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Perhaps one OF. the most remark
Able ronoanees. ~ the .haronsfGY,ts that
provided by the history OF thu Cum
nssnEs..aahe representative % wnics,
Sir ksaneSM AaasEan1 cairf,sssraF. has
frreerY servfce in all parts If the werfnsS
s~sf Kenneth entered the medical SER
vice Of the army in 1881. and retired
| twenty years later after becoming
Hon. Brig. Surgeon. The hrst haro-
net was ruined IN the South sea nao-
I BILE. and sold the family estates IN
khrrdesnshire The second haronet
emiErated to North America where
he was elected chief of the Cherokee
Indians, and II was his absence from
England which led to the earonetcy
being deemed extinct But IL was as
sumed in 1877 by Sir Kenneth Cum
ming.
The house which is now represented
by the MARQUIS Of Lansdowne and Lord
Fitxmaarice really originated through
/ william Petty. son OF Hampshire
clothier. while the hrst Lord Era Loon
chant who commenced life by making
runaway match with the daughter OF a
Newcastle banker Ultimately ne was
capabilities led him rapidly to the
woolsAck.
OF the Great smith Family.
II Is the fashion in certain circles 10
movers in the small holdings move
ment. with his sympathies for the
workinEman. The scoffers rarely get
the best Of the encounter, however, for
the radical earl to good humor that
is seldom ruffled adds a ready wit that
is seldom al fault
Tut. tut Is his usual answer. II
was one myself two or three genera
lions ago" Which ia quite true. for the
founder OF his family was one John
Smith. a respectable draper Of Noting
ham.
To these examples of peers who have
sprung from the people in bygone days
could. OF course, be added quite num-
her Of instances Of men who during
by reason Of their great business
capabilities There is Lord Davenport.
who started life as the son OF an
UxhrldGe carpenter. with very niue
money. when twenty -one he went into
business on his own account. Keen.
resolute and devoted to work. he forged
ahead until he became, as Mr.. Hudson
Kesrley. the principal partner in the
kesrtey and TonEe, the great tea i'm
porters and merchants, being made
haronet in 1908 and a baron two years
later.
<a~vies, Carpenters and SaddIers.
Then mention might be made of the
fact that Lord Brassey's father was the
hum BILE son OF a Cheshire yeoman, VINO
first achieved wealth and fame by sue
cessfully exploiting "navvies, or navi-
gators as they were termed. in the cor
struction of railway tracks. Engineers
in England. Europe and America sought
his services, and so many were his un~
dertakings that he came To have an
army of ~, 900 In his employ. Neither
must one forget that amazing trio of
captains of industry. Lords Mount
stephen, Strathcona and Pirrie, men
who. starting on the lowest runE OF
the ladder, have astounded the world
with their wonderful capabilities.
Lord Mountstephen's father was
small carpenter In the little Banffshire
town OF Dufftown. Lord Strathconas
father was struggling tradesman In
n small way of business as a saddler !;
while Lord Pirrie's father died when
he was quite young, and his mother
mortgaged her small savings to edu-
cate him. But these men Ttumphed
over all difficulties, and today figure
among the greatest in the land
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