The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-29
OBITUARY..
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The death Of Sir Alexander Woodford, Field
Marshal, and Governor of Chelsea Hospital, has
lately been announced. He was born in the year
1889. His father was Lieutenant-Colon John
Woodfcrd, and his mother was q daughter of
the third Duke of Gordon. Sir Alexander
entered the army when young man, during
the reign of George ", and Afterwards became
an aide-de-cam to that monarch. He was
afterwards a colonel of the Scots Fusilier
Guards. He has successivelv held the positions
of Lieutenant Governor of Malta, commander
Of the forces in the Ionian islands, and Governor
of Gibraltar In 1852 he received the order of
knighthood and in the same year was made
Field Marshal and Governor Of Chelsea Hos
pital This position he held at the time of his
death.
Tho Marquis Of Hereford
Richard Seymour Conway, fourth Marquis of
Hertford has Just died in Paris This noble
man was one of the richest n al Europe, but is
chiefly known for his mania for picture-buying,
which wes his constant occupation. He was
the owner of o vast and most vauable,collection,
but the manner in which it was formed and pre-
served entities him to the name of collector
rather than that of patron OF art.
He was born in the year 1909, aud inherited
his vast estates and his magnificent coronet
from his father, the third marquis, who was a
notorious character in his way, being the origi-
nal of Thackeray's well-known Marquis of
Steyne. 1t was this nobleman, the father, who
built the palace "Bagatelle on a wager, in the
Bois de Boulogue, Paris, in thirty days time.
The social transactions Of the third marquis in
connection with Philip Egalite, Duke OF Orleans,
aud George, Prince of Wales are as noted for
deprayty as the collection Of his son is we'll
known in art.
The fourth marquis was better known in
Paris than in London. In q most gorgeous
palace in the former city he mostly resided,
while his fine London house was but rarely in
habited. He was the early and constant
friend of the present Emperor of the French,
and il was he who urged the then Prince Louis
Napoleon to hasten to Paris and put himself
forward in the crisis of the reaction from the
revolution of February, 1S4S.
The health of the Marquis has been bad for
several years, SO much so as to make him
thoroughly tired of life. He is said to have
told Thackeray not many years ago that he
could recall but four days during which he
would have been sorry to have died between
sunrise aud sunset. His last keen enjoyment
was the death of his heir presumptive, Admir- al
Sir George Seymour. 1t is a sou of this gentle
man, Captain Hugh de Grey Seymour, who now
succeeds to the title and estates aud is suddenly
raised from condition of modest competence
to the possession of an income of hundreds of
ounds sterling.
The gallery of art which it was the late lord 5
chief delight to collect was by far the finest of
any private gallery in Europe, and but little
surpassed 10y any public collection. The agents
of the Marquis have attended every picture sale
for thirty years past, and have successfully bid
against private individuals and the representa-
tives of rich governments. Twenty years ago,
at the sale of the fine collection of King Will
liam II of Holland, made TO meet the require
ments of his successor the Marquis carried off
all the gems against the wishes of the repre-
sentatives of the Governments of England,
Russia. and France. At this sale he purchased
the Assumption" by Murillo, for $4,000.
But the owner of this great gallery cared
little for it, only for the excitement of the pur'
chase. Many of his pictures were sent to his
different houses in England, and suffered tc
remain either boxed up or with their face;
turned to the wall for years.