The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-13
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NJ pnrehase q rol me oresaa,9 1n
with the services OF its editor
in-chiet. tho eX-Nationalist and former
Home Ruler. L. j. Garvin. has revived
the question as TO whether or not he
can ever attain that peeroge which IS
popularity regarded on both sides OF tho
Atlantic as the goal OF his ambition.
Nearly every one knows that In the
reign of William III law was enacted
Prohibiting the bestowa Of peerages
upon aliens, even when possessed Of
British letters Of naturalization, in
order to put a stop TO his grant Of
disnitics Of this kind, along with seats
in the upper house OF the nationa! leg
isature upon Ills Dutch favoritcs Who
had followed him 10 England from Hol-
/ land
a correspondent inquiries whether
this state is still in existence, and
asks whether the fact that George l..
who enjoyed his favor English Ouch
csscs lid not go to show that the law
III question was more honored in the
breach than in the Observance. He
likewise cites the case Of Lord Milner.
who was raised to the peerage a Wis
count Miner for hisserviccs as Gov
ernor General and High Commissioner
OF South Africa, in spite Of his having
been born IN Germany, s the son or
Il German father
Now LORD Miner is the grandson OF
an Eng iiShman of the liz me OF James
Richardson Miner. who settled in Ger
many III 1926 as u merchant at Dus-
seldorf. where ne married German
lady belonging TO the petty nobility.
he had several sons. all OF whom, save
one. adopted the, nationality or the land
Of their birth, the first bscom!ng a Pro-
lessor Of the state schools at kreuz-
mach, the second Lutheran minister.
the third a landed proprietor Of Prus-
sian Poland
The fourth. Charles. Lord Miners
cal degrees in Germany and In Eng
| land, ana then set up In medical prac-
ice IN London. where ne CARRIED tho
daughter Of Major General Ready. Gov
Englishman, always an Eng)isiiman.
and siace Lord Miner. although born
IN Germany. had an English grand
father, ana for parents an English ply
stefan in practice in London, anu an
English mother, he cannot be regarded
in the eyes OF the English law is an
mead Bartlett or his brother. William
Burdc.tCoutts now member OF Paria-
,ncnt for Westminster. both of whom.
although born in Brooklyn. Of parents
and Of Philadelphia. were regarded
when they entered Parliament. moro
than quarter OF century. ago, as
Enslishmcn, owing TO the fact that
tRcjr paternal grandparents had been
British subjects They were not re-
1uired TO SECURE letters Of English
ia turali liza ton, which would have been
the case had they been aliens in the
eyes OF the English law, and still less.
therefore. does the charge OF alien birth
hold good gainst Lord Miner: a
charge often brought by his political
foes, in their futile attempts to GUST
him from his seat in the House OF
Lords.
With regard to the titles of duchess
and o! countess bestowed by George l.
upon his German favorites. Of whose
feminine pulchrtudc Thackeray gives
We're not pecrages In the real sense
OF the word. but mere honorary digni-
ties carrying with them no scat in the
House OF Lords, or even any official or
legal prerogativcs. but merely a sort
OF social precedence, which 1t would
have been in the power Of any OF the
great mobiles of4the United Kingdom to
contest. Had they rendered themselves
even have had the right TO trial by the
House OF Lords rs peereSses OF tho
realm but would, as a matter OF law,
have been justifable by the ordinary
courts. a
The late Baron Henry de Worms was
created full-flcdged peer of tie realm
tary OF State for the Colonies. But in
spite Of his foreign patronymic and
Austrian title OF baron. he was. OF Eng
j 1iah n. birth. !; and his father. Solomon;
Mayer Amschel Won Rothchild,. was an
That the statute against the grant
citizens Of alien Firth still rcma ms In
full force, and that 1t is strictly OBJ
served. Is shown by the fact that nj
though Queen Victoria vas most anx-
favorite SON in-law Prince Henry OF
Battcnberg. she was advised by. hnr