The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31
ARISTOCRACY
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HARD BY WAR
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LoNDoN. oct. ls.-The old French
adage "noolcssc obiigc'' has never been
more tr,:e than now. as has been clcarl,.
demonstrated by the part played by the
aristocracy of Great Britain In the pres
ent war. No recruiting officers. no
bands or paradcs have been needed 10
bring the sons ~ tho finest families Of
Britain to the colors. They have rallied.
fought and fallen In SO great numbers
that there rs practically not ~ noble
house III Ill the United Kingdom to-
day which is not IL mourning.
Sole hnirs. eldest sons. youngest sons,
fathers and h"o,l,crs Of tn, greatest and
most famous English families went to
the front at the very offset and are now
in the trenches in France and at the
Dardanelles or on the high seas. There
can be no doubt that tho peer Of Eng
land is paying toll not less willingly hut
even far more han the men Of the
working classes.
An Illuminating Illustration Of this
TACT was given recently when the menu
bers or the much abused House of Lords
refused to pass a motion authorizing
the return from the front of those of its
members who had gone TO the firing line.
Many Other gallant young officers wic
led their men to glory on the western
front at Mons. at the Marine or in Bel
$500 hbi'N' sNeuNt 'ndDene ana
I.oos. were the direc, descendants of
those who fought and fell at Waterloo.
at Crccy and at Poitiers.
Aristocracy Thinning,
h terrific blow deal, to the great
families Of Britain by the great war
mas caused many TO express serious fear
that the conflict which is now raging In
europe will completely %extinguish the
British aristocracy.
In fact 1t Is being seriously proposed
that where through the deaths Of sol.
heirs by Wal special remainders shall be
instituted so that the titles shall de-
scend to heirs female or heirs general.
thereby preserving the peerage.
IN the usual patent Of nobility the
title only descends to heirs Of the body
male and special remainders are granted
only In cases where some great national
service a been rendered. as in the
case OF Lord Roberts. whose peerage
descends through his daughter, and Lord
Kitchener. whose earldom upon his
death viii descend to his brother or his
brothsr's -ehildren.
In remainder through the war. namely
the marQuesate Of Lincolnshire and the
baronies Of Knaresborough. Playfair.
Ribblesdale and Stamfordham.
Six peers have already been killed.
namely Lords Consleton. Hawarden.
B~rabourne. Annesley, De Freyne and
Petre.
N.ar,,. ,hir,, hair.
heen L,,,ed ,ra .,oos, "aa.
wounded many
Eifrv .o,. NJ ,s.r, ,,,. ,.., ,.,uo,
ana IN. nunhar n,nnn,aS =. T." N" 'n
dreds.
Drot. ere of nears la rors,s nm,
tpIybts who have .,t,,.r h.an .ii,.a ~
wounded nnmher , ursa, ,o,a, ~ -"
How beaviiv Tho fi,I.d s.m,i,,.s h,,.o
contrihuteS ,I.uns.tyas 20 ,his aons,o,
nav hest be Imagined whs, i, 10 sta,sI
,hat 81, neers and aol sous y, n..rs
are already servinr with his coio,.
BOYS Succeed 10 TitIca
r, .o, ,,o, 80. ,
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a".LaTs ~" "e pes' ihu'-
n~r pJ,.a na, " n'emno~er' y,
: 9 " ro.n.on 49,, ~ ,D'u
H. n,,.s . hne,hon !" .n1 i'oss'
s,r,rr. o. o.. u.rn, n ps-
on CO., N as T,rxu n, ,Sn Tnnty,
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80 80 h.in ~ i.orI pcdesdai. It's Ss So.
-. .n,sos - pada,d.,o 40 80
xiny with IN. color. two in tho army
Ia NO in ~. navv TTS. ',st :, in'n
"a. the Hon John Ercema Ntfor
y,ho was ,ormerIy attached % tho pritish
Enh. .sy in periin and about Two years
AGO MARRIED tho dauyhter Of the German
90, Lin. Her. von Ere,c,anSer The
uon. Coiwyn phIllins. elder son OF LORD
St naytd. was an earlv victim ~ the
Nv WI. hro,her poland uho 4. now
sole heir r. . lieutenant in the cayalry.
When the Earl of Erne died his son
and heir. Major viscount Crich,on, who
had been eouerry to the King, was re.
ported m have been taken prisoner in
t;ermany. Later information showed he
died from wounds about the same time
as his father. Viscount Crichton left
n son horn in 1907. who at the early
age OF 8 years has become the Earl
Of Erpe.
Another pathetic case is that OF Capt.
losd Guernsey, whose little son Michael,
horn In 1905, becomes the heir to the
earldom Of Aylosfoid.
Through the death Of Viscount North
land. tho only son Of the Earl of Ran
furry. the heir to the earldom Is North
,and's little baby, born in May Of this
wear. Lord Northland came into notorl-
ety some years ago by being named As
the correspondent in a sensational d.
vorce case
lord kiliarin'. heir is now the baby