BURIED IN ABBEY
DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND
PERCY FAMILY'S EIGHT
British Official Wireless.; (Eccoived 28th August, 11 a.m.)
EUGBY, 27th August.
Tho remains of the Duke of Northumberland wore buried to-day in Westminster Abbey, the family of Percy having this prescriptive right, shared only by Boyalty. Tall, bareheaded Grenadier Guardsmen bore , the coffin through the . groat west door to tho altar. Grcnadior Guardsmen also beat a long muffled tattoo on their drums to mark the passing of the Duko, who had been an officer of their regiment.
The remains were interred in • the Percy vault in the Chapel of St. Nicholas. Thu King and other members of tho Koyal Family were represented. The congregation included members of the oldest families .in .the land. ' .. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 51, 28 August 1930, Page 13
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