LORD DUNMORE

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London (England) Weekly Times

[Christian Scientists who were privileged to become acquainted with Lord Dunmore in his various visits to this country, were quick to recognize his integrity; his many lovable qualities as a man and a Christian; his intense devotion to Christian Science and his loyalty to Mrs. Eddy as its Discoverer and Founder, and they became greatly attached to him. His untiring and enthusiastic labors for our Cause, and thus for humanity, have borne rich fruit in Great Britain and have endeared his name to all Christian Scientists.—Editor Sentinel.]

We regret to announce that Lord Dunmore died very suddenly early on Tuesday morning at the Manor-house, Frimley, near Camberley.

Charles Adolphus Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Viscount of Fincastle, and Baron Murray of Blair, Moulin, and Tullimet, all in the peerage of Scotland, and Baron Dunmore in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was the only son of the sixth earl by his marriage with Catherine, fourth daughter of the eleventh Earl of Pembroke. This lady's mother was the only daughter of Simon, Count Woronzow, a Russian nobleman, and one of Lord Dunmore's sisters, the Dowager Lady Elphinstone, has the name of Woronzow. Lord Dunmore was the nephew of Sidney Herbert, the statesman, afterwards Lord Herbert of Lea, and first cousin of the present Lord Pembroke, Lady de Gray, and the late Sir Michael Herbert, British Ambassador in Washington. Lady Augusta Murray, who was married in 1793 to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, was his greataunt. Lord Dunmore was born on March 24, 1841, and succeeded his father as seventh earl when little more than four years old. He was in the Scots Guards for some years, and retired with the rank of captain. In 1866 he married Lady Gertrude Coke, third daughter of the venerable Lord Leicester, and sister of Lord Coke, the Dowager Lady Powerscourt, Lady Dartmouth, the Dowager Lady Leitrim, Lady Belper, and Lady Lichfield, and by her he leaves issue one son and five daughters. He was a lord in waiting in Mr. Disraeli's Government from 1874 to 1880, was formerly lord lieutenant of Stirlingshire, and was hon, colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Cameron Highlanders. Dunmore Park, the family seat in Stirlingshire, was sold some years ago to the late Mr. Claud Hamilton.

Lord Dunmore was a great traveler, and his magnificent physique enabled him to penetrate regions full of hardships. In 1892 he made, with Major Roche, 3rd Dragoon Guards, a year's expedition on horseback and on foot through Kashmir, Western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and Russian Central Asia. His narrative of his experiences, in the form of a diary, which was published in 1893 under the title of "The Pamirs," has the merit of being written in a simple, straighforward and shows him to have been a man of no slight powers of observation and description. He also wrote a book called "Ormisdale," published in 1895. A few years ago Lord Dunmore and some members of his family became Christian Scientists, followers of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, and he was present at the dedication of The Mother church to the community at Boston, U.S.A. A few days ago he attended a Christian Science meeting at Aldershot, when he gave remarkable testimony of the cure effected by his own daughter, under whom he placed himself for treatment by Christian Science. He had suffered, he said, for years from rupture, had been treated by the best surgeons and pronounced incurable, but was cured by Christian Science, which had brought him much moral as well as physical well-being. He paid a loyal tribute to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.

Lord Dunmore is succeeded in the title by his only son, Alexander Edward, Viscount Fincastle, V. C., major in the 16th Lancers, and his daughters are Lady Evelyn Cobbold, Lady Muriel Gore-Browne, Lady Grace Barry, Lady Victoria Alexandrina Murray (a goddaughter of Queen Victoria), and Lady Mildred Follett. Lord Fincastle, who is a godson of the King, was born in 1871, and has rendered distinguished service in the Sudan. India, and South Africa. He received the Victoria Cross during the operations on the North-West Frontier of India in 1897 for helping to bring in a wounded man under fire. He acted as war correspondent for The Times and published in 1898 an account of the operations, under the title of "A Frontier Campaign." In the South African war he was lieutenant colonel commanding the 31st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, which was called Fincastle's Horse. He married in 1904 Luanda Dorothea, eldest daughter of Mr. Horace William Kemble, of Knock, Isle of Skye, and has issue a daughter, Marjorie Hilda, born in 1904.

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