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...elsewhere. Six months ago, he went to Dublin for some field research, to see how the people of the Irish Republic (90% of them Catholics) could have managed to keep a democratic government for the last 30 years. From his headquarters in a flat on Dublin's fashionable Fitzwilliam Street, he discussed the question long and earnestly with politicians, journalists and churchmen, both Catholic and Protestant...
Died. Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the ninth Earl Fitzwilliam, 68, whose title and ?1,000,000 ($2,800,000) fortune were the plums last year in one of England's costliest court actions; of heart disease; in Oakham, England. The childless peer's second cousin, Capt. W.T.G.W. ("Tom") Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, became next in line when Tom's older brother, George J. ("Toby") Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, failed to prove that his dashing Royal Horse Guards father was properly married to his actress mother before Toby was born...
...Aubrey West's opinion, the world has never done better than chancery. Today there is a solid group of distinguished Britons who want to return to it. Under the leadership of such enthusiasts as Sir Sydney Cockerell, former director of Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum, and Lord Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), Lord Great Chamberlain for Edward VIII, West believes that Britons may soon be writing a fine Italian hand once again. Among the modern models they could imitate...
Queen Victoria had strong views about almost everything-especially actresses. She once said: "Any gentleman wishing to become an officer in my Household troops will not be eligible if he marries a woman on the stage." George Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, a 20-year-old militia officer who wanted a commission in The Blues, thus hesitated to wed pretty Actress Eva Raines...
Last week Eva's firstborn, George James Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 63, known as Toby, appeared before Justice Pilcher in London's High Court to claim that his birth was legitimate. Toby asked to be legally recognized as the elder brother of Eva's second son, Captain William Thomas George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 46, known as Tom. Tom is recognized as the present heir to the ancient earldom of Fitzwilliam, its $2,000,000 estate and the largest private mansion (365 rooms) in England. Why had Toby waited so long? Neither he nor Tom had a chance for succession...