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...Captain Wright perused this letter from Viscount Gladstone, son of the great "Mr. Gladstone," another letter from Viscount Gladstone was delivered to the Secretary of the exclusive Bath Club, to which both Captain Wright and Lord Gladstone belonged. "Mr. Wright is a foul fellow!" ran this second letter; and as a result Captain Wright was dropped from the Bath Club...
...Viscount Henry Palmerston...
Edward of Wales, irrepressible, does not conceal from Viscount Lascelles his satisfaction that the latter must await his father's death to become an earl. From this unspoken taunt springs the dislike between them which is common knowledge. Therefore, last week, British clubmen cackled loudly at a mot which Lord Lascelles was said to have made anent the London slumming exploits of Edward of Wales: "One would think he got near enough to the dirt at Melton Mowbray [the hunting centre where Edward has so often fallen off his horse into...
Irate, Captain Wright sued the Club, and recovered $625 damages "for loss of club amenities, and injury to his reputation." Said Justice Horridge, in awarding damages: "Captain Wright is justified in thinking that in calling him 'a liar, a coward and a fool,' Viscount Gladstone employed the language of the pantry rather than that of the House of Lords...
Americans who read this exchange of compliments in the press pictured Viscount Gladstone as a young pup, for all his peerage, a loud and foul-mouthed lord. Had Captain Wright rested content with $625 damages, he and his charges against the late Prime Minister would have seemed vindicated. But Captain Wright, having drawn blood, or rather golden damages, tried for more. He brought suit for libel against Viscount Gladstone, who happens not to be "a young pup," is aged...