New-York tribune., 1907-01-28
WAS PARNELL's FRIEND AND Expc7-rop

"AS FAhNELLS FRIEND AND EXECUTOR.
Roohfort Mcguire halls from County 1jner,c,
being the son Of Protestant parson. ana as ho,,
was so delicate that he had TO resign a naval c.l.
Siip alt@r having been graduated from the Britain
Ma Afterward he went to Oxford where he ,,a5
me acquaintance of Rhodes who fl NAV be re-
menbered, returned TO that university Gov tba
purpose OF completing HIS education after bav
ING made a name for himself in South AFrsc.
-Hagulre did very well at Oxford, achieving ,ba
same honor as the late Mr.. Gladstone OF vinning
oouble hrst' with his degree. Besides this he
osthguished himself in sports and rode the ~
her at the open steeplechase at Christ C,b,,-oh
4eaFlng The alma mater as Fellow ~ An Go,,1,
N-ieh meant couple OF thousand dollars a wear
Ii"h the university From Oxford he went IN the
mar, from the bar to Hong Kong as nr1,-a+a &C.,
'AIy 10 the Governor. and then Joined the dipIo-
matte service. He was assigned TO the er,l,sse,,
- farls' and it is related that on one OF the nrst
sundays after his arrival fn the French caD,,I r.
accompanied his chief-who hapnened - - -
Lyuon-to the races at Lonkchamp The arobos
= COR was wearing heavy fur coat which he toolr
% ana threw to Mcguire The latter was not ac-
-Sloii'eu 10 The Oriental manners which Lord Ivt-
ION had acquired as Viceroy of India. and he frng
me coat to hunkey. remarking that Lord r,vtton
must have made a mistake IN tarustinz n ,,roD
him. That ended Magure's career in the dgnIo-
matte service and he went out TO South Africa to
Join Cecil Rhodes and to obtain for him conces-
sions from King Lobengula by the means above
described
Then came the time when Rhodes became anx-
ious Tor the support of tie Irish in Parliament and
made his donation of 100000 to the funds of that
party At the same time he arranged with ParneIl
TO have personal representative of his own in the
councils OF the Nationalist camp and nominated
for the purpose Rockfort Mcguire who was AZ
once elected for the division Of Donegal on the
Nationalist ticket at the instance OF Parnell He
remained loyal to the latter even after the split
in the Irish party and the extent to which ParneI
appreciated this attitude at a moment when all the
n-en whose political fortunes he had made -vera
turning against him is shown by the fact that he
appointed Mcguire one Of the executors OF h,s
VIII Mcguire sacrificed his solt for Donegal to his
fidelity 10 Parnell but not long afterward married
the Hon. Julia Peel. eldest daughter Of yiscount
Peel, who was for so many years Speaker of the
House OF Commons and son of the great Sir
Robert Peel.
From that time forth Mcguire became Cecil
Rhodess principal representative IN London. and
even in the most troublous times manifested the
same tact, GOODNESS and inperturbabity which car
ried him through his mission 10 Lobengula He
visits South Africa periodically. and both he and
his wife were with Cecil Rhodes at Kimberley
throughout fits siege IN the Boer wsr He is a good
looking fellow, whose good natured features are
fairly familiar in London society, where his ap-
pearance Of amiable lazness conveys but a faint
idea OF HIS powers Of work and grasp OF business
matters.