The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-02
LORD BROWNLOW IS
MAYOR OF GRANTHAM
MAI,aUJsE DE FoNTENoy

BY y. MiRaUIsE DIE FoNTENOy
~ ORD BROWNLOW. whose title Is
familiar 70 many people on ,his
L. side of the Atlantic, through his
presidency OF the Tennyson Me-
mortal nora Committee, and who is perhaps
the best nonprofessloual fudge III
paintings In Great Britain, has lust
paeh elected Mayor OF Grantham and
VII on the conclusion OF his term az
on!ee be subjected TO the time hon
ored lndfgntties which the people OF
Grahtham reser"e for those who have
,yruea IL over them during the pre-
i ns"us WE'VE months as chief mag
lslrdte that is TO say, he will bo
publicly stripped OF his robe and chain
OF ofhce. and then the town clerk
VIII tap him on the forehead with
wooden mallet. in order TO signify
me demise OF his municipal author
Lord Brownlow should have been a
duke; Tor TO the first earl was be-
queathed a great portion of the vast
es,a.es OF the last Duke Of Bridge
s .,,,il ne o. or his son should obtain a
dukedom from the crown. The Lord
Brownlow of the day appealed TO the
courts 10 annul this stipulation on
mad no means whatsoever of compell-
ing the crown to bestow a dukelom
upon MS son or upon himself, and,
secondly, that ne had rendered no such
sSerEices 10 the state, as would entitle
him TO look for advancement to n
narQuisate. let alone dukedom The
case was carried in appeal from one
tribunal to another until the House
OF LORDS. sitting as q court OF last
resort. finally set the stipulation aside
as being contrary to good policy.
Lord Brownlow, who Ia near seventy.
has no children, and while his
,earldom will become extinct on
M, M death ti,a ! his barony and baro,,
,he former In 1II6, will pass to his
kinsman. Henry John Cockayne Gust,
popularity, known as Ceramic Gust
Grannle Gust was formerly the editor
newspaper, the Pail Mall Gazette, and
enjoys the distinction of having been
ne original of Freddie Ducana' in
M IS, Rhoda Broushton's popular novel
itor,,in-chlef of the Pail Mall Gazette
BY Mr., Aston, on becoming owner OF
the parer, was attributable To the
str9n 3 recommendation OF the now
widowed Countess OF Cork, and amazed
everyone. as Grannie Gust knew moth
ing whatsoever about Journalism at
the Sine Modesty, however. Is not
among his virtues. and If II had been
ne would have lost II at Elton. where
n ne r received his peculiar, nickname,
TO teach everybody their business. In
deed, so assured Is he of his ability
70 90 everything better than everybody
else that his name of cockayne has
INTO "Cocksure," and when he assumed
the editorship of the Pail Mall Ga
lette lie announced that he intended
TO teach other London newspapers
years that he remained in charge he
was a source Of continual delight and
unceasing entertainment to every pro-
fessional newspaper man in London.
Evil ,.I, Of fun f and possessed Of high
lighting somebody or other. his dis
position in this respect presenting a
great analogy to that of his appalling
" ill-faSored bull dog, which is his in
separahle companion, and to thatof his
father-in-law, the late sir
William Gregory, who enjoyed the rep !
utation of being the most brilliant and
at the same time the most cantankeTous |
and wrong headed man in London So
eiety. Grannie Gust eventually re- |
signed his editorship of the Pail Mall
Gazette, with its salary OF $4,000 a
Nesr' not because he had any quarrel
Will, It's proprietor but solely and on
pleased TO describe as Mr., Astor's
"dyeariness and deadly dullness. which
he insisted was ending by affecting
his own intellect
dcfunet. but one-time influential SOCIAL
known as Tho Souls 10
witch Arthur Ralfour. Mrs Asquth,
Lord iosebery, the Duchess OF Rutland /
and a number Of other we'll known
Edwards youngest brother, the late
Duke Of Albany, at oxford. and one
Of the most intimate friends OF that
prince. he stands high In
tho Graces OF the royal family. ana Is
extremely popular in the London great,
world. lie has served at least two
torms In Parliament. first as Tory mem
Dor for stamford. and afterwards for ono
,f the metropolitan districts. and left
behind him In the House of Commons
ind rcpnfiee q pronounced sense Sof
1um0r nnt general intellectual abil-
w, Grannie win inherit, along with
he Barony Of Brown!ow and the Gust
3aronetsy an tho death OF the pres-
mi. linll OF Brownlow, the valuable
,nLualod catntos. which extend overt