ROYAL BEREAVEMENT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19141, 26 October 1927, Page 9

ROYAL BEREAVEMENT.

I '■'• ♦— — | MARQUESS OF CAMBRIDGE'S DEATH. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTRIGJIT). • (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z AND SUN CAB^i.) LONDON, October '24. The death has occurred of the Marquess of Cambridge, aged 59 years. He was residing at Shotton Hall, Shrewsbury. Ho had not been in good health since he was invalided from the front in 1916. An operation was performed in 1923. The Marquess recently suffered from an internal complaint: He became violently ill in the night, and was immediately taken to a nursing home, where he underwent an operation. [The Marquess of Cambridge (created 1917), was born at Kensington Palace in August, 1868, being the eldest son of the late Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide (died 1897), daughter of the first Duke.of Cambridge. He succeeded his father in 1900, and married the Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor in 1894. The late Marquess was appointed a personal aide-de-camp to the King in 1910, and was Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle since 1914. He entered the Army in 1888, and saw service in South Africa, 18991900. Ho was Military Attache in Vienna from 1904 to 1909; assistant Military Secretary at the War Office, 1915: and .Military Secretary attached to General Headquarters Staff in 1916. Ho was a Commander of the Legion of Honour and the Grand Cordon of Leopold. His heir is the Karl of Eltham.] END UNEXPECTED. (Received October 25th, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 21. The Roval bereavement was most unexpected/ The Marquess of Cambndge was up and a,bout on Sunday, but felt ill in the evening, and the doctors were called in, but a duodenal ulcer, which was* the cause of the trouble, was only diagnosed next morning. The Queen at this tinie was visiting Sandringham School and was utterly unaware of the possibility of a critical operation. , The .Marquess was hurriedly motored to an infirmary, but never rallied after the operation, and died late in the afternoon in the presence of the Marchioness, the Earl of Eltham, and Lord Frederick Cambridge, but his daughter, the Duchess of Beaufort, failed to arrive in time. The Marquess's last task was to raise £50.000 on \ behalf of the Shropshire hospitals, including the infirmary where lie died.