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Show A YOUNQ ENGLISH PEER. ' Duke of Leinster, Premier of Ireland Is It Yeare Old. Tha duke ot Lslnitor Is ona of tha youngest peers la King Edward's) realm. He la II yeara old and Is tha . premier peer of the kingdom of Ire-' land and head ot the great Irian house) of Fitzgerald, which for hundreds of ! years has played so eonaptciious B role In the hlntory ef the emerald - lale. He la a groat grandnephow ot : the patriot. Lore Kdward, the hero and i martyr of the '98 rebellion. During hla ; school ilaya the youug peer was ona - of tha leading boys at Eton In all aorta of athletics, but ha developed 1 I algna of oenaumptlon, tka malady that carried off both hla father and mother, j and left him the youngest duka tn tha i Hncllsh peeraae when barely t yeara 1 old, and now every precaution Is bains' ' taken to preserve him for the great ' thinga that may ha expected from ona j of his brilliant ancestry. |