New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
NOT CERTAIN II He Is A PEER

g Thomas Gibson Carmichael who has just been
srp111red Governor Of the Australian colony Of
Victoria n succession 70 General Sir Reginald
lshot. vas particular friend and fsvorite OF Nj.
Gladstone whom he succeeded as Liberal Member
- Parliament for Midlothian. His patronvn1ic is
not res v Carmichael but Gibson. and his family
rsT y said - have been founded by Sir Alexander
Gnso o-= = the eminent jurtsts Of the reign
r King James I who bestowed upon him not only
hsroretoy bat also z harony along with the title
c Lo-6 Durie IF Anticos-f and = grant Of some
eighteen square miles in Anticosti which as every
oo1r knows. is island in the Cuff Of St Law
renee. my owned by Henri Menier. the French
chocolate rlsnufa cturer who il q game and
tsr preserve The baronetcy the barorv and the
-s1d were inherited by Alexander Gfbson's son.
Tho Tss. however deprived OF his titles and honors
= -. and they co seem have been revived
'2 MS immediate heirs. has any trace been
'oano n the patents and OF the warrants among
re records or the Crown in Scotland. although the
neN Governor of Victoria has in his possession
S-ta'1riczred copies Of these documents. made
sp9Ir ne time Of their issue. Another haronetcy
Wa conferred upon the head Of this Gibson family
N ~ and according some, therefore Sir
l1pss Carmichael fourteenth barcnet Of his
- while according 70 others he is only the ninth
- Eohe-t Gibson. the fifth bsronet. die5 in Amer
l's toward TIE end % the eighteenth century and
II Vss ms brother and successor who. with the per
mission ~ the Crown and in accordance with the
e's r. Skirling estates formerly belonging 70
70 E--is Ffyndford through the marriage of
Sohn Gibson with Lady Helen Carmichael sister Of
lAf Fourth Earl ~ Hyndford. assumed the name Of
ts--ri~hs=l
= Thomas may. in fact ne regarded ae the
5f-hclTal representative OF the former earls Of
.lfncfo-6 and cIsiIg7s for their honors. which
@H--ee The Tiscountv n Ingl!sberry and The
n'r'rF - Carmichael They have been dormant
1hcs TIE desrh without issue of Andrew Car
I.-cIzs- sixth Earl of Hyndford. in ls17 Readers
VI Fon=-- J. sstev@nsou's novels may be interested
know hat tEe Barbara Grant who figures in
A's ts-.ons. and who was one Of the few actual
t-TSnnsges appearing in his romanCes. became I'm
"a life the Countess % Hyndford ana il
ing - her death without issue that the earldom
- t@l INTO abeyance Most OF the estates Of the
Iorlcpu ~ Hvndford have now passed into The
possession % tie family Of the Anstruthers. and
= -hofE-as, who has no children. and who Is not
''l-a-ly rlch. having been compelled some time
-ise - sell superb collection Of treasures and
>''r7cal relics dating from the twelfth 10 the
fA'eeHth centuries has absolutely declined TO take
'1s fteps 70 establish his claims 10 the eArldom,
q Proceedings % this Kind extremely costly
'-e - he reasons. however. which led him TO
'-isoraw from Parliament the question raised,
'--oAE others, by Joseph Chamberlain az TO
"Aether he really had right 10 Sit and vote in
- House q Commons. tie ground that hy in
-fii'-noe Re ali probability Scotch peer.
1act debate actually took place In the House
u COMMONS about the matter, and II was IN con-
8~fhof q lie possibility OF his vote on any I'M
PSItsnt Measure II the lower chamber being in
Fs4lcated on The ground that ne was a peer that
- withdrew from the House of Commons. Until
% Vine The impression had prevailed that =
Shee- % the House OF Commons could retain
--s heai tAere. even after succeeding to peeTase
i-N lie moment when he received the writ OF
simmons from the Crown 10 the House of Lords
nc oaAc-sslon however brought 10 light the legal
81 taat members in the lower house be
ss invalid from the very moment that he IN