Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-07

King Edward was So years of age,
having been born Nov. 8, 1S41. at
Buckingham palace, the eldest son of
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
He was named for his father, Albert,
and for his grandfather. the Duke of
Kent, Edward. He became Duke Of
Cornwall at the moment of his birth, a
title held by the eldest son of the reign
ing English sovereign for many centu-
ries, which entities the holder to the
revenues of the duchy, amounting to
over 100000 a year. When he was
four weeks old. he was created Prince
Of Wales and Earl of Chester by royal
patent. The former of these titles
never passes by merely hereditary
right, but is subject to fresh creation
for each holder. The other titles be-
slowed upon Albert Edward were
Duke of Rothesay and Duke of SAKE
Coburg Gotha, Prince of Saxony, Earl
of Carrick, Earl of Dublin and Baron
Renfrew and the picturesque one of
the Lord of the Isles.
The ceremony of christening the
queens eldest son, the future king of
England, was an event of great inn
pressiveness. The ceremony took place
on Jan. %, 1912, in st. Georges chapel,
Windsor. The royal sponsors were the
king Of Prussia, the Duchess of SAKE
Coburg, represented by the Duchess Of
Kent; the Duke of Cambridge, the
young Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, Prin-
cess Sophia and Prince Ferdinand of
Saxe-Coburg. a
The princes first training was under
the direction of Lady Lyttleton. sis
ter of Mrs. Gladstone, who was gov
erness to the royal children until the
prince was six years old. At the age
of seven his education began under the
tutelage of the Rev. Henry Mildred
Birch, who retired from his position in
1851.
The next tutor under whose direction I
the young prince came was Frederick
W. Gibbs, who remained with him for
seven years. He then went to Edin- 4
burgh to pursue his studies under
number of professors.
First Public Appearance. /
His easiest appearance in leading
part on any public occasion was in
1859, at the laying of the foundation
stone of the Lambeth School of Art at
Vauxhall. After the death of his IA
ther IN December, 1861. he naturally
became the most desirable functionary
at all ceremonies in which benefcent
or charitable undertakings were to be
recognized by royal approval This
work up to the time he became king
occupied large share of his time and
was always performed with dignity,
tact and patience. Indeed no prince cf
any country has ever personally exert
ed himself more faithfully to render
services of this sort to the community.
The multiplicity and variety of his en-
gagements on behalf of local and spe-
cial enterprises made surprising list
and necessarily involved a sacrifice of
ease and leisure which few men of
high rank would care to make.
Among the members of the royal
family the late king was called BERTHE |
from his childhood. His father called
him by that name; his mother entered
it in her daily diary long after he had
grown to manhood and become the IA
Their of a large family; his wife called
him BERTHE to the day of his death. But
no outsider, however intimate, ever
dared address him by that name.
The princes youthful days were
much like those experienced by young
sters of less distinguished birth. In
1858 he suffered from an attack of the
measles. and the entire family, includ-
ing the queen and prince consort, con-
tracted the ailment A second and more
serious illness happened in 1871, when
he was stricken with typhoid fever.
This fever proved very critical, and the
whole kingdom was sympathetic and
anxious. Prayers were offered in all
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