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career plainly suggested that he was a Eationalist, though one could not expect plainer language from one in his high position, and there was the customary posthumous revelation. His biographer, T. A. Nash (Life of Lord Westbury, 2 vols., 1888), observes that he was a member of the Church of England until the Essays and Revieivs case, and that he then examined the creed and declared for &quot;a rational religion.&quot; Jowett says much the same in his Letters (p. 186), adding : &quot; He had a great dislike of priests and Churches, but not of religion.&quot; In the Life and Letters of Benjamin Joiuett there is a letter in which Jowett observes that Lord West- bury had a higher character than Bishop Wilberforce (who died about the same time), and that he &quot; sanctified marriage by instituting the divorce court &quot; (ii, 54). The tradition in legal circles was that the Lord Chancellor was more advanced and less respectful than these quotations imply, and in Nash s Life there is a further long letter from Jowett which affirms that he was &quot; not at all irreligious or freethinking in his conversation, as has been some times supposed.&quot; But Jowett at once gives us the value of such declarations when he goes on to quote this saying of Lord Westbury s : &quot; You cut off the head of one beast, the Church of Eome, and immediately the head of another beast, the Church of England, makes its appearance &quot; (ii, 293). Clearly the Lord Chancellor was a very advanced Eationalist, but whether Agnostic or Theist we are not informed. D. July 20, 1873.

BROWN, John Armour, manufacturer. B. Mar. 12, 1839. Ed. private school, Paisley, and Glasgow High School. After four years in business in Glasgow, he in 1858 joined the firm of Brown and Poison, at Paisley, and he is now the senior partner. Mr. Brown takes a keen interest in musical education, and he has for many years helped in the propagation of choral music through Tonic Solfa. He resigned his eldership in the United Presby-

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terian Church twenty-seven years ago, and ceased to be a member of it. He has been a member of the Eationalist Press Asso ciation since 1907.

BUCHANAN, Lt.-Colonel Sir Walter James, K.C.I.E., M.D., B.A., physician. B. Nov. 12, 1861. Ed. Foyle College, Londonderry ; Trinity College, Dublin ; and Vienna University. Sir Walter was Diplo- mate in State Medicine at Dublin Univer sity, and University Travelling Prizeman in medicine. He entered the Indian Medical Service in 1887, and took part in the Hazara and Lushai Expeditions. In 1892 he transferred to the Civil Medical Service, and he was Civil Surgeon at Bengal, and then Superintendent of the Central Jails at Bhagalpur and Alipur. He has published a Manual of Jail Hygiene (1900) and Tours in SiJcJcim (1917) ; and since 1899 he has edited the Indian Medical Gazette. He is Lt.-Colonel in the Indian Medical Service, and has been Inspector General of Prisons for Bengal since 1902, His title was awarded in 1918. Sir Walter is a member of the E. P. A.

DRYDEN, John, merchant. B. 1850, Ed. private school. Mr. Dryden has been a Director of the Eationalist Press Asso ciation from its inception, and on the business side has rendered invaluable service to the organization. He has a wide knowledge of the literature of the Movement, and his matured judgment is highly appreciated by his colleagues. For many years he was London correspondent of the New York TruthseeJcer.

GALLICHAN, Walter (&quot; Geoffrey Mor timer &quot;), writer. B. 1861. Mr. Gallichan frequently contributed to Eationalist peri odicals, under the pen-name of &quot; Geoffrey Mortimer,&quot; in the nineties. In 1891 he made a successful venture in fiction with Tales from the Western Moors, and he has since then written a number of novels, including one of a Eationalist character. He is also an expert on fishing, and he 924