The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
LADY SHANNON, WIFE
OF COWBOY EARL, DEAD

In this cosntry, and who. after his
succession TO the earldom of shannon,
TO the yIscountcy of Boyne and to the
baronics OF Castle Martyr and OF Carl
ton, was popularity known as the COW
boy peer" under which designation he
was, indeed. portrayed In several now
els. AT the time of his fathers death.
about twenty years ago. no trace could
be found of him, The last news that
years. previously, when he notified his
people ct home that he was at tho
time part owner of ranch In Min
nesota. Much money wac spent in
and the West OF Canada In an en-
deavor to apprise him of his fathers
demise. and OF his succession to the
title and estates, and It was NOT until
two years later that no was finally
run to ground. and then he was found
to be happily married TO the Lady
Shannon whose death has just taken
place. and who was known. to her
neighbors merely as Mrs. Boyle. Dur
ing his rowing life in this country ne
experienced many ups and downs and
extraordinary vcissitudes, cattle punch
Ing being among his most frequent
means OF livelihood. Long after he
settled down with Lady Shannon at
Castle Martyr. his ancestral home IN
County Cork, he used to go In for
treefelling, and even wood -chopping,
on an extensive scale, spending much
of his time In thus getting rid Of his
superabundant energy, his lazy cot
tagers reaping tho benefit of the vlo-
lent exertions of their lord. He enjoy.
ed the distinction for a time or being
the only English or Irish noble who
could boast OF owning an entire town.
It bears the name OF Castle Martyr;
like his castle. is situated in County
Cork, and was sold by the late earl
to its Inhabitants, under the terms of
the Irish land act. The earldom is
an Irish one, and was conferred by
George II. on the hrst Lord Cork's
grandson. Henry Boyle, of Castle Mar
tyr in recognition of his services az
| Speaker OF the House OF Commons.
Chancellor OF the EXchequer and Lord
Justice of Ireland. Among the mem
, bcrs OF the family has been the fam0us
philosopher, Robert Boyle.
Irish Donnpartes.
| Napoleon Gerald Eonaparte Wyse.
whose marriage to Miss Julie, Crow
Their. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
| Crowther, OF Grove Park. has Just
taken place. Is younger son Of the
late William Charles Bonaparte Wyse,
| Of st, Johns Manor. Waterford, and a
great grandson of Lucien Bonaparte.
brother OF the first Napoleon. Lucien's
daughter. Princess Letitia, married Sir
Thomas Wyse,. English envoy at
| Athens, and after bearing him two
liam Charles Wyse. separated from her
| husband. and never set eyes upon him
| again. After she had bean parted from
him for several years. she gave birth
came the wife of the Hungarian reyo-
lution!st. General TURF the constructor
and promoter of the Corinth Canal;
| another was the late Nine Ratazzi,
widow OF the Italian statesman and
Premier of that name, while the third
| was Lieutenant Bonaparte Wyse, OF
| the French navy, whose name was so
intimately connected with the Panama
| n Les
| seps
| A few years before his death. the
late William Charles Bonaparte Wyse.
addressed a signed letter to the Lon
don Times, protesting against the use
Iof the name of Wyse by Lieutenant
Bonaparte Wyse and by his two sis
tiers, and explaining how those three
younger children of Letitia Bonaparte,
4 born long after she had separated from
her husband, could not possibly be the
offspring of Sir Thomas Wyse. Will
Ham Charles Bopaparte ,Wyse. the writ
i life upon the old family place near
i Waterford, an imposing red brick coun-
try seat commanding a View of the
entire City gnH was In nfinit ely mere
county families of ireland than of the
\ Bonaparte blood in his veins. lie was
Ian antihomeruler and used TO make
frequent contributions to the local
j press, which were anything but agree
4 able reading to the professional nation
alist agitator for whom he had a most
3 whitening contempt. On one occa--
sion, Il remember, he was maltreated
I land mobbed by an angry crowd at a,
5 railroad station near Waterford for
refusing to take off his hat while God
Save Ireland" was being sung,
Lucien Bonnparte. his grandfather,
i was twice married, his second wife be-
1 ing by birth Mile de Bleschamps. who
had been divorced ny tho French bank
err Juberthon. 1t was of this second
marriage that Princess Letltla Bona
parte was the offspring.
4 (Copyrighti 1910, by the Brentwood
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