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WHO WAS GUY FAWKES'J
Amusing Incident in - the
Commons. (
There was an. amusing Guy Fawkes ina»
! dent in the House of Commons one night
: in March.
j During a debate upon the Aliens Act
I Mr. 1). Adams declared that many ' raem
' bers of the House were descendants o£
aliens, and according to "Hod's Pariia
mentary Companion," Major Fawkes, the
member for l'udsiey,„was a descendent c>3
Guy Fawkes, who was an Italian ref. gee.
An Hon. Member—Is is not a fact that)
Guy Fawkes died unmarried.' - (Laughter.)
Later, Mr.' Adams obtained leave to
make a personal explanation. He- ivaa
informed by Major Fawkes that "Dod'a
Parliamentary Companion" was incorrect,
inasmuch as he was not a descendant or
Guy Fawkes. but that Guy Fawkes was a
member of a younger branch of tha
Fawkes family.
Furthermore, Guy Fawkes was not an
i Italian at all. hut a Yorkeshinanan, and
| a ireeboider of the city of York. (Laugh
I ter.)
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