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The death of Lord Dalhousie occurred July 6, 1874, and the following newspaper clipping referring to his life and character is inserted in the records:

The Earl of Dalhousie died a few days since, at the age of seventy-three. Most readers will recollect him best as Mr. Fox Maule, or as Lord Panmure, his hereditary title, which he made prominent by his holding the post of War Minister during most of the Russian war, in Lord Palmerston's first ministry. Then it was 'Panmure and gallant Harry,' as the Jacobite song has it; Harry Temple being Palmerston's name.... He became Earl of Dalhousie in 1860, on the death of his cousin, the Marquis of Dalhousie, the famous Governor General of India, whose action precipitated the Sepoy rebellion, and who was one of the ablest and most arrogant of men.

Another account, however, says of this Marquis that he left a name behind him that ranks among the highest in the roll of Indian Viceroys for statesmanship, administrative vigor, and the faculty of inspiring confidence among the millions subjected to his sway.

This Indian Viceroy, the tenth Earl of Dalhousie, was made a Knight of the Scottish Order of the Thistle in 1848; the Marquisate he received in 1849 for his zeal and ability in his administration of British India was in the peerage of England, and non-descendible to the heir presumptive to his Scottish titles, also dying without male issue, his title of " Marquis " became extinct on his death, which accounts for Lord Panmure, his cousin and heir presumptive to the tenth Earl, having become eleventh " Earl " of Dalhousie.

Dalhousie is one of the most eminent of Scottish titles, the earldom dating from 1633 (temp. Car. 1), and the name of Ramsay, which is borne by those who hold the title, is eminent in arts and in arms, in letters and statesmanship and in war.

October 10, 1900, the Lodge was presented with another portrait of the eleventh Earl of Dalhousie, accompanied by a bunch of Scotch heather, in behalf of the widow of our late Brother William Gray Webster, who died at Arbroath, Scotland, August 31, 1900. [NOTE: This excellent picture in the parlor of our apartments was taken, evidently, at a later period in the Earl's life than that presented to the Lodge in 1863, and a reproduction of this portrait upon the notices of the Lodge is familiar to the brethren.]

The Dalhousie coat of arms of 1769, together with the motto, " Ora et Labora," was adopted June 19, 1861, as the seal of the Lodge, and the banner which was presented to the lodge on the occasion of the public installation of the officers by Right Worshipful William Parkman of Boston, June 22,1869, has emblazoned upon it this coat of arms displayed in proper colors.

The original seal as adopted bore in the margin of the circle the words, " Dalhousie Lodge, Newton, Mass. Instituted A. L. 5861," but by vote of the Lodge April 23,1892, the by-laws were amended so that the title and date should read " Dalhousie Lodge F. & A. M. Newton, Mass. Instituted A. L. 5860."

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