Anglo Boer War

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RADCLIFFE

Univ. Dublin ; Hon. LL.D. Edinburgh ;

F.R.S. ; F.R.C.P. London and Ireland ;

Fellow of several learned Societies; Physi-

cian Extraordinary to Her Majesty ; Con-sulting Physician to Chest Hospital, Bromp-ton ;

to Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich ; b.

30 Oct. 1816. Educ. : Univ. Coll. London.Member of Senate of London University,1851 ;

President of General Medical Council,1891. Publications : numerous medicalworks ;

editor Dictionary of Medicine. Ad-dress : 67 Harley Street, W. Clubs : Athe-naeum, Garrick, Union.

[Died 13 May 1898.

QUENNELL, Rev. William ; Rector of Shen-field from 1892 ; Rural Dean of Barstablefrom 1899 ; Hon. Canon of St. Albans ; b.

11 Aug. 1839; s. of R. W. Quennell of

Hornchurch ; m. 1st, 1872, Juliana Maria(d. 1874), d. of George Jones of Gloucester ;

2nd, 1878, Evelyn Mary (d. 1881), d. of

Archdeacon St. John Mildmay ;one d.

Educ. : Brentwood ; Worcester College,Oxford (Scholar). 2nd Class Lit. Hum.1861 ; M.A. 1864

; Headmaster of Brent-wood School, 1870-79; Vicar of Tring,Herts, 1881-92 ;

Rural Dean of Berkham-stead ; Proctor in Lower House of Convoca-tion of Canterbury for the Clergy of St.

Albans Diocese, 1900. Address : Shenfield

Rectory, Brentwood. [Died 24 Oct. 1908.

QUILL, Albert William, M.A., ex-Scholar,T.C.D. ; barrister-at-law : Member of IrishBar

; b. Kerry ; e. surv. s. of Thomas Quilland Ellen, d. of William O'Sullivan ofCarriganas Castle, Co. Cork

; m. Margaret(d. 1900), d. of Rev. James P. Chute. Rectorof Ballyheige, Co. Kerry ; one s. Educ. :

Old Hall Green, Herefordshire; Trin. Coll.

Dublin. Mr. Quill was one of the few RomanCatholic Scholars of T.C.D., before theabolition of tests. The name is an Englishcorruption of the Celtic O'Cuil, and one ofhis ancestors (O'Cuil) was chief poet ofMunster in the 12th century. On his mother'sside he claimed descent from the O'SullivanBere, through William O'Sullivan, hismaternal grandfather. Publications : jointeditor with Mr. Hamilton of The Land-Owner's Guide ; The new Irish Land Acts

;

The History of Tacitus ; Poems. Recrea-tions : music and chess. Address : 1

Trevelyan Terrace, Brighton Road, Rathgar,Dublin ; Carriganas Castle, Bantry, Co.

. Cork. [Died 1 Feb. 1908.QUILTER, Sir (W.) Cuthbert, 1st Bt., cr. 1897 ;

D.L. and J.P. for Suffolk; Alderman ofWest Suffolk County Council ; PresidentSuffolk Horse Society; Vice-Pres. SuffolkSheep Society ; b. 1841

; e. s. of late WilliamQuilter, Park Lane ; m. Mary Anne, d. oflate John Wheeley Bevington, of Brighton,1867

; live s. two d. Educ. : privately.Director, and one of the founders, of theNational Telephone Company ; M.P. (L.U.)South or Sudbury Div. of Suffolk/ 1885-1906.Rec.reations : shooting, yachting. Heir : s.

W. Eley Cuthbert Quilter. Address : 28South Street, Park Lane, W. ; BawdseyManor, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Club : Carlton.

[Died 18 Nov. 1911.QUILTER, Harry, M.A. ; barrister, artist, andauthor

; y. s. of William Quilter of Quilter,Ball & Co.

; lirst President of the Societyof Accountants. Educ. : private tutors,Trin. Coll. Camb., Slade School, UniversityCollege, Middlesex Hospital, Van Hove'sstudio at Bruges. Travelled much in theEast and West in early life, and in Italy oflater years ; worked on many papers, maga-jjines, and reviews, 1870-88, including theeditorial staff of the Times and Spectator ;

founded the Universal Review, May 1888,and conducted it single-handed till December1890; nrst exhibited Royal Institute of

Painters in oil colours, 1884; lectured inLondon and chief provincial towns, 1880-89.Publications : a book of poems, fortunatelyanonymous and forgotten ; review and news-paper articles (700-800) ;

the Life of Giotto,1879 ; Sententise Artis, 1880 ; Art and Life,1880

; Preferences in Art, Life, and Litera-

ture, 1892 ; Mr. Stanley as Hero, 1890 ;

edited Jump to Glory Jane, by GeorgeMeredith, 1889; Is Marriage a Failure?1889 ; and The Pied Piper of Hamelin, in

conjunction with Mrs. Harry Quilter. InSeptember 1900 originated a guide-book tomodern life entitled What's What a namesuggested by Who's Who, and invented bythe editor's wife. What's What contained2500 articles, and one-third of the book waswritten by the editor. Recreations : in

youth rowing, rackets, and billiards ;in

later life the theatre, painting, and anoccasional gamble. Address : 42 Queen'sGate Gardens, S.W. Club : Junior Athe-naeum. [Died 10 July 1907.

RABY, Henry James, V.C., C.B. ;Rear-

Admiral, retired 1877; b. 26 Sept. 1827;s. of Arthur Tumour Raby, Llanelly, Car-marthen

; m. Judith, y. d. of Colonel Forster,Holt Manor, Wilts, 1863 ; one s. Educ. :

Sherborne. Entered Navy, 1842 ;was 1st

class volunteer, H.M.S. " Monarch ";

em-ployed removing and embarking XanthianMarbles for British Museum, 1842; 11months on shore with Naval Brigade before

Sebastopol ; promoted to Commander for

services in the trenches before Sebas-

topol ; commanded H.M.S. " Medusa " and"Alecto

" on West Coast of Africa (fre-

quently mentioned in despatches for activityin suppressing slave trade) ;

commandedboats of squadron at capture and destructionof Porto Novo ; promoted to Captain for

service on West Coast of Africa; com-manded H.M.S.

"Adventure," China, 1868-

1871; granted Greenwich Hospital Pension,

1895. Recreations : member of CommitteeRoyal Sailors' Home, Portsea, and variouscharitable associations. Address : 8 Clar-

ence Parade, Southsea. Clubs : UnitedService

; Royal Naval, Portsmouth.[Died 13 Feb. 1907.

RADCLIFFE, Sir David; cr. 1886; J.P.

County Lancaster and City of Liverpool ;

b. 8 Jan. 1834 ; y. s. of Amos Radcliffe,of Almondbury, York ;

m. Mary, d. of G.

Clark, 1860. Mayor of Liverpool, 1884-85,

1885-86; Officer, Legion of Honour. Ad-dress : Rosebank, Knowslev, Lanes.

[Died 10 Apr. 1907.

RADCLIFFE, Sir Joseph Percival Pickford,3rd Bt., cr. 1813 ; J.P. ; b. 4 Oct. 1824 ;

e. s. of 2nd Bt. and Jacobina Maria, y. d.

of General John MacDonell of Seagh, Inver-

ness; S. father 1872 ;

m, 1854, Katharine

Mary Elizabeth (d. 1906), d. of Sir EdwardDoughty, 9th Bt. Educ. : Catherine Hall,Camb. Owned about 3500 acres. Heir :

s. Captain Joseph Edward, b. 1 Aug. 1858.

Address : Rudding Park, Knaresborough ;

Roiton Hall, Oldham. Club : Wellington.[Died 27 Apr. 1908.

RADCLIFFE, Lt.-Gen. Robert Parker, R.A.,J.P Oxfordshire ;

Colonel CommandantRoyal Artillery from 1886 ;

b. July 1819 ;

s. of Rev. Edmund Stringfellow Radclitfe

of Walton-le-dale, County of Lancaster ;

m. 1st, 1845, Elizabeth Charlotte JemimaKinleside (widow) (d. 1855), e. d. of Sir

John and Lady Isabella Brydges of WoottonCourt ; 2nd, 1861, Anne, o. d. and heiress

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Street, W. Educ. : Rugby, R.M. Academy,Woolwich, 1833. Entered Royal Artillery,1837 ; Deputy Adjutant.-Gen. of R.A.,1875-80 ; Inspector-General of Artillery,1880-83 ; retired list, 1883. Recreations :

cricket, racquets, rowing, hunting, shooting.Address : Balmore, Caversham, Reading.Club : Berkshire County.

[Died 29 March 1907.

RADCLIFFE, Sir W. Pollexfen, K.C.B. ;cr.

1886; General ; b. Devonshire, 2 Dec. 1822 ;

. of W. Radcliffe, Warleigh, Devon ; m.Isabel, d. of Hon. P. B. de Blaquiere, 1870.Educ. : Winchester. Served in 20th Regt.throughout Crimean Campaign, 1854-55 ;

Indian Mutiny, 1857, 1858 ; Inspector-Gen,of Musketry, Hythe, 1873-78 ; commandedthe Eastern District, 1878-82. Address:Mortimer House, Mortimer, Berks. Club :

United Service. [Died 20 March 1897.

RADICE, Evasio Hampden, B.A., C.I.E., 1908 ;

Deputy Commissioner, Lucknow, U.P.,India

; late Magistrate and Collector,Benares; b. Naples, 11 Sept. 1866; e. s.

of A. H. Radice of Ballydingan, Co. Armagh ;

m. 1895, Katharine, d. of late Rev. B.Haslewood ; two s one d. Educ. : BedfordSchool; University College, Oxford. En-tered I.C.S., 1887 ; Assistant Magistrate,U.P., 1888; served in several districts;officiating Postmaster, U.P. ; Deputy Com-missioner, 1897 ; Magistrate and Collector,1899. Recreations : shooting, polo, lawntennis. Address : Lucknow, India. Club :

East India United Service.

[Died 21 Sept. 1909.

RADNOR, 5th Earl of (cr. 1765), William Pley-dell-Bouverie, P.C. ; D.L., J.P. ; Bt. 1713-1714

; Viscount Folkestone, Baron Long-ford, 1747 ; Baron Pleydell-Bouverie, 1765 ;

Prov. Grand Master of Wiltshire Freemasonsfrom 1891 ; b. 19 June 1841 ; s. of 4th Earland Mary, d. of 1st Earl of Verulam ; S.father 1889; m. Helen, d. of late Rev.Henry Chaplin, Vicar of Ryhall, Rutland-shire, s. of Rt. Hon. Henry Chaplin, 1866.Educ. : Harrow ; Trin. Coll. Camb. M.P.(C.) S. Wilts, 1874-85 ; Middlesex (Enfield),1885-89 ; Treasurer of Household, 1885-86,1886-92. Owned about 24,900 acres. Heir :

s. Viscount Folkestone. Address: 12Upper Brook Street, W. ; Longford Castle,Salisbury ; Manor House, Folkestone. Clubs:

Carlton, St. Stephen's, Turf.

[Died 3 June 1900.

RADSTOCK, 3rd Baron (cr. 1800), GranvilleAugustus William Waldegrave ; fist Baronwas Vice-Admiral of the Blue in victoryover Spanish off Cape Lagos, 1797] ; b. 10April 1833 ; o. s. of 2nd Lord and d. of JohnPuget, Totteridge, Herts ; S. father 1857 ;

m. 1858, Susan (d. 1892), d. of John Hales,Calcraft, M.P., Rempstone, and Caroline,d. of 5th Duke of Manchester ; two s. fourd. Educ. : Harrow ; Balliol Coll. Oxford.Honours, 2nd in Modern History ;

2ndPhysical Science ; Col. Commandant W.Middlesex Volunteers, 1860-66. Heir: s.

Hon. Granville G. Waldegrave. Address :

Mayfield, Woolston, Southampton.[Died 8 Dec. 1913.

RAE, John, M.A., LL.D. (Hon.) ; author andjournalist ; b. Wick, Scotland, 26 May 1845 ;

e. s. of William Rae, many years Provost ofWick. Educ. : Edinburgh High School andEdinburgh University. M.A. (Edin.) ; Hon.LL.D. (Edin.). Wrote largely for the lead-

ing Reviews, especially on social andeconomic subjects. Publications : Contem-porary Socialism, 1884, enlarged ed. 1891,4th ed. 1908 ; Eight Hours for Work, 1894

;

Life of Adam Smith, 1895. Recreation:golf. Address : Chelverton Road, Putney.Club : Savage. [Died 19 Apr. 1915.

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RAE, W. Eraser, author; b. 1835

; m. 186fllSara Eliza (1902), 2nd d. of James FordattEduc,. : Heidelberg. Barr. 1861. Publicstions : Westward by Rail : the New Routeto the East, 1870; Handbook of SocialEconomy, from the French of EdmondAbout, 1872 ; Notes on England from theFrench of H. Taine, 1873

; Wilkes, Sheridan,Fox ; the Opposition under George theThird, 1873 ; English Portraits by Sainte-Beuve, 1875 ; Columbia and Canada :

Notes on the Great Republic and the NewDominion, 1877

; Newfoundland to Mani-toba, 1881 ; Facts about Manitoba, 1882 ;

Miss Bayle's Romance, 1887; A Modern

Brigand, 1888 ; Maygrove, a family history,1889 ; Austrian Health Resorts, 1888

; AnAmerican Duchess, 1891 ; The Business of

Travel, 1891; Egypt To-day, 1892; Bio-

graphy of Sheridan, 1896 ; Sheridan's Plays,now printed as he wrote them, 1902. Clubs :

Reform ; Bath and County.[Died 22 Jan. 1905.

RAE, William ; Bone Specialist ; b. Larkhall,1840. Worked for 30 years as pithead fore-

man. Address : Raploch Cottage, BlantyreLanarkshire. [Died 29 July 1907

RAIKES, Captain Arthur E. H., (62nd) Wilt-shire Regt. (retired) ; local Brig.-Gen. in

Zanzibar (retired) ;Officer in command o

native troops and police, Zanzibar (retired)b. 5 Feb. 1867 ; e. s. of late Rev. CharlesHall Raikes, M.A. ;

m. 1899, GeraldineArbuthnot ; one s. Educ. : Oxford MilitaryCollege. Served in Zanzibar as Officer commanding Sultan's Forces, 1894-1906 ;

First

Minister to Sultan, 1906-08 ; served in EastAfrican Rebellion, 1895-96 (despatches, medalalso Sultan of Zanzibar's medal and clas]

and brilliant star) ; present at bombardmentof Zanzibar, 1895 (despatches, 1st class order

of Hamondieh, also 1st class order of Aliyeh)commandant of Order of Crown of ItalyFranz Joseph of Austria, and Christ o

Portugal. Club : Army and Navy.[Died 3 March 1915

RAIKES, His Honour Judge Francis William

LL.D., K.C. ; Judge of County Court (Hullfrom 1898; b. Chester; 2nd s. of HenryRaikes, Registrar of Diocesan Court, and

Lucy, d. of Ven. Archdeacon WranghamF.R.S. ; m. Diana Mary Howard Barber1878. Educ. : Shrewsbury School ; RoyaAcademy, Gosport ; at sea; Peterhouse

Cambridge (3rd Sector Optime). Three

years in Merchant Service, then passed into

Royal Navy first, at an open examinationfor Navigating Officers; served in variou

parts of the world for about seven years

getting all 1st classes in examination fo

commission and an extra (Pilotage) ;reac

law with Sir R. Webster (afterwards Lord

Chief Justice) ; called to the Bar, Inne

Temple, 1873. Publications: The NewPractice (with Mr. Justice Kennedy)Jurisdiction and Practice of County Court

in Admiralty (with Mr. Kilburn) ;De Con

cursu Navium, exercise for LL.D. ;Both u

Blame, paper read at Brussels Internationa.'

Law Conference, 1895 ;and various pane

on Maritime Law ; translations and edito

of the Maritime Codes of Europe, etc. J

creation : anything at sea. Address : l

Leat House, Malton, Yorkshire ; Beomands

Chertsey ; 7 King's Bench Walk. Club

Junior Carlton. [Died 28 Sept. 19

RAIKES, Lt.-Col. Frederick Duncan, C.I.

1887 ; Commissioner, Sagaing Divisic

Upper Burma, 1896-1901; b. Futteghui

India, 1 Oct. 1848 ;4th s. of late Charle

Raikes, C.S.I., and Justina, d of late -Job

Alves. Educ. : privately ; Royal Mihtar

Coll. Sandhurst. Joined 34th Regimen 1

1868; 66th Regiment, 1869; BombaStaff Corps, 1871; received official thanl

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RAIT

of , Government of India for measures takento suppress dacoity in Lower Burma, 1875 ;

commended for special measures taken,after outbreak of hostilities with UpperBurma, for protection of country south of

the Eastern Frontier line, Thayetmyo dis-

trict (despatches four times) ; receivedthanks of Government of Burma for services

performed in a political capacity duringChin Expedition, 1888-89 ;

also thanks of

Government of India for services in ChinLushai Campaign of 1890-91

;Indian medal

with clasp for Burmese Campaign, 1885-1887 ; clasp for operations in Burma, 1887-1889

; clasp for Chin Lushai Expedition,1889-90; Capt. 1886; Maj. 1888; Lieut.-

Col. 1894. Decorated for services in con-nection with pacification of Upper Burma.Recreations : shooting, riding. Club : Navaland Military. [Died 26 Jan. 1915.

RAIKES, General Robert Napier ; b. 15 Oct.

1813, Drayton Vicarage, near Norwich,Norfolk ; s. of Rev. R. Raikes, afterwardsVicar of Longhope, Glos., and C., d. of

Archdeacon Probyn of Longhope, Glos.,and g.s. of Robert Raikes, founder of SundaySchools ; m. 1854, Harriet, d. of MajorBeckett. Educ. : Addiscombe. Sailed fromPortsmouth, 29 Nov. 1829, reached Cal-

cutta, 14 May 1830; posted to 67thNative Infantry, 1836 ; Adjutant to Grena-dier Regt., Scindias Contingent, 1839

;

posted as Adjutant, 1st Cavalry Scindias

Contingent, 1841 ;was at the taking of

Gwalior, 1843 ; ordered to Rangoon, 1851 ;

taking of Rangoon ; in command of ArracanBattalion ; Captain, 1847 ; in command of

Ramghun Horse, 1852 ; through the Mutinyfrom March to the end ;

commanded at

Mynpoorie till July, when obliged to leaveas the men would stay no longer, but before

leaving saved the treasury and sent it into

Agra in charge of two Sikhs, where it arrived

safely ; when within ten miles of Agrahis men turned out, lined the road, andsaluting him wished him well ; got into

Agra that afternoon safely ; made Field

Engineer, and at the end of the Mutiny wasmade Remount Agent for Upper India.Address : 8 Hartfield Square. Eastbourne.


RAILTON, Herbert, artist; b. Pleasington,Lancashire, 21 Nov. 1857. Educ. : Mechlin,Belgium ; Ampleforth College, Yorkshire.Illustrated following books Windsor Castle,1886

; Jubilee Edition of Pickwick, 1887 ;

Coaching Days and Coaching Ways (withMr. Hugh Thomson), 1888; WestminsterAbbey, 1889 ;

Dreamland in History ;

Hampton Court, etc. Club : New Vaga-bonds. [Died 15 March 1911.

RAINALS, Sir Harry Thomas Alfred, Kt. ;

cr. 1887; b. 1816 ;

widower. Vice-ConsulCopenhagen, 1859

;Consul Philippine Islands,

1866; Baltimore, U.S. 1867

;Consul Brest,

1871-86. [Died 26 Nov. 1899.

RAINE, Allen (Mrs. Beynon Puddicombe) ;

authoress; b. Newcastle Emlyn; e. d. of

Benjamin Evans, solicitor ; m. BeynonPuddicombe of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex.Publications : A Welsh Singer, 1897 ; TornSails, 1898

; By Berwen Banks, 1899 ; Gar-

thowen, 1900 ; A Welsh Witch, 1901 ; Onthe Wings of the Wind, 1903; Hearts of

Wales, 1905; Queen of the Rushes, 1906.Address : Tanygroes, Cardiganshire.

[Died 21 June 1908.

RAINES, General Sir Julius Augustus Robert,C.B. 1858; K.C.B., cr. 1893, G.C.B., cr.

1906 ; Grand Cross of the Royal DannebrogOrder, 1906; Colonel of the Buffs from1882

; b. 9 Mar. 1827 ; o. s. oi late Col.

Joseph Robert Raines (a distinguishedPeninsular officer) and Julia, o. d. of F.

Jardine, banker, Sevenoaks, Kent ;m

cousin, Catherine Elizabeth Wrixon, e. d.of late John Nicholas Wrixon, Kelletra,Mallow, 1859. Educ. : private tutors ;

Military Ecole, Brunswick ; R.M.C. Sand-hurst. Ensign 3rd Buffs, 1842, and trans-ferred to 95th Regiment same year ; servedcontinuously in it for 30 years, and com-manded it 14 years ; served throughoutCrimean and Indian Mutiny Campaigns,1854, 1855-57, 1858, 1859 (twice woundedin action ; 12 decorations and war medalsand 4 clasps, including the 1st class Turkishor gold medal of the Liakat, 1899, for braveryin war, and the Sardinian Crimean Warmedal Al Valore Militari) ; filled many highRegimental and Staff appointments bothat home and in Bombay command (de-spatches, 10 times). Publication : The 95th(Derbyshire) Regiment in Central India,1900. Recreations : shooting, fishing, cricket.Address : 46 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park,W. Clubs : United Service, Junior UnitedService. [Died 11 Apr. 1909.

RAINY, Adam Holland, M.B., C.M. ; M.P.(L.) Kilmarnock Burghs from 1906 ; s. oflate Principal Rainy ; b. 3 Apr. 1862 ; m.1887, 2nd d. of late H. M. Matheson. Educ. :

Edinburgh Academy and University ; Berlin;Vienna. Practised as Surgeon-Oculist in

London, 1887-1900 ; travelled in Australiaand New Zealand, 1891 ; entered on political

work, 1900;

contested Kilmarnock Burghs,1900 ;

was for some time member of Com-mittee British and Foreign Bible Society;travelled in Spain and in Algiers, 1899 and1903 ; West Indies, 1896 ; elder of Presby-terian Church of England, and member of

Presbytery and Synod ; past President,Edinburgh Speculative Society and Edin-

burgh University Diagnostic Society ;mem-

ber of Ophthalmological Society, Londonetc. Recreations : golf, shooting, fencingmember of New Club, North BerwickHonourable Company of Edinburgh GolfersLondon Scottish Golf. Address : 29 LowerSeymour Street, W. Clubs : Reform, Union,National Liberal. [Died 26 Aug. 1911.

RAINY, Rev. Robert, D.D, ; Principal, NewCollege, Edinburgh (United Free Church of

Scotland) from 1874 ; b. I Jan. 1826 ; e. s.

of Harry Rainy, M.D., Prof, of Forensic

Medicine, Univ. of Glasgow ;m. Susan

(d. 1905), o. c. of Adam Rolland of Gask,1857 ; two s. two d. Educ. : Glasgow HighSchool and Univ. (M.A.) ;

New Coll. Edin.

Minister, Free Church, Huntly, Aberdeen-shire, 1851-54; Free High Church, Edin-

burgh, 1854-62. Professor of Church His-

tory, 1862-1900 ;Moderator of F.C. Assem-

bly, 1887, of United F.C. Assembly, 1900and 1905. Publications : Life of PrincipalCunningham, 1871 ; Delivery and Develop-ment of Christian Doctrine (being Cunning-ham Lecture), 1874 ;

The Bible and Criticism,1878 ;

The Epistle to the Philippians, 1892 ;

The Ancient Catholic Church, 1901 ;various

pamphlets and articles. Address : 8 Rose-

bery Crescent, Edinburgh.[Died 22 Dec. 1906.

RAIT, Lt.-Col. Arthur John, C.B., D.L., J.P. ;

late Royal Artillery ; b. 17 May 1839 ;e. s.

of late Major Jas. Rait of Anniston (d. 1877)and Clementina, d. of 9th E. of Airlie (d.

1848) ; m. 1877, Kathleen Georgina, d. of

Hon. Walter Arbuthnott, Hatton, Kincar-

dineshire, N.B. Educ. : Woolwich. Present

at capture of Bomarsund, Baltic War, 1854 ;

joined Royal Artillery, 1857 ;served with

Oakamundel Field Force, 1859 ;New

Zealand War, 1863-64 ;in command of

drivers of his battery acting as cavalry,Ashanti expedition, 1873-74 ;

as C.R.A. onstaff of Maj.-Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley,

K.C.B., and raised a force of native artillery ;

frequently mentioned in despatches, both583

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Ashanti and New Zealand. Decorated : C.B.for services, and cr. Brevet Major. Recrea-tions : shooting and hunting. Address :

Anniston, Arbroath, N.B. Clubs : JuniorUnited Service ; New, Edinburgh.

[Died 13 June 1902.

RAJPIPLA, H.H. Sir Maharana Shri Chha-trasinhji, Raja of, K.C.I.E., cr. 1911; b.

1862 ; S. 1897 ;m. 1st, d. of late Rajasaheb

of Wankaner ; 2nd, d. of late Rajasaheb of

Chhotaudeypur (d.) ; 3rd, d. of Mahida Shri

Durjansinhji ;four s. two d. Educ. :

Rajkumar College, Rajkote, under late

Chester Macnaughten. Afterwards toured

through India ; then worked as Magistrateand Revenue Officer in charge of subdivi-

sions of the State ;toured in England and

on the Continent ; during famine of 1899-

1902, nearly nine lakhs of rupees in relief

to his subjects ;visited England and the

Continent a second time, 1904 ; again in

1906, 1909, and 1911. The State has anarea of 1517 square miles, and a populationof 161,606, the Chief receiving a salute of

11 guns. Address : Rajpipla, Rewa Kantha,Bombay. [Died 27 Sept. 1915.

RALEIGH, Cecil (name assumed on joiningtheatrical profession, 1880), dramatic author ;

s. of Dr. J. F. Rowlands, 2nd s. of Dr. A.Rowlands of Nant-y-Glo, Monmouthshire,and Cecilia Ann, d. of Dr. Daniel of Bristol.

Educ. : at home (never went to any publicor private school or university). Beingbrought up to no trade, calling, or profession,went on stage shortly after death of father ;

became acting manager to Miss Kate Lawler,Royalty Theatre ; then Secretary nowdefunct School Dramatic Art; then backto Royalty, acting manager to Kate Santley ;

on leaving her took to journalism, andbecame dramatic critic of Vanity Fair

(which gave up 1897), and of SportingTimes ; about same time succeeded late

Reginald Shirley Brooks as Secretary of

Pelican Club ; belonged to Committee Play-goers' Club, and served both as Presidentand Vice-President ;

was first President of

the O.P. Club ;was a Member of the Actors'

Association, and of the Dramatic Committeeof the Authors' Society ;

Member of Councilof Royal Botanic Society. Works : wroteGreat Pink Pearl with Claude Carton in

1885 ; wrote two more plays with him,seven with George R. Sims ;

collaboratedwith late Sir A. Harris and Henry Hamiltonin Drury Lane melodramas, beginning with

Derby Winner ; also wrote for Harris several

pantomimes ;his last plays, written alone,

Hearts are Trumps, The Price of Peace,The Great Millionaire, The Best of Friends,and the Flood Tide, 1903, The Sins of Society,

1907, Marriages of Mayfair, 1908, The Whip,1909, and The Hope, 1911 (with H. Hamilton),were produced at Drury Lane ;

The Master

Crime, and The Treasure of the Temple(with Joseph Lyons) ;

Sealed prders, 1913

(Drury Lane). Recreation : bicycle. Ad-dress : 2 Brunswick Place, Regent's Park,N.W. Club : Reform. [Died 10 Nov. 1914

RALSTON, Maj.-Gen. William Henry, C.B,,'1885 ;

retired pay ;b. Warwickhill, Ayr-

shire, 7 June 1837 ; e. s. of late AlexanderMacdougall Ralston of Warwickhill and Mar-garet, d. of late Col. Fullarton of Fullarton ;

m. 1869, Christina Jane, 2nd d. of late Alex.Mitchell of Sauchrie. Educ. : Academy,Irvine, Ayrshire ; Glasgow University.Joined 70th (now 2nd Batt. East Surrey)Regt., 1857 ; served in New Zealand war of1863-65 ; present at actions of Katikara andRangiawhia, and commanded expeditionlanded at White Cliffs (thanks of Major-General commanding, medal) ; Afghan war.1878-79

; occupation of Kandahar, andexpedition towards Helmund River (de-

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spatches, medal) ; Eastern Soudan Campaign,1885 ; in command of 2nd East Surrey Eegt.,and later in command of 2nd Brigade ;

present at Hasheen, when he was left in com-mand of zereba, attack on convoy, 26 Mar.1885, and advance to Tamai (despatches,C.B., medal with clasp and Khedive's star) ;

D.A. and Q.M.G. South Africa, 1885-86 ; incommand of 42nd Regimental District, 1836-1890 ; J.P. Ayrshire ; Colonel, Cheshire Regt.,1911. Recreations : angling, quoiting. Ad-dress : Warrix, North Berwick

;La Cor-

biniere, St. Servan, Brittany, France. Clubs :

Naval and Military ; Caledonian UnitedService, Edinburgh ; Ayr County, Ayr ; New,North Berwick. [Died 17 Apr. 1914.

RAMASANY MUDALIYAR, Raja Sir Savalai,Kt., 1887 ; C.I.E. 1885 ; senior partner of

Sir Ramasany & Sons ; b. 1840 ; married ;

two s. one d. Member of Madras MunicipalCommission, 1877 ; Sheriff of Madras, 1886,1887, 1895 and 1906 ; represented Madras Cityat King-Emperor's Coronation, 1902. Ad-dress : Ramamandirum, Kilpauk, Madras.


RAMEE, Mdlle. Louise de la ; see Ouida.

RAMPAL SINGH, Raja, Fellow of the AllahabadUniversity, Taluqdar of Kori Sadauli, Dh.Rai Bareli ; C.I.E. 1904

;b. 7 Aug. 1867 ;

adopted son of Raja Hindpal Singh ;no e.

Passed the First Arts Examination of theCalcutta University. \Died 20 March 1909.

RAMPOLLA, Cardinal Mariano (Count del

Tindaro), Arch-Priest of the Vatican Basilica;b. Polizzi, Sicily, 17 Aug. 1843. Educ.:College Capranica, Jesuit Roman College ;

Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome. Entered

Papal service, 1870 ; Counsellor of PapalEmbassy at Madrid, 1875 ; Secretary of the

Propaganda for Oriental Rites, 1877 ;Sec. of

Ecclesiastical Affairs, 1880; Papal Nuncio

at Madrid, 1882;

Cardinal Priest and Sec.

of State, 1887. Address : The Vatican,Rome. [Died 17 Dec. 1913.

RAMSAY, Alexander, LL.D., J.P., F.J.I.;editor of Banffshire Journal from 1847, andof Aberdeen Angus Herd-Book from 1872 ;

b. Glasgow, 1822 ;s. of Alexander Ramsay ;

m. 1st, Anne, d. of John Chassar, engineer,Auchinblae ; 2nd, Jane, d. of James Harper,Commissary Clerk of Banffshire. Educ. :

Gillespie Free School, Edinburgh : privately.Left orphan in boyhood ; early showed love

for literature ;bred printer in Edinburgh

and London. Publication : History of

Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot-

land. Recreation : golf. Address : "Karlhill,

Banff, N.B. [Died I Apr. 1909.

RAMSAY, Rev. Frederick Ernest, Canon of

Cumbrae from 1899. Educ. : Christ College,

Cambridge (2nd class Moral Science Tripos).

Ordained, 1871; Rector of Christ Church,Lochgilphead, 1879-1901. Address: The

College, Millport, Scotland.[Died 14 Feb. 1913.

RAMSAY, Gilbert Anderson ; General Super-intendent of Glasgow Municipal Art Galleries

and Museums from 1914 ; b. Greenock, 1880.

Educ. : Greenock Academy ; Glasgow Schoolof Art. Pupil of Mr. William Leiper, R.S.A.,architect ; Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery,

1911-14. Address: Art Gallery and Museum,Kelvingrove, Glasgow.

[Died 12 July 1915.

RAMSDEN, Lady (Helen) Guendolen, authorand artist ; b. 14 Nov. 1846 ;

3rd d. andco-heiress of 12th Duke of Somerset; m.

1865, Sir John William Ramsden ;one s.

two d. Publications: A Birthday Book(illustrated) ; Speedwell, a Novel, 1894 ;

ASmile Within a Tear, and other Fairy Stories,

1897; Correspondence of Two Brothers, the

llth Duke of Somerset and his brother Lord

Webb-Seymour, 1800-1809, 1906. Address :

Bulstrode, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks; Byram,

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Ferrybridge, Yorkshire ; Ardverikie, Kin-gussie, N.B. Club : Lyceum.

[Died 28 Aug. 1910.RAMSDEN, John Charles Francis, J.P., D.L. ;

b. 13 Dec. 18"5; e. surv. s. of late Henry

Jcimes Ramsden, of Oxton Hall, and Hon.Frederica Selina, 5th d. of 1st Lord Ellen-borough ; m. 1863, Emma Susan (d. 1897),y. d. of Rev. Edward Buncombe, and widowof Ellis Gosling, of Busbridge Hall ; five s.

one d. [Heir: Frederick William, late

Captain, Coldstream Guards ; b. 17 Feb.1863 ; m. 1887, Lady Elizabeth MaudConynghara. 3rd d. of 3rd Marquis Conyng-ham ; one a. three d. Address : 69 GrosvenorStreet, W.] Was Captain R.A. Address :

Willinghurst, near Guildford.[Died 9 Sept. 1910.

RAMSDEN, Sir John William, 5th Bt. ; cr>1689

; D.L. ; Hon. Col. 1st West Riding ofYorkshire Artillery from 1862

; b. NewbyPark, Yorkshire, 14 Sept. 1831 ; S. grand-father 1839; m. Lady Helen GuendolenRamsden (d. 1910), 3rd d. and co-heiress of12th Duke of Somerset ; one s. one d. Educ. :

Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge (M.A.1852). M.P. (L.) Taunton, 1853-57 ; for

Hythe, 1857-59 ; Under-Secy. of State for

War, 1857-58 ; M.P. for West Hiding York-shire, 1859-65 ; Monmouth, 1868-74 ; E.Division of West Riding. Yorkshire, 1880-85 ;

Osgoldcross Division, 1885-86. Owned aboti150,000 acres. Heir : s. John Frecheville[b. 7 Jan. 1877 ; m. 1901, Joan, d, of G. F.Buxton ; two s. one d. Educ. : Eton

;

Trinity College, Cambridge. Address :

Turweston Manor, Brackley, Northants ;

Longley Hall, Huddersfield.j Address :

Byram, Ferrybridge ; Bulstrode Park,Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire ;

Ard-verikie, Kingussie. Clubs : Athenfeum,Brooks's. Travellers'. [Died 15 Apr. 1914.

RANDALL, John, F.G.S.; b. Ladywood,

Broseley, 1 Sept. 1810 ; s. of George andRebecca Randall; m. 1st, Anne, d. ofThomas Harvey, Coalport, Shropshire ; 2nd,Louisa, d. of Daniel Brassington, CheddletonGrange, Staffordshire

; three s. five d. Educ.:Broseley. Hon. Member of the SevernValley and Caradoc Field Clubs, and of theShropshire Archaeological Society. Publica-tions : The Severn Valley; History of

Broseley ; Old Sports and Sportsmen ;

History of Madeley ; John Wilkinson,Father of the Iron Trade ; Clay Industries ;

Ancestral Homes of Shropshire ; Arts andIndustries of Shropshire. Address : Madeley,Salop. (Died 16 Nov. 1910.

RANDALL, Very Rev. Richard William, D.D. ;

b. London, 13 April 1824; e. s. of late Arch-

deacon Randall and Rebe, o. d. of RichardLowndes; m. Wilhelmina, d. of G. A. Bruxner ;

three s. three d. Educ. : Winchester ;

Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained, 1847 ;

Rector of Lavington, Sussex, in successionto Archdeacon (afterwards Cardinal) Man-ning, 1851-68 ; Vicar of All Saints, Clifton,1868-92 ; Select Preacher at Oxford, 1891-1892; Dean of Chichester, 1892-1902; a LentPreacher at Oxford for several years. Pub-lications : Life in the Catholic Church

; Re-treat Meditations and Addresses ; Papers onCatechising ; Sermons in Oxford Lent Series ;

Single Sermons; Sermons in Newland's

Seasons of the Church; Sermons in Bishop

Woodford's Tracts for the Christian Seasons ;

The Daily Celebration of the Holy Eucharist.Address: Pelham, Lindsay Road, Brank-some, Bournemouth. [Died 23 Dec. 1906.

RANDEGGER, Alberto. Knight of the Order ofthe Crown of Italy, composer, conductor, andprofessor of singing ; b. Trieste, 13 April832

; m. Louise Baldwin, Boston, U.S.A.,J.">.)7. Studied under Lafont for the piano

RANDOLPH

and L. Ricci for composition. Director ofMusic at Fiume, Zara, Sinigaglia, Brescia,and Venice ; came to London, 1854 ; Con-ductor at Her Majesty's Theatre, 1880

; Pro-fessor of Singing at the Royal Academy ofMusic, 1868, and Royal College of Music,1896 ; from 1881 was Conductor at NorwichFestivals

; Royal Opera, Covent Garden ;

Hon. Conductor Imperial Institute AmateurOrchestra ; Conductor of the Queen's HallChoral Society and Queen's Hall SundayOrchestral Concerts. Publications BiancaCappello ; Music for 150th Psalm ; Fridolin(dramatic cantata), 1873

; The Rival Beauties,1895

; Singing Primer, etc. Address : 5Nottingham Place, W. [Died 18 Dec. 1911.

RANDELL, David, solicitor; b. 1854; s. oflate John Randell, Llanelly ; m. Sarah, d. ofR. George, Llanidloes, 1880. M.P. (G.L.)Glamorganshire (Gower), 1888-1900. Ad-dress : Llanelly, South Wales

; 7 New Inn,Strand, W.C. ; 223 Camden Road, N.

[Died 5 June 1912.RANDELL, Hon. George ; b. Milton, nearLymington, Hants, 5 Oct. 1830 ; m. 1850 :

widower; four s. one d. Educ. : National

School. Milton. Emigrated to W.A., arriving1850

; business, steam lighterage and dealer ;

became Chairman of Perth City Council,1874 ; elected Member for Perth, 1877 ;

visited England, 1878, and returned, 1880 ;

appointed M.L.C. by Governor Robinsonsame year ; elected for Moore district, 1889 ;

Mayor of Perth, 1884-85 ; and, in 1894, againelected to L.A. for Perth under new Con-stitution ; held seat from 1894 to 1897 ; J.P. ;

elected for Leg. Council for MetropolitanProvince, 1897 and 1898, and 1904 ; memberfor many years of C.B. of Education ; onabolition of Board, elected Member of DistrictBoard for Perth ; served on several importantCommissions, and introduced and carriedLife Assurance Acts through Parliament, andsome other important measures ; Chairmanof the W.A. Board of Directors A.M.P.Society, and a Director of the W.A. Bank ;

Colonial Secretary, W. Australia, 27 April1898 to 27 May 1901 ; originated actuon forthe establishment of the High School, Perth,secured co-operation of Governor Robinsonand Sir Malcolm Fraser ; a Trustee under theUniversity Endowment Act, 1904 ; retiredfrom public life. Recreations : with excep-tion of the two years' visit to England,practically no recreation. Address : 5Havelock Street, Perth, W. Australia.

[Died 2 June 1912.

HANDLES, Rev. Marshall, D.D. ; WesleyanMinister ;

Tutor in Systematic Theology,Didsbury College for Training of Ministers,1886-1902 ; Chairman Manchester Districtand Synod Wesleyan Methodist Church for

many years till 1902 ; Pres. Wesleyan Conf.1896-97 ; Pres. Manchester, Salford andDistrict Evangelical Free Church Council,1898-99 ; member of Council of GovernorsThe John Rylands Library ; b. Over Darwen,Lancashire, 1826

; m. Miss Scurrah, Padiham,1856. Educ. : private schools. Appoint-ment to Ministry, Montrose, 1854. Pub-lications : Britain's Bane and Antidote,pamphlet on Temperance ; Difficulties ofClass Leaders ; The Young Class Leader ;

Why Change ?;For Ever (on Future Punish-

ment) ; Substitution (on the Atonement) :

First Principles of Faith (on Theism) ;The

Design and Use of Holy Scripture (FernleyLecture, 1892) ; The Blessed God (Impassi-bility). Recreation : croquet. Address :

Heaton Moor, Stockport.[Died 4 July 1904.

RANDOLPH, Admiral Sir George Granville,

K.C.B., cr. 1897 ; F.R.G.S. ; b. 1818 ; m.1851, Eleanor Harriet, d. of Rev. JosephArkwright of Mark Hall, Essex. Entered

585

RANKIN WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

R.N. 1830 ; retired, 1881 ; Admiral, 1884 ;

served Borneo, 1845; Sebastopol, 1855

;

Cape, 1867 - 72 ; commanded detachedsquadron, 1873-75. Publication : Problemsin Naval Tactics, 1879. Address: 70Brunswick Place, Hove, Brighton. Club :

United Service. [Died 16 May 1907.RANKIN, Sir James, 1st Bt. ; cr. 1898 ; J.P.,

D.L., M.A. ; landowner ; b. 25 Dec. 1842 ;

o. s. of Robert Rankin. Broniborough Hall,Cheshire, senior partner in shipping firm ofPollok. Gilmour, <fe Co. ; m. Annie Laura,2nd d. of Christopher Bushell, J.P., Hinderton,Cheshire ; four s. four d. Educ. : Trin. Coll.

Camb. (1st class Natural Science Tripos,1865). M.P. Leominster Borough, 1880-85,when the borough was disfranchised byaction of Reform Bill. Publications : paperson scientific subjects, State Emigration, OldAge Pensions, Housing of Poor, and othersocial questions. M.P. (C.) LeominsterDivision of Herefordshire, 1886-1906 and1910-12. Owned about 3300 acres. Heir :

(James) Reginald (Lea). Recreation : MasterSouth Herefordshire Hounds, 1877-84. Ad-dress : Bryngwyn, Hereford. Clubs :- Carl-

ton, New University.[Died 17 Apr. 1915.

RANSFORD, Rev. Robert Bolton, Vicar of St.

Paul, Penge, from 1895 ; Hon. Canon,Rochester, 1905 ; b. 1840 ; m. ; five s. threed. Educ.: Clare College Cambridge (M.A.).Curate of St. Mathew's, Brixton, 1863-68

;

Vicar of St. Jude, East Brixton, 1890-95.Address : 145 Auckland Road, Norwood,S.E. [Died 21 Apr. 1914.

RANSOM, William H., M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P.,Consulting Physician, General Hospital,Nottingham ; Fellow of Royal Society andUniversity College. Publications : On Coldsas a Cause of Disease ; The InflammationIdea in General Pathology. Address : ThePavement, Nottingham.

