Show OF NOBLE BIRTH Tales Not Told in British Peerages Recalled by the rf f Death of Duke of Norfolk's Idiot Heir i The death on Tuesday of or the Earl Erl of ot Arundel and anti SUe Surrey only son of oC the Duke of ot Norfolk senior Duke of ot En England Eng Ens- land ma may perhaps be bc a a. relief releC to the hard and fast upholders of oC the divine right of oC primogeniture primogeniture- for or the unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate Earl had b been n an nn Idiot from his hb birth and since un un an attack of oC scarlet fever feyer when a a chi child hI had been blind also Recent laws laws would have havo o ha prevented his hla sitting In Parliament to help make laws lawn lawf for or the British nation naton but hut In the theold theold old days dave only his own Inclination could have ha c kept him out of oC the House Bouse of or Lords and his vote ote as a Deer neer would have been ben aa ns valuable as that of oC any peer possessed ed of ot all his faculties Ono One Earl o of Surre Surrey was a n poet and nd composed verse vere that Is read approvingly approving approving- ly 13 even to this cia lay day another was n. n n General General Gen Gen- eral erah at al sea SU and on shore In the time of oC Elizabeth Elzabeth and anti won fame for tor his abut ties tics It I Is curious that the descendant of these the men holder of their titles should hould have havo o ha been an 1 Imbecile It docs does I not speak well wel ft primogeniture Peerage his history tor Is vcr very tender to ti ti ted persons Burkes Peerage the Peera-the the t- t Britons Briton's Bible Dible some pome persons have been n known to call cal It it-In it In I-In In Its Is account of oC b tho the ancestors of oC the present Marquis of oC says that the Second Duko Duke of oc dying lyIng In 1711 was s. s b by his eldest surviving surviving- fin In Charles Chales third Duke but sa says sayi nothIng noth noth- ing of the elder son SI whoso whose death made way for him deah This elder son was James Earl of ot an Idiot from his birth but unlike the poor lOOr Earl of ot Arundel and Surrey an nn Idiot who retained nil all his bodily powers J He was born bor about abut 1616 and for lor years was kept In a n re retired re- re tired part of ot house Edinburgh Edinburgh Edin Edin- burgh behind barred harel windows and bled bolted doors He ne g w to be near nearly seven feet In height and attained tremendous strength th he possessed an enormous appetite and had to be fed continually Icat was his main food tood and th the smell of ot cooking cooking- would throw him hint Into parOXysms paroxysms paroxysms par par- of or rage rag which could be stilled only b by prompt supplies of ot food tood On May 1 I 1707 the of or Scotland Scot Scot- Sot Sot- land and England took place and on that thal da day all al Edinburgh was ex excited cUe Everybody was In the streets when the union was wa celebrated The Duke of ot popularly detested for his share In what the Scots considered a a. shameful bar bargain ln had a n prominent place In tho the c ceremonies of ot the day antI and 1 almost every dweller In house was WS outside of ot Its Is wall walls taking nn an active or a spectators spectator's part In the days day's proceedings That Ila day the he Karl Earl of oC broke out of oC his apartments apartment He lie le found a n door or a window C fastened I less lew ls se so- so curel than usual and did all not have ha e to exert xer all ni his strength to break down the bars bar that tha restrained d him He lie wandered through the de deserted house hous demolishing furniture and pic plc- pictures tures from time to time until finally I ho meat cooking In lit meld a a yam of oC rr fury he found Cound his way to the kitchen kichen where a cook cok and a little boy I were at work the only persons person In by tho the house houle apparently Tho The cO cook cooc fled The Earl fell fel on th the th boy by before hi h lift could cult escape and killed klec him with wih the spit he held heM Then he begun be- be gun Jn to cook him He lie e was on the point of ot eatn eating him when the tho cook returned return ell with wih a assistance Thereafter the Earl pasted passed Il out of oC human human human hu hu- hu- hu man knowledge e It I Is 15 said Id that he was killed then and there before the kitchen hitchen kichen hitch kitch kich- kich en boys boy's boys bod body could b be taken from him That there was waa wa something of at this sort In the tho tor h history of oC the Que nb rr dukedom dukedom duke- duke dom dora Is proved pro ed by the fact that the second see sec pe ond end Duke father of oC this crazy Earl surrendered all al his titles tithes to the tho Crown In 1706 and was a created Immediately a n peer with wih the same ranks and titles but hut with remainder not to his eldest son but hut to his second son sn and when the Duko Duke did lied died In 1711 It I was the s sea sea- Con C- C on ond son sn who ho suc succeeded e ed For upward of oC half hal a century th thIe c were said to be a secret haunted room rom romIn In Glamis Castle Caste on one of at the residences of oC the Scots Earl of Strathmore and