The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22
LIQUOR MEN IN ENGLAND
Embrace Many Of Richest and
Most Influential Personages.


One hundred and slxty-seven peers, one
hundred and twenty-nine members of tho
House 81 Commons, and eight hundred
and eighty titled persons arc directly or
indirectly connected with tho liquor In
terest In Great Britain. comprising the
richest, the most influential and the
most fashionable personagts IN the realm
Nor in this array are lacking the la
dies In this splendid assemblage are
sxty-three duchesses. marchionesses
countesses, and SO on. and two hundred
and ninety-sx wives. widows or daush
tors entitled Lady OF one hundred
women. each Of whom is lion. Mrs. or
Hon. Miss" Thirteen members Of the
present administration and nine cabinet
ministers are also connected with the
liquor3intercst. The Daily News publishes
n list, carefully and aboriously complied.
Of the most Influential in the land OF I'LL
parties who are interested in the liquor
trade, either as shareholders In brew
cries, distlleres or hotels. or as trus-
tees for shareholders.
In the list are these members OF the
present government:
Lord Ashbournc, Marquis of London
derry, Marquis OF sclborne, Earl of Sell
borne, Marquis of Landsdowne, Hon.
Alfred Iyttleton, A. Graham Murray,
Walter Long Hon. A. G.. Fellowes, Sir
Saville Crossley. Bart. John Grant Law
SON. Sir Edward Carson.
The Licensed Victuallers Gazette has
obsewed "rhe trade interest Is largely
safeguarded by the presence IN lboth
houses OF many mon closely allied with
trade
Among these allies are the Duke OF;
Fife the kings sOn-in-law; the Duke OF
Roxburghe, who married the wealthy and
charming May Goeet. Of New York; tho
Duke of Newcastle. who had the honor
4 hor in .la w
she was Lady Francis Hope, and the
Dukes of Abercorn, Leeds, Rutland
Sutherland and Westminster, the richest
OF them.
No end of marquises. earls, vIscounts
and barons are in the allied chorus-thc
MARQUIS OF Salisbury, the Earl of Mimic.
Governor General of Canada; those fine
soldiers, Earl Roberts of Kandahar and
Viscount Kitchener Of Khartum LORD
Barrymo ore, who married the daughter or
James Wadsworth, Of New York; neces-
sarily, Lord Burton, Lord Hlndlip OF the
Bass family; and Lord Iveagh or the
Gunnesses Lord Revelstoke OF the ia
rings. Lord Rothschild and LORDS WI
loughbyE de Broke and Howard de wal
dem
Some of the 100 members Of the House
of Commons whose incomes are lliflhl-
tessimally increiAed by every pot OF peer
that is sold and drank: Sir John AUSTIN
the great maltster; Hon. George IL. Az,
sopp, w. Burdett Coutts, ]. a. Dewar and
Sir j. G. Dinsdalc. former Lord Mayor
of London; r. NJ. +. Fuller, largely inter
ested in Grffln's brewery; Sir E. w.
Greene, of the big Westgate Brewery;
John ETamond, a wine merchant; W. G.
Nicholson, j. e. Redmond. the irish lead
err. and Samuel Young. the distlller.
But the list grows too long mere. !.
Includes generals and admiras. colonial
and indian administrators not a fey;
of the most eminent of the clergy, and
many prominent in science, law ana Ha my
icines.
TO sum up, out of the $50 members OF
the Privy Council, sixty at least are
directly or indirectly Interested III lhe
trade; of the irish Privy Council. seven
teen out of sxty-flve are on the llst'
SO is one out Of every five members OF the
House of Commons.
The holdings of shares amount to;
Pears and M. P's., 2,S03.9l9; baronets',
knights and honorables. 2,69l $50; trustees
1886, 1864 Midas Criterion.