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448 BULWER, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron, diplomatist, b. in London, 13 Feb., 1801 ; d. at Naples, 23 May, 1872. To citizens of the United States he is iaetter known as Sir Henry BuLWER, negotiator with Senator John M. Clayton of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. He was educated at Cambridge, but left the university in 1824 to begin his diplomatic career as a government messenger to Greece. On his return in 1825 he entered the 2d life-guards as a cornet, but soon obtained an un- attached commission on half-pay, and, commuting the latter by one of those convenient regulations known to the British army, entered the civil ser- vice. He was appointed attache at Berlin in 1827, transferred to Vienna in 1829, and to the Hague in 1830. His despatches during the revolutionary proceedings in Belgium that year were considered so able that he was given a regular official appoint- ment at Brussels. He was returned to ijarliament in 1830, and during the four succeeding sessions won high repute as a debater. He was appointed secretary of legation, and afterward charge d'affaires at Brussels in 1835-'6. In 1837 he was sent to Constantinople as secretary of embassy, thence to St. Petersburg, and thence to Paris in 1839 as charge d'affaires. He was ambassador to Spain from 1843 till 1848. In all of these places he evinced unusual diplomatic talents, and conducted several important and complicated negotiations. On 19 May, 1848, Marshal Navarrez expelled, him from Spain, because he formally protested against some ct the insurrectionary proceedings in Madrid. In December of the same year he married a niece of the first duke of Wellington. On 27 April, 1849, Sir Henry was appointed British minister at Wash- ington, where he remained three years. During this time he was associated with Senator John Middleton Clayton in preparing the treaty bearing their joint names, which is still in force. This guarantees the neutrality of interoceanic commer- cial routes across the Central American isthmus. After this he was sent successively to Florence, Constantinople, and the Danubian principalities, adding greatly to his reputation as a skilled diplo- matist. He retired from the diplomatic service in 1865, and two years later re-entered parliament, and retained his seat until he was raised to the peerage in 1871 as Baron Dalling and Bulwer. He pub- lished a small volume of poems (1822) ; " Autumn in Greece " (1826) ; " France, Social, Literary, and Political " (1834). The last named is the first half of a work completed in 1836, called " The Monarchy of the Middle Classes." He prefixed a "Life of Lord Byron " to the Paris edition of that poet's works (1835). His best-known books are " Histori- cal Characters " (London, 1868) and " Life of Pal- merston" (2 vols., London, 1870; Philadelphia, 1871). He was a brother of Bulwer the novelist, and during his residence at Washington had for his private secretary the present Lord Lytton, known in literature as " Owen Meredith."

BUMSTEAD, Freeman Josiah, physician, b. in Boston, Mass., 21 April, 1826 ; d. in New York city, 28 Nov., 1879. He was graduated at Williams in 1847, and at Harvard medical college in 1851, after which he attended medical lectures in Paris. In 1852 he settled in New York, and became a specialist in venereal diseases. He held many im- portant offices, among which were those of surgeon to the New York eye and ear infirmary, to the venereal wards of the charity hospital, Blackwell's island, to the stranger's hospital ; and from 1867 till 1871 he was professor of venereal diseases at the college of physicians and surgeons, New York. Dr. Bumstead was a member of various medical societies, and from 1875 till 1876 vice-president of the Torrey botanical club. He contributed papers to the medical journals, and translated Ricord's notes to " Hunter's Treatise on the Venereal Dis- eases '* (Philadelphia, 1854), and Cullerier's "Atlas of Venereal Diseases " (1867). " Pathology and Treatment of Venereal Diseases" (1861) is his most important work.

BUNCE, Oliver Bell, author, b. in New York city, 8 Feb., 1828; d. there, 15 May, 1890. He was educated at Rand's academy, in New York, and was for twenty years a bookseller and publisher. His first book was "The Romance of the Revolution," a compilation of revolutionary incidents and anecdotes (New York, 1852). His other works include "A Bachelor's Story" (1859); "Life Before Him" (1860); "Bensley" (1863)—the last, two published anonymously; "Bachelor Bluff," a collection of social and literary essays (1882); "Don't," a small book on manners, of which more than 85,000 copies were sold in the United States, and there are several English editions (1884); "My House, an Ideal" (1885); and "Timias Terrystone," a novel (1885). He also wrote a romantic drama, "Marco Bozzaris," which was produced in 1849; and "Love in '76" (1856), which enjoys the distinction of being the only parlor comedy of the revolution. Mr. Bunce was connected editorially with "Appletons' Journal" during its existence, first as associate editor, and afterward as editor-in-chief, and also contributed to other periodicals.

BUNCE, Francis Marvin, naval officer, b. in Hartford, Conn., 25 Dec, 1836. After graduation at the U. S. naval academy, in 1857, he became lieutenant in 1861, lieutenant-commander in 1863, commander in 1871, captain in 1883, and commo- dore in 1895. In 1891-'4 he was in command of the naval training-station in Newport, and then became a member of the inspection board. From 1895 till 1897 he was president of the naval exam- ining board. lu 1897 he was ordered to command the North Atlantic station with the rank of rear- admiral, and also placed in charge of the New York navy-yard and station. Commodore Bunce has given sixteen years of sea-service, and will become rear-admiral in February, 1898. — His brother, William Gedney, landscape painter, b. in Hart- ford, 19 Sept., 1842. He studied under William Hart in New York, and subsequently lived for twelve years abroad, studying under Andreas Aschenbach in Dusseldorf, and under Paul Jean Clays in Brussels. His first public exhibition was in the Paris salon in 1875. On his return to the United States he opened a studio in New York. His pictures include "Venice — Night" (1876); "Venice — Mornnig"; " LaLunaVeneziana"(1878); " Watch Hill, Rhode Island" (1880); " Among the Sail, Venice"; "Bit of Harbor, Venice" (1882); " Sun, Sails, and Sea, Venice " ; " Day in May. Ven- ice" (1883); " In the Lagoon, San Giorgio " (1884) ; " Venetian Day " and " Venetian Night " (1885).

BUNCOMBE, Edward, soldier, b. in St. Kitts, W. I.; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1777. He was educated in England, inherited a large estate, came to this country, and in 1776 settled in Tyrrel co., N. C. During'^the revolutionary war he raised and commanded the 5th North Carolina regiment, and fought under Gen. Francis Nash at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He was severely wounded in the latter engagement, and, after being captured, was taken to Philadelphia, where he soon died from the effects of his injuries. In 1791 his name was given to a county in North Carolina. The Americanism " speaking for Buncombe," signifying any speech made solely to please a constitu-