New-York tribune., 1907-10-02


cestershire. in other parts of staordshire and in
the Black Country, besides agricultural estates in
timer parts of England, and plantations in
1dHlalca and in the various West Indian islands.
indeed, he is already of the richest members
or the peera6e, and instead of boarding his wealth
uses 1t in order to develop fresh sources OF ma
'fonai prosperity. such as, for instance his new
coal mines at Baggerdge
IN MS youth Lord Dudley very Wild and MS
experiences with money lenders and bill discount
ers on more than one occasion occupied the atten-
uon or the courts and Of so much
anxiety TO his mother that she at time in
voked the intervention Of King Edward, then Prince
OF wales, who demonstrated with him In the Hlos'
latheIty way on the evils of gambling. But aIteI
his marriage Lord Dudley turned over an entlrey
new leaf His viceroyaty OF ireland proved MN
10 be not merely a clever and tactful adminlsLa-
tor. but likewise an enlightened and broadminue"
statesman while he has managed his large estates,
his great iron works his ccllieries and his Ndrleu
interests with such consummate skill as 10 VaSHS
increase his fortune, his fair treatment OF MS eii
ployes and his sound Judgment enabling him 10
avoid all those labor troubles which have so hea'
lily handicapped in recent years the iron ana coul
industries of Great Britain.
Like most of his ancestors. Lord Dudley pears
the peculiar and somewhat Inappropriate Chrls'iai
name of Humble. Its dates back 10 tl'e
time of Charles l and Oliver Cromwell wieh ''e
last Lord Dudley of the House of sutton having
squandered almost his entire patrimony III PROM
gaCy and dissipation gave his granddaush'e' fl'u
heress in marriage at the age OF seventeen 10 d
young man of the name OF Humble Ward son
of William Ward who, after acquiring a large Ioft-
une goldsmith and teweller TO King Charles l.
and especially Queen Henrietta, had thrown III
his lot with the Roundheads. II was in deferehce
TO the sentiments prevailing among the latter ua'
he named his son Humble, which is closely AKIN
to that of Praise God -Barebones ana OF oluer
names of the same character Of that epoch
Humble Ward following tho polite example OF
his worthy father. abandoned Purtanism, and on
thu Restoration sought the favor of Charles H.
with such success that he first knighted and
then created Lord Ward by the Crown. Ills wife
succeeded to her grandfather Lady Dudley IN
her own right and her by Lord Ward became
on the death of his parents second Lord Ward and
eleventh Lord Dudley on the death Of the four
teenth Lord Dudley. who likewise the hfth
Lord Ward. in the middle Of the eighteenth cen
tIry without issue the Barony Of Ward passed to
a cousin descended like himself from Humble
Ward. the jewellers son. while the ancient Barony
Of Dudley which is inheritable by women. fell
into abeyance, in which condition il still remains.
The seventh Lord Ward created, however.
Viscount Dudley, and TO these honors was subse-
quenty added earldom.
The present Earl of Dudley's wife was Miss
Rachel Ciurney the daughter OF Charles Gurney.
and her features familiar to all those who have
seen the original painting a reproduction Of
Val Prinsep's famous picture entitled Emperor
Justnian Choosing a Wife" in which she Is the
most notable figure