DEATH OF LORD ONSLOW.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12632, 8 December 1911, Page 2

DEATH OF LORD ONSLOW.

LINEAL DESCENDANT' OF THREE SPEAKERS. y LONDON, Qctober 26. Ths Earl of Onslow died at Beechworth, Hampstead, the residence of • his elder son, Viscount Cranley. He had been ill for spme months, but there was a slight improvement m his condition last week, and ho was removed toHamp- . stead. j Lord Onslow, who was m his fiftyninth year, has been Chairman of Committers, House of Lords, since 1905. He had previously held' maiiy ministerial appointments, among them the following : — Under-Secretary for the Colonies (1887-8, 1900-3). Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade (1888-9). Under-Secretary for India (1895-1900). President of the Board of Agriculture (1903-5). He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand frbm 1888 until 1892. His younger son — the Hon. Huia Onslow — was born m New Zealand, and was made a chief by the Maoris during the first y-eai* of his life. He received his .unusuab -Christian name out of comEliment to the natives, among whom the via is a sacred bird,

Lord Onslow fought strenuously! the land clauses J in the 1909 Budget, ;He had a great .knowledge of* practical farm.- j ing, and'wqs a firm beliver m scientific methods of agriculture. < He was a lineal descendant of no fewer than three Speakers of the House of Commons — Richard Onslow, who occupied the chair m 1565 ; Sir Richard Onslow, who was Speaker m the reign of Queen Anne; and Arthur Onslow, who was Speaker during the entire reign of George ; 11. • In private life Lord Onslow was popular with all classes. Ono of- his hobbies was driving, and he rarely misesd a meet of the Coaching Club or the Four-in? Hand ' Club. Viscount Cranley, who suoceeds to tlie earldom, is : thirty-four years of age. • He married Lord Poltimore's only daughter five years ago.