OBITUARY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2306, 16 January 1892, Page 4

OBITUARY.

THE DUKE OF CLARENCE. London, Jan. 13, The Duke of Clarence caught cold at Count Gleicheu’s funeral, and subsequently went out shooting at Sandringham. He was too ill to be present at the dinner given to celebrate his birthday on January Bth, and since then has gradually become worse. There is intense excitement throughout the country at his serious condition. Large crowds daily visit Malborough House and the Manison House to enquire after his health, and the city clubs are thronged with members awaiting the issue of medical bulletins. Much sympathy is expressed for the family of the Duke of Teck, who are preparing for the marriage. The illness of the Duke of Clarence has checked the arrival of wedding presents. Jan. 14. In the illness of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale the severe symptoms have reappeared. Great crowds, including many ladies, await the medical bulletins from Marlborough House. The family have been at the Duke’s bedside throughout the night. There is intense public solicitude, and great sympathy is shown by the Foreign Courts and European capitals. Later. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale died q,t 9 a.m. [His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and Earl of Athlone, K.G., K.P., L.L.D., the eldest son of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, was born Jan. 8, 1864. Up till 1871 he was educated at home. In 1877 he entered the Navy as a cadet, and on board H.M.S. Britannia at Dartmouth, under the care of Captain Henry Fairfax, R.N., C. 8., passed the usual two years. In July, 1879, he went to sea in H.M.S., Bacchante and visited the West Indies. The following year the Bacchante formed part of the flying squadron then organised under the command of Rear-Admiral the Earl of Clan william, and proceeded to Vigo, Maderia, St. Vincent, Bahia, Montevideo and the Falkland Islands; thence to the Cape of Good Hope and Australia, on which two stations Prince Albert Victor spent a considerable time. From Australia he went to Fiji, Japan, China, Singapore, Colombo and Suez, and returned to England in the summer of 1882 by way of Egypt, the Holy Land and Athena. In October, 1883, he became an undergratuate at Trinity College, Cambridge, continuing his studies during the long vacations at the University of Heidelberg. After this he was transferred to Aldershot to study military science. His diaiy, together with that of his brother, Prince George, during their cruise in the Bacchante, was publised in the spring of 1885, the editor being the Rev. J. N. Dalton, the Princes’ tutor. In 1887 the Prince visited Ireland; and in 1889 be visited India. He was created hon L.L.D., of Cambridge in 1888. The Prince was shortly to have married Princess Victoria, of Teck.]