Lord Balfour of Burleigh and the British peerage lineage
Lord Balfour of Burleigh has been named Lord Warden of the Stannaries and Master Forester of Dartmoor by the Prince of Wales. The article traces his Scottish and English bloodlines, early life, and the dramatic family history including a pardon and a Jacobite past. It also notes his sister Mary Bruce and his connection to the Bruce lineage, and mentions related peers such as Lord Rayleigh and his dairy enterprise in Essex.
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Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Prince of Wales
Cornwall
Devon
Dartmoor
Earl of Ducie
Arthur Balfour
Scotland
Salisbury
Balfour
Bruce
James I
Mary
Queen Victoria
Bur
Mary Cray
Europe
Burleich
Love
Henry Stenhouse
Inverkeithling
Oaly
Stenhouse
Edinburgh
Croes
Margaret
Margaret Balfour
Pament
England
Lkewise
General Bruce of
Kennet
Robert Bruce
County Clackmannan
Alexander Bruce
Lord Aberdeen
Prince and Princess of Wales
Lord Rayleigh
Edward
Frederick the Great
Rayleigh
House of Lords
Charlotte Strutt
Duke of Leinster
Joseph Holden ‘Strutt
House of Commons
University of Cambridge
Lord Kelvin
Christendom
Lord Rosebery
London
Leafy
Terling
Essex
Strutts
Hatfield Peverel
Home Counties
Witham
Harold
Navy
Lord Curzon
Oxford
Stannaries and Lords Wardens in Cornwall and Cawdor House
The stannaries in Cornwall and Devonshire were historic tin mining courts abolished before Queen Victoria's death. The Duke of Cornwall retained Grand Justiciar and Lord Warden duties, now held by Lords Balfour of Burleigh and Ducie, with notable links to Tortworth Court and the Cawdor lineage. The Earl of Cawdor sits in the Duchy Council and owns Cawdor Castle, famed for its hawthorn and the Thane of Cawdor legends. a hawthorn tree and an iron bound chest are tied to the castle’s lore and annual toasts.
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Cornwall
Devonshire
Alfred
England
Duke of Cornwall
Devoncoire
Prince of Wales
Victorian
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Lord Ducie
Robert Ducie
London
Charles I
Tortworth Court
Falfield
United Kingdom
Stephen
Thane
Cawdor
Ander
Cambridge elects Lord Hayleigh as Chancellor of University
A renowned scientist, Lord Hayleigh, has been chosen as Chancellor of the ancient University of Cambridge. His elevation follows notable precedents like Henry Cavendish, marking a historic milestone for the institution and British nobility.
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Lord Hayleigh
University of Cambridge
Henry Cavendish
Designed the British Navy by William White
Sir William White arrived in the country aboard the Lusitania for a brief stay. He was for years the chief constructor of the British navy and designed all warships launched between 1885 and 1900. A self made man, he started as a shipwright apprentice at Devonport and rose to government service with a high salary. He received Parliament's grant and thanks on retirement.
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Sir William White
Devonport
Armstrong Works
Elswick
Admiralty
Great Britain
Japan
Cunard Company
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Parliament Adjourns For Easter Recess In 1915
London reports parliament adjourned on April 14 to April 27 for the Easter recess. Sir Gilbert Parker urged action against alleged dumping of American hops in England. Lloyd George, in his first speech as Chancellor, said figures were exaggerated and a commission will report before any action.
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London
Gilbert Parker
House of Commons
England
Lloyd-George
Gilbert
Plans to Improve Havana Seaport Approved by Council
Havana, April 14. A City Council committee favorably reports Governor Magoon’s plan to pay and sever Havana for improvements costing 15 million dollars. State to advance about 6.09 million while the state itself covers 10 million of the cost. council to discuss the report tomorrow with expected approval.
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Havana
Magoon
New Cabinet Formed in Nicaragua under Zelaya
Consul Pio Bolanos reports from Managua a new Cabinet named by President Zelaya. Ernesto Martinez of Granada becomes Secretary of Treasury, Dr. Federico Sacaza of Leon Interior, General Juan J. Estrada of Managua War, Jose D. Gomez of Rivas State. Martinez and Sacaza are Conservatives while Estrada and Gomez align with Liberals. The dispatch says the country is at peace and the president and family are at the country home. Sacaza is the son of a former president.
