DAMAGING GOSSIP

Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 9

DAMAGING GOSSIP

LORD BROWKLOW PROTESTS POSITION BEING UNDERMINED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 18. Lord Brownlow, who accompanied Mrs Simpson to Cannes in December, in a speecli in Lincoln, revealed that after the Archbishop of Canterbury’s broadcast, in which Tie referred to the Duke of Windsor’s “ social circle,” he visited the Primate and protested, “ I told him that some of his statements might be taken to refer to me. The Archbishop said that, although he could not withdraw them publicly 7, he had not intended to refer to me or pain me in any way.” Lord Brownlow, who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire during Edward VIII. ’s reign, said he had been told that damaging misunderstandings had arisen with regard to his appointment, which were doing him no good. There was apparently an impression that lord lieutenants were appointed by the King, and might be liable to the influence of Court people and officials, whereas lord lieutenants had never been appointed by the Sovereign during the past 100 years. “ Within a few months my appointment became involved in public events of great difficulty, misfortune, and sorrow,” he said. “ Now, foolish, ill-in-formed gossip is undermining my position.. It is, therefore, only right to put the facts forward. My duties require no explanation. I do not intend to justify them or apologise for them; it is not necessary. If I have any critics I would suggest that they search their own consciences and inquire into their own standard of living and friendship.”