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 PART II KNIGHTS OF ALL ORDERS THE BRITISH EMPIRE ABBOTT, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Edith, dau. of the late J. Solomon ; m. 3 March, 1883, as his 2nd wife, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, K.C.M.G., late speaker of the Legislative As- sembly, New South Wales, who d. 14 Sept. 1901. Residence — Tnrramurra, New South Wales. ABDULLA KHAN, K.C.I.E. Great. 1909.— Nawab Sir Hafiz Muhammad Abdulla Khan ; lion. col. Indian Army ; hon. A.D.C. since 1911 ; hon. native commandant 15th Lancers. a'BECKETT, Kt. Bach. Great. 1909.— Sinj Thomas a'Beckett, s. of Thomas Turner t a'Beckett, solicitor. B. in London 31 Aug. 1836 ; m. Dec. 1864, Isabella, dau. of Archibald Michie ; holder of studentship; Barr.-at-law (Lincoln's Inn), Nov. 1859; apptd. one of the judges of the Supreme Coiirt of Victoria, Sept. 1886 ; act- ing Chief Justice May-Dec. 1906. Residence — Armadale, Victoria, Avistralia. Club — ]Mel- bourne. a BECKETT, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Susannah Emily, dau. of late Benjamin Eccleston : m. 31 Dec. 1864, Sir Albert a Beckett, late assist. accountant-gen. of the Army, who was creat. a knt. 1904, and d. 11 Sept. the same year. Resi- dence — 6, Brompton Square, S.W. ABNEY, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 1900 ; C.B. (civ.) 1888. — Sib William de Wiveleslie Abney, s. of Rey. Edward Henry Abney, of The Firs, Derby, canon of Lichfield, and vie. of St. Alkmund's, Derby, and Catherine, dau. of Jede- diah Strutt, of Greenhall, Belper. B. 24 July, 1844 ; m. 1st, 4 Aug. 1865, Agnes Mathilda (d. 30 June, 1888), dau. of Edward Smith, of Tickton Hall, Beverley ; m. 2nd, 3 Dec. 1889, Mary Louisa, dau. of Rev. E. Mead, D.D., of Scarboro'- on-Hudson, N.Y. ; ed. at Rossall and Woolwich ; lieut. Roy. Engineers 1861, capt. 1873, ret. 1878 ; inspector Science and Art Depart. 1875 ; assist. director for science 1883, director for science 1893 ; principal assist, sec. Science and Art Depart. 1899 ; adviser for science Board of Education 1903 ; past pres. Roy. Astronomical, Physical, and Roy. Photographic Socs. ; F.R.S. ; hon. D.C.L. Dur- ham ; hon. D.Sc. Dublin and Victoria Univs. ; J. P. COS. Derby and Leicester. Residences — Measham Hall, Leicestershire ; Rathmore Lodge, Bohon Gardens, S. Kensington, S.W. Clubs — Athenaeum ; Camera. Issup by 1st m. — 1. Lancelot Edward Guv Abney, b. 4 Feb. 18(58; B.A. Camb. ; m. 25 Oct. 1905, Annie Louise, dau. of late Auguste de Wil. Issue — 1. Agnes Mary de Wivileslie. 2. A dau. 1. Ethel Wootton, ni. 28 June, 1894, Capt. William Reginald Hall, B.N. 2. Helen Lilian. | Issue by 2nd m. — 3. Janet Marie de Wiveleslie. ACKROYD, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— Mary, dau. of late Henry James Lucas, of Bedford. M. 5 March, 1880, Sir Edward James Ackroyd, judge. and acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Hong-Kong, who d. 5 Feb. 1904. Residence — 8, Selborne Road, Hove, Sussex. ACLAND, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1914.— Sir Regi- nald Brodie Dyke Acland, s. of late Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, 1st Bt., K.C.B. B. 18 May, 1856 ; m. 12 Aug. 1885, Helen Emma, dau. of Rev. Thomas Fox, rector of Templecombe, Somt. ; ed. at Winchester and Oxford, M.A. ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1881 ; bencher 1913; K.C. 1904: niemb. of Bar Council; re- corder of Shrewsbury 1901-3, and of Oxford from 1903 ; Judge-Advocate of the Fleet from 1904; J.P. Berks, and vice-chrmn. of Quarter Sessions. Residences — 85a, Linden Gardens, W. ; Cold Ash, near Newbury, Berks. Clubs — Athenaeum ; United University. Issue — 1. Edward Fox Dvke Acland, b. 9 Nov. 1891. 2. Wilfrid Reginald Dvke Acland, b. 26 June, 1894. 1. Hilda ^larv, in. 1914, Capt. J. P. Stockley. 2. Ruth Helen. ADAIR, K.C.B. (mil.). Creat. 1909.— Gen. Sib William Thompson Adaib, s. of late Gen. Sir Charles W. Adair, K.C.B., Roy. :Marines, and Isabella, dau. of Maj.-Gen. T. Aslett, Roy. Marines. B. at Gosport 21 June, 1850; m. 1st, 27 Jan. 1880. Rose (d. 1903), dau. of late J. E. Naylor ; m. 2nd, 15 Feb. 1905, Angela E., dau. of late Fredk. Plowes : ed. at Cheltenham Coll. ; maj.- gen. 1906, dep. adjt.-gen. Roy. Marines 1907-11, It. -gen. 1910 : gen. 1912 ; served in South Africa 1900. Residence — Loughanmore, co. Antrim. Club — United Service. ADAM, Knt. Bach. Great. 1890 : CLE. 1888. — Sib Frank Forbes Adam, s. of late James Graham Adam, of Donovan, Stirlingshire. B. June, 1846 : m. Aug. 1883, Rose Frances, dau. of C. J. Kemball, late judge of the High Court, Bombav : was pres. of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and of the Bank of Bombay, and late memb. of the council of the Gov. of Bombay, and trustee of the Port 1883-9 ; pres. :Ianchest€r Chamber of Commerce 1893-4, and 1903-5: vice- pres. Associated Chambers of Commerce of U.K. ; vice-pres. British Cotton Growing Assocn. ; chrmn. of council of Manchester Univ. suice 1904 ; memb. rov. commn. on Coa.st Lights of Utd. Kgdm. 1906 : memb. of the employers' panel for the court of arbitration, and of railway confer- ence 1908-9 ; J.P., D.L. Lanes : hon. LL.D. Manchester Univ. ; Manchester Univ. rep. memb. and vice-pres. of East Lanes Terr. Force Assocn. ; memb. of Board of Trade Advisory Committee. Residence— Hankelow Court, Audlcm, Cheshire. Clubs— East India United Service ; Union. Issue — 1. Ronald Forbes Adam. b. 1885 ; lieut. E.H.A. 1W)8. 1 2 Eric Graham Adam, b. 1888 ; clerk in Foreign Office. 2. Colin Gurdon Adam, b. 1889; I.C.S. India. I 1. Hetty Reay Clifford. V.C. ADAMS, K.C.B. Croat. 1912 ; C.B. 1898 ; Maj.-Gen. Sir Robert Bellew Adams, s. of lat« Maj. Robert Roy Adams, I.S.C. B. 26 July, 1856; 613