LORD GREY’S ASHES

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 8 November 1933, Page 8

LORD GREY’S ASHES

IN A SECRET SPOT.

HALLOWED ASSOCIATIONS

In a secret place in the beautiful grounds of Fallodon, liis Northumberland home, the ashes of the late Viscount Grey were deposited i n_ the presence of his immediate relatives. No hod v bevond the people present at the Funeral will ever know where this place is. It was cherished by the dead statesman as the last resting place of the ashes of his first wife, Dorothv, who was killed in an accident 27 years ago. It was his dearest wish that his ashes should he placed in this hallowed spot, and that the location should never he made public. There were, touching scenes at the memorial service in the little 14th century church at Enfbletpn, where Lord l Grey and his ancestors have worshinped for centuries. Villagers sat side by side with men and women distinguished in every sphere of the national life. Conspicuous were Lord Bunciman and the Countess of Oxford and Asquith. They sat behind 1 the old village postmaster, who was dressed in the uniform of his office^. Miss Alice Snell, the housekeeper who had been with Viscount Grey for nearly 50 years, and Mr Harry Welsh, head gardener for more than 30 rears, who helped Lord Grey to make his famous bird sanctuary, were also present. In his address at Emhleton, the vicar, the Rev. R. B. Dawson, _ disclosed that three weeks previously Lord Grey told him he did not expect to get over his illness! “I had just been watching the viscount feeding one of his birds —a shy little waterhen which had como into the room from the sunny garden without to see him.” said Mr Dawson. “The last words Ij heard him say were some words from St. Paul: ‘Shadows of things to come.’ ”