[Died 16 Apr. 1907.

RAPER, Major-Gen. Allan Graeme, C.V.O.1903; formerly Commanding Infantry Bri-

gade, Gibraltar ;retired ; b. 23 March 1843 ;

s. of Lieut. -Col. Raper, 19th Regt., Hoe Court,Colwall, Malvern ; m. 1878, Annie, e. d. of

C. M. Adamson, North Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne ;

one s. one d. Educ. : CheltenhamCollege. Captain of cricket and football

;

winner's prize Athletics. Joined 98th Regt.1862 ; Assist. Inst. of Mus. Dep6t Batt.1863-66 ; and of 98th Regt. 1867-70 ; actingPaymaster 98th Regt. 1873-75; A.D.C. toG.O.C. West Indies, 1875-78 ; acted Assist.

Military Secretary, West Indies, 1875, andA.A.G. and A.Q.M.G. 1876 ; CommandantMount Abu, Rajputana, 1883-84; ZhobValley Expedition, 1884 ; acted MilitarySecretary to C.-in-C., Bombay, 1886

; com-manded 2nd Batt. N. Stafford Regt. 1887-91

;

commanded 38-64th Reg. District, 1892-95 ;

Assist. Quartermaster-General War Office,1895-1900 ;

commanded troops, Jamaica,1900-1902. Recreations : in early life, cricket,

football, racquets, etc. ; later riding, cycling,golf. Club : United Service.

[Died 27 July 1906.

RAPER, Sir Robert George, Kt., cr. 1886;J.P. ; partner in Raper, Freeland & Tyacke ;

b. 1827 ;widower. Solicitor, 1850 ; Secre-

tary to Bishop of Chichester ; Registrar of

Diocese ; Chapter Clerk and Registrar of

H.M.'s Court of Probate; Registrar to

County Court ;ten times Mayor of Chichester

;

Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes, and to theCommissioners of Sewers. Address : WestStreet, Chichester ;

The Hermitage, Mund-ham, near Chichester. [Died 12 July 1901.

RAPER, Robert William, M.A., B.C.L. ;

Fellow of Trin. Coll. Oxford ; b. 9 March1842; *. of Lieut.-Col. Raper, 19th Regt.,Hoe Court, Colwall, Malvern. Educ. :

586

Cheltenham College ; Trin. Coll. Oxford.1st class Moderations, 1862 ; Latin verse1862

; Greek verse, 1862; 1st class Lit.

Hum'. 1865 ; Fellow of Queen's, 1865; Lec-

turer of Trinity, 1866; Fellow of Trinity,1871 ; tutor, 1869-82

; bursar, 1887; Vice-

President, 1894; took a leading part in pro-

curing Malvern Hills Act, 1884; also inpreventing enclosure of the top of ShotoverHill near Oxford ; elected one of first Con-servators of Malvern Hills, 1884

; given rightof appointing a Conservator in perpetuity,1887 ; Curator of University Parks, Oxford1885; Curator of Botanic Gardens, 1837;Cheltenham Coll. Council. 1888; Founderand first Chairman of the Oxford UniversityAppointments Committee, 1892

; Visitor ofNew Ashmolean Museum and UniversityGalleries, 1895-1908; Oxford UniversityRepresentative on Council of the NationalTrust, 1895. Recreations : in early life

cricket, riding, skating. Address : HoeCourt, Colwall, Malvern

; Trin. Coll. OxfordClubs : Brooks's, M.C.C.

[Died 18 July 1915.RASCH, Sir Frederic Came, 1st Bt. ; cr 1903-

J.P., D.L. ; b. 9 Nov. 1847; s. of Frederic

Came Rasch, Woodhill, Danbury, Essex;

m. Katherine A. Griffinhoofe, 1879 ; two s.

Educ. : Eton ; Cambridge (B.A.). Served6th Dragoon Guards, 1867-77 ; afterwards inEssex Regt. ; M.P., S.E. Essex, 1886-1900 ;

M.P. (C.) Mid-Essex, 1900-1908. Heir : g.

Frederic Came, 6th Dragoon Guards Cara-biniers

; b. 27 Sept. 1880. Address : Wood-hill, Danbury, Essex. Clubs : Windham,Naval and Military. [Died 26 Sept. 1914.

RASHLEIGH, Sir Colman Battie, 3rd Bt. ; cr.

1831 ; J.P., D.L. ; Deputy Warden, Stan-neries; Colonel; b. Cornwall, 11 March 1846;e. s. of 2nd Bt. and Mary Anne, o. d. ofNicholas Kendall ; S. father 1896

; m. 1st,

Geraldine, d. of Lieut.-Gen, Sir RobertWalpole, K.C.B., 1872 (d. 1876) ; 2nd, Amy,d. of James Young Jamieson, Gainford House,Durham, 1878 ; four s. Educ. : Winslow,Bucks ; Army tutors. Joined Cornwall andDevon Miners' Artillery Militia as 2nd Lieut.,Feb. 1867 ; obtained command, 1893

;

retired, 1896; appointed Hon. Colonel, 1896 ;

Mayor for the ancient borough of Lostwithiel,1891-94. Recreatiom : fishing, shooting.Heir: s. Colman, b. 1873. Address:Prideaux House, Par Station, Cornwall.Club : Junior Conservative.

[Died 28 Oct. 1907.RAS MEKONEN, Sir, K.C.M.G., cr 1902; b.

province of Tagoolat, 1852 ; mother d. of

King Sahle Salassie" and sis. of King HailotMalakot, father of Emperor Menelek II. ;

of

12 sons only two were alive in 1906 theDeziaz lima, 34 years old, and Governor ofAroussi country ; and Prince Litz Tafari,13 years old. Was Governor-General of

Harrar and dependencies ; as a General hedistinguished himself in the great battle of

Adoua, and vanquished Am Calaghi andMakalle", 1896 ; conquered the country of

Beni Shangool, 1898; was Abyssinian Envoy

to the Court of St. James's for the Coronation.Address : Harrar, Abyssinia.


RASSAM, Hormuzd ; b. Mossul, NorthernMesopotamia, on the bank of the Tigris, op-posite the site of anci|9jit Nineveh, 1826 ;

m.

1869, Anne, Eliza, e. d. of Capt. SpencerCosby Price, late 72nd Highlanders, and(Sarah, d. of John Hyde of Castle Hyde, Co.

Cork ;one s. five d. Joined Mr. Layard to

assist him in his Assyrian researches, 1845 ;

lived with him as his friend and guest for

more than two years ; when Mr. Layardreturned to England in 1847, came with himto complete his studies at Oxford

;sent out

by Trustees of British Museum to assist Mr.

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RAVENSWORTH

Layarc! in his second hndertaking, 1849;com-

missioned by the Trustees to succeed him;

returned to England, 1854 ;held a political

appointment at Aden ;went to Abyssinia,

1864 ;he wrote to Theodore for a safe-con-

duct ;sent as prisoner and kept in chains

for nearly two years ;conducted the Assyrian

explorations, 1876-82 ; during the Turko-Russian War sent by British Foreign Office

on a special mission to Asia Minor, Armenia,and Kurdistan to inquire into the condition

of the different Christian communities, 1877.

Publications : British Mission to Theodore,King of Abyssinia, with Notices of the CountryTraversed from Massowah through the

Soudan, the Amharaj and back to AnneslyBay from Magdala, 2 vols. 1869 ; Asshurand the Land of Nimrod ; The Garden of

Eden and Biblical Sages ;Biblical Lands.

Address: 30 Westbourne Villas, Hove,Brighton. Club : Hove.


RATTIGAN, Sir William JHenry, Kt., cr. 1895;M.P. (L.) North-East Lanarkshire from 1901

;

K.C. ;LL.D. ;

Bencher of Lincoln's Inn,1903; advocate High Court N.W. Provinces ;

b. Delhi, 4 Sept. 1842 ; y. s. of BartholomewRattigan, Athy, Co. Kildare; ra. 2nd, Evelyn,d. of late Col. A. Higgins, C.I.E., 1878.Educ. : High School, Agra ; King's Coll.

London. LL.D. (by examination), Egregia,or 1st Class Honours of University of Got-tingen ; Hon. LL.D. of University of Glasgowand of the Punjab ; 1st Class Honours atBar Examination. English Bar, 1873 ;

Judge Chief Court of Punjab on four occa-sions ;

additional member Supreme Legis-lative Council of India, 1892-93

; memberPunjab Legislative Council, 1898-99 ; con-tested N.E. Lanarkshire, 1900. Publications:The Science of Jurisprudence, 3rd ed. 1892 ;

Private International Law, 1895; Digestof Customary Law for Punjab, 6th ed. 1901 ;

De Jure Personarum, or the Roman Law of

Persons, 1873 ;translator of 2nd vol.

Savigny's System of Modern Roman Law,1884 ;

etc. Recreation : shooting. Ad-dress : 11 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, E.G. ;

Lanarkslea, Cornwall Gardens, S.W. Clubs :

Ranelagh ; Imperial Union, Glasgow.[Died 4 July 1904.

RATTRAY, Wellwood, A.R.S.A., R.S.W. ;

of Fellowhills, Berwickshire ; landscapepainter ; b. St. Andrews, N.B., 21 July 1849

;

e. s. of Rev. Alex. Rattray, M,A. Educ. :

High School, Academy, and University of

Glasgow. Practised Art, in particular land-scape painting ; regular exhibitor in RoyalAcademy and throughout Europe ; honour-able mention in Salon, Paris, for four years,also at International Exhibition, Paris, 1889.Recreations : golf (formerly cricket), yachting.Address : St. Andrew's Studio, and 7

Berkeley Terrace, Glasgow. Clubs : JuniorConservative, Imperial Union, Glasgow.

[Died 17 Apr. 1902.

RAVEN, Rev. Berney Wodehouse, Hon. Canonof Norwich Cathedral from 1901 ; Rector of

Leiston, with Sizewell, from 1874. Educ. :

St. John's College, Cambridge. Ordained,1860 ; Curate of St. Peter, Southwark, 1860-1872 ; Holy Trinity, Frome, Selwood, 1872-74

;

Rural Dean of South Dunwich. Address :

Leiston Rectory, Suffolk.

[Died 30 Jan. 1911.RAVEN, Rev. Canon John James, D.D., F.S.A. ;

Vicar of Fressingfield-with-Withersdale, from1885 ; Hon. Canon of Norwich Cathedral

;

Rural Dean of Hoxne ; b. Boston, Line.,25 June 1833 ; s. of John Hardy Raven,M.A., Rector of Worlington, Suffolk, and JaneAugusta (Richman) ; m. 1860, Fanny, y. d.

of Robert Homer Harris of Botesdale, Suffolk ;

six s. two d. Educ. : home ; St. Catherine'sand Emmanuel (Sizar and Exhibitioner)

Colleges, Camb. A low Senior Optime, 1857.Second Master of Sevenoaks GrammarSchool, 1857-59; Master of Bungay GrammarSchool, on the nomination of EmmanuelCollege, 1859-66; Master of YarmouthGrammar School, 1866-85 ; and Incumbentof St. George's Chapel, Yarmouth, 1881-85.Publications: The Church Bells of Cambridge-shire (C. Antiq. Soc.), 1881 ; Emmanuel,Notes on Isa. vii.-ix., 1872; The ChurchBells of Suffolk, 1890; Mathematics MadeEasy (Tech. Instr. Lectures), 1894; (jointauthor) Cratfield, 1894 ; Suffolk, in PopularCounty History Series, 1895. Recreations :"change of work is as good as play." Ad-

dress : Fressingfield Vicarage, Harleston.


RAVENHILL, Lt.-Col. Edgar Evelyn, D.S.O.1904 ; East Kent Regt. ; b. 8 Dec. 1859.Entered Army, 1879; Captain, 1887; Major,1898 ; Lt.-Col. 1904 ; Adjutant of Volun-teers, 1890-95. Served N.-W. Frontier,India, 1897-98 (medal with clasp) ; Aden,1903-4 (Boundary Commission). Address :

Harrismith. O.R.C. [Died 6 Feb. 1907.

RAVENHILL, Rev. Henry Everett, R.D., M.A. ;

Vicar of Buckland-Newton cum Plush,Dorset, 1860-1907; Hon. Canon of Salisbury;b. Manor House, Warminster, 1831 ;

3rds. of late John Ravenhill, J.P., D.L. ;

m.1866, Emma Harriet, 2nd d. of late JosephEverett, J.P., D.L., of Greenhill House,Wilts. Educ. : Warminster GrammarSchool ; Marlborough Coll. ; UniversityColl. Oxford. 2nd class Law and HistorySchool, 1855 ; ordained to curacy of St.

Cuthbert's, Wells, 1856 ; Priest, 1857 ;

Prebendary of Hurstbourne cum Burbage in

Salisbury Cathedral, 1889. Publication:Sermons in Past Years, 1899. Address :

Queen's Avenue, Dorchester.[Died 12 May 1913.

RAVENSCROFT, Edward William, J.P., C.S.I.

1875; retired I.C.S., 1884; b. 1831; m.1861, Laura Stanfell, d. of late T. B. Sanders,Exeter. Educ. : Ottery St. Mary ; Hailey-bury. Entered I.C.S. 1851 ; Chief Sec. to

Govt. ; Senior Collector and Magistrate ;

member of the Baroda Commission for in-

vestigating charges against Gaekwar, 1879 ;

member of Bombay Govt. 1879. Address :

Villa Como, Torquay. Clubs : East IndiaUnited Service ; Royal Torbay Yacht.

tDied 1 May 1911.

RAVENSTEIN, Ernest George, geographer ;

b. Frankfort-on-Main, 30 Dec. 1834 ; m.

1858, Ada S. Parry of Bromley, Kent ; no c.

Educ. : Gymnasium, Frankfort ; privatetutor ;

became pupil of Dr. A. Petermann,the eminent geographer, 1852. War Office,

Topographical (now Intelligence) Depart-ment, 1855-72; Council Royal Statistical

Society, 1877-92 ; Royal Geog. Society, 1894-

1896; President Section E, Brit. Assoc., 1891;Professor of Geography, Bedford Coll., 1882-

1883 ; First Victoria Gold Medallist, R.G.S.

1902; D.Ph., M.A. (Gott). Publications:The Russians on the Amur, 1861 ; Geo-

graphic und Statistik des Britischen Reiches,

1863; Handbook of Gymnastics, 1867;Vasco da Gama's First Voyage, 1898 ;

Martin

Behaim, his Life and the Globe, 1908 ;The

Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, 1901 ;

Map, Equatorial Africa, 1884; SystematicAtlas, 1894; Handy vol. Atlas, 1895 (7thed. 1907); A Life's Work, 1908. Recrea-

tions : first President of the German Gym-nastic Society, 1862-71 ;

and for several

years also hon. director of its exercises ;

President London Swimming Club (retired).

Address : 2 York Mansions, Battersea Park,S.W. Club: Savage. [Died 16 March 1913.

RAVENSWORTH, 2nd Earl (cr. 1874), HenryGeorge Liddell, D.L., J.P., D.C.L. (Hon.

Durham) ;Bt. 1642 ;

Baron Ravensworth,587

RAVENSWOETH WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

1821 ; Baron Eslington, 1874 ;President of

Institute of Naval Architects, of Royal Agri-cultural Society. [1st Bt. bravely defendedNewcastle for Charles I. against the Scots,

1640] ; b. 8 Oct. 1821 ; . of 1st E. andIsabella, d. of Lord George Seymour ;

S.

father 1878; m. 2nd, Emma, w. of Maj. OwinB. Cresswell, late 3rd Hussars, Cresswell,

Northumberland, 1892. Edvc. : Eton. M.P.(C.) S. Northumberland, 1852-78. Ownedabout 13,900 acres. Heir : b. Hon. Athol C.

Liddell. Address: 3 Hereford Gardens, W. ;

Eslington Park, Alnwick ; RavensworthCastle, Gateshead ; Stanley's, Lymington.Club : Carlton. Died 22 July 1903.

RAVENSWORTH, 3rd Earl (cr. 1874), AtholeCharles Liddell, D.L., J.P. ; Bt. 1642 ; BaronRavensworth, 1821 ; Baron Eslington, 18;4.

[1st Bt. .bravely defended Newcastle for

Charles I. against the Scots, 1640] ; b. 6 Aug.1833 ; s. of 1st E. and Isabella, d. of LordGeorge Seymour; S. b. 1903; m. 1866,Caroline, 2nd d. of Hon. G. Edgcumbe.Owned about 13,900 acres. Heir (to Barony) :

c. Arthur Thomas Liddell, b. 1837. Address :

3 Hereford Gardens, W. ; Eslington Park,Alnwick

;Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead

;

Stanley's, Lymington. [Died 7 Feb. 1904.RAWDON-HASTINGS, Hon. Paulyn Francis

Cuthbert, b. and heir-pres. of llth Earl ofLoudoun ; b. 21 Oct. 1856 ; m. 1881, LadyMaud Grimston, d. of 2nd Earl of Verulam.[Assumed by Royal licence, 1887, surnameof Rawdon-Hastings.] Formerly Major 3rdBatt. Leicestershire Regiment. Address :

Towersey Manor, Thame, Oxon.[Died 19 Oct. 1907.

RAWLINSON, Charles William, A Master ofthe Supreme Court from 1903 ; e. *. of lateAlfred Rawlinson, formerly Taxing Masterin Chancery Division of High Court of Justice

;

m. 1889, Amy Vaughan, o. d. of late AlfredFowler, M.I.C.E., of Downe Hall, Kent.Address : Court House, Winchfield

;184

Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, W.C. Club :

Junior Conservative. [Died 4 June 1910.

RAWLINSON, Rev. Canon George, Canon of

Canterbury from 1872 ; Rector All Hallows,Lombard Street, from 1888 ; proctor forthe Chapter in Convocation of Canterbury,1873-98 ; b. Chadlington, Oxon, 23 Nov.1812

; 3rd s. of A. T. Rawlinson; b. of Sir

H. Rawlinson, Bt., M.P. ; m. 1846, LouisaW., 2nd d. of Sir R. A. Chermside, M.D.,Physician to H.B.M.'s Embassy at Paris.Educ. : Baling School ; Trin. Coll. Oxford(M.A.). First Class Classics, 1838; Theo-logical Prizes, 1841, 1842. Fellow of ExeterColl. Oxford, 1840

; tutor, 1842 ; sub-rector,1845

; curate of Merton, Oxon, 1846;

Bampton Lecturer, 1859;

Professor ofAncient History, Oxford, 1862. Publica-tions : The History of Herodotus, a newTranslation, with notes appendices, etc.,

1858; The Five Great Monarchies of theAncient Eastern World, 1862; The Sixthand Seventh Great Monarchies, 1865, 1867 ;

A History of Ancient Egypt, 1881;

AHistory of Phoenicia, 1889 ; The Origin of

Nations, 1877 ; Historical Illustrations ofthe Old Testament, 1870 ; A Memoir of

Major-General Sir H. C. Rawlinsoc, Bt. 1898,etc. Recreations : sketching, fishing, cricket,lawn-tennis, croquet, whist, chess. Ad-dress : The Precincts, Canterbury. Club :

Athenaeum. [Died 6 Oct. 1902.

RAWLINSON, Sir Robert, K.C.B. ; cr. 1888;

civil and sanitary engineer ; b. 1810 ; m.Ruth, d. of T. Swallow, 1831. Vice-Presi-dent of Society of Arts ;

Chief EngineeringInspector of Local Government Board, 1849-1888

; member of Army Sanitary Com-mittee in the Crimea. Address : 11 Boltons,Brompton, S.W. Club : Reform.

[Died 31 May 1898588

RAWLINSON, Lieut.-Col. Spencer R., D.S.O.,retired; b. Oxton, Leicester, 19 Feb. 1848;m. Mary (d. 1882), d. of H. Mann, Heden-ham Hall, Norfolk. Educ. : MarlboroughCollege, etc. Ensign 45th Regt. S.F. 1867

;

Lieut. Madras Staff Corps, 1871; Capt

1879; Major, 1887; Lieut.-Col. 1893;served Burma Expedition, 1885-87 : UpperBurma, 1890-92; Chin Hills, 1893-95(despatches, D.S.O. medal and clasp).Club : Junior Army and Navy.

[Died 19 Apr. 1903.

RAWSON, Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth.G.C.B., cr. 1906; G.C.M.G., cr. 1909;K.C.B., cr. 1897 ; C.B. 1882 ; Grand Cordonof Hamoudieh, 1896 ; Grand Cross of SaintBenoit d' Aviz, 1909; b. Walton-on-Hill,Lancashire, 5 Nov. 1843 ; 2nd s. of late

Christopher Rawson ; m. 1871, FlorenceAlice Stewart (d. 1905), d. of late John R.Shaw, Arrowe Park

;two s. one d. Ednc. :

Marlborough. Naval Cadet, 1857 ; Sub-Lieut. 1863

; Lieutenant, 1863 ; Commander,1871

; Captain, 1877; Rear-Admiral, 1892

;

Vice-Admiral, 1898 ; Admiral, 1903 ; servedin China War, 1858-61 (medal, three clasps,wounded, several times despatches) ; com-manded for three months 1300 Chinesetroops for defence of Ningpo against therebels ; in 1861 thanked on quarter-deck for

jumping overboard at night and saving thelife of a marine in Shanghai river ; Lieut,on Royal Yacht, 1870-71

; reported oncapabilities of defence of Suez Canal, 1878(thanked by Lords of the Admiralty) ;

hoisted in 1878 the British flag at Nicosia,Cyprus, and was for one month MilitaryCommander of that place ; Principal Trans-

port Officer in Egypt, 1882 (medal, star, 3rdclass Osmanieh, C.B.) ;

had silver medal of

the Royal Humane Society for saving life

in 1870, and 2nd class Civic Cross of Belgium ;

was Captain of Steam Reserve, 1885-89;

Member of Committee on the New Manoeuv-ring Signal Book, 1886-89 ; A.D.C. to QueenVictoria, 1890-92 ; Member of International

Signal Committee, 1892-95;an Umpire for

Manoeuvres, 1894 ; Commander-in-ChiefCape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa

Station, 1895-98; in command of Expedi-tion against M'barack and capture of

Mwele, 1895 (medal, 1st class Brilliant Starof Zanzibar) ; of bombardment of Sultan's

Palace, Zanzibar, 1896; and expedition and

capture of Benin, 1897 (clasp, K.C.B.) ;in

command of Channel Squadron, 1898-1901 ;

Governor, of New South Wales, 1902-9;President of Interview Committee for NavalCadets, 1910. Address : 34 Sloane Court,S.W. Clubs: United Service, British

Empire, Royal Colonial; Royal Naval,

Portsmouth. [Died 3 Nov. 1910.

RAWSON, Sir Rawson William, K.C.M.G. ;

cr. 1875 ; C.B. 1857 ; Colonial Governor,

retired, 1875 ; president International Statis-

tical Institute, 1885-98 ; vice-president K.

Geographical Society ; ex-president R. Stat-

istical Society ; b. London, 8 Sept. 1812 ;

e. s. of Sir William Rawson, K.B., and Jane,d. of Col. George Rawson, M.P. in last

Irish Parliament ; m. Mary-Anne Sophia,3rd d. of Hon. Rev. Henry Ward, 1850.

Educ. : Eton. Private Secretary to Vice-

President Board of Trade, 1841 ;Chief

Secretary in Canada, 1842 ; Treasurer of

Mauritius, 1844 ;Colonial Secretary Cape

of Good Hope, 1854 ; Governor of Bahamas,1864

;Governor-in-Chief of the Windward

Islands, 1869-75. Publications : Reports on

Mauritius Census of 1851 ; Immigration ol

Coolies and Valuation of the Rupee ;Mauri-

tius, 1845-54; Synopsis of the Ferns o)

South Africa, 1858;

Statistical Descriptioiof the Bahamas, and Account of the Humcane of 1866 in those Islands; Nassau

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 REAY

1866-68 ; Reports on Barbados Census of

1871 and Rainfall of Barbados, 1873-74 ;

British and Foreign Colonies, London, 1884 ;

International Vital Statistics, 1885 ; Synopsisof the Tariffs amLTrade of the British Empire,1884-85 ;

Territorial Partition of the Coast

of Africa, and European Territorial Claims

on Coasts of the Red Sea, 1884-85 ; OurCommercial Barometer, 1890-91 ; Analysisof the Maritime Trade of the United King-dom, 1869-89 ; the same, 1889-91 ; Ocean

Highways, or Approaches to the U.K., 1894.

Address : 68 Cornwall Gardens, S.W.[Died 20 Nov. 1899.

RAWSTORNE, Yen. Robert Atherton, M.A. ;

b 1824 ;m. Cecilia, d. of late Joseph Feiklen,

Witton Park, Lancashire, M.P., 1854.

Educ. : Brasenose College, Oxford (Hul-meian Exhibitioner) ;

Archdeacon of Black-

burn, 1885-99. Recreation : horticulture.

Address : Balderstone Grange, Blackburn.Club : United University.

[Died 4 Sept. 1902.

RAY, Major MacCarthy Emmet, D.S.O. 1904 ;

b. 17 Nov. 1867. Entered army, 1885 ;

Captain, 1896 ; Major, 1903;

served Bur-

mah, 1889 ; Chin-Lushai, 1891-92 ; Burmah,1891-92 ; China, 1900 (medal with clasp) ;

Thibet, 1903-4 (despatches, D.S.O.).[Died 27 June 1906.

RAYNER, Sir Thomas Crossley, Kt., cr. 1899;

K C Chief Justice, British Guiana, from1912 ;

b Manchester, 19 April 1860 ; s. of

Thomas Rayner, M.D., of Manchester;

m.

1889, Agnes, d. of William Harrison of OldTrafford, Manchester ; two s. one d. Educ. :

Owens College, Manchester. Called to the

Bar, Middle Temple, 1882, and joined the

Northern Circuit ;District Commissioner of

the Gold Coast Colony, 1887; Acting

Queen's Advocate, 1890 ; Stipendiary Magis-trate, Trinidad, 1891 ; Acting Puisne Judge,1891 and 1893; Acting .Commissioner of

Tobago, 1892 ;Chancellor of the Diocese

of Trinidad, 1893 ;Puisne Judge of the

Gold Coast Color y, 1894 ; Chief Justice of

the Colony of Lagos, 1895-1902 ; acted onthree occasions as Deputy Governor of

Lagos ; Attorney-Gen, of British Guiana1902 ;

Chancellor of the Diocese of Guiana.1903 ; prepared new edition of the Lawsof British Guiana, 1904. Recreations .

photography, cycling. Address : George-town, Demerara, Brit. Guiana. Clubs .

Royal Societies, West Indian.

[Died 22 May 1914

i REA, Edward Hugh, C.M.G., G.P.O. (retired)Address : 19 Victoria Road, Kensington, W

[Died 16 June 1901

READ, Clare Sewell, J.P.; distinguished

authority on farming ; b. 1826; e. s. o

Geo. Read and Sarah Ann, d. of late Clare

Sewell, Barton Bendish Hall; m. Sarah

Maria, o. d. of J. Watson, 1859. M.PE. Norfolk, 1865-68; S. Norfolk, 1868-80W. Norfolk, 1884-85 ; Parliamentary Secre

tary Local Government Board, 1874-75

resigned as a protest against regulationfor pleuro-pneumonia not being mad<uniform in England and Ireland, when thfarmers of England presented him witl

5500 and a service of plate. Address : 9

Kensington Gardens Square, W. Clubs

Carlton, Farmers'. [Died 22 Aug. 190Z

READ, Sir John Cecil, 9th Bt.;

cr. 1641b. 1820

; m. Anne, d. of Michael EaganDublin, 1838; S. father, 1842. Heirs. William. Address : Arawa Bront(

Waverley, N.S.W. [Died 2 March 1899

READ, William Henry McLeod, C.M.G. 1886b. London, 7 Feb. 1819 ; o. s. of C. R. Reaand Amelia, d. of David Fraser ; m. 1846

Marjory, d. of J. Cumming (d. 1849). Educ.private schools, England and France. Merchant ; Singapore, Hon. Police Magistrat

and J.P. 1862-85 ; several times thankedby Government for services during Chineseriots ; in Volunteers as private or officer

from 1854-79 ; member of the Municipalityfor 15 years (6 of which as president), andof Legislative Council, 1867-85; Consulfor Sweden and Norway, 1851-62

; Agentfor Netherlands Indian Government, 1847 ;

Consul for the Netherlands, 1854 ; pro-moted to Consul-General, 1877

; resigned,1885

; Knight of the Netherlands Lion,1865, and Knight Commander, 1874 ;

officer of the Royal Throne, Siam (Chulasura Bhorn), 1871. Address : 50 Shooter'sHill Road, Blackheath. [Died 10 May 1909.

IEAD, W. W., cricketer; Assistant-SecretarySurrey Cricket Club. Has played in all

the leading cricket matches for years as anamateur. Publications : Annals of Cricket.Address : Surrey Ground, Kenriington Oval,S.E. [Died 6 Jan. 1907.

READE, Herbert Taylor, V.C., C.B. ; Surgeon-General, retired ; Hon. Surgeon to theQueen ; b. Perth, Upper Canada, 20 Sept.1828; s. of G. H. Reade, Col. Com. 3rdRegt. Canadian Militia. Educ. : Quebecand Dublin. Indian Mutiny ; attack onFerozepore ; siege and assault of Delhi,1857. Address : Sunnylands, Park Gardens,Bath. [Died 23 June 1897.

READE, Surgeon Major-General Sir John ByCole, K.C.B., cr. 1903 ; C.B., 1886

; ArmyMedical Staff, retired; b. Perth, UpperCanada, 7 July 1832

; s. of late GeorgeHume Reade, Staff Surgeon, and formerlyColonel commanding 3rd Regt. of CanadianMilitia

; m. 1861, Harriette Fanny, d. of

Major J. D. D. Bean, Indian Army. Educ. :

private school ; Edinburgh University.L.R.C.S. Entered Army Med. Depart.1854

; became Surgeon-General, 1888 ;

retired, 1893; served throughout Crimean

Campaign, 1854-5 (wounded, medal with3 clasps, and Turkish medal) ; in IndianMutiny, 1857-8 (medal with clasp) ; in

Afghan War, 1879-80 (despatches, medal) ;

during the last 5 years of service was em-ployed as Professional Assistant (War Office)to Director-General Army Med. Depart. ;

appointed as Hon. Surgeon to Queen Vic-

toria, 1895 ; Hon. Surgeon to the King ;

granted reward for distinguished and meri-torious service, 1892

; Knight of Graceof the Order of St. John of Jerusalem ;

Jubilee medal, 1897 ; Coronation medal,1902 and 1911. Address: 25 ColeherneRoad, S.W. Club : Constitutional.

[Died 5 Nov. 1914.READE, Robert Henry, J.P., D.L. ; Chair-man York Street Flax Spinning Company,Limited, Belfast ; Member Northern Coun-ties' Committee, Midland Railway of

England ; of the Tariff Commission ;of

the Council of the Department of Agri-culture and Technical Instruction, Ireland ;

of the Representative Body of Church ofIreland ; and Standing Committee UlsterUnionist Council ; Chairman S. AntrimConstitutional Association ; s. of ThomasReade, M.D., Belfast, and Harriet, d. ofRev. James Traill Sturock, Rector of Sea-

patrick, Co. Down ; m. D. E. F., d. of Rev.George Robbins, Rector of Courteen Hall,Northants

; one s. two d. President LinenMerchants' Association, 1876; Flax Spin-ners Association, 1888-1894 ;

Flax SupplyAssociation, 1893-95 ; Belfast Chamber of

Commerce, 1881 and 1906; High Sheriff,

County Antrim, 1901. Address : Wilmont,Dunmurry, Co. Antrim. Clubs : Carlton ;

Ulster, Belfast. [Died 24 Feb. 1913.

REAY, Rev. Canon Thomas Osmotherley, M.A.Oxon

; V.D. ;Vicar of J'rittleweli from

1880 ; Cauou of St. Albans ;Rural Dean

of Canewdon, Southend, 1882 ; Chaplain to589

RECLUS WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Cumberland Benevolent Institution ; b. 24Jan. 1834 ; 5th s. of John and Jane Reayof The Gill, Bromfteld, Cumberland ; m.1871, Alice Julia Harriott, e. d. of late

John Borradaile, Chairman of National Bankof India, etc. ; two s. five d. Educ. : Eton(K.S.) : Exeter College, Oxford ; WellsTheological College. Eton XL 1850-52;played for 3 counties, Surray, Middlesex,Warwickshire ;

Free Forester, 1857 ; Curateof Wellington, Somersetshire ; HamptonLucy, Warwickshire ;

St. Andrew's. Wells

Street, W. ; Vicar of Dovercourt, Essex,1871-80 ; Chaplain to Garrison ArtilleryVolunteers, 1887-1908 ;

Chairman of South-end School Board and Member of SouthendLocal Board (retired) ;

succeeded to Cum-berland estates, 1902. Publications: His-

tory of Surrey Cricket ; Reminiscences of

Half a Century ago. Address : Prittlewell

Vicarage, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Club :

Alexandra Yacht, Southend.[Died 14 June 1914.

RECLUS, Jacques ,Elis6e, Professor of Com-parative Geography, New University of

Brussels, from 1894 ; geographical writer;

b. Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde, 15 March1830. Educ. : Rhenish Prussia, 1841-44

;

Sainte Foy, 1844-48 ; Protestant University,Montauban, 1849-50; University of Berlinunder K. Hitter, 1851. Fought againstthe Napoleonic Coup d'Etat, 1851, and asa refugee lived in England, in Ireland, inthe United States, in South America;fought with the Commune, 1871 ; sentencedto transportation for life ; sentence com-muted, 1872, into banishment ; lived in

Switzerland, 1873-1892; initiated Anti-

Marriage Movement, 1882. Publications :

La Terre, 1867, 5th ed. 1883; GeographicUniverselle, 1st vol. 1875, 19th, 1893;Histoire d'un Ruisseau, 18th ed. 1903;Histoire d'une Montagne, 7th ed. 1902;Evolution, Revolution, et I'ldâl anarchique,5th ed. 1903. Address : New University,Brussels. [Died 4 July 1905.

REDINGTON, Rt. Hon. Christopher Talbot,P.C. (Ireland), J.P., D.L. Co. Galway ;

High Sheriff, 1893 ; Resident Commissionerof National Education, Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor Royal University, Ireland, from1894

; b. 30 Sept. 1847;

e. *. of Sir ThomasN. Redington, Kilcornan, Co. Galway, andAnne Eliza, e. d. of late John H. Talbot,Talbot Hall Co. Wexford ; unmarried.Educ. : Oscott Coll. Birmingham ; Christ

Church, Oxford. 1st class Final Classical

School, 1868;member of Piers and Roads

Commission, 1886 ; of Poor Relief (Ireland)Inquiry Commission, 1887 ; of MiningRoyalties Commission, 1889 ;

of EvictedTenants Commission, 1892. Address : Kil-

cornan, Oranmore, Ireland. Club : Athe-naeum, S.W. [Died 5 Feb. 1899.

REDMOND, Lieut.-Gen. John Patrick Sutton,C.B. ; Col. of Gloucestershire Regt. En-tered army, 1842

; Lieut.-Gen. 1881; served

with 61st Rest, through Punjab Campaign,1848-49, including Chillianwallah (medal withtwo clasps) ; expedition into Eusofziecountry (medal with clasp) ; commandeddetachment of 61st Regt. in repulsingmutineers, Ferozepore ; siege of Delhi

(medal with clasp. C.B.). Club : Army andNavy. [Dwd 7 March 1902.

REDPATH, Rev. Henry A., D.Litt., M.A. ;

Rector of S. Dumtan in the East, London,from 1898 ; b. 19 June 1848 ; e. s. of late

Henry S. lledpath of Sydenham, Kent ;

m. the late Catherine II., d. of the late H. P.Auber ;

one s. Educ. : Merchant Taylors' ;

Queen's College, Oxford (Scholar) ; 2ndclass in Classics Moderations ;

3rd in Greats;

Public Examiner. Vicar of Wolvercote,Oxoii. 1880

;chief secretary of Additional

590

Curates Society 1883; Rector of Holwell,Dorset, 1883; formerly Vicar of Sparsholtwith . Kingstone Lisle, Berks ; GrinfteldLecturer on the LXX. in the Univ. of Oxford,1901. Publications : editor with E. Hatch,D.D., of the Concordance to the Septuagiutwith Hebrew equivalents (Clarendon Press) ;

author of Modern Criticism and the Bookof Genesis

; Christ the Fulfilment of Pro-phecy ; The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel

;

and many theological articles and reviews.Recreations : music and foreign travel. Ad-dress : 10 Idol Lane, E.C. Clubs : RoyalSocieties

;Union Society, Oxford.

[Died 24 Sept. 1908.REE, Sir Frank ; Kt., cr. 1913

; GeneralManager London and North-Western Rail-

way Company, and North London Railv/ayCompany, from 1909 ; Lt.-Col. Engineerand Railway Staff Corps ; Member of WarRailway Council ; . of late Dr. HenryPawle Ree, London ; m. Amy Susan, o. d.

of late William Terry, Peterborough House,Fulham. Educ. : Royal College, Epsom ;

France, Switzerland, and Germany. En-tered the L. and N.-W. Railway Service,1873

;was District Manager in Liverpool,

and Chief Goods Manager in London.Address : Antoneys, Pinner, Middlesex.Club : St. Stephen's. [Died 17 Feb. 1914.

REED, Sir Andrew ; Kt., cr. 1889; K.C.B.,

cr. 1897; C.V.O. 1900; b. Galway, 26Sept. 1837 ; s. of late John Reed and MaryAdamson

; m. 1867, Elizabeth Mary (d.

1913), o. d. of Hamilton Lyster. Educ.:Erasmus Smith's School

; Queen's Coll.,

Galway. LL.B. Gold medallist ; LL.D.Queen's Univ. Ireland. Irish Bar, 1873.Entered Royal Irish Constabulary as cadet,1859

; successively District Inspector, CountyInspector, and Assistant Inspector-General ;

Divisional Commissioner, 1883-85 ;as such

had police charge of counties of Clare,

Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon;

for ser-

vices in connection with suppression of riots

in Belfast, 1886, received the thanks of

Government in House of Commons;

In-

spector-General, 1885-1900. Publications :

Liquor Laws of Ireland ; Irish Constable'sGuide

; Policeman's Manual ; pamphletson Reformation of Criminals, Probation of

Offenders, and Reform of Liquor LicensingLaws. Recreation : golf. Address : 23Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. Club : RoyalSt. George Yacht, Kingstown, Dublin.

[Died 7 Nov. 1914.

REED, Sir Edward James, K.C.B., cr. 1880 ;

F.R.S.; J.P. ; b. 20 Sept. 1830

; m. 1851,

Rosetta, d. of Nathaniel Barnaby. Educ. :

School of Mathematics and Naval Construc-

tion, Portsmouth. Chief Constructor of

Navy, 1863-70; Lord of Treasury, 1886;M.P. Pembroke, 1874-80; Cardiff, 1880-95,1900-1906. Publications: Our Iron-clad

Ships, 1869 ; Letters from Russia in 1875,1876 ; Japan, 1880 ; The Stability of Ships,

1884; Fort Minster, M.P., 1885; ModernShips of War (with Admiral Simpson), 1888 ;

Poems, 1902. Address : Broadway ChambersWestminster, S.W.

;The Lodge, Ascot.

[Died 30 Nov. 1906.

REED, Thomas Brackett, member of Reed,Simpson, Thacher, and Barnum, Couusellors-

at-law, from 1899; b. 18 Oct. 1839 ;

o. s. of

late Thomas Brackett Reed and Matilda d.

of Nath. Mitchell. Educ. : Public Schoolsof Portland, Me. Bowdoin College. EnglishOration ; 1st prize English Composition,Bowdoin College; LL.D. Colby Universityand Bowdoin Coll. ; Columbia University.A.A. Paymaster, U.S.A. 1864-65; memberof House of Representatives and Senate of

Maine, 1868-70; Attorney-General of Maine,

1870-73; M.C. 1st Me. District, 1876; Speakerof the House, 1889-91 ; Speaker, 1895-98.


Publications : Heed's Parliamentary Rules;

Essays. Address : 25 Broad Street, NewYork City. [Died 8 Dec. 1902.

REES, Sir Josiah, Kt. ; cr. 1891; Chief Justice

and Judge of V. Admiralty Court, Bermuda,from 1878 ; b. 1821 ; widower. Educ. :

University College, London. Barr. MiddleTemple,|1851. Address: Gelligron, Hamilton,Bermuda. [Died Nov. 1899.

REEVES, Henry Albert, F.R.C.S.E. ; Consult-ing Surgeon to the Hospital for Women,Soho Square ; and to the WestminsterGeneral Dispensary ; b. Calcutta, fatherNaval Architect. Educ. : Edward VI.Grammar School, St. Albaris. DemonstratedAnatomy first at the Middlesex HospitalMedical College, then at the London HospitalCollege ; formerly Surgeon to the Hospitalfor Women

;Senior Surgeon to the Royal

Orthopaedic Hospital ; Surgeon to the EastLondon Children's Hospital ; and Surgeonto the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.Publications : Human Morphology ; atreatise on Practical and Applied Anatomy ;

Bodily Deformities and their Treatment ;

various papers to Medical Scientific Societies.Recreations : chess, boating, and fishing.

[Died 16 Jan. 1914.REEVES, Col. Henry Spencer Edward, C.B.

1881;

retired ; b. East Sheen, 15 May 1843 ;

2nd s. of late Rev. F. J. H. Reeves of EastSheen, Surrey Educ. : privately. JoinedCommissariat Department, 1861

; SouthAfrican War, 1879; Zulu Campaign andoperations against Sekukuni ; was actingorderly officer at storming of Sekukuni'sstronghold (despatches, medal with clasp) ;

Transvaal Campaign, 1881 ; Egyptian Ex-pedition, 1882, as Director of Transport(despatches, medal, bronze star, 3rd class

Medjidie, granted relative rank of Lt.-Col.) ;

transferred to Army Service Corps, 1888 ;

A.A.G. for A.S.C., 1888-90; Assist. Q.M.G.

at Headquarters, 1890-93. Address : 34Cambridge Square, W. Clubs : UnitedService, Naval and Military.

[Died 13 July 1914.REEVES, Col. John, C.B. 1900; Brigadier-

General on the Staff, South Africa, from 1900;b. 3 Feb. 1854; s. of late Rt. Rev. Wm.Reeves, D.D., LL.D., etc., Lord Bishop ofDown

; m. 1886, Edith Emily, o. c. of JohnI. Marfieet of Winthorpe, Notts. Educ. :

Trinity College, Dublin; Royal Staff Coll.

Entered army, 1874; commanded 2nd

Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers,1895-1900

; served Egypt. War; present at

battles of El-Teb and Tamasi, and affair atTamanieb and Relief of Tokar: servedthrough whole of South African Campaignfrom 11 Nov. 1899 (wounded on 21 Feb. 1900.in relief of Ladysmith operations; despatches).Decorated for services in South African Cam-paign. Clubs : Naval and Military, UnitedService. [Died 14 July 1904.

