New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
KINGS REMENBRANCER.
Anaent Office Of Lord Dnnboyne,
Who Is Coming to America.

Aroag ire foreign Gign:;aries who are coming 20
4bls co.utry II .he course q next month 70 take
rart u TIE Iateraat.a1GI Congress 5f Law. held
= 8. Louis n cornsc:5on with the exhibition. )
sr I-ish per % tie name % Lo:d Dunboyne "Eo
haas the peculiar title OK Kings Remembrance
- IS nothing Is - be foanj "a The encyclopedias
s-s works o. reference concerning his ancient
crs-e Il uasy be well 10 explain iust what Is L.
r,-r,srl,- l. tre DAYS q the early Norman kings.
80 ne 7,srta -encts a9d % the Tvdors the Kings
-,sr,en.brancer was ktgk oficisi OF The royal
rcrr. az tie cxcheq2e-. ana lie vas expected 10
,.sn record or these mobiles whose fines and dues
- remained unpaid, to look after The royalties
- RE Crown 40 attend 10 castles +nd estates tEAt
49, see1 for treason forfeited 10 ire soF-iSiNh'
- - ,ssnerrise the due payment Of the i1rst
T7,,sts MANY q these duties have been iaAeE
~ ma trc Inland Revenues and Treasury De
,.sr-rsen.. anE while most Of the members OF MS
<f,Y such Is nc Placer. the Clerk or the ripe
... Surveyor ef the Green Wax. the clerk OF lIls
T,s.reafs ana the clerk of the Aichi4s ahe OF TIC
Ty~t Fruits have been legisiated out Of existence
~ kings Remembrance stin remains he com
s.Tes with his Office as such that Of q Master OF
-. Cunrerne Court. and his duties nowadays as
-7s7,sr1h-ancer are combined with attendance IN
;ee court o. the Lord Chief Justice al me oe1e
vno,v called the '2reIing OF the sherins oy t'e
I-,-,oelior If the ExcheQuer on the morrow OF
6. .s.-,ir with attendance at the swearing in OF
- era Mayor Of the City Of London. and with
- a-tnowiedgment Of homage for the holding OF
cow lands For this ana for his work as senior
.Tae,ar Of the Supreme Court Lord DuR9oyie re-
ceires a salary Of a@.oo0 year
sltboueh the present peers patent as LORD p-H-
,o,ne onlr dates from the reign OF klnG Henry
,-IrI n 1871 yet his honors originated three nun
sr.s Years earlier Sir Edmund ButleT. his ances-
ger having been summoned 10 Parliament as a
peer under the title of Lord Dunboyne . 1aI 'aDA
rs 1874. in the reign of KING Edward Il 'o''Se
uuently Lord Dunboyne, who sits IN the Rouse o.
lords as = representative peer 81 Ireland is me
frenty-ffth Baron Of Dunboyne ~ summons
There Is al extraordinary romance ~ con-
necti0n with this Dunhoyne peerase- me t"t't'
frst holder thereof was the Roman ea'hot'-
Bishop Of Cork. when the peeTase Snooe'''g
rolved upon him th-ou~1 The death Of nep-.'"-
Wishing 10 perpetuate his branch ~ the tal'-iS'
and 70 prevent the honoTs and estates pass'-s 20
cousins with whom he had always been on oau
terms he applied 10 Pope Plus VI Tor a Us
pensation 10 retire from the eS-scoQacF ana 10
marry. Tie reply which he received from me
Vatican wEs couched IN the most severe 'eIhls
Of censure. Sc much in fact. that the mol
tempered prelate publicly seeded from the Roman
Catholic Church. joining the STATE REFORMED
Church OF Ireland. and then married z Protestant
Young woman. very much his junior There wss.
however no issue 70 this marriage. 2 circumstance
which exercised a considerable influence on the
mind q the former Bishop. and just before his
death which took place al Duno9yne castle on
say : 1900 ne vas received hack into the Roman
20 cigert as mucn property Is possible from
she cousin vic vas heir 10 the peerage. and 10
me srtailed estates. he. a1te- providing NUM-
rcenty for ;he welfare Of his wife oequeathed ali
The remainder c: the property Of which he could
dispose 20 the NsynooJh College for the education
Of youths intended for the Roman Catholic priest
hood Naturally. litigation snsVed and IN The
course Of il the Rev. DT Gahsn sent 70
vE.son for several mont rs charge ~ ccI-
,e1npt q court ~ refusing The order q the pre-
siding Judge thai he should reveal the deathbed
confession Of Lord Duaboyne. The widow OF The
sorner Bishop survived him fer sixty years. dying
g. !ss at the age OF ninety-siE. Curiously enough
70 asnuoa is made IN Burke's ''Peerage.' other
similar works OF reference, Of this marriage OF
The rWeDty-nTsI Lord Dunboyne. And the Peer
ages" are equally silent 10 the name OF his
wife Yer that she in the eyes OF the Law. his
legal consort, is abundantly shown by the records
o. the litigation between the twenty-second Lord
Dunboyne and the Catholic College OF Maynooth
Let ne add that the original patronynic Of the
Family was lie Borller, scions Of which played a
prominent part IN English history far back as
IN the reign OF King Richard csur de Lion. The
name was sfteTwsrd corrupted into Butler"