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 865 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [SOLOMON Selina Maria Plunket, dau. of the 3rcl Bai-on Pluuket and sister of late Archbishop of DubHn and Lord Rathmore. B. 29 March, 18GC ; m. 20 Sept. 1905, his cousin, Aileen, dau. of Sir William Josiah Smyly ; ed. at Dublin Univ. ; LL.D. 1891 ; Barr.-at-law (King's Inns, Dublin) 1888, and (Gray's Inn) 1902 ; apptd. Queen's advocate Sierra Leone 1895, attor.-gen. 1896, and Chief Justice 1901 : Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony since 1911. Residence — Accra, Gold coast. Issue — Aileen Grace. SMYLY, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1905.— Sir Wil- liam Josiah Smyly, s. of late Josiah Smyly, surgeon to the Meath Hospital, and Ellen, dau. of Matthew Franks, of Merrion Square, Dublin. B. 14 Nov. 1850 ; m. 28 Dec. 1881, Eleanor Colpoys, dau. of Henry Tweedy, M.D., M.R.C.S. ; ed. atTrin. Coll. Dublin and Vienna ; M.D. (Trin. Coll. Dub.) 1875, M.B. 1872; F.R.C.P.I. 1884, L. and L.M. 1872; F.R.C.S.I. 1877, L. 1872; sen. med. exhib. (Trin. Coll. Dub.) 1872 ; ex- pres. R. C.P.I. ; past pres. Obst. Sec. Roy. Soc. of Med., and Roy. Acad. Med. Irel., British Geneecol. Society, and hon. pres. Glasgow Obst. and GjniiBCol. Society ; hon. memb. Society Gynse. and Obstet. Leipzig ; memb. Dublin Biol. Club, and Brit. Med. Assoc. ; ex-censor, and examiner midwifery, R. C.P.I. : Gynaecol. Adelaide Hosp. Dublin ; late master Rotunda Hosp. and Gj-n;ecol. City of Dublin Hosp. ; formerly demonstrator of anat. R. C.S.I. Residence — 58, Merrion Square, Dublin. Issue — 1. Henry Joscelyn Smyly. 1. Aileen, Grace, in. ]90'5, Sir Philip Crampton Smyly, Knt. ISach. (■'<('c preceding art.). 2. Kachel Kvelvn JMarv. 3. Phyllis Claudia. 4. Vivienne. SMYLY, Hon. Lady (Knt.'s widow and Peer's dau.). — Hon. Selina Mabia Nina, dau. of the 3rd Baron Plunket. M. 1 Feb. 18C4, Sir PliiUp Crampton Smyly, M.D., a distinguished surgeon, and surgeon-in-ordinary in Ireland to (Jueen Victoria and King Edward, who d. 8 April, 1904. Residence — 4, Merrion ScjViare, Dublin. SMYTH, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Helen Con- stance (a Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem), dau. of J. W. Greaves, of Plas Weunydd, Merionethshire. M. 14 April, 1874, Gen. Sir Henry Augustus Smyth, K.C.M.G., a dis- tinguished officer of the R.A., who conducted the decisive operations in Zululand 1888, was Gov. and C.-in-C. at Malta 1890-3, and who d. 18 Sept. 1906. Residence — St. John's Lodge, Stone, Aylesbury. SMYTHE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Mabia Caboline, dau. of Capt. Henry Newbolt. M. 1858, Sir Frederick William Smythe, K.C.M.G., controller-gen. of the Imperial Ottoman Bank at Constantinople, who d. 1890. Residence — Rue de Pologne, Pera, Constantinople. SNAGGE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Constance Marion, dau. of late Maj. George Larkins, R.A. M., as his 3rd wife. Sir WilHam Snagge, Chief Justice of British Guiana, who d. April, 1878. SNELL, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1914.— Sir John Fbancis Cleverton Snell, s. of late Comm. Snell, R.N., of Lipson, Plymouth, and Henrietta Mary, dau. of Frederick William Cleverton, of Saltash, Cornwall. B. at Saltash 15 Dec. 1869 ; m. 28 May, 1892, Annie Glendenning, dau. of late Henry Bayly Quick, of Biscovey. Cornwall : ed. at Plymouth and King's Coll. London ; civil engineer (1887); partner infirmof Preece, Cardew & Snell, Consulting Engineers, 8, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, since 1910 ; pres. of Insti- D.P. j tute of Electrical Engineers 1914-15. Residence — -Wey Barton, Byfleet, Siu'rcy. CJlubs — St. Stephens, Whitehall. Issue — John Basil Snell, b. 21 March, 1893 ; ed. at Seascale, Charterhouse and Oxford. SNOWDEN, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1895.