REEVES, John Sims, tenor singer ; b. Shooter'sHill, Kent, 21 Oct. 1822. Educ. : by hisfather and by T. Cooke, Hobbs, Bordogni.Mazzucato, and other professors of singing.First appearance on the stage at Newcastle,1839 ; debut at La Scala, 1845, as Edgardo,in Lucia di Larnmermoor, Ernani, and otheroperas ; Drury Lane Theatre, as Edgardo, inLucia di Lammermoor, 1847 ; Her Majesty'sTheatre, as Carlo, in Linda di Chamouni,1848

; Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden,1849

; in oratorio, made his debut in JudasMaccabeus, 1848 ; created the tenor parts inoratorios by Costa, Horsley, Moligne, Sullivanand others, Her Majesty's Theatre, 1860 ;

also in ballad operas until 1888.

[Died 25 Oct. 1900.REEVES, Hon. Sir William Conrad ; cr. 1889

;

Chief Justice Barbados from 1886 ; b. 1838 ;

m. Margaret, e. d. of J. P. R. Rudder, 1868 ;

REID

Barr. Middle Temple, 1863 ; Q.C. 1883 ;

Attorney-Gen. Barbados, 1882-86. Address :

The Eyrie, St. Michael, Barbados.[Died 8 Jan. 1902.

REGNART, Sir Horace Grece, Kt., cr. 1907 ;

J.P. ; President of Messrs. Maple & Co ,

Tottenham Court Road ; Chairman FrederickHotels, Ltd. ; Director Greenwich LinoleumCo., Ltd. ; b. 1841

; s. of Charles Regnart ofGrenville, Jersey; m. 1870, Mary, d. ofWilliam Makepeace. Address : 29 GordonSquare, W.C.

; Frith Manor, Mill Hill, N.W.Clubs : National Liberal, Devonshire.

[Died 8 March 1912.REICH, Dr. Emil, of Eperjes, Hungary;

Doctor Juris Universi (Vienna) ; author andlecturer on History ; b. 24 March 1854 ; s. oflate Louis Reich of Eperjes, Hungary ; m.1893, Celine Labulle, of Paris

; one d. Educ. :

Eperjes, Kassa, Prague, Budapest, andVienna University. Up to his 30th yearstudied almost exclusively in libraries ; find-ing books unsatisfactory for a real compre-hension of history, he determined to travelextensively in order to complement the studyof books with the study of realities ; spentfive years in the United States, four in

France, and was, with interruptions, forabout thirteen years in England ; lecturedfrequently at Oxford, Cambridge, and LondonUniversities ; was employed by Her late

Majesty Queen Victoria's Government in thepreparation of the British case in the Vene-zuela boundary affair. Publications : Historyof Civilisation; Grseco-Roman Institutions(Oxford lectures) ; Hungarian Literature ;

Atlas of English History ; Handbook of

Geography, chiefly physiographic and mathe-matical ; Foundations of Modern Europe ;

Success among Nations; the Foreigner in

History ; Select Documents illustratingMediaeval and Modern History ; AtlasAntiquus ; Atlas of Modern History ;

Principal Chapters from the great Philo-sophers ; The Fundamental Principles ofEvidence ; Imperialism ; The Failure ofthe Higher Criticism of the Bible

; Plato, asan Introduction to Modern Life

; Success inLife ; General History of Western Nations(Part I., 3 vols., Antiquity) ; Nights withthe Gods, 1909. Recreations: long walks,music. Address : 33 St. Luke's Road,Notting Hill, W. [Died 11 Dec. 1910.

REICHARDT, Charles Henry, proprietor andeditor of Wealth ; b. 26 Jan. 1851 ; s. ofFriederich Reichardt and Wilhelmina, d. of

W. Beilicke, a descendant of a long line of

physicians ; g. s. of Col. F. Reichardt, whodistinguished himselfm the Napoleonic wars ;

m. Emily Anne, 2nd d. of late Daniel Butlerof Bath and of Claremont House, Corsham,Wilts. Educ. : Training Coll. Grim ma,Saxony, 1865-70 ; Univ. of Leipzig, 1871-74.Contributor to many German periodicals ;

founder of, and for six years hon. sec. of theGerman Masters' Association in England,which numbered at one time over 1000

members, and was supported by the reigningGerman sovereigns and their governments ;

inventor' of many instructive games for

schools. Publications : Logic and Rhetoric,2 vols. 1876 ; The German Master in England,1882 ; Ornaments of Language, 1883 ;

FrenchGrammar for English Students, 1884 ;

founder, principal proprietor, and for five

years editor of Pick-me-up ; also founder,

editor, and one of the principal proprietorsof St. Paul's and Madame ; joint-author of

the play The Picture Dealef. Recreations::

riding, fishing, chess, billiards, readingShakespeare. Address : 25 Albion Road,Hampstead, N.W. Clubs : German Athen-

aeum, Playgoers'. [Died 7 Feb. 1903.

REID, Major-General Sir Alexander JohnForsyth, K.C.B., cr, 1900 ; retired ;

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REID WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Army ; Colonel 29th Punjabis ; D.-L. Countyof City of Aberdeen

;b. Auchindoir, Aber-

deenshire, 21 Aug. 1846 ; 2nd s. of Rev.William Reid, Auchindoir, and ElizabethMary, d. of Rev. Robert Scott, Glenbucket ;

m. 1908, Alexandra Catharine Dyce, e. d. ofSir David Stewart of Banchory-Devenick.Educ. : Aberdeen University (M.A., LL.D.).Joined 109th Regt., 1867 ; transferred to

Bengal Staff Corps, 1871 ; commanded 29thPunjab Infantry, 1889-98 ; served AfghanWar, 1878-80 (dangerously wounded, de-

spatches, medal with clasp, Brevet-Major) ;

Hazara Expedition, 1888 (despatches, medalwith clasp, Brevet Lieut.-Col.) ; 1st and 2ndMiranzai Expeditions, 1891 (despatches,clasp) ; Chitral Expedition, 1895 ; Relief ofChitral (medal with clasp) ; North-WestFrontier of India Campaign, 1897-98 ;

commanded Malakand Relief Column ; com-manded Uthman Khel Column (despatches,2 clasps, C.B.) ; commanded 3rd InfantryBrigade China Expeditionary Force, 1900-1(despatches, medal, K.C.B.) ;

is chairmanCounty of City of Aberdeen TerritorialAssociation. Publication : The Rev.Alexander John Forsyth and his inventionof the Percussion Lock. Address : Aboyne,Aberdeenshire. Club : United Service.

[Died 4 Sept. 1913

REID, Archibald D., A.R.S.A. ; Member of

Royal Scottish Water Colour Society; b.

Aberdeen, 1844 ; m. 1893, Margaret, d. oflate George Sim, farmer, Kintore, Aberdeen-shire. Educ. : Robert Gordon's College,Aberdeen. Subsequently spent several yearsin mercantile offices ; entered Royal Scottish

Academy, 1867 ; studied in Paris under M.Julien, 1878 ; painted mainly landscapes andportraits ; travelled and sketched in Spain,France, and Holland. Address : St. Luke's,Kepplestone, Aberdeen.

[Died 30 Aug. 1908.

REID, Sir Charles, G.C.B., K.C.B. ;cr. 1871 ;

General Officer (unemployed) ; b. London,March 1819 ; s. of George Reid, Friendshipand Bunker's Hill, Jamaica, and d. of lateSir Charles Oakley, Bt. ; m. Lavinia, d. of

Capt. John Fisher, 1846 (d. 1888). Educ. :

Repton. Entered E.I.C.S. at 16 years of age,1835

; served in Upper Scinde under SirCharles Napier, 1843 ;

with Sirmoor battalionat Budiwal, Aliwal, and Sobraon (brought thebattalion out of action, and had horse twice

wounded), etc. (medal and clasp) ; withMartaban column during the war in Burmah,1852-53 (medal and clasp) ;

commanded theSirmoor battalion (Goorkhas) throughout the

Mutiny in India ; present at battle of BadulSerai, and throughout siege of Delhi, andcommanded all advanced posts on the rightof the Delhi ridge, 8th June to 14th Sept.1857, during which period 26 separate attackson those positions were repulsed ; commandedcolumn for attack of the enemy's strongposition in Kissengunge ; severely woundedwhilst commanding 4th column of assault onDelhi, 14 Sept. 1857 (medal and clasp, brevetof Lieut.-Col.) ;

served Oude campaign,1858-59 ; made Col. and A.D.C. to QueenVictoria

; Maj.-Gen. 1867 ; Lieut.-Gen. 1875;

brevet Gen. 1877 ; received thanks of Parlia-

ment, and on four separate occasions duringthe Mutiny thanks of Government of India

;

a "good service

" and " wound "pensions.

Address : 97 Earl's Court Road, Kensington,S.W. Club : United Service.

[Died 23 Aug. 1901.

REID, Sir Edward, Kt., cr. 18G8 ; J.P. ; mer-chant ;

b. 17 May 1819 ;s. of Rev. E. Reid,

Ramelton [g.-g.-g.s. of John Reid, exiled to theBass Rock during the religious persecutionsof the Presbyterians (King Chas. II.), whofrom there was banished to Jamaica, butreturned to Ireland and settled in Lurgon,

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Armagh] ; m. Agnes, 3rd d. of Duncan Mon-teith, formerly of Calcutta, merchant, 1871 ;

three s. one d. Educ. : Ramelton School.Commenced mercantile life in Londonderry,1834

; Mayor of Derry, 1867-68, 1880-82on the Roll for High Sheriff of LondonderryCity and County, 1887. Address : TheGrange, Epsom Road, Croydon, Surrey.

[Died 2 June 1912.REID, Sir George, Kt., cr. 1891

; R.S A.

H.R.H.A..LL.D., Universities of St. Andrews,Aberdeen, and .Edinburgh ; D.L. ; PresidentRoyal Scottish Academy, 1891-1902 : bAberdeen, 31 Oct. 1841 ; 3rd *. of late GeorgeReid and Esther Tait ; m. Margaret, 2nd dof Thomas Best, Aberdeen, 1882. Educ. :

Aberdeen Grammar School. Address : Hilly-lands, Oakhill, Somerset

; St. Luke's,Aberdeen. [Died 9 Feb. 1913.

REID, Sir Henry Valentine Rae, 4th Bt., cr.1823

; b. 13 Feb. 1845 ; S. b. 1885; m. 1895,

Julia, d. of late J. S. Newson Budd, Madras.Heir : none. Address : Amerden Grove,Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Club : JuniorCarlton. [Died 4 Sept. 1903.

REID, Sir Hugh Gilzean-, Kt., cr. 1893; Hon.

LL.D. Aberdeen, and State University.Columbia, U.S.A.

; J.P. Warwickshire andMiddlesex ; D.L. Yorkshire ; b. Cruden,.Aberdeenshire, 11 Aug. 1836

; m. Anne (d.

1895), d. of John Craig ; two s. seven d.Educ. : Episcopalian and Free Churchschools

; University classes at Aberdeen andEdinburgh. Commenced in art publishingoffice, Aberdeen

; chose journalism as a pro-fession ; after conducting papers in Peter-head (1856) and in Edinburgh (1859), led in

founding daily and weekly newspapers inYorkshire (North-Eastern Daily Gazette, thefirst existing halfpenny evening paper in thekingdom), Lancashire, the Midlands, andLondon ; originated Edinburgh Co-operativehouse-building movement, 1861

; chief

founder, first president, 1888-90, and Fellowof the Institute of Journalists ; a promoterof the International Press Union, founded in

Belgium, 1894 ; first President World's Press

Parliament, U.S.A. ; first M.P. (L.) for AstonManor, Warwickshire, 1886

; advocated fromyouth international penny postage ; Presi-dent Society of Newspaper Proprietors andManagers, 1898-99

; connected with the ironand steel industries ; resided much in Bel-

gium ; took early part in promoting civilisingand religious agencies in the Congo ;

Officerof the Order of Leopold, 1897, Knight-Commander of the Order of the Crown, 1899.Publications : the story of Old Oscar ;

'Tween Gloamin' and the Mirk; Studies and

Sketches of Landseer ; Biographies of theRev. John Skinner (pre-Burnd Scottish song-writer), Disraeli, President Garfield, etc.

Recreations : continental travel and collect-

ing original sketches and studies by artists

of distinction. Address : Tenterden Hall,via Hendon, Middlesex, N.W. Clubs : lie-

form; Cleveland, Middlesbrough ; Aberdeen

University. [Died 5 2Vw. J9JI.

REID, James, Hon. Col. Jst Renfrew andDumbarton Royal Garrison Artillery (Vols.)

1900; Chairman of Fleming, Reid, & Co.,

Ltd., worsted spinners and hosiery manu-facturers, Greenock ; J.P., D.L. Renfrew-shire

; Past Provincial Grand Master of

Freemasons of Renfrewshire West ; b. 24

May 1839 ; s. of late Henry Reid, merchant,Belfast; m. 1872, Jessie Itybuni (d. J8'J!>),

d. of John Galbreatlj, merchant, Greenock.Educ. : Belfast Academy ; Queen's Univ.Belfast. M.P. (C.) Greenock, J 900-1900. Ad-dress : Monfode, Greenock. Clubs : Conser-

vative, Carlton. \Died 29 June J'J08.

REID, James Robert, C.l.K 1890; formerlyI.C.S.

; b. 5 Nov. J838; s. of Alexander Reid,

LL.D., Edinburgh ; /. 1893, Margaret, d. ol

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RENDEL

Capt. J. P. Luce, R.N. ; two s. Educ.:Edinburgh Univ. Entered Bengal Civil

Service, 1800 ; retired, 1894 ; Secretary to

Government, N.W. Provinces, 1882; Chief

Secretary to N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 1884;

Member of Board of Revenue, 1890 ; Memberof Legislative Council, 1891. Address: 11

Magdala Crescent, Edinburgh. Club : Uni-

versity, Edinburgh. [Died 25 Dec. 1908.

REID, Very Rev. James Watson, Rector of

Christ Church, Glasgow, 1859-1903 ; Deanof Glasgow and Galloway, 1890 - 190o.

Ordained 1849 : Chaplain to Bishop of

Glasgow, 1849-50. Address : 2 Seton Terrace,Dennistoun, Glasgow. [Died 9 Aug. 1904.

REID, Sir John Watt, K.C.B., cr. 1882;Honorary Physician to King Edward VII.1901 ;

b. Edinburgh, 10 May 1823 ; s. of late

John Watt Reid, Surgeon R.N., and JaneHenderson ; m. Georgina, y. d. of C. J. Hill,

Halifax, N.S., 1863. Educ. : EdinburghAcademy and University, etc. L.R.C.S.E.,1844 ; M.D. Aberdeen, 1856

; LL.D. Edin-

burgh, 1884 ;Hon. Physician to Queen

Victoria, 1881 ;entered Royal Navy, 1845 ;

Medical Director-Gen. 1880-88, when heretired ; served Russian War in Black Sea,1854-56 ; China War, 1857-59 ; AshantiCampaign, 1874 (despatches, medals, andclasps) ;

Jubilee Medal, 1897. Club : Bathand County, Bath. [Died 25 Feb. 1909.

REID, Sir (Thomas) Wemyss, Kt., cr. 1894 ;

general manager and director of Cassell &Co. ; editor of the Speaker from its founda-tion until October 1899 ; b. 1842 ; s. of Rev.Alexander Reid, Newcastle, and Jessie Eliza-

beth, d. of Thomas Wemyss, Darlington ;

m. 1st, 1867, Kate (d. 1870), d. of Rev. JohnThornton ; 2nd, Louisa, d. of BenjaminBerry. Editor Leeds Mercury, 1870-87 ;

'Hon. LL.D. of St. Andrews University, 1893 ;

knighted "for services to letters and politics,"1894 ; President of the Institute of Journalists,1898-99. Publications : Cabinet Portraits,1872

;Charlotte Bronte, 1877 ;

Politicians

of To-day, 1879 ;The Land of the Bey, 1882 ;

A Memoir of John Deakin Heaton, 1883 ;

Gladys Fane, 1883 ; Mauleverer's Millions,1885

;Life of the lit. Hon. W. E. Forster,

1888 ; Life of Richard Monckton Milnes,1st Lord Houghton, 1891 ; Life of LordPlayfair, 1899 ;

Life of William Black, 1902 ;

edited Life of W. E. Gladstone, 1899. Recrea-tions : travel, conversation. Address : 26Bramham Gardens, S. Kensington, S.W.Clubs : Reform, Cosmopolitan, NationalLiberal. [Died 26 Feb. 1905.

REID, Hon. Whitelaw ; American Ambassadorto England from 1905 ; proprietor and editorNew York Tribune ;

b. Xenia, Ohio, 27 Oct.1837

; parents pioneers from Kentucky andVermont in settlement of Ohio, and of ScotchCovenanter origin; m. 1881, Elizabeth, d.

of late Darius Ogden Mills, New York ; ones. one d. Educ. : Miami University, Ohio,1856. Scientific honours of class at gradua-tion

; M.A. Miami Univ. Dartmouth Coll. andUniversity of City of New York; LL.D.Miami University 1891, Princeton 1899, Yale

1901, Cambridge 1902, St. Andrews 1905 ;

D.C.L. Oxford, 1907 ; LL.D., Manchester,1909

; Chancellor Union University, N.Y.,1900

; elected for life by Legislature of NewYork successor to General John A. Dix onBoard of Regents of the Univ. of the State ;

Vice-Chancellor of University, 1902 ;and

Chancellor in 1904. Editor of weekly paperin native county two years ; Captain andVolunteer aide, staff of Maj.-Gen. ThomasA. Morris, and afterwards staff Maj.-Gen.W. S. Rosecrans, U.S.A., first campaignsCivil War, 1861

; army correspondent Cin-

cinnati Gazette at Pittsburg landing, SecondBull Run, Gettysburg, and elsewhere, 1862-164

; Clerk, Military Committee House of

Representatives, 1863; Librarian, House

of Representatives, 1864-66 ; cotton planterin Louisiana, 1866-67 ; editorial staff NewYork Tribune, 1868 ; editor-in-chief andchief proprietor, 1872 ; became in 1873 oneof the pioneers in the movement for tall

buildings in New York, erecting on the siteof the old Tribune Building a new structurefar higher than any then existing in the city ;

formed syndicate to purchase undevelopedinventions for doing typesetting or its

equivalent by machinery ; from these lino-

type developed and first put in use in hisoffice ; organised Mergenthaler Linotype Co.,established its manufactories in Brooklyn ;

became its first President, and remained atits head till about time sent abroad as UnitedStates Minister to France, 1889-92 ; Re-publican candidate for Vice-President of theUnited States on ticket with PresidentHarrison, 1892 ; Special Ambassador toGreat Britain for the Queen's Jubilee, 1897 ;

Commissioner Paris Conference for Treaty ofPeace between United States and Spain,1838 ; Special Ambassador to Great Britainfor Coronation of Edward VII., 1902. Pub-lications : After the War, A Southern Tour,1866

; Ohio in the War, 1868; Introduction

to American and English editions, Memoirsof Talleyrand, 1891 ; Problems of Expansion,1900

;Introduction to Smith's Political

History of Slavery in the United States, 1903 ;

The Scot in America and the Ulster Scot,1912

;numerous speeches, magazine articles,

etc. Recreations : riding, driving, rowing,shooting. Address : Dorchester House,Park Lane, W. ; Wrest Park, Ampthill,Bedfordshire ;

451 Madison Avenue, N.Y. ;

Ophir Hall, Purchase, N.Y. ; Camp Wild-air,Lake St. Regis, New York. Clubs : Marl-

borough, Athenaeum, Travellers', UnitedService, Savage ; Union, Century, UnionLeague, Lotos, University, Metropolitan,Grolier, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Riding, NewYork Farmers, Republican, . Arts, AmericanYacht, Knollwood, Apawamis, Burlingame,Pacific Union, New York. [Died 15 Dec. 1912.

REITH, Rev. David, M.A. ;Hon. Canon of

Rochester from 1891 ; Vicar of St. Andrew's,Watford, from 1892 ; b. Aberdeen, 1842 ;

e. s. of late Archibald Reith, surgeon, Aber-deen ; m. 1871, Ellen Bradley, y. d. of late

Roger Holinsworth of Edgbaston, Birming-ham ; one s. two d. Educ. : Gram. Schooland Univ. of Aberdeen. Tutor at NorfolkTerrace School, Brighton, 1865-68 ; ordainedto Curacy of St. Martin's, Birmingham, 1868 ;

Vicar of Christ Church, Greenwich, 1874 ;

Rural Dean of Greenwich, 1886 ;member of

Greenwich Board of Guardians for sixteen

years ; member of Metropolitan AsylumsBoard for three years ;

Vice-Chairman of

Watford School Board; Chairman of Col.

and Con. Church Society ;Assessor under

the Clergy Discipline Act, 1892, for the

Cathedral Chapter of Rochester. Publica-tions : Sermons and Essays published in the

Church of England Pulpit and Ecclesiastical

Review. Recreations : riding, driving,and golf. Address : St. Andrew's Vicarage,Watford. Club : Westminster.

[Died 5 Oct. 1909.

RENALS, Sir Joseph, 1st Bart., cr. 1895 ;Lieu-

tenant for City of London ;Officer of Legion

of Honour ; b. 21 Feb. 1843 ;s. of William

Renals, The Park, Nottingham ; m. Mary,d. of Alfred Wilson, 1870. Lord Mayor of

London, 1894-95. Heir : s. James, b. 1870.

Address : The Poplars, Bickley, Kent.[Died 1 Nov. 1908.

RENDEL, George Wightwick, s. of late J. M.Rendel F.R.S. Educ. : Harrow. Joined

Sir William Armstrong's firm at Elswick as

managing partner of the Elswick OrdnanceWorks, 1858 ; directed the same (with Capt

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RENDEL WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Noble) for 24 years; in March 1882 wasmade Professional Civil Lord of the Admiralty,which post he resigned in 1885. Address :

Posilippo, near Naples. Club : Athenaeum.[Died 9 Oct. 1902.

RENDEL, 1st Baron (cr. 1894), Stuart Rendel,J.P.

; President University Coll. Wales from1895 ; b. 2 July 1834 ; 3rd s. of late JamesMeadows Rendel, F.R.S., C.E. ; m. Ellen(d. 1912), d. of William Egerton Hubbard,Leonard's Lee, Horsham, and niece of 1stBaron Addington, 1857. Educ. : Eton ;

Oriel Coll. Oxford (B.A.). Barr. InnerTemple, 1861

; late member of Sir W.Armstrong & Co., engineers; M.P. (G.)Montgomeryshire, 1880-94. Heir : none.Address: Hatchlands, Guildford

; Chateaude Thorenc, Cannes ; 10 Palace Green,Kensington Palace Gardens, W. Club :

Athenaeum. [Died 4 June 1913.

RENNIE, James, C.B. 1858; b. 1814. Entered

naval service of H.E.I.C., 1828; joined

Indian Navy, 1829 ; retired as Commander,1858

; served China, 1841-42 ; Burmah,1852-53 (despatches, medal and clasp, swordof honour from Directors, E.I.C.) ; PersianGulf, 1857 (despatches, medal and clasp,thanked by Gov.-General of India) ; IndianMutiny, 1857-58 ; Superintendent of Marineand Marine Secretary to Indian Government,1858-63. [Died 30 Nov. 1903.

RENNIE, Sir Richard Temple, Kt., cr. 1882;b. London, 17 May 1839 ; s. of late GeorgeRennie, M.P. ; m. Marie (d. 1874), widow ofThomas de la Rue, 1867. Educ. : privately.Barr. Inner Temple, 1860

; appointed Judgeof H.B.M.'s Court for Japan, 1878; ChiefJustice of the Supreme Court in China, Japan,and Shanghai, 1882; retired on pension, 1891.Recreations: golf, fishing. Address: 115Piccadilly, W. Clubs : Reform, Windham,Wellington. [Died 14 Apr. 1905.

RENNY, General Henry, C.S.I, (cr. 1869) ; Col.of 2nd Batt. Royal North Lancashire Regt.(old 81st) ; b. 1815 ; s. of late AlexanderRenny-Tailyour, Borrowfleld, Forfarshire, byd. of Sir Alex. Ramsay, 1st Bart, of Balmain ;

m. Eleanor Anne Hepburn of Rickarton,Kincardineshire. Educ. : private schools.Entered Army, 1833; commanded 81stRegiment, 1854-65 ; commanded divisions,Lucknow and Umballa, 1861-63; com-manded brigade at Aldershot, 1865-69;Major-Gen.'s command at Ceylon, 1869-74 ;

served Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 (medal) ;

Eusofzie Expedition (medal with clasp) ;

served uninterruptedly for forty-one yearson full pay. Decorated for services at thedisarmament of the native troops at MeanMear, Lahore, and at the Mutiny in India.Recreations : in early life hunting, shooting,rowing. Address: 34 Evelyn Gardens,S.W. Club : United Service.

RENOUF, Sir Peter le Page, Kt. ; c?\896j

president Society of Biblical Archaeology from1887

; b. Guernsey, 23 Aug. 1822; s. of

Joseph Renouf and Mary le Page ; m. Ludo-wika, d. of Christian Brentano La Roche,Frankfort-on-Main. Educ. : Elizabeth Coll.

Guernsey ; Pembroke Coll. Oxford. Classicaltutor St. Mary's Coll. Oscott ; Professor ofAncient History and Oriental Languages,Catholic University, Ireland, 1855-64 ; H.M.Inspector of Schools, 1864-85

; Keeper ofOriental Antiquities British Museum, 1855-1891; Hibbert lecturer, 1879. Publications:numerous articles in Proceedings of theSociety of Biblical Archaeology, etc. ; AnElementary Grammar of the AncientEgyptian Language, 1875

; Lectures on theReligion of Ancient Egypt, 1879

; A Transla-tion of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.Address : 46 Roland Gardens, SouthKensington. [Died 14 Oct. 1897.

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RENZIS, Francesco de, 12th Baron diMontanaro, 5th Baron di San Bartolomeo ;

Italian Ambassador in London ; b. in Capuas. of Octave de Renzis, 10th Baron diMontanaro, 3rd Baron di San Bartolomeo ;

m. Edith, d. of Baron Gounino. EducMilitary Coll. in Naples. Captain MilitaryEngineers; Aide-de-Camp to King VictorEmanuel ; Member of Parliament at RomeMinister Plenipotentiary at Brussels ; Am-bassador at Madrid. Publications: manypolitical publications, romances, novels andcomedies, lectures, verses, etc.

; AnankS :

Volutta; Virgine di marmo; Proverb!

Drammatisi, etc. Recreation: bicycle.Address : 20 Grosvenor Square, W. Clubs :

Marlborough, St. James's.

RETTIE, Middleton; .

Advocate; editor of Law Reports, Scotland

(Court of Session and House of Lords) from1865; e. s. of William Rettie, Merchant,Aberdeen ; m. 1863, Isobel (d. 1898), o. c. ofJohn Kerr of Dunearn, Fifeshire

; three .

one d. Educ. : Aberdeen Grammar School;

Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities (Aber-deen University, M.A., 1847

; Hon LL D1894). Called to Scottish Bar, 1855. Ad-dress : 16 Great King Street, Edinburgh.

[Died 25 Dec. 1910.REUTER, Baron de, Auguste Julius Clemens

Herbert ; Managing Director of Reuter'sTelegram Co. ; b. 10 March 1852

; e, s. of lateBaron de Reuter

; S. father, 1899; m. 1876,

Edith, d. of late Robert Campbell of BuscotPark, Berks

; one s. one d. Educ. : HarrowOxford; Paris. Heir: s. Herbert Julius'b. 6 Sept. 1878. Address : 15 Palace Gate'W. [Died 18 Apr. 1915'

REUTER, Paul Julius de, Baron of the Duchyof Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 1871

; DirectorReuter's Telegram Co. ; b. Cassel, 21 July1816

; m. Ida, d. of S. M. Magnus, Berlin,1845. From 1849, as various telegraph lineswere opened, he worked them into his world-famous agency ; in 1851, when the cable waslaid between England and France, he trans-ferred his chief office to London; previousto this there were no foreign telegrams inLondon papers; in 1865 he converted his

business into a limited liability company ;

remained managing director till 1878. Ad-dress : 18 Kensington Palace Gardens, W.

[Died 25 Feb. 1890.

REVELSTOKE, 1st Baron (cr. 1885), EdwardCharles Baring, J.P. ; Lieut, for City ofLondon ; b. 13 Apr. 1828 ; 5th s. of HenryBaring, M.P., 3rd s. of Sir Francis Baring,1st Bt., and Cecilia, d. of Vice-AdmiralWilliam Windham ; m. Louisa, d. of JohnCrocker Bulteal, of Flete and Lyneham,Devonshire, and Elizabeth, d. of 2nd Earl

Grey, 1861 (d. 1892) ; Director of Bank of

England (retired), and senior partner in

Baring Bros., financiers. Heir : s. John,born 1863. Address : 37 Charles Street, W.

[Died 17 July 1897.

REYNOLDS, Charles Henry, C.I.E., 1897;General Manager to the Pacific Cable Boardfrom 1901 : b. 15 Jan. 1844

; s. of late MajorW. Reynolds, Bombay Army, and formerlyof Milford House, Lymington, Hants ;

m.1882, at Calcutta, Josephine Mary, o. d. of

late W. Alpin ; three d. Educ. : privately ;

University Coll. London ; Glasgow Uni-

versity. Entered the service of the IndianGovernment in the Telegraph Department,1868

; retired, 1899 ; was Director-Generalof Telegraphs in India from 1895 till retire-

ment ; received the special thanks of theCommander-in-Chief and of the Governmentof India in connection with the military

operations in Tirah, and on the N.W. Frontierof India in 1897 ; services also acknowledgedin the Bengal Famine, 1874 ; and on several


other occasions. Decorated : Public servicesrendered. [Died 21 May 1908.

REYNOLDS, Osborne, M.A., LL.D. Glasgow;F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E. ; Hon. Fellow Queens'Coll. Cambridge ; Professor of Engineering,Owens College, Victoria University, Man-chester, from 1868 (retired) ; b. Belfast,1842 ; e. s. of Rev. Osborne Reynolds,Debach, Suffolk. Educ. : Dedham GrammarSchool ; Queens' College, Cambridge. Fellowof Queens' Coll. Cambridge, 1877 ; F.R.S.1877

; Member Council Royal Society, 1883,1884 ; President Section G British Associa-tion, 1887 ; Gold Medal Royal Society, 1888.Publications : upwards of sixty papers onoriginal researches in Mechanics and Physics,in the Philosophical Transactions and Pro-ceedings of The Royal Society, The Literaryand Philosophical Society, Manchester, TheInstitutions of Civil Engineers and of NavalArchitects, and the British Association(Report), 1869-97 ; papers on mechanicaland physical subjects, 1900. Address : St.

Decuman's, Watchet, Somerset.[Died 21 Feb. 1912

RHODES, Rt. Hon. Cecil John, P.C. 1895;member for Barkly West in LegislativeAssembly, Cape Colony ; member of Execu-tive Council from 1884 ; b. 1853 ; 4th s. oflate Rev. Francis W. Rhodes, Vicar ofBishop Stortford. Educ. : entered OrielColl. Oxford, 1872, but health breaking downreturned to South Africa

; went back toOriel 1876

; oscillated between Oxford andKimberley till he took his degree in 1881 ;

was an hon. D.C.L. of Oxford and M.A.General Gordon helped to develop Mr.Rhodes ; they were great friends ; they metfirst in 1881, in Basutoland, when Mr. Rhodes,then the newly elected of Barkly West, his

constituency until his death, was serving inthe Compensation Commission ; whenGordon went to Khartoum he asked Mr.Rhodes to come with him

; he refused, ac-

cepting the Treasurer-Generalship in theScanlen Ministry, which he was offered bythe same post ; originator of the Cape toCairo scheme ; considered his greatestachievement the keeping of Bechuanalandin our hands, to the exclusion of the Boers ;

Treasurer-General of Cape Colony, 1884 ;

Deputy-Commissioner of Bechuanaland, 1884-1885 ; Managing Director of British SouthAfrica Co., whose charter was mainly grantedby his efforts, 1889 ; Chairman of the Co. ;

Director of De Beers Mines ; Premier CapeColony, 1890-96 ; Commissioner of CrownLands, 1890-94 ; Minister of Native Affairs,1894-96

; served in Matabeleland, 1896.Recreations : kept the drag at Oxford ; rodedaily for two hours at 6 A.M. ; read chieflythe classics, of which he had a fine collection,with a separate library of typewritten trans-lations executed specially for him

; Froudeand Carlyle he admired universally ; favouritereading, biography and history ; knewGibbon almost by heart ; favourite work of

fiction, Vanity Fair, which he admired morethan any single work in literature

; collectedold furniture, china, and curios generally,with a preference for anything Dutch

; hada Sir Joshua Reynolds ; fond of nearly all

old fashions ; fond of old things, particularlyof old oak chests ; went in greatly for garden-ing, especially rose-culture

; good pyramidplayer ; a fair shot ; had a menagarie onTable Mountain

;visited his lions there

everyday when he could; his zebras, ostriches,and buck of all kind were not caged, but ranwild in huge enclosed tracts of the mountain-side. Address : Groote Schuur, Cape Town.Clubs : Athenaeum, St. James's, Union.

RHODES, Col. FrancisD.S.O. 1891

; b. 9 April 1851 ;

[Died 26 March 1902.is William, C.B. 1900;

of late

RICE

Rev. F. W. Rhodes; e. b. of late CecilRhodes. Managing Director of the AfricanTrans - Continental Telegraph Co. Educ. :

Eton. Was in 1st Dragoons ; servedSoudan

; Military Secretary to Governorof Bombay; Governor fof Mashonalandand Matabeleland

; served South Africa,1900 (despatches) ; retired, 1903. Address17 Stratton Street, W. Clubs : Naval andMilitary, Bachelors', Hurlingham.

[Died 21 Sept. 1905.RHODES, Sir Frederick Edward, 4th Bt., cr.

1776 [assumed name of Rhodes instead ofBaker, 1878J ; b. 12 July 1843 ; S. father1882. Educ. : Harrow

; Oxford University.Heir: b. George Barrington Baker-Wil-braham [b. 1845; m. 1872, KatherineFrances, o. c. of Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Wil-braham, K.C.B.]. Address: c/o P. Wil-braham Baker, 5 Lancaster Street, W.

[Died 6 Oct. 1911.

RIBTON, Sir George, 4th Bt. ; cr. 1749 ; b.

Woodbrook, 16 Aug. 1842 ; S. father 1877 ;

m. Elizabeth, d. of Christopher SandersDeer Park, Co. Cork, 1869. Educ. : Chel-tenham Coll. Heir : none. Address : GreyFort, Kilcool, Co. Wicklow

RICARDO, Co,. Pen* Raiph'S\^f{ Com!mandant of the Commonwealth MilitaryForces in Victoria ; b. 28 Aug. 1855 ; *. oflate H. Ricardo of Weston, Bath

; m. 1st,1879, Bella, d. of William Lyall of Hare-wood, Vic. ; 2nd, 1899, Ina, d. of Col. J.Thomson ; one s. three d. Educ. : Chel-tenham. Captain, Queensland MountedInfantry, 1884; Lieut.-Col. PermanentStaff, 1891

; served South Africa, 1899-1900, in command of Queensland MountedRifles (despatches, C.B., Queen's medal withfive clasps) ; Commandant, Western Aus-tralia, 1902-05. Address : Victoria Bar-racks, Melbourne, Victoria. Clubs : Mel-bourne

; Naval and Military, Victoria.

[Died 4 June 1907.RICCI, Luigi, e. s. and heir of Count Ricci

d'Avalos, Marquis of Pescara, Grandee ofSpain of the First Class. Educ. : Pisa andPadua. B.A. (Honours) University ofPadua. Knight of the Royal Order of theCrown of Italy ; left Royal Military Collegeto join Garibaldi, for whom he raised at hisown cost a troop of the 1st Squadron GuideItalian Volunteers in the war of 1866 ;

during Siege of Paris Captain in 238thBataillon de Guerre, 46th Bastion ; woundedat the battle of Le Bourget (" Ordre duJour," medal); founder of the DanteSociety, 1881

; Professor at the Universityof London, and Lecturer to the LondonSociety for the Extension of UniversityTeaching ; Chairman of the Board ofExaminers (Italian) to the University ofLondon ; founder of the Genealogical andBiographical Society, 1901

; Internal Ex-aminer and Member of Faculty of Arts,University of London ; offered a ForeignLegion to War Office, August 4. 1914 ;

enrolled 3000 men and 200 officers withina fortnight of the declaration of war (re-ceived the thanks of the Army Counciland the War Office). Publications : Italian

Principia; First Italian Reader; Dante'sThe New Life ; Machiavelli's The Prince ;

Life of Giotto ; Francesca da Rimiui ; FairWomen in the Divine Comedy ; Beatrice ;

Italian Grammar for English Students ;

Italian Commercial Grammar ; Le CentoMigliori Liriche ; Life of Raphael ; Life of

Titian, etc. Address : 38 Conduit Street, W.[Died 22 Sept. L915.

RICE, Sir Edward Bridges, K.C.B. ; cr. 1887 ;

J.P. ; Admiral retired ; b. 1819; m. Cecilia,

d. of late Rev. William Vernon-Harcourt1864. Entered Navy, 1832 ; Admiral, 1884 ;

595

RICH WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

served China War, 18421852; Crimea, 1855-56;Chief Sheerness, 1882-84.

Court, Dover. Club :'

Burmese War,Commander-in-Address : Dane

United Service.

[Died 30 Oct. 1902.

RICH, Sir Charles Henry Stuart, 4th Bt. of

Shirley, cr. 1791 ; J.P. ; P.S.A. ; b. 7 Mar.1859 ; e. s. of 3rd Bt. and Harriet Theodosia,d. and co-heir of John Stuart Sullivan,M.C.S. ; S. father 1866

;m. Fanny, d. of

late Rev. Josph Page, Little Bromley,Essex, 1881

; one d. Educ. : Harrow ; JesusColl. Cambridge. Patron of three livings ;

Lord of the Manors of Claxton, Rockland,Hellington, Ashby, and Poreland ; Founder,and for 10 years Vice-Chairman, and Hon.Treasurer of the Standing Council of theBaronetage, which offices he resigned in1908. Recreations : motoring, music, golf,

cycling, shooting and fishing, heraldry andgenealogy, and study of antiquities. Heir :

cousin Almeric, b. 30 Mar. 1859. Address :

Devizes Castle, Wilts ; Claxton Abbey, nearNorwich. Clubs : White's, Conservative,Grosvenor. [Died 2 Jan. 1913.

RICH, Vice-Admiral Frederick St. George ;

retired; b. 14 Nov. 1852

; *. of ColonelFrederick Henry Rich, R.E., Chief Inspectorof Railways, and Elizabeth, d. of CharlesBayard, Senator, U.S.A. ; m. 1906, MaryGraham, d. of late C. J. Gunner of HolmOak, Bishops Waltham, Hants ; no c.

Educ. : Dulwich College ; Eastman's, South-sea. Entered Navy, 1 866

; Commander,1890

; Captain, 1897 ; Rear-Admiral, 1907 ;

served Souakin, 1884 (Egyptian medal,bronze star) ; A.D.C. to the King, 1906-07

;

Royal Humane Society's silver medal ;

F.R.G.S. Address : 17 Queen's Gate Ter-race, S.W. ; The Woodlands, Chiddingfold,Surrey. Clubs : Army and Navy, RoyalAutomobile, Ranelagh. [Died 22 May 1914.

RICH, Rev. John ; Hon. Canon of Bristol,1882; Rector of Tytherton-Kelways from1884

; b. 24 May 1826; m. Clara Sophia

(d. 1911). Educ. : St. Peter's College, West-minster

; Student of Christ Church, Oxford(M.A.). Present at coronation of QueenVictoria, 28 June 1838. Curate of Newtimber,Sussex, 1856-61

; Vicar of Chippenham, 1861-1904; R.D. 1883-99. Address: Lowden,Chippenham. [Died 18 March 1913.

RICHARDS, Sir Frederick William, G.C.B.,cr. 1895 ; K.C.B., cr. 1881

; C.B. 1879;

D.C.L. Hon. Oxon. ; Admiral, 1893 ;

F.R.G.S. ; retired; b. 30 Nov. 1833

; m.1866, Lucy (d. 1880), d. of late FitzherbertBrooke, Horton, Gloucestershire, and widowof Rev. Edwin Fayle. Entered Navy, 1848

;

Commander, 1860 ; Rear-Admiral, 1882;

Vice-Adin. 1888 ; Adm. 1893; served Zulu

and Boer Wars, 1879 ; Commanding Capeof Good Hope and West Coast of AfricaStation, 1879-82 ; Laing's Nek, 1881

; Lordof the Admiralty, 1882-85; Commander-in-Chief East India Station, 1885-88;Burniah Annexation War, 1885-86

; Com -

in-Chiet China Station, 1890-92; 2nd Naval

Lord, Admiralty, 1892-93 ; Senior Lord1893-99

; A.D.C. to the Queen, 1879-82;

Admiral of the Fleet, 1898-1903. Address34 Hurliugham Court, S.W. Clubs : UnitedService, Junior United Service.

[Died 28 Sept. 1912.RICHARDS, Henry Charles, K.C., F.R.H.S.,

F.S.A., M.L*. (C.) E. Finsbury from 1895;b. Hackney, 10 Apr. 1851. Educ. : City ofLondon School and College ; was for overtwelve years with a large City firm (MuntBrown and Co.) ; Bacon Scholar Gray'sInn, 1879 ; Barr. 1881

; Q.C. 1898 ; bencherGray's Inn ; counsel to Postmaster-Generalat Central Crirn. Court, 1887 ; chairmanCity Branch Church Defence Institution,IK77

; formed the City Church and Church-506

yard Preservation Society, 1880; retiredchairman ; elected member of CouncilLondon Chamber of Commerce, 1902chosen Conservative candidate for North-ampton against Mr. Bradlaugh, 1883

; stoodfor the borough three times (1884, 1885,1892) ; engaged in the Tower Bridge caseand for and against the London SchoolBoard and L.C.C. ; in a large number ofcompensation cases; argued the Incensecase before the two Primates at Lambethwas very keen on army reform and middleclass representation in the Cabinet ; believedin an altered Tariff for old age pensions butnot in favour of taxing food stuffs ; addressedbetween 2000 and 3000 meetings fromLerwick to S. Just in twenty years on be-half of Constitutional party. Publication*Prize Essay, City of London College, 1874 ;Handbook of the Laws of City Charities-Candidate and Agent's Guide ElectionLaw; Parish Councillor and Churchwarden'sManual

; Law of Compensation ; GuideEducation Act, 1902. Recreations: yacht-ing, antiquarian, ecclesiology, MiddlesexArchaeological Society, St. Paul's Ecclesio-logical Society. Address: 2 Mitre CourtBuildings, Temple; Caerhages, West Hill,St. Leonards - on - Sea. Clubs : CarltonJunior Carlton, Savage, Constitutional,Junior Constitutional

; Sussex CountyHastings Conservative

; Royal Ulster Yacht.

