The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-25

'BoEs WI the Brawd Apron" not on
account OF wearing one Of these gar.
| iAinia feH!arkanlc .or It's breadth. but
; because OF the large number OF landed
estates whlca she Aad brought 10 her
( husband In marriage. 1t was ncr
gFea grandson. Charles Howard, Hho
Wells bodyEua-c during the Civn
WaT, MAS crc4tzd Dy the protector
aaron OF Gi!sland, and Viscoun, How
ard Of MoTpeth.
On hmdiHg what a feeble successor
tho protector had iet, In his son. RicR.
ard Cromwell. Charles Howard, wao
Isle, at the time OF the Restoration.
sided with General Monk. and Helped
20 BRING about The return to England
OF Charles u, The latter took no notice
OF the CTomwell!au honors accorded 10
CHARLES Howard but about year lat
er raised him 10 the pee:age anew, az
Lord itacre OF Gils!and. Vlscount How
ara o. Norp.tA., ana Earl OF Carlisle
King Charles held aim IN high regard
sen; him as ambassador to the Gear
o. Russia. and also to the cour, Of
vain the Order or the Garter. He WAS
i!kcw!sa Governor OF jamaica Curt!
ousiy enough. no mention whatever Is
any other standard works OF reference
| ABOUT the two peerages bestowed upon
cH T5a nowsrt BY the protector.
Byron. and was so terribly scandalized
by his wards dcbcuchary that on ths
account he declined 70 INTRODUCES him
OF Lords. This lad to bitter quarrel
wn!ch mas been placed on lasting re
coEd IN several Of Ryron's poems
recall that this Lord Carlisle (who livea
N the memory OF the Irish people as
The ao.o! most popular yyiceroy that eysr
lin CASTLE came TO this country in
l777. special ambassador from
G a'i,a III" to bring about a recon
but was mot on landing here with the
news that the United States had eff
ieCted q treaty OF alliance with France.
! while In America Lord Carlisle was
challenged BY General the Marquis do
Lafayette TO fight duel for having In
MS correspondence denounced the con-
duct OF tho French government as
trcacherous The peer. however. de-
cltned the challenge. on the ground
that he could not accept the cartel for
his public duty.
In adopting the naval profession the
new, new Earl OF Carlisle is maintaining
s se ifsmiy ,b radisions in the matter o.
thtr's brothers are. cavalry officers a
third; the Hon. Hubert Howard, was
KILLED at the battle OF omdurman.
Howard. the most brilliant of the lot.
Z succnmhed to fever a few years ago
while holding the Office OF British real
Y d.
He did not know what fear was. and
Wnen at Oxford some one dared him
10 ride down a long flight OF stone
steps: leading from one OF the halls
10 the cloister on his bicycle. he
brought mis- machine into the college.
1 which in Itself constituted breach OF
the rules. conveyed 1t to the top or
the steps. and then started down at
lightning speed TO the bottom. He es-
:aped IN the most, miraculous fash.
ION, with few bad bruse5 But the
bicycle was smashed beyond all hope
OF repair.
Oliver spent several years farming
! in british Columbia before going out
TO East Africa. and both ne and mis-
brother. the late Hubert Howard. will
/ be recalled In connectire with their
cha m ntonship of tho insurgent cause
In Cuba, prior to tho Spanish Amari-
can War. In 1897 spending much time
among tho Cuban rebels. by whom he
! was looked upon as a warm and loyal
! friend.
! Copyright. 1912. ny the brentwood
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