The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-29
Seventeen Endeavor to Gain
Means of Livelihood for Him
self and Family.

w I HEN one .nds baronet of an
w cent lineage serving drinks
from behind the bar OF a coun-
Try town Ealoon-publ!c houses as they
are called In Great Britain-it usually
means that he mas come down in the
world, and met with revernes This
Is not. however. the case with Sir
Henry Echlin eighth baronet of his
house, who has just given up his IL
cense as pelican Of the Seven Stars,
at Bledlow. In Buckingha mshire, at the
END of seven years end eavor to mako
The place gay sufficient to furnish the
means OF livelihood for himself Lacy
Lchlin, and his twenty-ycar- old daugh-
ter Margaret. For Sir Henry, whose
elder brother, Thomas. and predeces-
sor in the title was a private in the
ranks of the Irish constabulary. began
life g footman TO the late Sir Ger
aid Aylmer, at Donadca Castle. In
County Kildare. and in London At
forwards he enlisted as "A private in
the Second Life Guards Regiment but
deserted: and then joined the Liverpool
police. where he used to see ms name
printed every day in the Police Gazette
as "A deserter. and was instructed,
along with the other members of the
police force. TO look out for the cap
ture and arrest Of the fugitive. that
is to say, of himself Eventually he
surrendered 10 the military authori-
ties. Tho officers composing tho court
martial were SO hugely entertained
with the idea OF his being set 20 ctach
himself. that they let him OFF with
merely nominal punishment.
subsequently,, he became barman IN
a public house, that Is TO say. saloon.
and IN course of time. managed to get
set up in business for himself ny ono
or another OF the great breweries or
gin distillcries, and has Kept in turn
the Wheelwrights Arms. at NARROW
the Criterion. at Windsor. the Rupert
Arms. at Reading. the Red lion, at
I High Wycomhe, the Rose and Crow. at
Wohurn and. last OF all. the seven
stars. in Bledlow.
Sir Hehry's daughter IS a school
teacher. and as such possessed of a
considerably greater amount of cduca
ton than hcr parents. whose training
is that which is customary in people
OF the domestic servant and bartender
cNss. lie has no sons, and on his
death his baronctcy Will go to his only
brother, John Echlin. who. until re-
Gently. was station master OF Il small
village station on the indian Rail-
road OF ireland. hut has now n minor
place in the Dublin Offices OF that com
Tany. He has three sons. all OF them
grown UP, so that there is little pros
pcct of the title becoming extinct.
Ono of mis- sisters Emily by name.
makes her home on this side of the
Atlantic. being married to an Ameri-
can farmer of the name of Bernard
Norton. OF Ann Arbor Mich.
The Echlins are "A Very ancient
! Scottish family. the history OF which,
! dating back To the twelfth century,
may he found at the British Museum,
III little book of the eighteenth cen
| fury. entitled Memoirs Of the Antient
r'amiic OF the Echlns of Pitardo. in
! the County of Fife. Scotland, now
! Transplanted 10 Ireland" An F.chltn
was constable and deputy governor OF
Edinburgh Castle during the siege OF
1872. The family migrated TO ireland
+ in the reign of James J., who appoint
ed tho Right Rev. pr. Henry Echlin
Bishop OF Down and Common. by patent
dated March. 1913 He achieved con-
siderable note by his persecution or
the Presbyterians in Belfast. and was
murd cred there in q particularly har
barous fashion. His great grandson
and namcsake. Henry iIchlin. was
judge OF the Court Of the Exchequer
of ireland. and received his baronetcy
for his services on the bench.
The third and fourth baronets dis
/ sipated by gambling and every form
OF extravaganza, including costly lit
CATION, the once large property OF the
family in ireland: and Sir Henry's
father. the late Sir Ferdinand Echlin
as we'll as the latter's elder brother
and predecessor, Sir Frederick Echlin
succeeded to nothing else but the bar
rem title, being compelled to resort
to humble means OF livelihood in or
der TO keep themselves from starving
both OF them dying In turn rs paupcrs
in the workhouse (almshouse). at
lIdendcrry. In County Kildare. I have
but briefly touched upon the story OF
the extraordinary vicissitudes of this
Echlin family. which constitutes one
Of those romances of gcnealogy that
Thomas Hardy, the novelist. turned to
such admirable account In his Tess OF
the d'Urbcrvilles."