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which he was chaplain 1838-58. His brother Francis Hastings Gordon took his B.A. at Cambridge in 1831. What became of them ?

J. M. BULLOCH. 118, Pall Mall, S.W.

JOHN CALLAWAY or CANTERBURY. A writer in ' Memorials of Old Kent ' states that a certain John Callaway, Master of the Silk Weavers of Canterbury, invented in 1787 what became known as " Canterbury muslin."

Some time ago I purchased in that city an armorial book of " John Callaway," which from its style dates from about the year mentioned. Was this book-plate used by the Master of the Silk Weavers ? If so, what are the arms, and were they rightfully borne ? P. D. M.

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SANDGATE CASTLE : BRIGADIER-GENERAL Twiss' s PLANS. The late Mr, Rutton wrote in Arch. Cant., vols. xx. and xxi., i very careful account of the building of Sandgate Castle, gathered from the ledger preserved in the British Museum and dated 1539-40. He always deplored that we have no par- ticulars of the alterations made in 1805-6, transforming the building from an interest- ing edifice to a mere Martello tower of a larger growth than its neighbours. A few months ago Dr. Holland Rose sent me from the Pitt Papers a reference to the Castle. He wrote :

" On January 24th, 1805, Lord Chatham wrote to Pitt from St. James's Square as to the need of an early decision on the strengthening of Sandgate Castle according to the plans of Brigadier-General Twiss."

On my informing Mr. Rutton of this, he replied :

" The plans of Brigadier-General Twiss may turn up some day, but where to be found is the present question ! Plans would be interesting and informing, and an elevation or a view of the standing walls in January, 1805, would be even more so."

Can any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' assist in tracing these plans ?

R. J. FYNMORE. Sandgate.

WILLIAM SHEWEN, QUAKER. The ' Dic- tionary of National Biography ' gives an account of William Shewen of Bermondsey and Enfield, one of the first Quakers, born in 1631. He appears to have been well known in his time both as a preacher and writer of many works. He was the son of Ed- ward Shewen, of whom there is no mention, so far as I can ascertain, in the records of

either Bermondsey or Enfield. Where am I likely to obtain information regarding the parentage of William Shewen the Quaker ?

E. FITZGERALD. 1, Grove Court, Dray ton Gardens, S.W.

SIR MILES WHARTON. In an article on the creation of peers by Queen Anne to secure a ministerial majority in the Upper House, which appeared in The Nineteenth Century for January last, it is stated that of the twelve peers then created (1711),

" Samuel Masham, the husband of Abigail, was only chosen on the refusal of a barony by Sir Miles "Wharton, who said : ' This looks like serving a turn. Peers used to be made for services they have done, but I should be made for services that I am to do."

Who was Sir Miles Wharton ? I do not find his name in the ' D.N.B.' CURIOUS.

FRENCH AMBASSADORS IN LONDON. I am anxious to learn the names of the French Ambassadors in London from the Peace of Paris, 10 February, 1763, until the out- break of the Revolutionary War, 1 Febru- ary, 1793, and the exact dates on which each arrived and left London.

F. DE H. L.

LAWRENCE STREET, ST. GILES' S-IN-THE- FIELDS. Can any one state the origin of the name of this street ?

ALFRED SYDNEY LEWIS.

Library, Constitutional Club, W.C.

JOHN RIDER OF CAMBERWELL. I shall be obliged if any reader of ' N. & Q.' can give me information concerning John Rider, a resident of Camberwell Grove or Green circa 1830-40. Researches have been made at Somerset House for his will, but without success, although I know my grandfather examined it 60 years ago. I particularly want to know the parentage and ancestry of the above John Rider. I have investi- gated the pedigree of the Riders of Boughton Moncholsey, near Maidstone, but find no reference therein. I am much inclined to think that he came of a family named Rider who, as we know by the Lay Subsidy Lists, were resident at Compton, near Guildford. I have examined the obituary columns in The Gentleman's Magazine and The Times for that period, but find no account of his death. Can any of your readers tell me who represents him at the present time ? He had a brother named Thomas and a sister named Ann. Please reply direct.

A. G. MARKS.

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