New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
merits reeraee no matter whether he receives
writ OF summons Or not
SIAIESMAS FATHER OF POPULAR
NOVELIST.

Sir Henry Fowler who has lust hsen created p
Fiscount, and promoted from the House Of Com
mons 10 the House of Lords retaining however
MS seat in the Cabinet Chancellor Of the Duchy
OF Lancaster. is known in this country as the
Iather OF the popular English novelist Ellen
ihorneycroft Fowler. author of Isabel Carnaby'
ana OF Place and Power" and OF other widely
read works Il may add in parenthesfs that she
Is now married 20 Alfred Laurence Fekin one of
the state inspectors OF schools. and himself
author Of some repute) Sir Henry, who is
IN mis- seventyeighth year. is however, states
man OF considerable forcefulness Of character and
OF reputation in the political world OF Great Britain
SO much so that at time he looked upon
'ne natural successor o: Gladstone. An English
man OF the sturdy. staiwart type. he united the
ora1orical style of his warm friend and colleague,
John Bright with the impressive and irnpertous de-
batting power OF the Grand Old Man. Son of
wesleyan minister. born at Sunderland. he adopted
the profession of the law: not as a member of the
har, but solicitor. and was first member of
that branch OF the legal calling 10 attain the rank
OF cabinet Minister: just In the same way as he
was the first Methodist to ever receive seat in the
Privy Council The acknowledged champion of
the Nonconf6rmist element he carried the parish
council law. revolutionary piece OF legisla
ton. through Parliament. in the teeth of the op-'
position Of the Established Church. and of the en-
tire bench Of bishops and archbshops. and. while
Secretary of State for India, a marvellous speech
which he delivered the subject OF cotton duties
saved the Cabinet from what seemed 10 he GER
jority of 20 out one of 1875
a man who thus sway a legislature by
means Of eloquent oratoTy and convincing argu-
ment is statesman Of mean order. and II is
only due to his advanced age and to the condition
Of his health that he has-at any az far as
the people in America concerned-paSsed in q
measure out OF public view He IS. Ike others Of
strong character and powerful individuality. pos
sessed Of certain fdiosyncracies. One of these IS
his positive aversion to riding in a carriage with
his face to the horses tails He insists always
sitting with his back the horses. and this leads
70 the somewhat odd spectacle of the back seat of
his carriage being either left vacant else
cupied by his young private secretary Sir Henry
has likewise positive dread OF drafts, believes
IN opportunisrn In politics and. unlike the late Sir
Henry Campbell Bennermen, Of the most
militant and lingo advocates of the Boer var in
South Africa eight years ago. The title which he
has until now borne has been due his posses
sion of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Star
Of India accorded TO him for his services Sec
rotary Of State for India by the late Queen Vic
toria- who entertained a particularly high opinion
OF his sincerity and of his sound English common
sense He makes his principal home at Wood
thorne. near Wolverhanpton. the town which he
has represented for three decades in Parliament.
and where he first made his debut in public life as
municipal dgnitary, and where he laid the
foundations of his extremely lucrative law prac-
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