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The Royal Standard for the first time within the memory of officials of the Sclence
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The death occurred last month of the Duke of Newcastle at Berkeley House, Hayhill, his London resid- Physically the Duke of New-the ence, where he had been lying ill castle was frail and feeble, owing Museum, South Kensington, flew for several days with heart trouble, to a fall in babyhood, but he had a over that building on the occasion Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas great store of energy and origina- of the King's presence to open' Pelham-Clinton, seventh Duke ofty and much charm of manner. the new buildings, His Majesty
He took very little part in public was accompanied by the Queen. Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Earl of
The scene was a brilliant one, "The splendour of these collec- Lincoln, came of a race which in life, preferring to live quietly at THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER various capacities had rendered Clumber and look after his estates for every Londoner who has won tions is due almost as much to the service to the State since the time and the welfare of his tenants. His a position in science was present, generosity of private citizens as of Henry I., to whom one Geoffrey Public offices included those of most of them wearing their to the enlightened action of Gov- TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN de Clinton was Lord Chamberlain. Deputy Lieutenant for Nottingham academic robes, and the Museum, ernment. N that an INTERIM DIVIDEND Sir John Clinton, third Lord Clinton, shire, Lord High Steward of Ret which Viscount Peel, the First REWARD OF BENEFACTORS. of Five per cent, on the paid-up participated in the military glories ford, Master Forester of Dartmoor, Commissioner of Works, cherec- and Keeper of St. Briavel's Castle. terised as the most popular declared in respect of the financial The first Earl of Lincein, a Knight School Board from 1894 to 1897, a was at its best. Capital of the Company has been of Edward III. and the Black Prince. He was a member of the London museum in London for children; in the past, munificent benefac- tors will continue to support was Lord High Ad- Fellow of the Royal Colonial In-
these great institutions. year ending 30th September, 1928, of the Garter,
The new great hall had been and that such dividend will be paymiral to Henry VIIL, and confirmed stitute, a Knight of Grace of the cleared of its central exhibits, but benefactors must earn the grati- PRIVATE LESSONS in English able on TUESDAY, 7TH AUGUST, in that high office by his three im Order of St. John of Jerusalem in when their Majesties took their tude not only of their generation and French; violin and piano: 1928, on and after which date Divi mediate successors.
England, and had the honour of pro-seats on the dals they were flank- but of posterity. carver at the viding a glove and supporting the ed by massive machinery repre- "I now have much pleasure in atenography and typewriting. Easy dend Warrants may be obtained Earl of Lincoln was conditions. Apply to 6, Almal upon application at the Head Office coronation of King Charles II., and King's right arm while his Majesty senting more than a century of declaring those new buildings of
was Paymaster-
the Science Museum open for the of the Company, St. George's Build the seventh Earl ing, Hong Kong.
General and Constable, of the Tower was holding the sceptre at the progress.
Both the Royal visitors inspect-use and enjoyment of in the time of Queen Anne.
ed the Museum. The King's public." His interests lay chiefly in fur-
As they descended from the first Duke of Newcastle-Lyme was Thomas Pelham-Holles, who was thering the High Church movement, special interest was in the collec
tion of ships. His Majesty dis- dais, the King and Queen before Laird Clowes, inspecting. the Museum, shook succeeded by Henry, ninth Earl of of an intensely religious nature, he cussed with Mr. Lincoln, his nephew by blood and was for some years churchwarden the officer in charge of the ship hands with Mr. Ramsay Mac- by marriage..
of All Saints', Margaret-street, and and the boat model, collections, Donald and other guests, cordial. many causes benefited by his un- the technical points of ship con-ly chatting with them for a few ostentatious benevolence. He built
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A MEMORY OF GLADSTONE.
Coronation.
The King wore a
the
It was the fifth Duke of New-at Clumber a private chapel to the struction, and, seeing a model of moments.
A great crowd waited outside his yacht "Britannia," said: "1. Castle who had the distinction of memory of his father, which was have a copy of that."
in Exhibition-road during the introducing Mr. Gladstone. to designed by Bodley and Garner,
Royal tour of inspection and political life by writing on behalf and, constructed at enormous ex- WELCOME BY THE PUBLIC. heartily cheered the King and of his father to him in Italy to ask pense. His principal hobby was if he would stand for
The arrival of the King and Queen as they returned to Buck-; Newark.photography, if with him it could Gladstone wrote to his wife after be called a hobby, for it was an art Buckingham Palace in an open
Queen, who had driven from ingham Palace.
