LATE EARL BALFOUR
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]
LONDON, 3fa.rch 19
Lord Balfour’s last hours were soothed by the music of the piano and violin outside his door by distinguished amateurs playing the dying man’s favourite melodies from Bach and Beethoven, and particularly Handel’s “Largo.” Lord Balfour himself was a-brilliant pianist and often when the (Prime 3finister was unable to sleep at No. 10 Downing St., he arose and played quietly through the dark hours. His resting place will be at Wliittingehanie, Huddingtonslnre, where he will be buried beside his brother under a tall beech tree in a little wood.
A most touching tribute was paid by lrs valet, Coleman, who snid Lord Balfour was the sincerest man he ever saw. In their thirty years’ association, he-was never ruffled and never uttered an angry word, nor one that betrayed an unworthy thought.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1930, Page 5
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