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 1833 ; entered R.A. 1851, became Capt. and Brevet-Major 1858, Major 1872, Lieut. -Col. 1876, Col. 1877, and Ma). -Gen. 1887 ; retired 1892 ; served as A.D.C. to Maj.-Gen. SirW. Fenwick Williams during whole blockade of Kars (mentioned in despatch, rank of Col. in Turkish Army, and class Medjidie, Legion of Honour, and V.C.) ; was an A.D.C. to H.M. 1877- 87, and an Equerry to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 1858-90, since when he has been an Extra Equerry ; appointed Master of the Ceremonies to H.M. 1890 ; is a J.P. for Sussex, and a County Councillor for S. Bersted Div. of W. Div. of that co. ;, cr. C.B. 1856, K.C.M.G. 1887. South Bersted, Bognor ; Marlboro tigk, United Service, and Army and Navy Clubs. TENNANT, Sir David, K.C.M.G., son of the late Hercules Tennant, Esq., Civil Commr. and Resident Magistrate in Cape Colony ; b. 1829 ; has been Member of House of Assembly, Cape of Good Hope, , since 1866, and Speaker thereof since 1874; | is a J.P. for Cape Town ; appointed 1874 a i member of Univ. Council of Cape of Good Hope, Chm. of Council of S. African I College, and a member of Education ! Commn. : m. ist, 1849, Josina, who d. 1877, da. of the late J. du Toil, Esq. , of Stellenbosch, Cape Colony ; 2ndly, 1885, i Amye Venour, da. of Maj.-Gen. Sir j William Bellairs, K.C.M.G., C.B. ; cr. K.B. 1877, K.C.M.G. 1892. "Badna Vista," WynbergHill, Cape Town ; Civil] Service Club (Cape Town}. TERRY, Sir Joseph, son of Joseph Terry, Esq., merchant, of York ; b, 1828; ed. at St. Peter's Sen., York ; was Lord | Mayor of York 1874-5, 1885-6, and 1886-7 ' ! is a merchant, an Alderman, and a J.P. of j York (Sheriff 1870), and lor X. Riding of j Yorkshire: m. ist, 1854, Frances, who | d. 1866, da. of Joseph Goddard, Esq., of, London; 2nd, 1871, Margaret, da. of William Thorpe, Esq., of Aldro' House, ! Malton, Yorkshire; cr. K.B. 1887. Haw-  thorn Villa, Dringfwiises, York ; Consti-  tutional, and St. Leonards ( York) Clubs. | THOMPSON, Sir Henry, son of the late Henry Thompson, Esq., of Framling- ham ; b. 1820 ; ed. at Univ. Coll. , London, of which he is a Fellow ; F. R.C.S. Eng. 1853, M.B. Lond. 1851 ; is Surg. Extraor. to H.M. Leopold 1 1., Kingof the Belgians, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Surgery at Univ. Coll., Consulting Surg. to Univ. Coll. Hospital, and a Fellow and Cor- responding Member of numerous Scientific Sos. ; formerly Professor of Pathology and Surgery Roy. Coll. of Surgeons ; knighted for important and successful professional services rendered by him to H. M. Leopold I., King of the Belgians ; is a Commander of Order of Leopold of Belgium : m. 1851, Kate Fanny, da. of George Loder, Esq. , of Bath ; cr. K.B. 1867. 35, Wimpolc Street, W. ; Reform, Athctiaiini, Marl- borough, Cosmopolitan, Baldwin, and Burlington Fine Arts Clubs. KNIGHTS. 7IS THOMPSON, Sir John Sparrow David, K.C.M.G., LL.D., son of John S.Thomp- son, Esq. ; b. 1845 ; Bar. Nova Scotia 1865, and a Q.C. 1879; elected to Nova Scotia Legislature 1877, re-elected 1878 and 1882 ; appointed M.E.C. and Attor- ney-Gen., Nova Scotia 1878, Premier 1882, a Judge of Supreme Court, Nova Scotia, 1882, and Minister of Justice, Attorney-Gen, and Privy Councillor of Canada 1885 ; assisted British Represen- tatives on Fishery Commn. at Washington 1887; elected to House of Commons 1885 and re-elected 1887 ; was a British Arbi- trator on Behring Sea Fisheries Arbitra- tion Commn. 1892: m. 1870, Annie E. , da. of Affleck, Esq. ; cr. K.C.M.G. 1888. Ottawa, Canada. THOMPSON, Sir Ralph Wood, K.C.B., son of the late T- Thompson, Esq., of Sherwood Hall, Notts ; b. 1830; appointed a Clerk in Colonial Office 1853, and trans- ferred to War Depart. 1854 ; was Ch. Clerk of War Office 1871-7, and Assist. Under- Sec, of State for War 1877-8, since when he has been Under-Sec. : m. 1856, Agatha Vaughan, who d. 1861, da. of the late Rev. George Cornish; cr. C.B. 1877, K.C. B. 1882. Little Woolpits, Eiuhurst, Surrey. THORBURN, Sir Robert, K.C.M.G., son of Robert Thorburn, Esq. ; b. 1836 ; ed. at Edinburgh ; emigrated to New- foundland 1852 ; appointed M.L.C. 1870, and was Premier 1885-9 was Delegate for Newfoundland at Colonial Conference 1887 : m. 1865, Susanna Janetta, da. of the late Andrew Milroy, Esq., of Hamil- ton, Canada; cr. K.C.M.G. 1887. St. John's, Newfoundland. THORNTON, Right Hon. Sir Edward, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., son of the late Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, G.C.B. ; b. 1817 ; ed. at Pembroke Coll., Camb. (B.A., Senior Optime 1840; M.A. 1877 ; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1877 ; Hon. LL.D., Harvard Univ., U.S.A., 1879) ; entered Diplo. Ser. 1842, when he was at- tached to Mission at Turin ; appointed Paid Attache at Mexico 1845, and Sec. of Legation there 1851 ; was Sec. to Sir Charles Hotham's special mission to River Plate 1852-3, Charge" d'Affaires and Consul-Gen, to New Grenada 1854, and to Uruguay 1854-59, Min. Plen. to Argen- tine Confederation 1859-65, Envoy Extraor. and Min. Plen. to Emperor of Brazil 1865-7, Envoy Extraor. and Min. Plen. to United States 1857-81, Ambassador Extraor. and Plen. to Court of Russia 1881-4, a d to Constantinople 1884-7 ; appointed Feb. 1871 a member of Joint High Commn. to consider questions affecting the relations between Great Britain and the U.S.A. ; is by inheritance Count de Cassilhas in Portugal ; was Special Commr. to repre- sent Great Britain at opening of Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876 : m. 1854, Mary, da. of John Maitland, Esq., and widow of Andrew Melville, Esq., of