The Duke of Cambridge Resigns.
LORD WOLSELEY TO BE THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. London, June 21. In the House of Commons, Mr Campbell - Bannerman announced that the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the British Array, resigns that position on October 1. The Government then propose |to introduce reforms on the lines (f the Hartington Commission, embodying a less centralised and more elastic system, and the office of future commanders in chief is to be greatly modified. June 22. Either Lord Wolseley, Lord Boberts, the Duke of Connaught will succeed the Duke of Cambridge, but not the Duke of Connaught if Lord Rosebery remains in office. June 23. The Pall Mall Gazette declares that the Duke of Cambridge resigned because the Government intimated that his retirement would facilitate reforms, but he and the Queen expected that it would not be accepted. It is reported that Lord Wolseley succeeds the Duke of Cumbridge.
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Woodville Examiner, Volume XIII, Issue 2384, 26 June 1895, Page 2
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