The Washington herald., 1911-08-21

rector of Purleigh, in Essex. Apparently
he suffered for his loyalty to the throne
during the troublous days of the Great
Rebellion, and died about the year 1854.
II was his eldest son, John, the great
great-grandson of the original Laurence
Washington, of Sulgrave Manor, who
emigrated to America in 1857, and found
ed the family of the Virginia Washing
tons which was to produce the great
American President.
There is a certain strangeness in trac-
ing In peaceful, out-of-the-way country
churches in England records of the for
bears OF the man who was to wrest from
England one of the greatest of her
possessions. English people are proud
to claim that many of the great quail
ties of the man who was to defeat them
were inherited from his English an
cestry; that through them he received
that tradition of freedom and indie
pendence which he was afterward to up
hold against the mother country herself.
The bitterness of the struggle has long
ago been forgotten, and the English
nation can join with the United States
in admiration for the greatness of George
memorials of the Washington family
shall be carefully preserved.
The present owners of Sulgrave Man
or appear fully to appreciate the historic
value of their possession
It is but little known outside, OF ON
cial circles in England that a number
Of the members of the British House OF
Lords. who. as hereditary legislators.
are supposed to serve their country
free, receive salaries. while others even
enjoy a pension. The salaries amount
to G129, ,925, and the pensions amount an
nually to G76.109.
There are two pensions of $4,000 each,
one to Lord Halsbury, the veteran leader
of the Radicals, who refused submits
sion in the recent fight for the existence
OF the House of Lords, for judicial
services rendered" and the other to
Earl Nelson, in regard to which it is
rather curious to read that 1t is being
paid for naval services Lord Halls
bury, as former lord chancellor. may be
said to have earned his pension, but 1t
would be impossible to discover the ma
tire of the naval services" for which
Great Britain pays the present Earl
Nelson. The pension is, OF course, paid
to the present Earl Nelson in recogni-
ton of the naval and military services
rendered by his great ancestor, the hero
of the Nile and Trafalgar.
Altogether there are fifty-three men,
bers of the House Of Lords in receipt OF
salaries, and sixty-seven to whom pen
sions are paid. The highest salary, s20.-
900, is being paid to the Earl of Aber-
deem as lord lieutenant of Ireland. and
the Iowest-E7-to the Bishop of Ripon
as clerk of the closet. The highest
pensions are those already mentioned,
paid to Lord Halsbury and Earl Nelson.
Amongst other members of the House of
Lords who are in receipt of pensions are:
Viscount Peel, $4,000; Lord Lindley,
G375O; Lord Ashbourne. E3,692; Lord
Gorell, G3,500; Lord Mersey, s3,5O0: Wis
count Hardinge, f3.O00; Lord Wolseley.
e, 200: Earl Roberts, s2,oO0; Lord Fisher,
G2OO0; Viscount Cross, 5000; Lord
Napier Of Magdala, 5000; Lord Raglan,
G2,OOO; Viscount Cough, 5000; Lord Sea-
ton. 5000
The Duke of Connaught receives PEN
sion of E1 300 as a field marshal, and the
same pension is paid to Field Marshal
Lord Grenfell
Viscount Peel receives his pension as
an ex-speaker of the House of Commons,
and Lords Lindley, Gorell, Mersey, and
Ashbourne for judicial services" VS.
count Cross E2.OOO is a political pension.
The pensions of Lords Seaton, Raglan,
and Napier and Viscounts Hardinge and
Cough are for military services rendered
by their ancestors. FLANEUR.
Copyright, 1911, by Court Gossip Syndicate.l