OBITUARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 5

OBITUARY

AN AMERICAN CAPITALIST. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. NEW YORK, July 13. News Las been received that Mr John W, Gatos, the capitalist, has-died in Paris. Mr John Warne Gates, who was fifty-six years of age, began operations in a small hardware store in Illinois, built up a large business in barbed wire, organised tho American Steel and Wire Co. (now part of the Steel Corporation), and was identified with, numerous "deals" in railway anti indus trial stock, and with several iron and steel companies. LADY GOTHAM. LONDON, July 14. The death is announced of the widow of Sir James Outram, at tho ago of ninety-nine. The death of tho widow of Sir James Outran!, “the Bayard of India/' recalls the stirring times when tho British power iu India was so severely toned by the "Teat mutiny of 1857. In that struggle Sir James Ooitram bore a heroic pan, being associated with the famous Uavclo.ck iu the memorable defence of Lucknow. Ho died in 1863.‘ EARL OE CRANBROOK. (Received July 14, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON. July 14. The death is announced of the Earl of Cranbrook. The deceased, who was the second Earl of Uraiibrouk. was. born in 1839. He was AI.P. for Bye from 1868 to 1880, and ioi* the Comity of Kent from 18S4 to 1892. His father, the first Earl of (JranbrooK, as Mr Uutuorno ilardy, was- a prominent statesman, having ooen Minister of War, Home Se-ci'etary, {Secretary for India, and Lord President of the Council. Ho defeated Gladstone for the University of Oxford scat iu 1865. Tho first Earl died in 19oc. ‘ine aecemsed’s heir is Lord Medway, who married Lady Dorothy Boyie, yio-ungost daughter of the Lari of Glasgow, exGovernor of New Zealand. Tho Earl of Ora-übrook’s youngest son is Captain the Hon. Nigel Gathorue Hardy, lute A.D C. to Lord Blanket, who was Governor of New Zealand. captain Hardy married, in Juno of last year, at Karorl, Miss Dons Cecilia Featherston Johnston, third daughter of tho Hon. C. J. Johnston, and granddaughter jf.the late Dr Fcatherston, first Agent-General for New Zealand in Lonaoin, and first Superintendent of the Province of Wellington.