The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19 00:00:00

DEATH OF EARL COWLEY.

The death of Earl Cowley, K.G., G.C.8., many
years Ambassador at Paris, occurred quite suddenly
at two a.m. on Tuesday at his house in Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly, London. Lord Cowle7 was out
twice on Monday. and -dined in the evening in his
usual health, but late at night was 'taken ill and died
alnaegt immediately.
The late Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, Earl
Cowley, Viscount Deng= ,(county Meath), and
Baron Cowley of Wellesley, county Somerset, in the
peerage of the United "Kingdoin, was the eldest-son of
Henry, first Lord Cowley, seventh and youngest son
of Garrett, first Earl of Mornington, and was born
July 17, 1804, so that he was within two days of
completing his 80th year. He was one of the most
experienced diplomatic servants of the Crown,
having, at the early ago of 20, been -attached
to the British Embassy at Vienna, and was ap-
pointed paid attaché at the Hague in April, 1829.
In January, 1832, he was appointed Secretary of
Legation at Stuttgardt, and in November, 1843, went
to Constantinople as Secretary to the Embasq; and
in 1845 was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary ad
interim, and again filled that post at Constantinople
from July, 1846, till February, 1848, In June, 1851,
he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation;
and in February the next year was made a
member of the Privy Council. Lord Cowlefs next
appointment was that of Ambassador Extraordi-
nary and Plenipotentiary to France in July, 1832.
In recognition of his distinguished diplomatic ser-
vices he was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of
the Order of the B‘ith (civil division). He was ap-
pointed by a decree of the Emperor of the French in
1853 a member of the Commission of the !Universal
Exhibition of the Produce of Agricidture, 'lndustry,
and the Pine Arts, held in Paris in 1855. He was
joint plenipotentiary with the late Earl Of -Clarendon
at the conferences of Paris, and signed the
treaty of peace with Russia, March 30, 1850; He
was also plenipotentiary at Paris, and signed the
treaty of peace with Persia in March, 1857. The
late peer was employed on a confidential mission to
Vienna in February and March, 1859, and was
joint plenipotentiary with the late Mr. Cobden, and
signed at Paris the treaty of commerce between
England and France in January, 1860. Lord Cowley
finally retired from the diplomatic service in July,
1867, when he was succeeded as ambassador at Paris
by the present ambassador, Lord Lyons. In further
recognition of his eminent diplomatic services to the
country he was made a Knight of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter in January, 1866.
The late earl leaves issue three sons—lieutenant-
Colonel William Henry Viscount Dangan, his
successor in the family honours; the Hon. Cecil, and
Colonel Hon. Frederick Wellesley; and two daughters,
the eldest, Lady Feodorowna, married to the Hon.
Francis Leveson Bertie ; and the secondiLady Sophie,
married to the Earl of Hardwicke.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, Lord and
Lady Ebury, Lady Charles Wellesley,. Colonel and
Mrs. Wellesley, and several other families of rank
are placed in mourning by the death of his lordship.