New-York tribune., 1909-06-14
AN EARL IN TROUBLE
lord Tanker1iHc InCOlUed IN FL
nanciaI Difficulties.
rco,v-,rnt 1919 by the brentwood company.1

-4-n. 1879 l7v the brentwood Co71us1v1
1,-5 Tanlerville and his American wife are so
g1i known in this country, where the ear! spent
- IS lord Bennett prior to his accession 10 his
- .bar the news Of their financial difficulties
Iii ne received here with regret These monetary
to-raszr7ents have been brought to light in con-
,.ion with a suit instituted by firm of timber
,,,a7-s % Iarbert StirInSshire. against the
- +be evidence going to show that while Lord
- I'D Tankerville had pledged themselves TO
g. creditors to live within $4,000 year, they
--ere sr,ending a much larger amount, were falling
- -,,-7 over promised the sums realized by the
.rss of timber. etc. to the partial liquidation of
.bsir heavy liabilities. and harassed by at
,,e+ +uro hanks. owing TO overdrafts amounting in
.sct instance to a number OF thousands OF pounds
sterling During The trial letter Of Lord Tanker
,i,Ie's was read In which he declared that II was
,rsc1jcaIv impossible to both town house and
. -orn.rv place on $1,000 a year. adding. 1t Is
-,- difficult for the fair realize the diff
c,,l+- of overcoming a deficit. They are never
r-o,,rl+ face TO face with il men are, and CON
seouently make lot Of trouble, which was con-
strIed in court attempt to SHIFT the charge OF
extravagance on his wife
lord Tankervile is many-sided and extremely
gifted man. who descended from Richard Bennett
t-o+rer Of the Lord Mayor of London in 1902, has
hee7 in turn a rnidshipman in the royal navy. an
oe5cer in the army. an aide-de-camp OF the Duke
=. Marlborough when the latter Niceroy of Ire
land = COW puncher and rancher in the Western
s+s-es and a fellow evangelist of Moody and
Sarkev eventually taking the latter's place in
Aoodv's party ir singing the hymns. He is presi-
dent Of the Anti-ViviseCtion Society in England
bss conducted number Of revival meetings on both
sides Of the Atlantic Is Christian Scientist, an
extremely clever painter Of miniatures. is the
founder and manager of model laundries in the
Tordon s.Iburhs and met Miss Van Marter, of Ia
cor7a and New York. who IS now Lady Tankervilie,
while engaged IN revivaliSt work here in America
Both he and she possessed. at any rate during the
early years of their marriage. superb voices which
-e7dered them in great demand religious gather
ings.
Through mis- grandmother Corisande de Gramont.
Of the French ducal house Of Gramont Lord Tan
terviTle IS q descendant the left hand Of Henry
of Navarro. King Of France and Chillingham
castle his ancestral home in Northumberland. is
celebrated and wide for its herd of wild cattle.
white in hue and the only survivors Of the great
herds Of wild cattle which in olden times long
rricr 70 the Norman Conquest roamed over the
British Islands During the lifetime of the late Lord
TarkerviIe. King Edward, then Prince Of Wales.
narrowly escaped losing his life through charge
OF one OF the wild bulls while out shooting at
Chflingham, thu superb head and horns now hgur-
ing on the walls Of Sandringham and serving TO
recall TO the King what he always declares to have
been his narroWest escape from death.