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for Edward Young, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Spence, Edward Rolle, and Joseph Warton were all Winchester scholars, as was also Young's biographer, Sir Herbert Croft. Neither Bubb Dodington's nor Croft's con- nexion with Winchester is recorded in the ' D. N. B.' H. C.

As MB. COURTNEY has stated at the first reference, Bubb Dodington's father was Jeremiah or Jeremias Bubb, described as "of London n in the matriculation register of his son at Exeter College in 1707.

A Jeremiah or Jeremias 'Bubb was Governor of Carlisle from December, 1689, till his death. He was also M.P. for that city, having been elected at the general election of February, 1689, and rechosen after the dissolution of 1690, holding the seat till his death. Besides this, he was at the date of his death a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to the King, having been appointed to that office soon after the accession of William and Mary, viz., on 11 March, 1689. He died on Sunday, 28 Feb., 1692, his suc- cessor in the Household being appointed on 2 March in that year.

This Jeremiah Bubb may have been the father of the politician, but I am inclined to suggest (following the late Chancellor Ferguson in his ' Cumberland and West- morland M.P.'s ? ) that he was his grand- father, through a son bearing the paternal Christian name. The Chancellor, by the way, was apparently incorrect in saying that Jeremiah Bubb was (not Governor, but) Deputy Governor of Carlisle. His name appears as Governor in Chamberlayne's Dal ton's ' Army Lists l his appointment as Governor is given, unless I am mistaken in my note. Luttrell also (vol. ii. p. 372) in re- cording his death describes him as " Capt. Bubb, Governor of Carlisle.' 1 Ferguson tells us (on the authority of Lilly) of a " Capt. Bubb " who was a conjurer and astrologer in Lambeth Marsh in 1634.
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Leamington.

MONTPELLIEB AS STBEET-NAME (11 S.

i. 9). The frequent occurrence of this name in topography it is found in Brompton, Kentish Town, and Walworth, and also in Bath is probably owing to the circum- stance of Montpelier, one of the largest, richest, and most beautiful cities of France at the beginning of the nineteenth century, having been celebrated for its extremely healthy air, a condition which, though

unfavourable to consumptive patients, drew towards it invalids from all parts of Europe.

It was here, in the South of France, that Young's Narcissa, in the Third Night of his ' Complaint,' was said to have been taken " in a consumption,- and the story is very circumstantial, but quite untrue, for she died and was buried at Lyons, as we learn from Herbert Croft's account of the poet, published by Dr. Johnson, and from her burial registry and tombstone, both still in evidence at Lyons.

That it was not, however, the poet's fiction concerning his daughter's burial which rendered the name popular in street nomenclature is evident from the fact that there was a row of houses named Montpelier, with a Montpelier Chapel, in Twickenham, about 1720.

Montpelier Gardens in Walworth, which were situated about three-quarters of a mile on the right from the Elephant and Castle, along the high road to Camberwell, evidently reflected in their name the repute in which the famous Botanic Gardens of Montpelier were held. They are mentioned as early, at least, as 1803, when they are described as being " a compact place, some- thing similar to the Tea Garden at Camber- well Grove House, and noted for a small maze at the bottom of the garden. Tea, hot rolls, good wines, spirituous liquors, &c., n were provided, " for large parties n if necessary (' Picture of London 1 for that year). The gardens were still flourishing in 1830 ('Pic- ture of London*). Is not one correct in thinking that the Montpelier Gardens subse- quently (about 1840) became the Beehive Gardens, where the Montpelier Club was formed for the pursuit of cricket ? (See further Dr. Montgomery's ' History of Kennington,* 1889, pp. 169-71). Mont- pelier Square, Brompton, was built about 1837. At No. 11 resided the distinguished artist and antiquary F. W. Fairholt ; and No. 38 was the residence of Walter Lacy, the actor (Croker's ' Walk from London to Fulham *). J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

Montpellier in France was for some centuries a health resort where medical men congregated ; see 5 S. xii. 146. Rabelais and Rondelet were there ; and of English- men, Sir Kenelm Digby (see his ' Weapon- Salve '), Sir Thomas Browne, Sir Theodore Mayerne, and Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Oldham Taughs at those who " change our English for Montpellier air' 1 ('Para- phrase upon Horace, 1 II. xiv.). W. C. B.