Evening star., 1923-07-15
Lady Bewicke-Copley Dies Tragically
As She Wins Fight for Ancient Title

ne had overthrown and put to death
King Charles I. it will certainly be
strange to hear the name of Lord
Cromwell' being called out in the
Silded chamber, with the request for
his vote as a hereditary legislator
And as a peer of the realm.
Pat Annesley" is the name which
| is being used by Viscount Glerawly
to conceal his identity at Hollywood.
| where he is earning under discourage
| ing circumstances, precarious live.
llhood as a super" in the current
production there of George NJ. Co
hans play, Little Johnny Jones'
Last year he was figuring on the
stage of the Winter Garden Theater,
in London, under the management Of
Grossmith and Lauri. as a member of
the chorus. in kissing Time at a
salary of s25 week, also avoid
ing his title and making use of the
name of Pat Carnarvon." He is fully
six feet high, has clear blue eyes
has pleasing musical voice and
has had no end of trouble with money
| lenders.
Nor has he been free from matri-
monial adventures, for he is married
| to Edith, daughter of the late Mai.
Albemarle Rawlinson, the divorced
wife of young Lord Kilconnell, whose
| own mother 1t may be remembered
was the beautiful Belle Billion of Lon
don music hall celebrity, who died
as the wife of the present Earl OF
Clancarty. Lady Glerawly has not &C
companied her husband to Holly
wood, but remains in London, at any
rate for the present.
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II is rather relief to Lord Gler-
awly's American friends and ac-
quaintances and TO his fellow mem
oers of the profession that he has
adopted the incognito of pat Annes-
ley" for ordinary use. Glerawly is a
positively jaw-breaking name. which
sounds strange, even to Irishmen. The
name should have been "Glenawley.
place in County Fermanagh. But
the clerk of the crown intrusted with
the duty of writing out the patent of
creation of the peerage wrote the
name wrong and as the error was dis
| covered only after the document had
received the sign manual of the SOW
ereign. il was too late to change IL
Consequently, the earls of Annesle!
possess among their minor honors
the Viscounty of Glerawly, a place
that has no existence.
Although Lord Glerawly is the eld-
est son and heir of the seventh Ear
of Annesley, he is only very remotely
connected with that Priscilla, Count
ess of Annesley. who returned I"
England last summer after spending
almost year in the United states.
, especially in New York, in Washing
ton, in Florida, etc, being everywhere
extensively entertained. She is the
widow Of the fifth earl, who died in
1908. and the book which she is about
, to publish in London describing her
experience in the United States is now
on the eve of appearance and will be
widely read. For she had the time OF
accounts. and it may be taken for
granted that there will be no unkind-
ly criticism, no ill-natured imputa-
tions, no disagreeable comparisons
with Great Britain or any other coun
try in its pages.
Far from engendering resentment
such as that which has been caused by
the comments of other English writer's
about America and Americans, her book
will be conducive in every way to in
crease the good will between the Eng
ish-speaking people on both sides OF
the Atlantic. ExcelIing in golf. devoted
to flyfishing. for trout and salmon,
skilled yachtswoman, she has retained
much of the Irish comeliEess and charm
which caused her as q young girl.
daughter of William Armitage Moore of
Arnmore, to be celebrated as the reign
ing beauty of Dublin society and to be
known alike by the latter and espe-
cially by the masses of the population
as pretty Priscilla" Possessed OF re-
markable gifts, both as a musician and
as a vocalist, singing Moore's melodies
and Irish ballads to her own harp or
guitar accompaniment. her Irish wit is
never ill-natured, and It is only natural
that throughout her stay in America
she should have pleased everywhere
and have been pleased
The .Annesleys are descended from
Richard Brito. or lie Breton" who
accompanied Ralph Fitzhubert, Count
of Maine. into England at the time OF
the Norman conquest, and received
from the crown the lordship of Annes-
ley in Northamptonshire. Sir Francis
Annesley was employed in Ireland by
King James l as his secretary of state
and as his speaker of the privy signet.
Since then the Annesleys have played
very notable role, marked by. much ro-
nance and even tragedy, In the annals
Of Great Britain and Ireland.