3-074-662 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Earl of Mountcashell, 1883. Engraving from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. 'Our last week's Obituary recorded the death of this nobleman, one of the Representative Peers of Ireland sitting in the House of Lords, of which he was the oldest member, having attained the ninety-first year of his age on Aug. 20, and having sat in the house fifty-seven years. His Lordship was a staunch Conservative..., and was always ready to give his vote upon all questions of importance..., although at such an advanced age. He was not only a dignified and courteous nobleman, but a man of sincere worth and goodness. He was of very studious yet energetic habits of mind, and, his memory being extremely retentive, his vivid reminiscences of great events and of many celebrities personally known to him in his long life were of much historical interest. Lord Mountcashell's death is lamented by a large circle of relations and friends, and doubtless the venerable father of the House of Lords will be missed by his peers in that assembly when next they meet. His Lordship's mortal remains were interred...in the family vault at Kilworth Church, in the county of Cork, near his ancestral residence of Moore Park'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.