The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
Viewed THE CORONATION OF
ENC[AND'S GREATEST QUEEN
Mrs, Mathilde B. Norgrove, a
Remarkable English Lady
Who Lives at Lexington,
Va.-She Saw Much Of
Queen Victoria When She
Was a Simple Girl.
Was a Simple Girl.

The widespread general interest mani
tested all over the country in the corona
ton of King Edward VII, Of England,
| and the King $ illness directs attention
to a remarkable Englishwoman living at
Lexington. Va, who was born nine
years before Queen Victoria, witnessed
her coronation in 1888: has lived to see
pass over the political horizon every
President of the United States but one
Washington-and was fourteen years old
when John Adams the second President
of this country died in 1876
She lived TO see Victoria raised from
a princess to queen of the greatest en-
pre in the old world and watched the
remarkable reign of that still more re-
1narllable queen until it closed III a sun
burst Of glory in her recent death. when
all the civilized powers of the earth did
honor to her memory and lives to-day to
witness from the far-of shores of her
American home the coronation OF Ed
ward VII, the eldest son of Englands
greatest sovereign. Born in the early
blush of the nineteenth century, sIle has
lived 10 see that page in the world S
history turned-the greatest epoch IL
history-mailing the universe has ever
known. and has seen the twentieth CEN
progress. industrial development, civili-
zation and civil and religious liberty, the
like Of which the world has never
known.
HAS SEEN MUCH.
She has seen empires crunlble and re-
publics take their places-she was nine
years old when Napoleon, emperor OF
France, died in 1921 and has seen this
country expand practically from the or
iginal thirteen colonies to the great
world power that it now is. When she
was born the stage coach, canal boat
and Slow sailing ships We're the means
of transportation between distant points:
and the conditions now obtaining as
compared with the early period of her
Childhood make this a new and wonder
fut world She has lived to see the
steam locomotive. marine engine, telc-
graph, telephone, electric light and many
other of the wonderful Inventions of the
nineteenth century invented and de-
reloped and to-day, within ten years
OF completing a century of life, She is
possessed OF all her faculties with u
well-stored mind of the history OF her
time and many interesting "reminiscences
OF men and events of this country. Up
To two Years ago, when she fell and
broke her hip she was active in her
everyday household duties
LIVED NEAR THE QUEEN.
This remarkable woman is Mrs. Ma
thilda =. Norsrove, now living with her
only daughter, Mrs. Sa!lie T. Willis. IN
the little university town of Lexington.
Va. III the southern end OF the Shen-
andoah Valley. She was born June 81,
lsl2, il the little English village of
Thrupp, close by the estate and seat
of the father of Victoria. and in her
early childhood frequently saw the youag
Princess, who afterwards became Eng
lands Queen, passing 10 and from her
fathers estate TO the city. She was the
daughter of Il Mr.. Goodwin, highly
respected yeoman possessed Of a com
Portable landed estate, known as
The Thrupp Farm Early in life she
was married TO Henry Norsrove, of Ok
ford a prosperous young merchant, who
with his bride located at Lexington, Vi,
a short time after their marriage, 9hese
she has lived ever since. When young
girl she frequented the park of Blen-
helm Palace, the seat OF the Duke of
near which she lived, and
where she frequently saw Ensland's iu-
ture Queen. Her husband was an OSo-
MAN and saw the young Princess pre-
scented with prayer-book when Very