New-York tribune., 1911-01-14
LORD EXNOUTH HERE
Heir to His Peerage a Professor
at Columbia.

fCoDyrighL l9ll by thr' BRENTWOOD company
Iord Exmouth who arrived here on
r-bursdav night on board the Lusitania,
,s one Of the bakers dozen Of peers who
.,,ain their majority during the course OF
eve next twelve months. He has many
Arerican relatives and one OF them, a
.,co0d cousin. the octogenarian Henry Ed
,rar5 Pellew. whose home is on Massachu-
s.ttg avenue. at Washington, d. c., and
rbo spends his winters at Sand Oaks, his
,lace al Aiken \. c., is the next heir TO
.be Fxmouth peeraCe Henry Edward
rsrIew. who was one OF the founders OF
zeb,e College. oxford, married. first, one
~ the daughters Of Judge William jay,
,,a on becoming q widower nc married her
,,ster lie has by his first marriage an
only surviving son. Professor Charles
Ernest Pellew, of Columbia University
>svy York. married 70 the daughter o.
professor Chandler, and who, making his
home on East 26th street, New York, Is
now the second heir 10 Lord Exmouth.
ppt tho fact that Henry Edward Pellew.
~ Washington, and his son, Professor
per'ew. Of Columbia. are to all intentS and
r,Irposes Americans does not constitute
sy any means only association OF theiT
emily with this country. one OF their
ancestors. Samuel Pelew owned I'm Mary
land the estate that is now occupied by
,bs United states Naval Academy at An
-aroHs. and Il was because his sons fought
y, the British side I'm the War Of lnde-
,onseYce that he received no compensa-
,,or o- navment whatsoever for his lands.
~ his four sons, one was killed IN skir-
,r;sb which preceded the surrender cf
Purcovno, az Saratoga
Another was Admiral Sir Israel Pellew.
g,bo commanded the Conqueror at the bat
lie Of Trafalgar. and his only son. Gap
,sin Edward Pellew, OF the Horse Guards,
vas killed in a duel at Paris. Another OF
Ctr IsraeVs brothers. Edward, by name
likewise rose in the royal navy 10 the rank
~ admiral. and after having received N
-urr a baronetcy and the Barony OF Tx
mouth for his services was finally raiSed
~ the rank Of viscouut, and endowed
with perpetual pension Of $1,000 year.
.e his reward for bombarding and destroy
a., the feet ana arsenal Of Algiers, thuS
,r,er,rr the power Of the piraucal DeES
:, Alg{ers. whose corsairs had FOR nun
droas ~ years spread terror and desola-
.io- along the entire coast OF the Meul-
Nt.a.es I'm
+srrarean. II may be remembered that the
1-n,te6 states took a notable part IN the
noroba-dment, this being the first occasion
IN which the American feet had gone ih'o
action with the British as friends instead
of as foes. since the time OF the war Oh
independence.
some time before his death LORD En-
mouth commuted the perpetual pension OF
pIs family for the sum OF $4,000 ms pc
,rg one Of the last OF the so-called hereu''
.a-v pensions. which have always Deeh
,npopular with the people, owing TO tne
fact that they were too often conferred as
tokens Of unworthy royal favor rather
tran As reward for military and naval
services. -.
The present Lord Exmouth is his Only
son. and makes lis home at Canonteigh
House. Dunsford. near Exeter where ne
lives with his mother, the widowed VS.
countess. ana his sister. the Hon Georeina
peuew. who Is his senior by five years.
He was educated at Eton, and is now an
undergraduate at Trinity College, cam
bridge