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the latter institution pursuing a course in electrical engineering; he is now (1915) a member of the firm of Reet & Brooks, Nor- folk, Virginia, commission merchants.

Stuart McGuire, M. D. One of the most honored and glorious of all the professions is that of surgery, and too great an amount of praise cannot be attached to the brave men who, at the risk of their lives, go forth day after day to encounter perils compared with which the dangers met with in a hotly contested battle fade into insignificance. When this sort of bravery is met with we have a race of men to deal with of whom our nation may justly feel proud. Stuart McGuire. M. D., of Richmond, Virginia, is one of the third generation of his family to serve in the ranks of brave men men- tioned above, and the brilliant record he has achieved is in harmony with those attained by his father and grandfather. The latter. Dr. tlugh Holmes McGuire, born in Win- chester, Virginia, was a well known surgeon and served in that capacity in the Confed- erate army. He married Anne Eliza Moss. Hunter' II. McGuire, M. D., LL. D., his son. father of Dr. Stuart McGuire, was born at Winchester, Virginia, October 11, 1835. died in Richmond, Virginia, September 19, 1900. He was surgeon general to "Stone- wall" Jackson's army, and attended that gen- eral during his last illness. At the close of the war he removed to Richmond, Virginia, where he devoted his entire time to profes- sional work and acquired a national repu- tation for the numerous skillful operations he so successfully performed. He was the founder of the University College of Medi- cine, of which he was the head many years, was elected to the presidency of the Amer- ican Medical Association, and many other positions of honor were tendered him. He married, December 22, 1866, Mary, a daugh- ter of Alexander II. H. and Frances (Bald- win) Stuart. The Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart was a lawyer of distinction in his day, served as secretary of the interior mider the administration of President Filmore, and had many political honors bestowed upon him. They had nine children, of whom Dr. Stuart McGuire. the eldest, was born at Staunton, Virginia, September 16, 1867. lie was educated in his earlier years at ])rivate schools and later was a student at Richmond College, where he was prepared

for the university, and then matriculated at the University of A'irginia, from the medical department of w^hich he was graduated in the class of 1891, the degree of Doctor of Medicine being conferred upon him. He then became associated with his gifted father, as an interne in the private sani- tarium which the latter had established, under the name of St. Luke's Hospital. After the death of his father. Dr. McGuire became surgeon in charge of this institu- tion, an office he has filled up to the present time (1914). Like his distinguished father and grandfather, he has been whole-hearted in his devotion to his chosen profession and has done much to further it. He is dean of the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia, and professor of clinical surgery in that institution. He is ex-president of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, of the Virginia Medical Society, of the Tri-State Medical Association, and of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association, and is now president of the Southern Aledical Association. His club membership is with the Westmoreland, Commonwealth, Coun- try, Lakeside, Deep Run, Richmond Shoot- ing, three Greek letter fraternities, and sev- eral others. He is a Free Mason of the thirty-second degree, and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. As an author Dr. McGuire has also earned commendation in scientific circles, having been a frequent contributor of articles bearing upon medicine and surgery, these having appeared in standard medical publications. Dr. ]\IcGuire has never mar- ried.

Richard Henry Baker. Nearly three cen- turies ago the American ancestor of Richard Henry Baker settled in Virginia, coming from England in 1632. He was Henry Baker, who had a grant of land from George II. of England, which included a large part of Nansemond county, Virginia, and Gates county. North Carolina. The family have ever been prominent in the legal profession, and for the past century a Richard Henry Baker has been engaged in the practice of law in Eastern Virginia.

Judge Richard Henry (i) Baker, father of Richard Henry (2) Baker, and grand- father of Richard Henry (3) Baker, was judge of the circuit court, including Nanse- mond county, Virginia, for forty years, and