The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07

The baronetcy which he prizes SO
lightly dates back to 1860, carries with
1t, Of course, coat of arms and the IN
spring Celtic motto without God
there is nothing; with God there IS
enough"
1.-The motto is a first rate one" COM
mented Sir George, 4for Meredyth
like me who counts himself rich with
four hundred year and knows what
money Is worth, because he has had to
work precious hard for it all his life"
COACHMAN A CLAIMANT.
A baronetcy and incidentally a fine
estate-Thornton Hall In Buckingham
shire has been claimed by another
cabman, Benjamin Tyrrell, who drives
a four-wheeler at Burton -on-Trent.
Tyrrell alleges that he is descended by
direct male line from John Tyrreil.
third son of Sir Thomas Tyrrell. who
died in 1705. Sir Thomas entailed the
estate upon his son and their male
heirs. but barred female descendants.
The first male line ended in 1749. and
descendant of the second male line held
the baronetcy until 1755. when that line
failed also. Under the original deed of
entail that should have let iRthe third
male line of which the cabman Tyrrell
Is now the representative.
At this juncture, according to the
CdDIidI . AdWy Sl NiCA Fy lAoii u
Thornton Parish, the Rev. Mr.. Cotton.
stepped In land by dangerous injustice
did take possession of the Baronet's
estates along with a female descendant
Of the deceased Tyrrells.n And ever
since. it is declared. their descendants
have excluded the lawful heirs"
Like Meredyth. Benjamin Tyrrell
has no use for a title, but he has
great desire for the ancestral hall and
the broad acres and the rent roll.s He
has sent petition to the King tor
lawful hearing and inquiry into these
things. For" he adds, If such 1niuuit-
les be approved or rewarded with un-
disturbed success, of atruth. other of
your Majesty's subjects may quickly
follow the same methods OF acquiring
property in England.
OF course the King personally never
pays, any attention to petitions of this
sort, but 1t is, one way of getting the
legal machinery going. 4
LAWYER AIMS AT EARLDOM.
Gladwin Cloves Cave. an English
lawyer, is going to have another try
for the earldom ~Newburgh. He
first instituted proceedings to estab-
lish his claim in 1884. but failed then,
because his chain of evidence was not
complete. Since. then he has been
lying low and hunting for docuHen-
tary proofs. Now he gleefully an
nounces that he has found all the
missing links, principal among which
is a birth certificate, and is prepared
to do legal battle again for the title
and estates-especially the latter.
It is somewhat odd that the present
Earl is an Italian nobleman. His name
Is Sigismund Nicholas Venantius- Gae-
tano-Francis Giustiniani Bandini and
he has a string Of titles equally long,
He is Prince. a Duke. a Count and
several other things in his own land.
But his most precious title Is the
English earldom, because It's estates
in Derbyshire are worth about $780,
900 year.
The second Earl Of Newbureh died
In 1884 and as he left no sons the
titles and estates were inherited by
his daughter, Lady Charlotte Maria
Livingstone. She was twice married.
Her first husband was a son OF Lord
Clifford of Chudleigh. BY him she had
a daughter, from whom the present
Earl Is descended. Her second hus-
band was Charles Radcliffe. who laid
claim to the earldom of Derwent-
water and got his head chopped of
for high treason in 1746. Cave bases
his SUIT on descent from the eldest son
of the second marriage. which he
maintains gives him a better right to
the earldom than can be obtained
through descent from the daughter by
the first marriage. The trial will in
volve rich pickings for peerage law
yers however 1t turns out