The following is the complete transcription of the "Death of Lord Lisgar." I apologize for the "incomplete" typing job I recently submitted; don't know where my head was that day. CAVAN WEEKLY NEWS, Friday, October 13, 1876 (Correction) DEATH OF LORD LISGAR. On Friday last, the sixth of October, the Right Hon. Sir John YOUNG, Baron LISGAR, died at Bailieborough Castle, Bailieborough, having reached the age of sixty-nine years. We are sure this announcement will be received with very deep regret by an attached and prosperous tenantry, as well as by a wide circle of personal friends. The deceased Baron was the eldest son of the late Sir W. Young, Bart, by Lucy (?), youngest daughter of Colonel Charles Frederick, and was born August 31st, 1807. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated as BA., in 1829; and was called to the Bar, in 1834. He early entered upon political life; and from 1831 to 1855 represented the County of Cavan in the House of Commons. He was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in the administration of Sir Robert Peel, on the accession of that statesman to power in 1841; and in 1844 he was appointed Secretary to the Treasury, which office he held until the resignation of the Ministry in 1846. He was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in December, 1852, when Lord Aberdeen became Prime Minister; and continued to hold that office until March, 1855, when he was appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, in February, 1858 he retired from that post; and in 1860 was appointed Governor of New South Wales, which he held until 1867. In 1868 he was appointed Governor-General of Canada; on retiring from that office in 1872 he returned home, was raised to the English Peerage, and appointed Lord Lieutenant of the County Cavan. It will thus be seen that during the greater part of his public life he held distinguished office of one kind or another under Her Majesty; and we believe also with credit to himself and advantage to the Crown. When the deceased Baron first essayed political life, it was as a Conservative; as such he accepted office in the Ministry of 1841; but when Sir Robert Peel adopted the principles of Free Trade, he, like Mr. Gladstone and other rising statesmen of the time, became a Peelite; and afterwards gradually diverged nearer and nearer to the Liberal party in politics. Whatever may have been the merit of certain portions of Sir Robert Peel's Free Trade policy, we cannot approve of that sudden change of opinion and policy on his part which amounted to political apostacy, and which involved the temporary ruin of the party of which he was the leader. No more can we approve of the later political life of the deceased Baron; but we shall not dwell on this part of the subject now. It affords us much pleasure, however, to turn to another part of Lord Lisgar's character and history. He was one of the best landlords in Ireland. He encouraged and promoted the prosperity of Bailieborough, near to which town he resided, by granting building leases for a long term of years, at about one shilling a foot frontage, although the depth from front to rere (sic) in each case was very considerable. He also accommodated the inhabitants with town-parks on most liberal terms. As the result of this wise and generous policy Bailieborough is now a prosperous business town with every necessary accommodation; we believe there is only one thatched house in the whole of it, the houses being generally three stories high and all slated. In short it is a credit to the estate and to the county. Nor ____ we omit to mention the active part which he took in securing for Bailieborough one of the Model Schools under the National Board. Whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the National System of Education itself, it is generally admitted that the Model Schools constitute one of its best features; and we believe the Bailieborough Model School is one of the best in Ireland. It is the only one in this county; in many instances youths have been sent to it from other counties for their education; and its pupils have frequently carried off prizes from other competitors in many departments. In the establishment and progress of this school the late Baron always took a deep and anxious interest. As we have already intimated, during the greater part of his public life be held distinguished office under the Crown and as a member of successive Governments. Those were the days of patronage, before the reign of useful and useless cramming and of competitive examination had been inaugurated. In the exercise of his patronage, the inhabitants of this county were never either forgotten or overlooked; and during the time he filled the office of Governor in several of the Colonies, he was always glad to recognize and welcome any person belonging to the county, whom accident or purpose brought under his notice. This cannot be said of all public men. To be lavish of smiles, bows, and promises during the progress of a contest election, and then upon the morrow to become suddenly and completely oblivious of those whose support was so eagerly and obsequiously courted the day before, is not a rare phenomenon in political life. But it was not so with the deceased nobleman. He was kind in disposition, courteous in manner, charitable in the use of the wealth entrusted to him; and to all his other virtues there was added the charming grace of a genuine and unaffected humility. We have already alluded to the generous fostering care which he extended to the town of Bailieborough. In this respect his conduct presents an admirable contrast to that of many other landlords who, when they cannot prevent the prosperity and growth of a town upon their estate regard it with envy and dislike; or else do all in their power to discourage the towns and blot them out of existence. We cannot but consider this mistaken policy. The natural growth of towns and the legitimate extension of manufacturing industry, should promote the general prosperity of the country and benefit all classes without distinction. But Lord Lisgar was just as generous and considerate towards his agricultural tenants as he was to the inhabitants of the town of Bailieborough. His death is now sincerely lamented; and his loss will be long and keenly felt. We are of opinion that the inhabitants of Bailieborough especially, should do something to give permanent expression to their attachment to him while living, and to their respect for his memory, now that he is no more. It was during the time he was a member of the late Sir Robert Peel's administration that the Queen's Colleges were founded. We believe that was one of the greatest boons ever conferred on Ireland by the Imperial Government. And if the Inhabitants of Bailieborough and the late Lord Lisgar's tenantry generally, now provided the means to found a scholarship in connection with the Queen's University, it would be an appropriate tribute of respect to the memory of their generous and beloved landlord. The remains of the deceased nobleman were interred at Bailieborough Church on Wednesday last. He is succeeded in the estates and Baronetcy by his nephew, WILLIAM NEED MUSTON YOUNG, who was born at Calcutta in 1847. (Cavan County Newspaper Transcription Project.)