New-York tribune., 1906-05-07
TEMPLETOWN HERE.
First Peer Of His Line Oscned up
ton Pate7t" Lands an This State.

Lord Templetown, who with the viscountess. has
Just arrived from England. bears a name not
wholly unknown in America, for the first Lord
Templetown managed TO win the favor OF George
IT'S mother to such an extent that she not only
placed him at the head of her household its
controller. but likewise conferred upon him a
patent carrying with II the possession Of some
twenty thousand acres In the State OF New York.
ana which was known until the time OF the Revo-
IuuonS not very long afterward as Upton 8
Patent The Princess OF Wales exercised, It may
oe remembered. supreme power during the earlier
years OF her sons reign. In fact, the government
Oh tne British Empire was centred in her hands
ana IN those Of that other favorite Of hers, the
Marquis OF Butte. and he together with the prn-
cess was largely responsible for the differences
between the American Colonies and the mother
country which eliminated in the War OF Inde-
pendence. BY way Of compensation for the loss
OF his American lands Clotworthy Upton ere
ated an Irish peer with the title OF Lord Temple
town, in l776. and the present vlscount Temple
town Is his great-g grandson.
Although the UItons are Of Devon origin they
have been settled in Ireland ever since Henry Up
ton accompanied the Earl Of Essex to the EN-
erald Isle in the reign Of Queen Elizabeth as one
Of the captains OF his army, and his son estab-
lished himself at Castle Upton near Templepatrick,
IN County Antrim which is the principal country
seat OF the Lords Of Templctown to this day.
<AtAo"s uae ronances OF this house Is marriage
OF The second Lord Templetown 10 a young woman
Of the name Of Reitz one OF the Somewhat runoer-
Gus natural daughters Of King Frederick William
II OF Prussia The marriage is recorded in the
March, 1913. number Of THE Gentleman's Maga-
zine the publication in which English society of
the day was wont to convey announcements OF
this Kind to its friends and acquantances The an
nouncement Is follows:
Lord Templetown. Of County Antrim. to Miss
ReitH natural daughter to the King CT Prussia
Cur1ously enough. mention is made of this
marriage in the pages of "Burke's" and other
peerases" devoted to the Lords Of Templetown
FroDaOly she died without issue for three years
aTterward-that is to say. in October, 17ss-Vis-
count Templetown married again this time Lady
Mary Montagu, daughter OF the fifth Earl Of Sand
wicn and 1t was by this marriage that he had the
son VINO was the father OF the present viscount
LORD Templetown is of the principal Masonic
dlsnitaFies Of the United Kingdom being Senior
Grand Warden Of the Grand Lodge of England
and OF the Grand Lodge OF ireland. AS might be
expected from the descendant of that Clotworthv
upton who fought with such sensational bravery
Tor King William III at the siege OF Limerick he
Is champion Of that party Of politics in Ireland
which has for its creed the so-caled Ulster Mat
1orn' and is the principal originator Of all those
Unionist clubs which four or hve years ago sprang
uP so suddenly all over the country While his
political views may not commend themselves to
the friends Of Ireland in the United States there
can be nothing but praise for the work which he
has accomplished in promoting the dairy farming
industry throughout the Emerald Isle and he has
IN this way done much toward restoring the ma.
terial prosperity Of Erin.