The Washington herald., 1913-02-27

Quite a number of peers and heirs
to British peerages attain their ma
jority this year. First in the list is
Lord Lisburne, who was twenty-one
on the sth of the present month. The
occasion was celebrated with great re-
joicings at Aberystwith. where the
young earl owns two seats. Lady AM
herst, his step-grandmother, acted as
hostess. This family, which was
granted the viscount title in 1896, and
made earls in 1776. stands in the very
first rank of ancient Cymric houses,
and almost is without a parallel for
prolonged undisturbed possession of
the original seat and estate. The
manor and mansion of Trawscoed
came into the Vaughan family by the
marriage OF AIDA Vychan and Tudo.
daughter and heir of Ievan Goch, in
1900. and ever since have been con-
tlnuously occupied by the same fam
lily. The pedigree. by well ascertained
steps of descent, is deduced from Coll
wyn of Tangno, founder of the fifth
noble tribe Of North Wales. Lord Of
Eiflonydd, in Ardudwy, and part of
Leyn. The lineal descendant Of this
ancient family was Edward Vaughan.
Lord Carbery tSir John Evans
fTehet. lne lentn DdTOnt VINO al pres
ent is in British East Africa, will come
Of age next May. The anniversary is
to be celebrated at Castle Freke. Coun-
ty Cork. in Ireland. The Evans fam
lily claims descent from Elystan Glod-
rydd, Prince of Fferlys. Two of the
family. in the sixteenth century. set
tied in Ireland: John Evans. ancestor
of the Lords Carbery. and Robert Ev-
ans. founder of the Evanses of Rock
field, westmeath and Priorswood.
County Dublin. John Evans settled in
Limerick in 162S. His grandson.
George Evans. was made a member of
the privy council after the accession of
King William. as a reward for having
'zealously promoted the revolution. and
was made an earl.
Festivities will be held in July next
in honor of the twenty-frst birthday
of Lord Marsham, heir to Lord Rom
ney, also in honor of Lord Raincliffe.
elder son of Lord Londesborough and
OF Mr.. Westenras. son of Lord Rossmore.
The Romneys derive their family
name from the town of Marsham. Nor
folk. in which county they occupied
high station as far back as the twelfth
century. The immediate founder of
the present family was Thomas Marsh
am, a London merchant I556). whose
second son was ennobled.
The Londesborough house quite re-
Gently was founded by Lord Albert
Denison, second son of the first Mar
quis OF Conyngham GS54). after sue
ceedinC to the vast estates of his uncle
Tho Conynghams are an ancient Scot
tish family. whose founder. Alexander
ConynCham. in 1911 was appointed the
first Protestant minister in County
Donegal. Ireland
The Westenras are of the Cairs ilk,
a family Of very ancient standing in
Scotland. The founder-a Van Was
senaer. of Wassenburgh. was scion
of a family Of great antiquity in Hol-
land. one OF the ancestors having be
come a very conspicuous historical fig-
ure in fighting the Spanish opprcssor
OF the Netherlands. the Duke of Alva.
1t was he who swan across an arm of
the Zuyder Sea to bring the news of
approaching relief to his besieged
countrymcn.
Mr.. Edward IIardinge. son and heir
of the Niceroy of India and Lady Har-
dinGc. will be twenty-one on May ). If
as IS rumored. Lord Hardinge returns
to England on his recovery from the
injuries he received by the throwing
Of a bomb at the recent durbar. the
event will be celebrated at Southpark.
Tunbridgc.
Other heirs to titles who attain their
majority this year are the sons or
Lord Spencer. May %: Lord Lyveden.
February l: Lord Cough, February %:
Lord Grantley. April .; Lord Wharn-
cIiffe. April l.: Lord I.outh, April 26;
Lord Calthorpe. May -: Lord Auck-
land. June Il: Lord Moray. July 10;
Lord IIarrowby. October IL: Lord
Armstrong. October 10: Lord Galloway.
November 81: and Lord Powis. Dcccm-
Der ..