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Pio Bolanos
Nicaragua
Managua
Zelaya
Treasury
Ernesto Martinez
Granada
Interior
Federico Sacaza
Leon
Juan J. Estrada
Jose D. Gomez
Rivas
Senor Martinez
Dr. Sacaza
General Estrada
Senor Gomez
Senor Bolanos
Free museum day and garden sale in New York events
Free admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological Gardens. Garden sale for Hartley House Settlement under the Anti-Basement Circle at Mrs Thorne residence 4 East 72d Street at 11 a.m. New York Exchange for Woman's Work meets at 324 Madison Avenue at 3 40 p.m. New Jersey Medical Club dinner at Hotel Manhattan at 7 p.m.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
Hartley House
Weather Summary from Washington Unsettled Conditions and Forecast
Official Weather Bureau record notes unsettled conditions across much of the nation with high pressure in the Atlantic and Northwest. Rains in the Gulf and southern Atlantic states with cooler trends in the Northwest and middle Atlantic, warmer in the lake and Southwest regions. Forecast calls for rain in the Ohio Valley and upper lake region by Wednesday, followed by generally fair weather Thursday, with colder conditions in the central plains and lake regions and warmer in the Northwest.
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Upper Lake Region
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New England
Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Middle Plateau
Middle Atlantic States
South Dakota
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Tower Lake
Northwest
Weather Bureau
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Toorth
Castro Sues Carner Over Venezuelan Asphalt Case
The Venezuelan government sues Ambrose H. Carner former receiver of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company to compel an accounting of four years administration. Bond set at 200000. Carner cannot leave the country until posting. W. W. Russell leaves for New York April 27. The action signals political tension between Castro and Americans connected to the asphalt ventures.
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Willemstad
Ambrose H. Carner
New York
Ambrose Howard Carner
Carner
Castro
Ohio
United States
Venezuela
Coun
Try
Trinidad
Mr. Carner
Guanoco
New York and Bermudez Company
New York and
Bermudez Company
Eloy Escobar
New York and Bermudez
Amy Lorenzo Barber
Asphalt Trust
Pan-American Company
Ida Eno
Canadian Miller Dies by Own Action in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong on April 14 Canadian flour miller Mr Rennie reportedly leaped from a launch with a dispatch box, resulting in his death. Officials confirmed the incident occurred during a transit in the harbor area.
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Hong Kong
Mr. Rennie
Douma Passes Amoor Line Bill after stormy debate
In St. Petersburg the Douma approved the first reading of the bill to construct the Amoor Railroad by 212 to 101 after a fiery session. The starting point was moved from Nertchinsk to Kuenga, shortening the line by about thirty miles. Only Russian workers will be employed as recommended, with adjournment set for Easter recess.
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Douma
Amoor
St. Petersburg
Nertchinsk
Kuenga
Spanish anarchist sentences in Barcelona arrest
In Barcelona on April 14, Jean Rull Herman Rull and Maria Querralto are condemned to death for attempted regicide of King Alfonso and related outrages. José Rull gets seventeen years, Amadeo Trilla twenty four, Francisco Trigueros fourteen years at hard labor. Raymundo Burguet four months. Perello and Perals are acquitted. Burguet’s mother tried to stab Herman Bull after the verdict. guards stopped him. Three dynamite bombs were found in Angel Square.
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Barcelona
Jean Rull
Alfonso
Madrid
Paris
Spain
Herman Rull
Maria Querralto
José Rull
Amadeo Trilla
Francisco Trigueros
Raymundo Burguet
Perello
Perals
Burguet
Herman Bull
Angel Square
Specialist set for Tolstoy illness visit in Yasnaya Polyana
A Moscow specialist travels to Yasnaya Polyana to visit Count Leo Tolstoy who is ill with an intestinal ailment not responding to treatment.
