CAUSE OF DEATH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 17 April 1944, Page 3

CAUSE OF DEATH

LATE NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN TRAGIC NOTE IN MEMOIRS London, April 7. The Countess of Oxford and Asquith has added another volume to her tally of recollections. In “Off the Record” (Muller) the countes s has much to say that gives the reader glimpses into the private lives of Britain’s great ones. The following extract is of outstanding interest: — When Neville (Chamberlain) died, it gave me a shock. I knew that he had been ill, but I had no idea how ill he I met his doctor —Lord Horder, a man of the highest capacity and a friend of mine. I said to him: “You can’t be much of a doctor, as Neville Chamberlain was only a few years older than Winston Churchill, and I should have said that he was a strong man. Were you fond of him?” Horder: “I was very fond of him. 1 like all unlovable men. I have seen too many of thg other kind. Chamberlain suffered from shyness. He did not want to live; and when a man says that, no doctor can save him.” Margot: “But was he so very ill?” Horder: “No —he might have lived for many more years.” Margot: “Then why did he die?” Horder: “He died of a broken heart.”