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Douglas, Archibald, 2nd Earl of Forfar. Died 1715. Envoy Extraordinary to Prussia. Brigadier-General.

Duncon, Eleazar. Died 1050. Divine.

Elder, Charles. Born 1821. Died 1851. Por- trait painter.

Gower, Humphrey. Born 1638. Died 1711. Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity.

Greene, Maurice. Born 1096. Died 1755. Or- ganist of St. Paul's Cathedral and of the Chapel Royal. Professor of Music at Cambridge.

Hammond, Anthony. Born 1660. Died 1738. M.P. for the University of Cambridge.

Heath, Christopher. Born 1802. Died 1876. Succeeded Edward Irving as " Angel " or Chief Pastor of the Catholic Apostolic Church in England.

Horton, Thomas. Died 1673. President of Queens' College, Cambridge.

Meggott, Richard. Died 1692. Dean of Win- chester.

Montagu, Charles, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Manchester. Died 1722. Ambassador and Secretary of State.

Owen, John. Born 1766. Died 1822. One of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Paltock, Robert. Died 1757. Novelist. Author of ' The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins.'

Hebrew lexicographer.
 * Parkhurst, John. Born 1728. Died 1797.

Parsons, William. Born 1736. Died 1795. Actor and painter. Known as " The comic Roscius."

Pollock, Sir Jonathan Frederick, 1st Baronet. Born 1784. Died 1870. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

Pollock, Sir William Frederick, 2nd Baronet. Born 1816. Died 1888. Queen's Remem- brancer.

Postlethwayte, Matthew. Died 1745. Arch- deacon of Norwich.

fRawlinson, Richard. Born 1690. Died 1755. Non-Juring Bishop. Antiquary. Benefactor to tbe Bodleian.

Reynolds, Edward. Born 1629. Died 1698. Archdeacon of Norwich.

Rosewell, Samuel. Born 1680. Died 1722. Dissenting divine.

Sharp, Thomas. Died 1758. Prebendary of Durham. Author of the ' Life of Archbishop Sharp of York ' (his father).

Sterry, Nathaniel. Died 1698. Puritan divine.

Stillingfleet, Edward. Born 1660. Died 1708. F.R.S. Gresham Professor of Physic.

Strange, Sir John. Born 1695. Died 1754. Master of the Rolls.

Taylor, Thomas. Born 1759. Died 1835. Trans- lator of Plato and Aristotle.

Thesiger, Sir Frederick. Born 1758. Died 1805. Captain in the Royal Navy. Aide-de-camp to Nelson at Copenhagen.

Trevor, Sir John. Died 1717. Speaker of the House of Commons and Master of the Rolls.

Troubridge, Sir Thomas, Bart. Born 1758. Died 1807. Rear- Admiral and friend of Nelson.

Vere, Sir- Francis. Born 1560. Died 1609. General of the victorious English forces in the Low Countries in 1600. Monument in West- minster Abbey.

f Was also at Eton.
 * Was also at Rugby,

Vince, Samuel. Born 1749. Died 1821. Senior Wrangler. Plumian Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge.

Warner, John. Born 1735. Died 1800. Chap- lain to the British Embassy in Paris during the French Revolution.

Wetherell, Sir Charles. Born 1771. Died 1846. Attorney-General in two administrations.

MICHAEL F. J. MCDONNELL.

Bathurst, Gambia, British West Africa.

'THE

MORNING 1772-1916.

POST,'

(See ante, pp. 301, 322.)

IN 1876 Mr. Rideout, Crompton's nephew to whom The Morning Post had been left, died. Borthwick was again doomed to dis- appointment, but Mr. Andrew Montagu came to the rescue, and, by lending him the money to purchase the paper, prevented him from seeing all the fruits of his life's work snatched from him. He had made three fortunes out of the paper for others. Some years later he was able to write to his generous friend :

" The hour has come when prosperity has enabled me to repay all that you have advanced- . . . .But I feel more in debt than ever, for in no way can I requite your friendship or offer you more tlmn truest gratitude."

In one codicil to Rideout's will the price of the paper was fixed at 25,OOOZ. In an- other Mr. T. L. Coward, the manager, was given his position for life, or an annuity equivalent to his then salary. This made matters rather complicated ; but Coward's friendship with Borthwick enabled a pleasant arrangement to be made, and Coward (who was one of the most amiable of men, and an enthusiastic worker in the interests of the paper) remained manager.

At last Borthwick was able to look forward to the accomplishment of what he had so long desired the reduction of the price of the paper from threepence to a penny. He had urged Crompton to do this, but Crompton had not been inclined to take the risk, although Borthwick told him that

" the new generation had come to look on the Post as a mere fashionable paper, and are con- sequently as amazed at real news appearing in its columns as if it had been published in The Court Journal."

In making the change Borthwick had a strong supporter in Coward, whose professional sagacity he found very helpful. Coward told me that he had not looked for the large additional expenses that had to be incurred in obtaining a greater variety of out- side news ; but happily this difficulty was overcome, and both Borthwick and Coward