Death of Lord Derhy
The death, has occurred of tlie Earl of Derby. Boin in 1865, Lord Derby, avIiq was the .1 7d>li Ea entered Parliament in 1892 after sorving in the ttrenadier (ruards. He represented West.-Houghtou in the House of Commons, was a Lora of the Treasury, from 1895 " to 1900, Financial Seercta ry to the War Offi.ee, from 1900 to 1903, aud Postmaster-Gen era-J from 1905 to°1905. Lord Derby was the reeipient of manv honours ineJudiug, in 1914, the Order of the Garter, In October, 1915, he became Director(lenenil of Recruiting for the Arnxy, and as sueli was responsible for tlie new selieme of voluntary sferviee knowii as. the Derby seheme. in 1916 Lord Derby became Secretary for "War iffi Mr. Lloyd George 's newly formed Government, and in 1918 he was appointed JBritish Ambassador to Prance. He retired from this yposition in 1920 and in 1922 once again beeome Secretary for War— this time in Mr. Bonar Law's Cabinet, retajning* his position under Mr. Baldwin until 1924. Tt was, however, as a breeder and owuer of raeehovses that Lord Derby wgs most widely. ltnown." Since 1908 horses owned by him 'won 1000 races and about £750,000 in stakes. He. bred and raeed three Derby winners in Sansovino (1924), Ilyperion (1933) and WEtdbng Street (1942).
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 February 1948, Page 2
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