The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
PEERS WHO HAD TO WORK
Members of the House of Lords Who Haze TOed for Their
Daily Bread.

er had been a member Of the Vernon
family.
Lord Lyyeden Is now very well of. has
country place in Hertfordshire and
house IN London, enjoys the personal
friendship and good Will Of the Kaiser.
VINO finds much entertainment in MS
stories. and has developed into one Of the
most useful and popular members Of the
House OF Lords.
Lord Esmont, too. had a very varied
career before he succeeded 10 the earl
dom and TO the historic Cowdray estates
in Sussex. which he managed 20 sell
year ago for a very large sum 10 Sir
Weetman Pearson. the multi-miIlionaire
contractor Of a number Of great works
in New York, elsewhere in the United
States, and in Mexico.
Born IN New Zealand, he received his
education on board the training ship
Worcester, on the Thames. but failing to
graduate as mate in the merchant ma
rine. ne shipped as q sailor before the
mast firing OF the sea, he Joined the
London fire brigade as fireman, married
On American girl. q Miss Kate Howell, OF
South Carolina. who was earning her liy-
ing as a barmaid at the Sloane Square
station on the underground railroad, and
then got employment as janito- Of the
Chelsea town hall He lost MS berth
there through having been led by his
pronounced Tory sympathies 70 turn the
fire hose upon the members Of Radical
political meeting which was being held in
the hall
Then he worked as an ordinary !abOrer
in a salt mine in Cheshire. and was a
sergeant Of the Natal police when the
death Of a remote cousin sent hira home
TO England as eighth Earl Of EEmont
and as CHIEF OF the historic house OF Per
cWal which figures so largely in the an
nails Of England. one of its best-known
members. Spencer Pe-c!val. having been
murdered in the lobby OF the House OF
Commons nearly a hundred years ago
while holding the office Of prime minister.
Lord Egmont has 20 children, and on MS
death his hoHors and his money VIII pass
to his only brother, who until recently
was connected with the Natal police.
Lord Hardwicke. during the course OF
the bitter controversy which has been
raging between the House % Lords and
the House OF Commons. had occasion last
winter 10 reveal during the course Of a
public speech that he had spent ten years
IN mining In the United States before
succeeding TO the earldom. and that dur
ing three OF those years he had worked
as an ordinary miner. FOR union wages.
IN gold mine IN Montana. where he was
known as Charlie" and as NO 49, TO
the management.
He has for the past two years been .one
OF the pioneers of aerial navigation. and
the news OF his fathers death last wear
and OF his succession 10 the family hon
ors and 20 seat IN the House OF Lords
overlook him while he was al Pau with
the Wright brothers taking part in their
+ flying machine experiments
| He is descended from Philip Yorke. who
. in the early part OF the eighteenth cen
/ tury became lord chief justice % Fn-Iq-9
. az the early age Of thirty-four. being al
the same time raised 10 the peerage as
/ Lord Hardw;cke. and who three wears
( afterward. at thirty-seven. vas advanced
/ to an earldom and to tie woolsack as
/ lord high chancellor Of England.
] Then there IS the late Earl Of Shannon.
/ who at the close Of a near TWO wears
search all over America. following his
/ fathers death in England. was evantu-
ally found 10 be working fo- his living as
| a cowboy on a ranch in New Mexico
where his name OF Boyle did not suggest
| 20 his companions the idea that he was
MISSING earl He had previously gone
| through many extraordinary experiences.
and had been employed IN the stoclxvar6s
a Chicago and as @ brakeman on the
Illinois Central Railroad Naturally after
a life Of this sort he had some difficulty
IN settling down 10 ordinary. common
place existence as n landlord and terri
toriaI magnet at Castle Martyr. in Coun-
y Cork. and through his occasional
lapses from grace won the nickname for
himself in the district Of the cowboy
peer"
Copyright, 1910 by he Brentwood Conrazyl