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THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 10, 1910. 3251

At the Court at Saint James's, the 7th day of Marquess of Londonderry. May, 1910. Lord Steward. PRESENT, of Derby. and Montgomery. The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Earl of Chesterfield. "IS Majesty being this day present in Council . was pleased to make the following' . Declaration:— . " My Lords and Gentlemen— Earl Carrington. My heart is too full for Me to address you Earl of Halsbury. to-day in more than a few. words. It is My . sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox. My dearly loved Father the King. In this Lord Chamberlain. irreparable loss which has so suddenly fallen Viscount Cross. upon Me and upon the whole Empire, I am Viscount Knutsford. comforted by the feeling that I have the Viscount Morley of Blackburn. sympathy of My future subjects, who will Lord Arthur Hill. mourn with Me for their beloved Sovereign, Lord Bishop of London. whose own happiness was found in sharing and Lord Denman. promoting theirs. I have lost not only a Lord Belper. Father's love, but the affectionate and intimate Lord Sandhurst. relations of a dear friend and adviser. No less Lord Revelstoke. confident am I in the universal loving sympathy Lord Ashbourne. which is assured to My dearest Mother in her Lord Macnaghten. overwhelming grief. Lord Ashcombe. Standing here a little more than nine years Lord Burghclere. ago, Our beloved King declared that as long as Lord James of Hereford. there was breath in his body He would work for Lord Rathmore. the good and amelioration of His People. I am Lord Farquhar. sure that the opinion of the whole Nation will be Lord Avebury. that this declaration has been fully carried out. Lord Alvei stone. To endeavour to follow in His footsteps, and Lord Waleran. at the same time to uphold the constitutional Lord Haversham. government of these Realms, will be the earnest Lord Courtney. object of My life. I am deeply sensible of the Lord Eversley. very heavy .responsibilities which have fallen Lord Pentland. upon Me. I know that I can rely upon Parlia- Lord Gorell. ment and upon the People of these Islands and of Lord Shaw. My Dominions beyond the Seas for their help in Lord Ashby St. Ledgers. the discharge of these arduous duties, and for Mr. Secretary Churchill. their prayers that God will grant Me strength Secretary Sir E. Grey. and guidance. I am encouraged by the know- Hon. Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane. ledge that I have in My dear wife one who will Mr. A. J. Balfour. be a constant helpmate in every endeavour for Mr. J. W. Mellor. our people's good." Mr. A. Akers-Douglas. Whereupon the Lords of the Council made it Mr. Arnold Morley. their humble request to His Majesty that His Mr. Arthur H. Dyke Acland. Majesty's Most Gracious Declaration to Their Sir Frank C. Lascelles. Lordships might be made public, which His Mr. W. H. Long. Majesty was pleased to Order accordingly. Mr. Charles B. Stuart Wortley. Almeric FitzRoy. Sir Horace Rumbold. Sir John H. Kennaway. Sir George Taubman-Goldie. Mr. W. G. Ellison-Macartney. Mr. T. F. Halsey. At the Court at Saint James's, the 7th day Sir Dighton Probyn. of May, 1910. Sir Herbert Cozens-Hardy. PRESENT, Sir J. W. Bonser. Mr. George Wyndham. The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty. Sir A. C. Lyall. His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Sir Ernest Cassel. Schleswig-Holstein. Sir Joseph E. Dimsdale. Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Charles Scott Dickson. Lord Chancellor. Sir Henry Brackenbury. . Sir Charles Hardioge. . Mr. James Parker Smith. . Mr. Arthur Cohen. Duke of Marlborough. Mr. J. S. Sandars. Duke of Argyll. Sir Charles Dalrymple. Duke of Fife. Lt.-Colonel Mark Lockwood. Marquess of Cholmondeley. Mr. John Burns.