New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-14
CLAIMS AN EARLDOM
Suit Resembles the TiChbOrne
Cause Celebre.

more fertile IN romance than the Lind
GAYS. and more particularly that branch
= the family Of which the Earl OF Lind
sav IS the chief II is a peerage that has
o>nericnced the most extraordinary vicis-
si,udes and has been the subject of no
md Of litigation. which has contributed
t., M small degree 10 impoverlsh II.
Another chapter is about to be added
~ rs annals that is thoroughly in keep
ing with its past history. For the pre-
urinary steps have been taken for law
,ui, in London which will serve to re-
give memories of the Tichborne cause
.nAbre The claimant TO the earldom and
In the minor dignites. which include the
haronies of Parbreath, of Kilbirnie. OF
t,,nesburn of Drumry and OF Lindsay. as
vol as the viscounty of Garnock, has.
ike the claimant in the Tichhorne case.
,morged from the wilds OF Australia and
mas been able To furnish sufficient proof
N satisfy. at any rate. the eminent firm
- London lawyers which has espoused
MS cause that he IS the second brother
II that John Bethune Lindsay. tenth
Earl Of Lindsay. who died without issue in
isq4 and whose honors. in default of other
heirs. went 10 n lllu CNNHlH' '''' -
and eleventh earl
The claimant gives his name as Henry
lanes Hamilton Bethune Lindsay and
insists that he is the second son or the
ninth earl. Now in the pages Of Burke
and other standard peerages and works
Of reference It is stated that the tenth
earI had a brother OF this name who
was born on June 5. 1884. and that he died
O, Nsrseilles in July. ls62. The claim
ants apparent age corresponds with the
date lust mentioned. although he pos
sAsses remarkable physical and mental
,igor for a man of seventy-nine.
His story IS 10 the effect that no dlo
mt die at Marseilles, as alleged. but that
having been disappointed in love analr
and sick at heart at the manner IN which
he had been treated by his family IN the
matter. he had sailed from Marseilies IN
Jrlv. 1852. under an assumed name Tor
Australia. and had buried his identity at
a Mace called Cannawigra. where he be-
came manager of a large sheep run lie
moved about from one part of the country
20 another. living. among other places al
Gippsland. and wound up NJ Melbourne
where. some ten or fifteen years ago ne
married.
He adds that his family became aware
while he was in Australia of his contin-
ned existence. and that they even sent
ont a lawyer of the name or hayes Win
u,bor, he was in personal communication
and IN correspondence. What the nature
% this correspondence was he does not
d;vrlge but II is in the hands of his law
vers. and has gone far TO convince them
Of the validity of his pretenslons ana oi
the fact that ne is not an impostor
Previous Romances Of the House o.
Lindsay.
Something of the same kind occurred
on the death. without issue, of George
sixth Earl Of Lindsay and fifteenth Baron
Lindsay of the Byres in 1905. For the
earldom and all the honors then passed
n a very distant kinsman OF the name
of David Lindsay. who turned out to be
q corporal in the army. so ignorant tha'
he could hardly read or write. and whose
father. John. had been ships carpenter.
He too. died unmarried, and then the
oaridono went TO General Sir Patrick
Lindsay. who had number Of Indian VIC
tories 10 his record. He likewise LETT no
issue. and then the earldom OF LINDSAY
went 10 Sir Henry Lindsay Bethune' VINO
owed the additional name OF Bethuhe u
Tho marriage OF one Of his forebears'
Patrick Lindsay, TO Catherine Bethune'
the heiress Of the Bethunes OF Bandon.
This Sir Henry Lindsey Bethunes
.areer was as remarkable as those OF his
Immediate predecessors in the earidom'
or long before there had been any pros
,ect OF his inheriting the family honors
"a had entered the service Of the British
,rrov in India, was lent by the British
zoyernnent to the Shah Of Persia In order
n organize the Persian army and became
me Of the most universally respected ana
nonuIar figures in the Persian Empire
Intimately Great Britain appointed MIN
as rs Minister Plenipotentlary 70 the
court OF Teheran. and so great were the
services which he rendered that In addi-
,ion IN the Persian titles with which ne
had heen invested by the Shah he was
granted a baronetcy as well az the Order
OF the Bath
The earldom of Lindsay came 70 him
rnucb later. and not without consider
able amount Of litigation. He had three
sons. one who succeeded him as tenth
earl and who died without issue the sec
ord one. who Is alleged 10 have DIED AZ
Marseilles in 1862. but who, the firm OF
London lawyers claim, now appears upon
the scene. while the third, Martin, died
~ home as a boy Of fourteen. When the
tenth earl died several years elapsed be
for the present earl could establish his
rights 20 the honOrs to the satisfaction OF
the Committee Of Privileges Of the House
OF lords. The present earl as mentioned
.ho,e Is only a distant cousin Of the tenth
earl
The present earl has two sons-Reg-
insld CViscount CarnOck and the Hon.
Archibald Lindsay Bethune. Lord Car
mock. who IS a soldier and formerly COM
uanded the sth Hussar Regiment is a.
rich as his father IS poor, being married
N the daughter and heiress OF one Of the
greatest mine owners in Yorkshire He
has no children, and the second heir IS
his brother the Hon. Archibald. who In
1900 married Ethel. daughter Of William
Austin Tucker. one Of the leading bankers
~ Boston. The marriage took place IN
Emmanuel Church, Of that city, and after
the honeymoon Mr.. TNicker|set up his SON
in-law in the insurance business in Bos-
ION.
A Future Scotch American Peer.
The union did not turn out happily II