Show British British I Peers in Army iThe I IThe The Duke of or Roxburgh Roxburghe the first I British nobleman of oC that name to be wounded in battle during the present j i iwar I i war Avar Is one of or eight dukes who offered I their services to Great Britain soon after atter af at- ter hostilities began At last reports aC 1 there were almost members of oC the I house of oC lords serving In the British i army Including besides the eight dukes ten marquises sixty-one sixty earls I two twenty-two viscounts and eighty or ninety barons A number of oC peers have I been killed and a great many more wounded In battle baUle while several other I members of oC the British aristocracy arc are prisoners In the hands of oC the Ger Ger- mans The Duke of oC Roxburghe Is the eighth to hold the title which wa was created in 1707 Ills mother mother was a daughter of oC the seventh Duke of oC Marlborough and hE he 1 is II thus a descendant of oC the victor of Blenheim and captain general g of England The duke succeeded to the title at the age of oC 16 In 1903 he married married mar married mar mar- ried May Goelet daughter of or Ogden Goelet of ot New York The Roxburghe estates consist of oC acres in Scot Scot- land I |