The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-04-28
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN,
LATE BRITISH PREMIER,
DEAD IN LONDON

London-S Henry Campbell
herman, ex-Premier of Great Britain,
died at 9.15 o'clock a. m. at his resi-
dence in Downing street.
The ex-Premier was unconscious
most of the time for the last two or
three days of his life, and his sinking
was gradual A few hours before his
death kilograms announcing that his
end was near were dispatched to King
Edward who, with Queen Alexandra,
Is visiting the Danish royal family at
Copenhagen; the Prince of Wales and
the Cabinet Ministers.
Sir Henry's final illness dates from
February ~, when he last appeared
In the House of Commons and moved
the closure of the Scottish Land bills,
although he had been ailing since No
Eember "A, 1907, when, after address
ing political meeting at Bristol, he
was seriously stricken with an af-
lection of the heart Later influenza
was added to the heart trouble. Sir
Henry was aware of his serious con-
dition and offered to give up the Pre-
miership some time before he for
mally resigned early this month.
There will be funeral service in
Westminster. Abbey at noon on April
81, attended by representatives of
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
diplomats and members of Parlia-
ment, and the following day the body
will be taken to Meigle, Pertshire,
and placed beside the body of Sir
Henry's wife.
Messages of sympathy were arriv-
ing all day from every part of the
world, and hundreds called to leave
their cards of regret. Among the
callers was the American Ambas-
sador, Whitelaw Reid.
He was the faithful servant of his
country, and | am truly sorry he has
gone" King Edward remarked on
hearing of the death of Sir Henry.
The Right Hon. Sir Henry Camp
Zimmerman, G. G. B., late Prime
Minister of His Britannia Majesty's
Government, and First Lord of the
Treasury, was born on September q,
1885. He was the youngest son of
the late Sir James Campbell, of Stra-
cathro, Forfarshire, Scotland, at one
time a merchant in Glasgow. His
mother was Janet, daughter of Mr.,
Bannerman, of Manchester 1t was
under the will of his maternal uncle,
Henry Bannerman, of Hudson Court,
Kent, that in 1872 Sir Henry as
sumed the additional surname of
Bannerman.
Sir Henry entered Parliament
when he was thirty-two years old, af-
Ter having been educated at Glasgow
University and Trinity College, Cam
bridge. He represented the Stirling
Division of Scotland. His official ca
reer began in 1871, during Mr.. Glad
stones first administration, when he
was appointed Financial Secretary of
the War Office. He resigned three
years later, to be reappointed to the
same post in 1880. In 1882 he be-
came Secretary to the Admiralty.
Two years later he received his first
really important Office in the Secre-
taryship for Ireland.
In 1885 for few months he held
the Office of Secretary of State for
War and held similar Cabinet place
while the Liberals were in power, be-
tween 1892 and 1895. In the latter
year he received his G.. c.. B. (Grand
Commander of the Bath when the
Rosebery administration went out.
In 1889 he became Liberal leader of
the House of Commons, succeeding
the late Sir William Harcourt.
The fortunes of the Liberal party
were never at lower ebb than when
&c. b." as he was affectionately
known in England, strolled, as it
were into the leadership.