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famous travelling agent, and frequently consulted by the Government in organising expeditions to Egypt, Cyprus, etc. ; accompanied the German Emperor to the Holy Land, 1896. On the 4th, in the Temple, aged 78, James Redfoord Bulwer, Q.O., son of Rev. R. Bulwer, Rector of Hurworth, Norfolk. Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1847 ; sat as a Conservative for Ipswich, 1874-80; for Cambridgeshire, 1881-5; Master in Lunacy, 1886; Lieutenant- Colonel of Inns of Court Volunteers, 1878-84. On the 5th, at Kensington, aged 67, Francis Nottidge Macnamara, M.D. Educated at King's College, London; entered the Indian Medical Service; appointed Professor of Chemistry at Cal- cutta, 1850-75, and Examiner of Medical Stores at the Indian Office, 1876 ; author of several works on medical hygiene and treatment. On the 5th, at Further Barton, Cirencester, aged 58, Miss Elizabeth Brown, an amateur astronomer, whose artistic skill and perfect accuracy in sun-spot drawings were highly appreciated. Solar Director of the Liverpool Astronomical Society, 1888, and of the British Astronomical Association, 1890 ; travelled to observe the total eclipses of the sun to Kineshma, Moscow, 1887; Trinidad, 1889; and Vadsd, Lapland, 1896. On the 5th, at Livingstone, Alberta, aged 68, Colonel Robarta William Elton. Entered the Bengal Infantry, 1855, and served with the Meerut Volunteer Horse through the Mutiny with much distinction. On the 5th, at Hove, aged 100, Surgeon-Major John Bowron. Joined the Indian Medical Service as a pupil, 1818, and served for thirty-eight years in the Bengal Presidency, and taking part in the various campaigns of that period. On the 5th, at Rome, aged 66, Homdgnor Valerio Amino. Born at Pulriie, Alessandria ; for fifty-two years in the service of the House of Savoy; Principal Chaplain to the King since 1877; Abbot of St. Barbara, Mantua. On the 5th, at West Kensington, aged 58, Commander Frederick O. Dundas, B.N. Served in the Navy, 1859-90; Commissioner and principal naval officer of the British East Africa Company, 1891 ; first explored the river Juba and ascended Mount Kenia ; Superintendent of Marine in the Niger Coast Protectorate, 1893. On the 6th, at Stanmore, aged 79, Charles Drury Edward Fortnum, D.C.L., F.8.A., a distinguished antiquarian and scientific authority. Travelled in South Australia, 1840-5, where he formed a natural history collection, which he divided between the British Museum and the Hope Collection at Oxford ; during many years' travelling on the continent of Europe formed a valuable collection of classical and renaissance art, which he presented to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1888 ; author of a descriptive catalogue of majolica in South Kensington Museum (1878), of bronzes (1876) and other works. He was a Trustee of the British Museum. On the 7th, at Coventry, aged 86, Miss Sara 8. Hennell, a friend of George Eliot, and an author of many theological and philo- sophical works, and the translator of Strauss' "Leben Jesu." On the 8th, at Mentone, aged 42, Lord Truro, Thomas Montague Morrison Wilde, third baron, third son of Hon. Thomas M. 0. Wilde, second son of the first Lord Truro. Called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1878. Married, 1898, Alice Hare, daughter of Captain Eyre Maunsell, R.N., of Bath. On the 8th, at Whitchurch, aged 55, Colonel William Wllloughby Egerton, son of Canon Egerton, Rector of Whitchurch. Educated at Rossall School and Sandhurst; joined 8th Regiment, 1861; served in the Burmese War, 1885-7, with great distinction. On the 9th, at Lewes, aged 81, Dowager Viscountess Hampden, Eliza, daughter of General Robert Ellice. Married, 1838, Hon. Henry Brand, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1872-84, and created Viscount Hampden. On the 9th, at Kirklees Hall, Halifax, aged 79, Sir George Armytage, fifth baronet, son of John Armytage. Educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford. Married, 1841, Eliza Matilda Mary, daughter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, second baronet. On the 9th, at Paris, aged 62, Monsignor Eugenio Clarl, Papal Nuncio in Paris. Born at Sinigaglia ; educated at Rome ; Vicar-General, 1864 ; entrusted with several missions by Pius IX. and Leo XIII. ; Bishop of Amelia, 1882 ; of Viterbo, 1893 ; Nuncio to Brussels, 1896 ; Paris, 1896. On the 10th, at Chester Street, Pimlico, aged 76, Sir Douglas Gallon, K.C.B., F.B.S., D.C.L., LL.D. Born at Hadzor House, Worcestershire ; educated at the Woolwich Academy; entered the Royal Engineers, 1840; Secretary to the Railway Com- mission, 1847 ; Secretary of Railway Department of the Board of Trade, 1848-60 ; took a great part in railway improvements, utilisation of London sewage, in- spection of military hospitals, sanitation of barracks and submarine telegraphy ; Assistant Inspector-General of Fortifications, 1860-70 ; Director of Public Works and Buildings, 1870-5; General Secretary of the British Association, 1870-95; P.R.S., 1863. Married, 1851, Marianne, daughter of G. T. Nicholson, of Waverley Abbey, Faro ham. On the 10th, at Paris, aged 68, Alfred Seoretan, founder of the Societe* des M6taux, which after a brilliant career collapsed in 1889, involving the Comptoir d'Escompte and other financial establishments. He formed a
