Edward Knight's Family
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Cecil Rice continued.
... friendly, modest and unassuming – and always interested in others rather than himself.
A few sentences from letters received by his family at his death may help to show how it was that he was so much respected, as well as loved – 'He was to me the ideal of an English gentleman. So courteous, so kind, so true and warm in his friendship.' 'So strong yet so gentle, so kind to all around him, so patient and enduring in trials manifold. So happy in his home, and a devoted to you all.' 'My dear Master, I always held him as a noble example of a beautiful Christian life, just and kind in his every action.'
Finally, the verdict of his niece, Lady Templetown – 'Uncle Cecil – the truest Christian and very fine gentleman I ever knew, as loyal and kind as he was handsome and charming.'
– His daughter, Miss Marcia Rice.
Portrait of Cecil Rice.
Cecil Rice
Caroline Cassandra Rice. [3]
Born in 1835.
Baptized at Tilmanstone, April 17th 1835.
She was an outstanding personality from the earliest days, and may have been somewhat of a puzzle and even a trouble to her family. She required a wider scope for talents which remained undeveloped, and had ambitions of which she herself was scarcely conscious – she should have had a University education, and might well have become Head of a College. As it was, she centred her love ...
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