The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-06
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ne associate OF Edmund Yates in the
,ouhdins OF the London World. and
Mino atter being driven into exile by
ms tIouple with Lord Darlington, mar
ried the only daughter and ncircss Of
On oio spanish count. and on the lat
Yer DEAN inherited. as his wife's nus
o-Hu' hef iatherS honors and name.
me new Lord Slanmore will he re-
iheilDereu In this country under the
name .! Captain the Hon. George Ham
mon Gordon, wnen he came mere IN
/ september. 1903, with his kinsman.
/ LORD Baltour III Burlrigh, head OF the
. ,oEal commission appointed to inves-
49, .hS Question OF trade between
/ the United states and the british West
inhl"s the peerage to wnicn George
iiamilton Gordon mas Just succecdSd
mas inns popularity: II was created BY
The late Lord Stanmore was for
merry known as Sir Arthur Hamilton
Hofdon. he was u younger brother OF
~, n"r mith Earl Of Aberdeen.. an uncle,
ireland and OF Lady Balfour of Bur
leigh the greater part of his lie
was spent In administering minor colo
, ny, where ne Distinguished himself,
| not only by his ability, but by his
! sense of the extreme Importance of his
ONCE Indeed, he was SO Imbued with
the conviction that he represented aa
governor not merely the SOVEREIGN. but
the crown. that II is said that when
ne was Governor of Ceylon he caused
.ne chaplain 10 substitute in the lit
ursS the words. Thy servant Arthur.
our most gracious governor" for the
phrase. Thy servant Victoria, our most
Gracious Queen" in the prayer for tho
rciSning family.
viii not vouch for this story,
which is difficult TO believe. But what
Is true is tnat several years after his
retirement from the colonial service
ne suddenly received notification
from Air. Gladstone TO the effect that
he had nominated him for a peerage.
The fact of the matter was that
GLADSTONE during the last decade of
his life developed the odd popularity
rs liked were home rulers. Now he
liked Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, as
LORD Stanmore was then. not only for
his own sake. but more especially as
the son and private secretary OF his
old friend and colleague, the fourth
Lord Aberdeen. for so many years Sec
Tetary OF State for Foreign Affairs aud
Premier. And ii he nominated Sir AR
thur for a peerage 1t was in order
that he might vote in the House of
Lords for the home rule bill OF 1893.
with the value OF the services winch
ne had rendered as colonial governor
that he at once assumed that the
peerage was offered to him solely and
entirely In recognition thereof
When the home rule bill finally
reached the House of Lords, and the
peers were called upon to declare them
selves. Sir Arthur Gordon. who had
taken the title OF Lord Stanmore on
MS elevation to the upper house pro-
claimed the fact that he would cast
his vote against home rule. On learn
Ing this. the Grand Old Man few into a
great rage. and denounced Lord Stan
more az ungratsful and disloyal in
failing TO fulfil the sole condition or
his elevation TO the House OF Lords.
Lord Stanmore endeavored to find
refuge from taking any part In the
division, In the excuse that his robes
would not be ready for him to be
sworn in in time to vote. Gladstone
would mot accept this excuse. and
went to the length of sending n bar
on's parliamentary robes. borrowed
from another home rule peer.
II was in this homs rule garb. there
fore. that Lord Stanmore was sworn in
ms member of the House OF Lords,
and where he was Immediately after
wards obliged. with a very wry face,
to vote in favor of the home rul> bill
He did so under protest and relieved
his feelings by rampant Toryism, both
In and out OF Parliament. until the end
OF his days.
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