Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-23
NiscOunl Bryce
WcllknoNM mus.
Dies in England
Former Ambasiabor To Amer.
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London. Ian p N,scount Bryce
died Al S,dmauih today
As man OF leilers and 4 publ.
eisi. biscount Bryce was world
figure. Outside al MS own country
he Was best kn9WR ~ lhg United
States. where since TIE early SOs bis
interests had 20 largely Cenlefcd
that he was sometimes styled an
English N.nkesR pne remarkable
think repeatedly yii ypf him was
that he. knew Z stsicy better slhan
most Amstieans. TBS work entltled
The Americas ESpmmpnwcalth,
has been a standard text book IN
the schools OF the United States tor
the past generation providing the
spectacle OF foreigner instrueling
americans II the workings and
structure OF tllcu own lie aud laws.
as DE 1ocqueyIiIe bad done 10 some
extent years previously N his DE
moeraey in .AWeriea.' s
Through his book. through innu-
cradle addresses IN this country, and
through live years service as The
British ambassador in Washington,
Niscount Bryce became one OF the
most notable human links in the
chain OF friendly relations between
the United States and Great Britain.
He was borrrH Belfast May 10,
1888, his ia,heHihcing the Rev.
James Bryce 81 glasgow, clergy
man Of the esni,iistcd church. and
his mother, Margaret Young
Bryce. OF CouusYt,AnAir, ireland.
He was educated. IN the high school
and university Of sClasgow and sub
scquen,ly gainedn 10 scholarship a,
Oxford. from which he obtained his
u, A. degree in 1902 and his d. {.
L.. in 1870. lie sftsrwards added to
his honors degrees in many OF the
most famous universities in the
world.
Mr.. Bryce. praeticed law in Lon
don for IS years and for % years
was honored with the regius pro-
fessorship OF civil law at Oxford,
the oldest rhair lnL< Europe, dating
from 1916.
When he was first elected to the
house OF commons in 1880 as lib
eral OF the most pronounced type,
Mr.. Bryce was generally considered
a failure as political factor. Dur
ing the ensuing p years OF pa-lia-
mcntary life, however. he became a |
landmark in British politics and be- |
came recognized as, one of the in
tcllcctual forces 'pts Che house. !.
In 1886 he was appointed, Under
secretary OF state for foreigno al
fairs. He served as chancellor for
the duehy of lLancaster,s which gave
him seat in the Gladstone cabi-
net. and he was president of the
board of trade in the Roseberry i
government. I With the liberals in
power again in 1906, Mr.. Bryce was
made chief secretary for Ireland. 1
After holding this post for 1871
months in the Campbell-Bannerman
ministry -he. resigned to accept King
Edward Wis appointment OF him
as ambassador to the United States
to succeed Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand.
Rumors of his resignation as am
bassador were current for many.
months, but it was not until the late
fall of 1912 that Mr.. Bryce relin-
pushed his post at Washington, with
the desire to devote himself to lit
erature. A number OF perplexing
problems were then pending, among
other things the Panama canal tolls
question, and it was said by some
of Mr.. Briggs friends that he feared.
a breakdown if his health. = q
Shortly aftera his return to Eng
land the distinguished scholar was
elevated to the peerage, being Gre
ated Viscount Of Dechmont.