Editing Gyula Andrássy (section)

==Later life==
[[File:Benczur-andrassy_gyula.jpg|thumb|Gyula Andrássy (painting by [[Gyula Benczúr]] in 1884)]]
After his retirement, Andrássy continued to take an active part in public affairs both in the Delegations and in the Upper House. In 1885 he warmly supported the project for the reform of the [[House of Magnates]], but on the other hand he jealously defended the inviolability of the Composition of 1867, and on 5 March 1889 in his place in the Upper House spoke against any particularist tampering with the common army. In the last years of his life he regained his popularity, and his death on 18 February 1890, aged 66, was mourned as a national calamity.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=968}} There is a plaque dedicated to him in the town of [[Volosko]] where he died (between [[Rijeka]] and [[Opatija]] in present-day [[Croatia]]). It is located just above the restaurant Amfora.

He was the first Magyar statesman who, for centuries, had occupied a European position. It has been said that he united in himself the Magyar magnate with the modern gentleman. His motto was: "It is hard to promise, but it is easy to perform."{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=968}}