New-York tribune., 1908-06-19
a1cHT HAVE BEEN KING
r~r Lord Derby's Grand father De
clined Throne.


,.,ss American journalists who were In
AZ .,-,oa as special correspondents during the
s'aan are acouaintei with the Earl OF
Bs .,o SIS Lord Stanley was censor OF the
N-.A-c,,rhout the greater part Of the campaign.
r% -,-by is one Of the three so-cslled cat
bfn1 ,-1s the two others being the Earls Of
ss~ ,,-v and Of Huntington; that is TO say. they
~ -. onlv peers Of their rank whose eerldoms
81 ,,-, before the seventeenth century. and de-
"a .h,e recriliar appellation not. some people
-. because oatskin used in lieu OF eruline
=. hsrs that adorn the parliamentary and
" s-tan robes OF peers. but because prior 10 the
..e,th century earls were privileged 10 wear
hs-s OF er7nne, the marquesses do to-day,
80 of the three bass which earls are nova
= restricted. This, was described in the cor
r-snco- English Of medieval times "quatre
- .-ouafre" being the French for -four" and
-. mss naturally shortened into ''catskns.'
: Interesting 10 recall that the new Lord
-,.-,v might have been to-day occupying the
80 n Greece as its ruler in the place OF George
= 81 rot preferred the existence and the pres
= ~ = great British noble OF enormous wealth
"a -ovsI sacestry-he is descended from Edward
- nat Of the monarch Of q mushroom turbu-
=. ,4,r5o-1 in the L,evant; for the Greeks in the
=, SIS offered their crown. first OF ali to King
-sns-srs sailor brother. Prince Alfred who died
: xo,,s-eiEn Duke OF Coburg, and after that to the
---ss--h Lord Derby. II the rejection OF
.s.,- a1er. first by Prince Alfred and then by
- DERBY. that caused them 10 elect Prince Will
= ~ Denmark who reigns King George l.
--ou, The reign OF King Henry " until the death
= 10 tenth Earl Of Derby, toward the close Of
:. reizu q King George III-that is to say, for
,v,- three hundred years-the earls Of Deroy ex-
,,.ss rights o. sovereignty over the Isle of Man.
-.,sc- 70 the suzerainty Of the British Crown
Ne were. n fact. styled Kings OF Man. and
:. so very long ago the late Earl Of Derby pre-
-La
e-ss- collection Of rare coins in the world, a
,,ass Of coins ninted during the reign Of the
zo.ze Of Stanley over the Isle Of Man. and which
hss been found during the course Of excavations
:. Castle Rushen- The sovereignty Of the island.
- re death without issue of the tenth Lord Der
~ nsssed 70 the Duke OF Atholl, a q descendant
= rsdr Amelia Stanley. the youngest daughter of
rs seventh Earl Of Derby; and the succeeding
srkss @. Athou sold by degrees not only their
sovereignty but also all the other rights in connec-
-on with the island the British Crown for sums
estimated a. nearly Sl0,ooo,ooo.
-y,e coins presented 10 King Victor Emmanuel
,u bzsr the Derby crest that is to say. the eagle
and the child This crest comes 10 the Stanley $
s,rre with their country seat Of knowsley Hall,
.+-o1rh the marriage OF Sir John Stanley 10 the
ssurh-e- and heiress OF Sir Thomas sIathom, Of
K-oVsey IL the county Of Lancaster. According
% family legend and tradition, one OF the Lathom
nzre-s Of knoyrsley was notified one day that one
r. e2E nesting on Ile trees IN MS paIn
hs6 been seen carrying child 10 its eyrie- The
knight rescued The baby, which had remained quite
uuhs-n1ed and which was wrapped in costly gold
embroidered svvaddling clothes Of apparently for
eiEn make. All efforts identify the infant hav-
~ failed the knight Of Lathona and his dame,
zho were well advanced in years and childless,
s5urted the little fellow who became heir 10 their
--ops--y master OF Knowsley and ancestor OF the
Ezrls Of Derby.
Krovslev is ms gnifcent place. and has been
re uriactpal home Of the ducal house Of Stanley
r-- since the marriage Of Sir John Stanley 10 the
as-sss of the Lathoms IN the reign Of King Henry
T thsr is 10 say. for over five hundred years. II
VS. lis g-eat-grandson Thomas Stanley, who fig
Ia 50 prominently in Shakespeare's Richard
Z znd whose detection from the 'Crookback,' as
eEno-arch was called by reason Of his defornl-
II Practically decided the battle Of Bosworth IN
m Of Henry OF Richmond Indeed IL was he
no On the battlefield. placed the crown Of Richard
7 anon the head Of Henry VII, who. in return for
-iz Eift Of the English crown raised Lord Stanley
2 rhe Ea-idom OF Derby, appointing him High Con-
sable of England. This Lord Derby was twice
married HIS first wife sister Of the great
Ear = Warwick. the king maker" portrayed by
Baze- Triton The Last Of the Barons, while
rs second wife Margaret Of Richmond, mother
G. K-1g Henry VI. who thus became his stepson-