MARQUIS OF LINLITHGOW. LONDON, March 1.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 4 March 1908, Page 28

MARQUIS OF LINLITHGOW. LONDON, March 1.

The death of the Marquis of Linlithgow is announced. He died siiddenly at Pau, where he was spending the winter. March 2. The Marquis of Linlithgow died on ■Saturday afternoon in the presence of his wife and family. The funeral will take place in Scotland on Thursday. The Marquis of Linlithgow was in poor health for a year prior to* his death. He was confined to his bed since he reached Pan from Germany, 10 days ago. The Times has- published a highly appreciative biography, making specially eulogistic reference to his Australian career. Deep regret is expressed at Edinburgh, where r several pulpit references to the deceased Marquis were made. The late Marquis was born in 1860, and was the son of the sixth Earl. He passed at Sandhurst in 1879, but did not enter the army. He was Junior Whip in the House of Lords from 1883 to 1886, and Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen from 1885 to 1889. He was also Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland. He married, in 1886, the Hon. Jersey Alice Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, daughter of the fourth Baron V«ntfy. He was the descendant of a long line of Hopes, of whom the first came over from France in 1537 in the train of Magdalene de Valois, Queen of James V. As Earl Hopetoun he was Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895, and was the first Governor-General of the Commonwealth, from 1900 till 1902, when he resigned. He ■w&s afterwards (in 1905) Secretary for Scotland. Incidental to his position .he held many offices. He leaves an heir, Victor John Alexander Hope, who was born in September, 1887. MRS PETER MILNE. Genuine regret will be entertained in Presbyterian circles from Auckland to the Bluff at the announcement which we make this week of the death of Mrs Peter Milne, wife of the well-known missionary, at her home at Nevada. For 39 years she had shared her husband's labours as a missionary in the New Hebrides, and the story of her experience in the group is a& thrilling' as a romance. As a speaker she possessed a great power of graphic description end a genuine **u"n of humour. A short time ago Mrs Milne came over to make a home for her family. On the 24th ehe was attacked 'by ieland fever, but as this was no new experience no alarm w&a felt. On the 26th, however, she became unconscious, and passed quietly away in the late afternoon. Mrs Milne leaves four eons and three daughters. One of the sons is assistant to his father, who is now at the islands, and the other is a student at the University.