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went into Kingston House, where he rested 

 for an hour, and was then driven to his house 

 at Wicklesham in Mr. Prioleau's motor-car. 

 He felt better upon arrival and was attended 

 by Mr. H. Darwin Hey, his medical attendant ; 

 but the pain in the chest returned, and he died 

 at half-past four in the afternoon, from failure 

 of the heart. All meets were countermanded 

 until after the funeral, which took place at 

 Little Coxwell, on Friday, December the 9th. 



Colonel Charles Grove Edwards was the 

 third son of the late Sir Henry Edwards, 

 Bart., C.B., of Pyenest, Halifax, Yorkshire, 

 whose forefathers had been settled in that 

 part of the West Riding from a very early 

 period. Sir Henry was well known for many 

 years as Member for Halifax and Beverley, 

 and as an intimate friend and staunch sup- 

 porter of the late Lord Beaconsfield. Colonel 

 Edward's mother was Maria Churchill, daughter 

 of Thomas Coster, Esq., of March wood, Hants, 

 He was born in 1843, was educated at 

 Harrow, and Christchurch, Oxford, where he 

 took his B.A. degree in 1865, and was called 

 to the Inner Temple in 1866. He married, in 

 1 87 1, Beatrix, fourth daughter of the late 

 Henry Hippisley, Esq., of Lambourne Place, 

 Berks. In 1884 Colonel Edwards was made 

 Lieutenant-Colonel of the Prince of Wales' 



