OF
Ripon. Earl de Grey and Baron Rosmead; z
and the with an ed are repre-
scented by Lords Sligo. Kilmaine and Ken
mare. The late Lord Ranelagh was q
Jones: and the famous I Ear OF Liverpool T.
Among other commonplace names borne
by our peers are Pratt. Parker. White. Hay. :
Cole. Coke. Burns, Dodson.. Hogg. Hozier.
1t is remarkable to what an extent titles
run in certain families. The HowaraS
and Stuarts. or Stewards. claim
no fewer than twenty peerages among them:
earldoms and there are three noble families
OF Grosyenor: while even such ordinary
names as Parker. Hay and Browne monopo-
lie two marquisates. four cartoons and a