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the diocese of Guildford, for which Diocese he was Proctor in Convocation. He was
also chaplain to the Royal naval Volunteer Reserve.
The Viscount was the holder of the Society of Arts silver medal, awarded in 1905
for contributions to Ethnography, and the Lagos Government gold medal for
agricultural lectures, 1906.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE
He contributed much to the Press and lectured extensively. His publications
included the following: “The Congo Independent State” (1906), “Maize, Cocoa and
Rubber; Hints on their Production in West Africa” (1907), “Some Ignored Factors in
International Economics” (1905), “The Races of the Unknown Heart of Africa”
(Society of Arts, 1905), “The Commercial Possibilities of West Africa” (1907),
“Notes on the Jamaica Earthquake” (Tropical Institute, 1907), “intercessions in Time
of War” (1914), “National Mission Plain Tracts” (1916) and various papers and
monographs on tropical agriculture and commerce.
Viscount Mountmorres served as a lieutenant in R.N.V.R.
THE NEW VISCOUNT
The new Viscount is in the Church, having been Rector of St. Modoc’s, Doune,
Perthshire, since 1922 and an Hon. C.F. He was born in 1879 and he is a son of the
late Hon. Arthur Hill Trevor de Montmorency, M.D., who was a son of the fourth
Viscount. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and gained a medal and two
clasps for his services as a trooper in the Boer War. He was ordained in 1907 and held
curacies in Ireland until 1914, when he became rector of Omeath. Interested in local
government work, he was Bailie of the Borough of Doune in 1927, and was a parish
councillor for Kilmadock from 1928-30. He is married and has two daughters.
THE FUNERAL
The funeral service at St. Marks, South Farnborough, on Friday morning, was
preceded by a celebration of High Mass, the vicar, the Rev. C.R. de Lyons-Pike, being
the celebrant, assisted by the Rev. H.C. Hukin and W.G. Sanderson. The internment
followed in Farnborough Cemetery.
(Long list of mourners)

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Sat 19 Dec
GEORGE VI IS PROCLAIMED KING
At noon on Monday, the Mayor of Wokingham, Alderman F.J. Barrett, who was
accompanied by his Mayoress, the aldermen, councillors and officials, the clergy and
representatives of public bodies, read the Royal Proclamation from a specially erected
platform in the Market Place. The civic party included: the Deputy Mayor.
The Mayor was attended by the Sergeant-at-Mace (Sergt. C. Sparkes), Special
Constables, under Captain Tutte “kept square” in the Market Place, the centre of
which was occupied by the band of the R.M.N.S., with Mr. J. Preston in charge, Mr.
Green, bandmaster, being unavoidably absent
The Mayor, having read the Proclamation, said,” Citizens of Wokingham, I am sure
that whatever regret we may have had over the happenings of last week, one thing
stands out of it, over which we may well be pleased – the way in which the whole of
the Royal Family have acted in this crisis has been splendid. We Wokingham people
will give our loyalty unstintedly, to the new King and Queen.” The R.M.N.S. band
then played the National Anthem. The Mayor then said, “I call upon you to give three
cheers for His Majesty King George and the Queen and one cheer for the Royal
Family”. These were given most heartily.
The V.A.D. were called to attend to a woman in the crowd who had fainted.

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