New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-17

however he was particularly interesting fgur-
ing In Dr. Samuel Warren's well-known romance
enutled Ten Thousand a Year" His father. the
rHsnt hon Spencer Walpole, who was Secretary
OF state for the Home Department at the time OF
the Reform riots in London in 1866. is portrayed
Tllder the pseudonym OF Mr.. Aubrey, and Is the
nero or the book in which Sir Spencer Walpole
himself played the role Of Charles, that S. NJ.
AIbrey's son. Sir Spencer was a grandson and
namesake of that Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
VINO was assassinated by Bellingham in the lobby
OF the House Of Commons in l8l2 He was de
seconded from the first Lord Walpole, younger
brother Of Sir Robert WalpOle. the famous states
man, who died the Earl of Oxford, the present
head Of the family being the fifth Earl Of Oxford,
married TO Miss Louise Corbin. daughter OF d I.
Corbin, OF New York. Sir Spencers younger
Under Secretary Of State for India. and he leaves
no son, but only a married daughter. There are
few families who have played greater role IN
the history of England during the last three cen
turtles than that Of WalPole. and the amount OF
money which they have received from the national
treasury in the shape of salary. allowances,
sinecure Offices and special grants mounts up TO
millions of pounds
ARUNDEL PEERAGE NEAR EXTINCTION.
Lord Arundel. OF Waldour, having been priest
ot tho Roman Catholic Church, has left no issue
TO inherit the honOrs and estates which came to
him the death Of his brother last year, and It
IS therefore a very distant cousin, Edgar Clifford
ArunGell, descended from the sixth baron, VINO
now beserles fourteenth Lord Arundel. of Ward
our, and owner, rather life tenant, Of Wardour
Castle He is a man OF about fifty, has been
married for about ten years. and has no children
His heir is therefore his only brother, Gerald. a
bachelor Of fortyseven. Should the latter fail 70
wed and to leave issue, the barCny OF Arundel
OF Wardour. created by King James l. Will be-
come extinct II is q peerage which was con-
ferred upon Sir Thomas Arundel. who in the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth entered the service or the
Emperor Of Germany, and so greatly dlsting ulshed
himself at the battle Of Gran against the Turks,
capturing their standard with his own hands, tnat
he was then and there created count OF the Holy
Roman Empire by Emperor Rudolph II being
raised to the English peerage Lord Arundel
-3A4T- n
Lord Arundel blew the greater portion OF Wardour
Castle into the air rather than leave 1t IN the
had successfully besieged it, while the tAlrd 4ord
imprisoned for five years in the Tower OF
London upon the perjured testimony OF the in
famous iufoTner Titus Oates.
Wardour Castle. In Wiltshire. has been in the
possession Of the Arundells since its purchase from
the GreviIles in 1871 by Sir Thomas Arundel. VINO
lost his head on the scaffold during tho reign Of
Edward VI, IL spite Of the fact that he had been
q brother-ln-law Of Henry VIII, his wife having
been q sister OF Queen Catherine Howard the
fifth Of the many wives OF the Biuebeard monarch
All the Arundels, since the first Lord Arundel
possess the title Of count and countess OF u+e
Holy Roman Empire and they have included the
late Lady Burton. wife OF the celebrated Oriental
explorer Sir Richard Burton, and an aunt OF the
new Lord Arundel.
that OF creed between Lord Arundel OF Wardour
and the Duke OF Norfolk, who includes among his
many titles that OF Earl OF Arundel and whose
ancestral home is Arundel Castle in Sussex-the
only castle IN Great Britain the possession OF
g
the Duke Of Norfolk IS Howard that Of Lord
Arundel is Arundel the latter family having oee1
founded by Sir Ralph de Arundel who was SheTlI
of Cornwall and Lord Of Treloy in 1850
POET swINBURNE's AUSTRIAN KINsFOLK.
With the death of Baron Edward Robert Won
Swinburne at the age OF eighty-three the Austrian
branch of the Swinburne family becomes extinct
For the baron, who was a veteran colonel OF the
army and a chamberlain OF the Emperor, never
married. and the only OF that Austrian
field marshal, Baron Robert Swinburne who was
for so many years Austrian Governor of Milan
and Niceroy Of Lomhardy. The sU7inolrnes nave
always been held in high honor In austria. ana
Henry Swinburne the traveller, whose books on
Spain and Italy. printed in the middle Of the eigh-
teenth century. stiu standard works to-day.
a particular favoTite OF Empress Maria
Theresa, whose son. Emperor Joseph, became god
father Henry Swinburnes son.
The SWinburnes OF the oldest families In
England and settled at Swinburne Castle in
Northumberland at the time Of the Norman Con
quest. The castle passed through marriage In the
reign of Queen Elizabeth first 10 the Whitening
tons and then 10 the Riddles in whose possession
house OF S~lnburne since I9'- having oeen "a
pheaton Hall. near Newcastle on-Tyne. The most
famous member Of the family to-day IS undoubt-
cdy England's foremost poet, ASernon Swinburne.
son Of the late Admiral Charles and Lady Jane
SV1nburne. and who would undoubtedly have been
appointed 70 succeed Lord Tennyson as poet lau-
reate had It not been for the radical and even
downright revolutionary opinions which he pro-
fssses in all political matters, especially with
gard 10 Russian affairs
The chief of the family is Sir John swinburne
the second Of whose three wives American
woman, whose acquaintance he made during
Of his stays IN the United States the representa-
tive OF the English holders Of the Virginia State
bonds The baronetcy of the first created
by King James I. dating from 1860 and
ferred upon John Swinburne who had previously
been the subject of very romantic and sensational
lawsuit. AS a child he had been Kidnapped,
ried off to the Continent, brought up in monas-
terry there under different name. believed 70
have perished. and when, after reaching manhood.
refusing TO become q monk and escaping from the
monastery, he returned TO England 10 claim his
extensive estates. he had the utmost difficulty IN
establishing his identity.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY
TUSKEGEE STANDS INVESTIGATION