IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 28

IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED.

LORD AND LADY INVERCLYDE SUDDENLY PASS AWAY.

After a married life of over 4-0 years Lord and Lady Inverclyde parsed away withm 24houra of each other at Castle Wemyes, the former on the 12th and the latter on the 13th February

Lord Inverclyde, better known, perhaps, a» Sir John Burns, was born in 1529 in. Glasgow, ana was head of ihe Cunard ijteaaistup Company. He succeeded to the barvneiev in leSO, and was rai-ed to the pee-.aae at the t.mo of the Diamond Jubilee.

Nobody know more of steamships than he did, as he was trained m the shipping business from hi= youth. He was the first to reconißieiid to the Government the usefulness of merchant steamers for war purposes. Lord Imordyae v. .- s an honorary hem»nant in the Rojal Na\y lle=er-. c, a deputylieutonant jliA .I.P. tor Renfrewshire, Lanaikshire, and the Cny of Glasgow, besides bt-iiift chairman of the Cunard line. His greatest hobby was yachting, and his uianv acqamtancea doubtless have very vivid aad ■pieiuar.t recollections of many trips in. ins yacht (he Capsri ai'zie, which every ytur wai litteJ out for Inp-. round the west; cocst of Si ctkuid and other place.

As an author he was well known, and his books, "A Wild Night: Glimpses of Glasgow Low Life," "Adaptation of Merchant Steamships for War Purposes," and Ivs book on the Cunard line, had a large sale, especially among naval men.

His married life was one of the happiest. In IS6O his choice fell on Miss Emily Aibuthnot, daughter of the late Mr George Arbuthnot, of Mavisbank, and they leave two sons and three daughters, the latter of whom aic unmarried.

Lady Imerclydc was indefatigable m all good vorkii, and took an active interest in, among many other philanthropic movements, the Cumberland training ship and the Glasgow cabmen. Lady Invcrcly-le's death was due to collapse and failure ot tho heart, the death of her hrnband only the day before proving more than she could bear.