OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 254, 26 October 1937, Page 7

OBITUARY

ADMIRAL SIR E. CHARLTON Received Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 24. ; The death has occurred of Admiral Sir Edward Charlton. Admiral Sir Edward Charlton was born in 1865 and educated at Upshaw College, Durham, and at the Royal Academy, Gosport. He entered the Navy in 1878, and was at the bombardment of Alexandria and landed with the Naval Brigade in the Egyptian War. He was promoted lieutenant in 1884, and became a commander in 1897. He commanded the Otranto in the China War of 1900, was promoted captain in 1903, was Commoi dore of the Destroyer Flotilla from 11908 to 1910, and A.D.C. to the King 'in 1911-13. He was promoted Rearj Admiral in 1913, Vice-Admiral in ! 1918, and Admiral in 1921. He was Assistant Director of Torpedoes at the Admiralty in 1913-14 (he had i been a torpedo lieutenant at one time) and was Admiral of Minesweepers in 1914-15. From 1916 to 1918 he was Commander-in-Chief of the Cape Station, and in 1918-19 was Commander of the East Coast of England. He was president of the Inter-allied Naval Commission after the war, and retired in 1924. He had been decorated by the Sultan of Zanzibar, by France, by Japan, and by the Pope. In 1914 he received the C. 8., in 1918 the K.C.M.G., and in 3922 the K.C.B. He was twice married, and had one son and six daughters. SIR JOSEPH ISHERWOOD Received Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 24. The death has occurred of Sir Joseph Isherwood. Sir Joseph William Isherwood was born in 1870 and was shipwright surveyor to “Lloyd’s Register of Shipping” from 1896 till 1907. He invented Isherwood’s system of longitudinal construction for ships, and was a member of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, and of the Institute of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He was created a baronet in 1921. MR. G. H. LORIMER PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23. The death has occurred of Mr. George Horace Lorimer, former editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post. Mr. George Horace Lorimer was born in 1868 at Louisville, Kentucky, and educated at Mosely High School, Chicago, later taking a course at Colby and Yale University. He had been editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post since 1899, vice-presi-dent of the Curtis Publishing Co. from 1927 to 1932, and president until 1934, since which date he was chairman. He was decorated by France and Italy, and in 1923 was appointed aide to the Governor of Kentucky, with the rank of colonel. In his youth he worked with the packer P. D. Armour for eight years. Then he went to Boston to become a reporter at a fraction of his previous salary. He left the Boston Post because he was refused an increase in salary, and read that Cyrus K. Curtis had acquired the Saturday Evening Post. He obtained an interview and was engaged as literary editor. While the post of editor-in-chief was still unfilled Mr. Curtis went abroad, leaving Lorimer to his own devices. Before Mr. Curtis could offer the chief editorial post to a well-known man in the diplomatic service several issues of the paper reached him and he cabled appointing Lorimer to the position. PROF. EBER MIDGLEY Received Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 24. The death has occurred of Professor Eber Midgley, former head of the textile department of the Bradford Technical College. He started life as a half-timer at wool-weaving.