New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-05-10
services as Prime Minister to George and George
II was created first Earl OF Oxford
IRISH EARL WAS KNOWN HERE

IRISH EARL WAS KNOWN HERE
Great Britain's House Of Commons boasts o. on-S
one fuIl-hedged earl among its members nalilets
Lord Winterton. who has taken advantage OF me
fact that his pesrases all Irish to secure ele
ton for the Horsham Division Of the EngIlsh
County OF Sussex After the next election tnere
probably will be another Irish earl IN me Lowe
House namely. Lord Clonmel who, urlaole %
reason OF his Liberal leanings TO obtain seat II
the House OF Lords BY election as one OF the rep
resautat!ve peers OF Ireland has mace up MS
mind 10 enter the House Of Commons ana i-aS pI.
forward his candidature for the Rugby DIVISION u
Yorkshire
Lord CIonrneu Is married to stella Berridge, VINO
M 10 the time OF her marriage was q pop1S' a.
rses In gp!+e OF this. she has been aofiitted ~
presentation at court. she was the oaUei-'e-
gentleman farmer az Tofthu. pear Rugby. OF 'le
name OF Samuel Berridge. who was well known d
. -. s,cceesf,iI breeder Of shire horses and
y,es,-v-vyseht hunters as well Of coursing grey
hounds Mrs Berricge was the daughter u
clergyman Of the Church OF England squire D. D
-,dqe died when his daughter Stella was a0ool
seventeen years old. and as ne LETT ms IaIi-i.'
rearI, Denniless and she had taste Tor the@t-
ricals she went the stage IN order 10 suppl
herself and her family, only quitting II 70 MAJ
The Earl Of ClonmelL The Berridges were FeIl
popular In the Rugby district Of HorkshlIe' am
The fact that Lady CIonInen was born ana FaiS7c
hero viii no doubt contribute TO the success u
ber husbands election for the constituency
LORD ClonnaeH is we'll known n America "lsis
Il year ana a NAH p--C4 ~ 49,
living for several weeks at the Waldorf-AslOFla IL
Nev York at the point OF death with pnenIaoIl"
and typhoid fever. His presence IN lIiis Couts-
was in connection with the cattle tFadS' III VI"
he was ana still remains Interested dS -
s,1ccessfl1I breeder. He tells an amusing Stols u
,.arfro IA the cafe OF the Waldorf-Astoria one OF
the former tenants Of his Bishopscourt estate -
County Kildare, man OF the name OF D1iiAe
,ela+ion of course to our friend Nh Dooles- Nj
hume got quite confidential over glass OF me
rl-eI-
country, Here you and l drinking tosetheF'
hob and mob while in the old country couid no,
get near enough to hit you with shotgun
know it, because used TO Try.
Lord Clonmen has met with numerous acC'10'o'
and NAV be said in measure TO have inherIeo
his I'll luck; for his father fell from drag anu
sustained most serious injuries, when prous' Oh
paralysis and death in the prime Of me- WINE '
late earl's younger brother, the hon Louis 80,
also met with accident while out driving winch
not mi, crippled him. but likewise unhinged his
mind. -, -.
The founder Of the family and the first earl OF
the line was John Scott, who was elevated 70 '4
,ea-sga for his services as Lord Chief Justice OF
Ireland toward the close Of the eighteenth cenlu
TIE ancient Irish town of Clonme' winch -tle-
vale of Honey" noted the birthplace OF o'eile'
is spelled with one - but Lord Chie1 JuS'Ioe
Scott when his peerage was made out hhuuS.
the Ulster king-at-arms TO spell Ciohie" "
the document with two rs" Ulster explaining
the matter afterward by the remark that we all
know John Scott. Give him one ell, and ne wants
two" He married a great heiress' the oauslitei
of Patrick ILawless of County Limeflch' "iIo
caused people to intimate that he owed mis- fortune
To the fact that he stuck TO the law, and naIri
a Lawless." ~,
The fourth earl was very popular in the 7os he
had more than the ordinary share OF irish huiioi'
and fnnumerabIe stories still current OF MIN.
There IS one which relates 10 the idlosyhcraCH VI
the late Earl Of Carew, who. though very rlCii'
was so parsimonious that he insisted upon having
neat burned in all the of his country mouse
irstead Of coal The latter was strictly barred, on
the pea that its fumes damaged the paintings lie
ceilings the hangings, etc. Now, peat does NV
dispense q very great amount Of heat ana hoIo
,-Ionn,eII suffered so much from cold on one &C
cason while staying with the Care"s tha' u1e
next time he came he made provision 10 secure
warmth and brought among his baggage an I'M
r7ense Saratoga trunk full Of coal UNFORTUNATELY
as II was being carried upstairs by coupe u
the men the bottom dropped out, and nearly
couple Of hundredweight of coal went numbering
down the stairs running the carpets After mat
there was no more difficulty about coal Ires d
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