OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 26 March 1912, Page 5

OBITUARY.

MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. Hy Telegraph—l'rcf» Aesociation-Copyri^lit London, March 21. The Marquis of Hertford is (load. Hugh do Grey Seymour. I'.C, sixth M:iniui< of Hertford.* was born in 1843, iuicl sufi'wrloil bis lather in IHSI. Ho wa-s lornicrly a captain in (lie ("irenadier Liiiards. lr.is commanded Ike Warwickshire Jmiiprinl Veonumiv. and is an A.11.C. to tin- luuc "He represented I'yiiiily Antrim in the Lower House from IStti to IS7-J. nml South Warwickshire from IR7I to ISSO. In ' 1870-80 lie was (/-jniptrolier <if the Household. The Marquis of lTisrlfnril whs Lord Licijronniit of AVarwinksliii'p, and a notnblo J'rooniafon. He was (ho owner of 12,1100 acrr>s, lint Hertford llonso mid its art treasures passed to Sir Hio.lmrd Wallace as the heir of the fourth Marquis, who had spent n great fortune upon them, and the collection was Ijcqueuthed ,to the nation by Lady Wallace. By his marriage Lord Hfirtfonl was Lord Bridport's brother-in-law, and his heir is his eldest sou, tho Karl of Ynvnionth. The Earl of Yarmouth, it will bo remembered, acquired some notoriety ljy giving a step-dancing perfcrmanco in Australia some years ago. Subsequently he married Miss Alien Thaw, (laughter of a Piltsburg millionaire, and afterwards figured in tho Divorce Court. SIB JAMES COATS, BT. London, March 24. The death is announced of Sir James Coats, fit., the thread manufacturer. Sir James Coats was a director of J. and V. Coats, Ltd., the great firm of cotton thread manufacturers, which lias n total capital of over Ji11,000,000. He was bom in IS.II, and was a son of Sir Peter Ctn\t*. He was created a baronet in 1905. His heir is his Mr. Stuart Coats. The firm is one of the most successful combinations in the Empire. Besides coniluctinß Hie extensive business of J. and P. Coats, Limited, throughout the world, it. owus the dominant interest in the thread manufacturing firm of Clark and Co.. Jonas Brooks and Bros., and James Chadv-iek and Brother.' Its net profit for the year ending June 30 last was between .£1,000,000 and .£4,000,000. ME. JUSTICE HOMBURG. Adelaide,, March 25. ' Mr. Justice HomUurg, of the Supremo Court, is dead. The Hon. Hubert Houiburg was appointed a Jmko of (he Supreme Court of South Australia in 1805. He was born in Germany in 1345, and was called to the South Australian bar in 1871. Tic was a member of the State Parliament for about twenty-one years, and was Attorney-("ie-jeral in ' the Playford, Downer, and Jenkins Miuistries.