New-York tribune., 1905-03-08
1onn n.HAGAN 40 LEE TowNELEYs

Tord CyHagan, who has been for some time IN
this country is the twenty-three-year-old son or
that eminent Irish lawyer who was the first Roman
Catholic to hold the Office Of Lord Chancellor of
ireland since the days of the Reformation in spite
of his having been an ardent Nationalist espe-
ciaIy in his younger days. when he published in
The Irish Nation" the following verses:
How did they pass the uniOnF
By slaves who sold their land for gold
As Judas sold his Cod
By EsR. s '9s s8aRs5 SaS3y Essas s4is sss Ess track
The gsb5et and the rack.
Yet the eldest son Of the author Of these verses
and the second Lord OHagan died lighting for
England in the Boer war four years ago. and It is
owing 10 his premature death IN South Africa that
his brother Maurice holds the O'Hagan peer
age in his stead.
Lord o'Hagsn's mother, the widow of the Chan
ceor. is a rather remarkable woman. who has
been the subject of a great amount of discussion
She is a daughter OF the late Colonel Towneley
and not only his heiress. but likewise the last
surviving member OF the famous Towneley family
which made its home at Towneley. in Lancashire
ever since the reign Of King Alfred the Great. un-
II e few years ago. The G'owneeys were a great
Catholic house, and until Lady OHagan sold
To"neley Hall to the town of Burnley for a public
park, lamp, It is said had been burning before
me altar IN the private chapel Of the hall without
Interruption and without ever having gone out for
more than a thousand years.
The sale OF Towneley Hail. the extinction OF this
historic hight and the sensational deserton by Lady
VHsgan OF Roman Catholicism for the Unitarian
Nnafcn al occurred about the same time. and
were followed shortly afterward by the still more
staru!ng marriage Of Lady O'Hagan's eldest daugh-
Ter 70 an ex-priest Of the name Of Leopold Klein.
Rho while still IN the orders OK the Roman Catho-
&c church had been the private chaplain at Towne-
ley Hall and the spiritual adviser of Lady O'Bagan
ana OF her family. Indeed II is understood that IL
s~Er 80
lcsIn- When her eldest son died In South Africa
u vas said that before he expired he became recon-
e-ed 10 the Church Of Rome. statement which
4eo 10 very angry correspondence in the news
papers between those who made it and Lady
Ohsgan- One OF her sisters was the late Lady
Alexander Gordon-Lennox. mother Of "Cosmo Stu
arr" otherwise Cosmo Gordon-Lennox. the actor,
Eho with his wife. Miss Marie Tempest of foot
tsnt celebrity. were over here year or ago pro-
,sssionany. playing to large houses IN New-York.
Snesgo and other big towns
Il mentioning the Towneleys should not omit
. call attention 70 the fact that Of the most
FAMOUS collections Of ancient marbles IN the pos
SESSION OF the British Museum is that formed by
SAsElss TowneIey at the beginning Of the last
century, Indeed. IL is held by many to be OF
Greater value than the celebrated Elg1n marbles.
"nch, AS everybody knows. come from the Par
theaon al Athens The Towneleys were always
Afge collectors and travellers, and il is record
that one Of their number Richard Towneley who
Asso IN the sixteenth century, stayed away on his
voyages so long that when he returned home. no
ohe az Towneley Hall recognized him. and he was
about to be turned away as en- impostor. when a
faithful old dog. blind with age. recognized his
voice and rushing forward licked his hands and In
oolged in such demonstrations CT Joy that no doubt
vas any longer possible 10 his identity.
TITLED STOCKHOLDERS IN LONDON.
Lady Graham-Montgomery. who has just secured
divorce from her husband Sir Basil Graham
montgomery. after a quarter Of century Of mar