The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD

WOLVERTON.

We regret to state that Lord Wolverton died at
Brighton on Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock.
We are informed that his lordship was taken with
serious symptoms about 1 p.m., and his usual medical
adviser was telegraphed for to London, but on the
telegram arriving it was found he had gone to Nor-
wick), and before he could be communicated with
another telegram announced Lord Wolverton's death.
He died at the Bedford Hotel, very suddenly. The
deceased, George Grenfell Glyn, Baron Wolverton, of
Wolverton, Bucks, in the peerage of the United King-
dom, was the eldest son of George Carr, lit lord
(fourth son of the late Sir Richard Carr Glyn,
Bart.), by his wire, Marianne,- daughter of the
late Mr. Pascoe Grenfell, M.P., and was born 10th
February, 1824. He was educated at Rugby School,
and when he came of age became a partner in the
London banking firm of Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co.
He was M.P. for Shaftesbury from April, 1857, to
July, 1873, was Secretary to the Treasury from 1868
to August, 1873, and was Paymaster-General from
May, 1880, to June, 1885' and Postmaster General
from February to August, 1886. He succeeded Vis-
count Hampden, the late Speaker of the House of
Commons, as Whipper-in to the Liberal party, and
has been one of Mr. Gladstone's most zealous sup-
porters. He succeeded his father in the peerage in
July, 1873. His lordship married 22nd June, 1848,
Georgiana Maria, eldest daughter of the Rev. George
Tufnell, but leaves no family. His wife survives him.
In default of issue the peerage devolves upon his
nephew, Henry Richard, eldest son of. the late Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, C. 8., who died
in February, 1884. The new peer is in his 26th
year. .
Another correspondent, telegraphing on Sunday
night, said: "George Grenfell Glyn, Baron Wolver-
ton, died at the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, at noon to-
day. Lord Wolverton attended Lewes Races on
Friday, and Plumpton Steeplechases on Saturday,
both of which were inclement days. He was seen at
ten o'clock on Sunday morning by his valet, when
he had had his bath, and was shaving. As Lord
Wolverton did not come down, the room was
entered two hours later, when his lordship was found
dead."

The Times concludes its obituary notice of the
deceased peer as follows: Lord Wolverton has always
been a thoroughgoing party man, as was not unnatural in
a Whip. He bad the qualities and defects of his
character.. His great wealth and position and his
skill in organisation have enabled him to exercise
a very considerable influence over both the leadcrs
and the rank and file of his party, and he
was always ready to lavish time and mousy
on the promotion of party ends and the improve-
ment of party discipline. But if Lord Wolverton'.4
expenditure on party objects was of such
a kind as sometimes to arouse the murmurs of
his opponents and the protests and suspicions of good
judges of electoral law he could spend generously
on occasion on objects of real charity and real utility
to the public service. It will be remembered, for ex-
ample, that a't ,r Lord Wolverton had resigned the
office of Postmaster-General in 1886 he wrote a
graceful letter to his successor devoting the sum of
public money he had received as his salary for the
use of a charity connected with the department. His
long service in the House and as Secretary to the
Treasury brought Lord Wolverton into close relations
with all sorts and conditions of public men, and to
all, whether friends or foes, his sudden end at .a
com-
paratively early age will cause a painful shock as they
read the news. To the Home Rule party the loss
Will be in many ways particularly severe, and 00,tt hie
bitterest opponents will admit that in Lord Wolverton
they always had an enemy who was open, aneompro.
mising, and "thorough."
THE CAUSE OF DEATH.

Somewhat conflict ing reports having been published
of the circumstances attending Lord Wolverton's
sudden death, it is authoritatively stated that his
lordship died from syncope of the heart. Sir Andrew

Clark mace. an ex' Ination or the L peer in toe
summer, and then discovered that the action of his
heart was weak. The valet to the deceived called
his master at half-past eight on Sunday morning, as
instructed. His lordship, who then appeared to be in
his usual good health, asked that his letters should be
brought up to him as soon as they arrived. Half an'
hour later they were takeu to the bed-room and
handed to his lordship, who said he would remain
in bed a little longer. At half-past nine the valet
up shaving water. His lordship was then,
awake, and the valet thinking he might NI;
soon required, remained within call after an
absence of a few minutes downstairs. At half-past
eleven, having received no further summons, an un-
usual occurrence, he knocked at his master's door,
and, receiving no response, entered the bedroom,
where he found his lordship prostrate on the dorm§
near his. bath. On examination the valet found lift
to be extinct. His lordship had shaved himself, and
had.taken his bath, and was apparently in the act of-
drying himself when the fatal seizure took place. The
valet at once summoned Dr. Sanderson, who resides_
near, and sent a messenger for Dr. Bull, the regular
medical attendant of the deceased. Dr. Sanderson,
who was the first to arrive at the hotel, gave it as his
opinion that death was instantaneous, a view which
was confirmed by Dr. Bull when he arrived. The
latter lost no delay in communicating with Sir
Andrew Clark, whose reply, received later in the day
announcing his prior knowledge of the condition of
his lordship's heart, left no doubt as to the cause of
death. Under the circumstances, no inquest will be
necessary. The body was taken from Brighton to his
lordship's London residence on Monday afternoon,
the coffin being accompanied by Mr. Sidney Glyn,
brother of the late peer, and his valet.

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