Then new wing of the South the Duke's death: "Clumber, Cot. in which he attained a very high carriage in semi-state, was hailed Kensington Museum, consists of 26, 1864. It is a time and a place degree of skill. He was also an by the large crowd with hearty a ground floor and three gal to feel, if one could feel. He died authority on zipsy lore. in the room where we have been! On Feb. 29, 1880, the Duke of cheers, which were joined in bylery floors all flanking Exhibition Bitting before and, after dinner Newcastle married Kathleen Flor of Science.
the students of the Royal College Road.
They complete the east block, where thirty-two years ago, ence May, daughter of the late Field-Marshal's undress uniform and it is intended that a rebuili DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS stripling, I came over from Newark Major Henry Augustua Candy, late and the Queen a cloak of pearl centre block and a new western YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly of the Sale by Public Auction in fear and trembling to set the 9th Lancers, and the Hon. Frances grey trimmed with fur. His block will be erected within a few a stiff Kathleen, his wife, daughter of the Majesty, in replying to an ad-years on the same design. The and promptly printed."China to be held on MONDAY, the 9th Duke, his father; where Mall" Office, No. 3a, Wyndham St., day of July, 1928, at 3 p.m., horseshoe semi-circle sat round the third Lord Rossmore. Her Grace dress of welcome from the Mayor, Museum, which houses the pro- at the Offices of the Public Works fire in the evenings: where that is a well-known sportswoman and and Corporation of Kensington, ducts of science as applied to in- Telephone Central 22.
Department, by Order of His Ex-rigour melted away in Lady Lin-breeder of Clumber spaniels.
dustry, will then extend as far as cellency the, Governor, of One coln's time; where she and her The successor to the title is the "It is a particular pleasure to Prince's Gate, and will be an out- Lot, of Crown Land at Shamshuipo mother sang a beautifully at the Duke's brother, Lord Henry Francis me to come here to-day for the standing section of the in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a pianoforte, in the same place where Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, who purpose of inaugurating an ex- museums in the immediate neigh- LAMMERT BROS. term of 75 years, commencing from it now stands. The house is full was born on Feb. 8, 1866, and as tension of the great Museum |bourhood..
1st July, 1898, with the option of, of memories."
Sir Henry G. Lyons, the Direc sumed by Royal liconee, the addi-which has made the name of Ken. renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed The late pear, the seventh Duke tional surname and arms of Hope. sington famous wherever art and tor of the South Kensington by the Surveyor of His Majesty the of Newcastle, was born on Sept. He was formerly a lieutenant in the science are studied; and it is my sentative of the "Sunday Times" Museum, who conducted a repre King, for one further term of 24, 23, 1864, the son of Henry Pelham Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rang- earnest hope and prayer that -Public Auctions--years less three days.
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Alexander, the sixth Duke, and ers) Yeomanry Cavalry, He sold the usefulness and completeness over the new block, explained Henrietta Adela, heiress of the his portion of Box Hill to the Na- of the Museum and the prosper- that while scientific instruments late Mr. Henry Thomas Hope of the tional Trust, and last year he pre-ity and well-being of the Royal are to be on the ground floor, the
He was a boy sented to. Dorking the Glory Woods Borough of Kensington may been arranged in the galleries.
Museum's ships collection has Deepdenc, Surrey. at Eton when his father died on rather than give them over to he continue to increase and develop.
He married. frat May Feb. 22, 1879, and he succeeded to builders.
SHIP OF STUART TIMES. Viscount Feel having read an the peerage. In less than five Yohé, the actress, from whom he address inviting the King to de "It is the most comprehensive weeks the fire occurred, which did obtained a divorce, and secondly, in clare the new buildings open,
ships collection in the world," anid damage to the extent of £50,000, 1904, Olive Murlel, younger daugh- His Majesty said, in reply: Sir Henry. "There are about and destroyed a large part of Clum-ter of the late Mr. George Horatio "It is a great pleasure to the thousand models, many of them ber House, his ancestral home in Thompson, of Melbourne.
