A PLAIN MISTER
VISCOUNT AND TITLE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) LONDON. October 22. Viscount Ennisore, heir to the Earl of Lis towel, announces that lie desires to he known as M,r W. I' 1 . Hare, the family name, “ because of the servility given to titles to which 1 object. When one is a plain mister, one’s conscience is clear. Aline is a courtesy title which is different to the other. The real distinction between men is not titles, hut character and distinction. T feel I have been carrying a lie about with me. lam not a man of real distinction.” Lady Listowel regards her son’s decision as purely a private matter.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1928, Page 5
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118A PLAIN MISTER Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1928, Page 5
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