Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1916 — Great Names Die Out [ARTICLE]

Great Names Die Out

It Is curious how rarely our military and naval supermen leave direct posterity in the male line. In the three cases of Lord Roberts, Lord Wolseley and Lord Kitchener the succession has passed out of the usual direct male line. Lord Nelson was succeeded by his brother, for whom in fact the earldom was created in recognition of the hero’s last and greatest exploit. Lord How’e, victor of “Glorious First of June,” left no son, and the barony of Howe descended to his daughter. The title conferred on Lord Strathnairn is extinct, and there is no longer a Lord Clyde. Lord Anson, the great sailor, who girdled the world, left no children, and the title was recreated for his great-nephew. —London Chronicle.