New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-10
RADICAL NOW A PEER.
Philip Stanhope Once Wanted to
Abolish House of Lords.


rarss In gnEisnd, and the Hon. Philip STAN
q che has Just accepted a peerage on the
NF,,.,3ou Of the new Liberal administration, is
.,csption 20 the rule. His elevation Co the
chamber OF the national legislature is all
sr ,ors entertaining he has frequently advo-
- che policy OF sweeping out OF existence the
-. of Lords. with woolssck. Lord High Chan
~ and everything else connected Herewith.
- q, val known in this country. where he
-. .ererai months the most notable member
-. Fnsltsh delegation TO the International Par
.,.n,srY Congress at ST Louis the summer De-
-. rsst &c began his career In tie Roysl Nsv!,
W. .,v5I engineer by profession and politician
:. ,,cluatIon, his views on public questions be
=, Numerically opposed TO those of the other
|.~l.-s OF the Stanhops family, though IN keep
-. NTH those % certain OF his ancestors. notably
=. rr.st-grsndfather. the third Earl stanhope
e. sis.st brother, the sixth Earl Stanhope, who
..8 lsst summer, attracted much attention on
-, dds Of the Atlantic few years ago by his
1-,-ous opposition TO the action OF tbs English
-. IN presenting to the American nation the
- ~ the MayhoweT- The late earl actually went
- tbs length Of moving IN the House Of Lords
,.,t,on 70 the Crown to prevent this act OF inter
.,t,onaI courtesy from being performed
Tbsre Is ne truth In the story which makes Philip
x,nbope descendant OF the great Earl OF Chat
An ana accordingly among the nearest relations
a william Pitt His ETeat-grandfather, the third
rs-I Of stsnhope, an avewed republican. the friend
"A associate of Robespierre and at one time an
oscar IN the Swiss militia. married the daughter
:. Lord Chatham, the elder Pitt, and Of this union
i. brilliant and eccentric Lady Hester stanhopes
ia k.ut house for her uncle, William Pitt until
a, death who was the hancee Of General Sir John
MORE Of Corunna celebrity. and who died in suoh
, MYSTERIOUS fashion in Palestine. was the or
,zsne After the death eff Lady HestsrS mother
d, thiri Earl Stanhope married again. and Philip
s..ubope is the Hneai descendant OF this second
s7zl.. Earl rtnre father
:, sbs late Duchess OF Cleveland. and grandfather
tt.refcre Of Lord Rosebery.
philip stsnhope is married 70 a daughter Of the
pnsstsn Count Cancrine- She was the widow OF
faunt Alexis Constantinovitch Tolstoi- whose name
nd title, which she has persisted in retaining in
yaslsnd she VIII now probably. SIS an English
,ssress OF the realm. consent TO drop.
Philip Gtanhope viii now be the fourth repre-
,,-tsttve of his historic house in the House OF
Iords t holds three English earldoms-those or
Etsuhope Of Harrington and OF Chesterfield. Cam
ssn writing in the spacious times OF Queen Eliza
ssth mentions the stanhope family as deriving
i, name from Stanhope, in the county of Durham
Fbs frst peerage granted to the family was tbs
,srlden OF Chesterfield, created in 162S IN favor OF
Sir philip stanhope II was his great grandson
whose. 'qetters' have caused him to be generally
rsken Of IS .'the Celebrated Lord Chesterfield
Fortunately, the warning off, is a penalty that
|, rarely imposed and only in extreme cases. II
-,s inflicted upon the late Lord Ailesbury. popu-
larry known as the "coster marquis. because OF
me unfair running Of his horses This peer. who
bad thus been held up TO public oboquy, neveTthe-
.ss retained his seat in the upper chamber of the
national Parliament and his vote there an heTed
.t.ry legislator, and likewise enjoyed by the law
Of III. land the exclusive right OF selecting and
sapnlnting the pastors of no less than six large
ma penuleus parishes for the spiritual welfare OF
whose population he was thus responsible.
About two years ego the hrotheS-in-laW OF the
Marquis Robert sieVer. also warned OF the
eEf By a decree OF the Jockey Club. and. unless
en- much mistaken his case constituted the first
Instance OF man being subjected TO this extreme
Tern Of punishment for 3 cause other than that Of
-urzins his horses unfairly. In fact the Jockey
fHgs xss compelled To admit that It had no fault
70 sns With the running Of his horses Of which
sesst. vas perhaps the most famous But it
warned him of the ground that. according TO
TN avn admissions IN the course of his unsuecess-
I'd suit for SANDER against Sir James Duke. he was
tn ertrsrnely ~undesIra bic person.
The PRESIDENT thus set met with widespread ap-
proysI For It was generally acknowledged that
title Jockey Club started in 70 warn off every
tns who happens TO be an Undesirable person
hat Is to say q dishoneTable man IN the eyes OF
The club and OF the sporting world--the turf would
Esea Be rtd Of ali those seoundrels and hlacAegs
shohsr. done 60 much to bring discredit upon the
fpprt Of kings
lis grandson OF the 1rst Lord Chesterfield was
created first Earl Of Stanhope for his services In
Hzs-as the general who captured Malon on
ias ISLAND CO Minorca-and was for several years
Prize Minister as well as Regent. OF the United
Nnsdor. Philip stanhoPe's father was famous
81 sa historian and while stu Lord Mahon wrote a
hftory OF England, which remains to this day
standard work He vas an intimate friend OF
Lord Macaulay. who often stayed with him At
ChsTentag, the Stanhope ancestral home In Kent
]: is grand old place. full OF relics of past and
gone stanhopes Of the Pitts. and also OF the first
Duke Of Wellington, including the telescope which
Tbs latter used at Waterloo. The duke was the
godfather Of the late Lord stanhope- The present
earl only succeeded TO his fathers honors and es-
fstes last gear. He served with distinction in South
Afriea during the Bosr war.