The Right Hon. The Earl Of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B., B.W.P.D.G.M.

THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE , K . T ., G . C . B ., B . W . P . D . G . M .

LONDON , SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 2 , 1 SG 1

Our E . W " . Bro ., the Earl of Dalhousie , whose portrait we this clay present to our subscribers , who is better identified amongst us as Lord Panmure , and equally well known to the public as the Eight Honourable Eos ; Maule , was born at Brechin Castle , Eorfarshire , N . B ., on

the 22 nd of April , 1801 . He is the eldest son of William , first Baron Panmure , by Patricia Heron , daughter of Gilbert Gordon , Esq ., of Hallheaths , N . B . The name of his Lordship ' s father was originally Bamsay , a descendant of that Sir Alexander Eamsay ,

celebrated in Scottish song as " the flower of knighthood ;" but the family name and arms were exchanged , by the late Baron , for that of Maule , he having inherited through his grandmother , Jean , daughter of the Hon . Harry Maule , of Kellie , the estates of the Earl of

Panmure . The ancient family of Maule is of Ereneh extraction , and derived its name from the town and lordship of Maule , in the Vexin Erancois , where the Maules were the feudal lords upwards of four hundred years . Gaiu'in de Maule was one of the followers of

"Willliam the Norman , and in reward for his services he had a grant of the Lordship of Hatton , in Yorkshire , among other extensive fiefs . He died about the year 1100 , leaving a son , who attached himself to David , Earl of Huntingdon , subsequently David II . of Scotland , and that monarch rewarded his follower by a grant of certain

lands in Lothian , upon which De Maule entered , and founded the present line . Sir Peter de Maule , one of his descendants , acquired the baronies of Panmure and Benvie , with other estates , both in England and Scotland , by marrying Christian , only daughter and heiress of Lord Panmure , about the year 1224 . Their son was

killed at the seige of Brechin Castle , of which he was governor , that being the only fortress that interrupted the course of the conquests of our Edward I . in Scotland . Upon his death the garrison were forced to capitulate . "When James VI . of Scotland ascended the

throne of England in 1603 , as James I ., he brought with him into London , as an officer attached to his com't , Patrick Maule , a lineal descendant from those beforementioned , and he held a similar appointment during that king ' s life . Charles I . appointed the said Patrick

keeeper of the Park and Palace at Eltham , Kent , and in addition to these and his former offices , that unfortunate monarch made him Sheriff of the county of Eorfar . Deeply attached to his royal master , he adhered to the King during all His Majesty ' s subsequent privations ,

attending him personally , and being engaged in every battle fought by his sovereign , who created him , in 1646 , Earl of Panmure and Lord Maule of Brechin ancl Navar , in the peerage of Scotland . His grandson , James , the fourth earl , joined the ranks of the Chevalier

St . George , in 1715 , and , though taken prisoner , effected his escape to Prance . It has been remarked that few of the titled families of Great Britain have not , at some time or other been declared rebels , and that of Panmure is no exception . After the flight of the Earl he was , of

course , attainted , and his titles , honours , ancl estates , worth something like £ 3 , 500 per annum , forfeited . Twice , it is said , he was offered to be restored to his rank and propeaty if he would return to England and acknowledge his allegiance to the House of Hanover ; this ,

however , he declined , preferring to share the fortunes of his exiled and legitimate sovereign , and died in Paris in 1723 . The Scottish Earldom of Panmure and Barony of Maule are yet under attainder , but the estates were restored to the wife of the attainted lord , and eventually

passed to her grand nephew , the eighth Earl of Dalhousie , whose second son was the father of our E . "W . Bro ., the present Earl of Dalhousie , who succeeded his cousin , our late Bro ., the Marquis of Dalhousie , at one time Governor-General of India , in the Scottish honours of the peerage , upon his decease , last year .

Having alluded to our B . Yf . Brother ' s family , we now return to his personal history . In his youth he received his rudimentary education at a school in the North , from which he was transferred to the Charterhouse , then under the headmastership of the Beverend Dr . Eussell , and where his lordship was the

contemporary of Grote , Thirlwall , Havelock , and many others ' . Upon leaving the Charterhouse , he obtained an appointment as ensign in the celebrated 79 th Highlanders , and served for tAvelve years in Canada , some time of which he was on the staff of his late cousin , Bro . the Earl of

Dalhousie , then Governor of Canada . He retired from the service with the rank of captain in 1831 , and in that year was married to Montagu , eldest daughter of the second Earl of Abercromby , which lady died in 1853 , leaving his lordship a Avidower without issue .

Though we do not , as a rule , introduce politics into these pages , yet the memoir of a statesman would be scarcely complete unless we furnished the leading points of his career . In 1834 , Mr . Pox Maule was chosen in the Liberal interest as M . P . for Perthshire , but was defeated at the

general election of July , 1837 , by Yiscount Stormont , now Earl of Mansfield , the numbers being as follows : — Yiscount Stormont , 1495 ,- Honourable Eox Maule , 1379 . A vacancy , however , occurred in the representation of the Elgin district of burghs in the early part of the

folloAving year , when Mr . Maule was again returned to Parliament , and this time without opposition . At the general election of 1851 he resigned the representation of that constituency , and he Avas returned for the borough of Perth by a large majority . In 1847 he was re-chosen without opposition and he continued to sit as 31 . P . for Perth doAvn to his succession to the honours of the

Peerage upon the death of his father , April 13 th , 1852 . As Mr . Eox Maule he filled several important official posts in succession . He was one of the Under-Sec-