OBITUARIES

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9445, 25 May 1898, Page 2

OBITUARIES-

Two Distinguished Men.

(By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) 1 (Beceived May 25, at 11.15 a.m.) Londos, May 23. Obituaries— Spencer Horatio Walpole, who on several occasions was Secretary of ; State for the Homo Department, and ; Edward i Bellamy, the famous journalist and author of " lipoking Backward." ; (Bec'eiVed May 25, at 10.30 a.m.) 1 ' Boub, May 24. Obituary — Admiral Brin, Minister of Marine. t ' [The Bight Hon. S. H. Waljiolo, was born in 1806, and was consequently 92 years of age— three years older than Mr Gladstone. He was called to the Bar in 1831, returned to the House of Commons in the Conservative interest in 1846, and in 1852, on the accession of Lord Derby to office, was first made Secretary of State for the Home Department. He resigned his seat in 1882.] v [Bellamy was an American lawyer, who never practised bis profession, as her preferred a literary life. For seven years he was connected with journalism, and has contributed many short stories to magazines. He has also published several books. His greatest success, however, was " Looking Backward," issued in 1888, and of which more than 300,000 copies were sold in America within two years of its first appearance.] «.