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Bank of England, and a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital." He died 21 Nov., 1763, aged 82. The monument was erected by their only daughter, Julia Carter of Warlies in this parish. James Spilman was, according to the registers, of Conduit Street, Hanover Square.

(1) Is anything known about him ? Is he the same James Spilman who wrote a treatise published in 1742, * A Journey through Russia into Persia, by two English Gentlemen,' &c. ?

(2) The sculpture seems to be excellent, but there is no signature. It would appear to suggest John Bacon, who commenced monumental work about that time. Is there any complete list of Bacon's works published ? G. H. J.

NAIRNE. Sir David Nairne (Secretary- Deput for Scotland, 1704) was appointed Secretary to the Order of the Thistle 29 Jan., 1704, and died at his residence in St. James's Street, London, S.W., on 2 Aug., 1734. On the nomination of the Duke of Argyll, he was appointed to act as secretary to the Scottish Lords appointed by Queen Anne to confer with the English lords with regard to the proposed Union of England and Scot- land. His seal, as shown on documents at the Record Office, is the arms of Nairne of St. Fort, or Sandford, co. Fife.

A David Nairne went with King James II. to exile in France, owing to the English Houses of Parliament handing the English crown to William of Orange. This David Nairne, evidently a faithful retainer of the Royal House of Stuart, attended to King James's correspondence, as shown by the Nairne papers in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and the Stuart papers in the library at Windsor Castle.

Are any personal details known of the latter Nairne ? and was he of the same family or branch as Sir David Nairne ?

C. S. NAIRNE.

JOHN AND BENJAMIN MOSSE. Can any of your readers say what Hying or curacy the Rev. Dr. John Mosse held before he was instituted Rector of Great Hampden, Bucks, in July, 1750 ? He was born 1715 ; M.A. and D.C.L. of Queen's College, Oxford ; and died at Great Hampden Rectory in 1785. Also, what curacy did his son, the Rev. Ben- jamin Mosse, M.A. and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, hold between 1779 and 1790 ? He was ordained at Buckden, Hunts (then in the diocese of Lincoln), in September, 1779. E. W. M. B.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED*

Can correspondents of ' N. & Q.' give me- any information about the following boys who were educated at Westminster School t (1) John Bennett, admitted 1 Oct., 1822, aged 13 ; (2) John William Bennett, ad- mitted 13 Jan., 1817, aged 8 ; (3) Philip George Le Brocq, admitted 1 Oct., 1846, aged 13 ; (4) Charles Lydiard, admitted 19 Sept., 1817, aged 14 ; (5) John Santer, admitted 27 Jan., 1780 ; and (6) Christlove- Seysfort, admitted 19 Jan., 1779.

G. F. R. B.

HISTORICAL MSS. In my possession are the undernoted historical MSS. I should feel gratified if any of your readers could inform me whether any of them have been published, and where.

(a) ' Fanusius Campanus : ' De Familiis Illus- tribus Italiae ac earum Origine,' libri v. (dated ai end 1576), in Latin.

(6) ' Francisci Giulielmi Triangii Historia Caesaris Leopold! Magni,' libri ii. (contemporary with Maria Theresa, to whom it is dedicated), in Latin.

(c) Cesare Camparelli : ' Discorse della Mqn- archia di Spagnia,' in thirty-two chapters (six- teenth or seventeenth century), in Italian.

(d) Pietro Dusina : ' Relatione et Discorso di Malta : Pa. Parte, Della Keligione di S. Gio. Hierosolimitano ; Seconda Parte, Del Isola di Malta ' (sixteenth or seventeenth century), in Italian.

(e) Strozzi : ' Vite o Discorsi sopra le Azioni dli. Uomini Illustri dla. Famiglia Fiorentina de Strozzi' (sixteenth or seventeenth century), in Italian.

(/) G. Letti : ' Serie delli Vescovi di Geneva. Descritta dal Sig. Gregorio Letti. Dove trat- tasi delle Tre Religione, Gentile, Cattolica, e Galvinista ' (including ' Vita di Calvino e Vita e Morte di Teodoro di Beza '), (seventeenth cen- tury), in Italian.

ROBERT McCmRE.

23, Cromwell Street, Glasgow.

DESPICHT. I should feel much obliged if any reader could tell me who are the publishers for Joseph Despicht's plays. I believe he is a well - known educational authority. He has written a play entitled ' In 1999.' This may serve as a guide.

W. C. G.

DR. NEHEMIAH GREW. I desire to know whether Dr. Nehemiah Grew, the first and most comprehensive botanical anatomist and physiologist of this country, who was Fellow and Secretary of the Royal Society, and died in 1711, had any sons or nephews, and, if so, what were their names.

(Miss) JULIA E. GREW.

28, Chesham Place, Hackney, N.E.