The sun., 1904-12-05
BRITISH EARL'S WORLD TOUR.
HIS LORDSHIP FITZWILLIAH
HERE TO BEGIN 1T.

Going to Shoot o Little and Fish Bit In
the South, and . Special Steamer Is
waiting at Panama TO Carry Him to
Australla-WOn Fame In South Africa.
William Charles de Meuron Wentworth
Fitzwilliam, seventh Earl Fitzwiliam Baron
FitzwiIllam, Viscount Milton, Baron Milton,
D. S. o.. County Councillor OF Wicklow,
Ireland and Justice Of the Peace Of County
wicklow and West Yorkshire, arrived here
yestei day on the Etruria, accompanied by
Lieut.. Col. Gordon Carter Of the British
Army, and put up at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel The Earl and the Colonel are here
on a pleasure trip and will stay two or
three days in New York. After that they
will go either to Florida for tarpon fishing
or to New Orleans for shooting and fishing
in Louisiana.
When they have tried this they will pro.
ceed to Panama, where a steamship, re.
Gently purchased by the Earl from the
Castle Line and ref1tted for him, is waiting.
just where he and Col. Carter will 60 In
the Veronique. which is the name Of the
steamer. has not been decided, owing to
the fact that his lordship is expecting a mes.
sage from London which may call him home
on business at any time. II the call has
not come by the time they reach Panama,
It is possible that he and Col Garter will
sail to Australia and from there homeward
at their pleasure
When the Earl decided TO take this trip
he bought yacht and sent her to Plymouth
to be reftted. He found, however, that
the craft leaked so badly that he ordered
all work on her stopped and said he would
r. .L.A l1.l
be stanch in any kind Of weather. So,
instead OF buying another yacht he pur-
chased steamer Of 1000 tons and big
enough to hold two cabinfuls Of passengers.
She was at Liverpool then. There she was
refitted and she sailed around the Horn to
Panama to await orders.
The Earl is young man-born In Canada
in 1872. He has dark hair and eyes and
a dark mustsche which would be fairly
good mate to that worn by the German
Emperor. He has a weather-brown COM
plexion and looks as though he didn't carry
an ounce OF superfuous flesh and as IL
what he does carry is as hard as nails.
When he was seen on the White Star pier
yesterday morning he smilingly replied
TO questions that he didn't believe his plans
OF his doings would be Of the least interest
TO the public and, therefore. it wouldn't
be worth while to discuss them.
At the Fifth Avenue last evening however
Col Gordon was persuaded TO talk a little
and from him the story Of the veroniuua
and the plans for Southern shooting and
fishing trip, with the possibility Of a
Panama Australia jaunt were obtained
Both the Colonel and the Earl are veterans
OF the South African war, the former hav-
ing been second in command of one Of the
Household Cavalry. regiments which fought
under Gen. French. the greatest British
cavalry leader. Before the war was over
Col. Carter won his. Distinguished Service
Order and so did the Earl. The Colonel
would have nothing to say about how he
won his own order, but in reference to the
EarIs he said
His Lordship was on the staff Of Lord
Roberts, with the rank Of Captain, and he
got his n. S. o. for doing very good work.
He Ia very much interested in engineering,
Won know, and he is also something Of a
bridge builder He helped to run the Com
missary Corps and many supply train
he ran through the enemy's country. Our
troops came 10 feel sure that there was
little danger Of their going hungry 40 long
a. Fitz-Will!am was in tho cab of the engine
drawing the supply train.
ihun, wntn Ne nAJ TO 60 somewhere
and found that our Boer friends had de-
stroyed the bridges along the road, there
was his Lordship to build new ones. He
did one mighty good job on the way TO
Johannesburg. When we got within a few
miles Of that city we found our progress
stopped by hridgeless stream and the
Earl got corps Of engineers together and
they uiit a bridge which, believe is still
standing. For this and other work he
got the ID. 8. o.
The Earl is one OF the largest landowners
in Great Britain, Ibis io.uIngs comp. Isiug
Il5,S0O acres. which include a considerable
acreage OF coal mines. With the excep-
tion OF the Duke Of Westminster and the
Earl OF Derby he is considered about the
wealthiest peer in England He was mar
ried In 1906 10 Lady Maud Frederica Eliza
beth Dundas, daughter Of the Marquis Of
Hetland. and has three children, two daugh.
tiers ard son,
His town house is In Grosvenor Square,
and his country places ore Wentworth
Woodhouse, Rotterdam, Yorkshite, Coo
latin and Carnew Castle IN County Wicklow,
Ireland He In famous master of the