3-070-948 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Funeral of Lord Beaconsfield at Hughenden Church, High Wycombe, 1881. 'Lord Beaconsfield's body was solemnly deposited in the vault, after the reading of the burial service...A number of the Hughenden tenantry, and most of the deceased's servants also took part in the procession...The turf above the vault was entirely covered with white wreaths and crosses, at the head one sent by the Junior Carlton Club, with the words, "Respectful memory from the Junior Carlton Club." Another cross had attached to it the motto, now in a new sense applicable to the life of the statesman who has found repose, "Peace with honour." The bier being wheeled down the inclined plane, the Rev. H. Blagden, the Vicar, uttered the final sentences, and the body of Lord Beaconsfield was laid side by side with that of his wife. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and Prince Leopold had stood by the side of the open grave while the concluding portion of the ceremony was being performed'. British Conservative politician and writer Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881) twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.