The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-24
KING AND QUEEN PAY
VISIT TO LORD CREWE
bindings of Bsnvenato cellinl

bindings of Benvenuto Cellini and
other great workers In precious
metals. Tho house contains also many
trophies OF Lord Crewe's progresses
with his rifle In Central Africa and
In india and also some very dainty
silver statuettes OF his fayorite race
horses But probably in the opinion
OF Lord and Lady Crewe. the greatest
OF all their treasures is their little
boy. now two years old. who beats
the 'iuc Of Earl of Madeley, taken
from Madeiey Manor, near Newcnslie-
under-Lyne. one of the lesser country
y a,h OF the marquis.
Lord Crewe will be remembered by
some of the more mature of my
readers in this country, as Robert
Milne. namo which no bore when he
accompanied his father, the late Lord
iAoughton on his trips to this side OF
the Atlantic. Lord Houghton was a
quarter of d century ago one of the
most popular and widely known Eng
lishmen IN the New World, and the
greatest enthusiast In England about
everything American. Lord Crewe was
Gladstone's Home Rule Viceroy OF Ire
land, was lord IN waiting TO Queen
Victoria, aud before becoming Secre-
tary for India and Lord Privy Seal,
was Secretary of State for the Col
onies. and also Lord president Of the
Council. His first wife was the love-
~ Sibyl Graham, daughter OF Sir
Frederick Graham. of NetherSy, and
sister OF the late Duchess of Montrose.
She died after seven years of marriage,
followed shortly afterwards to the
grave by her little boy. and Lord
Crewes sorrow for this double be-
renVement found expression at the
Z L.
titled Seven Years" She left him
with three daughters of about the
same age rs their stepmothcr, and
who have been her most intimate
friends from childhood.
1t was as second Lord Houghton that
| he "resned" as viceroy OF Ireland.
On completion OF his term OF office no
was advanced to the Earldom of
Crewe having in the meantime sue
not to the peerage. OF his maternal
uncle, the late Lord Crewe. Two
years ago he was still further id
vanccd to the narquisate of Crewe
ne has from his uncle an income of
about 100000 a year.
ireland has lost her principal rep
resentattVc peer. through the death OF
old Lord Belmore, who sat In the
L
Tor nfty-slX years. Four decades ago
he was in Australia as Governor and
commander chief OF New South
Wales. and it was while staying with
him at Sydney that King Edwards
sailor brother, tho late Duke of Edin-
/ burgh and Of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, had
the attempt made upon his life by Far
rell. AT one time he was very large
landowner in ireland. especially in
the counties Tyrone. Fermanagh, Ar
magh, Longford, and Monaghan. But
some time ago he took advantage OF
the land act to sell most of his prop
erty, having no less than nine unmar-
ried daughters, for whose future he had
to provide. In addition to these daugh-
ters' there are three sons. the young
est, namely. Ernest Cecil Lowry Cory,
| owning large ranch in Argentina.
The new carl and his brothers arc
! unmarried. He Is inclined to DO seri-
! Gus, is member of the General Synod
| of the dsestablished Church OF Ire
| land and himself has described his
| favorite recreation as visiting cathe
drals and playing croquet." 1t is
hardly necessary to add that he is.
like his father, Tory. an anti-home-
ruler. although the first Earl Of Bel
/ more voted against the Union In
| 1900
Not that the Nationalists hold his
name In any affectionate memory I'm
this connection. For despite his vote,
he contributed in no small degree to
bring about Irelands loss OF her leg
islative autonomy at the close OF the
eighteenth century. If he was elevat-
ed to the peeraSc as Lord Belmore In
lisl 1t was on the nomination of Lord
Buckinghamshire. then Viceroy of Ire
land, whose daughter he had married,
ana because of his persistent opposi-
ton in the Dublin House of Commons
10 the policy of Henry Grattan. In
! lis9 he was advanced to viscounty
Tor his continued obstruction of Graf
tan's policy, and in 1897 was made
Earl of Belmore for his support in the
irish House OF Lords. through thick
and thin, OF the administration of
Lord Camden, the viceroy who DELHI
eSately goaded the Irish into rebellion,
IN order to carry the Union. AS he
also managed to eXtort near s25OOOO
from the government as compensaY on
for the loss of his property" in sew
eral nomination boroughs which were
disoranchised his vote against the Tn
ion cannot be regarded as particularly
sincere.
His estates were, according to the
historian E'roude. obtained through
fraud by his ancestor, James Cory,
after the defeat Of tho cause OF James
H.. on the plea that he had been of
| great assistance to King William, and
had suffered for his loyalty, whereas
the actual fact was that he had had
| his house in Enniskllen burned by
King Williams adherents. in punish
ment for his hostility to the latter.
Copyright. 1918. by. the Brentwood
Company
Binck-Swisher.
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