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 638 APPENDIX F The above 13 creations (of which but one was in the 19th century) appear to be all of this nature that took place for 170 years; but, for some incom- prehensible reason, in and after 1876, the merits of Commoners about to be raised to the Peerage were apparently so eminent as to command some- thing greater than ordinary Peerages, such as those bestowed on statesmen like Pitt, Canning, Disraeli, or Russell, or on soldiers like Clive or Wellesley. Accordingly, within 20 years no less than seven Commoners and one Irish Peer have been thus exceptionally favoured, viz. : (i) Mr. Ormsby- Gore, cr., in 1876, Baron Harlech; (2) Mr. Sackville-West, cr., (also) in 1876, Baron Sackville; (3) Viscount Barrington [I.], cr., in 1880, Baron Shute; (4) Sir Thomas Bateson, Bart., cr., in 1885, Baron Deramore;(5) Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart., cr., in i 8 8 6, Baron Grimthorpe; (6) Sir John Savile, cr., in 1888, Baron Savile; (7) Mr. Tyssen Amherst, cr., in 1892, Baron Amherst of Hackney; and (8) Sir A. C. Campbell, Bart., cr., in 1892, Baron Blythswood. In this last case no less than five other persons (collaterals) were placed in the spec, (and for civil service unprecedented) rem. A spec. rem. in a Peerage granted to an actual Peer is reasonable enough; the subsequent merits of the Grantee (supposing his Peerage to be by creation and not inheritance) may demand such further recognition. Such spec. rems. are those of the Barony of Amherst conferred in 1788 on Lord Amherst, the Barony of Nelson in 1801 on Viscount Nelson, the Barony of Brougham in i860 on Lord Brougham, &'c. It seems time enough to provide for the ennobling of the collateral heir of a Commoner (about to be ennobled), when such heir has sue. to the estate of his relative, should he then merit such distinction. An hereditary Peerage with the ordinary limitation is generally a most sufficient reward for any ordinary Commoner.