The Washington herald., 1911-05-12
OFLONDoN SOCIETY

Torby, the elder Of the Russian Grand
Duke MichaePs two daughters, who is a
great favorite in British society. Petite.
dark-haired. and pretty, she is a good
tennis player and golfer. Countess Torby
means to give a magnificent ball for her
daughter during the season, at Keir
House, her Hampstead home.
Lady Rosemary Leweson-Gower's en-
trance into society also will be notable
event. On June o her parents. the Duke
and Duchess Of Sutherland, will give a
great ball at Stafford House. preceded by
a dinner party, for the Duke and Duchess
Of Connaught, Prince Arthur, and Prin-
cess Patricia Of Connaught, and the
Crown Prince and Crown Princess of
Germany.
Lady Victoria Stanley will enjoy a sig
nal honor. for the ball to be given in
celebration Of her debut on June q is
| the only entertainment Of the kind which
King George and Queen Mary will at
| tend. On this occasion all the members
of the royal party accompanying their
majesties to the Covent Garden Theater
gala performance will drive to Derby
House. The ball will open with royal
quadrille, in which the young daughter
of the house will participate.
Among beautiful young girls who will
! make their entrance into society and
be seen at the chief balls this year are
Lady Honor Ward Gord Dudley's hand
some daughter) Miss Margaret Beau
mont daughter Of Lord and Lady Al
! lendale and niece of Lord Londonderry.
Lady Kathleen Thyme, Lady Diana
Manners. Lady Mora Osborne. Miss
Sybil Cadogan daughter of Lady Lamb
ton and goddaughter Of the Princess
Royal, Lady Victoria Darlington. who.
like Lady Victoria Stanley. is named
after her royal godmother. the late
| Queen Victoria: Lady Margaret Scott
| eldest child OF Lord Dalkeith and grand
daughter of the Duke and Duchess OF
Buccleuch. Lady Muriel BERTHE. Lady
Myra Sackville. Lady Beryl Trench,
Lady Norah Hastings. Lady Diris Black
wood. Lady Dorothy Blich. Miss Bridget
Colebrooke daughter Of Lord and Lady
Colebrooke). Miss Helen Brassey the
youngest OF Lord Brassey's family and
only child of Lady Brassey). and the
Misses Gardner daughters of Lord and
Lady Burgclere).
The death of Lord Carlisle came as
painful shock to a large circle. and Will
throw many families into mourning. He
was one OF those men who have many
friends. and Of whom II Is impossible to
think that they can have any enemies.
Lord Carlisle was descended from the
only peer created by Cromwell His
ancestor, Charles Howard. took the popu
lar side when civil war broke out in
1872 and after distinguishing himself in
several engagements. was severely
wounded at the battle of Worcester. Under
the Protectorate he represented West
morland in Parliament until Cromwell
conferred the title of Viscount Morpeth
on him. This fact did not prevent his
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who. within a year of his accession.
raised the Roundheai nobleman step
in the peerage by creating him Earl of
Carlisle.
George James Howard ninth Earl OF
Carlisle, was a descendant Of A famous
warden Of the Western marches. known
as "Belted Will" and early in its gen.
Grafton the family acquired by marriage
the famous stronghold Of Naworth Cas-
tie. which so often resisted the attacks
OF the border reivers of Scotland. The
late earl was born on August Il. 1si3,
and succeeded to the title in 1859. In
1864 he married the Hon. Rosalind
Frances Stanley. daughter OF the second
Lord Stanley. of Alderly, who survives
her husband.
The late earl before he succeeded to the
title. sat as Liberal member for East
Cumberland from 1879 to 1885. Upon the
Lord Carlisle severed his connection with
the Liberal party. but the countess re-
tained her faith in Liberalism. and has
been an active and efficient president
several years OF the Womens National
Liberal Federation. The family has been
singularly divided in politics.
Viscount Morpeth, who succeeds to the
peerage. has taken the same side as his
father. but the younger son, the Hon.
Geoffrey Howard. is Liberal member for
the Westbury division OF Wiltshire and
a Junior Liberal whip, while his sister.
the Hon. Dorothy Howard, is one Of the
ablest speakers and hardest workers on
the Liberal side There are few by
elections in which she does not take an
active part. either on behalf OF the Lib
cral candidate or as a speaker for the
Free Trade Union. Another sister. the
Hon. Cecilia Howard, is the wife Of Mr..
c. H. Roberts, Liberal NJ P for Lincoln.
Lord Carlisle Of late years had not
taken an active part In public or po-
litical life. He was Unitarian, and he
was deeply interested in the temperance
movement One Of his first acts after
succeeding to the family estates was to
close all the public houses on the prop
erty
Castle Howard, the seat OF the Earls
Of Carlisle, is one Of the show places OF
the North, and is a veritable museum Of
art treasures. 1t was built by the play
wright architect, Sir John Vanbrugh, and
consists of a central block and two side
wings. the main position rising to a con-
siderable height above the wings, and
being surmounted by a massive octagonal
dome. the center of which rises 100 feet
above the ground.
When the late earl entered upon his
heritage he found the estates much en-
numbered by the extravagances Of his
predecessors. and to clear of the burden
he decided to sell the Morpeth estates Of
1900 acres in Northumberland. The sale
PRODUCED nearly a quarter Of million,
hut this was not sufficient. and portions
of the Yorkshire estate were disposed Of
In the same way. The earl also sold to
the Due d'Aumale a fine collection of
crayon portraits Of the principal person |
ages at the Courts Of Francis I and
Henry II Of France.
The earl's last public act was to join |
in the successful protest against the de- |
facement Of st. James Park by the con- |
Of a road and bridge in connec- |
ton with the erection Of a memorial to !
King Edward VII Lord Carlisle recently |
had been undergoing a rest cure at his |
London residence. and he was staying |
with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. |
c. III. Roberts On. P), at the time of his |
death. Lord Morpeth. the earls eldest /
son and heir, is i'll having undergone an |
operation, and was not able to attend |
the funeral, though he is going on well. |
His succession to the title will necessitate |