Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-01-21
ENGLAND MOURNS.
Death of the Duke of Clarence, Heir 70
the Throne.

Death of the Duke of Clarence, Heir to
the Throne.
Prince Albert. oldest son of the Prince
of Wales, died Thursday morning at y
O'Clock, (half az hour after the death OF
Cardinal Manning) after short attack
Of pneumonia. HIS death makes Prince
George. second and only son of the Prince
of Wales, heir presumptive to the Eng
lish throne.
Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke
of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son
of the Prince and Princess of Wales, was
born January 8, 1864, and was educated
at Trinity college, Cambridge, and the
University of Heidelberg. In 1877 ne
entered the navy as midshipman and
passed two years on board the Britannia
Captain Henry Fairfax. In 1879, with his
brother. Prince George, he went to the
West Indies on the Bacchante; and IN
1880 50. still on the Bacchante, the two
princes travelled around the world to
South America, Australia and the Ca g
of Good Hope. In October, 1888, Prince
Albert Victor went to Trinity college,
Cambridge, and studied there until the
summer, when he went to Heidelberg.
In 1883 he was invested with the order ia
VI v,S0r ssrrcr. On Ieaving Heidelberg ne
went to Aldershot to study military
science. He then made visit to India,
returning in 1890, and took his seat in
the house of lords on June q of that
year as Duke of Clarence and Ayondale
and Earl OF Athone.
The Duke of Clarence was heir pre-
sumptive to the British throne. Ii the
death of his father had occurred before
his own he would have stood next to
Queen Victoria in the line OF succession,
and upon the death of the queen then
would have become king OF Great Britain
and Ireland and emperor of India. He
had been supported, except for his regi-
mental pay, which amounted to 10 shll-
lings Il day, by his father, whose allow
ance OF f40, 900 was raised to .f76,00O in
1889 to enable him to provide fer his
children. The Duke OF Clarence's virtues,
SO far as known, were principally mega
tive lie had not been caught in any
scandals, as his father had been at his
age. The dukedom OF Clarence is an old
royal dukedom OF Great Britain. Its
previous holder was William w., the
great-great uncle of the late duke. An
other ancestor who held the title was
George, brother OF Richard ILL.,, who is
said to have been drowned by his brothers
orders, in butt OF Malmsey wine.
The duke was great-great-grandson
of George III. His fiancee, the Princess
May, OF Teck, who devotedly watched
by the sick-bed OF her intended husband,
became engaged to the duke on Deem
Der 4, last. 1t was said that the young
couple had been in love with one an
other for at least three years past, yet
the dukes grandmother, the stern and
imperous old queen, had always set her
face against the match and had done her
utmost to keep the young people apart.
She was bent on nlarrying the duke to
the German emperCr's youngest sister,
Princess Marguerite of Prussia, a clever
but exceedingly homely girl-the very
antithesis, so far as oo,neliness is con-
cerRed, to pretty Princess May. The lat
ter is not SO intellectually brilliant as
Princess Marguerite, but then the mental
lttainments OF her intended husband
were not precisely OF the lighthouse order,
and the couple was fairly well matched.
1t would be sycophancy to say that the
hapless prince was regarded with the
enthusiastic devotion of intense personal
regard by majority OF those over whom
he might have ruled. The death Of the |
duke can hardly make any difference in
the political or dynastic situation.