Evening star., 1923-10-19
BY THE MARarIsE DE FoNTENoY.


Lord Winterton. the only full
/ fiedged earl in the house of commons.
is TO marry next month Monica, the
only daughter of Lord Nunburnholme
of the Wilson Steamship Line fame.
Representing India as undersecretary
of state in the lower chamber at
Westminster, it seems difficuit TO
realize that he is now d man of forty
; and Il veteran of parliament, to which
he was elected just nineteen years
ago. a few weeks after attaining his
majority In those days he used to
be known as "the babe OF the house"
although he stands six feet five inches
in his stockings, and he formerly lived
up TO the sobrlquet by his infantfle
cheek, by his extraordinary effrontery
and by his unblushing impudence. He
did not have an ounce of reverence in
his composition and with keen sense
of humor was quick to see and pro-
claim aloud the ridiculous side Of even
seemed sacred to him. He was ut
terly unimpressed by the solemnity OF
| both houses of parliament and before
he had been in the commons fort
, night he was called to order by the
speaker for demanding of him to hold
the stakes in the bet he was offering
that the bill which he was sponsoring <
would pass by big majority. betting
being at that time Illegal. Another
time when eXaSperated beyond all en-
durance by the earHs gibes, the late
John O'Connor denounced him In the
house as IAN impertinent puppy.
Lord Winterton invited O'Connor TO
step outside into the palace yard TO
settle their differences by means of
their fists.
Lord Winterton. both as Viscount
Turnour and after his succession to
the earIdom. has been frequent Wis
itor to the United States and on his
first arrival in New York Git was In
1900 attracted an immense amount of
attention by coming on shore at New
York with heavy plaid shawl fas-
tened around his shoulders with a
Safety-pin.
This was considered the latest
scream of fashion. and was tele-
graphed all over the country, while
there was no self-respecting Sun
day paper that did not publish a
picture of the young peer thus
garbed. AS at the same time he
expressed himself very eulogistically
tremely breezy and whimsical in his
! utterances. his visit caused a good
deal of talk.
He comes from a family that has
always been renowned for it's -ef-
| frontery, and it's fortune may be
ward Turnour, who. while speaker
| of the house of commons. excited
it's Indignation by the unblushing
manner in which he accepted
bribes, "extorted" from the East In
dia Company. Indeed, he was forced
| by threats of impeachment, to re-
sign the chair. whereupon Charles
| II, to reward him for his subservi-
ency to his wishes, promptly raised
! him to the bench as chief baron and
| president of the court of the ex-
chequer. He married twice, one of
his wives, Sarah Gore. daughter of
an alderman of the city of London,
| bringing him. by way of dowry.
Shillingee Park, one of the most
beautiful places in Sussex. and which
| ever since has been the principal
! home of the Turnour family, and is
owned by Lord Winterton to this
day. More money was brought into
the family by the marriage of the
grandfather of the earl to the daugh-
ter and heiress of Sir Peter Jan Not
ten-Poie, who represented the for
tunes, not only of the rich and his
toric Gloucestershire Poles, but also
of the great Anglo-Dutch mercan-
tile house of Van Notten of Austin
Friars, London.
The present Lord Winterton has,
however other associations with
India than those of his ancestor, the
ex-speaker of the house of commons
and lord chief baron of the court OF
the exchequer. For. like number Of
other members of parliament. he Sc
cured leave of absence from his Sus-
sen constituents during the war and
served up to the rank of lieutenant
colonel ih the army-first of all in
the terrible Gallipoli expedition, then
in Palestine, under Field Marshal
Lord Allenby. and afterward with the
Arab allies of Great Britain. not only
in the Holy Land, but also In Arabia,
being closely associated with the for
mer emir, now King Feisul Of Irak.
He is, therefore, particularly we'll
equipped for the office which he now
holds of assistant secretary OF state
| for india. Speaking Arabic with flu