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12th July 1979
MOURNERS AT FUNERAL

Mourners including Lord Snowden and the Duke of Norfolk, paid their last respects at Womersley Church on Friday to the Earl of Rosse. The funeral service was conducted by the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt. Rev. Colin W. James, and the Bishop of Limerick, the Rt. Rev. Edwin Owen. They were assisted by Canon R. Phillips, Vicar of Womersley. The ashes of the 72-year-old Earl, who died on Monday, July 5th, are to be scattered in Womersley Church. Among the many floral tributes were wreaths from the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. The bearers included the Earl's two sons, Lord Oxmantown and the Hon. D.O.M. Parsons.

 


 

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