3-082-140 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lord Render's Château Thorenc, at Cannes, where Mr. Gladstone is staying, 1895. 'Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone are experiencing the same advantages to their health during their stay at Cannes as was the case on their previous visit...[They] are expected to stay one month at the Chateau Thorenc, the charming residence of Lord Rendel...Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gladstone - the latter is, it will be recalled, the second daughter of Lord Rendel - are devoting themselves to the comfort and enjoyment of their distinguished parents. All correspondence, save the most important, is being spared Mr. Gladstone [British prime minister, 1892-1894], who is spending his time, when indoors, in reading a large number of new books and in passing for the press a book which will soon be published. His eyesight is so far restored that he can indulge his love of reading fer several hours a day. A quarter of a century ago Cannes had none of its present fame. It was but a little village of fishermen with a few villas for occasional visitors. Since then it has become the resort of people of the highest rank, who find in its fine scenery and pleasant air a welcome change from the cold and fog of the metropolis'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.