A LUCKY PEDLAR.

Evening Star, Issue 3408, 23 January 1874, Page 3

A LUCKY PEDLAR.

10 London correspondent; of the ‘ Daily Review ’ _says :—The death of Lord Annally at the ripe age of-eighty.five recalls the career of a remarkable man. The father of the late Lord Annally was essentially a selfmade man. He 'was, in :; facti an itinerant pedlar,-who travelled’the' country bh foot and sold needles,'threads, aiid other small ware, which he carried .in a .box slung over his shoulder; This wassome three-quarters of a century ago. He was a thrifty, saving Irishman, but not without “ speculation in his eyes, as he invested a portion of his capital in the purchase of a lottery ticket which turned out a prize, and converted the pedlar into a capitalist of L20,Q00. ..This lottery prize was the beginning of the fortunes of the family of White of Woodlands. Mr White subsequently engaged in business oh a large scale, andj with extraordinary prescience invested his earnings in the purchase of freehold estates. Laud in Ireland was at that time cheap, and 1 Mr White availed himself of a golden opportunity, and made purchases m several counties. In the fulness of time he was gathered to his rest; and bequeathed a splendid fortune to his son (the late baron), who m bis turn also invested largely in land and, as a natural consequence, obtained political importance.! He was returned to Parliamont, was eventually created a peer bv Lord Palmerston. f 9 r the plucky manner il which he fought several political contests? not only on his own account but on those of bis sons, and lived tp see himself an heredi. tary legislator with two, sons in the House of Commons; The posessiops qfthoWhitefamilv are very extensive, notwithstanding their expenditure on political contests,: which had been estimated at LIQO, 000. The new Lord Annally, wifi, it is said, succieed to estates in ••”*> WA counties iuaddition to the English property.'