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...Esme is a scion of the Catholic branch of that excessively ancient family, founded by one William Howard, a Norfolk lawyer, in the 13th Century, which is now headed by Bernard Marmaduke FitzAlan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England, aged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sir Esme Speaks | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

Bernard Marmaduke FitzAlan-Howard, Premier Duke and Earl and Hereditary Marshal and Chief Butler of England, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Norfolk, Baron Maltravers, Baron FitzAlan, Baron Clun, Baron Oswaldestre, 19-year-old scion of one of England's oldest families, Roman Catholic, last week "flunked" responsions-college entrance examination at Oxford. The young Duke has never been to school, but has been "educated" privately by a tutor. It may have been argued that his aristocratic lineage entitled him to many privileges, but Oxford has long been noted for its democratic independence. Magdalen College refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Flunked | 10/24/1927 | See Source »

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