The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-21

privy councillor. The ninth LORD
Petre mad much TO 90 with the pass-
ms OF the Roman Catholic relief act
IN l''S. King George Ill and Queen
. charlotte Waited him IN state Il,
! Ihorndon Hall. Yet 80 strong was
'ha popular prejudice against Roman
/ catholics that when no ,tterward.
raised, armed and equipped r.gi.
meht for King Georges ecrylco
abroad. his eldest sons religion waR
he4u 10 disquaiiIy am IRON either
commanding IT, or even from hoiuing
coinInIssIOH as ofhceE. anu in con-
sequence Inereot ne serYeu as a nri-
Nate III ith RANKS,
" henever a Lord Petre dies. new
tte presented 10 ~ many widows on
me estates a. the number OF years OF
! the dead peer. linus. were young
LORD fetrc TO die To-Day at IN. ago ~
WIDOWS wouiu receive this dole tho
origin OF winch goes back TO the reign
OF queen Elizabeth.
Inc Tenth eleventh and twelfth
Lofus Petre occupied the premier pIact,
| among the old Roman Catholic aris-
socracy OF England during the hrst
seven decades OF the nineteenth CEN
| Jury. ana 30 thoroughly was the pre-
! emlnence In this respect acknowledged
~ 'he!r co.reIigionists. in ana out OF
me hoiy orders. that the late Cardinal
n.
manifested some slight pique For
when. after resigning ms arcndeaconry
"a The Church OF England, 10 become a
roman Catholic divine in the nr-t
tcrHors OF his conversion ne exclairugI
referring To the twelfth Lord petre
thought that Saint Peter was the
out md 1t is Lord Pe,re." For tina
name Is pronounced Ike that or tina
most famous OF the apostles.
me present Lord Pelre is the six.
10. tk,g
prelate OF the household OF Plus
N, Kept boys achool. first at Wey-
1priage. and afterwards at the Isle Of
Wight until his accession TO the fsni
~ honors and estates. and thercupon
ehjoyed the distinction OF being the
iirst roman Catholic divine TO occupy
seat In Parliament--in rha House Of
i;ords-since the days OF the RefoI ma.
The fourteenth Lord Pe,re. his
g gougser brother married audrey.
Clark. Canon OF the Cathedral OF
4 Wells and for many years profes.oY
81 me university OF Toronto He
b bp'u c aetrsnWas very CHEEKY soul,
variabiy the form of an insane cray-
Ing to drive q hanson cab. II hs
Gouie not induce the hackman by
means of money to surrender hie ,eat
and the reins. he would straightwav
Nnock the man down and then drive
OH. Sometimes nc found a congeniaI
! 1917 s'Hii!trly inclined, and then the
uriVe was apt to take the form of n
MAD chariot race between the two
hanSoms. which customarily culmin-
, hteo In wreck. and In the appearance
Oh the peer in the police court
HIS younger brother, Philip. who suo-
cecded him as fifteenth peer, waa III,
| black sheep of his family He behny-
cd go badly to his American wife TINT
| she was forced TO leave him. taking
her two children with her, and nit
inately he was sentenced to a term %
Imprisonment with hard labor. for N
series OF hearuess frauds When re.
stored to liberty. he came to this conn
try where he lived under an assumed
name. on small allowance Furnished
10 him by his elder brother the four
teenth peer. This allowance was onIy
granted on condition that he waiyeia
MS claim to the entailed estates in
favor Of his only son, Lionel. the prea-
ent lord. The fifteenth Lord Petre re.
turned to England on succeeding ia
the FAMILY honors. but found that the
remembrance of his former misdeeds.
and especially of his conviction and
|, Imprisonment, was still fresh In the
minds of the public. So he refrained
rom adopting the title. and died OF
alcoholism. social outcast n Iodr-
ings in one of the poorer quarters or
London. where his identity only be-
came known through the coroner's in
quest. held on his remains, In the be.
lief that he had taken his own life
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