RICHARDS, John Henry ; b. Dublinîe Sept'1818

; m. 1853, Lydia G., 3rd d. of HenryScovell, late of Ferney Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.Educ. : Eagle House, Hammersmith ; Trin-ity Coll. Dublin (M.A.). Four 1st and two2nd class honours in Science. Member ofthe Bar in Ireland ; resigned 1898

; chair-man of Quarter Sessions and County CourtJudge for Mayo. Recreations : in early life

hunting and shooting. Address : DunedinMonkstown, Co. Dublin. Club: Stephen'sGreen, Dublin. [Died Man 1901

RICHARDSON, Sir Edward Austin Stewart-)15th Bt., cr. 1630

; J.P. ; b. 24 July 1872e. s. of 14th Bt. and Harriett Georgina Alice,d. of R. J. Cochrane, Halifax, N.S. ; m.1904, Lady Constance Mackenzie, sis. ofCountess of Cromartie

; author of Dancing,Beauty, and Games, 1913; two *.

; S. father,1895

; A.D.C. to Lord Lamington, 1899-1902. Heir : s. Ian Rory Hay, b. 25 Sept.1904. [Died 28 Nov. 1914.

RICHARDSON, Ven. John, M.A., D.D Arch-deacon of Southwark from 1882

; b. 1817 ;

m. 1857, Hester Stansfield (d. 1900). Vicarof St. Barnabas, 1847

; and Rector of St.

Anne's, Manchester, 1852-57; Vicar of St.

Mary's, Bury St. Edmund's, 1857-74; Vicar

of Camden Church, Camberwell, 1874-90;Rural Dean of Camberwell, 1877-87 ;

Hon.Canon of Rochester, 1879-82. Address :

163 Tulse Hill, S.W. [Died 19 March 1904.

RICHARDSON, John I., R.I.; b. 4 Nov. 1836 ;

y. s. of late T. M. Richardson, senior,of Newcastle- on -Tyne; m. 1892, IsabellaBlanche, d. of late T. Crawford, C.E., LittleTown House, Co. Durham

; one d. Atan early age had Ms first picture hungin the Royal Academy ; went to London,1854

; became a member of the DudleyCommittee, and afterwards a member of theRoyal Institute of Painters in Water Colours,and of Oil Institute, but retired from latter.Address : c/o Miss Crawford, HeighiugtouHall, Co. Durham. [Died 15 Oct. 1913.

RICHARDSON, Joseph, D.L., J.P. ;senior

member of Richardson, Duck, and Co., iron

shipbuilders, Stockton-on-Tees; magistrate

county of Durham and North Riding of

Yorkshire, and alderman for borougii of

Stockton; s. of late Caleb Richardson ofWest Lodge, Sunderland

; b. 1830 ;m.

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RICHMOND

1900, Yda, d. of late George P. Stancomb of

Trowbridge. Educ. : Friends' School, York.Was four times Mayor of Stockton

; HighSheriff of County of Durham, 1886

; M.P.(L.) South-East Division, 1892-95, and 1898-1900. Address : Potto Hall, Northallerton.

[Died 25 Sept. 1902.RICHARDSON, Major-Gen. Joseph Fletcher,C.B ; retired list, H.M.'s Indian Army(Bengal) ; b. 30 July 1822

; y. and sole

sum. s. of late Captain George Richardson,H.E.I.C.S., and Susanna his wife ; m. 1845,Mary Hannah, d. of James Reily. Educ. :

private school. Ensign 49th B.N.I. 1841 ;

Adjutant of the Regiment, 1848; Adjutant

10th Irregular Cavalry, 1849 ; second incommand 8th Bengal Irregular Cavalry,1850 ;

command of that Regt. 1854; raised

and commanded B. Yeo. Cavalry, 1857 ;

dangerously wounded at siege of fortressof Moultan, 9 Sept. 1848 ; for gallantry onthis occasion received a highly commenda-tory autograph letter from His ExcellencyLord Gough, Commander-in-Chief, and wasappointed Adjut. 10th B. Irregular Cavalryas a reward for distinguished service

;re-

ceived medal and clasp for Moultan; served

in second Burmese War, 1854-56; served

throughout the Indian Mutiny, 1857-59;

mentioned in the despatches of Brig. -Gen.Rowcroft, commanding Field Force, also in

despatches of His Excellency the Viceroyand His Excellency Lord Clyde, the Com-mander-in-Chief ; obtained brevet majorityand 3rd class of the Order of the Bath,mentioned in the despatches, the thanks ofHis Excellency the Viceroy, Commander-in-Chief, and, generally with the many, thethanks of the Houses of Parliament ; medal ;

medal for services on the N.W. Frontier.Decorated for services in the field.

[Died 17 May 1900.

RICHARDSON, Sir Thomas, K.B., cr. 1897 ;

J.P. ; D.L. Co. Durham; b. Castle Eden,28 Dec. 1846 ; e. s. of late Thomas Richard-son, Kirklevington Hall ; m. 1879, AnnaConstance, d. of late Rev. John CookeFaber ; seven s. two d. Educ. : Rossall

School; Cambridge (B.A.). Mayor of

Hartlepool, 1887-88;

contested Hartlepool(L.U.), 1892

; president North-East CoastInstitution of Engineers and Shipbuilders,1894-95; M.P. (L.U.) Hartlepool, 1895-1900. Recreations : president HartlepoolRovers Football Club and Seaton CarewGolf Club. Address : Kirklevington GrangeYarm, Yorkshire. Clubs : Reform, North-ern Counties. [Died 22 May 1900.

RICHARDSON, Rt. Rev. William Moore, M.A.,D.D. ; Chaplain of St. Anselm's House,Cambridge ; b. 1844

; s. of Thomas Richard-son, Master R.N. Educ. : Rossall. 'Atone time Postmaster of Merton College,Oxford

;Vicar of Wolvercote, Oxford, 1883-

1889;

of Ponteland, Northumberland, 1889-1895 ; Bishop of Zanzibar and East Africa1895-1901 ; Assistant Bishop of Brechin1900-1903 ; Commissary to Bishop of Chi-

chester, 1904;

Assistant Bishop of St

Andrews, 1904-1907 ; Warden of Communityof St. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, 1902-10Canon of Zanzibar from 1903. Address .

St. Anselm's House, Cambridge.[Died 6 March 1915

RICHARDSON, Major-Gen. William StewartLieut.-Col. Duke of Cornwall's L.I. ;

retiredEntered army, 1852

; Major-Gen. 1887served Indian Mutiny, 1857-59 (despatchesmedal with clasp) ; Egyptian War, 1882present at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir

(severely wounded, despatches, C.B., medawith clasp, 3rd class Medjidie, Khedivestar) ; Nile Expedition, 1884-85 (clasp)Address : 6 Shaftesbury Road, Southsea.

[Died 31 July 1901

RICHES, Tom. Hurry, J.P., Chief Locomotiveand Mechanical Engineer, Taff Vale Railway,from 1873 ; President Institute MechanicalEngineers, 1907-08 and 1908-09 ; PastPresident S. Wales Inst. Engineers; MemberInst. Civil Engineers ;

Iron and Steel Inst. ;

British Assoc., etc. ; Past President Asso-ciation of Locomotive Carriage and WaggonSuperintendents of United Kingdom; Memberof Council University College of South Walesand Monmouthshire ;

Member of Council of

Governors, Imperial College of Science andTechnology ;

Member Court of GovernorsUniversity of Bristol

;Member Advisory

Board of Studies in Engineering, Universityof London

;of Provisional Council, Institute

of Metals ; of Council and Board of Gover-nors, National Museum of Wales, and Vice-Chairman of Building Committee ;

ChairmanMechanical Engineering section, Franco-British Exhibition ; was reporter for GreatBritain and Colonies to International Rail-

way Congress, 1910, upon Railway MotorCars

;was for 12 years Chairman of Tech-

nical Education Committee, County Boroughof Cardiff

;was a Member of Education

Committee for the County Borough of

Cardiff ; b. Cardiff, 1846;

e. s. of late Charles

Hurry Riches ; m. 1870, Sarah, e. d. of late

H. Powell;

two s. four d. Educ. : athome ; Royal School of Mines, Whitworthand Science and Art Scholarships, 1867-70 ;

was presented with a piece of silver plate

by Lord Mayor of London for assisting in

rescue of entombed Welsh miners, 1877 ;

contributed Papers to engineering and other

societies, and at the request of the Councilof the International Railway Congress com-pleted the Report for their Paris meeting,1900, upon express passenger locomotivesin Great Britain and her Colonies. Recrea-tions : reading and fishing. Address : Pen-

y-lan Road, Cardiff. [Died 4 Sept. 1911.

RICKEY, Sir James Bellett, K.C.I.E. ;cr.

1890 ; C.S.I. 1878 ;Indian Civil Servant

(retired) ; b. 11 Dec. 1834 ; s. of late Rev.James Richey, Rector of St. George Nymp-ton, Devon, and Elizabeth, d. of ThomasBellett, Sampford, Arundel, Somersetshire.Educ. : Exeter Coll. Oxford (B.A.). En-tered Indian Civil Service, 1856 ;

held various

appointments up till 1887, when mademember of Council, Bombay ; resignedservice, 1890. Address : 21 Roland Gar-

dens, S. Kensington. Club : East IndiaUnited Service. [Died 27 June 1902.

RICHMOND, Sir David, Kt., cr. 1899; D.L.Co. Lanark, and County of City of Glasgow ;

J.P. ; tube manufacturer and merchant ;

b. Perthshire, 14 July 1843 ; s. of JamesRichmond ;

m. Bethia, d. of Rob. Shanks,Glasgow, 1871 ;

one s. one d. Educ. :

Glasgow High School. On completion of

education, not being strong, travelled in

Australia, etc. for some years, and returningbegan business in Glasgow, 1868 ;

enteredTown Council, 1870 ;

Lord Provost of

Glasgow, 1896-99. Recreations : keen shot,

angler. Address : Broompark", Pollokshields..

Glasgow. Clubs : Constitutional ; New,Glasgow. [Died 15 Jan. 1908.

RICHMOND, James, C.M.G. 1906; M.Inst.C.E.;J.P. ;

Director Jamaica Government Rail-

way from 1900; b. 1849; e. s. of RobertRichmond and Jean Climie ;

m. EmmaFanny, 2nd d. of late John Davy, Jamaica ;

three s. Cambrian Railway ; Irrigation

Works, Jamaica, 1874-90 ;District Engineer,

1876-90 ;Assistant Director Public Works,

1890-1900. Address : Kingston, Jamaica.


RICHMOND, Rev. Thomas Knyvett, Canon of

Carlisle from 1883; Vicar of St. Mary's,

Carlisle; Rural Dean; s. of George Rich-

mond, R.A. ; ff.s. of T. Richmond, minia-

RICHTER WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

ture painter, and Charles Heathcote Tatham,architect; m. Ellen, widow of T. W.Chevalier, d. of Henry Emms, painter,Great Yarmouth, 1868. Educ. : Charter-house ; Exeter Coll. Oxford (M.A.) ;

Wells

Theological College. Curate of Great Yar-mouth, 1858-63 ; chaplain of St. George'sHospital, London, to 1868; Rector of

Hope Mansel, Herefordshire, to 1873 ; Vicarof Raughton Head, Carlisle ; hon. chaplainto Bishop of Carlisle ; Vicar of Crosthwaite,Keswick, 1879. Address : The Abbey,Carlisle ;

The Porch House, Potterne, Wilts.Club : Athenaeum. [Died 1 March 1901

RICHTER, Eugen ; Leader of the GermanFreisinnige Volkspartei ; Mitglied des Deut-schen Reichstags from 1867, und preuss.Abgeordnetenhaus from 1869 ; Schrift-steller

; b. Diisseldorf, 30 July 1838 ; *. ofGeneralarzt Dr Richter und Bertha Mauren-brecher ; m. 1901, Elise Bierstedt, verwit-wete Parisius. Educ. : Diisseldorf ; Co-blenz ; Universitaten Bonn, Heidelberg,Berlin. Gerichts-Auskultator Reg. Referend.Diisseldorf, Reg. Assessor aus Staatsdienstgeschieden 1864. Publications : Hauptmit-arbeiter der von mm, 1885, begriindetenFreisinnigen Zeitung in Berlin ; politischeBroschuren darunter, 1890 ; Social-demo-kratische Zukunftsbilder ; Politisches AB C Buch

; Jugend-Erinnerungen, 1892 ;Im

Alten Reichstag, 1894-96. Address : Gross-

Lichterfelde, bei Berlin.


RICKETTS, George Henry Mildmay, C.B. 1860 ;

b. India, 1827 ; o. s. of Sir Henry Ricketts,K.C.S.I. (d. 1886), and Jane, d. of Gen.George Carpenter; m. 1st, 1862, Charlotte(d. 1875), d. of Percy Gough ;

four s. ; 2nd,1883, Emily, e. d. of Sir Ed. Clive-Bayley,K.C.S.I. ; one s. Educ. : Winchester andHaileybury Colleges. Served in B.C.S. 1847-1879. C.B. for services rendered in the Pun-jab during the Mutiny of 1857. Address :

Foulis Court, Eastleigh, Hants. Clubs:Athenaeum, Travellers', United Empire.

[Died 16 July 1914.

RIDDELL, Rt. Rev. Arthur, D.D. ; Bishop of

Northampton (Roman Catholic), consecrated9 June 1880 ; b. Paris, 15 Sept. 1836 ;

3rd*. of E. Widdrington Riddell, and Hon.Catharine, sis. of 8th Bt. Beaumont. Educ. :

Downside Coll. Bath; Ushaw Coll. Durham.

Ordained priest, 24 Sept. 1859 ; assist, priestat St. Charles's, Hull, 1859-73 ; Rector ofSt. Peter's, Scarborough, 1873-80. Ad-dress : Bishop's House, Northampton.

[Died 15 Sept. 1907.RIDDELL, Maj.-Gen. Charles J. B., C.B.,

F.R.S. ; b. 1817 ; s. of Sir J. B. Riddell,Bt., and Frances, d. of 1st Earl of Romney ;

m. Mary, d. of Field-Marshal Sir H. Dal-rymple Ross. Served in Indian Mutiny.Address : Oaklands, Chudleigh, Devonshire.

[Died 25 Jan. 1903.RIDDELL, Capt. George Hutton, M.V.O. 1904 ;

b. 1878. Served S. Africa, 1899-1900,1902 ; Capt. 16th Lancers, 1904-06. Club :

Cavalry. [Died 10 Feb. 1915.

RIDDELL, Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte Eliza Lawson),b. 30 Sept. 1832 ; d. of James Cowan,Carrickfergus, High Sheriff for the countyof that town ; m. J. H. Riddell, g. s. of

i Luke Riddell, Winson Green House, Stafford-

shire, 1857. Publications: The RulingPassion, 1858 ; The Moors and the Fens,1858; Too Much Alone, I860.' City andSuburb, 1861 ; The World in the Church,1862

; George Geith of Fen Court, 1865;

Maxwell Drewitt, 1865 ;Phemie Keller,

1866; The Race for Wealth, 1867; FarAbove Rubies, 1868 ; Austin Friars, 1870 ;

A Life's Assize, 1870 ; The Earl's Promise,1873; Home, Sweet Home, 1873; Mor-tomley's Estate, 1874 ; Above Suspicion,

598

1875 ; Her Mother's Darling, 1877 ; TheMystery in Palace Gardens, 1880 ; AlaricSpenceley, 1881 ; The Senior Partner, 1881 ;

Daisies and Buttercups, 1882;A Struggle

for Fame, 1883 ; Berna Boyle, 1884; Mitre

Court, 1885 ; Miss Gascoigne, 1887; A Mad

Tour ; The Nun's Curse, 1887; The Head

of the Firm, 1892 ; A Silent Tragedy, 1893 ;

Did He Deserve It ? 1897; A Rich Man's

Daughter, 1897 ; Footfall of Fate, 1900 ;

Poor Fellow, 1902. Address : Spring Grove,nr. Isleworth, W. [Died 24 Sept. 190i3.

RIDDELL, Sir Rodney Stuart, 4th Bt., cr.

1778; Hon. Lieut.-Col. 2nd Batt. EastSurrey Regt. 1885 ; b. 7 Mar. 1838 ; S.cousin 1883. Late Paymaster in Army PayDepartment ; served with Regt. in NewZealand War, 1863-65 ; in Afghan War,1878-80 ; in SuaMm Campaign, 1885. Heir :

b. Herbert Augustus Hay, b. 15 Feb. 1854.

[Died 2 Jan. 1907.RIDDING, Rt. Rev. George, D.D., 1st Bishop

of Southwell (from 1884) ; b. Winchester 16Mar. 1828

; 3rd *. of Rev. Charles Ridding,Vicar of Andover, and of Charlotte, 3rd d.

of Ven. Archdeacon Stonhouse Vigor, 3rds. of Sir Timothy James Stonhouse, 7th Bt. ;

m. 1st, Mary, d. of Dr. Moberly, Bishop of

Salisbury, 1858 (d. 1859) ; 2nd, Laura, e. d.

of 1st Earl of Selborne, 1876. Educ. :

Winchester College, Balliol Coll. Oxford(M.A.); Craven Scholar; 1st class Lit.

Hum. ; 2nd class Math., 1851 ; Latin Essay.Scholar of Winchester ; Commoner of Balliol

College ; Fellow of Exeter College, 1851-64;

Tutor of Exeter College, 1853-64; SelectPreacher University of Oxford, 1862-64,1890-91 ; Second Master Winchester, 1863-1867

; Headmaster, 1868-84. Publications :

Pamphlet on the Headmasters' Conferenceand University School Examinations, 1871-1872 ; Visitation Charges and Sermons,1884-96; The Revel and the Battle, andother Sermons, 1897. Recreations : bow in

Balliol boat, 1848-49-50 ; president of NottsCricket Club, 1896 ; numismatics. Address:

Thurgartbn Priory, Nottingham. Club :

Athenaeum. [Died 27 Aug. 1904.

HIDEOUT, Major-General Arthur Kennedy,C.B. 1907 ; R.A. ; retired list ; b. April1835 ; 4th s. of late Henry Wood Rideout,formerly of H.M. 19th Regiment, of Ches-tham Park, Henfleld, Sussex, and of Lans-down West, Bath, and Frances L., d. of

Captain Waring, 24th Light Dragoons ; m.

1875, Mary Ellen (d. 1905), widow of W. S.

Jackson ;one *. Educ. : Elizabeth Coll.

Guernsey ; Royal Military Academy. Wool-wich. Entered R.A. 1853

;embarked with

1st siege train for Bulgaria and Crimea,1854 ; served in the trenches throughoutsiege of Sevastopol, and commanded batteries

of Mortars at both the assaults, 1855; in

charge of submarine telegraph office at

Eupatoria with rank of D.A.Q.M.G., 1855

(despatches, Crimean medal and two clasps,

Knight of the Legion of Honour and Turkish

medal) ; employed in Turkey on telegraph

staff, 1856 ; appointed to Royal Horse

Artillery, 1857, with which he served

throughout campaign in Oude, 1858 (medal).Address: 23 Fourth Avenue, Brighton.Clubs: Army and Navy, United Service,

Garrick, Cavalry, Junior United Service.

[Died 21 July 1913.

RIDEOUT, Maj.-Gen. Francis Goring, Indian

Army, U.S. List ; b. 1839 ; 5th s. of HenryWood Rideout of Chestham Park, Sussex,

and Lansdown, Bath; m. 1874, EmilyFrances, e. d. of Admiral Frederick ByngMontresor, 15 Elvaston Place, Queen's Gate,

S.W. Educ. : private school ; RoyalMilitary Coll. Sandhurst. Hon. East India

Company's Service, 1857, as Ensign ;Mai.-

Gen. Indian Army, 1890. Address: 77


Philbeach Gardens, S.W. Club: UnitedService. [Died 5 Feb. 1913.

RIDLEY, Rt. Rev. William, D.D. ; b. 18C6 ;

s. of Allen Gibbs Ridley, Brixham, Tprbay ;

m. Jane H., d. of Samuel Hyne, Brixham,Toibay, 1866. Missionary (C.M.S.) Pesha-war and Afghanistan, 1866-70 ; Chaplain of

English Church, Kreuz Strasse, Dresden,1871-72; Vicar of Shelley near Hudders-field, 1872-73; Mold Green, 1873-74; St.

Paul's, Huddersfleld, 1874-79; Bishop of

Caledonia, 1879-1904. Publications: NotMyth but Miracle, 1900 ; My Favoiirite

Avenues, 1903 ; Snap Shots from the NorthPacific, 1904; Camp Fire Light, 1906;From the Four Winds, 1909. AddreiCompton Vallence, Dorchester, Dorset.

[Died 25 March 1911.RIEU, Charles, M.A.. Ph.D. ; Professor of

Arabic, Cambridge University, from 1894.Formerly Keeper of the Oriental MSS.British Museum ; Professor of Arabic andPersian, Univ. Coll. London. Publications :

Catalogue of the Persian MSS. in the British

Museum, 1879-83 ; Catalogue of the TurkishMSS. in the British Museum, ]888. Ad-dress : Cambridge. [Died 19 March 1902.

RIGBY, Rt. Hon. Sir John ; Kt. ; cr. 1892;

P.C. ; b. 1834. Educ. : Trm. Coll. Camb.Barr. Lincoln's Inn, I860 ; Q.C. 1881 ;

M.P. Cambridgeshire N. 1885-86; Forfar,1892-94; Solicitor-Gen. 1892; Attorney-Gen. 1894 ; Lord Justice of Appeal, 1894(resigned, 1901). Address : Carlyle House,16 Chelsea Embankment, S.W. Clubs:Reform, Athenaeum, National Liberal, Oxfordand Cambridge. [Died 26 July 1903.

RIGG, James Harrison, D.D. ; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 16 Jan. 1821

; 2nd s. of JohnRigg, Wesleyan minister, and e. s. of his2nd wife, Anne M'Mullen, d. of JamesM'Mullen, Irish Methodist minister. Educ. :

Old Kingswood School. Entered WesleyanMethodist Ministry, 1845; chairman of2nd London District Synod for 16 years ;

twice president of Wesleyan Conference ;

original member of the London School Boardrepresenting Westminster, 1870-76

; memberRoyal Commission on Education, 1886-88 ;

Treasurer Wesleyan Missionary Society from1881 ; Vice-President Bible Society from1887

; Principal of Westminster TrainingCollege for Day School Teachers, 1868-1903.Publications : Principles of Wesleyan Method-ism, 2nd ed., 1850-51 ; Wesleyan Methodismand Congregationalism Contrasted, 1852

;

Modern Anglican Theology, 1857-59-80;Essays for the Times, 1866 ; The Church-manship of John Wesley, 1868-78-86 ; TheLiving Wesley, 1875-91, the second a muchenlarged edition published as CentenaryLife of Wesley ; National Education, Englishand Foreign, 1873; Discourses and Addresses,1880 ; The Sabbath and the Sabbath Law,Before and After Christ, 1869, 1881

;A

Comparative View of Church Organisations,Primitive and Protestant, 1887-91-96, 3rdedition much enlarged ; Dr. Pusey : HisCharacter and Life-Work, 1883; OxfordHigh Anglicanism and its Chief Leaders,1895 ; 1899, 2nd edition much enlarged ;

Scenes and Studies in the Ministry of ourLord, with Thoughts on Preaching, 1902;Reminiscences, Sixty Years Ago, 1904

;

edited anonymously with Preface arid Intro-duction Miss Rumbold's Posthumous Vindi-cation of her father, Sir T. Rumbold, Bart.,Governor of Madras (1778-80), 1868 ; manyyears on the editorial staff and for 15 yearseditor of London Quarterly Review ; contri-buted to Encyclopaedia Britannica, QuarterlyReview, and Contemporary Review, articleson Wesleyan Methodism in all its branches,English, American, and Provincial ; alsoarticles to International Review (Phila-

RIPLEY

delphia). Recreations : change of occupa-tion, light reading, moderate exercise, summerholidays. Address : 79 Brixton Hill, S.W.

[Died 11 Apr. 1909.

RIGHTON, Thomas Edward Corrie Burns,comedian at various theatres ; b. NewRoad ; *. of Thomas Collins Righton, artist,who never attained fame or fortune, andAnn Burns Corrie, who, being only a goodwife and mother, did not count for much.Educ. : John Corrie, an actor (uncle).Taken to see a play and pantomime at theage of nine, and was afterwards an actor,more or less. Publications : Brown Eyes(a poem) ; A Sou'wester (song) ;

Just whatI was when a Boy (poem) : numerous comicsongs. Recreations : composing songs andwriting poems, plays, etc. Address : 22Gloucester Place, Portman Square, W.Clubs : Savage, Green Room, Wigwam.

[Died 1 Jan. 1899.RIIS, Jacob A. Publications : How the Other

Half Lives; The Children of the Poor ;

Is there a Santa Glaus ?;The Making of an

American; The Battle with the Slum ;

Children of the Tenements ; TheodoreRoosevelt, 1904

; The Old Town, 1909 ;

Hero Tales of the Far North, 1910. Ad-dress : 524 North Beech Street, RichmondHill, New York. [Died 5 June 1914.

RINGER, Sydney, M.D., F.R.S. ;Emeritus

Professor University College, London ; Hon.Fellow of Pharmaceutical Society ; Hon.member of New York Medical Society ;

corresponding member, Acad. of Medicine,Paris ; Professor of Pharmacology, of

Medicine, and of Clinical Medicine at Univer-sity College, and Physician to UniversityCollege Hospital. Publication : Handbookof Therapeutics, 13th ed. 1898. Address :

15 Cavendish Place, W. ; Lastingham,Yorkshire. [Died 14 Oct. 1910.

RIORDAN, Most Rev. Patrick William, Arch-bishop of San Francisco, California, frorn

1884 ; b. 1841. Educ. : Louvain University(Hon. D.D.). Professor of Theology at

Seminary of St. Mary's of the Lake, Chicago ;

Pastor at Joliet, Illinois, and St. James's,Chicago ;

titular Archbishop of Cabasa,1883 ; delegate Plaintiff in Suit to HagueInternational Arbitration Court, 1902 (PiousFund Case). Address : San Francisco,California. [Died 27 Dec. 1914.

RIPLEY, Sir Edward, 2nd Bt. ; cr. 1880 ;

D.L., J.P. : b. 16 May 1840 ; S. father1882 ;

w. Eugenie, d. of Major - GeneralEdward Alfred Green Emmott-Rawdon, Raw-don, Yorkshire, 1877. Educ. : Cheltenham ;

Christ Church, Oxford (B.A.). Barr. Inner

Temple, 1870 ; Hon. Col. 2nd West RidingArtillery, 1883-90. Heir: s. Henry, b.

1879. Address : Bedstone Court, Buck-nell, and Hopton Castle, Shropshire.

[Died 21 Nov. 1903.

RIPLEY, Sir Frederick, 1st Bt., cr. 1897 ; headof F. Ripley and Co., Bradford ; 3rd s. of

Sir Henry William Ripley, 1st Bt., andSusan, niece and adopted d. of Robert

Milligan, M.P., and 1st Mayor of Bradford ;

b. 1846 ;m. Kate, 2nd d. of David Little,

solicitor, Bradford, 1876. Educ. : Chelten-

ham Coll. ;Christ Church, Oxford. Lieut.

2nd West Yorks Yeo. Cav (retired) : Heir :

s Frederick Hugh, late Lieut. 2nd Life

Guards [b. 7 July 1878 ; m. 1902, GeorginaMary Shute, y. d. of Francis Adams, of

Clifton and Llyfnant, Cheltenham]. Clubs :

Junior Carlton, Oxford and Cambridge,Raleigh. [Died 22 Nov. 1907.

RIPLEY, Rev. William Nottidge, M.A. ; Hon.

Canon, Norwich, 1885. Educ. : Caius

College, Cambridge. Curate of Little HukelyHunts, 1849-54 ; Lowestoft, 1854-58 ;

Vicar

of St Giles, Norwich 1859-65 ;of Gartham

RISLEY WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

and Rector of Colney, Norfolk, 1885-99.Address : Harford Lodge, Norwich.

\Died 4 Feb. 1912.

RISLEY, Sir Herbert Hope, K.C.I.E., cr. 1907 ;

C.S.I. 1904 ; C.I.E. 1892 ; Secretary Judicialand Public Department, India Office, from1910 ; b. 1851, s of Rev. John HolfordRisley ; m. 1879, Elsie Julie, d. of Friedrich

Oppermann, Hanover. Educ. : Winchester ;

New College, Oxford. Entered I.C.S. 1873 ;

Officier of French Academy, 1891 ; SecretaryGovernment of Bengal, 1891 ; Member of

Prov. Legis. Council, 1892-93 and 1895-98 ;

Corresponding Member, Berlin Anthropo-logical Society, 1896 ; Corresponding MemberAnthropological Society of Rome, 1902 ;

Financial Secretary Government of India,1898 ; Census Commission for India, 1899-1902 ; Hon. Director of Ethnography forIndia from 1901

;Home Secretary Govern-

ment of India, 1902-9 ; Home Member,Viceroy's Council, 1909. Publications : Prim-itive Marriage in Bengal ; Widow and InfantMarriage ; Sikkim and Tibet ; Tribes andCastes of Bengal ; Ethnographic Glossary ;

Anthropometric Data;

Manual of Ethno-graphy for India ; The People of India.Address : South View, Hill Side, Wimbledon.Club : East India United Service.

[Died 30 Sept. 1911.RISTORI, Madame ; b. 29 Jan. 1822

; d. ofAntonio and Maddalena Ristori

; m. 1846,Marchese Capranica Del Grille. Educ. :

privately. Attracted to the stage fromearly youth, and at a very early age took aleading position ; played in Paris, 1855(first performance Francesca da Rimini, 22April, before Emperor Napoleon III.) ; thencame to England, and

'

afterwards visitedall the principal countries ; retired, 1885.Publications : Book of Reminiscences, in

French, Italian, English, and German ;

sundry newspaper articles. Recreation :

Charity. Address : Palazzo Del Grille, 76Via Monterone, Roma. [Died 9 Oct. 1906

RITCHIE, 1st Baron (cr. 1905), Rt. Hon.Charles Thomson, P.C. ;

an EcclesiasticalCommissioner for England from 1901 ; M.P.(C.) for Croydon from 1895 ; Hon. Col. 1stVolunteer Battalion Royal West SurreyRegt. ; b. Dundee, 19 Nov. 1838 ; 4th sof late William Ritchie, Rockhill, BroughtyFerry ; m. Margaret (d. 1905), d. of ThomasOwer, Perth, 1858

; two s. seven d. Heirs. Charles, b. Nov. 1866. Educ. : privately ;

City of London School. M.P. for TowerHamlets, 1874-85; for St.-George's-in-the-East, 1885-92

; Sec. to Admiralty, 1885-86 ;

President of Local Government Board, 1886-1892 ; of Board of Trade, 1895-1900 ; Secre-tary of State, Home Department, 1900-1902 ;

Lord Rector of Aberdeen, 1902 ; Chancellorof the Exchequer, 1902-3. Recreation:reading. Address : 37 Princes Gate, S.W. ;

Welders, Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. Clubs :

Carlton, Athenaeum. [Died 9 Jan 1906RITCHIE, David George, M.A., LL.D. ; Prof'

of Logic and Metaphysics, St. Ardrews Univ.from 1894

; b. Jedburgh, 1853; s. of Rev

George Ritchie, D.D., minister of Jedburgh.Educ. : Jedburgh Academy ; EdinburghUniversity (M.A., 1st class Honours inClassics) ; Balliol Coll. Oxford (Exhibi-tioner) ; 1st class Classics, Mods., GreatsFellow of Jesus College, 1878-94 Tutorof Jesus College, 1881-94; Balliol College,1882 - 86 ; president of the AristotelianSociety, 1898-99. Publications : Essay on TheRationality of History in Seth and Haldane'sEssays in Philosophical Criticism, 1883

;

translation (in collaboration with R. Lodgenow Professor of History in Glasgow Uni-versity , and P. E. Matheson) of Bluntschli'sTheory of the State, 1885

; Darwinism andPolitics (1st ed.) s 1889 ; Principles of State-

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Interference, 1891 ; Darwin and Hegel, withother Philosophical Studies, 1893 ; NaturalRights, 1895; Studies in Political andSocial Ethics, 1902 ; Plato (in The World'sEpoch-makers series), 1902

; articles Aris-totle, Plato, Socrates, Sophists, in Chambers'sEncyclopaedia (new ed.) ;" articles in Mind,Philosophical Review, International Journalof Ethics, etc. ; edited Early Letters ofJane Welsh Carlyle, 1889. Address : TheUniversity, St. Andrews, Scotland.

RITCHIE, Sir James Thomson, 1st Bt"^r!|1903 ; K.B., cr. 1897 ; J.P. ; Lord Mayor ofLond. 1904 ; b. Scotland 1835 ; 2nd s. oflate Wm. Ritchie, Rockhill, Forfarshire, andbro. of late Lord Ritchie of Dundee, P.C.,M.P. ; m. 1858, Lydia (d. 1894), d. of JamesLemon of Loughton, Essex

; two s. seven d.Educ. : Dundee. Alderman, Tower Ward,1891; Sheriff, 1897; Officer of Order of

Leopold ; Church of England ; Conserva-tive

; member of Bakers and ShipwrightsCompanies ; Grand 'Ufficiale Corona d'ltalia.Heir : s. James William Ritchie, b. 7 Aug.1868. Address : 72 Queensboro' Terrace,W. ; Highlands, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.Clubs : Carlton, Garrick, Constitutional.

[Died 18 Sept. 1912.RITCHIE, Sir Richmond Thackeray, K.C.B.,

cr. 1907 ; C.B. 1898 ; Permanent UnderSecretary of State, India Office, from 1910

;

b. 1854; 3rd s. of late William Ritchie,Member of Council of Governor-General ofIndia

; m. 1877, Anne Isabella; one s. one

d. Educ. : Eton (King's Scholar) ; TrinityCollege, Cambridge; B.A. 1878. EnteredIndia Office, 1877, by Open Competition;Private Secretary to Secretary of State, LordGeorge Hamilton, 1895-1902

; Secretary. Political Dept. 1902-10. Address : 109 St.

George's Square, S.W. Clubs : Garrick,Athenaeum. [Died 12 Oct. 1912.

RITTER, Gustave Albert, C.M.G. 1902; un-official member of the Council of Govern-ment, colony of Mauritius. Clerk to Judgeof Supreme Court, Mauritius, 1864. Address:Port Louis, Mauritius. [Died 20 Nov. 1914.

RIVERS, Leopold, R.B.A.[Died 30 Aug. 1905.

RIVETT-CARNAC, Charles James ; FinancialAgent for His Siamese Majesty's Govern-ment ; b. 18 Feb. 1853 ; e. s. of late CharlesForbes Rivett-Carnac, B.C.S. ; m. 1st, 1878,Laura Margaret Marion (d. 1905), 3rd d. oflate Colonel J. S. Ogilvie, I.S.C. ; 2nd, 1906,Frances Clytie, d. of Canon Greenstock ;

twos. Educ. : Rugby School. Passed first in

competitive examination to Indian Financial

Department, 1872; Accountant-General and

Commissioner of Paper Currency to Govern-ment of Burma, 1897

;services placed by the

British Government at disposal of King of

Siam, 1898; holds Grand Cross (first class)

of the Order of the Crown of Siam. Recrea-tions : yachting, fishing, shooting, music(violin). Address: Fawley Lodge, Hythe,Southampton. Clubs : Royal SouthernYacht; Castle Yacht ; Hythe Yacht ; RoyalLondon Yacht. [Died 12 June 1909.

RIVINGTON, William John ; editor and pro-

prietor of the British Trade Journal, the

Indent Gazette, the Miller, the LeatherTrades Review ; Chung Ying Shang Pao,Tientsin ; Nichi Ei Shogyo Zasshi, Tokio ;

Governor of . St. Bartholomew's Hospital ;

Member Stationers' Company and JapanSociety ; b. London, 1845 ;

m. 1873, MaryEmily, d. of Rev. E. Smythies, Rector of

Hathern, Leicestershire ;one s. two d . Educ. :

Rugby. Publisher, 1875 - 90;President of

Newspaper Society of Great Britain, 189!

1900; rendered important services in con-

nection with development of British trade

throughout the world, especially in Japn "


ami Russia, in which countries lie was thonly foreign owner of native trade newspaperproduced in Japanese, Chinese, and Ruselaiin Tokio, Shanghai, and Moscow for the promotion of British commerce. Recreationgolf. Address : 21 Gledhow Gardens, SouthKensington, S.W. Clubs : St. Stephen'sPrince's, Ranelagh. [Died 25 Feb. 1914

ROBERTS, Rev. Alexander, D.D. ; Professoiof Humanity, St. Andrews University, fron1871 ; b. Kincardineshire, Scotland, 12 Maj1826 ; o. s. of Alexander Roberts, flax

spinner. Educ. : Grammar School, OldAberdeen ; King's Coll. Aberdeen (M.A.)First Bursar, King's Coll. Aberdeen, 1843Simpson Greek Prizeman, 1847 ; Presbyterian Minister in Scotland and London1852-71

;Member of New Testament Re

vision Company, 1870-84;; specially interestecin classical literature and Biblical sciencePublications : Inquiry into the OriginaLanguage of St. Matthew's Gospel, 1859Discussions on the Gospels, 1862

;Greek the

Language of Christ and His Apostles, 1888A Short Proof that Greek was the Languageof Christ, 1893, etc. Recreations : fishing,

golf. Address : University. St. AndrewsN.B. [Died 8 March 1901.

ROBERTS, Sir Alfred, Kt. ; cr. 1883 ; b. 1823Educ. : St. Paul's School, Guy's HospitalMember of Royal Coll. of Surgeons, 1844 ;

consulting surgeon to Prince Alfred MemorialHospital, Sydney, and of the Sydney Hospital ;

Vice-President of the Carrington Hospital forConvalescents. Address : Australian ClubSydney, New South Wales.

[Died Jan. 1899ROBERTS, Col. Charles Fyshe, C.M.G. 1885Hon. A.D.C. to the King ; b. Ickwell, Bed-fordshire, 20 Aug. 1837 ; s. of late CaptainCharles Roberts, 59th Regt., and EmmaSusan, d. of Rev. Thomas Hornsby and Annd. of Roger Fyshe Palmer

; m. 1866, Alice

Caroline, d. of late William Bradley ofBibbenluke and Goulburn, New South Wales.Educ. : Bedford ; Carshalton and RoyalMilitary Academy, Woolwich. 2nd Lieut.Royal Artillery, 1855; 1st Lieut. 1855;Captain, 1862

; Brevet Major, 1863 ; servedCrimean Campaign with the Right SiegeTrain in the trenches at the siege and fall of

Sebastopol, bombardments of 6 and 17 June,17 Aug. ; was wounded, bombardment,2 Sept., in advanced trenches, and subse-quently was severely and dangerouslywounded by explosion of French powdermagazine, 15 Nov. 1855 ; was personallycommended by Lord Raglan, Commander-in-Chief, on the 18 June (medals, Crimeanand clasp, Turkish, and Sardinian medal forvalour) ; India, 1857-61

; Station StaffOfficer at Dacca, 1859-60

; commanded theArtillery with the Sikkim Field Forceunder Colonel Gawler, 1860-61 (despatches,received the thanks of the Governor-Generalin Council for services) ; Secretary to theAgent- General for New South Wales, 1873-1874

; in command of the Artillery Forces ofNew South Wales, 1876-91 ; Military Secre-tary and Director of Artillery and Stores,1891-1902. Clubs: Army and Navy;Union, Warrigal, Sydney, New South Wales.

[Died 9 Sept. 1914.ROBERTS, David Thomas, C.S.I. 1901

; IndianCivil Service ; Member Board of Revenue,United Province of Agra and Oude, from1899

; Member of the Legislative Council,United Provinces. Educ. : Queen's College,Liverpool; Liverpool Institute; LondonUniversity. Entered I.C.S. 1866

; Deputy-Commissioner, 1886

; Magistrate and Col-lector, 1887 ; Commissioner, 1894. Publica-tions : Ballia Gazetteer (part) ; Ballia Settle-ment Report. Address : Allahabad.

[Died 27 Oct. 1903

ROBERTS, Colonel Edward, C.B. 1900 ; b.

1841; 5th s. of Charles Roberts, of the Field

House, Clent, Worcestershire, and Drybridge,Monmouth ; m. 1865, Maria, e. d. of WilliamBacchus, of Edgbaston, Warwickshire.Educ. : privately. Entered army, 1860 ;

served on West Coast of Africa in AshantiExpedition of 1864

; Abyssinian campaignof 1867-68 (lost an arm in the battle of

Arogee ; despatches thrice ; medal) ; Afghanwar of 1878-80 (medal and clasp) ; late ChiefPaymaster, retired 1901. Address : 92Philbeach Gardens, Earl's Court, S.W. Club :

Army and Navy. [Died 26 Aug. 1904.

ROBERTS, Rev. Ernest Stewart, M.A. ; Masterof Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge,from 1903 ; b. Swineshead, Lincolnshire,1847 ; s. of Dr. S. B. Roberts ; m. 1886,Mary, d. of Rev. Dr. Harper, Principal ofJesus College, Oxford ; one s. two d. Educ. :

Boston School; Gonville and Caius College,

Cambridge (6th in 1st class Classical Tripos).Fellow, 1870

; Tutor, 1876; Senior Tutor,

1885; President, 1894

; University Lecturerin Comparative Philology, 1884 ; Proctor,1876 and 1884; Vice-Chancellor, 1906-8;Major of Univ. Volunteers, 1886-89 ;

Lieut.-Col. 1889-97 (retired with rank) ; many timesExaminer for the Classical Tripos ; manyyears Lecturer, and afterwards Head Lec-turer, in Greek at Girton College ;

Hon.LL.D. Western Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1907 ;

Pres. Modern Language Association, 1909 ;

Offlcier de PInstruction publique (France),1909. Publications: Translation, Pezzi's

Glottologia Aria, 1879 ; An Introduction toGreek Epigraphy, 1887 and (with ProfessorE. A. Gardner) 1905. Address : The Lodge,Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ;

Heacham Lodge, Heacham, King's Lynn.[Died 16 June 1912.

ROBERTS of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Water-ford, 1st Earl, cr. 1901, Frederick SleighRoberts, Viscount St. Pierre, cr. 1901, 1st

Baron, cr. 1892, P.C., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.L,G.C.I.E., V.C., K.G., D.C.L., LL.D. ; Orderof Merit; Field-Marshal; Colonel-in-ChiefOverseas and Indian Forces in Europe duringEuropean War, 1914

; Col. of National(formerly the .Veteran) Reserve. [Titlederived from services in Afghanistan, parti-cularly at Kandahar, and from the long con-nection of liis family with Waterford.] b.

