OBITUARY.

Grey River Argus, 5 October 1931, Page 5

OBITUARY.

World’s Best Loser SIR THOMAS LIPTON. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, October 3. The death occurred yesterday of Sir Thomas Lipton, the famous yachtsman. He passed away in his sleep as the result of heart failure. Sir Thomas Lipton caught a chill last week when, motoring. He was attended by four doctors. He had planned to sail to-day on a short business trip to (the United States. There are world-wide tributes to his sportsmanship as “the world’s best loser. ’ * According to the “Daily Mail” the late Sir Thomas Lipton has not a relative in the world. The late Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Bar,t., K.C.V.0., was 81 years of age. and was born at Glasgow of Irish parentage. He began life behind a Glasgow counter, and became one of the .greatest of tea merchants, having shops all over Great Britain and Ireland. He acquired tea and rubber estates in Ceylon, and until his retirement in 1927, was Chairman of Lipton’s, Ltd. He achieved a worldwide reputation on account of the pluck and determination with which he challenged the Americans for the America Cup. His first challenge was made forty-"wo years ago, since when his yachts Erin and Shamrock challenged in the years 1901. 1903, 1914. 1920 and 1930. He founded the Alexandra Trust for providing the poor with cheap, wholesome meals. In 1915 he was a great helper of the starving Serbians, and was created Grand Officer of ,the Order of St. Sava of Serbia, also Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy. He was one of H.M. Lieutenants of the City of London.