New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
Peers Son in Society journalism"

Charles Bateman Hamburg, who as
Younger son Of the late LORD batenlaH -
entitled TO the prefix Of Honorable 10 ms
Christian name and is next heir 10 inc
Rateman peerage, since the marriage OF i'!'
elder brother Lord Bateman, 10 the VIE
owed Mrs Henry Cabot Knapp, OF Ne"
York. daughter Of James jeffrey Graham'
=, that ci+v has remained without issue,
has tust embarked IN what is known as
society Journalism" by the purchase OF
the London weekly newspaper enuueo
Madame" an old established organ or
that portion Of the press which caters more
especially 10 the feminine element ne Is
however. no tyro in Journalism, for some
time ago he acquired control OF Tine
Throne" London illustrated weekly
which has been through the most e1traor-
binary vicissitudes. and has managed TO
set 1t on its feet and TO make 1t paying
concern.
Fortunately, he is rich-far more so IMAM
his brother. Lord Beteman-through the
wills OF a couple Of uncles, and he has one
~ the most beautiful Elizabethan country
seats in the United Kingdom. Breccles Han
near Attleborough. in Norfolkshire. spend
ing a great deal of money In maintaining
,ts stvle and character. The building con-
over three hundred years old.
The floor is Of oak. only partly covered
with rugs. The numerous bedrooms are IN
feudal style, there being no paper on the
walls. only rugs on the floor. There IS no
electric light, the whole house being lighted
with lamps.
The gardens are laid out with Old World
flowers. and the house is so interesting III
every way that both Queen Mary and queen
Alexandra have visited II on several occa-
sions.
A year or so ago Charles Bateman Han
bury purchased Eye Castle. the old Norman
stronghold commanding the town or Eye
in Suffolk and presented 1t to the munich
pality; while his widowed mother. who Is
also very rich In her own right, organized
at her own expense a museum, located III
the castle, and filled with interesting relics
connected with the history OF Eye. which
she had collected and purchased for the
purpose.
The Hanburys are a very ancient family
one Of them was Lord Chamberlain to Ed
ward III another Of them Lord Chief JUS
lice Of Common Pleas in Ireland under
Richard II: third was Member OF Parlia
ment for Worcester under Richard III. and
fourth, Sir John Hamburg, was knighted
by James I for his services as High Sheriff
OF Northamptonshire.
William Hamburg, in the reign OF George
il, married the sister and heiress OF Wis
count Bateman. and through this marriage
the extensive Bateman estates passed into
the possession OF William Hanburys
grandson and namesake, who was raised
10 the peerage by Queen Victoria in the
first year Of her reign, as Lord Bateman
az the present and second creation.
The fortunes Of the Batemans may be
said to owe their origin to Sir James Bate
man, who was Member of Parliament and
Lord Mayor OF London in the beginning OF
the eighteenth century. and also governor
Of the South Sea Company.
Whether Charles Hamburg Bateman's in
vasion Of society journalism will be sue
cess remains TO be seer. Those members
Of his own particular class who have made
the experiment havs for the most part
met with failure. They include the late
Earl Desart. elder brother OF the present
peer, renowned for his LONELINESS, and
also known In London society as the par
ticular bette noir OF the late King Edward.
For several years he owned and edited
Vanity Fair"
Then there was the Earl of Rosslyn. who
ran for a short time society paper en-
titled. remember Alright. Scottish
Life" a. which he used TO advertise by
correcting the proof sheets In a particu-
larly conspicuous manner, seated In chair
I'm HYDE Park at the very hour when the
fashionable world was wont TO foregather
there He had as his associate Lady Colin
Campbell, widow OF one Of the younger
brothers Of the Duke OF Argyll She also
ran for time a society paper Of her own,
the title OF which I forget but which did
not survive very long. She is a sister OF
Nentune Blood whose name IL tolerably
familiar at Baltimore. through his mar
,,aae 10 Mrs william Yates Perot. whom
ne had previously helped T. abduct her
i,,,le girl across. the Atlantic and IS de-
seconded like him from that Colonel Blood
who. I'm Charles IFS reign, attempted to
steal the crown and the crown jewels from
the Tower OF London. Her matrimonial
differences with tho late Lord Colin camp
hell. aired I'm the divorce court, constituted
one OF the most shocking causes celebres OF
the Victorian era.
The Earl Winterton who occupies seat
in tho House Of Commons his peerage
being an Irish one owned and edited the
London World" for a couple OF years
but sold It again last spring Then there
was Lady sykes. wife Of Sir Tstton SYKES
and daughter Of the late George 'aVen-
dish Bentinck, who was one of tho pillars
of the Tory party and "a grandson OF the
third Duke OF Portland. Lady sykes was
lfnl4 "a mi