The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-03
CHE Mnrfolk gust.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1865.
LORD PALMERsTON.

at BfOcket Hall, 1efIS, one Vi ZIG couH-
try seats of the Melbourne family, of
which his wife was the heiress. On
Friday, the 18th of October, he took a
carriage drive, as usual, and on return
ing home discovered that he had caught
severe cold. UnfavOrable symptoms
quickly manifested themselves, ana on
the following Sunday night his friends
were notified that he was seriously III.
Telegrams were sent to Queen Victoria,
in Scotland, and to Sir George Grey.
The Queen was most assiduous and
thoughtful in her inquiries as to the
aged statesman's condition. On Monday
morning Lord Palmerston was reported
somewhat better, and a letter received
by one of his relatives stated that his
condition had not altered for the worse
during the day. The next morning
(Tuesday) still more hopeful anticipa-
tions were raised, and his physicians is
sued hopeful bulletin, stating that the
noble lord had been seriously ill in con-
sequence of having taken cold, but had
steadily improved during the past three
DAYS. and was then much better.
Before night change for the worse
set in, and the papers OF "Wednesday
morning issued the following statement:
Lord Palmerston's illness has become
worse since the morning. Withoutany
desire to cause pain to the friends of the
noble Premier, it cannot be disguised
that he is very seriously i'll.
Before the morning was over came
the tidings of his death = ~. Els
Lord Palmerston expired at u quarter
to eleven on Wednesday morning.. Oct:
1S. His nearest relatives--the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury, the Right Hon.
w. Cowper, M. p, and Niscountess
.Jocelyn-were at Brocket Hall at the
time of his death. The immediate cause
of death was am affection of the bladder.
1t is stated that Lord PalmerstOn was
unconscious for some hours before death,
! and that he died without suffering.
Henry John Temple, Viscount Pal
merston, of the peerage OF Ireland, was
born at Broadlands, in Hampshire, on
the Goth of October, 1884, and had he
lived two days longer would, conse-,
quently, have been eighty~one years OF
are. He was the first-born of the second
and very romantic marriage OF his Ia
Their, Viscount Palmerston, with Mary
Nee, the daughter of an Irish halter.
The story has never been fully authenti-
Gated but has never been authoritative
| ly denied, and has been frequently re-
produced in various novels and plays.
| The story is as follows: The Viscount
| after his bereavement of his first wife
was riding on horseback through tho
streets of Dublin, and was thrown, ant
had one of his limbs fractured. he was
carried into an adjacent house, and
upon medical assistance being summon
ed, it was found that it would be danger
GUS or fatal to have him removed. The
house was occupied by respectable
halter in middling circumstances. The
lattef's daughter undertook the task o.
nursing the injured peer. The conse
Quence of her attentions was that they
fell in love with each other, and the re-
suit was their marriage. We cannot. al
all vouch for the accuracy of this gossip
but, to say the least, a colorado possible
| ty is lent to it by the fact thatin Burke,s
peerage and in such temporary authOrl'
ties and chroniclers of aristocratic do
ings as the GenHenidn's Ndgdsine, nc
| further reference is made to the second
wife of Viscount PalmerstOn than thai
her name was Mary Nee, and that hel
| father was BENJAMIN Nee. Burke calls
him BENJAMIN Nee, ESQ.," In the alb
| sence of all allusion to her family con
nections the inference is almost, if moi
quite, inevitable thatthe lady was OF OBJ
scure birth. Mary, Nee became peeresE
in the right of her husband, by her mar
rage, on the It'll of January, 17S3.
There were other fruits than the lat
Lord Palmerston of this marriage, bu
they never attained to any great dignity
William, the second son, who was borl
in 1888. was at one time Minister Pleni
pOtentiary to the Court of Naples, ant
is heir to the title and estates. Lore
Palmeaston's eldest sister, Frances, wa
} married to Captain Bowles, of the roya
navy and Comptroller General of tn
Coast Guard. She died in 1888. 4
0 second sister, Elizabeth, was married Il
9 1911 to Lawrence Sullivan Esq, Deput
. Secretary-at-Wa and commissioner c
Q the Royal Military Asylum. Anon
q the noted ancestors of the Palmersto
Q house wasS Sir William Temple, knight
Q the learned and eminent secretary {
y Sir Philip Sidney and subsequently,
: the unfortunate Earl of Essex. Aftt
I. the execution of Essex by Queen Eliza
$, beth Sir William Temple removed int
5 Ireland and became Provost of Trinit
i College Dublin, which University /
y represented i'm Parliament. Anotl'
At ancestor, Sir John Temple, was in IGN
Master of the Rolls in Ireland, an
N though he joined the standard of Cron
well, he was, on the restoration I
II Charles the Second, retained as MAST
y of the Rolls. The late Lord Palmersto
lie was the third viscount of his hous
d His grandfather, Henry Temple, WI
x created Baron and Viscount Palmersto
/. i'm 1772. The ducal houses of Buckin;
"a ham and Chandos have "a common al
: cestry with that of PalmerstOn.
,e Lord PalmerstOn was principally edI
r, Gated at Harrow. He attended ther
e. several wears and then went to the I'm
5. yersIty of Edinburgh, in order to enJo
4. the advantages of hearing the lectur
=, of Ducald Stewart, the famous pred
~ cessor of Professor Wilson (Christoph
sh North. in the chair of philosophy
While here young Palmerston was pa
IF. t;cularlv intimate with the present Lo
ell John Russell, who was Fellow studeI
1nr After leaving Edinburgh Lord Palmer
all ton attended Cambridge. Universit
rs where he finally graduated. Noblem'
w Mt that time took their masters degr
md in two wears, and, either from their
ing held to inherit a suificiency
'o' Knowledge, or that to teach them W
mt LoneIess took it without examinatio
emit Lord Palmerston, however, had so
T, made himself known among his cotel
'- noraries that he had but just taken
'wo ,iogree and come of age when he INN
dietelv entered public life, with me
than an average reputation as man
Learning and politician of skill.
< Lord Palmerston first appeared
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