3-082-091 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Arrival, and Subsequent Death, of Lady Carter at Lagos: triumphal arch opposite Christ Church, 1895. 'Following with sad speed the news of the reception accorded to the wife of the Governor on her arrival at Lagos has come the news that Lady Carter died on Jan. 13. The event has cast a gloom over the entire colony, which had but a few days before welcomed her with enthusiasm. Her Ladyship reached Lagos in the Axim on Dec, 6, when the whole city turned out to do her honour. The streets, as will be seen from our Illustrations, were decorated, and Sir Gilbert and Lady Carter were greeted everywhere with applause...A ball was given in her Ladyship's honour on Dec. 21, and five days later she was taken ill. Sympathy must be extended towards the Governor of Lagos in his sudden bereavement, and towards the West African colony which mourns the loss of its chief leader of society. Sir Gilbert T. Carter, K.C.M.G., has been Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Lagos since 1891...Lady Carter, whom he married in 1874, was Miss Susan Laura Hocker, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hocker, C.B.' Sign reads: "God Bless You". From "Illustrated London News", 1895.