A GREAT, PERSONALITY.
Doubtless the suddenness of Lord Revelstoke's passing, at a moment when he was performing arduous services for the country, has accentuated the feelings of grief and expressions of regret and public sympathy, but he was so great a man that assuming, as has proved to be the case, that he was removed the' plenitude of his powers, his death was bound under any circumstances to create that feeling of irreparable loss which has been felt in every corner of the City since the sad news arrived last Friday morning. Others have already testified to the many accom- plishments and high qualities which were associated with the deceased banker outside the sphere of the City in which he spent the greater part of his life. It is clear from these tributes which have come from all quarters that, whether with Royalty, with Society, or with City colleagues, he exhibited alike those high abilities and sterling qualities of character which commanded universal admiration, respect, and affection. I think there can seldom have been one who, while having perforce to concentrate the major part of his energies upon matters connected with business and high finance, preserved at the same time all those qualities which caused him to take as high a position in the social world as he occupied in the world of finance.
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