Name: The Yellow Earl: The Flamboyant Life of Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Yellow Earl: Almost an Emporer, not Quite a Gentleman) (in English)
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Author: Douglas Sutherland
ISBN: 9781910723036

portada The Yellow Earl: The Flamboyant Life of Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Yellow Earl: Almost an Emporer, not Quite a Gentleman) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Merlin Unwin Books

Author

Douglas Sutherland

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781910723036

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Yellow Earl: The Flamboyant Life of Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (The Yellow Earl: Almost an Emporer, not Quite a Gentleman) (in English)"

The 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, was perhaps the most famous English Lord in the world by the 1880s. His reckless spending of his vast fortune, his womanising, his love of gambling, horses, hunting and boxing rocked the aristocracy and has endeared him to risk-takers and bon-viveurs the world over ever since. As a penniless, wayward, younger son who had not expected to inherit, Hugh had joined a travelling circus for a year after leaving Eton, then moved on to America, spending months buffalo-hunting. He pawned his birthright to make his fortune from cattle ranching in Wyoming and was practically destitute when the scheme failed. But then his older brother unexpectedly died, Hugh took both the title and the vast fortune that went with it, and the rest is history: a close friend of Edward VII before and after his coronation, a great public benefactor and an unforgettable showman in everything he did. This biography is an elegant and fascinating tribute to one of aristocracyâ€™s greatest eccentrics.