New-York tribune., 1911-12-22
AN EVANGELIST EARL
Lord TankerViIIe and His Amer
lean Wife Now Over Here.

cf his mother at Brookine Mass, is
many sided and much gifted man, but
in spite Of his versatility has always been
moro or less hampered by financial strin-
eoncies Indeed. in the course Of some
LEGAL proceedings a couple Of years ago the
fact was brought to light that he and his
wife had less than $4,000 year on which
20 maintain their dignity. l use this eX-
urcssiou advisody FOR any one with
handle TO his name, especially IL he happens
IN he a peer Of the realm and an earl, at
trat is 10y English tIadesmen required, like
visiting Americans o pay double for every
thing.
Lord and Lady Tankerylle find It impos-
,iblo 10 live at his ancestral home of Chill
incham Castle, csteeming themselves fortu-
nate. indeed when they are able TO let It,
For many years IL was rented TO Sir An
drew Noble They usually live in much
smaller and less pretcntous place In the
same county of Northumberland known as
bloomington House.
Lord Tankeryle has been in turn mid
sIpm8n ia the royal navy. an officer OF the
army a lieutenant ot the Rife Brigade. an
aide-de-camp to the Viceroy Of Ireland,
..v uunCher and rancher in the Western
states Of this county and n fellow evangel-
!,t Of Moody and Sankey, eventually taking
the latter's place in Moody's party in sing
ing the hymns. He IS, or was until last year
president OF the -ViviSection Society in
England. has conducted a number Of revival
meetings on both sides Of the Atlantic, is
"a. Christian Scientist and an extremely
clever painter of miniatures, some of which
have won great success at the annual exhi-
hiion Of the Royal Academy, and he has
founded and managed model laundries In
.he suburbs Of London.
He met his present wife Miss Leonora
Van Marter, daughter of j. G. Van Marter,
ol New York. while engaged in revival
work In this country. She Is a handsome
end accomplished woman who before her
marriage secured diploma as teacher OF
music. In fact they share each others
tastes. and the marriage has been, save for
financial troubles and the annoyances con-
sequent thereon. an extremely happy union.
Both he and she possessed. at any rate,
during the carly years Of their marriage
suporb and most excellently trained voices.
which rendered thcm in great demand at
religious gatherings.
Perhaps II is his own financial troubles
which have rendered him appreciative Of
those Of others, and some two or three
years ago. when he was himself engaged In
legal proceedings resulting from overdrafts
at banks. etc. he was moved by the acute
distress which prevailed at that moment
i'm England 10 allow the tenants of his
estate in Shropshire 10 reopen the lead
mines there and TO take for their own use
oll the profits which they were able TO de-
rive from working them.
1t is possible that the evangelstic ten
denotes Of Lord Tankerville. OF which he
certainly gave no promise IN his youth,
come TO him through inheritance, for the
founder Of his family Sir John Bennett.
ono Of the members of Parliament for Lon
Ion was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as
s commissioner. with the Lord Keeper of
tine Great Seal Egerton and the Lord
Treasurer Buckhurst, for the suppression
~ heresy-that is to say, for the persecu- |
zion of Roman Catholics and other dissent |
.rs from the Church of England. His two
colleagues owed their appointment TO their |
office and 10 their prestige AS statesmen.
whereas he Sir John Bennett was nom- |
mated by the Virgin Queen 10 the commits
sion owing 10 his religious zeal. II was
SIR John Benefits son and namesake who
was FIRST raised to the peerage by Charles
IT as Lord Ossulston, while his son, who
married Lady Mary Grey, only child of the
last of the Grey Earls of Tankerville, was
ON the death Of his father-in-law advanced
to an oarldom. as Lord Tankerville, of a
row creation
The Castle Of Chillingham, in Northum-
hor'and. along with its big and ancient
~ark or rather, forest embracing some
twenty-five thousand acres came TO the
nennert Lords Of Tankerville through this
marriage. and Is one Of the oldest country
.sste i'm ENGLAND. having been already ac
counted ancient in 1HS, when the Grey |
,srldow II Tankerville was created by
King Henry V. while the famous herd Of
white wild cattle. the only remaining herd
~ ite kind IN Great Britain, terribly wild
and rercc. huge In size, with black tipped
r-uzzlc and cars and eyes that seem to !
look M Won through black horn spectacles, |
has rosncd under the trees Of the Chilling
lam forest from time immemorial having
boon described as OF unknown antiquity In
records contemporary with the reign OF
William the Conqucror. when Chillngham
Castle belonged 10 Robert dc Muschamp.
lord Tankcrvllc has, through his French
-rardmothcr Corisandc dc Gramont'
daughter Of Antoine. DUO de Gramont, the
blood of Henry ~ King OF France, In his
veins and IL Is 20 this de Gramont ancestry
that re is Indebted for MS good looks, ana
fo which bis sister. the late Countess OF
D,lhougio. who died so mysteriousy at Il
small hotel ~ Tisvre within an hour of The
demise Of her husband. on the day follow
lin. their arrival from a prolonged visit 70
Saw York. owed her famous beauty. She
H.s buried with her husband in Cockpen
churcovard. so we'll known through the
famous ballad Of The Laird of Cockpen.'
Among the many relics at Chilingham
Castle is a block Of solid stone, OF the kind
Used when a portion Of the castle was re-
IDHt I'm tho reign OF queen Elizabeth. In
.ayyirg the stone q hole was discovered IN
The centre Of the block. from which hve
load was taken. There are documents
signed by the Earl of Tankerville Of the
dav and by various local dgnitaries when
bear testimony TO the discovery the top
lotion and sides of the hole being covered
with cranulauons There are also some
Latin verses written by that particular
Earl of Tankcrville's diocesan, but which
no visitor TO Chilliugham Castle has ever
get managed 10 translate.
Lord Tankerviue is not his fathers eldest
son In fact, ne had two brothers, each
as brilliant and as good looking as himself
The elder. who bore the title Of Lord Os-
sutton was for "A time one Of the smartest
officers Of The COldstream Guards and one
OF the most popular figures in London So
clety from which he suddenly vanished. in
connection with some unfortunate love al
fair which led him 10 secure an exchange
into a battalion Of the Rife Brigade. then
serving in India. where ne succumbed 10