OBITUARY
EAlfcL BRASSES. (TCec. November 14, 1.5 a.m.) London, NovcmbDi , 12. Obituary.—Karl Brassey, as the result of a motor accident—United Service. - [The late Earl Brassey was chiefly known to popular funic as owner and perBonal navigator of,the Sunbeam, in which he covered over 100,000 knots in yoyfigcs to Jill parts- of the world. The Sunteam wafl presented to the Government of India as a wa.r hospital ship in 1016. The lato Earl nt various periods of nih career "held important administrative posts, which included: Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1880-81; Secretary to the Aimiralty, 1884-85. Ito also acted on various important commissions and boards, iimcngst them being the. Hoyall Commission on Unseawurthy Ships: Defence of Coaling Stations; ifelief of tho Aged l'oor; Opium, Citnals, and Inland Navigation. Ho was also I'lvsidenl of Urn Institute of Naval Architects and founder and first editor of the Naval Annual. Karl Hivissov was' Governor of Victoria from 1895 till IDCfl.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 43, 14 November 1919, Page 7
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156OBITUARY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 43, 14 November 1919, Page 7
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