New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-28
LORD WEARDALE DUE
Earl Stanhope and Other Peace
Commissioners with Him.

Commissioners with Him.
Copyright. 1913. by the Brentwood Company
Lord Wesrdale and his nephew. Earl
Stanhope. who head the delegation or
members of the International con-
ference for the celebration of the CEN
tenary Of the Treaty Of Client and OF the
hundred years Of peace among English
speaking peoples now on its way across
the Atlantic bound for New York, were
received on Friday before sailing In fare
well audience. with their fellow commits
sioners. by King George at Buckingham
Palace
Lord Weardale is no stranger on this
side Of the ocean, where he Is more wide
~ known by the name OF Philip Stanhope,
which he bore prior 10 his elevation TO the
peerage. about seven years ago u was
an elevation which caused good deal or
astonlShment at the time. for AS an ad-
vanced Radical I'm the lower chamber OF
the national Legislature. he had frequently
advocated tho policy of sweeping ont of
existence the House of Lords with wool
sack Lord High Chancellor and every
''IUt 'blllf'tfu lNfIfNllbs JIG Utthl IT'S
career in tho royal navy. is a civil engi-
neer by profession and a politician by in
clination. his views on public questions be-
ing Numerically opposed TO those Of most
other members Of the Stanhope family,
though In keeping with those Of certain OF
his ancestors notably his great grand
father. the third t.sr Stanhope.
The latter, an avowed republican. the
friend and associate Of Robespierre and
a one time an officer Of tho Swiss militia,
married the daughter Of Lord Chatham,
the elder Pitt. and OF this union was born
the brilliant and eccentric Lady Hester
Stanhopo who kept house for her uncle.
William Pitt the Premier, until his death.
was the fancee OF General Sir John Moore,
Of Corunna celebrity, and who died In
mysterious way in Palestine as the wife Of
an Arab shcik.
After the death of Lady Hester's
mother the third Earl Stanhope married
again, and Lord Weardale, as we'll as his
nephew, the present Earl Stanhope, are
the lineal descendants of this second
marriage. The fourth Earl Stanhope
was the father OF the late Duchess Of
Cleveland and the grandfather, therefore,
OF Lord Rosebery.
Lord Weardale is married to a daugh
ter OF the Russian Count Cancrine, the
widow of Count Alexis Constantinovitch
Tolstoi. Until Philip Stsnhope became
Lord Weardale she insisted upon retain
ing her title Of Countess Tolstoi. which
led to occasional odd contretemps when
they were travelling in unsophisticated
parts of the world, the shocked innkeep-
ers requiring evidence of the fact that
their being registered under different
names
Lord Weardales longest stay in this
country was at the time of the worlds
fair at St Louis. when he was the
leader OF the English delegation TO the
International Parliamentary Congress
held there. There are no less than four
representatives Of the historic family
OF Stanhope in the House of Lords
namely, Lord Weardale and the earls OF
Stanhope. of Harrington and of Chester
field.
Camden, in his writings OF the times
OF Queen Elizabeth. mentions the STAN
hope family as deriving its name from
Stanhope, In the county Of Durham The
first peerage granted to the family was
the earldom OF Chesterfield. created in
1928 in favor. of Sir Philip Stanhope.
II was his greatgrandson whose Let
ters" have caused him to be generally
spoken Of as the celebrated Lord Ches-
terield' grandson of the first Lord
Chesterfield was created first Earl
Stanhope for his services In war-he
was the general who captured Mshon. in
the isle OF Minorca-and vas for several
years Prime Minister.
Lord Weardaes father was famous as
an historian. and while still Lord Mahon
wrote a history OF England which re-
mains 10 this day a standard work. He
was an intimate friend of Macaulay, who
often stayed with him at Chenenng, the
Stanhope ancestral home In Kent. IT is
grand old place. full Of relics Of past and
gone Stanhopes, Of the Pitts, and also
of the Duke OF Wellington. including the
telescope which the latter used at Wa
terloo The duke was the godfather OF
the late Earl Stanhope.
The present earl is thirty-two years old,
still unmarried. and served as an officer
~ the Grenadier Guards during the war
In South Africa. He has inherited none
OF the pronounced prejudices OF his
father the sixth earl. against the United
States. The late Lord Stanhope gave lib
eral expression TO his unfriendly senti-
ments for everything American by his
vigorous opposition TO the action OF the
English government in turning over 10
the United States the log Of the May
flower. Indeed. he actually went TO the
length of moving in the House OF Lords
petition to the Queen 10 put stop 10
this piece of international courtesy.
motion which was denied.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.