and the Royal Commission on Irish University Education (1901). He received knighthood (1900) and was nominated to the Order of Merit (1905). He was a classical scholar of rare perfection, bringing to the study of Greek all the powers of a highly trained and delicately sensitive taste and judgment. "He has," wrote Mr. S. H. Butcher, " remarkable one might say a uniquefaculty of infusing poetry into grammar, of leading his readers through particles, moods and tenses vividly to realise the dramatic situation and enter into the feelings of the speaker." This he showed in his "Attic Orators," and in a greater degree in his "Sophocles," the great work of his life, and again in his "Bacchylides," published much later. The perfection of his scholarship is to

be seen in his rendering into Pindaric verse of Browning's "Abt Vogler," and in the Pindaric ode which he addressed to the University of Bologna in 1888, when he had been deputed by the University of Cambridge to represent it at the celebration of the eighth centenary of the existence of the Italian University. He contributed the volume on Bentley to the " English Men of Letters" series, wrote "Characters of Theophrastus," and many minor works, besides the addresses as Public Orator at Cambridge, in all of which his rare combination of faultless taste with deep learning can be seen. He m., 1874, a dau. of Rev. Dr. John Reynolds and widow of General A. J. Slemmer, of the United States Army.

On the 2nd, Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, K. C.B., b. 1859, s. of Clinton George Dawkins. Educated at Cheltenham and Balliol College, Oxford; entered the Civil Service, passing straight from Oxford first on the list, and worked in the India Office, being private secretary to Lord Cross and later (1889) to Lord Goschen, then Chancellor of the Exchequer. Two years later he went out to Lima as representative of the Peruvian Corporation. Stayed there four years as Finance Minister, having an adventurous and perilous life. Became UnderSecretary for Finance in Egypt, 1895, and was able, during the three years he held the post, to do brilliant work for Egyptian finance. Resigned, 1898, and proceeded to India as Financial Member of the Viceroy's Council in India under Lord Curzon. This post he only held for a year, having previously accepted Mr. Pierpont Morgan's offer of partnership, yet he carried through, with the Viceroy, the final stage of currency re-organisation, establishing the gold standard. Returned to England, 1900, to take up his work as partner in the firm of J. S. Morgan & Co., where he was often in a commanding position during Mr. Morgan's absences in America. Presided, 1901, over the committee appointed to investigate the organisation of the War Office. Made K.C.B., 1902. M., 1888, Louise, dau. of Charles Johnston. On the 2nd, aged 75, Henry Edward Sullivan, C.S.I., late member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras. Went out to Madras first in 1850. Represented Madras on the Famine Commission in the early seventies. Was for five years a member of the Madras Government. On the 3rd, aged 93, George Rooper, authority on fishery and natural history subjects. Author of The Autobiography of Salmon Salar, Esquire,' "Thames and Tweed," "Tales and Sketches,' Flood, Field and Forest," and other works. On the 4th, aged 78, General George Godfrey Pearse, C.B., second s. of Dr. George Pearse. Was at the siege and capture of Mooltan, 1848, and served through the Indian Mutiny, raising in one month and commanding a regiment of Sikh cavalry. Was severely wounded, and three times mentioned in despatches. On the 4th, H. H. Armstead, R.A., a well-known sculptor, b. 1828. Studied under E. H. Bailey, R.A.; executed silver and bronze medals and shields, also several of the symbolical reliefs on the Albert Memorial and four of the statues on it, the series of external sculptures on the Colonial Office, the fountain at King's College, Cambridge, many memorial statues and busts such as that of Bishop Ollivant for Llandaff Cathedral, and ideal figures such as "Remorse," recently bought by the Chantrey Bequest. On the 5th, the Rt. Rev. George Henry Stanton, D.D., b. 1835, s. of William Stanton, of the Inland Revenue Department. Educated at King's College, London, and Magdalen Hall, Oxford. Held the perpetual curacy of Holy Trinity, Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1867-78, when he was consecrated first Bishop of North Queensland. Did much good work in organising and vitalising the new diocese. Became Bishop of Newcastle, N.S.W., 1891. On the 6th, aged 58, Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, fifth Earl of Пchester, only s. of Hon. John George Fox-Strangways, youngest s. of second earl. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Succeeded his uncle, the fourth earl, 1865. Owned large estates in Dorset and Somerset and the famous Holland House. Elected a member of the Jockey Club, 1881. Owned racehorses in