Queen and myself to come here being contemporary with the the Dukeries, as well as some of its
THE BLUE HOPE DIAMOND. to-day for the opening of these ships they represent. most valuable contents, including
new buildings of the Science "One of the most interesting is two masterpieces by Snyders, and At one time Lord Franels Hope Museum. We both take a keen an original contemporary model wonderful old china. The was the owner of the famous blue interest in the National Museums of a sailing ship of the time of pictures had only returned from Hope diamond, of 44% carats, and which have developed in this part Charles II, and another model of valued at £80,000, named after his of London, and are happy to be a 64-gun frigate of 1880 has been mother's family, which was sup-associated with so memorable an of recent use in re-conditioning posed to have brought ill-luck to event in the history of Science the "Victory." Without an origin- EXQUISITE BEAUTY the people who owned it. One and Industry in our country. al model of this period, the rig- owner, Queen Marie Antoinette, "I appreciate the reference in ging of the re-conditioned died on the scaffold; William Fals, your address to my grandfather, "Victory" would not have been of Amsterdam, who cut it, was the Prince Consort, and to his accurate." ruined; Francola Beaulley, who project of acquiring the South These sailing ships, with others became the owner at the time of Kensington Estate for the pur-of iron and steel as well as wood, the French Revolution, starved to pose of Science and Art.
are on the first floor, in the game death.
"The group of National Insti- gallery as the warships collec- in 1893; In the following year he tutions devoted to research and tion. The warships end rather married May Yohé and after he science, and to the advancement abruptly, as there are no models had divorced her he sold the jewel of Art, which, so generously aid-later than 1914, but Sir Henry Of its further owners, Prince ed by the Commissioners of the explained that this is because Kanitovski was assassinated. and Exhibition of 1851, has grown up those of the war-time period are Mr. Edward McLean, an American on this site, is indeed a striking, boused at the Imperial War who paid £60,000 for it, lost his testimony to his far-sighted wis Museum on the opposite side of first wife and then his son,
the road. who, dom.
On the second floor are models was killed in a motor-car accident. "The proximity of these insti-
of steamships of all kinds-river, tutions to one another facilitates co-operation between them, and cargo, and ocean-going liners. Clumber House la situate near so, within the immediate sur-The Cunard Company has lent the town of Worksop, in Notting roundings, a wide field of know five models to the Museum, which hamshire. It is one of the orna- Jedge is accessible to the student, are symbolical of the history of ments of the district so well known "A Museum of Science was a ocean travel, as the first is of a ns the "Dukeries," a popular title novel departure when the scheme paddle steamer, and the last is of derived from the fact that within was initiated soon after the Ex-the "Mauretania." They are all' 40 Po Wah St. it stand the adjacent demesnes and hibition of 1851. But we now built to the same scale, and are
thus comparable. mansions of several noblemen- live in an age when the results among them Worksop Manor, which of scientific research and the ap- STYLES OF ENGLISH YACHTS formerly belonged to the Dukes of plication of mechanical devices Fishing and smaller craft: Norfolk; Welbeck Abbey, the home play an increasingly important models are on the top floor, where of the Duke of Portland; Thores-part in the life of the people. A one of the most interesting is of a by House, the seat of Earl Man- Science Museum, therefore, is a yacht typical of the kind popular vera, to whom it came on the ex- natural focus and embodiment of in England in 1660-1700. Eng- tinction of the Dukedom of King-the spirit and aspirations of our lish yachts were then built on
It is a time.
Dutch sloop lines, and the modela ston; and Clumber House..
in the Museum is noteworthy be region full of picturesque beauty UNSURPASSED IN WORLD. cause it is smaller than any of the and historic Interest, standing with
"I have learned with satisfac- King's yachts mentioned by In the area that was of old Sher
re-tion of the liberal contributions Pepys in his diary.. wood Forest, the traditional
made by institutions, societies, In addition to the models of treat of Robin Hood.
Clumber House itself is beauti- and private donors to the re completed ships, the collection in-
sources of the Museum.
cludes constructional models and fully placed above a lake in a fine This Museum will attract not a set of constructional paintings park, eleven miles in circumference, only the student; those of the kiven by Queen Vicorla. Sir environed by scenery of great general public who are interested Henry explained that the Museum natural charm. The park is to in the history and progress of is very fortunate in receiving 80 the north of Thoresby, and was modern elvilisation will, I am much support from the nation. laid out and planted by Thomas, sure, derive both pleasure and in- "Ninety per cent. of the ex third Duke of Newcastle Nearly struction from visiting the col hibits in the whole museum`are ."It all the rooms of the other house lections, and I am glad to know gifts or on loan," he said. were destroyed in the fire of 1879. that already advantage is taken hus only been necessary to buy a In the reconstruction a fine central of the much-improved facilitics bare 10 per cent."
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The whole subject of the natically reassembled when the in 1912, and extensive damage was tional museums and galleries is Sunday Times representative done to the building bat most now under review by the Commis was at the Museum. of, if not all, the valuable picturession which I recently appointed.
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