In memoriam : died July 27, 1892, aged 80 1/2 years, Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke.

  • Simon, Sir John, 1816-1904.
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1893
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Credit: In memoriam : died July 27, 1892, aged 80 1/2 years, Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    'll IIJ IN MEMOEIAM:c^(Hjs.t U> /7-f r r-H—^ V \ N H' V ^ V ^ ^ ^ n V \ V \ *41jjtj Jtijjv RT. HOX. ROBERT LOWE, VISCOUNT^SHERBROOKE ■ cl*Vi, <»+*> <5*0 ^ Tky^yi ^7 I' \ . \ M ^ —/ I - ^V. i 'X.X. V / V \ ^ ^ \ >■ \ \ n M ^ 1. OFFICIAL RECOLLECTIONS. the period of Lord Sherbrooke’s death, and while the vspapers were saying their say about him, I was under such issure of illness as made me utterly unable to take part in 7 public discussion. Had not this been the case, I should re sought to appear as a witness in the court where Lord .rbrooke’s merits were being discussed; and I deeply etted that I could not do so. Whatever else I mighf; have I to submit, I should at least have had special evidence to !.r with regard to one particular portion of Lord Sherbrooke’s dtical career ; a portion, which so far as I could see, had rn curiously forgotten or ignored by the writers who were nishing obituary memoirs of him. I sluould have wished ^supplement their record by submitting that Lord Sher- oke, to my knowledge, had at critical times contributed jt effectively to develop for this country the branch of ttical administration which relates to the protection of the die Health ; and that benefits, originally due to his action nfluence in that branch of politics, were, at the end of ilife, still constituting important features in the sanitary em of the country. As my tribute of gratitude to Lord Sherbrooke’s memory A