partnership with Captain Greer, winning the St. Leger with Wildflower, 1898.
A keen sportsman and horticulturist. M., 1872, Lady Mary Dawson, only dau.
of first Earl of Dartrey. On the 7th, aged 47, Ven. H. J. Spence Gray, Archdeacon
of Lahore, s. of Rev. F. H. Gray. For some time editor of the Indian Church
Quarterly; a strenuous worker. On the 9th, aged 69, Arthur Charles Humphreys-
Owen, M.P. for Montgomeryshire since 1894, s. of Erskine Humphreys, barrister.
Educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. A strong Liberal Home
Ruler; believed in local government for Wales; took an active part in edu-
cational matters, being chairman of the Central Welsh Board of Intermediate
Education and of the Montgomeryshire Education Authority; headed the revolt
against the Education Act of 1902 as applied to Wales. On the 11th, aged 50,
Edmund Whytehead Howson, assistant-master and house-master at Harrow,
second s. of Dean Howson of Chester. Had been master of "Druries" since 1894,
and was successful and much beloved among his boys. On the 11th, Canon
Walter Allan Moberly, s. of Dr. George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury. Educated
at Christ Church, Oxford. Held curacies in Salisbury diocese and at St. George's,
Hanover Square. Was Vicar of St. Philip's, Sydenham, 1881-3; for a short time
domestic chaplain to Archbishop Benson; Vicar of the Church of the Ascension,
Blackheath, 1884-92, and of St. Bartholomew's, Sydenham, from 1892 till his
death. Was made Rural Dean of Lewisham, 1893, and Honorary Canon of
Rochester, 1901. On the 12th, aged 49, William Sharp. B. and educated in
Glasgow, he spent several years in Australia and the Pacific in search of health.
Settled, 1879, in London, where he became acquainted with several of the pre-
Raphaelite Brotherhood. He wrote several volumes of poems, the first, "Human
Inheritance," being published in 1882, also a Life of D. G. Rossetti and studies
of Shelley, Heine, Browning, Sainte Beuve; author also of seven novels and
several books of essays; general editor of the "Canterbury Poets" and a volume
of nineteenth century sonnets, with Introduction. Wrote also many novels and
poems, almost exclusively describing the people of the Western Islands, under
the pseudonym of "Fiona Macleod." The secret of the identity of the two
authors was well kept, and the melancholy poetical writings of "Fiona Macleod"
had considerable popularity. On the 12th, aged 86, General Robert Romer
Younghusband, C.B., s. of Major-General Charles Younghusband. Served in the
Afghan War, 1840-2, in the Scinde Campaign as Sir Charles Napier's Brigade-
Major, 1842-3, being mentioned in despatches; was Adjutant-General in the
Persian Expedition, 1856-7, for which he received the C.B. On the 13th, aged 62,
General George Nicholas Channer, V.C., C.B., s. of Colonel George Girdwood Channer,
R.A. Educated at Truro and Cheltenham. Joined the Indian Army, 1859; served
in the North-west Frontier Campaign, 1863-4; won the V.C. in the Perak Expedition,
1874-5, when he crept up to the enemy's stockade and rushed an unguarded corner
with a handful of men. Served also in the Jowaki Expedition, 1877-8, the
Afghan War, 1878-80, and commanded a brigade in the Hazara Expedition, 1888,
being several times mentioned in despatches, receiving brevet of Lieutenant-
Colonel and the C.B., 1889. On the 14th, aged 67, Edwin Dampier Brickwood,
amateur champion sculler of England, 1861, and following years; for many
years rowing correspondent of the Times. Author of "Boat Racing," a text-book
on oarsmanship. On the 15th, aged 69, Rev. Joseph Hirst Lupton, D.D. Edu-
cated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was Fellow, 1860-3; was
Surmaster of St. Paul's School, 1864-99, following the school in its move to
Hammersmith. While in the City was also Curate of St. Matthew's, Friday
Street, 1868-79, Hulsean Lecturer, 1887, and preacher to the Honourable Society
of Gray's Inn, 1890-1900. On the 16th, aged 56, Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys,
s. of Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys. Educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Entered the Colonial Civil Service, 1874; was Sub-Receiver of Trinidad, 1874-9,
Auditor-General of Barbados, 1879-82, and Colonial Secretary, 1882-93. At
different times administered the government of St. Lucia and other West Indian
Islands, and became Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1904. Created C.M.G.,
1888, and K.C.M.G., 1897. Was a first-class oar, being champion amateur
sculler, 1872. On the 16th, aged 67, John Feeney, s. of John Frederick Feeney;
for many years proprietor of the Birmingham Daily Post and Daily Mail. An
ardent supporter of the Art Gallery in Birmingham, to which he gave munifi-
cently. On the 20th, aged 44, Henry Harland, b. in St. Petersburg, educated in
Rome and Paris and at Harvard College. For a few years wrote sensation
novels of a lurid type under the pseudonym of Sidney Luska, which had con-
siderable success in America, but in 1890 stopped abruptly, and after three years'
silence began with "Mademoiselle Miss" the series of carefully written novels

