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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-06-26, Page 73• • • -2/ ./ /•:agfaRNZ.S :talarawro. 32—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 26, 1975 "4f/MPP...:-.P:P/p;::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Maar.4/41/ Canada ::Company. (Continued from Page 31' tried to straighten out Vitt's complicated personal finances, • befriended the poet and hymn- writer William Cowper, and freely gave advice ' on the country's problems during and after the rebellion of . the American colonies, the French , revolution, arid the Napoleonic Wars. In 1796 George III very reluctantly elevated Robert Smith to the peerage as Baron Carrington, first for Ireland which did not automatically convey membership in the House of Lords, and a year later for England which did. The King, like most of the so-called better classes of his day, considered that the Lords should be reserved for gentlemen wfohad inherited titles or owned vast landed estates or had served with great distinction as high-ranking officers in the armed forces. It was no place for upstarts who had dirtied their hands in trade. yet Pitt was so insistent that the King made An., exception for Robert Smith, the only one he tolerated during his reign of sixty years.One rhymster, referring to Lord Carrington, wrote, "Billy Pitt made Smith a peer, and took the pen from off 'his ear." The present or sixth Baron Carington, K.C..M.G., M.C., a distant cousin of Tuckersmith, served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and then in the House of Lords as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of A Oriculture and of Defence, as High Commissioner for the United, Kingdom in Australia,, as First Lord of the Admiralty and, since the defeat of the Heath Government, as leader of the Opposition in the -House of Lords. He is, or has been, a director of Amalgamated Metal Corporation, Hambro's Bank, Barclay's Bank, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, and of Cadbury- Schweppes. His name occasionally appears in Canadian newspapers for he is chairman of the Conservative Party in Britain. Another distant relative " of Tuckersmith is Sir Henry Abel- Smith who married the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Athlone, The Earl was a brother of QUeen Mary and served as Governor-General of Canada 1941-6. The Countess of Athlone, Princess Alice; is a direct descendant of George III. Consequently Sir Henry Abel-Smith, a distant relative of Tuckersmith's, is a cousin through his wife of both the Queen and the ,Duke 'of Edinburgh. But family trees are too complicated, life is too short, and this article is already too long, to go into further details of a family as numerous and prominent as that of Tuckersmith. A HAPPY GROUP — This class, perhaps grade 8, were photographed in 1930 on the grounds of SPS., They are, back, left, S. Dorrance, R. McNabb, C. Cudmore, E, R. Crawford, VV.M.Hudson, D. M, stewart, ,D, H. Ste-wart, middle, G. Krauter, L. Hawkins, H. RolPh, J. Pearson, M. Cudmore, M. Flett, H. McLean, P., Southgate, P. Hart,• V. Mole, E. Henderson, front, F. Grieve, R. Hawkins, J. Hotham, S. 'Plant. C. Crawford F. Barlow. Sale of old bachelors (Continued from Page 15) And if we say "Daddy's Boy" he will answer the call. Still another I've got that sets a good pace And he's fond of the maids is this same Narley Case. I have 'other ones too, Brown McRougall and Jack And once you have bought them you won't give them back; And then there's Fred Cardno who keeps a bake shop Who will serve you with dainties both stale fresh and hot. There are others here too, some slick And some shaggy And one keeps a store and his nicknatfe is Aggie Then comes Hardware Billy and he says it's a shamey The way the girls stare at ...him betause he looks gamey. ' And now comes a few that look meek hut are cross But the sweetest of all is Dr. Hugh Ross. Here's another so swell, in face he is ravish He wears a nose glass and they call him MacTavish. But the one that is musical, clever and racey The one the girls cry for is Lauder DeLacey. So maids here's the list, some young ones, some older, And I pray that we each lug one home on our shoulder. Best Wishes Seaforth We're proud to have been a p-rt of our town's growth for the 'past 14 years. AMMNRWMk.NNAMMNEMSWRIMMEMMIMNORNMAMS.RMI.V.MfaMMk:. , • Congratulations Seaforth on y.ur 100th Anniversary We're happy to have been part of Seaforth °s History UNITED TRAILS LINE SE r.) VICE SC OOL Us - SERVICE ri) r TRAPNELL'S BAKE Y all RTER SERVICE TO C NAB 2\ U • S • (-1 THE EST III HOME AKIN& FO I If Seaforth Phone 527-1222