Lord Curzon of Kedleston has obtained his seat in the Upper House, The Dublin "Gazette which an-lection as an Irish Representative peer does not mention the:
by which he is returned; but the is understood to have been rather swell. Possibly. therefore, the argaments of Mr. Swift McNeill have some weight with the Irish Unionist peers, in spite of the quarter from which they come. The argument that by electing an Englishman the [tish peers are throwing away a substantial part of their representation was, however. pretty well disposed of by Lord Chetwynd. od] As he points out, although Ireland has only twenty peers, there are who sit—or can sit if they like—in the Upper House by reason of the fact that they have English or Imperial titles as: well as Irish. The young head of the Fitzgeralds, for instance, who is Duke of Leinster in Ireland, is Leinster in the peerage of Great Britain, and under this title appears on the roll of Parliament. Everybody will be glad to see the ex-Viceroy of India once more taking an active part in the proceedings of Parliament. At present he and Lord Scarsdale are the only father and son, both sitting in the Upper House; but such instances have not been rare in the
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