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Count Tolstoy
Moscow
Yasnaya Polyana
Leo Tolstoy
Prince Victor Loses Suit In London Court
London court refused to grant an injunction sought by Prince Victor of Thurn and Taxis to stop Josephine Moffitt from claiming she is his wife. The judge ruled Moffitt not responsible for a London article copied from an American paper. Moffitt's counsel said she asserted a marriage form, while the prince fled to evade creditors.
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London
Prince Victor of
Galatea Sinks After Collision Near Trieste
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Galatea, outbound from Trieste, struck the mole at Sebenice about seventy miles from Trieste and sank after severe hull damage. All of the crew were saved. The Galatea registered 787 tons.
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Trieste
Austria-Hungary
Sebenice
Brazil Issues Bills to Aid Bank of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro announces London treasury bills totaling £3,900,000 in five six and seven month maturities at par to support the Bank of Brazil in drawing exchange. The government expects repayment in the second half of the year as bills become abundant.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
London
Treasury
Bank of Brazil
Free Scholarships Face Closure Over Funds Shortage
Harriet I. MacDonald leads the International Free Scholarship Association once housed at Union Square now at 736 St. Nicholas Ave. The group offers free instruction and perpetual scholarships but needs one third of its costs from donors within a week or risk ending its services. An orchestra and concerts support students, many with musical talent, across Y M C A halls and the Waldorf.
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Friends of the International Free Scholarship Association
Harriet I. MacDonald
Memphis
Newsboys
New York
MacDonald
C. A. Rugg
Maine Memorial at Columbus Circle Disapproved by Commission
The Municipal Art Commission rejected placing the Maine monument at the Eighth Avenue entrance to Central Park in Columbus Circle. It cited crowding, loss of sightlines to the Columbus column, and insufficient space for a sixty plus foot memorial. The panel approved other projects including an armory, court house extension, and a monumental fountain.
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Eighth Avenue
Central Park
Columbus Circle
Maine
Municipal Art Commission
Robert W. de Forest
168Th Street
Fort Washington Avenue
Kings County Court House
Brooklyn
Carnegie Library
Hillside Avenue
Richmond Hill
Macomb’s Dam Park
Pelham Bay Park
City Court House
City Hall Park
Theatrical News: Seasonal Openings at City Theatres
Sothern’s Lyric engagement ends in a week. Miss Marlowe may close the season. Grace Le Rue delays European appearances for The Follies of 1908 at Jardin de Paris. Signor Baccalari to conduct West End operas for Helen Noldi Opera Co. April 27 opens the West End Opera season. Marie Cahill returns and starts at Montauk Theatre Brooklyn next week in Marrying Mary. Laura Burt and Omega Trio headline at Pastor’s theatre. Marianna Thurber performs with Ernest Perrin at Garden Theatre. William G. Stewart secures rights to The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a new comic opera by Philip F. Robbe, possibly seen here.
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Mr. Sothern
Lyric Theatre
Miss Marlowe
Grace le Rue
Europe
Jardin de Paris
New York Theatre
Signor Baccalari
West End
Helen Noldi
Marie Cahill
Miss Cahill
Montauk Theatre
BrooklIn
Laura Burt
Henry Stanford
Omega Trio
Harry and
May Howard
Cramer
Young
Mr. Pastor
Little Playhouse
Marianna Thurber
Garden Theatre
Ernest Perrin
William G. Stewart
Buffalo
Philip F. Robbe
Hamelin
Firemen's Memorial Fund Benefit at Metropolitan Opera House
An extraordinary bill for the Firemen's Memorial Fund benefit will be staged Friday afternoon May 1 at the Metropolitan Opera House. The program, arranged by the Association of Theatre Managers of Greater New York, features Otis Skinner Mme Eames Anna Held Alice Lloyd Marie Dressler George M. Cohan Eddie Foy May Vokes John Slavin the Mortons Josephine Cohan Edward Johnson Sophie Brandt the McNaughtons and That Quartet. Box office sales start Monday with an auction of boxes and select seats before opening. A committee of society women will handle flowers and programmes sales.
