Excerpt from The Right Honourable Caroline Countess of Seafield: Born 30th June 1830, Died 6th October 1911

With deep regret we announce to day the death of the venerable and venerated lady who for so many years has administered with rare ability and discrimination the great and widely - exten ded affairs of the House of Seafield, and who has occupied with distinction and with the sym pathy and affection of all one of the greatest positions in the North of Scotland. The sad event had not been altogether unlooked for, although it must come to many as if with a sense of personal bereavement, so familiar was her ladyship's name over a Wide territory in the northern counties, and such was the place of respectful affection and esteem in which her high qualities of heart and mind were held. In the spring of last year Lady Seafield suffered a very serious illness, felt all the more, as was natural, in View of the years to which she had attained. On that occasion, much to the grati fication of all, she made a wonderful recovery, and in course her ladyship regained something of her old elasticity. Of late, however, weak ness had returned in an accentuated form. She had been able to take short wal'ks near Cullen House, and up to Wednesday, although then quite confined to her room, was able to attend to business, signing papers on that day. Her ladyship's weakness was, however, very great, and on Friday morning, shortly after six o'clock, the worst fears were realised, when the much loved Countess, a noble lady whose name will linger long in many associations of the north country which had been for so long her home, passed to her rest. Retired though she hadbeen for long from public activities of most kinds, her removal causes a void that will be for long keenly felt.

Numerous messages of condolence and sym pathy were received at Cullen House on Friday. One of the earliest was from His Majesty King George, who had known Lady Seafield for many years, and of whose death he heard with deep regret. The King met her ladyship frequently at Castle Grant, and had' also visited the Coun tess at Cullen House. To-morrow the remains are to be removed from Cullen House to Castle Grant. They will be there over night in the stately Highland home of the family, and on Thursday they will be deposited in the family mausoleum at the church of Duthil on that beau tiful Speyside which her ladyship loved so well, but which, much to her regret, she had not been able to visit for some years.

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