The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-21
Served Queen Victoria on Re.
tirement Of Gladstone in
1894 as Liberal
WAS MAN OF MANY PARTS
Made Good Boyish Boast to Win
Derby. Marry an Heiress
and Become Premier

EPSON, England. May 2l.-(HJ-The
Earl Of Roscbery. former Liberal
prime minister and one Of the last
Of E~ngland's great victoriars. died
today at his home. the Durda,.. near
here. after a brief illness.
The earl. who was the fifth OF his
name. celebrated his 82nd birthday
q fortnight ago. Last Friday he
caught a slight cold which grew
rapidly worse.
Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth
Earl of Rosebery, who became prime
minister Of England at the request of
Queen Victoria upon the retirement
Of William Gladstone in 1894, was q
man of many parts, and few have
equaled him In the versatility Of his
genius. Early in life he predicted
that he would do three things-win
the derby, marry an heiress, and be-
come premier Of England oil Of
which he did. In fact he was three
times winner Of the derby.
An observer who spent years study
ing at close range the "Uncrowned
King of Scotland" as Rosebery was
a~ffectionately known to millions Of
his admirers, has this to say Of his
character:
'Rosebery Was Kaleidoscope
"Rosebry was kaleidoscope. AS the
faces of q crystal give forth rays of
many tints, so are the manifestations
from this remarkable, even bewilder-
ing. personality. He had the keen acu-
men Of Canning, tempered by the
imaginative sentiment OF Shelley; the
cultured tastes of q Maecenas, inter-
woven with the sporting proclivities
of a Queensberry; the infallible
hunor of Thackeray. joined NV and
again to the dark melancholy of
Schopenhauer: the social gifts of
Browning as well as The oratory of
Choate, thanked by the s~ecretive quail
tiles OF Bismarck"
It was q big order. living uY to that
paragraph. but they believe in Eng
land that Rosebery came o. near
doing it as any man Of Lis time. The
position he held after withdrawing
from the leadership Of the Liberal
party, and then from political life en-
tirely. was unique. The retired pol
itician, however brilliant his achieve
ments, as q rule Is soon forgotten.
But not so with Lord 1sosebery. On
the contrary. for many years after
he left the active political field his
influence in the country and his hold
upon the people continued TO in.
crease. until he cam. to be regarded
as public orator" for the British
Empire. No man before him had at
tanned such heights In the esteem Of
his countrymen.
Lord Rosebery was born In Lon
don May 2, 1847. The distinguished
house Of Rosebery. which has given
England many mel Of capacity In
various walks Of life. was raised to
the peerage In 100. through the
services Of IN ancestors sword In
support Of Bonnie Prince Charlie"
The fifth Earl Of Rosebery. who In
his youth enjoyed the title Of Lord
Dalmeny. wa educated ct Elton and
then ct Oxford, although he left the
latter institution without troubling to
take the degree when he vas repre-
lnanded for giving too much attention
to his extensive racing stable. I'm
like the sons Of other peers. he did
not, while q student, bet on his horses
under an assumed name. It was to
the rector who predicted that he
would turn out badly" that Rosebery
msde his celebrated boast:
II shall win the Derby. marry the
Of the year. and become prime
minister"
Ten years later he married Hannah.
only daughter Of Baron de Roth.
thus becoming one Of the rich.
est men In the Empire. and In 1874
he captured both The Derby and the
premiership. When ohauncey Depew
heard Of these two favers from the
hand Of fortune. he sent the famous
cable to Rosebery:
Heaven alone Is LETT 70 Be wou."
Had 1efotmer's Reputation
A year after young Lord palmepy
left Oxtord. his father died and tho
heir took his seat IN he house of
lords A contemporary Of M. Glad.
stone and John Merely. he became
secretary Of state for foreign atSaiFs
in the Gladstone cabinet IN 1905 and
embarked upon the political career
which resulted In hts reputation - .
The Liberal ministry 70.
manned IN power for only . shoet -.
riod, but II loo9 Gladstone regalned
sway and Lard Roeebefy again -.
came foreign minister.
Al such he fought against the
evacuation Of Egypt and demanded
the retention Of the upper Nile VAL
ley and Uganda. and was inetrumen.
tai In avoiding z conflict with yfapce
over the question Of Siam BY bring.