The sun., 1919-09-08

Charles Beresford died suddenly of APP
poplexy to-day at the Duke of Portlands
country house in Calthnesshire. Scot
land. He was 13 years old.
In the life of Admiral Baron Charles
Beresford there was nothing Of which
he was more proud than the honors
which were bestowed upon him on three
occasions for leaping into the high sea
to rescue drowning British sailors
Three medals memorializing these feats
were his most treasured possessions.
His Was a life that upheld Britain's
best sea traditions. 1t was marked by
such exploits as the slencing of the
Marabout forts during the bombardment
of Alexandria In 1882 when the eyes Of
Sir Beauchamp Seymour. commander of
the British fleet, beamed with admira-
ton as he saw the gunboat Condor un-
der Beresford's command subdue the
enemy batteries, and which caused Sir
Beauchamp to ny to the breeze the
message, well done, Condor"
1t was a life sparkling with such de-
lightfully humorous bits as the tele-
gram which he once sent to the late
was Prince Of Wales, excusing himself
for non-attendance at a dinner and add
Ing Lie follows by post"
And again Beresford aroused the
world to merriment when he flew from
the royal yacht during the jubilee naval
review by Queen Victoria in 1897 the
signals Cant be home for dinner"
which were meant for the information of
Lady Beresford, but were mistaken by
the Queen as an sffront. The message
which her Majesty sent to Beresford
| he he
might go home to dinner Immediately"
Fought for Great Navy.
1t was also life devoted to fighting
for the maintenance OF a great British
navy, which should safeguard the tight
little isle" from invasion and assure her
keeping her coasts open to commerce In
event of war. This fight he continued
even after his retirement from the navy
in 1911 after fifty years OF service under
the Union Jack. This fight he waged
persistently during his several terms in
Parliament, and he spoke upon 1t at
length in his visits to the United States (;
visits which endeared him to the many
Americans with whom he came into con-
tact. For in the rule of the seas Beres-
ford saw the way to preserve the peace
OF the world, and he once said at a din
ner In New York that naval alliance
between Britain and the United States
would mean the end Of all wars.
To all who knew him Admiral Baron
Charles Beresford was Lord Charlie"
and of this title he was supremacy fond.
He was Charlie" to his American
friends he was Charlie" In court cir
Giles and he was Charlie" in the talk
that flowed on the quarter decks OF his
men Of war. .......
Lord Charlie" entered the service OF
his Queen when Britains sea walls were
OF wood and when her black muzzled
bulldogs were guns which loaded in
front and were trained by hand spikes
and tackle rove on the deck. forest
OF masts and spars lowered above the
head of Charlie whom he first swung
his hammock on the Britannia In 1853
He then had neither prominence nor
much money. He was the younger son
OF an Irish peer who had come into
the world on his fathers estates in
Erin. The Britannia was an old ship
OF the line, with 100 guns.
1t was after he had been transferred
to the Marlborough with the rank OF
naval cadet that the effect of the Moni-
tor was felt by the navies round the
world and the building OF warships was
| revolutionized, which scrapped all the
old time knowledge of the weathered
| salts and let the newcomer in on an
almost even footing.