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Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Metropolitan Opera House
Association of Theatre Managers of
Greater New York
Otis Skinner and Company
Mme. Eames
Anna Held
Alice Lloyd
Marie Dressler
George M. Cohan
Joseph Weber and Company
Eddie Foy
May Vokes
John Slavin
The
Four Mortons
Josephine Cohan
Edward Johnson
Sophie Brandt
McNaughtons
James Speyer
Charles B. Alexander
William Jay
Henry Taft
Henry Clews
Nicholas Murray Butler
Douglas Robinson
John Henry Hammond
Harry Payne Whitney
Egerton L. Winthrop
Paul Morton
Richard Irvin
Stuyvesant Fish
William H Crane Helps Yale Men On Stage
William H. Crane aided Yale men by securing rehearsal space after they lacked a stage. A memorandum moved the Yale Dramatic Association and its belongings from the Empire Theatre to make way for rehearsals of a Russian comedy Revizor at the Empire. The troupe's second Empire rehearsal is Friday morning with first public shows at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday afternoon and night.
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William H. Crane
Eli
Yale
Empire Theatre
Yale Dramatic Association
Empire Stage
Waldorf-Astoria
Tarkington Play for Goodwin Cameo Kirby
Reno interview reveals Booth Tarkington writing a play for Nate Goodwin titled Cameo Kirby. The work centers on the South and its themes as described by Tarkington in Rawhide Nate.
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Reno
Rawhide Nate
Goodwin
Booth Tarkington
Cameo Kirby
Woman suffrage bill passed by Folkething in Denmark
Copenhagen April 14 the Folkething votes 4 to 2 to pass the government franchise bill. The measure already was adopted by the Landsting. It grants municipal voting rights to all taxpayers over twenty five and to married women whose husbands are taxpayers in all communal elections.
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Copenhagen
Folkething
Landstring
Kneisel Quartet Surpasses in Mendelssohn Hall with Dvorak Quintet
The Kneisel Quartet closed its season at Mendelssohn Hall with Dvorak's Quintet in E flat major Op. 97, aided by Josef Kovarik. The performance recalled the quartet's early 1880s New York debut and its role in popularizing Dvorak’s American-inspired idioms. The audience applauded after the slow movement, and the program continued with Brahms Trio in B minor and Schumann’s Forty-First Quartet, with Arthur Whiting at the piano.
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Kneisel Quartet
Mendelssohn Hall
New York
Dr. Dvorak
Josef Kovarik
Kneisel
Dvorak
Carnegie Hall
America
Europe
New World
Brahms
Arthur Whiting
Schumann
Il Trovatore at the Academy of Music
Il Trovatore presented by Mr Ivan Abramson's company at the Academy of Music last evening. Samoilov as Manrico led with a heroic, powerful tenor voice though lacking distinctive personality. Mme Strauss Azucena and Zara Count di Luna were solid, while Novelli Leonora drew mixed praise. The production aims for scenic fidelity but stage darkness diminishes impact. Faust is scheduled for this afternoon and Lucia di Lammermoor for tonight.
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Academy of Music
Ivan Abramson
Fornart
Samoilov
Manrico
Mme. Strauss
Zara
Count di Luna
Mme. Novelli
Leonora
Wagner's Nibelung Tragedy at the Metropolitan
Die Walkure was staged as the second cycle performance and drew a splendid audience. Mr. Mahler conducted with the praised, beautiful exposition of the score.
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Mahler
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Street Railway Receivers Authorized to Issue 3 1/2 Million Certificates
Judge Lacombe explains in memo that he permitted the Metropolitan Street Railway receivers to issue $3,500,000 in certificates. He notes the lessor could have a good claim for waste against the lessee New York City Railway Company and discusses potential defenses tied to lease purpose and dividend declarations.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
English comic actor Willie Edouin dies in London
London April 14 Willie Edouin English actor dies after long illness since returning from the United States. Born Brighton 1541 he was famed for broad low comedy and eccentric dance. He rose to fame with Lydia Thompson’s company and later managed London Strand Theatre from 1888 to 18. He starred in Florodora and The Girl from Kay’s and often appeared with wife Alice Atherton across the Atlantic.
