New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-17
YANKEE BLOOD IN THEM.
Old World ,AriSt0crdtS Who 4re
Half american.

International marriages. that is to say r1atri-
monial alliances between the women Of the
United States and scions of the European aris-
tocracy, are seldom childless, and although It is
an exasgeration TO speak Of the Americanlzaton
Of the Old World nobility yet it cannot be de-
MED that the numbers OF the latter who have
American blood in their veins are constantly
increasing. and form already a very large element
Its development is being watched with interest
on both sides Of the Atlantic since it is expected
to combine the qualities of the Old World with
those Of the New. and while II is too early as yet
TO pass any judgment to the extent to which
these hopes have been fulfilled, II may be well
to cast passing glance at the results thus far
achieved, and briefly to review the names of
those whose future invites attention in this con-
nection.
So far there have been but three members of
the upper house of Great Britains national
legislature who could boast of Anglo American
parentage, namely. the young Duke of Man
chester. whose mother Miss Consuelo
Yznaga, of New York; Lord Cheylesmore, whose
mother Miss Charlotte Hartman Of New
Orleans and the late Lord Abnger through his
mother grandson of Commodore George Ma
gruder. OF the United States Navy The first
two have followed the excellent example of their
fathers. and have sought their wives this
side Of the ocean, the present Duchess of Man
chester being daughter of Eugene Zimmerman,
of Cincinnati, while Lady Cheylesmore a
Miss Elizabeth French. of New-York. and a sis
ter OF Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt. Neither of these
two peers be said TO have made his mark
in Parliament and While the duke has yet to
earn his spurs. Lord Cheylesmore has behind
him a meritorious in the army, from
which he retired with the rank of major general.
and Is at the head of one of the most important
ribbon manufacturing firms of the United King
dom. Lord ADinger. who served in the South
African war. died suddenly last year. without
even having delivered his maiden speech in the
House OF Lords, where, however, he had taken
his seat. One of his sisters, the Hon. Mrs.
Percy Synge. is a remarkably clever woman. of
very independent character who has won no
little fame a hunter of big game, court
physician to the Empress of Corea and to the
ladies Of her household. and as most COM
petent officer of the medical staff of the govern
ment in South Africa
In the House Of Commons, Winston Spencer
Churchill. son of Mrs. George CORVALLIS West
by her first marriage with Lord Randolph
Churchill. has already demonstrated that he has
inherited the brilliancy and the cleverness of
his parents. and. in spite of his youth, has ac-
CURED so conspicuous a place in the political
world and strong hold upon the good will
of the that great future may be pre-
dicted for him, providing his health does not
give way OF course. he is the object of many
bitter political animosities Indeed. ii would
have been impossible for him TO have achieved
the prominence which he now enjoys without
arousing them. But they stop on the
threshold Of politics and do not extend into So
cial life where he possesses the wonderful
faculty OF making and keeping friends as his
popular American grandfather. Leonard Jerome,
OF New York.
These namely, the Duke OF Manchester. Lord
Cheylesmore and Winston Spencer Churchill
are the only representatives OF the Anglo-Amer-
lean element of the British aristocracy in
Parliament at Westminster In the English
army there is young Albert Paget (son of Mrs
Arthur Paget. the latter a daughter Of the late
Mrs Paran Stevens), who served with such dis
tinction in the Boer War as TO win mention In
the dispatches" and the Victorian Order; and
Colonel Van der weyer, whose father Bel
gian Minister to the Court OF st. James and his
mother q Miss Bates. of Philadelphia.
Some ten or twenty years hence. however. the