The home papers to hand show that on April 12 the Earl of Dun-donald died at Wimbledon Park at the age of eighty-two, Lord Dundonald was one of the most remarkable men of his time, and although he might be termed a Victorian, it is fitting to recall the fact that only five years go, with his nephew' and three Devonshire fishermen, he sailed from Penzance to Pernambuco in a 14-ton boat, the Bonnie Joana. Moreover, in 1826, he produced a book, "My Army Life;" that attracted such attention that it had to be reprinted last year.. These were no mean achievements for a man over seventy years of age. Lord Dundonald will perhaps be best remembered by the older generation one of the heroes of the South African War. Schoolboys of that time used to carry his photograph ea those quaint buttons affected by their youthful hero-worship. As betitled the grandson of a famous admiral, "who after. serving in the Royal Navy. later dis-Unguished himself in the navies of Chile, Peru and Brazil, Lord Dun-donald was a fine soldier and leader of men, He was also an inventor. He was one of the frst to perceive the value of machine guns forty years before they proved their effectiveness in the Great War, and he actually. formed the first mobile machine gun company during the South African campaign. Curiously enough, his efforts to prove to the military, Pundits of the day that barbed wire and modern fire-orme would be seri ous problems for the cavalry leader were not appreciated at all." Among haig critics was the cavalry officer who afterwards became Lord. Haig fand the leader of the British Forces in France. Lord Dundonald first saw service in command of the 2nd Lite Guards in the Gordon Relief Expedition, and he was the bearer of a @espatch which announced the fall of Khartoum. In South Africa he commanded a mounted brigade under General Buller, and the brigade, mostly composed of irregular troops, took a great part in the relief of Ladysmith. Later he was put in command of the Canadian Militia. He did much to reorganize Canadian defences, but he came in conflict with the Acting Minister and hed to be, relieved of his post owing to an indiscreet announcement at a public dinner. He is best remembered in Canada for his linking of Canadian units with British regiments, and his popularity with the Canadians was shown by the fact that Ko was actually proposed for the command of the Canadian contingent in the late war. His age, however, and other "reasons prevented his being selected for" that position. Lord! Dundonald personally' was a man of a very fine type of character, great Independence of thought, and am: who served his country with distinetion and no thought of personal ambition. His wife died in 1924 and by her will "left £50,000 and her ancestral castle, Gwyreh, in Wales, in trust to the King, with a view of establishing a permanent' residence in Wales for his Majesty and the, Prince of Wales. The requests could not be accepted and they passed to the Order of the Hospital of St. John, from whom Lord Dundonald afterwards bought the castle and the estate. "He has been succeeded by hhis son, Lord Cochrane, who served Jcoration and illumination of build-Ings. "At the same time it would Rot be just to let the occasion pass without putting on record an appre: lation of the labours of those whose ames duly appear on the official pro: gramme, but have not otherwise been obtruded to public notice. 'The extent lof that appreciation can be gauged in small' measure by the magnificent Fesponse which the Commitice's fons have met,
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