Cawnpore, India, 30 Sept. 1832 ; s. of GeneralSir Abraham Roberts, G.C.B., and Isabella,d. of Maj. Abraham Bunbury, 62nd Foot,Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary ; m. 17 May 1859,Nora Henrietta, d. of Capt. Bews, 73rd Foot ;

two d. Protestant. Educ. : Eton ;Sand-

hurst ; Addiscombe. D.C.L. Oxford, 1881 ;

Toronto, 1908; LL.D. Dublin, 1880 ;

Cam-bridge, 1893

; Edinburgh, 1893 ; Durham,1903 ; freedom of the cities of London,Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dundee, Waterford, Cardiff, Chester-

field, Windsor, and Durham, and royalboroughs of Inverness, Wick, and Dunbar.2nd Lieut. Bengal Artillery, 12 Dec. 1851 ;

Lieut., 3rd June 1857 ; Capt., 12 Nov. 1860 ;

Brev. Maj., 13 Nov. 1860; Brev. Lieut.-Col.,

15 Aug. 1868 ; Brev. Col., 30 Jan. 1875 ;

Maj.-Gen., 31 Dec. 1878; Lieut.-Gen., 26July 1883 ; Gen., 28 Nov. 1890 ; Field-Mar.,25 May 1895 ; D.A.Q.M.G. throughout IndianMutiny; A.Q.M.G. (Bengal), 1863-68; 1st

A.Q.M.G., 1869-72; D.Q.M.G., 1872-75;Q.M.G. in India, 1875-78 ;

commandedKuram Field Force, Nov. 1878-Sept. 1879 ;

commanded Kabul Field Force, Sept. 1879-

April 1880;

commanded Kabul-KandaharField Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880 ; commandedin Southern Afgiianistan, Sept.-Oct. 1880 ;

Commander-in-Chief (Madras), Nov. 1881-Aug. 1885 ; Commander-in-Chief in India,Nov. 1885-April 1893 ; Commander of the

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Forces in Ireland, 1 Oct. 1895; MasterGunner of St. James's ; Hon. Col. NatalField Artillery; Hon. Col. AustralianCommonwealth Artillery; Hon. Col. NewZealand Artillery ;

served throughout siegeand capture of Delhi (wounded 14 July, horseshot 14 Sept. 1857) ; actions of Bulandshahr(horse shot), Aligarh, Agra, Kanauj (horsewounded), and Bantharra ; throughoutoperations connected with Relief of Lucknow ;

battle of Cawnpore, resulting in defeat of

Gwalior contingent; action of Khudaganjand reoccupation of Fategarh ; storming of

Mianganj ; operations connected with siegeof Lucknow ; storming of Laloo ; capture of

Umbeyla and destruction of Malka ; Abys-sinian Expedition, 1867-68; Lushai Ex-pedition, 1871-72 ; capture of Kholel villagesand attack on Murtlang range ; commandedKuram Field Force at capture of PeiwarKotal ; reconnaissance to summit of the

Shutargardan Pass ;attack by Mongols in

Sapari Pass ; occupation of Khost and re-

connaissance up Kuram River ;commanded

Kabul Field Force at battle of Charasia ;

capture of city of Kabul, and throughoutoperations in and around Sherpur between8th and 24th December 1879 ;

commanderKabul-Kandahar Field Force, specially de-tailed to proceed from Kabul to relief of

Kandahar, and Southern Afghanistan FieldForce at battle of Kandahar on 1st Sept.1880 ; commanded army, Burma, 1886 ;

Mutiny medal, with clasps for Delhi, Reliefof Lucknow, and Siege of Lucknow ; IndianFrontier medal, with clasps for Umbeyla,Lushai, and Burma

; Abyssinian medal ;

Afghan War medal, with clasps for PeiwarKotal, Charasia, Sherpur, and Kandahar ;

Kabul-Kandahar bronze star ; receivedthanks of both Houses of Parliament, 4 Aug.1879 and 5 May 1881 ; thanked on severaloccasions by Government of India, and men-tioned twenty-three times in despatchesbefore the campaign in Afghanistan ; Com-mander of the Forces in Ireland, 1895 99 ;

Commander - in -Chief, South Africa, 1899-

1900 ; relieved Kimberley, Feb. 1900 ; tookCommandant Cronje and the Western Armyprisoners, 27 Feb. 1900; received thanksof both Houses of Parliament, 1902 (cr. Earland K.G., medal with six clasps) ; Com-mander-in-Chief, 1901-1904. Publications :

Rise of Wellington. 1895 ; Forty-One Yearsin India, 1897. Heir : d. Lady Aileen MaryRoberts. Recreations : hunting, bicycling.Address : Englemere, Ascot. Clubs : UnitedService, Athenaeum. [Died 14 Nov. 1914.

ROBERTS, Hugh Lloyd, C.B. 1905;2nd s. of

Thomas Kyffin Roberts of Plas-yn-Roe, St.

Asaph. Student, Middle Temple, 1861 ; calledto Bar, 1866

; Member of North Wales andChester Circuit; District Auditor, LocalGovt. Board, 1871 ; Inspector of Audits,1891-1904. Address : 1 Pump Court, Temple,B.C. ; 2 Ailsa Park Villas, Twickenham.


ROBERTS, Isaac, Sc.D., F.R.S. 1890 ; F.R.A.S.1882; F.G.S. 1870. Dr. Roberta's originalinvestigations in the domain of Astronomyadded largely to our knowledge of the stars,clusters, nebulae, and the structure of theuniverse. He also made a study of Geology,and up to 1890 pursued his scientific investi-

gations at Liverpool ; on leaving that cityhe was presented with an illuminated address,signed by the Mayor, the Principals andProfessors of the University College, therepresentatives and members of the scientificand literary societies, and the leading citizensof Liverpool. The hon. degree of Doctor ofScience was conferred upon him by the Uni-versity of Dublin, 1892. In 1895 he wasawarded the gold medal of the Royal Astro-nomical Society, on the Council of which he

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served for several years. After 1890 his workwas continued at his observatory at Starfield.He contributed to the Royal AstronomicalSociety and to Knowledge between the years1886 and 1903 upwards of 150 photographstaken with his 20-inch reflector, each of whichshowed structural and other details of objectsin the sky that were previously unknown toastronomers. Two quarto volumes of his

Photographs of Stars, Star-clusters, andNebulae, with scientific deductions foundedupon them, were published in the years 1893and 1900. Address : Starfield, CrowboroughSussex. [Died 17 July 1904.

ROBERTS, Rev. J. J., ex-Minister of Taber-nacle Calvinistic Methodist Church, Port-madoc ; Ex-Moderator of General Assemblyand of the Association ; b. 1840

; s. of Johnand Mary Roberts, Llanllyfni, Carnarvon

;

m. 1874, Anne Williams, Fourcrosses, Car-narvon ; one s. Educ, : Glynnog GrammarSchool ; Bala College. Quarryman until1867

; commenced to preach, and enteredBala Coll., 1868 ; went as Pastor of Churchat Trefriw, 1873 ; ordained, 1874 ; removedto Portmadoc, 1879 ; won gold medal for

prize poem at National Eisteddfod, 1878 ; asilver and a gold crown, 1890-92 ; gave the

charge in the Ordination Service at theLlanrwst Association, 1894, and at the

Llangefni Association, 1902. Publications:Two volumes of Welsh Poetry

" Oriau ynNgwlad Hud," and Ymsonau ; and two in

prose and verse Breuddwydion y Dydd(Dreams of th*Day) and Confiannau

;Davies

Lecturer for 1907 ; one volume of sermons,essays, and poems, called Myfyrion ;

Bio-

graphy of Rev. Owen Thomas, D.D. Re-creations : walking, mountain-climbing. Ad-dress : Portmadoc. [Died 5 Nov. 1914.

ROBERTS, Sir Owen ; Kt., cr. 1888 ; M.A.,D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A. ; J.P..D.L. Carnarvon-shire and Co. of London ; J.P. Surrey ;

oneof H.M.'s Lieutenants for City of London ;

clerk to Worshipful Co. of Cloth-workers,1866-1907 ; Master, 1909 ; High Sheriff of

Carnarvonsliire, 1907 ; b. 1 April 1835 ; s.

of Owen Roberts of Plas Dinas, Carnarvon,and Katherine, d. of John Roberts of Castell,Co. Carnarvon ; m. 1st, 1867, Jane Margaret(d. 1869), d. of Rowland Stagg of Stoke

Newington ; 2nd, 1872, Mary Anne (d. 1879),d of Richard Porter of Whitehall, Hornsey,Middlesex; 3rd, 1881, Louisa, d. of JohnChadwick, J.P., D.L., of Woodville, Stock-

port ;three d. Educ. : Jesus College,

Oxford (Hon. Fellow). Barr. Inner Temple.1863. Address: Henley Park, Guildiord,

Surrey. Clubs : Athenaeum, Albemarle.[Died 6 Jan. 1915.

ROBERTS, Sir Randal Rowland, 4th Bt. ;cr.

1809 ; Capt. 33rd Regt. (retired) ; Knightof Legion of Honour ; of Sts. Maurice and

Lazarus, Italy ; of Iron Cross of Prussia ;b.

Britfieldstown, Co. Cork, 28 Mar. 1837 ;-S.

father 1864; m. Eliza, d. of Lieut.-Col.

Sydney Turnbull, Bombay Artillery, 1858.

Educ. : Merchant Taylors' School. Servedin Crimea and Indian Mutiny ;

war corre-

spondent for Daily Telegraph during Franco-German War, 1870-71 ; Maj. London Irish

Rifles. 1870-72. Publications : several bookson soldiers and on the turf. Heir : half-b.

Howlaud, b. 1845. [Died 10 Oct. 1899.

ROBERTS, Robert Davies, M.A., D.Sc., J.P.,

High Sheriff of Cardiganshire, 1902-3;

Secretary of the Congress of the Universitiesof the Empire, 1912

; secretary and lecturer

to the Gilchrist Educational Trust ; b. 1851 ;

e. s. of the late Richard Roberts, Aberystwith;m. 1889, Mary, e. d. of P. S. King, Brighton.Educ. : University College, London ;

Clare

College, Cambridge ; B.Sc. (1870), University

Scholarship in Geology ; D.Sc. (Lond.) 1878 ;

Fellow of University College ;Foundation

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 ROBERTSON

Scholar of Clare College ; 1st Class NaturalSciences Tripos ; M.A. 1878 ; Fellow of Clare

College, 1884-90 ; University Lecturer in Geo-logy in the University of Cambridge, 1884; for-

merly Examiner in Geology in the Universitiesof London (1879-84) and Cambridge ; secretaryto London Society for Extension of Uni-versity Teaching, 1885-94, and secretary for

Lectures of Local Examinations and Lectures

Syndicate, Camb., 1894-1902 ;member of

Council of University College, Aberystwyth ;

Junior Deputy Chancellor of University of

Wnles, 1903-5 ;Chairman Executive Com-

mittee University of Wales, 1910-11 ; GovernorRoyal Holloway College; Member of Council of

St. David's College, Lampeter. Publications :

Eighteen Years of University Extension ;

An Introduction to Modern Geology. Re-creation : angling. Address : 1 PlowdenBuildings, Temple. E.G.; 55 Bedford Gardens,Campden Hill, W. Clubs : Savile, NationalLiberal. [Died 14 Nov. 1911.

ROBERTS, Samuel, M.A., J.P., D.L. ;M.P.

(C.) Ecclesall division of Sheffield from 1902 ;

b. 1852; e.s. of late Samuel Roberts, M.A.,

J.P., of Queen's Tower, Sheffield ; m. 1880,o. d. of late Archdeacon Blakeney. Educ. :

Repton ; Trin. Coll. Camb. Called to the

Bar, Inner Temple, 1878 ; Lord Mayor,Sheffield, 1899-1900 ; Deputy-Chairman WestRiding Quarter Ses. ; contested High Peakdivision of Derbyshire, 1900. Recreations :

hunting, shooting, fishing. Address : Queen'sTower, Sheffield ;

4 Whitehall Court, S.W.Clubs : Carlton, Oxford and Cambridge.


ROBERTS, Sir William, Kt. ; cr. 1885; M.D.,

F.R.S. : physician, practising in London ;

b. Anglesea, Mar. 1830 ; 7th s. of DavidRoberts, surgeon. Educ. : Univ. Coll.

London (B.A.). Began practice as a physi-cian in Manchester, 1854 ; physician to theManchester Royal Infirmary ; Professor of

Medicine in the Victoria University (OwensCollege) ;

removed to London, 1889. Pub-lications : A Practical Treatise on Urinaryand Renal Disorders, 4th ed. ;

On the

Chemistry and Therapeutics of Gout andUric-Acid Gravel; Collected Contributionson Digestion and Dietetics, etc. Recreations :

botanising. fishing. Address : 8 ManchesterSquare, W. ; Bryn, Dinas Mawddwy, NorthWales. Club: Savile.

[Died 16 Apr. 1899.ROBERTS-AUSTEN, Sir William Chandler,

K.C.B., cr. 1899 ; D.C.L. (Durham, 1897),F.R.S. 1875 ; Chevalier de la Legion d'Hon-neur ; chemist an 1 assayer to Royal Mintsince 1870 ; Prof, of Metallurgy, RoyalSchool of Mines since 1880 ; b. 1843 ; s. of

George and Maria Louisa Chandler Roberts ;

assumed name of Austen at request of his

uncle, Maj. Austen, whose estate was atHaffenden and Comborne, in the county of

Kent, 1885. Educ. : Royal School of Mines.Served on many departmental and othercommittees ; President of Iron and SteelInstitute ; Honorary General Secretary of

British Association for Advancement of

Science ;at one time was Vice-President of

Chemical Society, Physical Society, andSociety of Arts. Publication : An Intro-duction to the Study of Metallurgy. Address:

Royal Mint, Tower Hill, E. ; Blatchfeld,Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey. Club:Athenaeum. [Died 22 Nov. 1902.

ROBERTSON, Alasdair Stewart (Struan-Robertson), b. 6 Nov. 1863 ; e and o. surv.

s. of late Alexander Gilbert Robertson of

Struan and Charlotte Wilhelmina Hoffmann.Late Capt. and Hon. Major West of ScotlandArt. S. Div. R.A. Address : Barracks,Rannoch, N.B. [Died 20 May 1910.

ROBERTSON, Maj .-Gen. David, Indian Army.Maj.-Gen 1894 ;

served Bhootan Expedition,

1865-66 (medal with clasp) ;Looshai Ex-

pedition, 1871-72 (despatches, clasp, brevet

Maj.) ; Naga Hills Expedition, 1879-80

(clasp) : Burmese Expedition, 1886-87 (clasp).

[Died 30 June 1913.

ROBERTSON, Douglas Argyll, M.D., LL.D.(Ed.), F.R.C.S. (Ed.), F.R.S. (Ed.) ;

Hon.Surgeon-Oculist to H.M. King Edward VII.in Scotland ; b. 1837 ; s. of Dr. John ArgyllRobertson, Pres. of Royal College of Surgeons,Edinburgh, and Lecturer on Surgery ;

m.1882, Carey, 4th d. of W. N. Fraser of Find-rack and Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire. Educ. :

Edinburgh Institution ; Neuwied, Germany ;

Universities of Edinburgh, St. Andrews, andBerlin. Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon to

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary ; formerlySurgeon-Oculist to Queen Victoria in Scot-

land, and Lecturer on Ophthalmology Edin-burgh University : Ex-President of the

Ophthalmological Society of United King-dom

; formerly President of Royal College of

Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1886 ; was President of

International Ophthalmological Congress,1894

; Pres. of Ophthalmological Section ofBritish Med. Assoc. 1898 ; Pres. of Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh ; Pres. of

Edinburgh branch of British Med. Assoc.Publications : numerous papers on Ophthal-mic Surgery in Edinburgh Medical Journal,British Medical Journal, Transactions of the

Ophthalmological Society, etc. Recreations :

golf, shooting, travel. Address : MonPlaisir, St. Aubins, Jersey. Clubs : Uni-versity, Edinburgh ; The Club, St. Andrews ;

Victoria, Jersey. [Died 3 Jan. 1909.

ROBERTSON, Frederick Ewart, C.I.E., 1892 ;

M.Inst.C.E. ; partner Sir A. M. RendelRobertson and Rendel, Consulting Engineers,.13 Dartmouth St., S.W. ; b. 24 Feb. 1847 ;

e. s. of Frederick Robertson and Mary Ewart ;

m. 1879 Jane Isabella, d. of M. Ramsay ;

three *. four d. Educ. : private school.Civil Engineer in England, 1864-68 ;

IndianPublic Works Dept. 1868-90 ; Chief EngineerEast Indian Railway, 1890-97 ; PresidentEgyptian Railway Board, 1897-98. Decoratedfor Sukkur Bridge and other services as

engineer in India. Publications : A PracticalTreatise on Organ-Building ; Arabic Vocabu-lary for Egypt ; articles mostly technical,passim. Recreations : arts and sciences,

specially organ-building. Address : 32Courtfield Gardens, Kensington, S.W. Club :

Reform. [Died 16 Nov. 1912.

ROBERTSON, Baron, of Forteviot (cr. J1899 ;

life peerage) ; James Patrick BannermanRobertson, P.C., K.C., M.A., LL.D., D.L. ;

a Lord of Appeal from 1899 ; b. 1845 ; o.

surv. s. of late Rev. R. J. Robertson,Forteviot, and Helen, d. of Rev. JamesBannerman ; m. 1872, Philadelphia MaryLucy (d. 1907), d. of W. N. Fraser, Tornaveen,,Aberdeenshire. Educ. : Univ. of Edin.Scottish Barr. 1867 ; Q.C. 1885

;Solicitor-

Gen. Scotland, 1885-86, 1886-88; LordAdvocate, 1888-91

; M.P. Buteshire, 1885-91;Lord Justice-General and President of theCourt of Session, 1891-99 ; Lord Rector of

University of Edinburgh, 1893-96;Chairman

of Royal Commission on Irish UniversityEducation, 1901. Address : 7 Seville Street,S.W. ; Evington Place, Ashford, Kent.Club : Cavlton. [Died 1 Feb. 1909.

ROBERTSON, Colonel John, C.I.E. 1882;retired list Indian Army, Bengal ; b. 1837 ;

m. 1861, Marie Frederique, d. of M. Gumbert,of Colmar, Alsace. Served with 42nd RoyalHighlanders throughout Crimean campaign,1854-55 (medal with three clasps and Turkish

medal) ;Indian Mutiny Campaign, 1857-58

(medal and clasp) ; Empress Commemora-tion silver medal for services rendered at

Imperial Assembly at Delhi, Jan. 1877 ;

Assistant Military Accountant-General to603

ROBERTSON WHO WAS WHO, 1897-191G

Government of India, 1877-88; PresidentSimla Municipality, 1891-97 ; retired fromArmy, 1887, with honorary rank of Colonel.

Address : Liddington Hall, Rydes Hill, near

Guildford, Surrey. [Died 19 Feb. 1915.

ROBERTSON, Rev. John, D.D. ; Vicar of

Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hants, from1908 ; b. Weymouth, 4 Oct. 1852 ; e. s. of

late James Robertson, J.P. ;m. 1st, Mary,

d. of late P. C. Ralli, London ; 2nd, Eleanor,d. of late J. 11. Armitage, J.P., of Bradford,Yorks. Educ. : Weymouth College ; Queen'sCollege, Oxford. B.A. (2nd class TheologicalSchool), 1875; M.A., 1878; B.D. and D.D.,1897. Priest, 1876; Curate, St. John's,Upper Holloway, N. ; St. James, Paddington,W. ;

first Vicar of Holy Trinity, Stroud Green,N., 1880-85; Vicar of St. Mary, Kilburn,N.W., 1885-96 ; Vicar and Rural Dean of

Bradford, Yorks, 1896-1906 ; Hon. Canon of

Ripon Cathedral, 1904;

served as com-missary for the late Bishop Goe of Melbourneand Archbishop of W. Indies. Recreation :

foreign travel. Address : Monk SherborneRectory, Basingstoke. [Died 23 Dec. 1913.

ROBERTSON, Thomas, C.V.O., 1900 ; SpecialGovernment Commissioner for RailwaysIndian Empire ; s. of late P. Robertson of

Auchtergaven, Perthshire. Superintendentof Highland Railway, Scotland, 1875-90;General Manager G.N. Railway, Ireland,1890-96

; Chairman of Board of Public Works,Ireland, 1896-1901. Address : Cairnleith,Crieff, N.B. [Died 17 June 1906.

ROBERTSON, Thomas Dixon* Marr Trotter,I.S.O. 1903; a Prison Commissioner forScotland from 191 1

; b. 5 Aug. 1856 ; y. s.

of late Commander James H/M'K. Robert-son, R.N. ; m. 1891, Julia Maud, e. d. of lateAugustus George Church. Educ. : Christ'sHospital. Entered Civil Service, 1876

;

Sub-Inspector Reformatory and IndustrialSchools, 1891

; Assistant Inspector, 1896 ;

Chief Inspector, 1906. Address : 1 WesterCoates Gardens, Edinburgh. Club Uni-versity, Liverpool. [Died 27 Feb. 1913.

ROBERTSON, Major W. M., C.M.G. 1900;Border Horse

; served South Africa.

ROBEHTSOH-EUSTACE/ôi7

SSfSgiEustace, D.S.O. 1900; King's Royal RifleCorps ; b. 26 July 1867

; . of Col. R. J. E.Eustace, late Lieut.-Col. 60th Rifles, andLady Katherine Eustace, d. of 4th Earl ofDartmouth

; m. 1906, Marjory, y. d. of Majorw?

'

,Hduc- : Etou - Joined King's Royal, o,J?

8',

188J>"serve<l in Manipur Expedition,

1891 (medal and clasp); Chin-Lushai Ex-Pedition, 1891-92 (clasp); Mashonaland,

l

Soo&r,e,Iy wounded

. medal) ; S. Africa,1899-1902 (despatches twice, Queen's medal,5 clasps, King's medal, 2 clasps). Decorated

v*bou^ Africa - Address: Montague

House, Wokmgham. Clubs : Wellington ;

Kildare Street, Dublin. [Died 5 Oct.. 1908ROBERTSON-MACDONALD, Admiral David j

Retired List; b. Edinburgh, 18 17; a. ofLieut.-Col. Robertson-Macdonald, of Kin-loehmoidart (3rd s. of Principal Robertsonthe HistLrian) and Margaret, d. of Lieut.-ColAlexander Macdonald, of Kinlochmoidart ; mCaroline, d. of James Beck, of Prior's Hard-wick, Warwickshire

; one s. four d. Educ :

Edinburgh. Joined Royal Navy, 1831Lieutenant, 1841

; served in H.M.S. Hazard'1841-45

; up the Yang-tse-Kiang in Chinesewar ot 1842 (medal); while Acting Com-mander in March 1845 was very severelywounded while defending the town of Koro-rarika, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand(medal) ; Commander, 1845 ; in H M SCygnet on the West Coast of Africa suppress-ing the slave trade, 1849-50 ; InspectingCommander of Coast Guard, 1851-58

;

Captain, 1858; Assistant Inspector of Life-

Boats to the Royal National Life-BoatInstitution, 18G2-79 ; medal for saving life

from shipwreck. Address : I MardaleCrescent, Edinburgh. [Died 16 May 1910.

ROBESON, Ven. Hemming, Canon of Bristol,1884

; m. Charlotte, e. d. of late Rev. EdwardPearce-Serocold, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge-shire, 1862. Educ. : Cheltenham

;Balliol

Coll. Oxford (Scholar, M.A.). 1st ClassClassical Mods. ; 2nd Class Lit. Hum. ;

Chancellor's Prize for Latin Essay, 1856.Vicar of Tewkesbury, 1877-92

; Archdeaconof Bristol, 1892-1904

; Archdeacon of NorthWilts, 1904-9. Address: 25 Great GeorgeStreet, Bristol

; Abbey Cottage, Tewkesbury.[Died 16 June 1912.

ROBINS, Rev. Arthur, M.A. ; Rector of HolyTrinity, Windsor

; Chaplain in ordinary tothe Queen ; Chaplain to H.R.H. Prince ofWales ; Chaplain to H.M.'s HouseholdBrigade ; chaplain to Lord Boston, LordRossmore, and E. of Mansfield

; b. West-minster, 24 January 1834; 2nd *. of late

George Henry Robins and Marian Amelia, d.of late Francis Losack, in direct descent fromAdmiral Losack and Le Marquis de Lussac

;

m. 1857, Mary, e. d. of late E. D. Colville, aRegistrar of the Court of Chancery. Educ. :

The Rev. Charles Pritchard, Savilian, Pro-fessor of Astronomy, Oxford]; Magdalen Hall,Oxford, now Hertford College. M.A. byArchbishop Longley of Canterbury,

"for

great services rendered to the Church."Served his articles for nearly seven years toa Proctor in Doctors Commons on the aboli-tion of Doctors Commons

; ordained in

1866 by Bishop Samuel Wilberforce;

curateof St. Clement's, Oxford, 1866

; Burnham,1867

; Hitcham, 1869; Bakewell, 1869 ;

Rector of Beaulieu, 1873 ; Rector of Nurstingand Holy Trinity, Windsor ; was known as

the"

Soldiers' Bishop"

; laboured for manyyears in promoting the human housing of the

poor. Publications : Miriam May, I860;

Crispin Ken, 1861 ; Present Position of theLiberal Party, 1862; Black Moss, 1864;The Soldier's Hyrmi, The Light of the World,1878 ;

The Hymn of the Bodyguard, 1880;

Twelve Lustres of Light, a Hymn of the

Queen's Jubilee, 1887. Recreations : walking,fishing, cricket. Address : Holy TrinityRectory, Windsor. Club : Constitutional,Windsor. [Died 24 Dec. 1899.

ROBINSON, Rev. Archibald, D.D. ;Professor

of Sacred Rhetoric and Catechism Assembly'sColl. Belfast, Presbyterian Church in Ireland.Address : Assembly's College, Belfast.

[Died 26 Feb. 1902.

ROBINSON, Rev. Charles Kirkby, D.I). ;

Master of St. Catherine's Coll. Camb. from1861

;Canon of Norwich

;b. Acomb, neat-

York, 1826;

e. s. of Charles Robinson, Risp-lith, and Mary, o. c. of Jonathan Kirkby,Acomb ; m. Margaret, d. of Major Stewart of

24th Regt., 1861 (d. 1882) ;one s. one d.

Educ. : St. Peter's Grammar School, York.Scholar and Fellow of St. Catherine's ;

22nd

Wrangler ;Maitland University Prizeman ;

Vicar of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge,1859-62. Recreation: riding on horseback.Address : St. Catharine's Lodge, Cambridge ;

The Close, Norwich. Club : CambridgeUnion. [Died 13 July 1909.

ROBINSON, Sir Clifton, Kt., cr. 1905 ; J.P. ;

Assoc. Inst. C.E., M.Inst. E.E. ; ManagingDirector and Engineer, Imperial Tramways ;

Director and Engineer, Bristol Electric Tram-ways ;

and Director Metropolitan District,

Underground Electric Railways of London,and Corris Railways ;

b. Birkenhead, 1 Jan.

1849 ; m. 1874, M. E. Martin, Blackrock,

Cork; one s. Joined staff of late GeorgeFrancis Train ;

first Tramway in Europe at

Birkenhead, 1860, and afterwards closely

connected with tramway enterprises in ling-

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 ROBINSON

land, America, and the Continent ; LosAngeles, California, constructed pioneersystem of cable and electric tramways ;

pioneered electric traction in London ; de-

signed and constructed London United Elec-tric Tramways System ; Bristol constructedfirst electric tramway, 1 895 ; as ManagingDirector and Engineer of Imperial TramwaysCompany constructed and reorganisedDublin Southern District Electric Tramways,1896, and Middlesbrough, Stockton, andThornaby Electric Tramways, 1898. In 1902concerned in promotion of great Tube Rail-

way system in London. In 1906 designed andcarried into successful operation system of

through booking between electric tramwaysand underground railways in London. Pub-lications : numerous papers and treatises onhis favourite subject, The World's Tramways(silver medal Society of Arts). Recreations :

travelling ; fond of music, motoring, outdoorsports, horses, dogs. Address : 19 CavendishSquare, W. Club : St. Stephen's.

[Died 6 Nov. 1910.

ROBINSON, Sir Frederick Arnold, 3rd Bt. ; cr.

1854 ; b. 9 Mar. 1855; S. father 1894 ; m.

Mary, d. of Isaac Hammond Fieer, EasternTownship, Quebec Province. Heir : c. JohnB., b. 1848. Address : Beverley House,Toronto, Canada. [Died 25 Aug. 1901.

ROBINSON, Sir Frederic Lacy, K.C.B., cr. 1897;

b. 27 Oct. 1840 ; ?/. s. of late Rev. J. BanksRobinson, M.A., Long Melford, Suffolk; m.1st, 1867, Julia, d. of late George Hollins,Edgbaston (d. 1898) ; 2nd, 1904, Geraldine,d. of Rev. John Ormond, and widow of W. M.Yule

; three d. Educ. : St. John's Founda-tion School. Entered Inland Revenue, 1857

;

appointed Secretary, 1882 ; Commissioner,1883 ; Deputy-Chairman, 1892-1902. Ad-dress : Hillside, Westcott, near Dorking.

[Died 26 July 1911.illiROBINSON, Frederick William, novelist and

editor ; b. Spitalfields, 23 Dec. 1830 ; 2nd s.

of late William Robinson, Acre Lane, Brixton.Educ. : Clarendon House, Kennington.Novelist from 1851 ; writer of special articlesfor Graphic, Black and White, Daily News,Belgrayia, Gentleman's Magazine ; assistantdramatic critic Daily News for five years ;

editor and founder of Home Chimes, etc.

Publications : Grandmother's Money ;No

Church; Poor Humanity ; Anne Judge ;

Spinster ; Female Life in Prison ; JaneCameron

; Little Kate Kirby ; Lazarus inLondon ; Bridge of Glass

;Poor Zeph ;

Hands of Justice; Courting 4f Mary Smith ;

Owen, a Waif ; Mattie, a Stray, etc. Re-creations : chess, bowls. Club : Crichton.

[Died 6 Dec. 1901.

ROBINSON, Sir Gerald William Collingwood,4th Bt. ; cr. 1819 [g. g. s. of Lord Colling-wood] ; J.P., D.L. ; High Sheriff for Co.

Louth, 1898 ; b. 11 Feb. 1857; S. father

1895. Owned about 3000 acres. Heir : u.

Richard, b. 1828. Address : Rokeby Hall,Dunleer, Co. Louth. [Died 3 May 1903.

ROBINSON, Henry, C.B. ; Deputy Controllerin Army from 1870. Served Kaffir War, 1870(medal). Address : 10 Gwendwr Road,W. Kensington. [Died 18 Oct. 1901.

ROBINSON, Hon. Hercules Edward Joseph ; b.

5 Sept. 1895 ; e. s. and heir of 2nd BaronRosmead. [Died 26 Sept. 1915.

ROBINSON, Hon. Sir John, K.C.M.G., cr. 1889 ;

Colonial Secretary and Minister of Educa-tion, Natal

; member Legislative Councilfrom 1863 ; b. 1839

; m. Agnes, d. of Ben-jamin Blaine, 1865. Delegate for the Colonyat several Colonial Conferences ; FirstPremier of Natal, 1893-97. Publications :

The Colonies and the Century, 1899 ; ALifetime in South Africa, etc. Address : 26Victoria Street. S,W. : Durban, Natal.

[Died 4 Nov. 1903.

ROBINSON, Sir John Charles, Kt., cr. 1887 ;

C.B. 1901 ; b. Nottingham, 16 Dec. 1824 ;

s. of Aflred Robinson, Nottingham ; m.Marian Elizabeth (d. 1908), e. d. of EdmundNewton, Alderman and Sheriff of Norwich,1852

; five s. two d. Educ. : Nottingham ;

Paris (as an artist). Honorary Member of

Academies of Fine Arts of St. Luke in

Rome, Florence, Bologna, Antwerp, Madrid,and Lisbon ;

Fellow of the Society of

Antiquaries ; Hon. Curator of the RoyalSociety of Painter-Etchers ; Headmaster of

Government School of Art at Hanley, Staf-

fordshire Potteries, 1847 ; Superintendentof Art Collections of the South KensingtonMuseum, 1852-69, during which time organ-ised and carried out the system of loan andcirculation of works of Art from the Museumto provincial institutions ;

founded in 1856,in connection with the Marquis d'Azeglio,Italian Ambassador in London, The FineArts Club (afterwards the Burlington FineArts Club), and was hon. secretary for

about fifteen years, until the reorganisationof the Society in Savile Row ; H.M.'s Sur-

veyor of Pictures, 1882-1901 ; Knight of

the Orders of Leopold of Belgium, Isabellala Catolica of Spain, and Santiago of Portugal.Publications : numerous Art publications for

the Science and Art Department whilst atSouth Kensington ; Catalogue Raisonne" of

the drawings of Michael Angelo and Raffaelleat Oxford for the University ; many othersimilar works and special art monographs ;

numerous articles in Times, Nineteenth

Century, and other reviews. Recreation :

gardening. Address : Newton Manor, Swan-age, Dorset ; Lee on the Solent, Hants.Club : Burlington Fine Arts.

[Died 10 Apr. 1913.

ROBINSON, John Robert ; b. 6 Dec. 1850 ;

e. s. of late John Hunter Robinson, nephewof the late Vice-Admiral Charles GeppRobinson, R.N. (a service to which the

family has supplied officers for at least five

generations) ;m. 1877, Sarah Ashbridge,

3rd d. of late William Longmire of Osna-burgh Street, Regent's Park, N.W., andOusby Cottage, St. Albans, Herts. Pub-lications : The Life of Robert Coates ;

ThePrincely Chandos ; The Last Earls of

Barrymore ;Old Q. ; Philip, Duke of

Wharton; etc. Recreations: bicycling,

aquatics, athletics. Address : 9 ClaremontVillas, Cricklewood, N.W. ; Ousby Cottage,St. Albans, Herts. Clubs : Blenheim, NewVagabonds', Playgoers', Royal LondonYacht, Touring Club de France, C.T.C., etc.

[Died 17 May 1910.

ROBINSON, Sir Richard Harcourt, 5th Bt., cr.

1819; b. 4 Feb. 1828; S. nephew, 1903.

Lt.-Col. 60th Rifles (retired). Heir : none.Address: 3 Harley Gardens, S.W. Club :

Army and Navy. [Died 26 Feb. 1910.

ROBINSON, Sir Thomas, Kt., cr. 1894 ;J.P. >

b. 1827 ; m. Harriet, d. of J. Goodwin,1852. Corn merchant at Gloucester, 1899-94 ;

Mayor of Gloucester, 1865, 1866, 1872,1874

; M.P. (L.) Gloucester, 1885-95. Ad-dress : Maisemore Park, Gloucester. Clubs :

Reform, National Liberal.

[Died 26 Oct. 1897.

ROBINSON, Vincent Joseph, C.I.E., 1891 ;

F.S.A. ; b. 1829 ; s. of Vincent and ElizabethHannah Robinson, merchant of London ;

unmarried. Educ. : Finchley ;and King s

Coll., Lond. Formerly in East India trade.

Decorated for services in connection with the

spread of Arts of India in Europe. Pub-lications : Ancient Furniture and other

Works of Art ;Eastern Carpets, and several

papers and reports on Eastern Fabrics.

Address : Parnham, Beaminster, Dorset.

Clubs : Reform, Savage.[Died 21 Feb. 11 10.

605

EOBINSON

ROBINSON, Rt. Rev. Monsignor Walter Croke,Preacher and Lecturer of the Archdiocese of

Westminster from 1892 ;Domestic Prelate

of his Holiness ; b. 4 June 1839 ; 3rd s: of

Rev. Francis Robinson, Rector of Stones-

field, Oxfordshire (d. 1886), and SophiaElizabeth Rowden. Educ. : Temple Grove,East Sheen; Winchester College; NewCollege, Oxford. Fellow ;

M.A. ; 2nd class

1st Public Examination ;the first Catholic

Fellow of Oxford since the Reformation.Curate of St. John's Common, Burgess Hill,1863-65

;Curate of Clewer Parish Church,

1865-67 ; Curate in charge of St. Andrews,West Bromwich ;

conversion to Catholic

Church, 8 May 1872; educated for the

priesthood at Oscott College, 1872-75 ;

ordained Priest, 16 May 1875 ; Vice-Rectorof Catholic University College, Kensington,1875-78 ; Catholic Chaplain of KensingtonWorkhouse and Infirmary, 1878-92. Pub-lications : Life of Bishop Grosseteste ;

4

controversial tracts; 15 Benediction Ser-

vices. Recreations : played in the Win-chester College cricket match against Etonin 1857

; Six-and-six football team at

Winchester for several years ; musical com-position, fly-fishing, tricycling. Address :

13 Luxemburg Gardens, Brook Green,Hammersmith, W. [Died 17 Apr. 1914.

ROBINSON, Major-Gen. Wellesley GordonWalker, C.B. 1882 ;

retired Commissary-General ; b. 29 March 1839 ;

s. of AdmiralC. G. Robinson ; m. 1870, d. of ColonelThomas Smith, C.B. Educ. : Royal NavalSchool, New Cross. Joined the Commis-sariat Department, 1855 ;

served in Crimea,1855-56, with expedition to Kinburn (medaland clasp, Sebastopol and Turkish medal) ;

Perak Campaign, 1875-76 (despatches, medal,promoted) ; Egypt, 1882 (despatches, C.B.,Osmanieh 3rd class, medal and Egyptianstar). Address : 1 Whitehall Gardens, S.W.Club : National. [Died 14 Jan. 1908.

ROBINSON, Sir William, G.C.M.G., cr. 1897 ;

K.C.M.G., cr. 1883 ;F.R.G.S. ; b. 1836 ;

e. s. of Rev. J. Banks Robinson ;m. 1st,

1862, Julia Sophia (d. 1881), d. of Rev.Robert Dampier, of Rownhams ; 2nd, 1884,Felicia Ida Helen (d. 1894), d. of WilliamGray Rattray ;

three s. three d. Memberof Slave Trade Commission, 1869 ; Governorof Bahama Isles, 1874-80 ; of WindwardIslands, 1881-84; of Barbados, 1884; of

Trinidad, 1885 ;of Hong-Kong, 1891-98 ;

received thanks of Government for thesettlement of the Fanny Josephine affair

(Venezuela). Address : 28 Evelyn Man-sions, S.W. Clubs : Windham, RoyalSocieties. [Died I Dec. 1912.

ROBINSON, Sir William C. F., G.C.M.G. ;

Ex-Colonial Governor, retired 1895 ; b.

1835; 4th s. of late Admiral HerculesRobinson and Frances, d. and heiress of

Henry Widman Wood, Rosmead, Co. West-meath, which title his elder brother SirHercules assumed on elevation to the peer-age ; m. Olivia, d. of late Dr. Townshend,Bishop of Meath, 1862. Educ. : RoyalNaval School, New Cross. Private Secretaryto Sir Hercules Robinson (Lord Rosmead),1855-60 ;

President of Montserrat, 1862;

Governor of Falkland Islands, 1866 ; PrinceEdward Islands, 1870 ; Western Australia,1874 ; Straits Settlements, 1877

; specialMission to Bangkok, 1878

; again GovernorWest Australia, 1880 ; South Australia,1882 ; Acting Governor Victoria, 1889

;

third time Governor West Australia, 1890.Publications : pamphlets, articles, lectureson Colonial subjects ; composer of various

songs well known and popular ; composerof the opera, Nut Brown Maid, performedwith success in Australia under the title of

Predatoros. Recreations : music, the drama.606


Address : 5 Cromwell Houses, S.W. Clubs :

Athenaeum, Bachelors', Constitutional, Baths,Ranelagh. [Died 2 May 1897.

ROBSON, Dr. George ; Minister emeritus ofBridgend Church, Perth, and editor of theMissionary Record of the United FreeChurch of Scotland from 1891

; b. Glasgow,1842

; 3rd s. of Rev. John Robson, D.D., of

Wellington Street Church, Glasgow, andAgnes Renton ; m. 1st, 1867, Marian (d.

1886), 5th d. of Robert Boyd, merchant,Glasgow ; 2nd, 1895, Catherine Frew, 4thd. of J. H. Young, merchant, Glasgow ;

one s. five d. Educ. : High School Glasgow ;

Univ., Glasgow: U.P. Theological Hall,Edinburgh ; Erlangen, Berlin, Tubingen,and Geneva. Ordained minister of UnionSt. Church, Inverness, 1866: interested ineducational affairs, and mainly instrumentalin founding the Northern Counties Institutefor the Blind ; commissioned to inquire intoreligious movements in Norway, 1874 ; tovisit the Church Missions in' the WestIndies, 1889 ; received the degree of D.D.from the University of Glasgow, 1890 ; re-

moved to Perth, 1895 ; retired from thepastorate, 1909; Moderator of the UnitedFree Church, 1903. Publications : trans-lated and edited Dorner's History of Pro-testant Theology ; edited English edition ofWarneck's History of Protestant Missions ;

wrote The Story of the Jamaica Mission, andvarious articles in periodicals. Address :

36 Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh. Clubs:Scottish Liberal, Edinburgh.

[Died 2 Aug. 1911.

ROBSON, Sir Henry, Kt., cr. 1907 ; b. 1848 ;

s. of Rev. John Robson, D.D. of Glasgow ;

m. 1875, Jane Gray (d. 1908), d. of RobertCrothers, M.D., of Moy, Co. Tyrone ; twos. one d. Educ. : Glasgow High School andUniversity. Came to London, 1869

; enteredthe Stock Exchange, 1872 ; was for someyears on the Committee ; contested Forfar-shire (L.), 1894 ; Dundee, 1906 ; Mayor of

Kensington, 1905 ; re-elected, 1906;

con-tested (L.) North Kensington, 1910

;was a

leading elder of the Presbyterian Church of

England. Address : Aubrey Lodge, AubreyRoad, W. Clubs : National Liberal, CityLiberal, Reform. [Died 25 Sept. 1911.

ROBSON, Rev. John, M.A., D.D. ; b. 1836 ;

s. of Rev. Dr. John Robson, Glasgow ;m.

1860, Elizabeth, 3rd d. of Robert Boyd,manufacturer, Glasgow ; two s. four d.

Educ. : Glasgow, Geneva, Heidelberg, andGottingen. Moderator of the Synod of theUnited Presbyterian Church of Scotland,1899-1900 ; senior minister of St. Nicholas

U.F.C., Aberdeen, 1876-98;one of founders

Rajputana Mission, 1860;

returned fromIndia on account of ill-health, 1872. Pub-lications : Hinduism and Christianity ;

TheBible : its Revelation and Inspiration ; TheHoly Spirit, the Paraclete ;

Primer of

Missions; Jeremiah, the Prophet ; etc.

Address : 73 Creffield Road, West Acton.[Died 12 Aug. 1908.

