Death of the Duchess of Norfolk.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

Death of the Duchess of Norfolk.

The death of tho Duchess of Norfolk, at lour o'clock, was a merciful release from much suffering. She had been afllicted for some years past with in' ernal cancer. The Duchess had endeared herself to all classes by her unfeigned piety, her sweetness of disposition, her cheerfulness, and by her extreme charity. Her lifo was greatly spent among the poorest, visiting thorn in their homes even in the Drury Lano and East-end " slums." In tho neighbourhood of Arundel the momory of the " good Duchess" is not likely to bo easily forgotten,, and her death has been received with every sign of deepfelt regret. The Duke of Norfolk has boon cruelly tried. To tho loss of his mother, in March of last year, must now bo added that of his wife, and it is said that the health of his only, but much aillicted, son is never likely to improve. Her father, Lord Dorrington; her younger brother, Hon. Gilbert Hastings; and her sister, Lady Egidia Hastings, Avere with the Duchess to the last. She will bo buried next week in the Fitzalan Chapel, at Arundel.