BARONET'S SUICIDE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 122, 31 May 1910, Page 3

BARONET'S SUICIDE.

An inquest was held at Westminster on the body of Sir Thomas Selby Tancred, who was found unconscious on a seat in Rotten Row and was removed to St. . George's Hospital, where he died shortly after admission. A private in the 3rd Grenadier Guards said that shortly after 11 o'clock at night he was crossing Rotten Row on the way to the barracks, when he saw the baronet on. one of the seats. His hat was on the ground, and he was lying with his head resting on the back rails. A policeman found a pencilled note in one of the baronet's pockets, which ran: "Please don't disturb my people or let them know utj^til tomorrow." It was stated that the cause of death was prussic acid poisoning, and that Sir Thomas had been suffering badly from mental depression after influenza. The' jury returned a verdict that the baronet met his death by taking prussic acid with intent to take his life.—Standard of Empire.