ROBSON, Rev. William Henry Fairfax ; Asso-ciate of King's College, London; Hon.Canon of Peterborough, 1875 ; Vicar,Christ Church. Claughton, 1877 ;

RuralDean of Birkenhead, 1906; b. 20 Mar.1834 ; s. of William and Matilda AnneRobson ; m. 1st, Fanny, d. of James andElizabeth Butler (deed.) ; 2nd, TemperanceEllen Britten (deed.), d. of Thomas andMary Britten of Little Billing, Northamp-ton

;six s. four d. Educ. : private school ;

King's College, London. Curate of St.

Paul's, Dock St., London, E., 1861-62;St. Giles', Northampton, 1862-64; Vicar,St. Giles', Northampton, 1864-77. Publica-tions : Plain Sermons ; Heads of Christian

Doctrine ; Sermons Monthly in the Claugh-


ton Church Messenger. Address : TheVicarage, Christ Church Road, Birkenhead.

[Died 17 May 1913.

ROBY, Henry John, Hon. LL.D. Cambridgeand Edinburgh ; b. Tarnworth, 12 Aug.1830 ; o. s. of Henry Wood Roby andElizabeth Robins ;

m. 1861, Mary AnnMatilda Ermen (d. 1889).; two s. one d.

Educ. : Bridgnorth ;St. John's Coll. Camb.

(M.A.) ; Senior Classic, 1853 ;Fellow of

St. John's Coll. Camb. 1854-61 ;Hon.

Fellow, 1886. College Lecturer and private

tutor, Cambridge, 1853-61 ;Under-master

of Dulwich College, 1861-65; Professor of

Jurisprudence, University College, London,1866-68 ; Secretary to Schools Inquiry andEndowed Schools Commissions, 1865-72 ;

Commissioner of Endowed Schools, 1872-74 ;

sewing-cotton manufacturer, 1875-93 ; M.P.Eccles Division, S.E. Lancashire, 1890-95.

Publications : Remarks on College Reform,1858 ;

Grammar of Latin Language, 2 vols.

8vo, 1871-74, and smaller grammars ;In-

troduction to Justinian's Digest, 1884 ;

Roman Private Law in Times of Cicero andthe Antonines, 2 vols., 1902

;Roman Law,

forming chap. iii. in vol. ii. of CambridgeMediaeval History, 1913. Recreations : gar-

dening and reading. Address : Lancrigg,Grasmere. Clubs : Oxford and Cambridge ;

Reform, Manchester. [Died 2 Jan. 1915.

ROCHE, Sir David Vandeleur, 2nd Bt., cr-

1838 ; D.L., J.P. ;Vice-Lieutenant of

County Limerick ; b. Ireland, 24 June 1833 ;

e. s. of 1st Bt. and Frances, d. of Col. JohnVandeleur, 10th Hussars ; S. father 1865 ;

m. 1st, Isabella (d. 1871), d. of 3rd B.Clarina

;one d. ; 2nd, 1872, Mary (d. 1892),

d. of Hugh Massy. Educ. : Harrow ;France

High Sheriff, Limerick, 1865. Owned about4000 acres. Recreations : shooting, yacht-ing ; kept county foxhounds 20 years ;

held master's certificate. Heir : half-b.

Standish, b. 1845. Address : Carass, ,

Co. Limerick. Clubs : Junior Constitu-tional

;Kildare Street, Dublin.

[Died 19 Apr. 1908.

ROCHE, John, M.P. (N.) Co. Galway, E., from1890 ; tenant farmer and miller at Wood-ford

; b. 1848; m. 1878, Theresa, d. of

Thomas Donnelly of Douras, Col Galway.One of founders of Woodford Tenants'Association. Address : Woodford, Lough-rea, Galway ;

131 Kennington Park Road,S.E. Club : Irish. [Died 27 Aug. 1914.

ROCHE, Sir Standish, 3rd Bt., cr. 1838 ; J.P. ;

b. 20 July 1845 ; s. of 1st Bt. and Cecilia

Caroline, d. of H. D. Grady, of Stillorgan

Castle, Co. Dublin ; S. brother 1908;

m.1st, 1874, Mary Harriet Frances (d. 1903),d. of C. F. C. Colmore, of Moor End, Gloucs.;one d. ; 2nd, 1910, Sybil, o. d. of Col. Julius

Dyson-Laurie of Gloucester Place, W. ; ones. Educ. : Eton. High Sheriff, Co. Clareand Co. Carlow. Heir: s. Standish O'Gradyb. 13 March 1911. Recreations : hunting,shooting, fishing. Address : Aghade Lodge,Tullow, Co. Carlow. Clubs : Junior Carlton,Wellington ;,

Kildare Street, Dublin.[Died 9 Dec. 1914.

! ROCHEFORT, Henri (Victor Henri, Marquis de

Rochefort-Lucay) ; French journalist andpolitician; editor La Patrie ; b. Paris, 30Jan. 1831. Served on staff of Figaro ;

i Wished The Lanterne, 1868; foundedThe Marsellaise, 1869 ; President of Com-mission for Barricades during siege of Paris

;

elected one of the Representatives of Paris,National Assembly, 1871 ; established

L'Intransigeant, 1880, late Editor; sent toNew Caledonia, 1873 ; returned to France,1880

; in London, 1889-95. Publications :

; rangais de la Decadence, 1866 ;La

ule Boheme, 1867 ; La Lanterne, 1868;

vade", 1880 ; Les Adventures de ma Vie,

1895, etc. Address : rue Marbeau 26(XVI*), Paris ; Chalet Russe, a Be"nerville,Calvados. [Died 30 June 1913.

ROCKE, Maj.-Gen. James Harwood, C.B.,1882 ; retired full pay ; J.P. Co. Devon ;

b. 31 July 1829; s. of Rev. R. Rocke,Rector of Staverton, Northants. ; m. 1857 ;

Philippa Maria, d. of Sir Charles Denham, 6

Jephson Norreys, 1st Bt. (ext.). Educ. :

Rugby. Joined 2nd Queen's Regt. 1848 ;

Kaffir War, 1851-53 (medal) ; New ZealandWar, 1863-66 (despatches, medal, brevetof Lieut.-Col.) ; served as Dep. JudgeAdvocate-General with rank of Brig.-Gen.in Egyptian Campaign, 1882 (despatches,medal with clasp, C.B. and 2nd class Med-jidie) ; Inspector-General of recruiting, 1887-1891. Address: Teneriffe, Exmouth. Club :

Army and Navy. [Died 22 Feb. 1913.

ROCKHILL, William Woodville, Ambassadorof the U.S. to Turkey from 1911

; b. Phila-delphia, 1854 ; s. of Thomas CadwaladerR. and Dorothy A. Woodville of Baltimore ;

m. Edith Howell Perkins of Connecticut ;

two d. Educ. : Ecole Spe"ciale Militaire deSt. Cyr, France. Sub-Lieut. Le'gion Etran-gere (Algeria), 1873-76 ; entered U.S. diplo-matic service, 1884

; 2nd Sec. Legation,Peking, 1884-85 ; 1st Sec. Legation, Peking,1885-88 ; two journeys of exploration in

China, Mongolia, and Tibet, 1888-89 and1891-92 (gold medal (Patron's) of RoyalGeog. Society), chief clerk, Department of

State, 1893-94 ;3rd Assistant Sec. of State,

1894-96 ;1st Assistant Secretary of State,

1896-97 ; Minister to Greece, Roumania,and Servia, 1897-99 ; Director of the Inter-national Bureau of the American Republics,1899-1905 ;

Commissioner and Plenipo-tentiary of the U.S. to China, 1900-1901 ;

Minister Plenipotentiary to China, 1905-9 ;

Ambassador to Russia, 1909-11. Publica-tions : Life of the Buddha, 1884 ; Land ofthe Lamas, 1892 ; Diary of a Journey in

Mongolia and Tibet, 1894; The Journey of

Friar William of Rubruck, 1900 ; a numberof other works, mostly on Oriental subjects.Address : Constantinople. Club : Metro-politan, Washington. [Died 8 Dec. 1914.

ROD, Edouard ; b. Nyon, 1857. Educ. : Lau-sanne ; Bonn ; Berlin. Chief editor of LaRevue Contemporaine, 1884 ; Officer of

Legion of Honour ; Professor of ComparativeLiterature at University of Geneva, 1886-93.Publications : Apropos de 1'Assommoir,1879 ; Les Allemands a Paris, 1880

; Etudeset nouvelles Etudes sur le XIXe

Si6cle, 1888sqq. ; Palmyre Veulard, 1881

; La Chute deMiss Topsy; Tatiana Leiloff, La course ala mort, 1886 ; Nouvelles Romandes ;

Studies on Dante and Stendhal, 1891; Le

Sens de la Vie, 1899 ; following years, thatseries of novels Trois Cceurs

; La Sacrifice :

La Vie prive'e et La seconde Vie de MichelTeissier ; Les Roches blanches

; DernierRefuge ; La-Haut ; Le Manage de PasteurNaudie" ;

Au milieu du Chemin ; Mademoi-selle Annette ; Scenes de la Vie Suisse ;

1'Eau courante ; Inutile effort; Un vain-

queur ; FIndocile ; 1'Incendie ; 1'Ombres'e'tend sur la montagne ; les Unis

; Autheatre ; le Re'formateur ; Aloyse Valerien ;

1'Eau courante, avec chceurs et musique deM. Jaques-Dalcroze ; I'Affaire J. J. Rous-seau, e"tude d'histoire politique. Address :

22 rue des Marronniers, Paris.

[Died 30 Jan. 1910.

RODEN, 5th Earl of (cr. 1771), John StrangeJocelyn, J.P., D.L. ; Baron Newport, 1743 :

Viscount Jocelyn, 1755 ; Baron Clanbrassil

(U.K.), 1821 ; Lieut.-Colonel Scots Guards,retired 1860 ; Knight of Legion of Honour

;

b. Dublin, 5 June 1823 ; s. of 3rd Earl andMaria, d. of Lord Le Despencer ; S. nephew1880 ; m. Sophia, d. of 1st Lord Broughton

607

UODEN WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

(ext.), G.C.B., 1851. Educ. : HarrowEntered Army, 1842 ; Capt. and Lieut.-ColScots Guards, 1854 ; served in Crimea at

Alma, Balaclava, Sebastopol, and Inkermanbecame commander of 2nd Jager CorpsBritish - German Legion. Owned about14,600 acres. Heir : kinsman William,g. s. of 2nd Earl ; b. 1842. Address : 27Hill Street, W. ; Tullymore Park, CountyDown. Club : Carlton.

[Died 3 July 1897.

RODEN, 6th Earl of (cr. 1771), William HenryJocelyn ; Baron Newport, 1743 ; ViscountJocelyn, 1755 ; b. 5 Nov. 1842 ; e. s. of

John, 5th s. of 2nd Earl ; S. kinsman, 1897.Late Captain R.N. Owned about 14,600acres. Heir : b. Lieut.-Col. Hon. RobertJulian Orde Jocelyn. Address : TullymorePark, Co. Down. [Died 23 Jan. 1910.

RODENBERG, Julius ; b. Rodenberg, Hesse,26 June 1831 ; m. 1863, Justina Schiff.

Studied jurisprudence in Heidelberg, Got-tingen, Marburg, and Berlin, but soon after

receiving LL.D. turned to literature andtravelled in many lands, especially theBritish Isles ; resided for a long time inLondon

; settled Berlin, 1859; editor of

the Deutsches Magazin, 1860-63 ; Salon,1867-73 ; founded, together with the firmof Gebruder Paetel, the Deutsche Rundschau,1874, at the 25th anniversary of which hereceived the title of Professor

; several ofhis works have been translated into English ;

The Island of Saints, 1861 ; Poems, 1869;

By the Grace of God, 1871 ; England, froma German Point of View, 1875 ; The Gran-didiers, 1881

;his native town has placed

a memorial tablet on the house of his birth,and on his eightieth birthday he was madeHon. Doctor of Philosophy by the University

, of Marburg ; a street in Berlin is called afterhim. Address : Margaretenstr. 1, Berlin,W. [Died 11 July 1914.

RODGER, Sir John Pickersgill, K.C.M.G., cr.

1904 ; C.M.G. 1899; Governor, Gold Coast,

from 1903 ; b. 12 Feb. 1851; 3rd (o. surv.)

s. of Robert Rodger of Hadlow Castle,Kent ; m. Maria, e. d. of George Tyser ofHollanden Park, Kent, 1872 ; one d. Educ.:Eton ; Christ Church, Oxford. Barr. InnerTemple, 1877

; Chief Magistrate, Selangor,1882; Acting British Resident, Selangor,1884-88 ; British Resident, Pahang, 1888-1896

; Selangor, 1896-1902; Perak, 1902-3

Address : Government House, Accra, GoldCoast. Clubs : St. James's, M.C.C., Prince's.

[Died 19 Sept. 1910.RODNEY, 7th Baron (cr. 1782), George Bridges

Harley Dennett Rodney, D.L., J.P. ; Bt.1764; Lt.-Col. in Command of 24th Batt.County of London Regt. ; Capt. Reserveof Oflicers, 1889; [1st Baron went to seaat twelve under the last Royal Letter ofService granted ; he commanded at thebombardment of Havre and reduction ofMartinique, 1762

; defeated the French off

Cape St. Vincent, 1780; and De Grasse'sfleet, 1782, thus contributing to the Peaceof Versailles, 1783] ; b. 28 Feb. 1857

; s.

of 6th Baron and Sarah, d. of John Singleton ;

S. father, 1864; m. 1st, 1891, Hon. Cori-sande Evelyn Vere Guest (who obtained div.

1902), d. of 1st Baron Wimborne ; three s. ;

2nd, 1903, Charlotte Eugenia, d. of lateEdmund Probyn, J,P., D.L., of Huntleyand Longhope, Glouces. ; one s. Captain1st Life Guards, 1886-88. Heir : s. Hon.George B. H. G. Rodney. Address : 93Denmark Hill, S.E. [Died 29 Dec. 1909.

ROFFEY, Sir James, K.C.B., cr. 1911; C.B.

1882; R.N. ; Chief Inspector of Machinery ;

retired 1888; served China, 1854 (medal) ;

Egypt, 1882 (medal with clasp, bronze star).Address : Pallant House, Havant.

[Died 1 May 1912.

ROGERS, Edmund Dawson, Journalist; b.

Holt, Norfolk, 7 Aug. 1823. Educ. :

Gresham Grammar School, Holt. Tookcharge of the Norfolk News, Norwich, 1848,the proprietors of which included the lateMr. J. J. Colman and Mr. Jacob HenryTillett, for some years M.P.'s for that city ;

remained in Norwich till the close of 1872,having in the meantime (1870) started theEastern Daily Press for the same proprietors,the first daily paper for the Eastern Coun-ties

; removed to London 1873, and at therequest of some leading members of theLiberal Party established the National PressAgency, of which he was manager until heresigned, 1894; started Light, a weeklyjournal of Psychical, Occult, and MysticalResearch, 1881

; was associated with Prof.W. F. Barrett, F.R.S., in the promotion ofthe Society for Psychical Research, 1882,and was a member of the first Council ;

was editor of Light, and President of theLondon Spiritualist Alliance. Recreations :

occasional rambles in Switzerland. Address :

Rose Villa, Hendon Lane, Finchley, N.[Died 28 Sept. 1910.

ROGERS, Capt. Francis Caryer Campbell,M.V.O. 1910; Duke of Cornwall's LightInfantry ; b. 28 April 1883. Entered Array,1901

; A.D.C. to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda, 1908; to G.O.C. Nor-thern Army, India, 1908-10

[Died 17 Feb. 1915.ROGERS, Rev. James Guinness, D.D. ; b.

Enniskillen, 29 Dec. 1822; s. of llev.Thomas Rogers, and Anna, d. of EdwinStanley, Dublin

; m. 1846, Elizabeth (d.

1909), d. of Rev. Thomas Greenall of Burn-ley ; three s. one d. Educ. : Silcoates

School, Wakefield ; Trinity College, Dublin(B.A.) ; Lancashire Independent Coll.

Minister, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1846-51;Ash-

ton-under-Lyne, 1851-65; chairman Lanca-

shire Congregational Union, 1865 ; SurreyCongregational Union, 1868

; London Con-gregational Union ; Congregational Unionof England and Wales, 1874

; minister,Clapham Congregational Church, 1865-1900.Publications : Sermons on the Life of

Christ, 1848 ; Christianity and its Evidences,1850

; Phases of Christian Truth and Duty,1862

; Priests and Sacraments, 1870 ;

Church Systems of the Nineteenth Century,1881 ; Present Day Religion and Theology,1887 ; Christ for the World, 1895 ; TheGospel in the Epistles, 1898 ; The Christian

Ideal, 1898."

Address : 109 North Side,

Clapham Common, S.W. . Club : NationalLiberal. [Died 20 Aug. 1911.

ROGERS, Rev. Percy, M.A. ; Hon. Canon ofDurham Cathedral ; b. Stonehouse, Devon,1826 ; s. of Dr. W. Rogers, R.N. ;

m. MaryFrances, y. d. of E. H. Plumptre, London,s. of E. H. Plumptre, D.D., Dean of Wells.

Educ. : Falmouth School ; Clare College,

Cambridge (Scholar and Exhibitioner), B.A.,Senior Optime, 1849. Chaplain and NavalInstructor, R.N., 1852 ; served in Russianand second Chinese Wars (despatches twice,Crimean medal with Sebastopol clasp, Turk-ish medal, China medal with Canton clasp) ;

Chaplain, Naval Brigade, capture of Canton ;

Chaplain, Devonport, D.Y., 1869-73 ;Rector

of Simonburn, Northumberland, 1873-99;Rural Dean ; Proctor in Convocation. Pub-lications : Story of Simonburn, Annals of aNorthumbrian Parish. Address : 17 Great

Pulteney Street, Bath. [Died 23 Jan. 1910.

ROGERS, Lieut.-General Sir Robert Gordon,K.C.B., cr. 1899

; b. 19 Apr. 1832 ;s. of

Alex. Rogers ; m. Catherine M. L., 2nd d.

of Capt. James Bance, R.N. Educ. : -Lon-

don; Aberdeen. 1st Commission (H.E.I.C.S.)1848 ; services, throughout Umbeyla (de-

spatches), 1863 ; Looudkhor, 1866 ; Black

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 ROLLS

Mountain (despatches), 1868 ; Aimul Chu-bootra, 1876 ; Jowaki (despatches), 1877-1878 ; Afghanistan (All Musjid, LoghmanValley Zymookht, despatches), 1878-80;Egypt (Tel-el-Kebir, and advance to Cairo,despatches), 1882 ; commandant, 20th Pun-jab Infantry, 1873-84. Decorated : C.B. for

!

Afghanistan, 1878-80 ; 3rd class Medjidie for

Egypt, A.B.C. to the Queen, 1882 ; Indian ,

medal with clasps (Umbeyla, N. W. Frontier, j

Jowaki, 1877-78) ; Afghan medal with clasp(Ali Musjid, 1878-80), bronze star andEgyptian medal with clasp (Tel-el-Kebir, j

1882) ; Jubilee medal, 1887, and clasp, 1897. !

Address : 11 The Circus, Bath.(Died 8 Nov. 1906.

j

ROGERS, Robert Vashon, K.C., LL.D. ; senior

partner legal firm of Kirkpatrick, Rogers, j

and Nickle ; b. Kingston, 19 Dec. 1843 ; ;

s. of Rev. R. V. Rogers and Mary B. Howells ;

m. 1st, Alice Louisa Hill ; 2nd, Alice Maude I

Moore. Educ. : private school ; Queen's I

College, Kingston. Called to Bar, 1865 ;

Q.C. 1889 ; Trustee Queen's University ;

Delegate Provincial and General Synods ;

Director Frontenac Loan and InvestmentSociety ; Batli Road Co. ; Cataraqui Ceme-tery Co. ; Kingston, Portsmouth, andCataraqui Electric Railway Co. Publica-tions : The Law of the Road ; The Law of I

Hotels ; The Law of Medical Men ; Drinks,Drinkers, and Drinking ; numerous magazine

j

articles. Recreations : cycling, boating, I

scribbling. Address: 148 Barrie Street,Kingston, Ontario. [Died 2 May 1911.

ROGERS, Thomas Englesby, J.P., D.L. ; b.

Yarlington, Somerset, 24 May 1817; e. s.

of late Francis Rogers, Yarlington ; m. 1853,Elizabeth Hannah (d. 1900), o. c. of JohnStanger, Strawberry Hall, Tyclcl St. Mary,Lincolnshire ; two d. Educ. : Sherborne ;

Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford (M.A.). Fellowof Corpus Christi Coll. 1843. Barr. Lincoln'sInn, 1846 ; Deputy-Chairman of SomersetQuarter Sessions, 1870-92 ; Recorder of

Wells, 1872-1901 ; Chancellor of Bath andWells, 1884-1903. Address: YarlingtonHouse, Wincanton. Club : Oxford andCambridge. [Died 12 Feb. 1912.

ROLFE, William James ; b. NewburyportlMass., 10 Dec. 1827 ; m. 1856, Eliza J.

1

Carew, Dorchester, Mass. ; three s. Educ. :

: Lowell High School ; Amherst College (A.M.,Lilt.D.) ; Hon. A.M., Harvard. Teacher,1852-68. Publications : Shakespeare theBoy ; Life of Shakespeare (for 20th Centuryed. of Shakespeare, also published separately) ;

The Elementary Study of English ; TheSatchel Guide to Europe, etc. ; editedStudents' Series of Standard Poems

;A

! Series of English Classics ; complete editionsof Shakespeare, Scott, and Tennyson, withnotes; Shakespeare Proverbs; (with J. H.Hanson) Handbook of Latin Poetry ; (withJ. A. Gillet) The Cambridge Physics ; articlesin Critic (N.Y.), North American Review,Harper's Magazine, Nation, etc. Address :

; Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.[Died 7 July 1910.

10LLAND, Major George Murray, V.C. 1903;

101st Grenadiers ; b. 12 May 1869; o. s.

\ of late Major Patrick Murray Rolland, R.A. ;

i m. 1896, Effle Lilian Catania, e. d. of late! George Walter Ludlam Stanyon, Advocate.j

Educ. : Harrow; Sandhurst. Entered army,

5 1889; Captain, Indian Army, 1900 ; Major,

i 1907 ; served East Africa, 1903, as Intel-i ligence Officer, Berbera, Bohotle FlyingI Column (medal, two clasps, V.C.) ; Adjutant,

Nagpur Volunteer Rifles, 1906 ; has passedthe higher standard examination in Hindu-

I stani, Persian, Pushtu, Sindhi, Maratti,Baluchi, and Brahui. Address : 101st

j Grenadiers, Mhow, India.

[l)ir<l :* Aug. 1910.20

ROLLAND, Vice -Admiral W. R., C.B. ;

Retired List ; b. Edinburgh, 1817 ; s. oflate Adam Rolland, Gask, Fifeshire, andAnne, d. of late Mr. Newbigging, Edinburgh ;

m. 1858, Adeliza I., d. of late Captain Mou-bray, R.N. Educ. : Edinburgh. Joined"Harrier

" East Indies, 1832; Midship-

man, 1836-39 ; West Coast of Africa"Scout " and "

Pelican," Mate and Lieut."Blonde," 1839-42 ; China, present at

capture of Canton, Amoy, Ningpo, Chusan,Woosung, Nankin ;

"Daring,"

"Alarm,""

Sidon,""Hogue," in the Channel, West

Indies, Mediterranean, 1844-52 ; SeniorLieut.

"Agamemnon," 1852 ; Flag, Lord

Lyons, Crimea ; present at bombardmentof Fort Constantino ; Commander "

Cal-cutta," 1855-57

; Flag, Admiral Seymour,China ; present at attack on Chinese atFatshan Creek ; commanded "

Cossack,"'

Phoebe,"" Lord Warden,"

"Duncan,""

Repulse," Mediterranean and C.G. district,

1863-72, when retired. Decorated : Chinesemedal for China War, 1842

; Crimean medaland clasp for Sebastopol ; Legion of Honourand Medjidie ;

Turkish medal for CrimeanWar ; gold medal from the AmericanGovernment for saving part of the crew ofthe U.S. brig

" Somers "upset off Sacri-

flcios ; clasp for Fatshan, 1857; C.B. for

war services. Address : Whitehouse, White-house Loan, Edinburgh. Club : CaledonianUnited Service, Edinburgh.

[Died 29 Aug. 1904.ROLLE, Hon. Mark George Kerr, J.P., D.L. ;

b. 1835 ; 2nd s. of 18th Lord Clinton andLady Elizabeth Georgiana, 2nd d. of 6thMarquis of Lothian ; m. 1860, Lady GertrudeDouglas, 5th d. of 17th Earl of Morton;Educ. : Eton. High Sheriff, Devon, 1864 ;

High Steward of Barnstaple ; late Capt.N. Devon Yeomanry ; patron of 13 livings ;

assumed the name of Rolle after his uncle,Lord Rolle (ext.), 1852. Address : Steven,stone, Torrington ; Bicton, East Budleigh-Devon. Club : Carlton. [Died 27 Apr. 1907.

ROLLESTON, Charles Ffranck, Hon. Major';landed proprietor ; b. 11 Feb. 1833 ; e. s.

of James Ffranck Rolleston, D.L., and G. E.Bland

; m. 1873, Mary Hutchinson ;three

s. one d. Educ. : Trinity College, Dublin.Served in Militia Regiment King's Co. RoyalRifles

; late Resident Magistrate for Cos.

Donegal and Limerick. Address : Ffranck-fort Castle, Roscrea. [Died 2 July 1913.

ROLLO, General Hon. Sir Robert, K.C.B., cr.

1905; Hon. Colonel of the Black Watch,the Royal Highlanders ; Legion of Honourand 5th class of the Medjidie ; b. 1814

;m.

1851, e. d. of General Sir Henry FergusonDavie, 1st Bt. Educ. : at a private schoolat Edinburgh and Brighton. Entered 42ndRegiment as Ensign, 1832, and retired fromit as Lieut.-Colonel after the Crimean War,1856

; served in Malta and Ionian Islandsfor eight years ; at Bermuda and NovaScotia four years ; in Canada ten years as

Adjutant-General and military secretary ;

promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel on12 Dec. 1854 for distinguished service in thefield ; Colonel of the 93rd Sutherland High-landers, 1880. Decorated for services inthe Crimea. Address : Strathearn House,Bournemouth. [Died 25 Feb. 1907.

ROLLS, Hon. Charles Stewart, M.A., F.R.G.S.,F.R.Met.S., A.M.Inst.M.E. ; Captain Lon-don Section Army Motor Reserve ;

TechnicalManaging Director of Rolls-Royce, Ltd.,British Motor Car Manufacturers ;

3rd s.

of 1st Baron Llangattock ; b. London, 27Aug. 1877. Educ. : Eton ;

Trin. Coll.

Camb. Joined Eton Vol. Batt. (4th Ox.Light Infantry) 1893 ; half blue (Camb.)tor cycling, 1896 ; captain Univ. bicycleteam, 1897

; graduated in engineering, 1898 ;

609

ROMER WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

B.A. 1898 ; M.A., 1902. Was a pioneer in

the introduction of automobilism into

England in 1896, and drove a motor car

previous to the abolition of the"red flag

"

regulation ; competed successfully in numer-ous competitions and races in England andon the Continent ;

was awarded the goldmedal for his performance in the 1000 milestrial of 1900 ; drove in Paris-Berlin, Paris-

Vienna, Paris-Madrid, and other motor races ;

drove as representative for Great Britain in

the Gordon Bennett Race, 1905 ; severaltimes established world's record for speed ;

broke Monte Carlo -London record, 1906 ;

won International Tourist Trophy organisedby Royal Automobile Club, Isle of Man,1906

;had numerous prizes for cycling,

athletics, and motor driving ;held 3rd

Engineer's (marine) certificate ; was also

a certified aeronaut ; owned a balloon andaeroplane ;

made over 160 balloon ascents ;

won French Aero Club's medal for longestballoon journey during 1906 (Paris to Shern-

borne, Norfolk) ; read papers and lecturedon motor cars and automobilism beforevarious societies. Publications : various

papers and articles on motor cars, their

development, and the future of mechanicaltraction on roads ; a bibliography on roadlocomotion ;

also chapters in the Encyclo-pedia Britannica and the Badminton Library.Recreations : music, motoring, and balloon-

ing. Hobbies : engineering, aeronautics.Address : South Lodge, Rutland Gate, S.W. ;

14 and 15 Conduit Street, W. ; The Hendre,Monmouth. Clubs : Marlborough, JuniorCarlton

;Founder member Royal Automo-

bile, a founder of Aero Club of UnitedKingdom ; member of Aero Club de France.

[Died 12 July 1910.

ROMER, Lieut.-CoI. and Hon. Col. Frederick

Charles, C.B. 1907; C.M.G. 1900 ; 6th

Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers;

b. 19 Feb. 1854 ;

m. 1878, Marie Kate (d. 1908), d. of late

William Ladler Leaf ; one s. Served SouthAfrica, 1900-1901 (despatches, Queen's medal4 clasps, C.M.G ) ;

Assistant Director

Auxiliary Forces. 1903-7. Address: 29St. James's Street, S.W. ; Bridgelands,Fernhurst, Sussex. Clubs : Brooks's, UnitedService, Boodle's, Orleans.


ROMILLY, 3rd Baron (cr. 1865), John GaspardLe Marchant Romiily [1st Baron, a distin-

guished lawyer and statesman, became Solici-

tor-General, 1806 ;his 2nd s., father of 2nd

Baron, became Master of the Rolls, 185 1 J ;

6. 1 March 1866 ;o. c. of 2nd Baron and 1st

wife, Emily, d. of Lieut.-General Sir JohnGaspard le Marchant, K.C.B. (d. 1866) ;

S. father, 1891; m. Violet Edith, o. sister

of Sir Philip H. B. Grey Egerton, 12th

Bt., and niece of Lord Londesborough,1897 ; formerly Captain Coldstream Guards ;

Lieutenant 7th Battalion King's Royal Rifle

Corps, 1886-88 ; served South Africa, 1900-1.Owned about 2800 acres. Heir : s. Hon.William Gaspard Guy Romiily. Address :

77 Harley Street, W. ; Porthkerry, Barry,S. Wales. Club : Guards'.

[Died 23 June 1905.

ROMNEY, 4th Earl of (cr. 1801), Charles

Marsham, D.L., J.P. ; Bt., 1663 ; Baron of

Romney, 1716 ;Viscount Marsham, 1801 ;

President of the Marine Society ; [1st Bt.suffered as a Royalist, d. 1681] ; b, BoxleyHouse, 7 March 1841 ; s. of 3rd Earl andMarg iret, d. of 4th Duke of Buccleuch ; S.

father 1874 ;m. Lady Frances Augusta

Constance Muir-Campbell-Raw don-Hastings,d. of 2nd Marquess of Hastings (ext.), 1863 ;

Lord-in-Waiting, 1889-92. Owned about3000 acres. Heir : s. Viscount Marsham.Address: 4 Upper Belgrave Street, S.W. ;

Gayton Hall, King's Lynn. Clubs . Carlton,Bachelors'. [Died 21 Aug. 1905.

610

ROOKWOOD, 1st Baron (cr. 1892), Sir HenryJohn Selwin Ibbetson, P.O., D.L. ; Bt. 1748.[Title taken from an old manor house calledRookwood Hall in his possession.] b. Lon-don, 26 Sept. 1826 ; S. father, 6th Bt.,1869

; m. 1st, 1850, Sarah, d. of 1st BaronLyndhurst (d. 1865) ; 2nd, 1867, Eden, d. ofGeorge Thackrah and widow of Sir CharlesHenry Ibbetson, 5th Bt. (d. 1899) ; 3rd,1900, Sophia Harriet, d. of Major DigbyLawrell. Moderate Churchman and Conserva*-tive. Educ. : home ; St. John's Coll.Camb. (M.A.). Contested Ipswich, 1857,1859; M.P. South Essex, 1865-68; N.WEssex, 1868-85 ; W. Essex, 1885-92

; Under-secretary of State for the Home Department,1874-78 ; Financial Secretary to the Treasury,1878-80

; appointed a 2nd Church EstateCommissioner, 1885, 1886-92

; was one of theBoundary Commissioners. Parliamentarysuccesses : The Act which gave EpplngForest to the Public ; The Beer LicensingBills ; and Bills which led to the adoptionof the Block System on most of our rail-

ways. Owned between 3000 and 4000 acres ;

coal mines in Durham and Yorkshire, andhouse property in Halifax, Yorkshire. Re-creations : was Master of Hounds (the Essex),1879-86 ; fond of drawing in water-colours,and photography. Heir : none. Address :

Down Hall, Ilarlow, Essex ; 62 Prince'sGate. Club : Carlton. [Died 15 Jan. 1902.

ROOME, Gen. Frederick, C.B. 1887; Bombay

Staff Corps (retired) ; b. 8 Feb. 1829; m.

18(10, Henrietta (d. 1898), d. of Major J. A.

Eckford, Bombay Army. Entered army,1846 ; Gen. 1894 ; served Crimea, 1855-56

(Turkish medal) ; Indian Mutiny ; com-manded Bassoda Field Force (despatchesnine times, medal with clasp, brevet of

Major) ; Abyssinia (despatches, medal) ;

Afghan War, 1879-80 (medal).[Died 8 Dec. 1907.

ROOSE, Robson, M.D., LL.D. ; F.R.C.P.Edin. ; F.C.S., M.R.C.S. Eng., etc. ; Pnysi-cian

; b. London, 23 Nov. 1848 ; 3rd s. of

Francis Finley Roose ; g. s. of Sir DavidCharles Roose; m. Edith (d. 1901), d. of

Henry Huggins, D.L., 1870. Educ. : privatetuition ;

Trir. Hall, Camb. ; Guy's ; Paris ;

Brussels. Formerly practised in Brighton.Publications : Gout in Relation to Liverand Kidney Disease, 7th ed. ; Nerve Prostra-

tion and other Functional Disorders of

Daily Life, 2nd ed. ; On Leprosy ;Waste

and Repair in Modern Life, etc. Recrea-

tions : walking, yachting. Address : 49

Hill Street, Berkeley Square, W. ;Dormaus

Park, East Grinstead. Clubs : Carlton, St

James's, Junior Carlton, Bath.[Died 12 Feb. 1905.

ROOSEVELT, Rohert Barnewell ; b. New York,7 Aug. 1829 ;

>. 1st, Elizabeth, d. of JohnF. Ellis

; 2nd, Marion T. Fortescne ;two s.

one d. Bar, 1851 ; retired, 1871 ;Com-

missioner of Fisheries of the State of NewYork, 1868-88 ;

Member of Congress, 1873-

1875 ; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 18

1890 ; Commissioner of the Brooklyn Bridge ;

Alderman, city of New York. Pul>licatwns

Game Fish of North America ;Game Birds ;

Superior Fishing ; Fish Hatching and Fish

Catching; Florida and the Game WaterBirds ;

Five Acres too Much ; ProgressivePetticoats ;

Love and Luck, etc. Address :

Sayville, N.Y. ;57 5th Avenue, N.Y.

[Died 13 June 1906.

RORIE, Dr. James, M.D. (Edin.) ;L.E.C.S.

(Edin.) ;Consults g Physician and Lectui

on Mental Diseases, Dundee University Coll.

(bt. Andrews), from 1891 ;b. Arbroath,

4 April 1838; 2nd s. of James Rone,

Arbroath, and Julia Grant Cochrane ;rn.

1872, Margaret, d. of Thomas Handy-side Baxter, of Dundee; two *. Educ. :


Arbroath Academy ; Edinburgh UniversityEdinburgh Argus Clnb medallist, 1353 ;

Edinburgh University Thesis gold medallist,1859 ; Anatomy gold medal, 1359 ; goldmedal in Medical Jurisprudence, 1859 ; Ext.Member and formerly V ice-Pres. Hunt. Med.Soc. Edinburgh. Member and formerly hon.

secretary for Scotland, Examiner of Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britainand Ireland ;

Resident Physician and Super-intendent oi Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum,1860-1903. Publications: Anatomy, Physio-logy, and Pathology of Sympathetic Systemof Nerves (prize Graduation Thesis Med.Circular), 1860

; Anatomy of SuprarenalCapsules (Med. Circular), 1859 ; Anatomyof Olfactory Lobes in certain Mammalia(Nat. Hist. Journal), 1863; Lunacy Acts(Scotland), (Journal of Psycholog. Med.),1876

;Treatment of Hallucinations by Elec-

tricity (ibid.), 1862; Medicinal Treatmentof the Insane (Edin. Med. Journal), 1861,etc., and numerous other contributions tomedical journals. Re'veations : natural his-

tory ;was a member of Dundee Naturalist

Society from its commencement ; was Presi-dent of that Society for 2 years. Address :

University College, Dundee ;4 Roxburgh

Terrace, West Park Road, Dundee. Club :

Eastern, Dundee. [Died 3 Apr. 1911.

ROR1SON, Very Rev. Vincent Lewis, D.D. ;

Dean of United Diocese of St. Andrews,Dunkeld, and Dunblane, from 1890; Rectorof St. John's, Perth, from 1901

;b. 1851

;

s. of Rev. Gilbert Rorison, LL.D., Peter-

head, Aberdeenshire, author of Hymn 163in Hymns Ancient and Modern, and Repliesto Essays and Reviews, etc. ; m. 1877,Edith, d. of Rev. Prebendary Stephenson,Rector and Lord of the Manor of Lympsham,Somerset, g. g.-d. of Harry Grey, 4th Earlof Stamford and Warrington, Educ. :

Trinity Coll. Glenalmond ; Univ. of Aberdeen(M.A.). Ordained, 1874 ; Chaplain to Bishopof Aberdeen, 1874-75 ; Rector of St. John's,Forfar, 1 875-85

;Provost of St. Niuian's

Cathedral, Perth, 1885-1901 ; during incum-bency of St. John's, Forfar, new chvrcherected at cost of 1 1 ,000 ; during incum-bency of St. Ninian's Cathedral, built Nave,Chapter House in memory of Bishop Charles

Wordsworth, choir restored, etc., cost of

25,000 ; Examining Chaplain to BishopCharles Wordsworth, 1886-93 ; D.D. (HonoiisCausa), Univ. of Aberdeen ;

known as

preacher and raconteur, and refused valuable

preferment in England, choosing to remainin the land and church of his birth

; Chap-lain to H.M. Black Watch ; Chaplain, H.M.Prison, Perth, 1893. Publications : OurModern Scottish Cathedrals ; Sermonspreached in Manchester Cathedral ; etc. etc.

Address : The Deanery, Perth, N.B. Clubs:Caledonian ; Royal Golf, Perth.

[Died 27 Aug. 1910.

ROSE, Sir Charles Day, 1st Bt., cr. 1909;M.P. (L.) Newmarket Division of Cambridge,1903-10, and from 1911 ; Member of the

Jockey Club from 1891 : b. 23 Aug. 1847 ;

2nd s. of Rt. Hon. Sir John Rose, 1st Bt. ;

m. 1871, Eliza, d. of J. R. Maclean, M.P. ;

one s. three d. Educ. : Riigby. ServedCanadian Militia. At one time partnerMorton, Rose, and Co., Bankers; Director of

London and Brazilian Bank ; IndemnityMarine Insurance Co. Recreations : tennis,breeder and owner of racehorses, motorist.Heir: s. Frank Stanley Rose, Capt. 10thHussars [b. 27 Apr. 1877 ; m. 1910, Daphne,y. d. of late Capt. H. Brooks Gaskell, of

Kiddiugton Hall, Oxford; one d.]. Ad-dress : 31 St. James' Place, S.W. ;

Hard-wick House, Whitchurch, Oxon. ; Suffolk

House, Newmarket. Clubs : Turf, Reform,White's, Brooks'. [Died 20 Apr. 1913.

ROSE, Sir Cyril Stanley, 3rd Bt., cr. 1872: b.

13 July 1874;

e. s. of 2nd Bt. and Catherine,d. of Alexander Macalister, Torresdaile Castle,Argyllshire ;

S. father 1902 ; m. 1905,Laetitia, d. of late Comte Rouy de la Bades-se"e ; one s. Heir : s. Francis Cyril, b. 18Sept. 1909. Address : Rock House, Farn-ham. Club : Conservative.

[Died 11 July 1915.ROSE, Edward, C.V.O. 1900; b. 19 Nov.

1845 ; m, 1868, Selina, d. of late W. Pilking-ton, Deeping, Lincoln ;

two s. one d.

Educ. : privately. Entered Indian Civil

Service, 1868 ; retired, 1901 : appointedMagistrate and Collector, N.W.P. and Oudh,1887 ; Officiating Commissioner, GorakhpurDivision, 1894 ; Commissioner, Agra, 1896 ;

Commissioner, Meerut, 1899 ; OfficiatingMember Board of Revenue, "N.W.P. andOudh, 1899-1901. Address: 14 WoodvilleRoad, Baling, W. Clubs : East IndiaUnited Service, New Vagabonds'.

[Died 28 Aug. 1910.ROSE, Edward, dramatist

; b. Swaffham,Norfolk, 7 Aug. 1849 ; *. of Caleb Rose,M.R.C.P. Educ. : Islington ProprietarySchool ; Ipswich Grammar School. Articledto a solicitor, but early gave up law forliterature ; wrote plays from 1869 ; a come-dietta, Our Farm (Queen's Theatre, 1872),was his lirst London production ; AgathaTylden (Haymarket, 1892), In Days of Old(St. James's, 1899), and versions of ViceVersd, The Prisoner of Zenda, Under theRed Robe, and (in collaboration) EnglishNell, his chief plays ; actor for some yearsat Haymarket, Strand, Globe, etc. ; dramaticcritic of Sunday Times, 1894-96 ; wrotestories and contributed to Illustrated LondonNews (English Homes series) for many years.Publications : V.R., 1887 ; Solo, 1893 ; TheRose Reader

; and plays. Recreation : alittle motoring. Clubs : Green Room,National Liberal. [Died 30 Dec. 1904.

ROSE, General Edward Lee, Royal MarinesLight Infantry ; s. of late CommanderEdward Rose, R.N. ; b. 8 Dec. 1841 ; m.1st, 1871, Blanche Sophia, d. of T. King,The Manor House, North Huish, Devon ;

2nd, 1895, Theresa Caroline, d. of late H. G.Scott of Abbotsford, Landor, India. Educ.:Royal Naval School, New Cross. EnteredService, 1859 ; Captain, 1874 ; Major, 1881 ;

Lt.-Col. 1886 ; Colonel, 1890 ; Colonel-Commandant Plymouth Division R.M.L.I.,1895

; Maj.-Gen. 1898; Lieut.-Gen. 1901 ;

Gen. 1902 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive'sBronze Star, and Jubilee Medal, 1897) ;

served Suakin, 1884. [Died 10 Apr. 1903.

ROSE, Sir Frank Stanley, 2nd Bt., cr. 1909,Capt. 10th Hussars ; b. 27 Apr. 1877 ; s. ofSir Charles Day Rose, 1st Bt., and Eliza,d. of J. R. Maclean, M P. ; S. father, 1913

;

m. 1910, Daphne, y. d. of late Capt. H.Brooks Gaskell, of Kiddington Hall, Oxford ;

one s. one d. Served S. African War, 1901-2

(despatches, Queen's medal, four clasps).Heir: s. Charles Henry, b. 13 Oct. 1912.Address : Hardwicke House, Whitchurch,Oxon. ; Suffolk House, Newmarket.

