WHO'S WHO?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13814, 29 July 1908, Page 9

WHO'S WHO?

Sib. John* Kkxnaway is a handsome old man, with a long white flowing beard of patriarchal appearance, and he is probably the. tallest member of Parliament, besides sharing the honour of being Father of the House. Thackeray wrote " Pendennis" whilst staying in a house on the Kennaway estate, and the opening scenes depict his immediate surroundings. Escort Park became Clavering House, and the River Otter he renamed the Brawl—and a very charming name, too. Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., tells many good stories of His Honor Judge Adams, whose death occurred a short time ago.<.':>.; His Honor was an Irishman, and his wit was characteristic of his race. As a Q.C., he acted for the Crown in the famous prosecution of the Huddersfield prisoners. '„ Mr. Russell was a juryman:on that occasion. Nearly all the jury had been challenged by counsel, and afterwards Mr. Russell asked why Mr. Adams had not challenged him. " Well," said Mr. Adams, "-I thought we'd let ye pass. We knew that if 'ye'd-anny soort of an idea in yer head you'd stand out against the other eleven;" "-' Mr". Russell tells another good story of the late' judge. Two Irish peasants were" stopped* on their way to Rathkeale. "Where are ye going? There is no market at Rathkeale totday," they were told. " No; an', sure we're going to hear the funuy judge," was the reply.-; /■.'■;.' _____ ... Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe, the new Admiral commanding at Portsmouth, and Lady Fanshawe, are now installed -at Admiralty House, Portsmouth, which has been entirely done up and redecorated for their occupancy. It is a large and most comfortable house, rather in the style of a spacious French chateau, and contains many fine portraits. There is a pretty garden, and a lawn shaded by gigantic elms. The Admiral is a K.C.8., created four years ago, but there is another Sir Arthur Fanshawe, a K.C.I. ■'■•and a distinguished member of the Bengal, Civil Service, who was Direct tor-General of the Indian Post Office for some years. :- • .'■ ■ * ' ," The second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu is not altogether unknown m the motoring world, and may, indeed, take some credit t> himself for the present-day development of horseless traction He lias travelled much in all parts of the world, and acted as Times correspondent in Rhodesia during the Matabele war of 12 years ago. In his college days at Oxford he was to the fore in athletics and rowing, and his early training in engineering and science, combined with hie athletic prowess, no doubt fitted him with exceptional capability for his later incarnation as a- motoring pioneer. He owns about twelve thousand acres, and married a daughter of the, ninth Marquis of Lothian. , , Although keenly interested in racehorses and yachting, and particularly proud of his skill with the foils— is , one of the best amateur fencers in the country—Lord Howard do Walden whose play " jival" has lately been producedat the Playhouse, has long cherished literary ambitions. He is said to have been seen reading poetry on the racecourse, and for many years has been a most generous patron to literary and artistic men ihe drawers of his writing-table at Belgrave Square contain, probably, many poems .that magazine editors' would covet. The new playwright is a tall young man of 28, and is probably the wealthiest man who has written for the stage, for his income is nearly £250,000 a year. The Earl of Stair was 60 last June. Five years ago, when he succeeded his father as eleventh Earl of a creation of 1703, he was known as Viscount Dalrympie. It was in the family of Dalrympie of Stair that the tragic events occurred on which Sir Walter Scott founded " The Bride of Lammermoor, this in its turn being reincarnated into an opera, "The White Lady," to which Boildieu wrote charming music. A curious fact about the Stair succession is that the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth > earls all died childless. The present Peer has a son and heir, Viscount Dairymple," who is in the Scots Guards, and distinguished himself in the South African war. Lord Stair sits in the House of Lords as Baron i Oxenfoord, a title which Lord Melbourne' conferred on his great-uncle, and which lie inherited by special remainder. The Marquis of Normanby, to whom a second daughter has recently been born, is ' the only member of the House of Lords who ever thought of turning schoolmaster to help to clear off the encumbrances on his land. In 1890, after he had been vicar of St. Mark's, Worsley, Manchester, for 18 years, he succeeded to the title and 8000 acres, heavily burdened, and he set apart a portion of Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, as a high-class school to help to pay off the charges. This was one 'of the most exclusive preparatory schools in the country, and Lord Normanby only gave it up on the occasion of his marriage in 1903. Apropos of this school the story is told of a crushing reply which Lord Normanby once made to the rich parvenu who Wanted some guarantee of the social status of the school before placing his son under the marquis' charge. "So long "as your boy conducts himself well and pays due attention to his work, I shall make no inquiry as to the antecedents of his parents," replied his lordship