• "St'atesnfcinship seems conducive ,, to longevity.^ vGl»dstone was eighty-three years old when he accepted 'ofJice -in - his last Premiership, the only other octogenarian Premier, who. died in harness, ' being Ltbrd Palmerston, who was eighty r one at- the .-.timev of>. his .death. Several Prime Ministers,, however-,,- have - lived to be octogenarians,' notably Lord Sidmouth,-. who died when eighty-seven; Earl Russell, eighty-six ■;■-. the Duke ' of-- -Wellington, eighty-two ; and Earl Grey, eighty-one.
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New Zealand Tablet, 8 November 1906, Page 7
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