[Died 26 Oct. 1914.

ROSE, Major James ; Lord-Lieutenant of Nairn-

shire, 1889-1904 ; b. 1820 ;s. of Hugh Rose,

Kilravock, and Catherine, d. of Mackintoshof Farr

; m. 1st, 1850, Annie Maria (d.

1867), d. of Lieut.-Gen. George Twemlow ;

2nd, 1868, Eliza, widow of Parr W. Hocking ;

one s. two d. Educ. : Edinburgh ; Addis-combe. Address : Kilravock Castle, Fort-

George Station, N.B.[Died 30 March 1909.

ROSE, Sir William, 2nd Bt., cr. 1872 ; head of

Govett, Sons, and Co., Stock Exchange ;

b. 1 Apr. 1846; S. father 1388 ; m. Catherine,

d. of Alexander Macalister, Torresdaile Castle,611

ROSE

\rcvllshire, 1868. Educ. : Rugby. Barr.

Canada, 1868. Heir: s. Cyril, b. 1874.

Address : 18 St. James's Square, S.W. ;

Moor Park, Farnham. [Died 4 Oct. 1902.

ROSE, William, M.B., B.S. London ; F.R.C.S.

England ; Emeritus Professor of Surgeryand Member of Council in King's College,

London ; Consulting Surgeon, King's College

Hospital ; Royal Free Hospital ; HighWycombe Cottage Hospital ; L. B. & S. C.

Ry Co. ; Great Eastern Ry. Co. ; and EagleInsurance Co. ; Surgeon-Captain Queen'sWestminster Rifles ; b. High Wycombe, 18

July 1847 ; m. 1880, Marian, y. d. of late

Robert Clark, solicitor, London. Educ. :

King's Coll. London. Publications : Joint-

author (with Mr. Carless) of a Manual of

Surgery, 1898 ;On Hare Lip and Cleft

Palate ; Surgical Treatment of Trigerainal

Neuralgia. Recreations : stalking, shooting,fishing. Address : 10 Queen's Gardens,Lancaster Gate, W. ; Ashwells, Penn, Bucks.Club : Union. [Died 29 May 1910.

ROSEWATER, Hon. Edward ; editor Omaha(Neb.) Bee ; b. Bohemia, 28 Jan. 1841.Educ. : public schools in Prague. Tele-

grapher in military corps during Civil War;

member Nebraska legislature, 1871 ; founderand editor Omaha Bee ; member RepublicanNational Committee, 1892 ; member U.S.Mint Commission, 1896

; delegate for U.S.and vice-president Universal Postal Con-gress, Washington, 1897 ; one of managerstrans - Mississippi Exposition at Omaha,1898; Delegate Republican National Con-vention, 1900 ; member Republican NationalAdvisory Committee, 1900-1 and 1904 : can-didate for U.S. Senator, 1901 ; memberInternational Arbitration Conference, Wash-ington, 1904. Address : The Bee, Omaha,Nebraska, U.S.A. Clubs : Old Time Tele-

graphers' Association, U.S. Military Tele-

graph Corps Society, Omaha, Republican,New York. [Died 30 Aug. 1906.

ROSMEAD, 1st Baron (cr. 1896), HerculesGeorge Robert Robinson, P.C., G.C.M.G.,J.P. ; Bt. 1891 ; director London and West-minster Bank; b. 19 Dec. 1824; *. ofAdmiral Hercules Robinson and Frances,o. c. of Henry Widman-Wood ; m. Nea,d. of 9th Viscount Valentia, 1846. Educ. :

Sandhurst. Late Lieut. 87th Royal IrishFusiliers ; engaged on relief works in Irish

famine, 1846-47 ; President of Montserrat,1854

; Lieut.-Governor of St. Christopher'sand Leeward Islands, 1855-59 ; Governorof Hong-Kong, 1859 ; of Ceylon, 1865 ; ofNew South Wales, 1872-79 : Commissionerfor cession of Fiji Islands, 1874 ; Governorof New Zealand, 1879 ; Governor of Cape andHigh Commissioner for S. Africa, 1880-89 ;

President of Transvaal Commission, 1881 ;

Commissioner on Affairs in Mauritius, 1886;

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of CapeColony, 1895-97 (at time of Jameson Raid).Heir : s. Hercules, Lieut. Royal IrishFusiliers ; b. Ceylon, 1866 ; m. Edith, d. of4th Baron Castlemaine, 1891. Educ.: Eton.Address : Government House, Cape Town ;

42 Prince's Gardens, S.W. Clubs : Carlton,Arthur's. [Died 28 Oct. 1897.

ROSS, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Alexander George,K.C.B., cr. 1905; C.B. 1887; IndianArmy, Col. 51st Sikhs Frontier Force, 1904

;

b. Meerut, India, 9 Jan. 1840 ; e. s. ofAlexander Ross, I.C.S., and Isabella, d. oflate Justin MacCartie, Carrignavar, Co.Cork, Ireland ; m. 1870, Emma Walwyn, d.

of Lt.-Gen. G. E. Gowans, C.B., R.A. ; one.s. Educ. : Academy, Inst., and Univ. of

Edinburgh. Joined Indian Army, 1 857 ;

Indian Staff Corps, 1861 on its formation;

Lieut-.Gent-ral, 1897 ; gazetted 1st SikhInfantry Punjab Frontier Force, 1861, servedin that regiment in every grade to its com-

612


mand, 1885-92;

in 1867 raised and equippedat Lahore, Punjab, a mule transport trainfor fleld service in Abyssinia, commanded it

throughout the expedition ; India, 1858-59(medal) ; Abyssinia, 1868, capture of Mag-dala (despatches, medal) ; North-West Fron-tier of India, Jawaki, 1877-78 (despatches,medal with clasp) ; Afghanistan, 1878-79,action of All Masjid (despatch, medal withclasp), Bt. Lt.-Col. ; North-West Frontierof India, Mahsud Waziri, 1881 (despatches) ;

Zhob Valley, 1890, commanded PunjabFrontier Force Column (despatches). Ad-dress : 16 Hamilton Road, Baling, W.

[Died 22 June 1910.

ROSS, Sir David Palmer, K.B., cr. 1900; C.M .G.

1890 ; Surgeon-General, British Guiana,from 1894

; b. 1842 ; s. of Dr. John Ross,H.E.I.C.S. ; m. 1867, Mary Eliza (d. 1898),d. of late Hon. Alexander Heslop, Attorney-Gen, of Jamaica, M.D., Edin. 1863 ; M.R.C.S.Eng. 1864 ; F.R.C.S. Ed. 1875

; served onArmy Medical Staff, 1864; Jamaica Civil

Service, 1868 ; Colonial Surgeon, Sierra

Leone, 1885 ; J.P. Jamaica and Sierra Leone.Address : British Guiana. Club : JuniorArmy and Navy. [Died 30 May 1904.

ROSS, Sir Edward Charles, Kt., cr. 1892 ; C.S.I.

1882 ; F.R.G.S. ; Colonel Indian Staff Corps,unemployed ; b. Rosstrevor, Co. Down,23 Sept. 1836 ; y. s. of late D. R. Ross, Ross-

trevor, M.P., and Harriet, d. of the Bishop of

Limerick (Knox) ;m. Sarah M., e. d. of Col.

C. S. Whitehill, 1862 ; three s. four d. Educ.Edinburgh Academy ; Edinburgh MilitaryAcademy ; passed high proficiency tests in

Persian and Arabic. Entered H.E.I.C.S.1855

; served with Central India Field Force1857-58 (medal and clasp) ; Indian politicaservice from 1863 ; Resident in Persian Gulfand Consul-General for South Persia, 18721891. Publications: translation from Arabicof Annals of Oman ; several special papers ontribes of Arabia and Mekran, with mapsRecreations : member of golf clubs. Address8 Beaufort Road, Clifton, Bristol.

[Died 2 Feb. 1913

ROSS, Hon. Sir George William, Kt., cr. 1910LL.D. ; b. near Nairn, Williams townshipMiddlesex County, 18 Sept. 1841; *. oJames Ross and Ellen M'Kinnon, nativesof Ross-shire, Scotland. Educ. : NormaSchool, Toronto ; Albert University (LL.B1883) ; LL.D. St. Andrews, Scotland, Toronto

University, Victoria Univ., M'Maser Uni-

versity, Queen's University. Called to bar1887 ; M.P. (L.) West Middlesex, 1872-74-

1878-82; Minister of Education, 1883-99Premier and Treasurer Province of Ontario1899-1905 ; called to Senate of Canada, 1907'

F.R.S. Can.;

edited the Strathroy Age, the

Huron Expositor, and the Ontario TeacherPublications : The Life and Times of the

Hon. Alex. Mackenzie ; Report on Schoolsof England and Germany ; Getting into

Parliament and After. Address : 3 Elmsleyt

Place, Toronto. [Died 8 March 1914

ROSS, James ; b. Cromarty, Ross-shire, 1848s. of John and Mary Ross ; m. 1872, Annie, a

of John W. Kerr of Kingston, N.Y. ;one s

Educ. : Inverness Royal Academy ;in Eng-

land, for profession of Civil Engineer. Wenlto America in 1870 : constructed railways ii

United States and Canada ;built the moun

tain sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway1883-85 ; financed and built, with others

tramway systems of Montreal, Toronto, etc.

executed similar works in England, WesIndies, and Mexico ; practically retired fron

business, he retains the Presidency of th

Dominion Bridge Co. and St John RailwaysDirector Bank of Montreal, Royal Trust

Laurentide, and Canadian General Electri

Cos., etc. ; member American and CanadiaSocieties of Civil_ Engineers ;

Goveruc

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1910 ROTHSCHILD

McGill University ; President Royal VictoriaHospital and Montreal Art Association ; HonLieut.-Col. Duke of York Hussars. Recrea-tions : art collecting, yachting, readingAddress : 360 Peel Street, Montreal. ClubsRoyal Thames Yacht ; Royal Yacht Squadron,Cowes

; Mount Royal, St. James's, Montreal ;

Rideau, Ottawa ; Royal St. Lawrence Yachtand Royal Canadian Yacht ; Toronto, York,Toronto. [Died 20 Sept. 1913.

ROSS, James, ft. Peterhead, 10 Aug. 1836Entered Aberdeen University, 1852 ; gradu-ated M.A., 1857 ; Senior Classical Master atGrosvenor College, Bath, 1860; Curate ofSt. John's, Mudgee, N.S.W., 1863 ; Incum-bent of Rylstone, 1865; Incumbent ofMulgoa, 1868 ; Rural Dean, 1870

; In-cumbent of Murrurundi, 1874

; Armidale,1878

; Examining Chaplain for dioceseGrafton and Armidale, Archdeacon of Armi- :

dale, 1881 ; and Rural Dean, degree of D D i

conferred by his university, 1893; Canon

|

Residentiary of Armidale, 1894; retired on

a pension with the honorary title of Arch-'

deacon, 1901. Address : St. Peter's, Armi- i

dale, N.S.W. [Died 16 Sept. 1902. I

tOSs, General Sir John, G.C.B., cr. 1891 ;

f C.B., cr. 1881; C.B. 1861 ; D.L. ; Rifle i

Brigade ; General, retired 189fi; b. Stone-

house, 18 Mar. 1829 ; s. of Field-MarshalSir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B., andElizabeth, d. of Richard Graham, StoneHouse

; m. Mary (d.), d. of A. M. Hay, 1868.2nd Lieutenant Rifle Brigade, 1846 ; servedat Alma, Inkermann, and Sebastopol, 1854-1855; Major, 1856; served inMutiny at Cawn-pore, Lucknow, 1857-58 ; in N.W. FrontierCampaign, 1863-64; Brig.-Gen. of Bengal,1874 and 1875-80

; commanded PerakExpedition, 1875-76; the forces sent toMalta, 1878 ; 2nd Division Calne Field Force,1878-79

; Poona Division of Bombay armv1881-86; Commander-in-Chief in Canada'1888-93; General, 1891. Address: BelgraveMansions, S.W. Club : United Service.

Dnc, [Died 5 Jan. 1905."OSS, Rev. John, D.D. (Glasgow Universitv) :

Missionary of the United Free Church, Scot-land, to Manchuria

; b. 1842; s. of Hugh

Ross and Catherine Sutherland; m. 1st,1872

; three s. two d. Educ. : village schoolGlasgow University ; United PresbyterianTheological Hall, Edinburgh. Went to Man-churia as missionary to the Chinese, 1872 ;

visited the Corean Gate, where alone theCoreans could come in contact with foreigners,1873

; from these dates originated theexistence of the Church (Protestant) inManchuria and Corea

; for years was Presi-dent of the Theological Hall for the Churchin Manchuria. Publications : MandarinPrimer for Beginners in Chinese

; History ofthe Manchu Dynasty; History of Corea;Old Wang ; Mission Methods in Manchuria ;

The Original Religion of China; in Corean

a Primer, and the New Testament translated;

in Chinese, Commentary on Job, on half ofIsaiah, half of Matthew, James, and some ofthe minor epistles of the N.T., these formpart of a complete Commentary on the BibleAddress : 121 George Street, Edinburgh.

[Died 8 Aug. 1915.ROSS J. Thorburn, A.R.S.A. ; painter ; y. s.

of Robert Thorburn Ross, R.S.A., and Mar-garet Scott, Strathaven. Recreations : swim-ming and walking. Address : 6 AthollCrescent, Edinburgh. Club : Scottish Arts,Edinburgh. [Died 28 Sept. 1903.

ROSS, Hon. William, Member of DominionParliament for Victoria, Cape Breton from1900

; Senate from 1905; b. Boulardarie,

C.B., 20 Dec. 1825; m. 1855, Eliza, d. ofCaptain Peter Moore, N. Sydney. Educ. :

private school, Boulardarie, C.B. Member oflike Parliament of Nova Scotia, 1859-67

elected by acclamation to the DominionParliament, 1867-72, 1874

; Minister ofMilitia in the M'Kenzie Government, 1873 ;

Collector of Customs, Halifax, 1874-89Address : P.O. Box 428. Halifax. N.S.

[Died 17 March 1912ROSS-LEWIN, Rev. George Harrison, M.A. ;

Hon. Canon of Durham Cathedral ; Vicar ofBenfleldside

; Rural Dean of Lanchester from1890

; b. 18 Dec. 1846; 2nd and e. surv. s

of late Rev. George Ross-Lewin, M.A., J.P.,of Ross Hill, Co. Clare, and Rector of Thor-neyburn, Northumberland. Educ. : privately.M.A. of Durham ; 2nd Class Divinity ; Hon.4th Class Classics, 1870. Deacon, 1870Priest, 1871

; Vicar of Benfleldside, 1881 ;

Hon. Canon, 1896; was a landowner incounty of Clare and until 1913 in Tipperary.Publications : Scoto-Irish Founders of Anglo-Saxon Church. 1878; Continuity of theEnglish Church, 1879 and 1886; FatherGilpin, 1891 and 1901; Lord Scudamore(1601-71), A Loyal Churchman and FaithfulSteward of God's Bounty, 1898 (new ed.1900) ; Succession of Bishops of Durham,1901 ; The Witness of the Diocese of Durham1908

; Typical English Churchmen, secondseries, Cuthbert Tunstall, 1909. Recreation :

study of history. Address : St, Cuthbert'sVicarage, Shotley Bridge, Co. Durham

; RossHill, Kildysart, Co. Clare.

ROTCH, Abbott Lawrence, Professor of 'Mete-orology at Harvard University, librarian ofAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciencesand trustee of several educational institu-tions in Boston

; b. 6 Jan. 1861; g. s. of Hon.

Abbott Lawrence, U.S. Minister to England1849-52

; m. 1893, Margaret RandolphAnderson ; one s. two d. Educ. : Mass. Inst.of Technology, Boston. S B. 1884

; A.M.(Harvard) honoris causd, 1891. Travelledextensively for scientific purposes ; juror forinstruments of precision at Universal Ex-position at Paris, 1889

; established in 1885,and then maintained Blue Hill MeteorologicalObservatory near Boston, noted for its in-vestigations of the upper air by means ofcloud observations and self-recording instru-ments lifted by kites ; obtained first mete-orological records with kites over AtlanticOcean, and with balloons at great heights inAmerica. For ten years associate-editor ofAmerican Meteorological Journal

; corre-sponding member British Association forAdvancement of Science, Berlin Society for

Promoting Aeronautics ; hon. memberRoyal Austrian and German MeteorologicalSocieties, French Alpine Club ; ChevalierLegion of Honour ; Prussian Orders of Crownand Red Eagle. Publications : Observationsmade at the Blue Hill Observatory, in Annalsof Harvard College Observatory ; Soundingthe Ocean of Air (Romance of Science Series),1900 ; The Conquest of the Air, 1909 ;

Charts of the Atmosphere for Aeronauts andAviators, 1911; numerous articles in scientific

journals. Recreations : mountain climbing,tennis, cycling. Address : Blue Hill Ob-servatory, Hyde Park, Mass. Clubs : RoyalSocieties, Royal Aero ; St. Botolph, Somerset,Boston

; University, Century, New York;

Cosmos, Washington. [Died 7 March 1912.

ROTHSCHILD, Baron Ferdinand James de,M.P. (U.L.) Bucks, Aylesbury, since 1885 ;

J.P. ; banker ; b. 1839 ;2nd s. of late Baron

A. de Rothschild ;m. cousin Evelina, sister

of 1st Lord Rothschild, 1865 (d. 1866).M.P. Aylesbury, July to Nov. 1885. OwnsS.Y.

" Rona." Address : Waddeson, Ayles-bury ; 143 Piccadilly, W. ; Manor House,Upper Winchenden, Bucks ; Leighton House,Leighton Buzzard. [Died 17 Dec. 1898.

ROTHSCHILD, 1st Baron (cr. 1885), NathanMayer Rothschild ; G.C.V.O. : Bt. 1840 ;

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ROUGHTON WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Hon. LL.D. Camb. ; Baron of Austrian

Empire ; Lord-Lieut, for Buckinghamshirefrom 1889; a Lieut, for City of London;Master of Staghounds ; [Lord Rothschild wasg.s. of Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, of

Frankfort and then of London, and cr. Baronof Austrian Empire, 1822] ;

b. Piccadilly,8 Nov. 1840 ; s. of Baron Lionel Nathan de

Rothschild, Gunnersbury Park, Middlesex,and Charlotte, d. of Baron Charles de Roths-

child, Naples ; S. uncle in baronetcy, 1876 ;

and father as Austrian Baron, 1879; m.1867, Emma Louisa, d. of Baron Charles de

Rothschild, Frankfort ; two s. one d. Educ. :

Trin. Coll. Camb. M.P. (L.) for Aylesbury,1865-85. Owned about 10,000 acres. Heir :

s. Hon. Lionel W. Rothschild. Address :

148 Piccadilly, W. ; Tring Park, Herts.Clubs : Turf, Marlborough, St. James's,Brooks's. [Died 31 March 1915.

ROUGHTON, Edmund W., M.D. and B.S.

(Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.) ; Surgeon to theRoyal Free Hospital, and Surgeon-in-Chargeof the Department for Diseases of the Throatand Ear ; Consulting Surgeon to the NationalDental Hospital ; b. 1861 ; s. of late RobertRoughton, R.N. ; m. Ethel, y. d. of R. S.

Godfrey, Registrar (Chancery Division)Supreme Court of Judicature. Educ. :

private schools, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.Took the Gold Medal at M.D. Examination,1884, and the Scholarship and Gold Medal in

Surgery at the B.S. Examination, 1887 ;

Gold Medallist at M.B. Examination, 1883 ;

was Demonstrator of Anatomy at St. Bar-tholomew's Hospital, 1886-89 ; Warden ofthe College of St. Mary's Hospital, 1891-97 ;

Examiner in Anatomy at the Royal Collegesof Physicians and Surgeons, 1896. Publica-tions : Oral Surgery, a Text-Book of Diseasesof the Mouth ; General Surgery and Patho-logy. Recreations : golf, cycling, photo-graphy. Address : 38 Queen Anne Street,Cavendish Square, W. [Died 10 June 1913.

ROUNDELL, Charles Savile, M.A., D.L., b-

19 July 1827; y. s. of Rev. D. R. Roundell,

Gledstone, Yorkshire, and Hannah, e. d. ofSir W. Foulis, Bt., Ingleby Manor, York-shire

; m. Julia, e. d. of late WilbrahamTollemache, Dorfold Hall, Cheshire, 1873 ;

one s. Educ. : Harrow, Balliol Coll. Oxford.First class in Lit. Hum., and second class

Mathematics, 1850 ; Chancellor's prize for

English Essay, 1851 ; Fellow of Merton ;

secretary to the Jamaica Commission, andUniversities Commission ; member of theFriendly Societies and Aged Poor Commis-sions

; M.P. Grantham, 1880-85 ; M.P.Skipton Division, West Riding, 1892-95.Recreations : cricket, tennis, rackets. Ad-dress : 32 Sussex Square, Brighton.

[Died 3 March 1906.ROUS, William John ; b. 1833

; s. of late Hon.William Rufus Rous and Louisa, d. of JamesHatch, Clabery Hall, Essex. Lieut.-Col.,Scots Guards (retired) ; served in Crimea(thrice wounded, medal with clasp, andTurkish medal), 1854. Publications : TheStoryteller of Constantinople (in Arabic) ;

Traumereien (German Poems) ; Glauke*;

Conradin; etc. Address : Worstead House,

near Norwich. [Died 12 Apr. 1914.

ROUTH, Edward John, Sc.D. (Camb.), Sc.D.(Hon. Dublin), LL.D. (Hon. Glasgow), F.R.S.Hon. Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge ;

lately Lecturer in Mathematics Peterhouseand Pembroke Coll. ; Examiner in the Mathe-matical Tripos six times ; Fellow of theUniversity of London ; Governor of DulwichColl. ; b. Quebec, Canada, 20 Jan. 1831

; s.

of Sir Randolph Routh, K.C.B., Commissary-General, and Lady Routh, n6e Taschereau ;

m. e. d. of Sir G. B. Airy, Astronomer-Royal,1864 ; four s. one d. Educ. : Univ. Coll.

London ; Peterhouse, Cambridge. Scholar-614

ships and gold medal at M.A. in Univ. of

London; Senior Wrangler, Smith's Prizeman,1854 ;

Adams Prize, 1877, at Cambridge,etc. Adopted profession of teacher, 1855 ;

had 27 senior wranglers and more than 40Smith's prizemen amongst his pupils ; retired1888, when his portrait, painted by Herkomer,was presented to his wife by his pupils ;

Council of Royal Society, 1888-90. Publica-tions : a treatise on Rigid Dynamics (vol. i.

7th ed., vol. ii. 6th ed.), of which a Germantranslation has been published ; a treatiseoh Statics (2nd ed.), 2 vols. ; a treatise onStability of Motion ; a treatise on Dynamicsof a Particle, 1898; a variety of originalpapers contributed to the MathematicalSociety of London, the Quarterly Journal of

Mathematics, and the Royal Society. Re-creation : mountain walks in Switzerlandand the British Isles. Address : NewnhamCottage, Queen's Road, Cambridge. Club :

United University. [Died 7 June 1907.ROUTLEDGE, Rev. C. F. ; Hon. Canon of

Canterbury from 1879 ; Hon. Sec. of Canter-bury Church Schools Association ; b. II-

minster, 16 Dec. 1838; s. of Rev. W. Rout-

ledge, Rector of Cotleigh, Devon; m. 1st,

Dorothy Hester, y. d. of Dr. C. J. Blomfleld,Bishop of London ; 2nd, Ellen, d. of ColonelEdward Bruce, R.H.A. Educ. : Eton ;

King's College, Cambridge (First Class

Classics). Curate of Richmond, Surrey, 1863;

H.M. Inspector of Schools, 1864-1901. Pub-lication: History of St. Martin's Church,Canterbury. Recreations : golf, boating,reading classics. Address : St. Martin's,Canterbury. Club : New University.

[Died 2 Nov. 1904.

ROUTLEDGE, Robert M., 6th s. of late WilliamRoutledge, manufacturer, Aberdeen ; m.Mary Stone, d. of late John Avery, printerand publisher, Aberdeen. Educ. : AberdeenUniv. Called to Bar, 1879; Member of

Northern Circuit ; appointed Judge andMagistrate, Falkland Islands, 1891

; Judge,Magistrate, and Colonial Secretary, 1891 ;

Stipendiary Justice of the Peace, Trinidad,1894 ;

Puisne Judge, Trinidad, B.W.I.,1901-6. Recreations : gardening, golf. Ad-dress : Woodside, Cadmore, High Wycombe,Bucks. Club : Caledonian.

[Died 12 Aug. 1907.

ROWE, Ven. John Tetley, M.A. ; Archdeaconand Canon Residentiary of Rochester from1908 ; b. West Hartlepool ; s. of Vicar of

West Hartlepool and Berwick-on-Tweed ;

m. 1896, Mercy Elizabeth, o. d. of Sir Michael

Foster, K.C.B. ; three s. two d. Educ. :

Giggleswick ; Trinity College, Cambridge.Curate at St. Austell, 1883

; Trinity College,

Cambridge, Missioner, 1886;

in charge of

the Mission district in New Church Road,Camberwell, for ten years ; Rector of Chatham,1895-1907 ; Rural Dean of Rochester to

1907 ; Hon. Canon of Rochester to 1908 ;

Proctor to Convocation for Diocese of

Rochester to 1908;Vicar of Rushall-Walsall,

1907. Publications : Town and Gown ; Upona Briefe ;

Editor of the Church's Message to

Men. Recreations : at school, football

(captain) ; at college, rowing. Address : ThePrecinct, Rochester. [Died 29 Apr. 1915.

ROWLAND, Col. Thomas, C.B. 1881 ;b. 1831 ;

m. 1858, Anne, d. of C. Lewin. Entered

army, 1848 ; Col. 1880 ; retired ;served

Crimea, 1855 (medal with clasp, Turkish

medal) ; Afghan War, 1878-80 (despatches,

C.B., medal). [Died 10 Dec. 1914.

ROWLANDS, Rev. David, B.A. ; Principal

Congregational College, Brecon, from IS

Director of London Missionary Society ;

Governor of University College of Wales,

Aberystwith, and University College oi

South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff

b. Anglcsea, 4 March 1836; m. 1st, 1864;

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 ROXBY

Mary Elizabeth, d. of W. Roberts, Liver-

pool ; 2nd, 1897, Alice, step-d. of AldermanJ. Prothero, J.P., Brecon ;

one 8. Educ. :

Bala Congregational College, Brecon Con-

gregational College, and New College, Lon-don ; graduated in Arts at the Universityof London, 1860. Ordained at Llanbryn-mair, Montgomeryshire, 1861

;Minister of

English Congregational Church, Welshpool,1867-71 ; Carmarthen, 1871-72 ;

Professorof Mathematics and Natural Science at

Brecon Congregational College, 1872-82 ;

Professor of New Testament Greek, Philo-

sophy, and Church History, 1882-97 ; Pro-fessor of New Testament Greek and Practical

Theology until his death ;President of

the Congregational Union of Wales, 1902 ;

member of the Gorsedd of the Bards of

the Isle of Britain, and held the degreesof Bard and Druid under the pseudonym" Dewi M6n "

; adjudicator at the NationalEisteddfod for many years ;

member of theJoint Educational Committee for Brecon-shire under the Welsh Intermediate Educa-tion Act, 1889 ; County Alderman for

Breconshire ; member of the TheologicalBoard of the University of Wales

;member

of the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion.Publications : joint editor of Yr Annibynwr(The Independent) and Y Dysgedydd (TheInstructor) Welsh periodicals for someyears, and of Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol(The Congregational Songster) ; literaryeditor of Cambrian Minstrelsie (6 vols.), andauthor of most of the English and WelshLyrics in the same ; author of Yr Alcestis

(the Alcestis of Euripides rendered into

Welsh verse), and of the English librettos of

several works by Dr. Jos. Parry ;also

author of Caniadau Serch (Songs of the

Affections) ; Grammadeg Cymraeg (WelshGrammar) ; Telyn Tudno (Biography andSelections from the poetical works of

Tudno) ; Sermons on Historical Subjects, etc.

Address : Memorial College, Brecon.[Died 6 Jan. 1907.

ROWLANDS, Gen. Sir Hugh, K.C.B., cr. 1898;

V.C., C.B.;

Col. the Duke of Wellington's

(West Hiding Regiment) from 1897 ; /;. 6 May1829

; m. 1867, Isabella Jane Barrow.Entered army, 1849 ; General, 1894 ; servedEastern Campaign Crimea, 1854-55 (medalwith three clasps, V.C., brevet of Major,Knight of the Legion of Honour, 5th class of

the Medjidie and Turkish medal) ;Kaffir

War, 1877-79 (despatches, medal with clasp) ;

Q.M.G. 1880 ; commanded 1st class District

India, 1884-89 ; Lieut. Tower of London1893 ; commanded Scottish District, 1893-96Address : Plas Tiron, Llanrud, R.S.O.,Carnarvonshire. [Died 1 Aug. 1909.

ROWLANDS, His Honour W. Bowen, K.C. ;

Judge of Co. Courts, Birkenhead Circuit,from 1900 ; e. s. of Thomas Rowlands of

Glenover, Co. Pembroke ; m. Adeline, o. c.

of J. D. Brown of Kensington House, Haver-ford west ; four s. six d. Educ. : Jesus

College, Oxford. 2nd class Classical

Honours;

1st class Certificate of Honour,General Examination for the Bar, 1870.Barr. 1871 ; Q.C. 1882 ; Bencher, 1882 ;

Treasurer, 1889; formerly leader of S.

Wales and Chester Circuit ; M.P. Cardigan-shire, 1886-95

;Recorder of Swansea, 1894 ;

D.L. for Cardiganshire ; J.P. for Pembroke-shire, Cardiganshire, Cheshire, and Haver-fordwest ; Master of Library, Gray's Inn ;

nominated by the Catholic bishops as one ofthe laymen chosen by them on the CatholicEducation Council. Address : 60 Ken-sington Mansions, Earl's Court, S.W. ; 80Watergate Flags, Chester.

[Died 4 Sept. 1906.

ROWLEY, Hon. Hercules Langford ; Hon. Col.5th Batt. Leinster Regt. ; D.L. and J.P.

Co. Meath, J.P. Co. Dublin; b. 19 June1828 ;

s. of 2nd Baron Langford ; m. LouisaJane Campbell, s. of 1st Lord Blythswood.Educ. : Eton ; Sandhurst. Served in 6thRegt. of Foot and 6th Inniskilling Dragoons.Address : Marley Grange, Rathfarnham,Co. Dublin. Club : Army and Navy.


ROWLEY, Hon. Hugh ; b. 1833 ; s. of 2ndBaron Langford ; m. 1st, 1852, TheresaCaroline, d. of late John Bishop of SunburyHouse, Middlesex ; 2nd, Caroline Frances,d. of late John Green of Ormiston Lodge,N.B. Educ. : Eton ; Sandhurst ; XVI.Lancers (retired). Exhibited at R.A. 1866 ;

held diploma of Fanmakers' Co. from 1878.Publications : Puniana ; Gamosa Gammon,1870 ; Advice to Parties about to Marry,1871 ; Sage Stuffings for Green Goslings,1871 ; More Puniana. Address: 179Preston Drove, Brighton.

[Died 12 May 1908.

ROWLEY, Rev. William Walter, M.A. Oxon. ;

Prebendary of Wells from 1875; Surrogate

of the Diocese;

Public Preacher of theDiocese ; b. Bilston, Staffordshire, 6 Dec.1812

; *. of William Rowley of Stoke Park,Salop, and g. g. g.s. of Walter Rowley ofStoke Park ; m. 1st, Selina Lumsdaine, d.

of Colonel Patton, Governor of St. Helena ;

2nd, Emma Pennant, d. of Henry Withy,Rector of Huddersfleld, and g, d. of SirJohn Gay Alleyne, Bt., of Barbados. Educ. :

Bridgnorth Grammar School; Queen's Col-

lege, Oxford, of which he was the oldest

living member. Graduated with honours,1835 ; Deacon, 1836 ; Priest, 1837

; Rectorof Lympsham, 1837-44 ; Vicar of Emmanuel,Westou-super-Mare, 1847-84; Rural Deanof Burnham, 1875-84 ; Vicar of Woolaving-ton, Somerset, 1884-1900 ; Rural Dean of

Pawlett, 1884-1900. Publications : mis-cellaneous pamphlets. Rea-eations : rowing ;

rowed in the Queen's College Eight, Oxford,1834, when the boat was head of the river ;

travel. Address : The Chapter House,Wells, Somerset. [Died 20 Aug. 1907.

ROWTON, 1st Baron (cr. 1880), MontaguWilliam Lowry-Corry, K.C.V.O., C.B., P.C.,D.L., J.P. ; b. 8 Oct. 1838 ; 2nd s. of Rt.Hon. Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry, M.P.,s. of 2nd Earl Belmore and Harriet, d. of

6th Earl of Shaftesbury. Educ. : Harrow ;

Trin. Coll Camb. (B.A.). Barr. Lincoln's

Inn, 1863 ; private secretary to PrimeMinister (Earl of Beaconsfleld), 1866-68.1874-80 ; secretary of mission for Berlin

Congress, 1878; Chairman of Rowton

Houses and of the Guinness Trust. Heir :

none. Address : 17 Berkeley Square, W. ;

Rowton Castle, Shrewsbury. Club : Carlton.

[Died 10 Nov. 1903.ROXBY, Rev. Edmund Lally, Rector of St.

Peter's, Tiverton, from 1907; Hon. Canonof Gloucester Cathedral ; Surrogate Dioceseof Exeter ;

b. Connaught Square, London,S.W., 21 Aug. 1844; s. of Rev. HenryRoxby-Roxby of Blackwood House, Yorks,and Vicar of St. Olave's, Old Jewry, London,E.G., and Augusta Maria Lally, d. of CaptainLally of 4th Dragoon Guards ; m. 1873,Georgina Susannah (d. 1891), e. d. of RalphLeycester of Toft Hall, Cheshire

;two s.

four d. Educ. : Clapham Grammar School,King's College, London ; Emmanuel Coll.

Cambridge. B.A. 1866, M.A. 1871. Curateof Wooburn, Bucks, 1867-70 ; Holy Trinity,Tulse Hill, 1870-71 ;

Vicar of Aldershot,1871-73; Incumbent of All Souls', Brighton,1873-79; Incumbent of St. Margaret's,Brighton, 1879-88; Vicar of Holy Trinity,Tulse Hill 1888-95 ; Rector of Cheltenham,1895-1907 ; Rural Dean of Cheltenham,1901-7. Address : St. Peter's Rectory,Tiverton, Devon. [Died 20 Oct. 1912.

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ROXBY

ROXBY, Capt. Herbert, M.V.O. 1901; R.tf. ;

ft 9 Feb 1848 ; s. of Rev. Henry Roxby-Roxby, LL.B., of Blackwood, Yorks ;

m.

1879, Mary Grace, d. of Wm. Telfair, of

Bon Air, Mauritius ;four s. one d. Educ. :

Clapham ;Eastman's Naval Academy,

Southsea. Entered Royal Navy, 1862;served as Naval Lieut. In H.M.S. "Bac-chante

"during her commission with

T.R.H.'s Prince Edward and Prince Georgeof Wales (King George V.); and as Staff

Commander of Royal Yacht "Osborne,"

1883-99 ; previous service having been in

Mediterranean, West Indian, and Australian

stations: retired Captain, 1899; Jubilee

Medal and M.V. O. , 4th class. Address : Clifton

Villa, Alverstoke, Hants. [Died 5 Dec. 1905.

ROY, Charles T., F.R.S., M.D., M.A. ; Pro-fessor of Pathology, University of Cam-bridge, from 1884; b. Arbroath, 27 Jan.1854 ; 7th s. of Adam Roy, merchant andshipowner; m. Violet, 3rd d. of late Sir

George E. Paget, K.C.B., Professor of Physic,Cambridge University, 1887. Educ. : Ar-broath ; St. Andrews ; Edinburgh (M.D.).Surgeon in Turkish army during ServianWar ; original research work in Berlin,Strassburg, and Leipsic : first GeorgeHenry Lewes Student in Physiology, 1880 ;

Professor Superintendent of the BrownInstitution, 1882. Publications : contri-

butor to the R.S. Phil. Trans., EdinburghMedical Journal, British Medical Journal,Journal of Physiology, Virchow's Archiv.,etc. Recreations : mountaineering, yacht-ing, tennis. Clubs : Alpine, Savile, Cam-bridge University Cruising.

[Died 4 Oct. 1897.

ROYDS, Rev. F. C., Hon. Canon of Chester;

b. 1825; s. of Rev. E. Royds, Rector ofBrereton ; m. 1852, Cornelia F. Blomfield

;

one s. seven d. Educ. : Rugby ; Oxford,M.A. Ordained, 1850; Curate of Sand-bach and Neston ; Rector of Coddington,Cheshire, 1855-1904. Address : Bryn Goleu,Penmaenmawr, N. Wales.

[Died 20 Sept. 1913.ROYLE, Rr.-Adm. Henry Lucius Fanshawe,

D.S.O. 1893 ; R.N. ; retired ; late com-manding H.M. Fleet Reserve, Portsmouth

;

ft. Manchester, 26 March 1849; 2nd s. oflate Peter Royle, M.D., and Mariana Fan-shawe, y. d. of late Rev. John CharlesFanshawe, formerly Rector of Chardstock,Somerset ; m. 1879, Anna Mary, e. d. oflate Capt. J. Hind, Greatwood, Mylor,Cornwall

;one s. one d. Educ. : privately.

Entered Navy, 1862; Sub.-Lieut. 1868 ;

Lieut. 1872 ; Commander, 1887; Capt.

1892; retired Rear - Admiral, 1905. Deco-rated for services on West Coast of Africa,resulting in the capture of Tambi andToniataba, 1891 and 1892. Address : HollyBank, Mannamead, Plymouth. Club : RoyalWestern Yacht, Plymouth.

[Died 13 June 1906.ROYSTON, Rt. Rev. Peter Sorenson, D.D. ;

b. London, 6 June 1830; y. s. of John

Power Royston, Bank of England ; m. 1861,Mary (d. 1904), e. d. of late Thomas Clarke,Madras C.S. ; one s. four d. Educ. : StPaul's School; Trin. College, Cambridge(M.A.). Ordained, 1853; Resident TutorChurch Missionary Coll. London, 1853-55 ;

Corresponding Secretary, C.M.S., for SouthIndia, 1855-62 and 1866-71 ; incumbent ofC.M.S. Chapel, Madras, 1855-62 and 1866-1871 ; St. Thomas', Mauritius, 1864-65 ;

Fellow of Madras University, 1858-72;Bishop of Mauritius, 1872-91 (resignedthrough failure of health) ;

Assistant Bishopto Bishop of Liverpool, 1891-1905 ; Vicarof Childwall, 1896-1903 ; Rural Dean of

Childwall, 1896-98. Publications : joint-editor of the Proceedings of the South Indian

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WHO WAS WHO, 1897-191G

Missionary Conference, 1858. Address : 6

Cowper Road, Worthing.[Died 28 Jan. 1015.

RUBE, Charles, Partner in Werner, Beit &Co. ; ft. Germany, 1852. Went to SouthAfrica, 1876 ; was Manager CompagnieFrancaise des Mines de Diamants du Kaap.Address : 17 Hill Street, W.

[Died 30 Oct. 1914.1RUBIE, John Fonthill, e. s. of late J. P. Rnbie

of Cowes ; m. ; two d. Educ. : King'sCollege, London

; A.K.C. ; New Coll. :

Oxford. B.A. (History Honours), 1830;

Common Law Scholar Inner Temple, 1832 ;

called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1883 ; admittedto Transvaal Bar, 1902 ; practising in theTransvaal

; Member and Acting Presidentof the Special Criminal Court at Pretoriabefore the opening of the Criminal Sittingsof the Supreme Court, 1902-3 ; Presidentof the Special Criminal Court for Swaziland,1904 ; Legal Member of the Swaziland Con-cessions Commission, 1904. Address : LawChambers, Church Square, Pretoria. Clubs :

Reform ; Civil Service, Cape Town ; Rand,Johannesburg ; Pretoria, Pretoria.

[Died 14 Oct. 1907.RUDDOCK, Richard, Managing Editor of the

Newcastle Chronicle, 1878-1907 ; ft. Blyth,Northumberland, 1837. Educ. : at Blyth,and served an apprenticeship to the printingbusiness ; was sub-editor and reporter onthe Sunderland Herald, 1859-60 ; Joinedthe staff of the Newcastle Chronicle in 1861.

[Died 27 June 1908.RUDINI, Antonio Starrabba, Marquis di,

Knight of the Annunziata; ft. Palermo, 6

"

April 1839. Syndic of Palermo, 1863; j

Prefect of Palermo, 1866 ; of Naples, 1868 ; j

Minister of the Interior, 1869; Premier and

j

Foreign Minister, 1891-92 ; Premier and\

Minister of the Interior, 1896-98. Address :j

Rome. [Died 7 Aug. 1908.

RUDLER, Frederick William, I.S.O. 1902;F.G.S. ; Curator and Librarian of the <

Museum of Practical Geology, 1879-1902 ; I

ft. London, 8 July 1840. Museum of Prac- i

tical Geology, Jermyn Street, 1861-76;Lecturer on Natural Science in the UniversityColl. of Wales, 1876-79 ; Registrar of the

Royal School of Mines, 1879-80 ; Assistant

Secretary of the Ethnological Society, 1869 ;

President of the Anthropological Departmentof the British Association, 1880

; Presidentof the Geologists' Association, 1887-89 ;

President of Anthropological Institute, 1898-1899 ; President of Essex Field Club, 1903 ;

Pres. of S.E. Union of Scientific Societies,

1904; Lecturer on Geology, UniversityExtension. Publications : assistant-editorof Ure's Dictionary of Arts and Manufac-tures (3 vols.), 1875

; contributor to the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Thorpe's Dic-

tionary of Applied Chemistry, and numerousscientific and literary journals. Recreation :

literature. Address : Ethel Villa, Tatsfield,Westerham. [Died 23 Jan. 1915.

RUMBOLD, Rt. Hon. Sir Horace, 8th Bt.,cr. 1779; P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G. ;

ft. 2

July 1829; S. ft. 1877; m. 1st, 1867,Caroline (d. 1872). d. of George Harrington,United States Minister at Berne

; 2nd, 1881,

Louisa, d. of Thomas Russell Crampton,and widow of Capt. St. George FrancisRobert Caulfield, 1st Life Guards ;

four *.

