[ transcribed by Michael Purcell, May 2013 - Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori = How sweet and right it is to die for one's country. Custos Rotulorum = Keeper of the Rolls. ] Carlow Sentinel. 24th February 1900. Death of the Hon. William McClintock Bunbury. The news flashed by wire on Tuesday of the relief of Kimberley was saddened by a wire that followed soon after announcing that a gallant young officer, the Hon William McClintock Bunbury, had died from wounds received in the engagement, when in the forefront of the battle with his renowned Regiment, the Scots' Greys, in which he held the rank of Second Lieutenant. With profound sorrow the mournful intelligence was received throughout the length and breadth of this his native county, with which his family have been intimately and honourably associated for centuries, and in which his early boyhood days were spent. He was eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Rathdonnell, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of County Carlow, and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry Bruen P.C. He was born at Lisnevagh on the 15th September, 1878, and consequently was only in his twenty second year -- full of health and life and promise, when he fell at the post of duty, bravely fighting for Queen and country, and leaving behind an unsullied and imperishable name and fame. In this their great hour of trial his bereaved parents and relatives will find some consolation in the knowledge that, with many other brave comrades in arms, he shared a soldier's fate and fell gallantly leading on his men to victory. If deep and widespread sympathy can do aught to assuage their grief it is sincerely offered by very many who share their sorrow and deplore their loss. One who knew him from boyhood, and mourns his death, writes :- He trod in the footsteps of his father all through his short life. At an early age he went to Eton, where in a short time he showed his love for the river and became a "Wet Bob," and soon after was recognised as a very fine oar. He won many cups and sweepstakes ( as his father did before him ) on the river, and ended up his Eton career by rowing "stroke" in the Eton eight when they won the Ladies' Cup at Henley regatta, in 1898, thereby gaining the highest summit of ambition that can be attained by an Eton "Wet Bob". >From the Eton "Army Class" he passed almost direct for the Army, which shows that he did not devote all his time to the "river". He was gazetted to a commission in the Scots' Greys ( the Regiment in which his father and his late uncle, "Jack Bunbury," served for many years ), on January 4th, 1899. During the short time that "Billy" Bunbury served with his Regiment none amongst the subalterns of this crack corps was more universally popular. He was a keen sportsman, alike in the saddle as in the Eton "eight, " and showed his prowess in the former by steering his own horse second in the Regimental Cup at the "Greys" race last October. *"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori* ." The Hon. Thomas Leopold McClintock Bunbury, born 1881, now becomes heir to the peerage - which is an Irish one -- Lord Rathdonnell sitting in the House of Lords as a representative Peer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death of Richard Ebenezer Shackleton, Esquire. We deeply regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Richard Ebenezer Shackleton, Esquire, at Belan Lodge, County Kildare, which occurred on Thursday last. He was a Science Scholar and Gold Medallist , T.C.D., and also had the honour of being one of the Vice Presidents of the British and Irish Millers' Association. His family were closely associated with the Barrow Mills in Carlow. Interment in family burial ground, at Timolin.

Thank you for all these Boer War posts Mick. The picture of the day to day affect of that (ridiculous) war becomes ever clearer. I hadn't appreciated that Billy Bunbury was also Henry Bruen's grandson. All best for now, Turtle Sent from my iPhone On 25 May 2013, at 14:05, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > [ transcribed by Michael Purcell, May 2013 - > Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori = How sweet and right it is to die > for one's country. > Custos Rotulorum = Keeper of the Rolls. ] > Carlow Sentinel. > 24th February 1900. > Death of the Hon. William McClintock Bunbury. > The news flashed by wire on Tuesday of the relief of Kimberley was saddened > by a wire that followed soon after announcing that a gallant young officer, > the Hon William McClintock Bunbury, had died from wounds received in the > engagement, when in the forefront of the battle with his renowned Regiment, > the Scots' Greys, in which he held the rank of Second Lieutenant. > With profound sorrow the mournful intelligence was received throughout the > length and breadth of this his native county, with which his family have > been intimately and honourably associated for centuries, and in which his > early boyhood days were spent. > He was eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Rathdonnell, Lord Lieutenant and > Custos Rotulorum of County Carlow, and grandson of the Right Hon. Henry > Bruen P.C. > He was born at Lisnevagh on the 15th September, 1878, and consequently was > only in his twenty second year -- full of health and life and promise, when > he fell at the post of duty, bravely fighting for Queen and country, and > leaving behind an unsullied and imperishable name and fame. > In this their great hour of trial his bereaved parents and relatives will > find some consolation in the knowledge that, with many other brave comrades > in arms, he shared a soldier's fate and fell gallantly leading on his men > to victory. > If deep and widespread sympathy can do aught to assuage their grief it is > sincerely offered by very many who share their sorrow and deplore their > loss. > One who knew him from boyhood, and mourns his death, writes :- He trod in > the footsteps of his father all through his short life. > At an early age he went to Eton, where in a short time he showed his love > for the river and became a "Wet Bob," and soon after was recognised as a > very fine oar. > He won many cups and sweepstakes ( as his father did before him ) on the > river, and ended up his Eton career by rowing "stroke" in the Eton eight > when they won the Ladies' Cup at Henley regatta, in 1898, thereby gaining > the highest summit of ambition that can be attained by an Eton "Wet Bob". >> From the Eton "Army Class" he passed almost direct for the Army, which > shows that he did not devote all his time to the "river". > He was gazetted to a commission in the Scots' Greys ( the Regiment in which > his father and his late uncle, "Jack Bunbury," served for many years ), on > January 4th, 1899. > During the short time that "Billy" Bunbury served with his Regiment none > amongst the subalterns of this crack corps was more universally popular. > He was a keen sportsman, alike in the saddle as in the Eton "eight, " and > showed his prowess in the former by steering his own horse second in the > Regimental Cup at the "Greys" race last October. > *"Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori* ." > The Hon. Thomas Leopold McClintock Bunbury, born 1881, now becomes heir to > the peerage - which is an Irish one -- Lord Rathdonnell sitting in the > House of Lords as a representative Peer. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Death of Richard Ebenezer Shackleton, Esquire. > We deeply regret to announce the death, after a short illness, of Richard > Ebenezer Shackleton, Esquire, at Belan Lodge, County Kildare, which > occurred on Thursday last. He was a Science Scholar and Gold Medallist , > T.C.D., and also had the honour of being one of the Vice Presidents of the > British and Irish Millers' Association. His family were closely associated > with the Barrow Mills in Carlow. Interment in family burial ground, at > Timolin. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message