The Washington herald., 1911-03-20
BUSINESS MEN WHO
HAVE BEEN MADE PEERS

papers l find that London ways already
are drawing up 4 fancy list of peers that
will have to be created in case the con-
trovcrsy between the two British houses
about the Lords veto power reaches a
climax. Sir William Hartley, the jam
maker. IS to become Lord Preserve u.s."
Mr. Carter, of the firm of Carter. Pater-
son a. Co.. expressmen. is to get the title
of Lord 'Delver-us," and so on. The
humOr of these gibes is blunted. however,
by the fact that the House of Lords al
ready contains a strong commercial ele
ment.
Representatives of caste in England no
longer think it beneath them to adopt
means of earning or increasing livei-
hood which patriCian of a century ago
would have thought beneath contempt.
They have strengthened the peeragc by
bringing il more closely in touch with the
business world.
If MIR. Carter, for instance. were to
become a member of that chamber. he
would find himself in the company of
several persons, who are. equally with
himself. what the law terms common
carriers" If my parcel has TO be dis
StalbridCc: il to Leeds. Lord Allcrton;
if to Bristol. Viscount Churchill: If to
Brighton. Lord RessborouCh. For these
are the chairmen Of the London and
Northwestern Railway. tho Great North
ern. the Great Western and London
brighton. and S0u:h Coast, respectively
Among other noble Chairmen Of railway
companies are the Duk" Of Dcvonshtrc
Of the FurneSs Railway; Lord Plymouth,
OF the Barry Railway. and Lord Rath-
more. of the North London. The Earl
Of Dalkcith. heir to the dukedom Of
Rucclouch. the wcalthest estate in Great
Britain. is chairman of the North British
The late Marquis Of Salisbury for some
years was chairman OF the Great East
"rn. When the passenger aliChts At EUs-
ton or Paddington after n journey on one
Of these pcer-administernd lines. he mav
quit" possibly continue his experience OF
tho business activity Of tho nobility by
riding 10 his hotel in ono Of the Marquis
Of ShrewheUy's cabs. The marquis. who
is Talbot. of the family that figures in
Shak"sp"arc'S historical plays. was the
first 70 place on the London streets cabs
fitted with nOiselcSs tires.
Railway interests further are represent
Ell in the upper house by the two Cana
dian peers. Lord StrathcOna and Lord
Mount stephen. In the same House one
may now find. with tho title of Lord Cow
dry. tho contractor who. as Sir Weetman
Pearson. built the TehuantepeC ISthmian
Railway and the East River tunnels OF
tho PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Shipbuilding
claims such men H. Lord Pirrir. who en-
tered the Belfast firm Of Harland &
ir
became partner in 1874. and Is now chair
man No less prominent in shipping cir
cles Is Lord Invrrclvdc. of the Cunard
Line. Lord NurhurnhoImc retains an IN
terest in tho Wilson Line. Of Hull. the
largest private ship-nwnnE company in
N" world. with a fleet Of ninety steam
ships. amounting to total OF l9S 20 tons.
Then there Is Lord Furness. Of Hartle-
pool. head OF the FurneSS and ManChes-
ter lines. and 4 big shipbuilder as well.
From the Elswick shipbUildnE works Al
Newcastle have come Lord Armstrong
and Lord R"ndel. One might mention
also IN" Marquis Of Butte. who owns the
great docks at Cardiff.
The Bank Of England has on its direc-
tOratc Lord RevelstOkC. who is also a
partner in the house of Barring. There
is no need 10 enlarge on tho financial
connections Of Lord Rothschild or Lord
Avehury tSir john lubbock. Lord St.
Aldwyn is chairman or the Rank Of
Africa The name Of Lord Coschen re-
calls his father. tho first peer and a
chancellor of the excheqUrr
The Early IF Jersey. a ViIliers, is the
principal proprietor of Child's Bank.
Mills. Currie & co. have sent a GIyn to
the House Of Lords in tho person OF
Lord WOIverton, and Mills in Lord
HllinSdon. Tho Earl If narrowly is
a partner in Coutts'. and Lord Pcckover
was formerly partner OF Guerney's Lord
Kinnaird and Lord WenIock are direc-
tors of Barclays. and the Marquis Of
Ailcsbury of tho Capital and Counties
Eank. Lord Eiddulph is a partner in
Cocks. Eiddulph & CO. Lord SwaythlnC,
who died few weeks ago. was founder
q the firm OF Samuel MontaGu & Co.
Lord Faher is the present partner and
Lord Grmthorpe Il former partner in the
Yorkshire Bank Of Beckett's As yet
there is only one solicitor peer. Lord VOL
northampton. partner in the firm of Fow-
Ter, Perks & CO.
Lancashire knows well what success has
been gained in the manufacturing in
tHSITS DN l<lTn ASHTON, LHrd Holden. OF
Aston. and Lord Rotterdam CSfr Will
lam Holland. Yorkshire can claim Lord
MaSham. OF the Manningham Mills,
whose father. the first peer. made
fortune by inventinS wOO-ComhinC ma
chine. and another by dcvisinC methods
for the utilization Of silk waste. From
the same country comes Lord Airedale,
one of the kitsOns of Leeds. who has
been president OF the Iron and Steel in
sttute, and Lord Glantawe. who has
built up a big establish ncnt at Swansea
In Lord Ieith of Fyvie. the House OF
Lords possesses a former president Of
the Joliet Steel Company. and the Illinois
Steel Company, in America.
The Burton peerage owes its origin to
the consumption of Bass ale, as the
Hindlip peerage to Allsopp's The dig
nifty of Lord Ardilaun and Lord Iveagh
rests upon a foundation of beer barrels
One OF last years creations, Lord Dav-
export CSir Hudson Keariey) is a tea
merchant. II you pick up a Daily Mail
or a Daily Telegraph you are helping to
maintain the fortunes of Lord Northcliffe
Harmsworth), or Lord Burnham O4evy
lawson. If you prefer the Morning
Post, you are contributing to the circula-
ton of paper which became prosperous
under the control of the late Lord Glen
esk (AlCernon BOrthwCk)
A fraction of the copper spent in your
purchase will go to swell the income of
another ennobled family, for the son in
the firm of w. II. Smith & Son, the
proprietors of the news stands. is heir to
the peerage of Hambleden. Lord Alden
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