The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-05

More Than 30,OO0 Persons Can Claim
This Honor.


From London Answers.
Have you royal blood in your veinsT
You will laugh at the idea, but think
a moment. King Edward has over
5000 relatives now living, and you are
as likely as not, one of them. Cen
ealogists who have traced the blood
royal of Britain have found that peo-
| pie so widely different as Archbishop
/ Temple and Sir Wilfred Lawson are
! relatives of the King. There are 90
! 1856 persons whose descent can be clear
| " and undisputably traced TO be OF
royal lineage. In addition to these
nearly double that huge number mas
some connecting link more or less es-
tablished.
The great family of Jones have over
1 900 members who come of royal blood.
Not long since an old man named Hen
ry ZONES, an inmate of a South Wales
workhouse, traced his pedigree back 10
its royal source and his claim was
substantiated by a well known genealo-
gist. The Smiths are well represented
and over 1000 Wilson's are of the line.
Are you one of these?
If you are called Churchill you may
safely pride yourself on royal connec-
ton, for nearly the whole of that great
family are linked. however remotely,
with blue blood. A large number or
Sandersons have also this distinction.
1t is not generally known that Col.
Sanderson, the popular member OF FAR
lament, is a relative of the King. or
course it is very distant. Another
name with it's variations. which is
largely represented in this record TO-
tai of relatives. is that of Manners.
If you are called Manners, depend upon
it, you are a distant relation OF the
King, and will pride yourself accord
ingly. Equally distinguished is the
great army of Morleys and also OF
ValletoTts.
Sir William Harcourt is one of KING
Edwards relatives; so is Sir Wilfrld
Lawson The great men who are al
lied to royal blood are huge com
pany and afford numerous surprises
to ''the man in the street" For in
stance. not one in a thousand knows
that the famous poet, Mr.. Swinburne,
is of royal connection; not only so,
but almost every person you meet
that bears the name of Swinburne has
the same distinction. Mr.. Alfred
I,yttleton is in the list: and new
relative is Mr.. Herbert Gladstone.
Quite a large proportion of famous
churchmen have the honor. DR.. Gore,
the Bishop of Worcester, is quite
closely allied, and the family, number
ing more than 1000, are. therefore.
royalty connected. The Bishop of
Bangor is in the list, and in the inner
circles of relatives is the popular
Father Adderley. The reverend faith
ers family contributes goodly total
to the Kings relatives and are much
nearer kin than many of those we
have mentioned.
Side by side with these distinguished
Professionals is the representative at
the Vatican, Mgr. Stonor, Archbishop
of Trebizond, is a near relative as
such 60 and Archbishop Bourne is dis
family connected.
These names by no means exhaust
the list; but you will see that the
idea of your being related to the King
is not such az absurdity as you per-
haps thought. One of that $4,000 may
be you. There are thousands of diff
ferent names in the list, and the great
and well-known people are the excep-
lions rather than the rule.
why, nearly 10000 relatives are I'M
known!" said a learned genealogist
to Answers representative. I'VE are
always discovering new links in the
mos unexpected places, and one new
er knows but what some day they
may be proved to come of royal
blood"