New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
The House of parnell.

Ol6 Lady Congleton. whose death has
4rst taken place, was a cousin OF Charles
Stewart Parnell. the great Irish leader,
who used. On account OF their difference IN
ere. 70 style and treat her as al aunt She
was the widow and third wife OF John
Pa-nen. second Lord Congleton. whose
second wife Ehatoon. had been Persian
woman. of Shiraz. and widow OF an Ar
-nenfan merchant. Yoosoof Constantine, OF
F3l,shi-e, Persia. This second Lord Con-
sleto, was a Plymouth Brother and mis-
sionary. His first wife had died while he
zpas doing missionary work at Bagdad, and
his second wife. khatoon. having become
one OF his converts. was promptly turned
sdritr by her family. whereupon ne mar
led her There were no children by tnls
Persian wife, but by the third wtfe-that
Is 10 sav, the Lady Congleton who has JUST
sied-there IVES g daughter, who IS the "iIe
~ xu,sTe Ambrose MendevIlIe, OF Amer
Castle, CToEneei.
This second Lord Congleton was succeed
ID by his brother Henry. who witnessed
.be entry OF the Cossacks into Paris in 1914,
r year later heard Napoleon haranguing
his troops before they marched out to
Waterloo. and not only took part as g
naval officer in the battle of Navarino. but
also Sfrfe1 on DO1ft kitt S1ldlliicI dAAcA AAAC
capture CT the Chesapeake The present
Lord Cougleton IS the fifth Of his line, ana
sill become of age next year.
The Parnen family. which halls originally
from the town OF Congleton. in Cheshire,
has been settled IN Ireland since the days
of Charles II, when Tobias Parnell, one OF
The aldermen OF Congleton. crossed the
channel 20 Erin and purchased an estate in
h. por-
neil. Archdeacun Of Clogher at the begin
ming Of the eighteenth century, was ccle-
hrated as a poet, was the intimate friend
Of Pope. Swift. Addison and Steele. and
figures as such in many OF their writings.
His nephew. John Parnell, was created a
haronet OF Ireland. and it was his son. sue
sessor and namesake who was SO celebrated
as a statesman. holding office as Chancei-
lor of the ESchequer and es Lord OF the
Treasury. He had many warm and inti-
mate friends and admirers, among them an
T~fs4, land owner and county ulagnate,
samuel HAYES. who as token of his afec-
ZION and regard bequeathed to him his
Avcndale estate IN County wicklow.
Sir John Parnen on his death left the
Avondale estate to his third son, William.
Who assumed the additional surname of
HAYES. His son. John Henry. who married
Della daughter OF Commodore Charles
Stewart Of the United States navy, was
-he father of Charles Stewart Parnell the
great Irish leader. Since the latter's death
The AvondaIe property has been purchased
ay The government fer use as q national
toresrrv school for Ireland. The rooms
occupied by Charles Stewart Parnell are
kept as nearly as possible as they Were
during his Own lifetime.
have mentioned that Sir John Parneli
bequeatted Avondale to his third son. Will
ian. The estates of the Parneil family
passed TO the second son, Henry -Parrell,
who was created first Lord Congleton, not
Of the peerage OF Ireland. but of that of
the United Kingdom. Il his eldest brother
vas eliminated frcm the succession to the
estates il was by virtue of a special act Ct
Parliament, passed in Is9 owing to the
tact that he was by birth deformed, Grip
rled and bereft both Of reason and cf
speech He was, indeed, Of those af-
17icted creatures whose existence was a
source of unhappiness to all his family,
and who nevertheless survived until the
age Of more than forty.
The present Lord Congleton has two
-Jrothers, and they. III turn, have q number
Of cousins sons OF the late and fourth
Congleton's younger brother, Colonel Ar
thur Parnell, so that there is no prospect
OF the Parnell family dying out Of its
foaronetcy and peerage Of the United King
com becoming extinct