New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17

c,it for the Estate of Henry
'' sieueI's English Grandson.

,o,o hv the brentwood Company
~" william Cavendsh, who lost his
.,s Titanic disaster left his Ameri-
~ .,srv Julia daughter Of Henry Sic
Go" New York, by his first MARRIAGE
ro SONS and a lawsuit on her hands.
W." -. which has been pending for some
The - cor the possession Of Crakemarsh
ume' ,,.+oveter. Staffordshire. which she
Han .,,,nies as lady Of the manor.
row .,.jr,ant I'm the suit is Ben Tyrrell,
In7 ,-a,ad cab driver. Of Burton-On-Trent,
U"T accidentally he claims a large sum OF
anu IN the neighborhood Of NOm0o, re-
non's No Tvrrell Cavendishs cousin, Harry
o s',.b some years ago. from the sale
srsornton Hall. in Buckinshamshire He
o. -. forward pretensions TO the ancient
T,-rsU baronetcy.
- latter was created by Charles I IN
=, his Master Of the BuckhOunds Sir
-.o,bv Tyrrell Another TyrTell was
u Councillor. a third a distinguished
m and a fourth a gentleman-in-wait-
=, n the King The cahman claims to he
a ~ from Sir Thomas Tyrreil, who
tsd in l1o5.
AZ. descended 70 his grandson. Charles,
's,-d son OF his eldest son. and on Charles's
s.,,, the raronetcy was understood 70 be-
-. extinct. while the estates were claimed
:, ,bs family attorney. a man by the name
=, sbsppard. who had taken the precaution
:. marrying a niece Of Sir Charles Tyrrell.
he ~,
.rs strength Of this union. one Of Shep-
IDS descendants. the owner of the TyT-
,.u estates. which included Crakemarsh
usu WAS knlghted. and became Sir Thomas
sssnrard He died without issue. leaving
.rs nrorertv 70 niece. Elizabeth Hart.
rbo married the Hon Richard Cavendsh.
an, Of the second Lord Waterpark
II is the Hon. Richard Cavendish, who IN
,sis wsv became possessed Of the Crake-
marsh Hall estates and Of the other Tyr
r.l property. who was the grandfather OF
The Tyrren William Cavendsh who mar
ned Miss SeseL
The one-legEed cabmau bases HIS claim
m the fact that Sir Thomas TyrreIl had
three sons-namely, Charles. Thomas and
John the last named horn on November Is,
IS4-snd is able 10 prove that John married
and had male children, who were living at
the time when their cousin, Sir Charles
Tyrrell. died without issue, and should.
therefore, have inherited the haronetcy and
Estates
Mutilated parish registers the intentional
destruction and removal Of monuments and
tablets 10 the memory Of members OF the
TTrell family in the parish church. etc, all
20 10 show. however. that there was foul
play presumably on the part Of the family
attorney. Sheppard, when he seized the es-
tstes on the strength Of his marriage TO Sir
Charles Tyrrelrs niece. The cabman is able
TO prove his descent in an unbroken line
rom Sir Thomas Tyrrelrs son John, and
50 strong is his case that a number Of per
sons have contributed funds 10 enable him
70 prosecute his claim.
TIE cahman is nearly seventy years old.
and while hostler lost his leg stopping a
runaway carriage and pair
His father was farm laborer, and was
EMPLOYED at Burton for many years i'm the
Bass brewery. II may he added that the
statute Of limitations does not come into
force in this partiular case. for although
during great number Of years Ben Tyr
rel, his father. his grandfather and his
great-grandfathsr never had money enough
TO meet the expenditure involved BY a long
action at law, they nevertheless kept alive
their rights, either by telling a tree on the
estates or by taking possession OF a cot
tsge on tho property, each time commit
ting an act of ownership, regardless OF the
brutality with which these acts were re-
sented when their purport was discovered.