Show LORD HERSCHEL DEAD member of joint hith commission and I 1 great english statesman washington march 1 lord hersch all one of the high joint commission era from great britain died here at this morning lord herschell was lord chancellor of great britain and was sent to the united states because of his eminent attainments to take a leading part in the negotiations designed to settle all existing differences between the united states and canada during tho winter weather when the sidewalks were he fell heavily as he was about to get into his carriage and broke one of the pelvic bones he seemed to be progressing favorably towards recovery and was in good health comparatively until about 7 ahls morning when he was suddenly stricken with heart failure dr W W johnson was summoned he saw at a glance that the case was s desperate one and called dr maddox in consultation the two doctors two nurses and lord Her two secretaries W C cartwright and H B D worth williams were with him when he died halt an hour later death occurred at the shoreham Shore ham hotel where lord herschell had been staying since coming to washington some months ago new york march 1 farrar horsch ell arst baron ot that name one of the joint commissioners of the angl amar ican canadian joint high commission recently in session at washington choso whoso death occurred in that city io day was born nov 2 1823 he was a son ot the late rev herschell of london and helen daughter of william mowbray of edinburgh scotland ha married in 1878 again a third daughter of edward leigh they have one son and two baugh anglo amer irlvy councillor a knight grand cross of the bath doctor of civil law doctor of laws a deputy lieutenant for kent and durham a justice of the peace captain ot deals castle chancellor of london university and was appointed british member of the venezuela and british guinea boundary arbitration bit ration tribunal in 1897 he was knighted in 1880 and was created a peer in lord herschell was educated at london university where bo graduated bachelor of arts with classical honors he became a barrister of Lincol ns inn in queens counsel in 1872 bencher of Lincol ns inn in 1872 recorder of carlisle from 1873 to 1880 solicitor general from 1880 to 1885 and was lord high chancellor in 1886 and from to 1895 |