expressed regrets which amounted almost to reproaches and testified to his great popularity. Subsequently Lord Salisbury appointed him one of the British members of the international court of arbitration, established at the Hague under the convention of 29 July 1899. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his elder brother, Henry Charles Eden, without male issue, on 12 Jan. 1904. During his remaining years he suffered from constant attacks of asthma, and he died at Chorley Wood, Hertfordshire, on 29 June 1908. He married in March 1885 Lady Ennyntrude Sackville Russell, daughter of Francis Charles Hastings, ninth duke of Bedford, but had no children. A portrait in oils, painted by Sir William Richmond at the embassy at Berlin, is in the possession of Lady Ennyntrude Malet. A cartoon portrait by 'Spy' appeared in 'Vanity Fair' in 1884.
Malet published in 1901 a book entitled 'Shifting Scenes,' in which he gave an interesting but somewhat disjointed account of various episodes in his diplomatic career. He left an unfinished memoir of his service in Egypt, which was supplemented by extracts from his correspondence and printed in 1909 for private circulation.
[Malet's own accounts of his experiences; The Times, 30 June 1908; Foreign Office List, 1909, p. 403; Papers laid before Parliament; Cambridge Modern History, xii. 435; Lord Cromer, Modern Egypt, 2 vols. 1908.]
MALONE, SYLVESTER (1822–1906), Irish ecclesiastical historian, born in the parish of Kilmally, co. Clare, in 1822, was son of Jeremiah Malone by his wife Mary Slattery. Having discovered his vocation, he was educated for the priesthood and was ordained in 1854. His first curacy was at Cooraclare in his native county, but after a year and a half he was successively transferred to Kilkee, where he remained fourteen years, and to Newmarket-on-Fergus. In 1875 he became parish priest of Sixmile-bridge, and in 1889 of Clare Castle. Finally, in 1892 he was appointed to Kilrush as vicar-general, and there he remained for the rest of his life. He was raised soon after to the dignities of canon and archdeacon.
Malone, who cherished strong nationalist sympathies, was always devoted to study and was well versed in the Irish language. He made valuable researches into the history of the catholic church in Ireland, and among Irish critics his 'Church History of Ireland from the Invasion of the English in 1160 to the Beginning of the Reformation in 1532' (1867; 2nd edit. 2 vols. Dublin, 1880) takes standard rank.
He was keenly interested in the movement for the preservation of the Irish language, and was a member of the various societies started to achieve that object. To the Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language he bequeathed 100l. for the best essays in Irish on 'Irish Prose' and 'Irish Poetry.' Dr. Douglas Hyde and the Rev. P. S. Dinneen, both well known in the Gaelic movement, were the successful candidates. Malone died at Kilrush on 21 May 1906.
Besides the work named, Malone published:
- 'Tenant Wrong illustrated in a Nutshell; or a History of Kilkee in Relation to Landlordism during the last Seven Years, in a Letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone,' Dublin, 1867.
- 'Chapters towards a Life of St. Patrick,' Dublin, 1892, 12mo.
- 'Adrian IV and Ireland,' Dublin, 1899, 16mo.
- 'The Life of St. Flannan of Killaloe,' Dublin, 1902.
- 'Irish Schools and their Managers,' 1904.
[Freeman's Journal, 22 May 1906; information kindly supplied by the Very Rev. J. F. Hogan, D.D.; Irish Catholic Directories; Brit. Mus. Cat.]
MANLEY, WILLIAM GEORGE NICHOLAS (1831–1901), surgeon-general, born at Dublin in 1831, was second son of the Rev. William Nicholas Manley, his mother being a daughter of Dr. Brown, a surgeon in the army. He was educated at the Blackheath proprietary school and was admitted M.R.C.S. England in 1861. He joined the army medical staff in March 1855 and was attached to the royal artillery, with which he served in the Crimea from 11 June 1855. He was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and was granted the medal with clasp and the Turkish medal. He remained attached to the royal artillery throughout the New Zealand war, 1863–6, in the course of which he won the Victoria Cross. Having volunteered to accompany the storming party in the assault on the Pah near Tauranga. on 29 April 1864, he attended Commander Hay, R.N., when that officer was carried away mortally wounded, and then volunteered to return in order to see if he could find any more wounded. Manley was also present under the command of Sir Trevor Chute at the assault and capture of the Okotukoo, Putahi, Otapawa, and Waikohou Palis,
