Evening star., 1923-12-26
British Land Magnates Taxed
To the Verge Of Bankruptcy

of what they were before the war
| and, in some cases, the incomes have
disappeared altogether, as in the
case of the dukes Of Atholl ana
northumberland.
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Sir Esne and Lady Isabella Howard
made so many friends in America
| when the former was stationed a.
Washington for several years as
counselor of the British embassy
that the news of the celebration OF
his silver wedding at Madrid, where
he has been accredited since the close
of the war as ambassador, will bo
| received In this country with a Ger
tain degree of sympathetic Interest
The Howards are as popular in the
Spanish capital as they were. In
Washington, and advantage was
taken of this celebration to over
whelm them with silver tokens OF
regard and esteem by all the mem
bers of the reigning house of Spain,
and of the grandezza. The fact that
both Sir Esme and Lady Isabella
should be members of the Church OF
Rome renders them particularly wei
come at a court of a sovereign ono
of whose most ancient titles, con-
ferred by the papacy centuries ago, Is
that Of His Catholic Majesty" in
tended to emphasize that. even In
| those far-off- days before the refor-
nation, when all European monarchs
accorded their spiritual allegiance to
the holy seat. the ruler of Spain was
| regarded as the sovereign esteemed
as the most pre-eminently Catholic.
Sir Esme Howard as indicated by
his name. Is a scion OF that historic
English house of Howard of which
the sixteenth Duke of Norfolk.
and hereditary earl marshal OF the
kingdom. is the chief. Indeed, Sir
Esme is a grandson of that LorG
Henry Howard who was the younger
folk. His father was the fourth sor
OF Henry Howard of Greystoke Castle
In Cumberland, which Is now in tho
possession of Sir Esme's nephew,
Bernard Howard.
AS for Lady Isabella Howard, she
Is not only the daughter of Scotch
peer, but also an italian princess by
birth, her father having been the
eighth Earl of Newburgh. Viscouut
Kynnaird and Baron Lovinstone, ali
in the peerage- of Scotland, besides
, being, also. Prince Giustiniani and
Of Bandini Of Rome. as well as Duke
of Mondragone and Count Carninoli
Of Naples. HIS family, namely that
OF tn6 GuSClnlan1, relRneu as SONeT-
eigns over the Island of Chios until
1t was seized by the republic of Ge-
noa In the fourteenth century. His
earldom of Newburgh and his other
Scottish peerages came to him
through his mother, and. in order TO
enjoy the prerogatives thereof, after
her death, he had, as a patrician OF
Rome, ito obtain letters of naturalt-
cation as a. British subject.
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The earldom of Newburgh and the
minor, Scottish dignities and peerages
associated Herewith were bestowed.
In the FIRST place. by Charles II upon
his favorite gentleman In waiting.
Sir James Livingstone of Kynnaird.
who had been one of the most de-
voted Of the cavaliers of Charles I.
and who had accompanied the latter's
son and successor into exile. The
second Earl of Newburgh dice with
scended to his daughter. In at least
four different subsequent instances
the ear dom and the other peerages
were inherited by women, one, of
whom married the Irish Neapo ttan
Count Mahoney. There was an only
daughter of this union who married
the fifth Prince GustiniaRi. Her son,
became, therefore, through his
mother, Earl of Newburgh. He again
left an only daughter who succe eded
both TO hia Italian honors and TO his
Scotch peerages. She married. The.
Italian Marquis BandinL