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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. v. MAY 4, 1912.

well-defined area of residence was in Mid- Kent, between Maidstone. Rochester, and Sevenoaks, where there is a remarkable series of megalithic remains, including the well-known " Kit's Coty House," halfway up the southern slope of the North Downs on a site which overlooks the valley of the Medway. It has been observed that crom- lechs are more numerous in Cornwall than in Kent, though the two areas might have been thought equally likely to afford examples. The statement that a larger proportion of cromlechs is to be found on and near the coast, rather than inland, is made in a paper on ' Cromlechs and Mega- lithic Structures,' by H. W. Westropp and A. Lane Fox, in The Journal of the Ethno- logical Society of London (April, 1869), and also in a paper by George Clinch in The Reliquary and Illustrated Archceologist (July, 1905). WILLIAM MAC ARTHUR.

Dublin.

THE HOLLIER HEBREW SCHOLARSHIP. There exists a foundation or fund, vested in the Trustees of University College, Gower Street, from which, annually, are awarded to the successful candidates in Hebrew and Greek two sums of 60Z. each. These prizes were left by a certain Mr. Hollier, of whose history and the circum- stances connected with his bequest I should very much like to have the fullest informa- tion available. M. L. R. BRESLAR.

Percy House, South Hackney.

PAGANEL AS A CHRISTIAN NAME. In the Hale pedigree I have come across the above used as a Christian name. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' tell ine how it originated, where, and when ? Is it derived from the Latin (paganus) ? How is it pronounced that is, what is the value of the a's ?

EL SOLTERO.

Eagle Pass, Texas.

COMPSTON FAMILY: THE NAME. I shall be glad of any information touching the origin of the name Compston, and its vari- ants Kempston, Cumpston, and possibly Cumpstey, Comstive, &c. It is quite distinct from the commoner Compton.

It might originally be a place-name, pro- bably not Com- or Comp-stone, but Comps- ton. The latter might be the " ton " of a Compt ; or a ton at which were kept the accompts of an estate, as at a manor house ; in which case there is suggestion of Norman association.

The Compstons of Kendal and West- morland were formerly well known, and

those of Lanes and Yorks seem to be of the same stock. Have the registers of Kirkby Stephen and of Gargrave ever been pub- lished ? My father was a native (1806) of Gargrave, near Skipton, and his father is said to have gone thither " from Lanca- shire." S. COMPSTON. Rawtenstall, Lanes.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.

1. EDMUND CALAMY (1697-1755). When and whom did he marry ? The ' D.N.B.,' viii. 235, mentions his son, but says nothing about his wife.

2. MATTHEW CLARKE THE ELDER, CON- GREGATIONAL MINISTER. When and whom did he marry ? The ' D.N.B.,' x. 437, gives no assistance.

3. WILLIAM DANIEL CONYBEARE. When and whom did he marry ? The ' D.N.B.,' xii. 62, merely states that he was married in 1814.

4. FENTON. Where can I obtain informa- tion about Mr. Fenton, the well-known scene-painter of the Haymarket Theatre ? What was his Christian name, and when did he die ? G. F. R. B.

INCIDENTS AT DETTINGEN. I should be greatly obliged for any information and authority you or any of your readers could give me as to the following, all connected with the battle of Dettingeri.

1. A company of Handyside's Foot (22nd Regiment) defended the king under an oak tree ; the king, plucking a leaf from the tree, told them to wear it in memory of their gallant conduct.

2. At the London military pageant of 1910 the Cheshire Regiment took part in the scenes depicting the battle of Dettingen, 27 June, 1743, and especially the action of Trooper Brown (of the regiment) in saving the only remaining colour of the 3rd Hussars.

3. At a later period, when speaking of the battle, King George said that the men of the 22nd were as true as their native oak.

I understand some considerable corre- spondence took place in T. P.'s Weekly (March, 1904) upon this subject.

Lord Carteret's dispatch, June, 1743, may contain something, but I do not know how to get at it. I am also informed that a pamplilet was published containing letters from officers and soldiers present at the battle. ' For the Sake of Those who Love Truth ' I have heard was the title, but am not certain that that is correct.

FRANK SIMPSON.