We much regret to record the death of Lord George
Hamilton, at the age of eighty-one. His Parliamentary record takes us back a long way as he was one of Disraeli's " young men." His excellent work at the Admiralty and when he was Secretary of State for India have left permanent effects. As a son of the Duke of Abercorn, who was twice Viceroy of Ireland, he was born into politics and into the most interesting society of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1903 he seemed still to have a long political life before him, but for conscience' sake he made the greatest possible sacrifice and resigned from the Cabinet because he could not accept Mr. Chamberlain's Tariff Reform. Lord George never returned to the House of Commons, but he did much useful public work, notably as chairman of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law (1909) and as chairman of the Mesopo- tamia Commission (1917). He was closely in touch with the Spectator during the Tariff Reform controversy, and no organ of opinion could have had a more faithful helper. One of the most engaging characteristics of Lord George, whose life was full of " simple delights," was his devotion to his old school, Harrow.
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