LAST MOMENTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 199, 24 August 1903, Page 2

LAST MOMENTS.

A PEACEFUL, PAINLESS, DEATH. Received August 24,8.48 a.m. London, August 23. Lord Salisbury's condition was unchanged until nearly eight o'clock last night, when all the family were summoned. The crisis passed in a few minutes, and the family went to dinner, but were again snmmoned just before nine o'clock. The relapse was decisive, and Lord Salisbury expired in a few moments, passing away peacefully with no trace of pain.

[Robert Arthur Talbot GascoyneCeoil (3rd Marquis), K.C., P. 0., G.0.V.0.1902; P.K.S., D.C.L., LL.D. (Hon. Camb.), D.L., J.P.; Baron Cecil, 1603; Viscount Granborne, 1604; Earl of Salisbury, 1605; co-heir to Barony of Ogle ; Lord Privy Seal since 1900; High Steward of Westminster since 1900; Chancellor of Oxford University sin oe 1869; member of Council of King's College, London; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Constable of Dover Castle since 1895; High Steward of Great Yarmouth since 1888; Elder Brother of Trinity House since 1886; Hon. Colonel 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment since 1868. Born afc Hatfield, February 3, 1830; married, 1857, Georgina, V. A., 0.1., daughter of Hon. Sir Edward Hall Alderson. Lord Salisbury was ednoated at Eton ; Christ Church, Oxford; Hon. Student, 1894; Fellow of All Souls, 1853. M.P. (C.) Stamford, 1853-68; Secretary for India, and President of Indian Council, 1866* 67, 1874-78; Special Ambassador for Conference at Constantinople, 1876-77; Plenipotentiary at Congress of Berlin, 1878; First Lord of Treasury, 1886 87; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1878-80, 1885-86, 1887-92, 18951900; Prime Minister, 1885-86, 1886-92. and 1895-1902; late Chairman Great Eastern Railway.]