Barkwith //top\\ — Lord

On December 12, 1887, Lord Barkwith checked into the Grand Hotel in Scarborough. He requested a room facing the sea, a tuning fork of pure silver, and three gallons of whale oil. The next morning, the maid found the door unlocked. Inside: a single sheet of music paper covered in a staff of fifteen lines (instead of the usual five), a faint smell of ozone, and a wet footprint leading into the wall.

While "Lord Barkwith" does not currently correspond to an active peerage in the same vein as [Lord Carnwath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carnwath,_Lord_Carnwath_of_Notting Hill) or Lord Birkenhead , individuals with the Barkwith surname have made significant marks on history: lord barkwith