Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-30
NEW LANDLORD'S
HISTORIC NAME.
Oliver Cromwell Of the "Red
Lion" Descendant OF the
Great Protector.
RESEMBLANCE is STRIKING.
Docs Not Bother Much About Anccs.
try But uTas Ernnlaeted His Dis
tnGulshcd Prosenltor
RESEMBLANCE is STRIKING.
snoclal Correspondenoe.

spocial CORES pondenoe.
oNpoN. March eo.--When a ia
nous old English hOsteIry
changed hands, the other day,
A~ considerable interest was aTcus-
od IN, the announcement that the new
la,,rllora's name WAS Oliver Cromwell,
md that he claimed TO be a lineal
descendant of The protector il was
added, moreover, that he bore quite
striking resetnb la nee to A statue OF the
great man outside Westminster hall,
and that all IN use statements are true
! am able to testify as the result Of q
visit which I have just paid 10 the
modern oliver Cromwell
1t is in the ancient town of High
wycom Notwithstanding, about 80
miles out from London. that he has
JUST established himself as landlord
~ The Red Lion hotel The building.
said to be about 200 years old, stands
In the main street of the quaint Will
age and with "A huge red lion over the
pOrtico stlI presents the appearance
nf a typical old English coaching
house
OWNED BY CARRrNGTON.
1t is owned by Lord Darlington
and that famous parliamentarian.
Benjamin. Disraeli. made his first
speech from the doorstep OF the hotel.
III WAS like most of those which fol-
lowed 1t. fam Gus speech. Disraell
said that his opponent stood on his
acres, ''but IT, said the future prime
minister OF England. stand on my
head" The crowd cheered the senti-
inent, hut NOT all of them, for one
threw a rotten egg which soilsd the
speakers satin vest Disraell wiped
the contents of the egg from his dress
and threw them on the floor, remark
Ing, There viii my opponent be when
the poll is declared" II may be NOT
ed, BY way of parenthcsls, that despite
his caustic oraIory. Disraell was de-
feated in this attempt to gain seat
IN parliament as Radical from High
Wyeoyn be.
Oddly enough. the former landlord
of the "Red Lion"-now succeeded by
Oliver Cromwell---also bears distin-
suished name, that OF Browning, but
] do not know that he claims any close
connection with the poets family.
AS for the new proprietor OF the
'Red Lion who is now having the
limelight Of publicity turn ed upon him
because of his likeness In name and
features to the great protector. he does
moi appear fully to appreciate the in
tcrest attaching to his alleged ancss-
Try.
When asked him to give me some
account of his genealogical tree he
remarked 81 have never bothered my
ago when Thomas Carlyle was writing
his life Of Cromwell he sent a man
10 enquire regarding my pedigree. Al
could say definitely was that my
grandfather's name was Oliver Crorn-
we'll. OF course. he wasn't the great
oliver. for he lived some $50 years
ngo. but my gran dfather's family lived
I'm Surrey--I myself was born at EB-
ham In Surrey-and members of the
protectors family are said TO have set
tied in Surrey,
Some time after Carlyles man had
interviewed me- received a note from
the great historian informing me that
was undoubtedly lineaI descendant
OF Oliver the great newer had any
genealogical diagram or explanation
belief is based principally upon this
assurance Of Carlyles- AS say the
matter never bothered me much. for
] don't know what advantage 1t would
be to me TO prove my descent II 1t
were possible. No, l done know
book or not. for 1 never read H.
Last October" oliver Cromwell
continued. II received q letter from
a Mrs, Malyina Warham Brewster OF
Houston. Texas. regarding the Crom-
ter: MY grandfather. oliver crom-
we'll of Charleston, S. c., who died In
1872, was the third OF his line from
the emigration 10 America after tho
restoration Today the last OF the
1'ame Is Lewis Cromwell of Eikhart
Mines. Md, II was stated by an ENG,
lish writer in 1887 that there WAS at
that time branch OF the protectors
family residing i'll the county OF Baltl-
more, Maryland, many. memb ers still
retaining the Christian name OF Oil
EMULATED ANCESTOR.
Nycolnbe Is or Is mot q lineal descend
ant of that remarkable man who rul-
ed England for Ave years as protector,
he has emulated the deed OF his nd
Legged ancestor by dlsposing of the
kings head. AT one time the new
the building trade, was entrusted with
the reconstruction OF The famous
-'king's Head'' inn near The Gulldhull
~ London. No rebuilt the hOslclry:
the Kings Head disappeared and IL
NaB'said OF him by everybody I'm the
old Jcwry, hat twice in the history
OF England had Oliver cromwell dis
posed OF the Kings head
Apart From vs. latest claim to mole
the town of High Wyeombe Is famous
lis history Is q long and interesting
one. In the reign Of Henry n was
made a free borough, and the town
assesses records dating from the
thirteenth century The town was
regularly Incorporated by charter IN
the reign OF Henry vi. and the char
ter was confirmed ny Elizabeth, James
and Charles H. King John Visited
the town on several occasions, So did
queen Elizabeth, queen Victoria
passed through II as Girl with her
mother. the DUCHESS OF Kent, and
again went there in 1877 to honor the
Earl OF Isaaconsfield.
The buildings OF the town are near
~ all very old, but Well preserved.
and together present line picture of
flourishIng old English WALLACE Many
quaint customs are still observed.
among them being the Weighing OF
the mayor upon hts Inauguration and
at the end OF his term of office This
custom, which no one attempts To ex-
plain, has hsen observed Tor more
Than zoo years back, and all the re-
cords OF may >ral avoirdupoiH have
been carefully preserved,
, MAYNARD EVANS