London, Nov. 20.
The death has occurred, at the age of 83, of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, the famous litterateur and Edyeated at Cambridge, Birrell subsequently studied law and. then entered polities, becoming Liberal] member for West Fife in 1889. immediately made a name as graceful and witty orator, his efforts to the expression "birrelling."
He was defeated in North-east] Manchester in the 1900 election, but re-entered Parliament in 1906 as member for North Bristol and was appointed Minister of Education in the Liberal Cabinet. The failure of his Education Bill to pass the House of Lords led to his resignation the ext year, when he was appointed Ghiet" Secretary for Ireland.
Irish Gounells Bil, which failed for lat capacity he introduced " the
want of Nationalist support.
Hime Rule" Billy which "Asquith In 1911 he prepared the third
introduced in April, 1912. Relying! on the assurances' of John Redmond as to the state of Ireland, he Was taken. wholly unawares by the Dublin revolt of Easter 1916. He resigned his office in May and in DIK he retired from public lite.
Dieta, published in. 1884, revealed:
he rst seven of his, Obiter Rim as van" accomplished essayist with a delightful style, Then fol-Towed" "The Life of Charlot: Bronte," "Men, Women and Books" and other books connected with Belle: lettres and lay. One of his Tatest works Was to. edit. "Home Letters of the Earl of Beaconsfield."
His first wife died in 1879, His erick Tocker " (Locker-Lampson), second wile, the daughter of Fre-
the poet, died in 1926, Reuter,
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