Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-13
Son Of SchooLTeacher.

Son Of SchooLTeacher.
No man In the British empire is more
influential today, and yet he Is the son
of an obscure Welsh school-teacher. He
was born In the city Of Manchester,
where his father was teaching. When he
was two years old his father died. and
his mother. the daughter of a Welsh
Baptist minister. did washing and other
household work to support herself and
her children. who were brought I'D in the
fear OF God and great poverty. From
tho village school in Wales. where his
mother removed to be near her relatives,
David Lloyd-George obtained a situation
as q messenger hoy and clerk In a So
licftors Office. where he made good use
OF his spare time reading his employer 9
law books. SO that when he became OF
age he was able to pass his examinations
to the bar. But for two years he had to
borrow the robes Of a friend when he had
case In court, because he was too poor
to buy them for himself. A somewhat
sensational suit in which he was am
ployed brought him into prominence and
made his reputation. He went into poll
tics as mere boy and before he was
thirty years old was member Of parlia-
ment
MIR. George is not Of imposing appear
ance. He Is short and slender and rather
! Indifferent as to his dress but is an able
and attractive debater, and few men In
public life have a higher degree Of ex-
ecutive ability.
There are three architects, four brewers.
three distillers, one sea pilot, sixty re-
tired army officers, two retired naval Off
GERS. including Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford, who has many friends In the
United States. and four clergymen, two
Of the Church OF England ana the others
dissenterR
Nob1emen in House.
In addition to Earl Winterton and
Lord Charles Beresford there are several
other members Of the nobility. The Mar
Quis of Hamilton, eldest son of the Duke
OF Abercorn. and Lord Claude Hamilton.
his youngest brother: Henry Bentinck,
half brother OF the Duke of Portland !;
Lord Hugh Cecil. brother Of the MARQUIS
OF Salisbury; Viscount Castlereagh, cid
est son of Lord Londonderry: Neil Prim-
rose, second son of Lord Rosebery: Wis.,
count Dalrymple, only son of the Earl of
stair, Walter Guinness, third son of Lord
lveaSh; Viscount Morpeth, eldest son of
the Earl Of Carlisle. and his brother,
Jeffry Howard Iord Morpeth is union
list and his brother Is a RADICAL: the Hon.
Albert Lyttlet0n. brother of Lord Cob
ham; the Hon Harry Lawson, the eldest
son of Lord Burnham: Lord Edmund
Talbot. brother Of the Duke of Norfolk;
tilt VI i ull1DdIlQe, son or the
Duke of Atholl: Lord Ronaldshay, eldest
son of the Marquis Of Zetland; the Hon
William Ormsby-Gore, eldest son Of Lord
Harlech. and the Hon. William Orde-
Powlett, eldest son of Lord Bolton
The youngest man in the government
is Lord Lucas. under secretary for the
war Office, who is only thirty-two He
lost leg In the Boer war. His father
Auberon Herbert. was brilliant poll
tician. and succeeded in establishing his
right to dormant peerage, claimed
through ancestors Of his mother, who
is q descendant of Earl Cowper.
Spencer Churchill. president of the
board of trade, who is thirtythree
years old
The average age Of the present min
1stry is much less than common. Old
men usually hold positions of RESPONSE
bility In the British government, but
in this cabinet the average age is only
forty-ntne years. In the previous ad-
ministration. the average age was sixty
four Mr.. Asquith, the prime minister,
is f1fty-fve; Mr. Lloyd-George. forty
seal. is fifty; Sir Edward Grey, min
lister of foreign affairs, is forty-six; Mr.
Mckenna, first lord of the admiralty,
is forty-four; John Burns, president or
nine; Walter Runsiman, president of
the board of education, is thirty SIX
Mr.. Lambert, civil lord of the treasury,
is forty-two; Mr.. Ackald. financial sec
Mr.. Samuel, chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster, thirty-eight: Col. Sealy, head
of the colonial Office, forty: Mr.. Master
man, under secretary of the home Of
flee. thirty-five. and very few others in
the cabinet are over fifty. Mr.. Moreley
is the oldest man in the list, being
sixty-nine. Lord Loreburn and the Earl
of Aberdeen are both siXty-two.
Some British Sinecures.
The London papers do not think there
Will be many changes In the sinecures
attached to the royal household. which.
by the most sacred traditions. are
awarded to the most exalted personages
| of the party in power The king has
| less liberty of choice in selecting the
members of his staff with a few excep-
States, and outside of the few hereditary
| positions In the royal household and
about the court, the best positions are
given to active politicians or the SONS
of politicians in the peerage.
The most distinguished honor that can
| be conferred, outside of a few of the
| cabinet positions. is the Office OF lord
Niscount Althorp, better known as Bob
| by Spencer" 1t is one of the newest
peerages created. The lord chamberlain
| has a salary of $4,000 "a year. and is
supposed TO be responsible for the smooth
| Cunning of things above stairs in
| Buckingham palace. except in the royal
| sleeping apartments, where the first
gentleman of the bedchamber holds SUI
prenle sway. OF course, the actual work
| is done by humble but permanent EN-
| ployes, who draw much smaller salaries.
/ When the lord chamberlain is on duty
he carries white staff and gold
/ key. attached to his person by a blue
i haf