New-York tribune., 1881-03-30
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OBITUARY.
1HE EARL OF cAI1HNEss.

The Earl of Caithness died suddenly at lo
eSlnck Monday night In bis rooms at the fl'n ANe"
Hat, The Earl who had been more or less OF vi hfa
I'd 70 number OF years, arrived IN new AoiA tOD
1--we tool March In company vita his son. LoFu oet
asl, and his daughter Lady Fanny Sinclair his oDeet
was 10 make tour of pleasure throughout the oieu
states iucludne the South and the Pacific Coast On
the passage he was taken sick with nervous poS"ou'
ard ,,poI reaching the hotel in very weak eono
hon However under the treatment OF Dr. James w.
McIane OF No. 81 West Thirty eighh-st, he recovered
70 all appearances in very few days aao ""S "O0 "
,ake several walks IN and around the CITY,
On che pet of his sudden death, which was causeu py
oara,ysis Of the heart he felt extremely well amt was
hattine for over two with his son ana daughter
When he fell back his chair dead II vas al ms.
,bought that he had fallen asleep Tine news OI ni'
ieath WAS Immediately teegraphed to George '" CDlos
II Philadelphia an old friend Of the Ears who arrived
n the course of the night. Mr. Cnilds' VINO was
net py TRIBUs. reporter yesterday, seemed greatly
Affected by the occurrence He said the Earl had only
me day before expressed the inent.on Of visiting MIN IN
now Earl OF Cairhness and his sister would enjoy ms
TPs rensius OF the Earl win be temporarily deposited
m the Marble Cemetery in secondst. and ON April IL
nil be sent nome by the steamer serya ,,i. od rord
Berredale u the peerage OF scotland Baron batSgii
Seya Sss scotia o iaa, was as % born l6 ISL
dc succeeded his father as foufteenth eaI DeeehVS
"a 1855, aud created Baron liaTrogih June IL,
ls9e Ike his iaiher he became Lord Lieutenant of
1rovS,asshi,e AZ eariy as 1855 the Earl chOsen
rsnresepiatiye peer ScOtad and on she cOnlhgln
Of Lord PamerstOns administration was naie Loru III
Mailing the Queen 1his post ne oeeup,su , naHy ~
sears Alter Paierston's death he dev0Ced hlnse 10
srence and became particularly successful IN ITS prae
ficsi aoDcafon. He perfected a seeam motor ana
arriare gapable Of travelling ON the newly inYeneu
Macadsmlzed roads Not only did ho Improve the ma
rl,pery but he acted hls own engine driver de also
tnventsd a tapooom by which the weaver was eneDeu
n stop any tne Of the shltes without stopping the
loom. This invention was PRONOUNCED unpIaeHca a.
frsI but after short trial IN Lancashire factory t
was found 10 answer tho purpose better than tue Ola
device and has been universally euOpted IN tue
sna fcturing centres of North England Tue EarPs
principal invention, however s consaered 10 oe tne
xayitating compass to which his name has been gwen
The Cthness gfavtatn2 compass Is generally ackDoW-
e0ged 10 be one of steadieSt kuown ana IS used by
most OF the great ship companies
The last few years of the Erls life bad been spent In
aeiyerine scientific lectures before the members
rlous Euglsh faculties, and travelling IN Europe and
knerlca He was staying ut the F1ftn Avenue Hotel
While on tour this country when that Dulldlng TOOK
IRE In 1874. The Earps name was mentioned Tor the
and displayed on TINS occasion his
second Wait 10 the United States was IN 1878.
THO Earl married his first wife, LOUISA Georglna,
daughter of Sir George Philips Bart July IL le47.
BY her no had two children VIZ George Ph1lps Alex,
Fanny Georgiana Elizabeth His LordShlPs second
WIFE, whom married March 9. 1872 was the daughter
nj the late Senor Don Jose de Marategu Thls lady IL
Bill alive in England She is known 10 lie great rlend
Of ali the leading spritualiss In Europe and America
and has written book on eprltnailsnl She mas
corresp0nded regularly with Madame de BlaVatsEy,
through whose infaence she was admitted some time
ago to u membership III the Theos0phieal society. ,
Caithness is q maritime county or scotland On the
north cuaet Dunest Head and DuncansOy head ana
On the west side is spot of green turf called John
DGrOat's House, where John DE Groat, or Groat OF
Warse settled with ms brothers In James WINS time
John O'tiroats Honse aud lands ERd are inc TWO e4
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