Evening star., 1923-10-19
Winterton, Peer in Commons,
To Wed Rich Earl's Daughter

ency, he is thoroughly abreast of all
the various problems by which Eng
, land has been confronted in Connec-
, tion with the holy places of Islam.
and is acquainted with the views of
! tho natives on the subject of the ca
Iiphate and of the Ottoman problem.
gained during his services in the near
east through the intimate friendship
and confidence which he won among
the Arabs, as we'll as by close asso-
citation with their chieftains while
campaigning.
Being very rich. Lord Winterton
dabbled for time In society jour
| nalism. and owned and edited the
London weekly. the World. founded
by Edmund Yates. But what with his
outspoken opinions. his proneness TO
! ridicule and satire and his vitrioliC
pen in behalf of any cause that he
considered Just. he was in such per-
petual hot water and had so many
| libel suits on his hands that he finally
! allowed his lawyers 10 prevail upon
/ him to drop the paper. which, after a
very stormy career from its outset
| Il landed its founder, Edmund Yates.
in prison for year-has been laid to
much needed rest
1t Is because all Lord Winterton's
! are Irish dignities that he has the
/ privilege OF sitting In the house OF
commons for an English or Welsh
constituency. privilege which is
denied to Scottish peers. 1t may be
/ recalled that the celebrated premier
! of the Victorian reign, Lord Palmer
ston, who was knight of the Garter.
spent his entire parliamentary career
| or over three-score years in the
J house OF commons. because his Wis
county was one of the peerages OF
| Ireland.
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With regard to the future Countess
of Winterton, she will be bountifuIly
| provided with the worlds goods as
wei! as with good looks. For her
mother, now Lady Nunburnholme. is
! ters of old Lord Lincolnshire, and, as
Lady Marjorie Darlington, was
/ brought up to a great extent with
King Georges sisters. Lord Nun
rich family that is noted for its
pulchritude, and his Sisters include
| the Countess of Chesterfield. Wis
countess Chaplin, Mrs. Guy Fairfax
| and Lady Cowley,. who. having been
parted by the divorce court. in turn.
from Sir Charles Hartopp and from
! the late Lord Cowley, is now the war
| widow of Maj. Grey Duberly Of the
! Grenadier Guards.
Lord Nunburnholme owes the for
tunes of his family to his grand
| father Thomas Wilson, who, in 1885,
| founded the firm of ship owners bear
| ing his name with one small vessel.
| While In those days the dockage of
|
today there are some 400 acres of
docks at Hull. most of which, If not
ALL owe their existence to the Will
sons, with whom the fortunes of this
! thriving seaport are prominently
| Old Thomas Wilson had two sons,
Charles. the eldest, who made his
home at Warter Priory, in Yorkshire.
| and Arthur, who owned Tranby
| Court. The latter place was the
| w
| created so great a sensation in the
, closing decade of Queen Victoria's
| reign. 1t was because of this bac-
| carat scandal, with. which the name
| sociated, that Charles Wilson. raised
| to the peerage as Lord Nunburnholme.
| refused to permit cards to be played
under his roof at Warter Priory and
why he, likewise. always declined to
| countenance horse racing, on account
of the evil OF betting and consequent
suffering of wives and children.
| Having some twenty thousand men in
| his employ and the Doncaster race
course within easy distance, he spoke
| The late Lord Nunburnholme was so
| much attached to Warter Priory,
country seat ana estate which he
had purchased from the last Lord
| for its hospitality and its shooting.
| that he insisted on being buried. not
merely in the grounds, but actually
within the gardens Of the priory. 1t
| is owing to his demand that he
, should be buried on one particular
| spot. situated In the center of the
| lawn, that neither his widow nor
| his children can gaze out into the
| grounds from one entire side of the
/ house without having before their
eyes the grave of the late peer. to
| whom they were deeply attached.
Under the circumstances, it is not
astonishing that the present Lord
Nunburnholme should prefer to make
| his principal country home at Fer
riby Hall, near Brough, in Yorkshire,
| to warter Priory, the possession of
which ne , leaves caves ,I5ss se MS Hy,,s widowed
| the house of which the Duke of well
iingten Is the chief.