The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-23
NEW WARWICK Is
HOLDER OF THREE
FAMOUS TITLES
Fortune Is Slim, So He
Cannot Live In His
Own Castle

Forty-one years old. with a personal
history almost as romantic as that of
the title he now bears. Lord Leopold
Guy Francis Maynard Greville Brooke
has succeeded his father as sixth lin
the present succession) earl of War
wick, says the New York Times.
1t it one of the Oldest titles in Eng
land, and its story has been one long
series of forfeitures and beheadings,
only varied by the lesser tragedy of the
frequent extinction of the direct line
of succession.
First created by William III. toward
the close of the eleventh century. it
had fairly eventful history even be
fore it was borne by the famous King
maker" of the Wars of the Roses
AT that time 1t was even elevated
into dukedom, and its bearer crowned
king of the Isle of Wight by Henry VI
himself. The additional hOnOfs. how
ever, died out with the new duke-king,
as did the direct succession, and after
passing from one scion to the family of
another, through marriage, eventually
Edward Tvs brother, the duke of
Clarence, became earl of Warwick.
Ancestor In Cromwell Army
| One baronial ancestor of the War
wicks served in CromweIl's parliamen-
tary army as a general. and another
was of the commission which in
vited Charles III to return. 1t was his
successor who became Earl Brooke and
the title is still borne by the earls of
Warwick. The present series, de-
scended on the feminine side from the
original Warwick of the eleventh CEN
fury. dates from 1853.
The sixth earl has had the most un-
usual career of any one of this branch
of the family who have held their title
through more civilized times. He be-
gan it in his extreme youth, when both
he and his sister attended the village
school of Warwick. In England no one
except the lower labOring classes ever
send their children to the free govern
ment schools. But Lord BrOOke's moth
er was EnSiand's first socialist cOun-
tess.
There came a time. later on. when the
new earl proved himself to have i'm
bibed his mothers preachments on per
sOnal freedom rather too thoroughly for
her liking. For he married a penni-
less English girl for love. wh@ all the
hopes of his imprOvised family were
centered ON his winning an American
heiress.
The young Lord Brooke was sent to
Elton, and from there began his career
as soldier, long before the appointed
time for even passing ON to Sandhurst.
the military college For at 16, having
failed to win the consent of his parents,
he ran away from school. pawned eV-
erything he possessed of any value,
took a secOnd-class passage to South
Africa, and enlisted as a private under
the name of WatsOn-in order to take
part in the BOer war.
An Aid To Miner
He was mentioned in the dispatches.
and at IL became an aide-de-camp to
Lord Miner, who was in command. He
also served under the then plain General
French-as he was to do again in
France, in his third war. His activities
as staff officer, incidentally. have been
many and distinguished He was on
Kitchener's staff in India. and his chief
aide-de-camp in Australia and Japan
later on.
At the end of the BOer campaign. still
little more than a schOOlbOy in years.
he returned home covered with glory
as a captain in the First Life Guards
crack regiment of the empire.
When the RuSsO-Japanese war broke
out, ne obtained leave of absence from
his regiment, and finding it impossible
to take part in the actual fighting. OBJ
tanned the post of special correspondent
of the Reuters Geographic news agency.
In this capacity he went through the
war, with General KurOpatkin's army
and was taken prisoner by the japanese
at the battle of LiaO-YanS, but subse-
quently released
His Wife Poor" Too
In 1909 he married Elfrida Marjorie
Eden, a great English beauty, daughter
of Sir William Eden. but the Warwick
said gO0d-by to their hopes of retriev-
ing the family fortunes in that way.
For many years they have been handi-
capped by the tremendous expenses an
English nObleman is expected TO be able
to bear. with no adequate income The
earl's family can not afford to live in
Warwick castle At present it is rented
to an American-Henry March of New
York.
Shortly after the outbreak of the
World war, which found him on Lord
Frenchs staff. the earl was chosen to
command the Fourth Canadian infantry
brigade In 1916 he was wounded. and
when America entered the war he was
appointed General Pershing's English
attache. He emerged with decorations
/ both English and foreign, and still fur
Their mention!
The earl has three sons
Harvard university has the largest
endowment of any college or university,