Today in 1895 Lord Colin Campbell (aged 42) died in India after a brief illness. His death finally freed Lady Colin Campbell from her fateful marriage, almost 10 years after the divorce trial had left them separated, but still married. She had described that tie as her “clanking chains.”
The cause of Lord Colin’s early death was registered as pneumonia following influenza, but may well have been indirectly a result of a venereal disease, generally presumed to be syphilis.
I tracked down the grave at Sewri Cemetery in Mumbai.
Hello Anne! Did you take the picture? What is the inscription, please?
ReplyDeleteStill have that scanning job on the backburner... we've moved business premises and a great deal of the WIP is still boxed, ready to come over.
From freezing cold Bathurst,
Jann G.
Yes, I took the photo but had landed in India the day before and was still jet-lagged, so it's not the best photo! I also forgot to write down the wording, but can make out from my original photo the first few words as: "Sacred to the memory, Colin Campbell" and then it's too blurred.
ReplyDeleteThe record book is still kept at the cemetary and the entry for Lord Colin records the plot location as Section 5, row A, plot 4.
A newspaper in 1895 reported that a brass plate on his coffin had the following inscription:
THE LORD COLIN CAMPBELL
Fifth son of the Duke of Argyle
Died 18th June, 1895
Aged 42 years and 2 months