New-York tribune., 1910-01-21
MARTIN" i"
prrouet Portrayed as Such an
nTon Brosrn's Schooldays.

Il
0,,rrieht 1919, by the BRENTWOOD o0,nraS I,pam,,
c 49, who has read Tom Brown
bNe.' 49,. will remember the lad VINO
80 therein as the hero's chunl' MAJ 'ti''
hs.oI name of the latter was strickland
1he i'@ ss- charles Strickland, eighth bar
hs ,,,e line. and he has Just succumoed
epe' .++scx of influenza. the frst illness
"a. r;fa al the age of ninety-ohe' eHJos
~-,cb vigorous health until almost 'he
M rat his ninetieth birthday was spent
l~'. b,,ntinr field. following the HOUNDS
~ bitches and hedges
rss vas a great character, a Iory VI 1iie
- schooi. who entertained most pro-
.-..,s contempt for present day poil1lcs' a
.-,en,nt which was so pronounced trat ne
- not even go to the polls. and some
- ago. when a Conservative agent
-ote 10 him asking for MS Noue' nc
,,ued in q letter. which was gwen OUT
-. ,uhlicafion, TO the effect; 90 not
- who has been so tmpertiheht as 10
=, my name on any list OF Voters- oh'y
,o,e that no one will ever imagine thaI
at -.isers HE, and degraded House. which
.oeeas TO ne A deliberative assembly,
!, uhich no one can honestly express
&c oninion without being IN danger OF the
:, snv wav represents me-
re family. which has for nearly thou-
= ,-aars horne as It's crest bird which
;. aascrihed in old heTaldic phraseolosy as
=. turkey cock in its pride was settled
=, westn1oreland long before the Norman
-,,,nasr A member OF the House, William
S.-sctland. accompanied Sebastian Cabot
:. he ,ovages OF discovery 10 the New
w-,-ld and on his becoming too old for a
=. . adventure settled down at Boynton
- ., Yorkshire. where his descendant,
- charles Strickland has Just died. and
-.i,h has been in uninterrupted possession
= -,s family ever since When Queen
4+.--ie-ra landed at Burlington, near by.
- arms and men for the cause OF
r-..-lse she stayed al Boynton Hall and
.--;ed o4 all the Strickland plate. leaving
:. ha- hosts her portrait. by Van Dyke.
a.. ,rs+e Was never restored. Boynton is
e.,1 of treasures among them many manu-
,-n-s NJ Sir Thomas More and relics OF
o,asn Eliza beth. a Sir Thomas Strickland
=, .ba banner Of ST. George al the battle
~ lg4ncourt. and Walter Strickland en-
-,-,s5 tbe favor Of Oliver Cromwell. who
rspas hin 70 the other house OF Parlis-
,.-- IS Lord Strickland Miss Agnes
c,-ic.lsnd the historian AnG the author OF
,srbA Queens Of England and of Tho
o,s.,s Of Scotland" was a member Of
his ancient house
still another member OF the family is Sir
Gerald Strickland. now Governor OF Tas-
mania snd owner Of Sizergh Castle, in
yrestroreland which came TO the Strick-
1snds through the marriage OF Sir Robert
strickland 10 the heiress Of Sir Ralph Dein-
Gerald Is married TO Lady Edeline Sack
vile. sister OF the Earl of De La War;.
snd has inherited both the beautiful Villa
Folcgna. In Malta, and the title OF Count
dels Cz1ena. from his maternal uncle.
The tte Of Count della Catena is a Maltese
one. and vas created in I745 by the grand
master Of The Sovereign Order OF the
Knights Of Malta. in favor Of Peter Bo-
iogua, with succession 10 the heir, under
perpetual entail. % whom the estates OF
Pster Bologna in the island Of Malto should
descend. Sir Gerald has received the per-
mission Of the crown 10 use the title Of
della Cstena-
NEW RULER OF THE SOUDAN
General Sir REGINALD Wingate's serious
illness a. cairo. is likely 10 force him 20
surrender the command Of the Egyptian
army, and the governor generalship Of the
soudan. both OF which Offices he had held
for little over q decade and which are
noE 10 go 70 General Sir Archibald Hunter
When he was placed il supreme authority
IN the Soudan. II December, 1899, Just q.
month after MS final defeat Of the Mahdi.
who was killed in the battle, the revenue
~ the country amounted TO $4,000. To-day
the revenue cf this vast territory. embrsc-
ing over z million square miles, exceeds
ssss0.fN. anG the revenue will still further
increase. ~ leaps and bounds. when the
railroads now N course Of construction
IN sereraI directions have been completed
ire produce Of The fertile districts which
they are designed to tap This, and the
facr that the slave trade has been entirely
. soolished throughout the Soudan, speaks
for itself. and renders any further relation
q the work done by Sir Reginald in his
capacity as governor general of this great
Anglo-Egyptian dominion unnecessary.
Sir Reginald first won his spurs as chief
ri the Intelligence depa rtment Of the
Egyptian army. when il was under the
command Of Lord Kitchener. and as such
BE- organized the marvellous and dramatic
escape OF his Austrian friend General Ru-
OFF Satin Pac,a from the captivity IN
which this former lieutenant and associate
o Gordon was held by the Khalifa ar
Khsrtoum.