Show Englishmen With Foreign Titles A large number of Englishmen bear foreign titles which do not however confer upon themanyrank or precedence either in the official or social world no matter how lofty their grade in the foreign nobility Moreover they are sup posed to demand and obtain a license a lcense from the crown to make use of the titles which license does not carry with carr wih It any prerogative of a nobiliary Charac ter In fact Englishmen who possess foreign titles preler as a rule t dispense dis-pense with the use of them Among those foreign titles are those of Austrian Count borne by the family of Lord Arundell and a similar title borne by the famly of the Duke of Portland Viscount Bridport the queens favorite equerryinwaiting possesses the Italian Itla title of Duke of Bronte conferred upon his 1 uncle lrL Lord conferre the J gU of Naples Lord o S1s Prince Cowper of Austria The Duke of Hamil ton the Duke of Abercorn and the Duke of Richmond each possess a French duke dom while the Duke of Wellington is a Spanish grandee a Portuguesse duke and a Dutch prince The English Rothschilds have dropped their German title of Baron and Lord Rothschilds brothers Alfred and Leopold content themeslves with thp style of plain mister New York Recorder |