Note 8 — Chapter II
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“The Isle of Wight Coroner to-day decided that an inquest was unnecessary on Sir Alfred Lyall, who died suddenly at Lord Tennyson’s yesterday. Sir Alfred’s medical attendant has certified that he was suffering from angina pectoris. The funeral will take place at Harbledown, near Canterbury.” From the foregoing paragraph in The Pall Mall Gazette, April 11, 1911, it will be seen that the discretion allowed the coroner has been well employed. Though Sir Alfred Lyall fell down dead in his room, there was obviously no cause for an inquest.