— Hon. Sib Arthur Snowden. B. at Dartford, Kent, 1829 ; m. 1856, Elizabeth (d. 7 Sept. 1900), dau. of Benjamin Jai'vis ; apprenticed to a law stationer in London 1845-52, when he went to the Australian goldfields, was in business at Bendigo ; in a solicitor's office in Melboune 1854— 67, and in business a.s a solicitor with his bro. 1867-78 ; memb. of the firm of Gillot, Croker, Snowden & Co., solicitors, attorneys, and proctors, of Melbourne, 1878-94 ; head of the firm of Snowden, Neave, & Demaine, of Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 1894-1906 ; memb. of Melbourne City Council since 1891 ; Mayor 1892-3, 1893-4, and 1894-5 ; now alderman ; M.L.C. Victoria 1894-1902. Residence — St. I Heliers, Abbotsford, Melbourne. SCARES, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1911.— Sir Ernest Joseph Soabes, s. of J. L. X. Soares, ' formerly a merchant in Liverpool, and Hannah, dau. of John Hollingsworth, also of Liverpool, B. at Gt. Crosby, Lanes, 29 Oct. 1864 ; m. 1893, Kate Carolyn, dau. of late Samuel Lord, of Oakleigh, dies. ; ed. priv. and at Camb. (exhibr. and 1st cl. prizeman, B.A., LL.B., honours in law), JM.A., L.L.D. ; admitted a sohcitor 1888, but has long since ceased to practice; M.P.,N.W. Devon 1900-11 ; pari. jDriv. sec. to Rt. Hon. H. J. Gladstone when Home Sec. ; a Charity com- missioner, a junior Lord of the Treasury and a Liberal Whip 1910-11 ; asst. comptroller of the National Debt and Life Annuity Office since 1911. ! Residence — 36, Prince's Gate, S.W. Club — Oxford and Cambridge. Issue — Kate Kose Mary. I ' SOLOMON, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1911.— Hon. Sir Edward Philip Solomon, s. of late Rev. Edward Solomon, missionary attached to the London Missy. Soc., and 27 years minister of the Cong. Church at Bedford, Cape Colony, and the dau. of late Peter Matthews, banker of Aber- deen, and sister of late Dr. James Matthews, D.L.C., Provost of Aberdeen, Scotland. B. at Griqua Town, Cape Colony, 10 Aug. 1845; m. 21 June, 1871, Harriet Jane, dau. of late Rev. W. R. Thomson, of Balfour, Cape Colony : ed. at School for Sons of Missionaries, Blackheath, and at the Gymnasium, Old Aberdeen, Scotland ; admitted a soUcitor 1868 ; senr. partner in the firm of Solomon & Thomson, latterly Solomon, Hull, Webber & Wentzel, Johannesbiug ; minister Pviblic Works Transvaal 1907-10 ; represented Fordsberg in the Transvaal Parlt. 1907-10 ; senator of the Union of S. Africa since 1910 ; authorized to retain the title of Honourable 1911. Residence — Rossleigh Park, Tron, Johannesburg. Clubs — National Liberal ; Pretoria (Pretoria) ; Rand (Johannesburg). SOLOMON, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1913 ; Knt. Bach. 1907. — Hon. Sir William Henky Solomon, s. of late Rev. Edward Solomon, of Bediord, Cape Colony. B. 1852 ; ed. at Peterhou^e, Camb.; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1877; joined Cape Colony Bar, and apptd. assistant le-^al adviser to Govt. 1883 ; puisne judge Griqualand High Court 1887-96. and E. Dist. Court Cape Colony 1896-1901; apptd. senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of the Trans- vaal Colony, 1901, and appellate judge of the S. African Supreme Court 1910. Residence — • Pretoria. SOLOMON, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— Mary- Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John W alton. M. F F