The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
TITLES WITHOUT ESTATES.
Some Strange Facts About the Eng
fish Peerage.

IsA EeeEAEEs
No novelist HIS ever invented more stir
ring romances than those which are to be
found In the British peerage. 1t has been
productive of amazing escapes beyond
the widest imagination OF the most fer
tile novelist, Take, for instance, the
case OF the latest barony claimant, Mr..
James Thorne Roe-de-M Morley. who man
aged to get into the House Of Lords on
the occasion Of the opening Of Parlia-
ment, but was discovered and turned out,
although he was dressed In the eTmine
robes OF a peer and produced a writ as
evidence OF his right TO the title Of Lord
de Morley.
This haroBy, created In 1923. has been
IN allegiance since the seventeenth cen
tury. but was claimed ten years ago by
Mr. Roe, who ultimately assumed the
name Of Roe-de-M Morley. He claims to
have the blood Of William the Conquer
ers standard bearer, as well as that Of
the great Earls StrongbOw. Suffolk, and
Warwick. In his veins, and asserts that
the missing link in his genealogical tree
was supplied to him by a ghost which ap-
peared 20 him one night. But the attor-
ney general apparently had little faith In
ghost stories. for when the claim came
before him he reported that no reason
had been shown for referring il 20 the
committee CT privileges.
More fortunate was Mr.. A. Thomas
Herbert. who last year established his
claim 20 the title OF Lord Lucas Of Crud-
we'll This peerage had been inherited
through many families since It was first
created by Charles II, in 1853, until Il de-
scende5 20 Mr. Herbert, who showed that
ho was descended from Earl Cowper' s
sister. who was the eldest daughter OF
Lady Anne Florence. sixth Baroness Lu-
cas-.
Another successful claimant to a baron
etage IS Sir Thomas Tyrrell, eahman in
Burtnn-on-Trent. who can trace his de-
scent from the Sir Walter Tyrreil whose
arrow killed William Rufus In the New
Forest so many centuries ago, The bar
ren title IS all that Sir Thomas has been
able 70 obtain. however. for the TyTTeD
property In Buckinghamshire and else
where has long since been duly parceled
out and wiIled away.
There is another cabman who boasts a
title. That IS Sir George Augustus Jervis
Meredith. eleventh baronet. who from lS5i
TO three years ago lived IN Hobart, Tas-
mania. having been IN turn a shoemaker
stoker, storeman. policeman. and cab
man. At any rate. the title is recog-
nized BY "Burke's PeeTage." although an
other work OF reference announces th'
title as being extinct. In any case, how
ever, no property goes with the title
Tamworth. England boasts a tobaccon-
ist baronet, Sir Harry Yelverton Goring
who serves workingnen customers WITT
ounces Of thick twist and snu1, his fam
lly estate having long ago vanished.
The list Of baronets, however, wh'
must perforce work for q living woulC
not be complete without mention Of ST
/ Henry EChlin. Bart. the proprietor Of al
/ inn. Sir Henry, who succeeded to thi'
ancient Irish title in 1906 on the death o
I HIS brother. Sir Thomas, who. by tn
| way. was q member OF the Royal Irist
| Constabulary. has had a remarkably yer
satIle career. Before he took TO servins
| out pewters Of mild and bitter and screws
| Of shag behind the bars Of country inns
| for he has owned several OF the latter
! Sir. Henry was a footman, soldier police
man. prison warder, and private lunati
attendant.
/ Sir Henry. who IS now sixty years o
! age. Is a splendid type Of manhood, stand
! ing over six feet In his stockings and a
active as a youngsteT. That is the rea
son why "chucker-Out" is not employs
at his establishment. for Sir Henry I
quite capable Of doing the needfui whe1
necessary.