The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28
Owner Of Eight Pcerages Stub
bornly Remains Singlc-His
Brother the Heir.
FIRST EARL AN ADvENTURER
Purchased the Irish Estates Of
Sir Walter Raleigh for a
Mere Song.
I.A MAno1i1sE nE FONTNNOY

DOrnly devoted to all tne auNantaScs
of bachclorhood. and has as next heir
to his carldom of Cork and Orrery,
and to his many other honors, ms
only brother. the Hon. Robert Boyle
who is married to an American girl,
a daughter of Joseph ?. Hale, oil san
Francisco Although the earl may be
described as the titular representative
of the turbulent and boist erous city
or Cork, yet by one of those curious
anomalies of the British peerage, ne
has no connection, either territorial or
genealogical, that is to say, IN the
male line, with Ireland. He is of Here
fordshire descent, and his country seat.
Marston Bigott, which has been In his
family since the reign of Charles j., -
in Somersetshire. He sits In the House
of Lords as Lord Boyle OF Marston, THIS
ages which is English. All the others
are Irish.
Not but what Lord Cork's ancestor
formerly owned property In Ireland.
In fact. their possessions In the south
.ern part of the island were at ono time
very large and came to them In
rather a curious way. Queen Eliza
beth had granted to Sir Walter Raj
eish, soon after the historic episode OF
his laying his cloak on the ground to
puddle, and partly in recognition OF
this act of courtesy, some $4,000 acres
Of land In ireland, exclusive of bog
and mountain" and which had pre-
v!ously constituted part Of the domain
of the Earls of Esmond. About the
same time an adventurer of the name
of Richard Boyle appeared upon the
scene. as deputy escheator of Munster.
According to the annals of the noble
house Of which Lord Cork is the head.
of aristocratic birth" But from other
records 1t would appear that he had
been charged at various times as a
horsethief and as footpad, incidents
In his career which are euphemistically
described in the pages of the standard
"Peerages" as prosecutions on the
part OF the local authorities"
AS deputy eScheator of Munster, he
managed TOT acquire considerable
wealth, and later on, when Sir Walter
imprisoned. in the Tower of London
Boyle offered him $4,000 for all his
Irish property, which Sir Walter. fear.
ing that 1t might be conhscated By
the crown. accepted. Boyle paid dowr
$4,000 to bind the bargain, and that /!
nll that he is said to have ever reall,
given for the property, possession o
which he had subsequently confirmed
by patents in due form from James I.
from whom he also obtained an eleva
Boyle, then as Viscount hungarian
and finally as Earl of Cork. Perhaps
Just on account of his cleverness
which commended itself In turn t
Queen Elizabeth, King James. Kin,
| Charles and Oliver Cromwell, he ng
| ures In history as the Great Earl o
Cork. His son was Robert Boyle, tn
| philosopher, to whom we owe the air
pump and the Theoretically sealed Their
momcter.
Loyal to the Irish.
| Irish Nationalists will recall tn:
Ht-p f.1t n nt. nf hs,I r
Cork, and his predecessor in the famil,
! honors, in connection with his effort
| to save the lives of John and Henri,
| Sheares, sons of a popular banke
OF Cork at the time of the Irish revo
lutlonary movement of 1898. 1t wa
an informer of the name of Armstron,
| VINO swore away the lives of the tw,
| brothers. Lord Cork happened to b
aware of the antccedcnts of Arm
strong, whom he had known as al
had been court martialed cashieret
! and drummed out of the army for ,
particularly disgraceful offense. Lor,
Cork endeavored to save the Shcarcse
by exposing the true character of Arm
| strong. But his letters were inter
copied by Leonard NlcNally, the infa
nous lawyer who had undertaken tn,
| defense of the two brothers, but VIII,
In reality betrayed their case to tn
prosecution. The earl's letters neve
reached the proper quarters. the cour
remained in Ignorance of the infor
nation which Lord Cork had sent t
be placed at It's disposal. and the tw,
| Sheareses met with their death on tn
scaffold.
Another relative OF Lord Cork, how
ever, is less favorably known to tn
I IRISH. namely, his mothers brother
| Lord Clanricarde, some OF whose ex
tensive property he is likely to In
| herit.
Like Lord Clanricarde. Lord Cork /
descended from the. famous statesma
service In South Africa during til
war, and is popular in the Londo
world, where he goes by the name q
The Inspector The inspectorat
iokingly ascribcd to him. is that q
bulddlngs, and the sobriquet come
amusing episode. 1t seems that on
| evening after attending a regiments
dinner, he was strolling along Piccp
allly,StoWards his home, when he cam
70 the conclusion that the scafrodln
Of big building which was bein
erected on one side OF that thorough
fare was webbing and in danger {
falling. He appealed to the ncares
policeman, who, not having dined. wa
unable a. ls to see any movement OF tn
nounced the constable for failing
see what was apparent to the make
eye, and made such a fuss as to gath e
crowd. An inspector of police ar
peared upon the scene, and then II
earl proclaimed his quality as a he
reditary legislator. and as such II
4 duty to compel the police to tall
proper steps for the projection of #
public from insecure and falling sea
folding, In order to settle the cor
troversy,. the party adjourned to II
i station house.
i The denouement came on the 70
lowing morning, IN the Marlboroue
Street Police Court, where the cal
having on his way to the court, co,
WINGED himself that the scaffolding w,
/ perfectly safe. and no longer appeart
4 to wobble. admitted to the magl
4 trate that he might haN been mi
taken on the evening before, ar
i cheerfuly paid the 10-shilling fine In
posed upon him for causing CROW
! TO assemble unnecessarily.
Stole Peers body.
Old Lady Crawford widow of Il
tWcnty-iifth Earl of Crawford al