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seeking to diminish the might of Eng
and, he was aided in his peace mis-
sions by the personal popularity he
had attained in his travels as Prince
Of Wales when people often handed
the phrase once applied to George ",
and spoke of Edward-Albert Edward
as he then was-"the First Gentle
man of Europe"
The queen died at Osborne, Isle Of
Wight, on Jan. 90, 1901, at half-past
six in the evening, and Edward took
the oath the next day before the
privy council and proclaimed king.
Crisis of Kings Career.
In the last few months King Ed
ward figured in the most momentous
crisis of his career and took a posi-
tive position in it. 1t was in Febru
> .
" EVENTS IN KINGS CAREER.
1S41-Born in Buckingham Pal
ace.
1S47-1860-EduC ated by private
tutors and at Edinburg univer-
sity, Oxford and Cambridge.
1849-Created Earl of Dublin.
1S60-Travels through Canada
and the United States.
1S61-Joins the army at Curragh
Camp, Ireland.
1See- Tours the Orient and the
Holy Land.
1S63-Takes seat in the House of
. Lords.
1S63-Marries Princess Alexan-
dra, daughter of the king of
Denmark.
1S64-Prince Albert Edward. heir
to the throne, born; died in
1892.
1S65-Prince George Frederick
Albert, heir apparent, born.
1S72-Stricken with typnoid.
" lS74-Installed as Grand Master
" of the Free Masons.
lS75-6-Tours the Indian empire.
+" 1892, June 26-His coronation
q. postponed because of illness.
1892, Aug. 9-Postponed corona
ton takes place.
.
airy of this year that he showed h
had a mind and a will of mis- OWL
The occasion was the opening of pa
lament after the elections which r,
suited from the action of the lords i
throwing out the budget, an electio
at which, in addition to the question
the whole matter of the lords prero;
atives as affecting legislation, wa
brought up and discussed.
The country gave the governmer
majority but when he came I
open parliament the king, for tn
first time in the modern history {
England, refused to identify himse
with the policy of his ministers. E,
ward, while by his acts and word
proclaiming himself a constitution;
monarch, declined to subscribe to
fundamental change in the BIRTHS
constitution, the proposed shearing {
the hereditary Legislative power {
house of lords. His act set all En-
land agog, and lay in inserting in th
speech from the throne, prepared fc
him by the ministers, the phrase ii
the opinion of my advisers"
Exceeded Expectations.
King Edward on the throne did nj
only fulfill the expectations ofte
voiced in the realm during his Ion
years as heir apparent; he excelle
in his services as monarch the hope
that were based on his engaging pc
sonality, his sense of the dignity I
kingship, from which he never pc
mitted lapse even in his most der
ocratic moments, and his wide expel
ence of public affairs and gener
sound sense. In his short reign
little more than nine years, he s.
his stamp on the face of Europe al
in general way on the affairs of II
world Although the constitution
sovereign of the United Kingdo
has less actual power than the pres
dent of the United States, Edward |
his tactful activity, large views ar
keen interest in public matter
wrought new alliances of friendsh
and of polity, and made peace whel
there was actual friction and whel
war was often looked for. He did tn
to the intense satisfaction not on
Of England, but of the greater pa
of the world.
The king is survived by Quet
Alexandra and four children. TT
latter include Prince George Ere
erick Ernest Albert, prime of Vale