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London
Willie Edouin
United States
Brighton
Atlantic
Lydia Thompson
London Strand Theatre
Kay
Alice Atherton
Hosmer Buckingham Parsons Dies After Short Illness
Hosmer Buckingham Parsons president of Wells Fargo and Co bank died at his Brooklyn home after a brief illness. Born January 6 1846 he was educated at Ripon College Wisconsin and married Stella Sara Howson. Survived by a daughter Mrs Charles Stedler Adams he held multiple posts including vice president of Wells Fargo director of several railways electric and trust companies and other enterprises.
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Wells, Fargo & Co
Broadway
Lincoln Place
Brooklyn
Mr. Parsons
Benjamin Booth Parsons
Ripon College
Wisconsin
Stella Sara Howson
Charles Stedler Adams
Parsons
Old Point Comfort Improvement Company
Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Company
Knickerbocker Express Company
Knickerbocker Trust Company
North Augusta Electric and Improvement Company
The
Publishers’ Paper Company
Trust Company of America
4Ie
Batopilas
Notable trustee and director dies. funeral set
Mining Company, trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and treasurer and director of the Indestructible Fibre Company, and member of the Lawyers' Club, has died. The funeral will be held tomorrow evening at 7 45.
Paintings At Auction Bring 2500 At Andersen Sale
A Turner attributed painting titled Approa ch to Venice sold for the top price at Andersen Auction Company auction of oil and watercolor works at 24 Fifth Avenue. De Hourbon Street Scene in Seville sold for 375 and Pla meng Isela Bella, 37. An Morland pencil and tint drawing in ebony frame sold for a sum missing or unclear. King Indian portrait N-Sev-A-Quoit also missing price. The sale totaled 2500.
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Turner
Venice
Andersen Auction Company
Fifth Avenue
Philippe de Hourbon
Seville
Francois Plameng
Isela Bella
Morland
Charles Bird King
Death notices and obituaries listed for April 1909
Various obituary notices from Windsor Vermont to Brooklyn New York list deaths of Mary A. Hubbard Mary Clegg Charles Alfred Fenner A Louise Hodgman Mary Lever Alethes Merry Hosmer Parsons Furman Platt Mary L Rice Rosetta Catherine York Warren Winship Mitchell Wright and others with funeral details and interment plans.
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Mary J. Ries
Mary L. Clegg
Charles A. Rosetta
Slater Fenner
Edward. Southmayd
Charlies
Hodgman
A. L. Walsh
William J. Lever
Mary
Winship
Warren W Merry
Alethea B Wright
Mitchell Parsons
Hosmer
York
Catherine. Platt
Furman N
Rosetta
Convent of Holy Cross
New York
Lyne
Cork
Marlow
Ireland
Charles Allyn Lord
Greenwood Cemetery
Breeslyn
Walsh
Tompkins
Brooklyn
Wright
Montclair
Mitchell Wright
Solomon Wright, Jr
Ida Pierce Wright
Catherine York
Patrick Yor
Bergen St
St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery Access via Harlem Trains and Trolleys
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central. Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys end by carriage. Lots $15 up. Telephone 4855. Gramercy map Book of Views or representative. Office at 3 Base 23d St New York City.
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Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy Fap
New York City
Frank E Campbell's Funeral Services Ad
Frank E Campbell at 2413 West 234th Street offers chapels private and public ambulances with Chelsea contact. Rev Stephen Merritt, a world renowned undertaker, operates a single main business at St Avenue and Seg Street, touted as the largest in the world with Chelsea telephone numbers 124 and 125.
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Frank E. Campbell
West
Chelsea
Stephen Merritt
St. Ave
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Employment applications window at Uptown Tribune office
The New York Tribune opens a file of selected aspirants for various positions at its Uptown Office located at 1364 Broadway between 26th and 37th Streets. Office hours are 9 a.m. to p.m. This notice invites employers to consult the records to save time and expense in hiring.
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Tribune subscription and postage rates in 1900s era
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