The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-16

of the people.
Lord Edmund Talbot, the new I'm
ionist whip In the House OF Commons,
and as such largely responsible for
the management OF the parliamentary
forces OF the opposition. is the only
brother of tho Duke of Norfolk. and
until the birth of the latter's f1veycar-
old boy, the Earl of Arundel and sur
rey, was the next heir to tho dukedom
and vast entailcd estates, to which he
stands now second in the line OF sue
cession. He is a soldier by profession,
and at the time OF the South African
War. in which he took part. was lieu
tenant colonel OF the Eleventh Illus
sars, while he has represented Chi
chester in the House of Commons for
near n quarter Of n century
| short in stature, like the duke but
much more trim in appearance. as be-
! hts former cavalry officer. he is very
/ rich In his own right having inherited
all the huge personal property OF the
seventeenth Lord Shrewsbury. the last
of the Catholic earls OF that line. who
/ died without issue. and believing that
his earldom had become extinct, be-
| Queathed everything that he possessed,
and ne was enormously rich--to Lord
| Edmund Howard, distant kinsman.
\ and who was at the time an infant OF
| eighteen months.
Lord Shrewsburys will provided that
! Lord Edmund. on attaining his majority
| and on entering into the possession OF
| his inheritance. should drop his name
| of Howard and assume the carfs pat
ronymic of Talbot only, also the lat
| ter's armorial bearings.
The carls Will was contested. For
| the third Earl Talbot put forward a
claim to the much older earldom OF
Shrewsbury. and after legal proceed
! ings which extended over a period Of
! years, at length managed to prove his
81 t,,, . l,n riH IF h,.., -,
which is tho premier earldom of Eng
! land, and became ipso facto. invested
with the right to all the entailed prop
erty. tho personal property. which
| was Infinitely moro valuable. and the
disposable real estate. remaining how
ever, in the possession Of Lord Edmund
Howard. who on attaining his ajority
became Lord Edmund Talbot.
This condition OF affairs has led to
all sorts OF peculiar complications
Thus. for Instance. part and parcel OF
the present Lord Shrcwsburys princely
country seat of Alton Towers. In Stat
fordshire formed part of the entailed
property, but a considerable portion of
the park, embracing the principal APP
proach to the mansion, was indepen-
dent freehold, not included in the en-
tail and consequently Belongs to Lord
Edmund Talbot.
Lord Edmund has on several occa
sions suggested to the present Earl OF
shrewsbury that he should either pur-
chase the unentailcd portion OF the Al
ton Towers estate or else that he
should make some exchange Lord
shrewsbury. however, has always de-
clined 10 treat with Lord Edmund. talk
ing the ground thar he himself has
every right. except the strictly legal
one to the latters portion of the Alton
Towers estate. In view Of this atti-
Jude on his part, Lord Edmund, al
though most kindhearted. sensible
man, declines TO permit of access to
alton Towers through his portion of
inc estate. and the result is that Alton
Iowers stands most of the time empty
since II Is naturally not agreeable tt
|, LORD shrewsbury. who is one of the
four Catskin Earls and Hereditary
Lord High Steward OF the Kingdom of
ireland to be compelled TO approa II
his country seat by what is to all in
tents and purposes its back door. lie
leaNes II most Of the time to his wife
from whom he has long been separated
- ana whom he married after She was
divorced from Alfred Nundy
Lord Edmund Talbot is married tc
Lady Mary BERTHE, Of the Catholic hou.,
Of that name. represented by the Ear
OF Abingdon who won the Distinguish
ed Service Order on the battlcGeI,
during the Boer War and has uc
children. 1t Ia probable that when II,
ana his wife die his very large forum,
- VIII go 10 swell the great wealth a.
his nephew, the young Earl OF Arlr
del. the future Duke OF Norfolk. an,
as such destined to become the pre
,nier peer OF the realm.
Copyright, 1919. BY the brentwood
- Company