Show A YOUNG ENGLISH PEER Duke of Leinster Premier of Ireland Is 16 Years Old The duke of Leinster Is one of the thes thel s l youngest peers in King Edwards Edward's realm He is s 16 years old and Is the h premier peer of the kingdom of f Ireland Ire Ire- r land and head of the great Irish house of Fitzgerald which for hundreds of ol years has played so conspicuous a arole arole role in the history of the emerald Isle He is a great grandnephew gra oi ot y the patriot Lord Edward Edard the hero and martyr of the 98 rebellion During his hla school days the young peer was one oner r of the leading boys at Eton In al all sorts of athletics but he developed develop signs of consumption the malady that I carried off both his father and mother and left him the youngest duke In the 1 English peerage when barely 6 years yeara years years' old ld and now every every precaution Is being taken to preserve him for the great things that may be expected from one of his bril brilliant ant ancestry |