Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-25

author Of Lucille" "Clytemncstra and Other
POEMS" aud several other works, be-
gan his diplomatic career In lS<9 at
Washington, whore he was attached
70 the mission of his uncle, Sir Henry Bulwer,
Of that time British minister to the United
States. His promotion in tho service was
rapid, and in 1879, whilst holding the post Of
minister TO the court Of Lisbon, he was sud
denly appointed by Lord Beaconsfield as vice.
roy of India. Il was during his viceroyalty Of
that great dependency that the queen was
proclaimed Empress OF Hindoostan and that
the Afghan war took place. On his return 70
England in 1880 he was promoted TO the dig
nifty of nm eer'dom
He Was Not Very Popular
in England, ,as his manners were con sidered by
John Bull IA being far too effeminate, lacka-
daisical and theatrical to suit British tastes.
IL was hi. literary talent which at first at
tractcd the attention or Lord Beaconsfeld
toward him.
His full name with titlcs was the Right Hon.
Edward Robert Bu,wer-l., On, Lord Lytton,
q. &. B. He was the only on OF Edward
George, ii8t Lord Lytton, by his marriage
with Ro-in8 DOYLE, only daughter OF the late
Francis Massey Wheeler of Lizard Connel,
county Limerick, and was born Nov. y, ts7l.
lie was educated at Harrow and ut the Uni
vcrsity of Bonn After leaving Washington he
was employed in the diplomatic service at
Florence, Paris, Tho Hague, ~. Petersburg.
C0nstantinoplc and Vienna.
lie was promoted To be secretary OF legation
at Copenhagen IN 1863. He was afterwards
employed as charge de affairs at Athens, Lis
bon and Madrid and in 1863 he was appointed
secretary Of the embassy at Vienna. He was
transferred 10 Paris in 1872, and was accred-
tied ~ minister plenipoten in the absence
OF the ambassador in 1873 and 1874 In the
latter year he was promoted TO be envoy ex-
traordnary hnd minister plenipotentiary At
Lisbon. In January, 1879, he was appointed
governor general OF India, and in 1887 was re-
turned TO the French ambassndorship.
Attempted Assassination.
On Dec. u, 1870 an attempt was made to as.
sassinate Lord Lytton. He had Just arrived In
Calcutta that evening by railway and was be-
ing conveyed from the station TO the govern
ment h ouee when two shots we're fred at him
by man named Busa, happily without any
ill-cffcct whstever. A third shot was fired
Immediately afterward by the intended as
sassin at the viceroy's private secretary, who
ant proved to bo half-intoxicated Eurasian
who had been recently discharged from the
lunatlc asylum at Allahabad.
Lord J. ) tons first book was published when
he was ~, and was at once warmly welcomed.
Appearing under pseudopym, IL war
ranted literary place aside from that In
herited by the fame Of his father. This was In
Return, and the Artist" By Owen Meredith"
Then followed Tho wanderer," and next Q
novel In sprightly verse. entitled "Lucils." In
1891 he produced anonymously, In eollabora-
tion with Hon. Julian Fame, Tam
hauser, or the Battle Of tho Bards," his
friend writing under the nom -de-plumc OF
Neville Temple" himself under that Of ed
ward Trevor" Ten years later IN 1871, Robert
Lytt0n wrote Julian Fame, . Memoir" In
which the friendship Of the two was lovingly
commemorated by the survivor. The Ring
OF Amasis," CHRONICLES and Characters."
"Orval," Fables In Song followed. and then
came a memoir Of his mere iuustrious father.
As viceroy of India
Lord Lytton was unpopular, save with his 70.
vorites, but in society he wss regarded - .
very charming gentleman. His temperament
was prc-eminently that OF the poef .andseven his
dispat, hes, transmitted with exuberant fro
quency 20 England. wsre models of ornate
rhetoric, elegant and fairly lucid and OF .
length entirely unprecedented. As q speaker
he was volubls and sometimes effective. IL
was the irony Of nature and the accidents Of
his position which contributed 70 make him
an asi rant for political place.
IIis lordship, who WAS grand cross OF the
order OF tho Bath, civil division, married
Oct. T. 1884, Edith, second daughter Of tho late
Edward villlers, and cousin of the earl Of
Clarendon, by whom he had Ave children. His
eldest surviving son Cborn Aug. 10, 1s76J is, at
Queen Victoria's own instance, the godson Of
her majesty, and IL IN consed uence named
Victor Alexander George Robert.