DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11739, 29 January 1924, Page 7

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

3ARL AND COUNTESS OF HARROWBY. ARRIVAL BY MAUNGANTII. Distinguished visitors to Wellington at present are the Earl and Countess of Harrowby, who arrived from Sydney by the Maunganui yesterday with their daughter, Lady Frances Ryder. Lord Harrowby, who is a partner in Coutts and Company’s Bank, London, passed through Australia on nis way to New Zealand. He is the fifth earl, the line being created in 1809. The Earl of Harrowby was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has held a commission in the Staffordshire Yeomanry. He was M.P. for Gravesend from 1898 to 1900. The Earl has visited Australia previously, and on his arrival at Sydney was accorded a warm welcome by prominent military officials. During the recent war the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand were received most hospitably at the English homes, and it is in view of this that Lord and Lady Harrowby need no introduction' to these shores. During the dark days of the war the Earl and Countess of Harrowby were noted for their lavish entertainment of the A.I.F. and N.Z.E.F. Every oomfort was provided at their London home and at their oountry seat in Staffordshire. Lord and Lady Harrowby, together with their daughter, will return to Sydney at an early date, and will in all probability visit various parts of New South Wale».