New-York tribune., 1909-05-15
EARL OF THE WORLD"
Iord Winterton Buys Edmund
Yates'S London Weekly.
,, 1903 by the Brentwood Company


= yTi1terton who will be remembered in this
- .z yiscount Turnour, and who. in spite
= - heing an earl. occupies a seat in the House
u -,-,ons his peerage being Irish. has just pur-
- the London weekly newspaper The
-ls founded by Edmund Yates nearly forty
- ago as a record OF the doings and views OF
's+x-' Lord wipterton purposes, II is under
80 - rlse II for the advancement of his polit-
- arnhstions for the promotion Of those sports
rich he is interested and for the demonstra-
- ~ his ideas TO what society should do.
- - as he is with abundant wealth, keen
-. both OF humor and Of. ridicule, and even
-. asvoid than Winston Churchill Of any Of the
s,.s-z humps OF reverence, The World" is GER
- q become very lively under his edtorship and
management
De comes Of a family that has always been re-
,.5 for its effrontery, and which was founded
=. c- Edward Turnour, who while Speaker OF the
zio,se Of commons showed such unolushing impu-
s.-ce in his readiness TO accept big bribes that
-, in that corrupt age he excited the indigna-
.ion q Parliament. whereupon Charles II. in rec
-;.iou of his subserviency to his wishes raised
-, n the Bench appointing him TO the office OF
To-5 Chief Baron and President Of the Court OF
49, Fxcbeouer He married twice. on each occa-
,,on an heiress. and OF his wives. Sarah Gore.
s.1ebter Of an alderman of the City of Lonuoh'
s-oasht him by way OF dowTy Shillinglee Park.
ave Of the most beautiful places in Sussex ana
ptcb has continued ever since 10 be the principal
L-,s of the head OF the house Of Turnour-
TIE late Lord Winterton. father of the present
ar, figures in the pages OF Lord Beaconshelds $
-orsl Il .,trair," under most transparent pseu-
5o,ve as one Of the gifted and brilliant orothers
NAV Of the hero and one who was always
sneaking out his mind in an amusing fashion' Ut
,s-lv regardless Of consequences.
TIE oresent earl has. botn prior and subsequent
N his succession to MS fathers honors been cee-
b-sted in the House OF Commons for his cheek
which takes the form OF disconcerting interrup-
,io1s that have been Of considerable advantage TO
his marty and which on memorable occasion
ls5 an Irish member John O'Connor, TO denounce
hi-, as an -inpertinent puppy and 10 ask him 10
oor7e outside" fer which the said Irish legislator
vas promptly called TO order by the Speaker
LORD Winterton on the occasion Of his first visit
10 America attracted immense amount OF at
tention by coming shore at New York with
heavy plaid shawl fastened round his shoulders by
q safety pin. This was considered by the neWspa-
Der representatives boarding the incoming ship TO
be the latest scream Of fashion. and was teie-
rraphed all over the country. while there was not
2 self-respecting Sunday newspaper that did not
publish a picture of young Viscount Turnour. as
he was then. thus garbed AS he at the same time
ernressed himself very eulogisticaly about Amert-
can women and was extremely breezy in his utter
ances his visit here caused good deal Of talk
The London World has passed through several
hands since Edmund Yatess death. and for time
vas run by his widow. the wife Of Sir George
Arthur. Edmund Yates made great success OF
the paper. thanks largely 10 the assurance which
his contributors enjoyed that he would never un-
der any circumstances reveal their identity. On
ene memorable occasion when a paragraph fur
nished by well known and rather spiteful peeress
slipped into the paper during his absence on the
Continent. intnating. without a shadow of founda-
ton. that Lord Lonsdale had eloped with the then
unmarried Lady Grace Fame, now Countess Of
LondesbOrough. Yates underwent conviction for
criminal libel and a years imprisonment rather
than reveal the name Of the real offender. II was
through her indiscreIion that twelve
months later il reached the ears Of the late Queen
Victoria, who promptly barred her from court.
Yates's principal colaborator at the outset was
that brilliant ex-diplomat and journalist Grenville
Murray. who had been forced by the legal Difficult
ties resulting from his sensational encounter with
Lord Darlington leave England and take UP his
residence in Paris where, marrying a Spanish
countess in her right. he enabled. in
cordance with Spanish Law, u assume both her
name and her title. He a natural Of Lord
Palmerston, and there has been seldom q more
savage portrayal printed Of the English great world
both a. home and abroad. than his book entitled
Side Lights Of English Society"