.. Mr. Lloyd George, on whom, by devious paths, has
descended the mantle of Lord Rosebery."--_Daily Express._
Including the PRIMROSE path, we presume.
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PETHERTON'S PEDIGREE.
A stroke of luck enabled me to open an interesting little
correspondence with my genial neighbour, Petherton, which resulted in
one of those delightful passages-of-arms in which Petherton, at least,
excels.
DEAR MR. PETHERTON (I began),--I have made a discovery which
will, I am sure, interest you, though I am uncertain whether
it will be as pleasing to you as to myself.
During certain research work at the Record Office I came
across incontrovertible evidence that we are in some
way related through a Petherton in the early part of the
eighteenth century (_tempus_ GEORGE II.) being sufficiently
far-seeing to contract a marriage with a Fordyce. This
Petherton, by name Edward, lived at Kirkby Lonsdale, and his
wife, Emily Jane Fordyce, at Dent, in the same district.
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