Henry Chaplin, 82, Viscount, typical English squire, personal friend of Edward VII, former Cabinet Minister, for 48 years a member of the House of Commons, died at London.
As a young man he was engaged to Lady Florence Cecilia Paget. One day, as they were on a shopping tour, she walked out of the door, slipped into a cab that the Marquis of Hastings had ready, drove directly to church, married the Marquis. About three years later, at the Derby of 1867, Hastings' horse was favorite. Chaplin's horse, Hermit, broke a blood vessel about...
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