Attache" at Turin, 1849; at Paris and at

Frankfort, 1852 ; at Stuttgardt and Vienna ;

on service at Ragusa, 1858 ; Secretary of

Legation in China, 1859; Athens, 1862;of Embassy at St. Petersburg, 1868-71 ;

at Constantinople, 1871-72;

Minister in

Chili, 1872-78 ; Switzerland, 1878-79 ; EnvoyExtraordinary to Argentina, 1879-81 ;

to

Sweden and Norway, 1881-84; to Grrece,

1884-88; Netherlands, 1888-90 ; Amb:i.s*a-

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RUSSELL

dor to Emperor of Austria, L896-1900. Pub-lications : The Great Silver Iliver, Notesof a Residence in Buenos Ayres ;

Recol-lections of a Diplomatist, 1902; FurtherRecollections, 1903 ;

Final Recollections,1905; The Austrian Court in the 19th

Century. Heir : s. Horace George Mon-tagu. Address : 127 Sloane Street, S.W.Clubs : Travellers', St. James's.

[Died 3 Nov. 1913.

RUMSEY, Almaric, Professor of Indian Juris-

prudence at King's Coll. London. FormerlyAssistant Solicitor of H.M. Customs ; b.

London, 31 Dec. 1825; s. of Lacy Rumsey,

H.M. Treasury, and Elizabeth, d. of Johnand Lady Elizabeth Spencer, and great-great-great-grand-daughter (through both des-

cents) of John, Duke of Marlborough ;

m. Caroline Montagu, d. of Thomas JohnPittar, 1872. Educ. : Rugby ; Oxford(B.A. ;

1st class Mathematics and Physics).Barr. Lincoln's Inn, 1857 ; practised as

Eq. Dr. and Conveyancer, and in IndianAppeals at the Privy Council ;

contri-

buted reviews, etc., to various periodicals ;

on the staff of the Athenaeum from 1863.Publications : A Chart of MoolmmmudanInheritance, 1866

;A Chart of Hindu Inheri-

tance, 1868; Al Sirajiyyali Reprinted, withNotes and Appendix, 1869 ;

The Moohum-mudan Law of Inheritance, and Rights andRelations affecting it, 1880

;various small

works on English Law, etc. Recreations :

reading, smoking. Address : 105 Endles-ham Road, Balham, S.W.

[Died 8 Apr. 1899.

RUNDALL, General Francis Hornblow, C.S.I.

1875 ; R.E. ; b. Madras, 22 Dec. 1823 ;

y. s. of Col Charles Rundall, Madras Army,H.E.I.C.S., and Henrietta Wryghte ;

m.1846, Fanny Ada (d. 1889), d. of CaptainW. Gardner Burn, late 3rd Light Dragoons.Educ. : Kensington and Addiscombe (H.E.I.C.College). Commissioned to H.E.I.C. En-gineer Corps, 1841 ; landed at Madras, 1843 ;

and joined as 2nd Lieutenant the SappersCorps ; appointed to P. W. Department,1844; served as assistant to Sir ArthurCotton in Godavery District till 1851 ;

thento independent charge of the Vizagapatamand Ganjam District, 1855

;returned to

Godavery ; Consulting Engineer for E. I.

Irrigation Co., 1859 ;afterwards Sup. Eng.

and Dept. Sec. to Madras Govt. ;acted

as Chief Eng. for E. I. I. C. Orissa and BeharIrrigation Works, 1861

; appointed Chief

Eng. to Govt. Bengal Irrign. Dept. 1866Inspector-General of Irrigation with Govern-ment of India, 1871-74. Decorated : C.S.Ifor services in P. W. Dept. Publications .

pamphlets and lectures on Irrigation anc

Navigation, and Storage Works.[Died 30 Sept. 1908

RUSKIN, John ; b. London, 8 Feb. 1819s. of John James Ruskin, wine merchantBilliter Street. Educ. : privately ; Chrisl

Church, Oxford. Newdigate Prize, 1839B.A. 1842; M.A. 1843; Hon. Student oChrist Church, 1858 ; Rede Lecturer, Cambridge, 1867 ; Slade Professor of Fine ArtOxford, 1870-79, 1882-84; Hon. D.C.LOxford, 1893

; Hon. member of the RoyaSociety of Painters in Water-colours, 1873also F.G.S., F.Z.S., F.R.I.B.A., etc., ancmember of several foreign Academies. Publications : Modern Painters, 1843-60 ; SeverLamps of Architecture, 1849 ; Stones oVenice, 1851-53 ; Lectures on Architectureand Painting, 1854 ;

Harbours of England1856 ; Elements of Drawing, 1857 ; Politica

Economy of Art, 1857 ;Two Paths, 1859

Unto this Last, 1860 ; Munera Pulveris

1862-63; Sesame and Lilies, 1865; Ethicof the Dust, 1866; Crown of Wild Olive1866 ; Time and Tide, 1867 ; Queen of th

20 a

Air, 1869; Lectures on Art, 1870 ;

ForsClavigera, 1871-84 ; Aratra Pentelici, 1872 ;

Eagle's Nest, 1872; Ariadne Florentina,1873; Val d'Arno, 1874; Mornings in

Florence, 1875-77 ; Proserpina, 1875-86 ;

Deucalion, 1875-83 ; St. Mark's Rest, 1877-

1884; Laws of Fe"sole, 1877-78; Bible of

Amiens, 1880-85 ;Art of England, 1883 ;

Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century,1884 ; Pleasures of England, 1884-85 ;

Praeterita, 1885-89, etc. Address : Brant-wood, Coniston, R.S.O. [Died 20 Jan. 1900.

IUSSELL, Lord Alexander George, G.C.B.. cr.

1905 ; K.C.B., cr. 1903 ; C.B. (Mil.), 1877 ;

General on retired list; b. 16 Dec. 1821 ;

10th s. of 6th Duke of Bedford ; m. AnneEmily, d. of Sir Leonard Worlsey Holmes, Bt.,1844 ; two s. Educ. : Harrow. A.D.C. toGovernor of Canada, 1847 ; D.A.Q.M.G. at

Cape, 1852-53; Kaffir War (medal withclasp) ; Crimea, 1855 (despatches, medalwith clasp, Brevet Lt.-Col., Sardinian andTurkish medals, 5th class Medjidie) ; com-manded troops, Shorncliffe, 1873-74; S.E.District, 1877-80

; Canada, 1883-88; retired

pay, 1888 ; Col. Liverpool Regiment, 1889-1891 : Col. Comm. Rifle Brigade from 1891.Recreations : country life, shooting. Ad-dress : Woodeaton, Oxford. Clubs : Armyand Navy, United Service.

[Died 10 Jan. 1907.

RUSSELL, His Honour Judge the Hon. Arthur,Judge of County Court Circuit, Croydon andWandsworth, from 1900 ; b. 1861

; e. s. oflate Lord Russell of Killowen ; m. 1891,Florence, o. d. of late Professor JamesCuming, M.D., of Belfast. Educ. : Beau-mont Coll. Old Windsor

;Oriel Coll. Oxford.

M.A. Called to Bar, 1886 ; Counsel in theParnell Commission ; secretary to the late

Lord Chief Justice (Lord Russell of Kill-

owen), 1894-1900 ; editor of The Times LawReports, 1890-1900. Recreations : many.Address : The Links, Hook Heath. Woking.Club : New University.

[Died 22 Nov. 1907.RUSSELL, Gen. Sir Baker Creed, G.C.B., cr.

1900 ; K.C.B., cr. 1882 ; K.C.M.G., cr. 1880 ;

b. N.S.W., 7 Dec. 1837; s. of late Captain

Russell, 73rd Regt. ; m. 1866, PaulineHenrietta, y. d. of late Capt. Henry Hunter,formerly 5th Dragoon Guards. Enteredarmy, 1855 ; Maj.-Gen. 1889 ; served IndianMutiny ; Ashantee War, 1873 ; South Africa,1880; Egypt, 1882; Inspecting Officer of

Auxiliary Cavalry, 1886; Commander,

Shorncliffe, 1886-89; Commander of Cavalry

Brigade, Aldershot, 1890-95 ; commandingNorth-West District, 1895-98 ; Southern Dis-

trict, 1898-1904. Club : United Service.

[Died 25 Nov. 1911.RUSSELL, Charles Barrett, Recorder of South

Molton from 1885; b. 1823; m. 1857,Caroline, y. d. of Rev. Henry Hubbard,Rector of Cheriton. Address : The Fields,Heathcate Road, Epsom.

[Died 4 Oct. 1911.RUSSELL of Killowen, 1st Baron (cr. 1894),

Life Peer, Charles Russell, P.C., G.C.M.G.,Q.C , LL.D. (Hon. Edin., Cambridge, Dublin,and Lavalle), Lord Chief Justice of Englandfrom 1894; Life Peer; b. 10 Nov. 1832;s. of Arthur Russell, Newry and Seafleld

House, Killowen, Co. Down, and Margaret,d. of Matthew Mullin, Belfast, and widowof John Hamill, Belfast ; m. Ellen, d. of

Joseph Stevenson Mulholland. M.D., Belfast,1858. Educ. : Castle Knock Coll. ; Trin.Coll. Dublin. Barr. Lincoln's Inn, 1859;Q.C. (Bencher), 1872 ; Treasurer, 1892 ;

M.P. (L.) for Dundalk, 1880-85 ; S. Hackney,1885-94 ; Attorney-General, 1886, 1892-94 ;

Counsel for British Claims during the BehringSea Commission, 1893 ;

Lord of Appeal in

Ordinary, 1894 ; British Arbitrator on th<5

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RUSSELL WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

Venezuelan Boundary Arbitration Tribunal, i

1899 ;Member of the Jockey Club. Ad-

dres* : 2 Cromwell Houses, S.W. ; Royal I

Courts of Justice, Room 362, W.C. ;Tad-

|

worth Court, Tadworth, Surrey. Clubs :

Athenaeum, Reform, National Liberal, Turf.

[Died 10 Aug. 1900.

RUSSELL, Sir Edward Lechmere, K.C.S.I. ;

cr. 1868 ; b. 1818 ; m. Alice, w. of Surgeon-Maj. J. Duff, R.A., 1876. Entered Indian

Army, 1837 ; General, 1877 ;served Sind

and Afghanistan, 1842-43 ; Abyssinian War,1863 ;

commanded Northern Division Bom-bay Army, 1871-75 ; Political Resident,Aden, 1868-70. Address : 7 LansdownCrescent, Bath. Club : United Service.

[Died 80 Jan. 1904.

RUSSELL, Hon. (Francis Albert) Rollo, M.A.,F.R.Met.Soc. ; b. 11 July 1849 ; 3rd s. of

1st Earl Russell ; m. 1st, Alice Sophia, d, of

J. S. Godfrey of Balderton Hall, Newark;2nd, Gertrude Ellen Cornelia, d. of HenryJoachim of Highlands, Haslemere ;

two s.

one d. Educ. : Harrow ; Christ Church,Oxford. Publications : various metereo-logical works

; Epidemics, Plagues, andFevers, their Causes and Prevention ;

Breakof Day ;

The Utopian ; Religion and Life ;

On Hail ; Dew and Frost ; Prevention of

Influenza ; part of vol. on Eruption of

Krakatoa; First Conditions of Human

Prosperity ; Strength and Diet ; The Re-duction of Cancer, 1 907 ; Preventable Can-cer, 1912

; The Early Correspondence of

Lord John Russell, 1913 ; various essaysand papers ; obtained a silver medal in theinternational competition for an Essay onthe Atmosphere, instituted by the Smith-sonian Institution, U.S. Recreations : row-ing, riding, tennis (in early life). Address :

Steep, Petersfleld. Clubs : Athenaeum,Royal Societies. [Died 30 March 1914.

RUSSELL, Maj.-Gen. Frank Shirley, C.M.G.1891 ; D.L., J.P., p.s.c. ; b. Scotland, 13Dec. 1 840 ; s. of James Russell, Aden ; m.1888, Philippa, d. of Rt. Hon. J. Baillie,

Redcastle, M.P., and g.-d. of 6th ViscountStrangford ; three s. two d. Educ. : Rad-ley ;

Balliol Coll. Oxford (2nd class Mods.).Entered 14th Hussars, 1863

; A.D.C. toCommander-in-Chief in Ireland, 1869

; StaffColl. 1872 ; special service Ashantee war(medal with clasp, brevet Major), 1874

;

Instructor of Tactics R.M.C. 1876; In-telligence Department, 1878 ; Zulu war(medal with clasp), 1879

; Boer war, 1881 ;

commanded Royal Dragoons, 1885; Military

Attache", Berlin, 1889; Brig.-Gen. command-

ing Aberdeen Defence Brigade, 1892; M.P.

(C.) Cheltenham, 1895-1900 ; Hon. Col. 1st

Royal Dragoons, 1900; 1st Class PrussianOrder of the Crown, 1903. Publications :

Russian Wars with Turkey ; Memoir ofEarl of Peterborough. Recreations : hunt-ing, shooting, fishing, golf. Address : Aden,Aberdeenshire. Clubs : Bath, Arthur's,Carlton. [Died 18 March 1912.

RUSSELL, Sir George, 4th Bt. ; M.P. (C.)Berks, Wokingham, from 1885 ; J.P., D.L. ;

b. 1828 ; s. of late Sir H. Russell, Bt., andMarie Clotilde, d. of Mons. M. de la Fontaine ;

m. Constance, d. of late Lord A. Lennox,M.P., 1867 ; S. father, 1883. Educ. : Eton';Exeter Coll. Oxford (B.A. 1850). Barr.1853 ;

Recorder of Wokingham, 1862. Ad-dress : Swallowfleld Park, Reading ; 3 SloaneGardens, S.W. Club : Carlton.

[Died 7 March 1898.!>. Sheerness, Kent, 24RUSSELL, Henry ; b. ^..vînô, -u.^m,, ,_-t

Dec. 1813. Educ. : Milan. Left Englandin 1825, and became an outdoor scholar atBologna Conservatoire ; went to New York,1833, and gave concerts and composed ;

returned to England, 1840, and gave enter-tainments in London and all over the

618

country ; retired from public life abo~at1860. Publications : over 800 songs, in-

cluding Cheer, Boys, Cheer;A Life on

the Ocean Wave; The Old Armchair; Tothe West, To the West ; The Ship on Fire ;

A Treatise on Singing ; reminiscences en-titled Cheer, Boys, Cheer. Recreation :

amateur carpentering. Address : 18 How-ley Place, Maida Hill, W.

[Died 7 Dec. 1900.RUSSELL, Henry Blythe Westrap, C.M.G.

1901 ; head of firm of H. B. W. Russell &Co., West African merchants, Gold Coast

;

Southern Nigeria ; Capt. Gold Coast Volun-teers

; Consul of the Netherlands at CapeCoast Castle

; b. Toronto, Canada, 3 Aug.1868; s. of Arthur Wellesley Russell andSarah Ann Westrap ; m. 1910, Violet MaryD'Urban, d. of late James Blyth. Educ. :

Liverpool Institute ; Freiburg, Baden.Travelled extensively in West Africa

;

served as private secretary to Col. Sir JamesWillcocks, Commandant (despatches, medalwith clasp, C.M.G.) ; Coronation medal.Decorated for services with Ashanti FieldForce. Address : Brook House, Tattenhall.Clubs : Constitutional

; Conservative, Liver-

pool, Liverpool. [Died 24 July 1912.

RUSSELL, Henry Chamberlain, C.M.G. 1890;

B.A., F.R.S. : b. West Maitland, N.S.W.,17 Mar. 1836 ;. m, 1861, Emily Jane, d. of

Ambrose Foss, Sydney ; one *. four d.

Educ. : West Maitland Grammar School;

Sydney University. Fellow of Senate of

University, 1875 ; Vice-Chancellor, 1891 ;

Government Astronomer of New SouthWales, 1870-1905. Publications : Memoirson the Transit of Venus and Australian

Eclipse Expeditions, 1875 ; many volumeson astronomical and meteorological records.Address : The Observatory, Sydney, N.S.W.

[Died Feb. 1907.

RUSSELL, James Burn, B.A., M.D., LL.D. ;

Medical Member of Local Government Boardfor Scotland from 1898 ; b. Glasgow, 5

May 1837 ; o. s. of David Russell, letterpress

printer there ; m. 1868, Helen Fenton (d.

1884), e. d. of Rev. Peter Davidson, D.D..

Edinburgh ;widower. Educ. : High School

and University of Glasgow. B.A. 1858 ;

M.D., C.M. 1862; LL.D. (Hon.) 1885;F.F.P.S. Glasgow, 1869. Phys.-Supt. Cityof Glasgow Fever Hosp., 1865 ; Med. Officer

of Health of Glasgow, 1872;

Stewart Prize,1891 (Brit. Med. Assoc.) ; Bisset HawkinsMemorial Medal, 1899 (R. Coll. Phys. Lond.) ;

Member of Royal Commission on Disposalof Sewage, 1898. Publications : Lectureson the Theory and Prevention of Infectious

Diseases, 1879; Life in One Room, 1888;The Evolution of Sanitary Administrationas illustrated by the Sanitary History of

Glasgow in the Nineteeath Century, 1895 ;

On the Prevention of Tuberculosis, 1896numerous papers in Medical Periodicals and

Proceedings of Philosophical Society (

Glasgow and other Societies. Address : 49

Braid Road, Edinburgh. Club : ImperialUnion, Glasgow. [Died 10 July 1905.

RUSSELL, John Archibald, Q.C., J.P., B.A.,LL.B. ; Judge of County Courts, retired ;

b. 25 Nov. 1816 ; 3rd *. of James Russell,

Rutherglen, Lanarkshire ; m. Martha, d. of

T. Holme Bower, Hale, Co. Chester, 1846.

Educ. : Grammar School, Glasgow ; HighSchool, Edinburgh ;

and University, Glas-

gow. Barr. 1841 ;Recorder of Bolton,

1865; Judge of the County Court of Man-

chester, 1869 ;Life Governor of University

College. London. Publications : A Treatise

on Mercantile Agency ;editor of Chitty on

Contracts; Chitty on Bills of Exchange ;

and Best on Evidence. Address : 8 Meck-

lenburgh Square, W.C. Clubs : Glasgow

University, London. [Died 18 Nov. 1899.

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 RUSSELL

RUSSELL, Maj.-Gen. John Cecil, C.V.O. 1902 ;

Extra Equerry to His Majesty King Edwai-VII. ; Col. 12th Lancers ;

b. 6 Dec. 1339s. of A, J. Russell, W.S., Edinburgh; m18C9, Hester Frances, d. of Rev. CharlesThornhill ; seven d. Educ. : privately anc

1

at New Coll. Oxford. Joined 10th Hussars1860 ;

filled various staff appointmentstransferred to 12th Lancers, 1872 ; servec

in Ashantee War, 1873-74 ;Zulu War, 1878

1879 ; commanded 12th Lancers, 1881-85

Cavalry Dep6t at Canterbury, 1887-92. Recreations : shooting, fishing. Address : Barton Court, Canterbury. Clubs : Army andNavy, Marlborough ; New, Edinburgh.

[Died 30 March 1909

RUSSELL, Louis Pitman ; b. 10 Dec. 1850 :

3rd s. of John A. Russell, of Leatham ; m.

Elise, d. of W. Mardon, solicitor. Educ .

Rugby ; Trinity College, Oxon., B.A. Bar-rister-at-Jaw ; practised 3 years in Londonwent out to Bombay, 1877 ; Judge, HiglCourt, Bombay, 1898-1912. Publications .

(with Vernon Bayley, solicitor, Bombay)Indian Companies Act, and Indian RailwaysAct. Recreations : shooting, fishing, golf.

Clubs : United University, Royal Auto-mobile ; Byculla, Bombay ; R. B. Y.,Bombay. [Died 5 Feb. 1914

RUSSELL, Rev. Matthew, S.J. ; b. Newry, 13

July 1834 ; 2nd s. of Arthur Russell, of

Newry and Killowen, Co. Down, Ireland ;

o. b. of late Lord Russell of Killowen.Educ. : St. Vincent's College, Castleknock ;

Maynooth. Edited from its beginning in

1873 The Irish Monthly, a little Dublinmagazine in which appeared some of theearliest writings of Oscar Wilde, Hilaire

Belloc, W. B. Yeats," M. E. Francis,'

Katharine Tynan, and Mrs. Clement Shorter.Publications : Idyls of Killowen ; Vespersand Compline ; Sonnets on the Sonnet, anAnthology ; St. Joseph's Anthology ; Mo-ments before the Tabernacle ; At Homenear the Altar

;Communion Day ; Close

to the Altar Rails ; Life of Mary BaptistRussell, Sister of Mercy, etc. Address : St.

Francis Xavier's, Upper Gardiner Street,Dublin. [Died 12 Sept. 1912.

RUSSELL, Sir Peter Nicol, Kt., cr. 1904.Address : Sydney, N.S.W.

[Died 10 July 1905.

RUSSELL, Robert, I.S.O. 1903; b. Edin-burgh, 1843. Educ. : Training College andEdinburgh University. Head Master of theGovernment High School in Durban, Natal,1865

; Superintendent of Education andSecretary to the Council of Education, 1878

;

also subsequently Chairman of the SurveyBoard and Member of the Civil ServiceBoard ; Member of the Council of the Capeof Good Hope University, 1890 ; mainlyinstrumental in establishing the Cadet sys-tem of Natal ; retired from the Governmentservice in 1903 on full salary, speciallyvoted by the Natal Parliament. Publica-tion : Natal : The Land and its Story.Address : c/o the Agent-General for Natal,26 Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W.

[Died 4 July 1910.

RUSSELL, Thomas, C.M.G. 1887; formerlyDefence Minister, New Zealand ;

also Comp-troller of Customs and Navigation Laws ; b.

1830. Address : 59 Eaton Square, S.W. ;

Normanswood, Farnham, Surrey.[Died 2 Sept. 1904.

RUSSELL, William Clark, author; b. NewYork, 24 Feb. 1844

; s. of late Henry Russelland Isabella (d. 1887), g.d. of CharlesLloyd, Banker, Bingley Hall, Birmingham ;

m. 1868, Alexandria, d. of D. J. Henry,M.Inst.C.E., b. of late Sir Thos. Henry, BowStreet Magistrate ; one s. three d. Educ. :

Dr. Bear's, Winchester; Revs. Gibson and

Bewsher. Boulogne-sur-Mer. British Mer-chant Service from 13 to 21

; then literature.Publications : John Holdsworth, Chief Mate,1874; Wreck of the Grosvenor, 1875; TheLady Maud, 1876

;A Sailor's Sweetheart,

1877 ; The Frozen Pirate, 1877;An Ocean

Freelance, 1878 ; An Ocean Tragedy, 1881;

My Shipmate, Louise, 1882 ; The EmigrantShip, 1894; The Ship, Her Story, 1894;The Convict Ship, 1895; What Cheer!1895

; Rose Island, 1896 ; The Tale of theTen, 1896 ; List, ye Landsmen 1 1897 ; TheLast Entry, 1897 ; The Two Captains, 1897 ;

The Romance of a Midshipman, 1898 ; TheShip's Adventure, 1899 ; Overdue, 1903 ;

Abandoned, 1904; Wrong Side Out, 1904 ;

His Island Princess; The Yarn of OldHarbour Town, 1905. Reprinted articlesand papers : My Watch Below

; Round theGalley Fire; In the Middle Watch; ABook for the Hammock

; The Mystery ofthe Ocean Star

; Romance of Jenny Har-lowe; Pictures from the Life of Nelson;Dampier ; Life of Nelson ; Life of LordCollingwood. Address: 9 Sydney Place,Bath. [Died 8 Nov. 1911.

RUSSELL, Sir William Howard; Kt., cr. 1895;LL.D., D.L. ; Editor Army and NavyGazette; Barr. Middle Temple, 1852;journalist ; b. Ireland, 28 Mar. 1820 ; s. ofJohn Russell, Lilyvale. and Mary, d. ofCapt. John Kelly, Castle Kelly, Co. Dublin ;

m. 1st, Mary (d. 1867), d. of Peter Burrowes,Warren Lodge, 1846 ; 2nd, Countess An-tionette Malvezzi, 1884. Educ. : Rev.Dr. Geoghegan's Academy, Dublin ; Trin.Coll. Dublin. Special correspondent of TheTimes in the war with Russia, Crimea(Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Kertch, Sebas-topol, etc.), 1854-56 ; Indian Mutiny (Luck-now), 1857-58 ; Civil War in United States(Battle of Bull Run), 1861-62; war be-tween Prussia and Austria (Battle of Konig-gratz), 1866

; contested Chelsea against SirCharles Dilke, 1868 ; Franco-German war(Battle of Sedan, Capitulation of Paris),1870 ; South Africa, 1879-80 ; Egypt, 1883-1884; attached to suite of Prince of Wales onvisit to Egypt and the East, 1868

; chargedby Nubar Pasha with selection of guests atthe opening of Suez Canal ; accompaniedthe Prince of Wales as Honorary PrivateSecretary to India, 1875-76. Publications :

Letters from the Crimea; British Expedition

to the Crimea; Diary in India ; Diary

North and South ; Diary in the Last GreatWar

; Hesperothen ; Adventures of Dr.Brady ; A Retrospect of the Crimea ;

Todleben's Sebastopol, etc. ; F.I.I., F.R.G.S.;F.Z.S-, etc. Address : 202 Cromwell Road,S.W. Clubs : Marlborough, Turf, Carlton,Garrick, Beefsteak. [Died 10 Feb. 1907.

RUSSELL, William James, Ph.D., V.P.C.S.,F.R.S. ; retired Lecturer on Chemistry,Medical School of St. Bartholomew's Hosp. ;

Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1899.Address : 34 Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W. ;

St. Ives, Ringwood, Hants. Club : Athe-na3um. [Died 12 Nov. 1910.

RUSSELL, Capt. Sir William Russell, Kt., cr.

1902 ; late 14th Regt. ; Member for HawkesBay in House of Representatives, NewZealand, 1875-1905 ; Leader of the Opposi-tion, 1894-1905; b. Berkshire, England, 12Nov. 1838

; 2nd s. of late Lieut.-Col. Russell,Fonthill, Torquay ; m. Harriette, 3rd d. oflate George Hodgskin, formerly of CawleyPriory, Chichester, 1867 ;

two s. four d.

Educ. : R.M.C. Sandhurst. Served in 58thand 14th Itegts. ;

was Member of HawkesBay Provincial Council, 1870, until abolitionof the Provinces, 1876 ; Postmaster-General,Atkinson Administration, 1884 ;

Colonial Sec-

retary and Minister of Defence, 1889-90-91 ;

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RUSTOMJEE WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916

represented N.Z. at Australasian Federal

Conference, Melbourne, 1890, at Australasian

National Convention, Sydney, 1891; wasmember of Education Board, Land Board,Hospital Board, Road Board, Governor of

High School Board, County Council, etc. ;

Chairman Midland Railway Commission,1883. Recreations : bred and ran race-

horses, President Hawkes Bay Jockey Club.

Address: Flaxmere, Hawkes Bay, N.Z.Clubs : Naval and Military ;

Hawkes Bay,Napier, N.Z. [Died 23 Sept. 1913.

RUSTOMJEE, Heerjeebhoy Manackjee, J.P.,

C I E 1903 ; merchant ; Managing Director

Howrah Docking Co., Ltd. ; J.P. and Hon.Presidency Magistrate, Calcutta, from 1877 ;

e. s. of late Manackjee Rustomjee, Sheriff

of Calciutta, 1874-75 ; m. 1864, Veerbaeejee,o. d. of late Rustomjee Vicajee, RevenueCommissioner, Hyderabad, Deccan. Educ. :

St. Paul's School, 1854-61 ; matriculated

Calcutta University, 1860. Member of Cor-

poration of Calcutta from 1882; Hon.Magistrate 24 Pergunnahs (Bengal) from1886 ;

on the death of his father elected

head of the Parsee community, 1892 ;Consul

for Persia, 1893-99 ; Fellow, Calcutta Uni-

versity, 1899 ;Sheriff of Calcutta, 1901-2 ;

Governor of the Mayo Native Hospital from1891 ;

official visitor of the Presidency andof the Alipur Central Jails, and of the

Alipur Reformatory for Boys ; member of

the British Indian Association and BengalNational Chamber of Commerce ;

was Vice-

President of both these institutions ; was a

distinguished Freemason and District GrandSecretary for Bengal from 1880, and a PastGrand beacon of England. Recreations :

Freemasonry and literature. Address : 6

Dhurumtollah Street, Calcutta. Club:

India, Calcutta. [Died 8 May 1904.

RUTHERFORD, George, C.M.G. 1888 ; retired

on a pension in Feb. 1889 ; b. 1818 ; *. of

late George Rutherford, a solicitor of the

City of London ; m. at Grenada, WestIndies, Marianne, d. of Chas. ShuldhamEraser, Special Magistrate for the Colony.Educ. : High School, Great Marlow, Bucks.Entered H.M. Customs, 1841 ; LandingWaiter and Landing Surveyor, St. George's,Grenada, W. Indies, 1841-48 ; Sub-Collector,Falmouth, Jamaica, 1850-53 ; appointed as

Comptroller of Customs and NavigationLaws, Port Natal, South Africa; servedon Harbour, Conservancy, Immigration, andother Local Boards, 1853-89; was a J.P.

for the Colony. Decorated for approval of

general services. Recreations : visited Eng-land in 1849 and 1853, also the colonies of

Barbados and Trinidad. Address : Durban,Port Natal, South Africa.

[Died 26 Oct. 1904.

RUTHERFORD, Mark; see White, WilliamHale. M.

RUTHERFORD, William, M.D., F.R.S., Pro-fessor of Physiology, Edinburgh Universityfrom 1874. Publications : author of numer-ous physiological papers published in scien-

tific journals. Address : 14 Douglas Cres-

cent, Edinburgh ; Ancrum Craig, Roxburgh-shire. [Died 21 Feb. 1899

RUTHERFORD, Rev. William Gunion, LL.D.b. Peeblesshire, 17 July 1853; 2nd s. of

Rev. Robert Rutherford, Mountain Cross

Peeblesshire, and Agnes Gunion ; m. Con-

stance, y. d. of J. T. Renton, Bradstone

Brook, Shalford, Surrey, 1884; three dEduc. : Glasgow High School ; St. AndrewsUniv.; Balliol Coll. Oxford (M.A.) ; 1st

class in first Public Examination (Classics) .

2nd class in second Public Examination(Science) ; sometime Fellow and Praelectorof Univ. Coll. Oxford. Ordained, 1883Classical Master St. Paul's School, 1876-83

elected under TUile 2 to Athenaeum CUib,1894 ; Headmaster of Westminster to 190 1 .

Publications : The New Phrynichus, 1882 ;

an edition of The Fables of Babrius, 1883 ;

The Fourth Book of Thucydides, 1889 ;A

First Greek Grammar ; Lex Rex; Herondas,

a first Recension, 1892 ; Scholia Aristo-

phanica, in 3 vols., vols. i. and ii. 1896 ;

vol. iii. A Chapter in the History of Annota-tion, 1905 ; St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans,a new tranlsation with a brief analysis,1900 ; The Key of Knowledge (Sermons).Recreation : gardening. Address : Little

Hallands. Bishopstone, Lewes. Club : Athe-naeum. [Died 19 July 1907.

RUTHERFURD, Andrew, Advocate; retired,1904 ; b. 1835 ; s. of Maj. James H. Ruther-furd, R.E. ; m. 1863 ; two s. two d. Educ. :

Edinburgh Academy ; King's School, Sher-

borne, Dorset ; Edin. Univ. Called toScottish Bar, 1857 ; for twenty years Stand-

ing Counsel for Board of Inland Revenue,and also for Board of Trade ; afterwardsSheriff - Substitute of Midlothian: Sheriff

of the Lothians and Peebles, 1896-1904.Address : 14 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh.Club : University, Edinburgh.

[Died 7 Deo. 1906.

RUTLAND, 7th Duke of (cr. 1703) ; JohnJames Robert Manners, Marquess of Granby,1703; Earl of Rutland, 1525; BaronManners of Haddon, 1679 ;

Baron Roos of

Belvoir, 1896; P.O., K.G., G.C.B. (Civil);

High Steward of Cambridge Borough ;Hon-

orary Col. 3rd Batt. Leicestershire Regt. (M.).

[Thomas Manners, *. of 12th Baron Ross, byAnne, d. and heiress of Sir Thomas S

Leger and Anne, sister of Edward IV.,succeeded as 13th Baron, 1513 ; createdEarl of Rutland, 1525] ; b. Belvoir Castle,

1818; 5. b. (6th Duke) 1888; m. 1st,

Catherine Louisa Georgina, o. d. of Lieut.-

Col. George Marlay, C.B., Belvedere, Co.

Westmeath, 1851 (d. 1854); 2nd, 1862,Janetta (d. 1899), e. d. of Thomas Hughan,Airds, Galloway, N.B. In politics a Tory.Educ. : Eton College ; Trin. Coll. Camb.Hon. LL.D. Camb. 1862 ; D.C.L. Oxford,1876. Entered Parliament as M.P., Newark,1841 ; unsuccessfully contested Liverpool,1847 ; London, 1849 ; returned Colchester,

1850 ; Leicestershire (North), 1857 ;Leices-

tershire (East), 1885 ; First Commissioner of

Works, with seat in the Cabinet, 1852;

again, 1858-59, and 1866-68; Postmaster-

General, 1874-80 ; and again, 1885-86Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1886-

1892 ;succeeded the late Earl Stanhope as

chairman of the Copyright Commission.Publications: England's Trust; EnglishBallads ; Notes of an Irish Tour ; A Cruise

in Scotch Waters ;A Plea for National

Holydays, etc. Owned 62,000 acres; min-

erals in Leicestershire and Derbyshire ;

picture gallery at Belvoir Castle. Heir:

Marquis of Granby. Address : Belvoir

Castle, Grantham; 3 Cambridge Gate,

Regent's Park ; Longshaw Lodge and Stan-

ton Woodhouse, Derbyshire. Club : Carl-

ton. [Died 4 Aug. 1906.

RYAN, Bt.-Major George Julian, D.S.O. 1900 ;

Royal Munster Fusiliers ; b. 18 Sept. 1878 ;

s. of Col. G. Ryan, Ashby Cottage, Ryde.Entered Army, 1897; served South Africa

with Mounted Infantry, 1899-1901 (de-

spatches, Queen's medal, 5 clasps, D.S.O.)

employed with Camel Corps, Egyptian Army,1903 ;

served S. Sudan, 1904-5 (medal and

clasp, 4th class Medjidie). Club : Armyand Navy. [Died 25 Jan. 1915.

RYLAND, Frederick, M.A., Assistant Lecturer

on Philosophy at University College, London,

and private tutor; b. 1854; s. of John

Benjamin Ryland. Biggleswade ;m. 1883,

WHO WAS WHO, 1897-1916 ST. GERMANS

Sarah, d. of Henry Nathan, Randolph Ores-j

cent. W. Educ. : Mead House, Biggies-j

wade ; St. John's College, Cambridge, i

Scholar ; first class iu Moral Sciences Tripos,1876. Publications : Psychology, 1880 (7thedition, re-written, 1897) ; Locke on Words,1882 ; Chronological Outlines of EnglishLiterature, 1890 ; Ethics, 1893

; Logic,1896 ;

Events of the Reign, 1897 ; Swift's

Journal to Stella (edited), 1897 ; Johnson'sLives of Addison, Swift, Pope, Dryden, etc.

(edited), 1893-97 ; Pope's Rape of the Lock(edited), 1899 ; Pope's Essay on Criticism

(edited), 1900 ; Story of Thought and Feel-

ing, 1900. Recreations : walking, reading,music. Address : 53 Montserrat Road,Putney, S.W. [Died 5 Oct. 1902.

RYLE, Arthur Johnston, R.B.A. ;3rd and y. \

s. of John Charles Ryle, D.D., late Bishopof Liverpool ; b. 10 Sept. 1857. Educ. :

Eton ; New Coll. Oxford (M.A.). Address :

The Studios, Thurloe Square, S.W. ; Bishop-cote, Dornoch, Sutherland, N.B.

^gt jiDied 25 March 1915.j

RYLE, Rt. Rev. J/C",' D.D. ; first Bishop ofj

Liverpool (from 1880) ; b. Macclesfield, 16

May 1816;

s. of J. Ryle, M.P. Macclesfield ;

m. 1st, G. M., d. of J. P. Plumptre, M.P.E. Kent ; 2nd, J. E., d. of J. Walker, Craw-fordton, Dumfriesshire ; 3rd, H. A., d. of

'

Col. Clowes, Broughton Hall, Manchester.Educ. : Eton ; Christ Church, Oxford.Craven University 4Scholar; 1st class Lit.

Hum. Captain in Cheshire Yeomanry ;

ordained. 1841 ; Curate of Exbury, Hants ; j

Rector of St. Thomas's, Winchester ;Rector

j

of Helmingham, Suffolk ; Vicar of Strad-J

broke, Suffolk ;Rural Dean of Hoxne ;

Hon. Canon of Norwich;

Dean Designateof Salisbury, 1880 ; Select Preacher Cam-bridge and Oxford. Publications : sevenvolumes Expository Thoughts on the

Gospels ; eight volumes Miscellaneous Ser-

mons ; one biographical volume on LeadingLast Century Ministers ; two hundred tracts.

Recreation : cricket, until ordained. Ad-dress : Palace, Liverpool. Clubs : National,Athenaum. [Died 10 June 1900.

S

SACKVILLE, 2nd Baron (cr. 1876), LionelSackville Sackville-West, G.C.M.G., D.L.,J.P. [Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buck-hurst, became Lord High Treasurer of

England, 1594 ;Earl of Dorset, 1604 ; died

at Council table, Whitehall, 1608;

7th Earlbecame Duke of Dorset, 1720; 3rd Dukebecame Vice-Admiral of Kent ;

his titles

extinct at his death, 1843.] b. 19 July 1827;

5th s. of 5th Earl Delawarr and Elizabeth,d. of 3rd Duke of Dorset (ext.) and BaronessBuckhurst

;S. brother, 1888. Entered

Diplomatic Service, 1847 ;Attache" at Berlin,

1853; Secretary of Legation at Turin, 1858 ;

at Madrid, 1864; of Embassy at Berlin,1867 ; at Paris, 1868 ; Envoy Extraordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiary to ArgentineConfederation, 1872-78 ;

to Spain, 1878-81 ;

to United States, 1881-88 ;on North

American Fisheries Commission, 1887-88.Owned about 8600 acres. Heir : n. LionelEdward Sackville-West [b. 15 May 1867 ;

m. 1890, cousin. Victoria Sackville-West.Address : 34 Hill Street, Mayfair, W.]Address : Knole, Sevenoaks.

[Died 3 Sept. 1908.

SADLER, Lieut.-Col. Sir James Hayes ;

K.C.M., cr. 1907 ; C.B. 1902 ; H.M. Gover-nor and Commander-in-Chief WindwardIslands from 1909 ; b. 1851 ; s. of Sir J.

H. Sadler ; m. 1875, Ritu Annie, d. of Col.

Wemyss Smith, Indian Army ; three s.

Joined 61st Regt. 1870 ; served with 40thRegt. and 33rd Bengal Infantry ; joinedPolitical Department in 1877, in which heldvarious appointments ; Consul, Muscat,1892-96 ; Consul-General, Somali Protec-torate, 1898 ; Commissioner, etc., in Uganda,1901 - 5 ; Governor British East Africa

Protectorate, 1905 - 9 ; received Coronationmedal, 1902. Address : Government House,Windward Islands. Clubs : St. James, EastIndia United Service. [Died 9 Jan. 1910.

SADLER, Col. Sir Samuel Alexander, Kt., cr.

1905; manufacturing chemist and coal-

owner ; River Tees Commissioner; Magis-

trate for borough, for Co. Durham, and N.Riding, Yorks ; b. 1842

;3rd s. of late Jamea

Sadler of Langley Hall, near Birmingham ;

m. 1874, d. of John Field, ironmaster, of

Oldbury, Worcester. Educ. : privately ;

Univ. Coll. Member of Town Council,Middlesborough, from 1873 ; Mayor, 1877and 1897

; Lieut.-Col. 1st Vol. Batt. DurhamL.L 1876-96 ; Hon. Col. from 1896 ; V.D. ;

contested Middlesborough, 1878, 1880, 1895,1900

; M.P. (C.) Middlesborough, 1900-1906.Address : The Southlands, Eaglescliffe,Yarm, Middlesborough. Clubs : Carlton,Junior Carlton ; Cleveland, Middlesborough.


SAINSBURY, Rev. Charles, M.A. ; AssistantCurate of Minehead from 1880

; Prebendaryof Wells

; b. 1837. Educ. : Harrow ;

Trinity College, Cambridge; Wells Theo-logical College. Ordained, 1861

; Curateof Wootton Courtnay, 1861-80. Address:Minehead, Somerset. [Died 4 Jan. 1915.

ST. ALBANS, 10th Duke of (cr. 1684), WilliamA. Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, P.C. ; Earlof Burford and Baron of Heddington, 1676 ;

Baron Vere, 1750 ;i rLord-Lieut. of Not-

tinghamshire ; Alderman, Notts ^CountyCouncil ; Hereditary Grand Falconer of

England ;b. London, 15 April 1840

; s. oflate peer and 2nd wife Elizabeth, d. of lateGen. Gubbins, Kilfrush, Co. Limerick; S.father 1849 ; m. 1st, Sybil, d. of Gen. 'Hon.Charles Grey, 1867 (d. 1871) ; 2nd, Grace,d. of late R. Bernal Osborne, M.P., 1874.Protestant. Liberal Unionist. Educ. : Etonand Cambridge. JJrd j class Law HonoursCambridge. Capt. H.M. .Yeomen of ,,theGuard. Owned about 9000 acres. Recrea-tion: yachting (owned steam yacht

"Ceres").

Heir : s. Earl of Burford, b. 1870. Address :

Bestwood Lodge, Notts ; 13 GrosvenorCrescent. Club : Brooks's.

[Died 11 May 1898.

ST. CLAIR, William; see Ford, William.ST. CLAIR, Admiral William Home Chisholme ;

b. 9 Sept. 1841; e. s. of late Hon. Charles

St. Clair, commander Royal Navy ; m. 1869,Emma.Searle, d. of Julian Slight, M.R.C.S.Educ.: Merchiston Castle School, near Edin-burgh. Joined Royal Navy, 1854, as anaval cadet in H.M.S. "

Maeander," andserved in her at the blockade of the RussianPorts in the White Sea in 1855 ; promotedLieut. 1860 ; Commander, 1868 ; Captain,1880; A.D.C. to Her^late Majesty QueenVictoria, 1893-96; Vice-Admiral. 1901.Recreations : shooting, fishing, golf. Ad-dress : Shirley, Cambridge Park, EastTwickenham. Clubs : United Service ; Naval,Portsmouth

;Sudbrooke Park, Richmond ;

Conservative, Edinburgh.[Died 18 Nov. 1905.

ST. GERMANS, 5th Earl of (cr. 1815), HenryCornwallis Eliot ; Baron Eliot, 1784

; D.L.,J.P. [Edward Eliot, M.P. for Cornwall,was created a Baron in 1784 ;

his son John,2nd Baron, was made an Earl in 1815.]b. London, 11 Feb. 1835 ;

5th s. of 3rd Earl621