BARONET'S DEATH

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 11

BARONET'S DEATH

REAL TITLE DISCLOSED

No inquest was held; on LieutenantColonel Sir Alfred Rawlinson, Baronet, D.5.0., who died rather suddenly in his flat in London. ;

The late baronet, who had only lived in tlio 'district for some little time, had complained of feeling unwell, but until it. week prior to his death regularly visited the Wellington Club, of which ho has been a member for years, says the "News-Chronicle."

When Sir Alfred was found to be seriously ill medical'aid was summoned, but death had taken place before the arrival of a doctor. The Coroner was satisfied that death was due to natural causes.

Sir Alfred, who was sixty-seven years of age, was the second son of Major-General Sir. H.. C. Bawlinson. When his brother, Baron Bawlinson, who commanded the1 Fourth Army in Prance, died in 1925, the peerage became extinct, and Sir Alfred succoeded to the baronetcy. Ho served in the war with the Boyal Garrison Artillery as Lieutenant-Colonel and as a Commander of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves. He was mentioned several times in despatches. He was a prisoner in Turkey in 1920-2 J. The deceased was also an author, and he was responsible for "Adventures in the Near East," "The Defence of i London," and "Adventures on the j Western Front." j

Sir Alfred 7s death recalls a case hoard at Willesden Police Court eighteen months, ago, when an order was made committing him to prison' for fourteen days iv respect of an unpaid electric light account. The Magistrate said he was sorry to' to see a man of such distinguished ser-' vice in that sad position. Ho had no alternative but. to commit him to prison for fourteen days, but the ordor would bo suspended for fourteen days. The money was subsequently paid.

in a statement made after the bearing, Sir Alfred said ho asked the Magistrate to postpone the matter until a dispute concerning some property was settled. He added that Ms income had fallen by.£lsoo. Since leaving Ctickkwood Sir Alfred i had been living very quietly in different ! parts of London, and to avoid any publicity was known to all but-a few intimate friends as "Mr." Rawlinson, and it was'-onljr after his death that his real title was-disclosed. . M