Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-15
HAD HE LIVED
He Would. One Day Have Been
King of England.
Death of the Prince Of Wales
Eldest Son.

The Whole English Nation Plunged Into
the Deepest sorrow-The Dead Prince
Engaged to Princess Victoria Mary of
Tecis - Prince George of Wales, Now
Heir Presumptive to the Throne.
LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Prince of
Wales eldest son, Albert Victor, duke
Of Clarence ana Avonjale, breathed his
last shortly after 8 O'clock Thursday
morni He was unconscious all nj j.
and no hope Of his recovery was fe-t
after O'Clock, when he began sinking
rapidly.
The Princes Of Wales, who has been
watching constantly at herson's bedside,
is utterly pros rated, aud grave fears are
entenau- " her lie
The dead asince had been i'll for some
time, but WAS not considered serious un-
til few hours before his death
England is in mourning. and prepara-
tions are already being mad, from one
part of the kingdom to the other, from
one end of the empire to the other, to
show the sympathy which the loyal sub
jects of the Queen of England and En-
press of India feel for her III time of sor-
row.
Politically the death of Prince
Albert Victor will have no great effect
in England, though it must be addeu,
Prince George of Wales, the second son
of the Prince of Wales, has enjoyed q
far greater degree of popularity than
the dead prince was ever able to arouse.
Biographical.
Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward,
duke of Clarence and Avondale, was the
eldest son of the Prince of Wales and the
heir presumptive to the throne of En-
gland. He was born on Jan S, 1864, and
was created Duke of Clarence and Avon
dale and Earl of Athlone in 1890 The
dead prince was educated at Trinity col
lege, Cambridge, and Heidelberg uni
versity. Previous to entering college
Prince Albert Victor and his brother,
Prince George, passed their examinations
for the royal navy and they both served
the twO-years' term as naval cadets on
board her majesty's ship Britannia the
cadet training ship for the royal navy. In
1879 the two princes went on a tour
around the world.
The line of succession, owing to the
death of Prince Albert Victor, descends
through the Prince of Wales to his second
son, Prince George of Wales. The latter's
constitution, though not strong, is sa 4
not to be as feeble as that of his elder
brother. The late heir presumptiye was
a major in the Tenth hussars, of which
regiment his father is honorary colonel.
Prince Albert Victor first saw the light
at Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor In
addition to being a major in the Tenth
huzaars the prince was honorary colonel
of the Fourth regiment of Bombay cav
airy prince Albert Victor Guards) and
was on the staff Of Prince Blucher de
Wahlsatia, regiment of Russian huzzars,
a Roumaniar regiment Prince Albert
Victor has been more popular with the
British public since his engagement to
Princess Victoria Mary of Tecl was an
nOunced. Among his familiars he was
known as Prince Eddie; to the people he
was more generally known by his nick
name of collars and Cuffs"
The dead prince was engaged to be mar
ried to his cousin Princess Victoria Mary
of Teck daughter Of the Duke of Tecll,
scion of the royal family of Wurtem-
burg, but of branch which renounced ia
rights and deecended into the ranks of the
higher nobility.