horne Which room It was no one knew except the living Earl his factor actor or agent agent and the Earls Earl's eldest son who learned the secret on his his twenty first birthday According to the 5 story to 1 published In Blackwood's about the year 1877 the 1877 tho tho present heir hell to the title tte b became came of oC ago age in the 1876 the house hous was flied filled fled with guests to celebrate the thc coming of or age of oC Lord On his birthday he was taken aside b by his hla t father ther and the fac- fac tOll ort was absent some time and re returned returned returned re- re turned pale laJe and c evidently much agitated agi agi- ho had seen the ghost of oC course The late Laurence told some Bore boys bos once It once It Is one of ot th them m who writes this this that that he was staying nt at lamis Caste Castle one of oC a large shooting party parly One da day the men w- w wo we wo o WIY the ladles to pass the time decided to learn which was the haunted room To effect their purpose they decided to go from room to room and hang hanS n a towel from rom each window When they had haf done don this they were to Inspect the house from rom the outside and any tny n window window win win- dow ow without its Is towel would of oC course open Into the haunted room Lord Strathmore returned white while the ladles ladies were still engaged In this occupation occupation occupation pation and at once put a stop top to It H getting very ery ang angry and rebuking Jr Lady Strathmore with considerable warmth even o cn before his guests On another occasion th the claret caret give giveout Le out at a late supper and Lord Lan more refused to let the butler go o Into the cellar celar for It I. I but went himself lie c was wa gone from th the table for or ti u Jon bon time finall finally he was found nt at the head heaL of or the main entrance to the tho cellar l badly bad ly Iy bruised ful quite exhausted but with the claret and the key if of f the locked hocked eJ cellar door fast tast In his hand At last the stor story of ot the haunted room I came camo out that Is Is It Is said ald to have ha e come out To tell It requires a short I history of oC the tho family which now bearon bear bears on one of oC Macbeth's titles tte Thomas Bowes Lyon born horn In l 1 r. r became becam the eleventh ele Earl Barl of ot Strati more and died In 1816 He le loft left no chil dren but he had had i son sn eora por 1 I by name known generally t as Ix rJ Ola- Ola mis This Lord Glam Claims to the peerages was born br In 1801 and died In 1531 1 leaving two b- b eons dh b-dh th of ot whom hom have been heeti Earls of oC Strathmore Th The h younger oun er Is Ig still sti Earl of or Strathmore and ii So much for tor the genealogy of ot the family as recorded In Burkes Burke's and theother the theother other peerages In which each ench p person recorded has the right to provide pro III his own pedigree and assume any rny n titles he may choose chos The he Castle of or Clamis Is up In 1 For For- Scotland not vcr very far tar from Dundee Dundee- but It was rae not In an any Dundee paper that a death notice appeared one Cne fec morning t In 1885 which was t ID 1 this ef cr- ef- ef Died Died it At Giamis Castle Thomas Lord lArd In the year ear of ot his nee age Thomas Thoms Lord cI lAr The Tho P eer- eer T- T ages said eald nothing fo to such a p person fr George Lord father of oC th present nt Earl Eurl and of ot his cider elder brother was vas the only Lord Glamis who could have ha e b been n more than SO 80 S and he had died In 1834 when not quite 33 Quie 3 years car old Who ho then was Thomas Thom R Lord Glamis who died n aged ed SI 8 According to th story ho he was ws the elder twin brother of ot George 1 Giamis an Idiot from Crom his who Wf was set et aside and maintained ily In Giamis Castle Caste The haunted chamber r was a room through which entrance was had had to the the part of pf the te huD huos ic- ic served ser cd for Cor him the secret to each ench heir on hl his coming comins of oC n je a-je was wal th the the- fact tact that there was such a n unison unison- uncle or uncle great who uncle who great who legally was Earl of ot Strathmore and 1 The reason wh why the Earl would not nol let het the butler buter go for tor the claret wits was IS th that t the maniac Lord had escaped from his keeper keepe and was as known to he tc hiding In the cellar celar and the l's ls Eals condition condition con con- on- on when h he brought broucht the claret to his guests was duo to the fact tact that h he had barel barely escaped rom from his crazy relative rel rd- re- re e aU who was po possessed e ged of ot st strength ren th and obeyed only his keeper beeper or r attendant The son ron of or the pres present nt Lord 1101 Clanis grandson on of ot the pre present ent Earl of or moro more I Is IS years ers old now so fO the great greit t subject cannot bo ho told to him bin for or three years yet yet- et If J the thc story told tOll above nn l an-l the death notice are arc rc correct corret there thre re wll be he no secret t to Impart and th tho ghost York Sun will vill wi have been sette settled New Ne New NewYork |