THE FIGHTING LORD CHANCELLOR.
Lord UaLbury, the famous ex-Lord Chancellor, seems to.have the secret of perpetual youth. He was 93 last birthday, and is to-day as full of energy as many a man half hi, age, “Aon see,’ he remarked to a friehd who recently reminded him of his 93rd birthday. "I don’t like to own to being l so old, for so much is expected of you at that age.” Lord Hals bury is fond of telling" a little incident that occurred to him some years ago- Even now he has the face of a‘fighter, but >n his younger days his firm lips, clear eyes, and sturdiness led many to think that fighting was his profession. On. -one’ occasion he discovered a crowd round the door of the hotel in which he was staying during the hearing of a case in *a northern town, and great was his delight when he overheard one of the natives remark to a companion; “Eh, hut he’s a fine man. I’d like to see him fecht!” His Lordship had been taken for a well-known pugilist of the day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 3
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185THE FIGHTING LORD CHANCELLOR. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 3 May 1919, Page 3
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