Evening star., 1923-02-13
Herbert Pike Pease, Recently Titled,
Is Descendant of Old Quaker Family

breadth of the dark continent as a
most successful and daring lion
hunter. His Book of the Lion"
welt quoted extensively in his ar
ticles in Scribner's Magazine on his
African experiences is a thrilling
narrative of hairbreadth adventures
undergone by the author in the chase
of the lion. and is also the generally
habits. the character and the pc
culiarities of the king of beasts.
Sir Aifreds younger brother, after
having filled the offices of postmaster
general. of minister of education and
Of chancellor of the Duchy Of Ian
caster, was raised to the peerage on
the nomination of Lloyd George as
Lord Gainford. in 1917. He has been
States, is married to the only daugh-
ter Of the late Gen. Sir Henry Have
look Allan, v. c.. and has an only
son married to Miss Veronica Noble
Noble.
The new Pease peer-namely. the
Right Hon. Herbert Pike Pease-has
beautiful place known as Morrow
Croft near Guilford. and will, it is
said. select as his it'll. shat Of Lord
Merrow. He is married to q Miss
Alice Luckock. daughter of the Dean
of Lichfeld, and has one son and sew
eral girls.
Another accession to the house OF
lords during the past week is the Hon.
Walter James of Evistone. Otter
burn. Northumberland, who has Just
succeeded to the peerage through the
death of his fine old father, Lord
Northbourne, who volunteered for
service during the great war. when
he was seventy-five, and, being re-
jected on the score of his age for
service overseas. contented himself
by conscientious military work in the
ranks of the territorial battalion of
the Kentish regiment. A huge, big
man-big in body and voice, big I'm
his way of looking at things and big
of heart-he never concealed his opin-
ions.
His bette noire was Lloyd George,
whom he abhorred in consequence Of
the extortionate burdens which he
had imposed upon land. and he did
not hesitate to proclaim in the autumn
of 1913, a year before the war, that
he would cheerfully roast an OK whole
at Betteshanger Park. his beautiful
place in Kent, on the day that wit
from the Office of chancellor of the
exchequer.
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His other bette noire was the ex-
kaiser, to whom the old gentleman, in
q public speech in 1915. issued a chal-
lenge 70 single combat with pistols
for two and coffee for one-the sur
vivor. He was quito the man to have
been ready to follow up his challenge,
and in his younger days had not hesi-
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so-called field of honor to Portuguese
count whom he had been cofnpeYied
to knock down while travelling in
Spain.
The new Lord Northbourne, third
Of his line-served throughout the
war-f1rst as an odicer of the Royal
En- ngineers, and then as commander
OF the Royal Naval Reserve. Married
he Is an altogether remarkable artist,
specializing in etching. Indeed, he is
the president of the Royal Society of
Painter -Etchers
Lord Northbourne's family is very
rich through possession of coal mines
in the north. 1t originally bore the
patronymic of Head. and figured
prominently in the county history of
Berkshire during the reign of Henry
VIII. The name was transformed into
/ James on Sir William Heads succeed
ing, couple. of centuries ago, to the
great estates of his uncle, last main
| heir to the ancient Berkshire house
oS JsunAR.