"What was the secret of Lord Mount Stephen's success? The broad, massive brow, the finely-shaped head and hands, the voice ringing with a burr racy of his native land all told of tenacity and power; in mind simple and direct, in spirit extraordinarily buoyant, he had the gift of instantaneously inspiring confidence and arousing enthusiasm and devotion; but his optimism was always tempered with caution and sagacity." Obituary for George Stephen, The Times, December 1, 1921