The Yellow Earl: Almost an Emperor, Not Quite a Gentleman

Product Information

The Yellow Earl redecorated the house, and added to the gardens, as a setting for lavish entertainment and royal visits, which included the German Kaiser in 1895, when Hugh had made extravagant arrangements to entertain the Kaiser.

Hugh did so in spectacular style, with an expedition which reached Alaska. He later claimed to have made it to the North Pole.Followed again by another wait for our mint areo cheese cake. Which was as described but not as light as most cheesecakes so be prepared to be full which suits me fine 😍😍 Heeding her advice, in 1888, he went to the Arctic, on a gruelling polar expedition in which over 100 guides died. Lonsdale set out to reach the North Pole, nearly dying before reaching Kodiak, Alaska in 1889, and in 1890 he returned to England, a hero and a celebrity.

His Yellow Carriages, his colourful entourage and his feudal style of living made him one of the best known figures of his time; what the modern media would describe as a ‘celebrity’, but he was much more than that. A keen football fan (sadly for Cumbrians his team was Arsenal), he was a club director, chairman - in 1936, and later honorary president. He enjoyed foxhunting and after World War One became more involved with horseracing.The interview describes an encounter with an angry elephant in an unnamed country. While “the natives” fled, Hugh shot the creature and “brought it crashing down to the earth”.

Why not treat yourself to a short break in the beautiful countryside around Lowther Castle? Enter your dates below to see available accommodation nearby. The Yellow Earl left behind some legendary tales. For his family, his legacy included the crumbling Lowther Castle. But he said of hunting: “The killing is, perhaps, the worst part. I don’t like the killing of anything, although I fear I have killed a good many creatures in my time! But one doesn’t think of the killing.”a b Times, Cable to the New York (14 April 1944). "LONSDALE IS DEAD; NOTED SPORTSMAN; 'England's Most Picturesque Peer Was 87 -- Once Boxed With John L. Sullivan". The New York Times . Retrieved 27 September 2021. At the beginning of the eighteen nineties, the formidable figure of John J. Sullivan, dominated the boxing scene.