Evening star., 1923-06-11
Present Premier of Britain Gave
Fourth of Fortune to Nation at War

1t would go far toward relieving the
and the burden resting so heavily
upon their less afYiuent. but infinitely
more patriotic and public-spirited fell
low citizens
Incidentally IL may be stated that
Stanley Baldwin is closely related to
Rudyard Kipiing. and II he happens
to be still in Office as prime minister
reate to the sovereign becomes va
cant. he may be relied upon to crafty
universal popular sentiment by nomi-
mating EnRland's favorite bard to the
post in succession to It's present in
cumbent. II
AS the new Lord Trevor Is con-
firmed bachelor of over sixty. at one
time in the colonial service in New
Zealand. and who, after being dis
combatant ranks of the army on the
outbreak Of the great war. Joined the
French Red Cross and won the croix
de guere on the battlefield, ii looks
very much as il his peerage were
destined to become extinct with his
death. 1t Is understood that the late
Lord Trevor, who for a time COM
manded as lieutenant colonel the
First Life Guards, bequeathed the
bulk of his large fortune to his
widow. Rosamond Petre, whose first
husband was the fourth Earl of Ban
try, so that the new Lord Trevor. who
was his predecessors half brother
will remain quite the reverse OF
affiuent. The late lord. who some
years ago sold all his real estate In
London. including Princes, the Ra-
quet and Tennis Club. Knightsbridge
Hall. etc, for a sum near $2.000,000.
was not particularly generous with
his half brothers, and allowed one OF
them-namely. his then heir apparent.
the Hon. George Hill Trevor-to be
gazetted as a bankrupt with no as
sets. although the liabilities were
barely $4,000. The Hon. George was
found drowned last summer at Bog
nor. on the Sussex coast.
Throughout the greater part of the
Victorian reign. bankruptcy was
looked upon in England as dis
grace of sufficient Importance to en-
tail the forfeiture of membership of
all the leading London clubs. and the
relatives of the insolvent debtor were
ready to make almost any sacrifice in
order TO avert what they regarded as
stain upon the familys escutcheon
But since the late Lord Esher, as
master OF the rolls. presiding over
the high court OF appeal, with Lord
Justices Lopes and Chitty beside him.
declared from the bench the plea
that there is any shame in bank
ruptcy" is an exploded one. altogether
different ethics have prevailed, and
the late Lord Cadogan. one of the
very wealthiest members of the peer
age and ground landlord of the great
er portion of the Chelsea district of
the British metropolis. preferred to
allow his son and heir, the present
earl TO be gazetted as a bankrupt,
rather than to effect any compromise
of the liabilities. which were under
$4,000.
The founder Of the fortunes of the
Lords OF Trevor was John Trevor, who
was speaker OF the house of com
mons and master of the rolls in the
seventeenth century. He was de-
prived of his speakership and ,ex-
PEELED from the house of commons on
conviction of acceptance of a bribe
from the common council of London
but was permitted by King William
III. in spite of this condemnation. to
retain his high judicial and lucrative
office of master of the rolls until his
death. when he left a very large for
tune. History is far from Ienient to
his memory.