New-York tribune., 1908-03-25

| was transferred to ths War ONCE In succession
70 Mr.. Chders who became Chancellor OF the
| Exchequer and resigned with the government In
1885,
When, IN 1855, MI Gladstone formed his Home
| Rule Cabinet. Lord Harrington not only would not
accept a place in II, but out the leader OF
] the Observation-Disclosures. 1t was Mr.. Chamberlain
| who directed tht eyes of the independent
| party to Lord Harrington. and who, by declaring
that he would consider il honor TO serve under
him in any capacity. virtually made it impossible
for the marquis to refuse post, which. being one
OF peril was OF heroism. Lord Harrington moved
the first resolution at the great Opera House
meeting, and the rejection Of the bill at the second
reading in the House of Commons He declined
TO become a member of Lord Salisburys Cabinet
preferring to give the government outside sup
port. and he persisted in his refusal when on the
secession Of Lord Randolph Churchill. Lord Sails
bury again offered him a portfolio He allied
himself closely to Lord Salisbury, however. al
though still the outside" His antagonism to
Home Rule increasing with the advance of years
in 1888 he enjoyed the opportunity of moving the
rejection of the Home Rule bill IN the House Of
Lords
In the mean time he had been appointed chair
man of the Royal Commission Labor in 1891.
At the close of this year had succeeded his
father Duke of Devonshire and in the follow
ing January as Chancellor of Cambridge Uni
versity. The year 1892 also him invested with
the Order of the Garter and appointed Lord Lieu
tenant OF Derbyshire.
After his elevation TO the peerage the Duke OF
Devonshire. if less conspicuous factor III party
politics than he had been the Marquis of Hart
ington. did not cease to De power in the land
Whenever the duke" mentioned in any So
ciai political gathering, '-of Devonshire" was
always implied and understood, and this recogni-
ton suggests his relative Importance, in the public
mind. among his colleagues in the Upper House
In 1895 he was appointed Lord President Of the
Council in the coalition Cabinet He was also
chosen president of the Committee Of National
and Imperial Defence, recommended by the COM
mission suggested by and named after him. He
took an active part in the fiscal debates in the
early years of the present century. and on Octo-
Der 6. 1903, resigned from Mr. Balfours CABINET
because of that statesmanS pronounceHents on
the tariff reform question the duke regarding with
no friendly eye the Preuier's coquetting with Mr..
Chamberain's proposals These he continued Wig
orously to oppose, after his resignation, in speech
and action, even to the extent of becoming presi-
dent OF the Unonist Free Food League.
INTEREST IN EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
Educational affairs also largely occupied his at
tention He deeply interested in the proposed
plan for the reconstruction Of the University Oh
London, presenting the London University COM
mission bill in 1897. presiding the Fourth In
ternational Congress Technical Education IN
the same year, and serving from 1860 to 1902 as
president of the Board of Education AL
though never ranking high as scholar, either at
the university afterward, he had no lack of
academic honors. Cambridge gave him the degree
of Doctor Laws 1866; he made Lord
Rector of Glasgow University in 1877; Lord
Rector of Edinburgh University from 1879 TO 1901,
and was chosen president of Owens College, Man
chester in 1900. He had also received the degree
of Doctor OF Civil Law.
Other honorc and offices held by him Pro
vincial Grand Master of Derbyshire from 1853;
lieutenant OF County Waterford from 1895, and
Mayor of Eastbourne from 1897 TO 1898.
Many stories have been told of him, but are
more characteristic than that of his reply to the
woman who took him to task for yawning twice in
the course of his own explanation of a complicated
bill in the House Cf Lords.
All but you didn't hear the speech" was his
triumphant justification.
One responsibility, one obligation. of his position,
indeed he did not assume until late in life. He
was nearly sixty years old before he took a wife.
1t was said that his admiration and bis sympathy
for the duchess OF the dssolute seventh Duke of
Manchester prevented him from seeing the quail
ties he desired in a wife in any ether woman. Two
years after the death of the Duke OF Manchester
they were married in August, 1892. at Christ
Church Mayfair The Duke of Devonshire's heir
Is his nephew, the Right Hon. Victor c. w Cav
endish, M P. of the dukes brother, the late
Lord Edward Cavendish He Will come into a
splendid inheritance.
The Duke of Devonshre OF the three |
richest peers in Great Britain He owned nearly |
2oo, 600 in eleven counties in England and in
three counties in Ireland. His roll has been |
nearly $1,000, 600, His principal coun
try estate is ChatswOrIh, IN CheSterHeld, anG IS |
aue of the gorgeous palaces Of England 1t |
was built by the dukes ancestor. that remarkab bic |
woman known "Bess Of Hardwick-' She was |
The daughter of John Hardwick. Of Hardwick. |
Derbyshre and was married in 1882, at the age of /
ourteen to Robert Barlow, who died soon after
ard lea wing her large estates. In 154s she be
,ame the third wife of Sir William Cavendish.
ather of the first Earl Of Deyonshre. She in
iuced him TO sell his estates in the south of Eng
and and to buy land in Derbyshire. including
hat sworth. She married, thirdly, to Sir
William ST Leo a Worcestershire squire, and
lied in 1908. She had an extraordinary passion |
or building. In addition tc Chatsworth. she built
he OF Oldcotes, Workshop BolsOver and |
Hall. in which Mary Queen of Scots
or time prisoner.
The present structure at Chatsworth begun
" the first Duke of Devonshire In 1857, and
ot finished until 1706. The sixth duke added a
arge wing in 1920. The house is of great size and
ont of the finest pictures in England
IS gardens world famous. Other notable seats
the Duke of DevOnshire are Hardwick Hall,
rbyshre: Compton Place. Eastbourne; Bolton
bbey. Yorkshire; Lismore Castle, Waterford, and
,evonshire House, London.