The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 October 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16.

MOxNDAY'S BAIRX

L\ yesterday's Chronicle appeared it cablegram from London stating that on .Monday last, a'fLondon, the Divorce Court had granted Viscount Ingestre a declaration of legitimacy. He was born four months after Mrs Mundy married his father. The case serves as a peg on which to hang some interesting facts about the early history of the historic family to which Monday's bairn has become attached. i'roin Debrett and other authorities on the peerage we learn that Charles John Alton Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre, M. V.U., is the oldest son of tlio 'JOfh Earl of Shrewsbury, and was horn on September Bth, .1.882. lie married Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, sister of the sixth Marquis of Anglesey, in I ( JU-1, and was a lieutenant in the lioyal Horse Cuiards. His father (he present Karl of Shrewsbury, K.C.V.0., is Charles Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot. He is also Earl of Waterford (created 144U), Baron Talbot (1773), Earl Talbot and Viscount ingestre (I.7&I). He is Premier Earl of England, Hereditary (ireat Seneschal or Lord High Steward of Ireland, and Lord High Stewart of StalTord, and various other things. One of his ancestors, Hugh de Talbot, held his castle against Henry 1., in 1118. That hero's grandson became a Baron of the Parliament of 1 : > : >1, and the (ith Ma roil was a Viceroy of Ireland in 1-lli, and a very distinguished warrior whom Shakespeare, wrote about. He served under Henry V. and VI. in France, where his name became a terror, and the Maid of Orleans once captured him with her army at Paley in 1-I'2B. She did not deal adequately with him, as he continued to be a terror to the French, and in his 80th year was still lighting. That was when the Duke of Orleans's army fought ltim and he was mortally wounded. His defeat and death were the dealh-blow to English rule in .Franco. The second earl was Lord Treasurer of Ireland and then of England, and was killed lighting in the wars ol York and

Lancaster in 1-MiO. He Avas on the Lancastrian side in that historic con Hid. The sFxth earl had custody of Mary Queen of Scots, and assisted at her executions. The twelfth earl was created Duke of Shrewsbury. (Jμ to that time the family had been .Unman Catholic, but he embraced the Protestant faith, made one to invite over the Prince of Orange, and was made at one and the same time Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, and Lord Chamberlain. Directly Queen Anne was dead, h<. proclaimed the Hanoverian succession. 'Various other members of the family have done tilings and held high office. The present earl is a Conservative in politics, and used to drive a coach

•ho ran flic "Greyhound 7, coach from Button <o Alton Towers daily for several seasons, and he was the lirst person to start rub-ber-tyred cabs in London and Paris. Also he was a crack polo player and huntsman, and still plays ami hunts, but he has fallen from couches and cabs to Ihe Automobile Club. Viscount Ingesfre is his heir.