New-York tribune., 1912-01-15
RISE OF LORD DANGAN
Promoted from the Chorus to a
Role at the London Gaiety.

Copyright 1912. by the Brentwood Company.l
Viscount Dangan. only son and heir OF
Earl Cowley. although his father. refuses to
have anything to do with him, has by no
means been cut adrift by his other reia-
tives. For he has been spending Christ
mas, and incidentally celebrating the at
tainment of his majority at Normans-
hurst. in Sussex, as the guest of his very
wealthy uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady
Hythe better known by the names OF Tom
and Lady Idina Brassey, which they bore
until Lord Brassey was advanced TO an
earldom last summer on the occasion Of
the Kings coronation Lady Hythe is q
sister of the late Violet. Countess Cowley,
who obtained a divorce from her husband
in 1897, and died couple. of years ago.
she had had until then the custody of her
sen, which had been awarded TO her by the
courts. but who was thereupon made a
ward in chancery for the remainder Of his
minority.
In due course ne was put into the army
as a commissioned officer But he found
his position altogether intolerable, owing TO
the refusal of his father to make any
suitable allowance, and being naturally un-
able to live on his meagre pay Moreover
the work of a regimental subaltern was too
mechanical, too automatic and altogether
too monotonous TO suit his taste. So with
out saying. anything TO his relatives, or to
the Lord High Chancellor, whose ward he
was, he resigned his commission about
seven months ago and, being without re-
sources, took a job as cab driver, work
ing as such in London fo- few weeks.
Afterward he got employment as paint
room laborer, 10 a Mr.. Bernard, who was
the scenic artist Of the Quinlan Opera
Company, at wages of IS % a week. for
which he had to clean palettes mix colors,
and do all sorts of odd jobs, including that
of baggage master of the company when
in town Later he was advanced 10 Mr.,
Bernards assistant, at salary of $40 A
week, and finally attracted the attention OF
George Edwardes, who engaged him FOR
his Gaiety Theatre, in London, in the play
entitled Peggy" and which was brought
over from England to this side OF the At
lantic.
Lord Dangan, however. did not come to
this country with Peggy" but remains IN
London. and is engaged in rehearsais OF
new play, which Is TO be produced oy
George Edwardes at the end Of this month.
He docs not figure on the programme oy
his title, but under an assumed name ana
with plenty of theatrical promise before
him is earning his own living, having de-
cllned the allowance which has uncle ana
aunt. Lord and Lady Hythe, had endeaV-
ored 10 press upon him.
Lord Dangan has inherited the good looAs
Of the Neville family, to which his mother'
q daughter of old Lord Ahergavenny, be-
lonped. and has none Of the hOmely feat
ures Of his father, Lord Cowley, surnameo
Toby" Indeed, Lord Dangan Is far more
well thought of by all right minded peopie
than his somewhat disreputable father
whose divorce court records alone lnde-
pendent of his other shortcomings are
sufficiently unsavory to cause him TO De
avoided.
Lord Dargan will inherit little or 10
money from his father, who is none TOO
we'll of himself. and mainly dependent on
the $4,000 or $4,000 a year which his pres
emf wife inherited from her father the iate
Lord Nunburnholme, the principal owner
of the Wilson line of steamers. A very
,rettv woman, she was maSted TO Sir
CHARLES Hartopp, who secured divorce
from her. with Lord Cowley as corespohu-
.nt Lord Cowley. and his son Lord Dan
,,o, belong to the house of Wellesley Oh
,ybicb the Duke of Wellington Is the chiei.
The first Lord Cowley was brother OF
the Iron Duke.