London vii Bombay, Dec. 31.
The death is announced, from Paris, of Earl Percy, the eldest son and heir of the seventh Duke of Northumberland. The congo of death was pneumonia.—Earl Percy was bora in 1871. He has bad, for 60 young "man, distinguished Parliamentary career. In 1902-03 he held the portfolio of Under-Secretary of State for India and was Under-Secretary of State for Foreiga Affairs from 1903 to 1905. Earl Percy had represented the South Kensington constituency in Parliament since 1895. The heir to the Dukedom of Northamberland is now Lord Alan fan Percy, " lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, who is the fourth son of the present Dake and was bora on April 17, 1880.—Ep,
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