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...English sticklers for good form this was a most outrageous Irish bull. Had not His Majesty eventually appointed the 9th Earl of Bessborough to be Governor General of Canada (TIME, Feb. 16)? To brand Bessborough publicly as a second choice, to reveal blandly that the Duke of Abercorn has turned Canada down, preferring to remain Governor of Northern Ireland-"that," sputtered the Liberal London Star last week, "is one of those things which are 'not done.' We cannot recall an indiscretion of parallel magnitude in connection with a command from royalty. ... In Court circles . . . this gross discourtesy...
Ponsonby, the Earl of Bessborough's family name, is pronounced, they reported, "Punsunby...
...chief interest of the Earl, they ascertained, is in organizing and performing amateur theatricals-although, as is well known, his name as a director is on the stationery of some 35 corporations. He organized some years ago an amateur theatrical company for which he built a theatre at Stansted Park, his estate. His favorite rôle-and the Canadians reported that "he has a commanding presence"-is the title rôle in Shakespeare's Henry IV. Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was called to the Bar in 1903, is a onetime lieutenant...
...Lord Bessborough is the fourth Irish peer to become Governor General of Canada, his predecessors having been Viscount Monck (1867-68), the Earl of Dufferin (1872-78) and the Marquess of Lansdowne...
Even incognito as the "Earl of Chester." Edward of Wales is entitled, as is any member of the British Royal family, anywhere, anytime, to a 21-gun salute. Last week as he and Prince George sailed into Callao (Port of Lima) they got their salute. Two years ago hospitable Peruvians even fired 21 guns for Herbert Hoover, although, as President-elect, he was entitled to no salute whatever...