The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-05
ABOLITION
OF HOUSE OF LORDS

u discussion about elccting him to
membership of the Royal Academy.
Ills widow Is a practical agr!cultlirist
ANA one or the most successful farmers
! in England She has repeatedly won
cattle which she exhibits At tho Royal Z
Agricultural snow In London each
year. has introduced tile most up-to-
GATE and scientific methods of cultiva-
sonally supcrintendcd everything Is
most Kind 10 the people that She en-
pioys and drives and rides all over
the country III the most ,inpretcntious
iasAlon, taking II thorough interest IN
Ill ne cottages on the estate. and ac-
quainted with every man. woman and
child for miles around 5i'
castle Howard is a magnificent place.
ing according to others. the Duke of
Marlboroush's Blenheim Palace. and ID.
signed Ike the latter. By the famous
architect Sir John Hanbrugh. 4 more
majestic pile Of Its peculiar style does
not exist in England and 1t world not
be easy to match 1t out OF Italy, The
been in the possession OF the family
OF Lord Carlisle since the foundation
OF me branch OF the Howard family.
OF o.. whlch he is the chief. by Lord VIII
nam Howard, the fourth Duke OF Nor
ioiks youngest son, who married the
heiress of Lord Dacre. owner of Ma
worth Castle. in Cumberland, the an
cient seat of the pacrc family. ana OF
llindcrskclfe, tho site Of which is now
occupied BY Castle Howard This lord
William Howard was warden OF the
ni SIinsnn M ofs a11 known BY the
sung MS "belted Will Howard" by SIR
Walter Scott in his poems His wife
was known by her contemporaries as
bess vi the hrawd apron," not on
account or her wearing one Of these
garments remarkable for It's breadth.
but because OF the large number OF
landed estates which she had brough,
nuSDan6 70
The great grandson Of this noble who
having h.en captain OF oliver Crom-
was created by the Protector Baron
OF Gilsland and Niscount Howard OF
Morpeth. On finding what a feeble
;S ,i. ,.as; the Protector had. left, in
who was governor OF the castle OF
Carlisle at the time Of the Restoration,
sided with General Monk. and helped
10 bring about tho return to England
OF Charles II. The latter took no no
tice of The Cromwclllan honors accord
cd to Charles Howard hut about a
year later raised him to the peerage
count Howard OF Nforpeth. and Earl Of
Carlisle. Charles held him. In high
regard. sent him as ambassador to the
OF sweden. where he invested Charles
Nj with the Order of the Garter He
was likewise Governor of Jamaica.
c Curl y enough no mention whatso,.
or of any other standard work of ref
erence. about the two peerages be-
slowed upon Charles Howard BY tho
Protector.
The fifth earl was the guardian OF
his relative, the >oet Lord Byron and,
was SO terribly scandalized by Ills
wards debauchery that on this oc
count he declined to Introduce him
when he took his seat In the House OF
Lords. This led to a bitter quarrel
which hns been placed on lasting re-
cord In several of Byron's poems. Stu
dents of American history Will recall !.
that this Lord Carlisle, who lives In
the memory OF the Irish people a s tho
nest popular vlceroy who ever gov
erned the Emerald Isle from Dublin
Castle. came TO this country in l777faS
aatspecial ambassador from George III,
the revolted colonies, but he was met
on landing here with the news that. the
United States had effected a treaty OF
alliance with Franco. Willie in Amer
lea Lord Carlisle was Challenged by
the Marquis dc Lafayette to light a
duel for having in his correspondence
denounced the conduct of the French
government as trcacherS. The peer
however. declined the challenge. ON the
ground that he could not accept a car
tel for what he had Zone IN the dis
charge of his public duty. The pres
ent and now Earl Of Carlisle Is his
great great-grandson
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