New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-06
EARL Of CARR|CK COMING
ia Home Ruler and One of the
Most Useful of Irish Peers.

econyright 1912. by the Brentwood Company
rha Earl OF Carrick. who is due mere
80, England on board the Cedric. is one
:, ,he most useful members OF the House
,Inrds who owes his seat there 10 the
s.,ony Of the United Kingdom, which he
l....,vad last summer. For. his earldom or
lc.-,Lck his viscounty OF KERN and his
..n.r bonors were all Irish dignities. and
w.. &c an advanced Liberal and a Home
,nn,sr to boot, he was naturally unable
a. secure election as representive peer
:, Ireland, the peers entitled to vote IN
hose elections being OVERWHELMINGLY
,-,,onis,. After resigning his commission
=. the army as an officer OF infantry-the
iyorkshire regiment-he became one OF
,s. government inspectors Of the Depart
.n.rt 81 Agriculture in Ireland, where, as
y-,.count KERN, during the lifetime OF his
,.,,.r he rendered valuable services in
n,onoting not only the agricultural out
',.o the manufacturing industries of Ire
ind On one occasion he figured as an
i.xnert witness in an important lawsuit AT
n,blin in connection with the Irish linen
,rsse and on another occasion secured
',hs conviction in the Central Crlninai
.,ourt IN London and the punishment OF
i. ~, Arm known a. the Irish Linen Com
rsny. which made a practice or selling
=, their various stores handkerchiefs and
,,r,,l.r articles made of a mixture Oh
linen and cotton and falsely described as
lI-sb linen. 1t should be added that
whereas here in America the feoeral Id"
ssainst misleading labels to goods is re-
s,r,c.ed TO foods and drugs. in Great Brit
ain and ireland IL extends to nearly all
oth,r articles OF trade
IA inspector OF the Department OF AZ
r,culture in ireland he had many odd eH-
rsr,snces, his work having led. him &C.
c.sionslly to disguise himself as lapofer
N order to purchase samples Of FOOD sofa
"a tia poorer classes, notably the butter
Lord Carrick is descended from the
sms ancestry as the Marquis OF Or
monde, and. like the latter, his patro-
rvnnIo 10 Butler. His viscounty OF KERN
An County Tipperary. dates from the reign
Of lanes j, and his earldom was bestowed
nv George II in 174S. But for the omission
Of n formal!ty in ancient times LORD Car
rick would be to-day the premier carr oA
rrs,and. His ancestor, Edmond de Both-
lar WAS created on September !, 1910, Earl
Of Carrick. in County Tipperary' by Ed
ward II of England for his ervices IN
febtinx the Scotch The records bore
,ss,,rnony that he received the feudai
,eisneury of the castle and manors Oh
Ksrryk, Maegrifryn and Roscra for him-
self and his heirs, sub nomine ct honore
Corites de Karryk." But in those Gays
a mere patent was not SUFFICIENT tor the
creation Of an earl. II was necessary IN
order to complete the dignity, that ne
should be "belted" The ceremony Vi
betting was for some reason or other
omitted or neglected in the case OF this
Edmond lie Bother Earl OF CarrlcK'
Hence. although the descendants of Ed
mond le Botiiler continued to enjoy the
lands and the feudal rights bestowed
upon him by Edward III, the earldom was
regarded as non-existent, owing 10 'he
dignity not having been completed uh'i
the reign of George ii.
The present earl is the seventh OF MS
line, is married to daughter Oh Coiohei
II G. Lindsay, member OF the FANNY
NJ which the Earl of Crawford Is the
chief and has four children, all ooys'
the two eldest being twins
incidentally II may be mentioned thal
there was a woman tolerably well known
in washington and New York VINO used
10 pass herself off first as q daughter oil
the childless Lord and Lady Holland ana
later on as the third daughter OF 'he
Earl OF Carrick," until her pretenslohs
were exposed in these letters as bogus
lust In time TO prevent her from securing
the hand, and incidentally the large FORT
une, of a man well known in the PUBIC
life OF the State OF New York. LORD Car
rick is arriving here to-day in connection
with the work Of the international Ex-
change OF students, IN which he is much