the delicate beauty of whose style is a remarkable contrast to his earlier crude
efforts. "Grey Roses" was published 1895, "Comedies and Errors," 1898, the
highly successful "Cardinal's Snuff-Box," 1900, "The Lady Paramount," 1901.
For two or three years from 1894 he edited the Yellow Book, a quarterly publica-
tion intended to propagate sound views on art. On the 20th, Arthur Elam
Haigh, Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he had a most
brilliant undergraduate career, winning, besides firsts in classical "Mods"
and "Greats," the two Gaisfords, the Stanhope History Prize, and a Craven
Scholarship. A most energetic and capable college tutor, and well known as the
author of "Attic Theatre" (1889) and "Tragic Drama of the Greeks" (1892).
M., 1886, a dau. of J. G. Pilcher. On the 21st, the Rev. Dr. Stewart, head of the
Lovedale Mission of the United Free Church of Scotland, which is acknowledged
to be remarkably successful in fitting South African natives, by industrial, as
well as religious and moral, training, to become useful citizens. With this work
Dr. Stewart, who was a friend and a companion in travel of Livingstone's, had
been associated for nearly thirty years. He was also actively connected with the
founding of the Livingstonia and Blantyre settlements on Lake Nyassa. On the
21st, aged 82, General W. G. Mainwaring, C.I.E. Served in the Punjab Campaign,
1848-9, the Indian Mutiny, and the Afghan War, 1879-80 (mentioned in despatches).
On the 22nd, William Henry Wilkins, b. 1861, s. of Charles Wilkins, of Gurney
Court, Somerset. Educated at Clare College, Cambridge; made a speciality in
literature of the lives of queens and princesses of the House of Hanover; author
of "The Love of an Uncrowned Queen," "Caroline the Illustrious," "Caroline
Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Princess of Great Britain," and in 1905 of a book
on "Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV." (noticed in our Literary Retrospect), for
which King Edward gave him permission to use papers previously locked up.
On the 22nd, aged 66, Major-General Francis William Collis, C.B., s. of Stephen
Edward Collis, of Tarbert, co. Kerry; Honorary Colonel of the 21st Punjabis.
Served in the Afghan War, 1879 (thrice mentioned in despatches and Brevet of
Lieutenant-Colonel), and in the Waziri Expedition,1881 (mentioned in despatches).
On the 25th, Raymond Préfontaine, b. 1850, s. of Toussaint Fournier Préfontaine.
Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries since 1902. Had sat as a Liberal in
the Dominion House of Commons since 1886. On the 27th, aged 49, Captain G. C.
P. Williams-Freeman, Chief Constable of Shropshire since 1889. Had served with
the Royal Sussex Regiment through the Egyptian War, 1882, and the Soudan
Expedition, 1884 (mentioned in despatches). On the 29th, aged 68, Charles
Tyson Yerkes, b. in Philadelphia, of Quaker parents. Educated at the Quaker
and High Schools of Philadelphia. After three years in a grain commission
house, began work as a stockbroker. His business was rapidly increasing when
a disastrous Chicago fire (in which city he held stocks and bonds heavily) obliged
him to make an assignment and begin life again. At the age of twenty-three he
secured a controlling interest in the 17th and 19th Street Railway Company of
Philadelphia, and from this time his rise was rapid. He acquired large interests
in railway concerns in New York, and still more in Chicago, where he revolution-
ised the railway system. Became also a large shareholder in London underground
lines, being a strong advocate of their electrification and chairman of the Under-
ground Electric Railways Company, Limited. He combined with his great
financial ability and success a love of art and science, establishing the Yerkes
Observatory at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to which he gave the largest telescope
in the world. On the 29th, aged 90, Robert Davies, known as the Welsh
millionaire philanthropist. Gave 150,000l. towards the Welsh Calvinistic
Methodist Foreign Mission Fund and other large benefactions, mostly to his
own denomination. On the 29th, aged 72, Rev. Edward Bartrum, D.D., for twenty-
three years Headmaster of King Edward School, Berkhampstead, 1864-87; Rector
of Wakes Colne, Essex, since 1887. In December, Frederick William Burbidge,
b. 1847, Curator of the Botanical Gardens of Trinity College, Dublin, since 1879.
Had studied at Chiswick and Kew. Author of " Domestic Floriculture" (1875),
"Cultivated Plants" (1877), and other horticultural works.

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