3-003-859 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Earl of Eglinton and Winton, 1861. Engraving from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins. 'The announcement of the death of Lord Eglinton has created a deep and mournful sensation in the three kingdoms, and especially in Scotland and Ireland...His administration of Irish affairs was characterised by good sense and sound judgment, by an honest and straightforward determination to do his duty to the Irish people regardless of party or religious bias, and by an earnest desire to contribute by all possible means to the material prosperity of the country...In February, 1852, Lord Eglinton was selected for the high office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and in the November of the same year was elected Lord Rector of the Glasgow University. [He] was also Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, and Colonel, from 1836 to 1852, of the Ayrshire Militia...It appears that the Earl was engaged during the afternoon of the preceding Tuesday in playing at golf, apparently in robust health. He dined with Mr. Melville and company in the evening at St. Andrews, and exhibited his usual cheerfulness. Before the party separated the Earl was seized with a fit of apoplexy, which at once rendered him unconscious. In that lamentable state he continued until his demise.' From "Illustrated London News", 1861.