New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-19
AN ECCENTRIC Earl.

Lord Ilovelace now sixty-si1 years Of age. is an
extremely gifted but at the same time very ecceh-
tric man, who holds somewhat aloof from society.
and has consequently acquired the reputation OF
being somewhat nloroso. Like his elder brother.
who died as Lord Wentworth in 1867 he is a RAD
icaL and he was among the small number OF peers
vrno voted In favor OF Gladstoues Home Rule Dill
While as the university he gave expression 10
oninors Of a goclalisttc order analogous to those
nrofessed by Count Tolstoi, and attracted Sood
deal Of attention by insisting upon doing all Sorts
og arduous manual labor with pick and shovel HIS
cider brother was even still more peculiar In TINS
reenect for he on leaving college suddenlS disap-
naored altogether from London society, and when
al length found several years later he was WORKING
&C a carpenter at Deptford. living among the most
humble surroundings in relative poverty with no
one Of his neighbors possessing the sglesI loea u
tho ract that he was peer Of the realm or pos
sessed OF a considerable fortune, At his death'
which occurred Deptford, he was succeeded III
the ancient barony of Wentworth, which he had IN
berited from his grandmother, Lady Byron. by MS
IL bro+her who taking his seat in the House OF
lords as Lord Wentworth. was wont tnvarlaniJ 10
vote against his father. the lats Lord lovelace on
every conceivable issue
while T ord Wentworth :he present Earl OF Ao'S-
1.ca married a. Miss Heriot. the daughter of
cIarpvrnan and had by her a daughter VINO
on his death will become peeress III Her
OWN right as Lady Wentworth, and who
nil transmit the barony Of Wentworth on her
own demise to any son or daughter that she may
have The marriage Of relatively brief dura-
ton and about year after his first Wites death
Lord wentworth became engaged 10 an American
yo,par a Miss Fletcher. well known as play
wright and novelist. For some reason or another
--bicn has always remained more o. less of mys-
tery the marriage, which was TO nave taken place
=. Ior,a on christmas Day, 1879, broken off on
tka ,,eyv era OF the wedding and year afterward
= - wentworth married Miss Mary Stewart Wort
1o- daughter OF the Right Hon James Stewart
wortley and cousin of Lord Wharnchhe. In
500 ord wentworth succeeded his father as Earl
Of Lovelace.
Lord Lovelaces only sister is Lady Ann Blunt,
wife Of WiIfred Blunt, champion Of all sorts or
"a .arsas and famous for his stud farm of pure
bred Arab horses at Crabbet. his place in Sussex
he is verv brilliant delightfully."- wrongheaded
.rd since leaving the diplomatic service has been
a source of no end OF trouble to the English gov
orrnoent first Of all by befriending Arab Pacha.
the author of that Egyptian Instruction which led
to the bombardment Of Alexandra and to the mill
tary occupation Of the Land Of the Nile by the
British and afterwarG by encouraging the natives
IN India to agitate fer self government. With Lady
Ann he spends his winters the Orient, either at
| his place near Cairo OF else camping out under
canvas in the desert wearing the garb and leading
the lie of an Arab Their daughter is married TO
younger brother Of Lord Lytton, who has inherited
| to a remarkable degree the poetic gifts OF his
| father who died as British Ambassador at Paris
| but who acquired greater fame bard than as
! n diplonaat or statesman under the pen name OF
! owen Meredith"
Lord LoveIace is descended from Queen Anne's
Lord Chancellor, Peter Eing, who created first
! Lord King, and who was nephew of John Locke
| The of the Human Understandings Lord Chan
| beautiful country seat which is to-day the home
of his descendant, the present Earl OF Ioveace.
and will pass st mis- death 10 his half-brother. the
! Hon. Lionel King Noel