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He was probably bom in 1800, and died in 1883.

" John, or ' Jack,' Joel was the brother of Joby. He was a small man, who hirpled about with a straw hat like his brother's and a squeaky voice. He was employed on the cricket grounds, and had some knowledge of bowling underhand. He had a single-picket match with ' Picky ' Powell in 1858, which the latter won. He could play the fiddle, and on one occasion, after hearing Joachim At a concert in College Hall, he had the privilege of handling the great man's violin. He ended a useful life in 1902 at the age of 84."

Those are A. C. A.'s words, but I think he is mistaken about " Jack " Joel's age. On June 4, 1897, I met " Jack " in Windsor, at the foot of the " hundred steps " leading up to the Terrace. He mistook me for my eldest brother, many years my senior and long ago deceased, who when a boy at Eton hit him a violent blow on the head with a cricket ball an accident which he never forgotr. After a pleasant chat I bought from him a little pamphlet called ' Reminiscences of John Joel,' which is now before me, and, though written in artless style, records some interesting facts. He says that he was born at Cotton Hall near Eton, Dec. 2, 1815, which would make him 86 or 87 at the time of his death, instead of 84, thus lessening what appears too large a gap in age between him and his elder brother, whom A. C. A. has shown to be the true and original " Joby " ; the others (Alfred Knock included) are all imitations.

PHILIP NORMAN.

"BLIGHTY" {12 S. i. 151, 194, 292). I liave just returned wounded from France, formation you have already published.
 * nd should like to add a little to the in-

Apart from all constructions upon, and suggestions made in regard to, the word " Blighty," it doubtless originated through the numerous cases of " Trench feet " and other limbs rendered useless owing to frost- bite. During the earlier part of the war the expression of " having got the Blight " was a common one always referring to the incapacity caused by the reason stated. Such cases were at that time invariably sent home for treatment, resulting in the other 3xpression of " having got Blighty."

HARRY LAMSLEY. Croxley Green, Herts.

SANDFORD FAMILY (12 S. ii. 291). For the pedigree of this family see George W. Marshall's ' Genealogist's Guide,' 1903, which -contains a list of sources.

E. E. BARKER.

FOREIGN GRAVES OF BRITISH AUTHORS, &c. (12 S. ii. 172, 254, 292).

"Thomas Campbell died at Boulogne, 5, Rue St. Jean, where he lived for several years, on the 15th of June (1844), aged 67, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. The Doctor Beattie, the biographer and friend of Campbell, in concert with Mr. Hamilton, the British Consul, placed the fol- lowing inscription above the door of the bed-room in which the poet expired :

ICI EST MORT THOMAS CAMPBELL,

AUTEUK DBS PLAISIRS DE L'ESPEKANCE,

XV JUIN M DCCC XLIV.

The inscription in [*ic for is] engraved on a black marble slab in letters of gold.

The poet Churchill, surnamed the Juvenal of England, died also at Boulogne, in the month of December 1764. He lived for many years in the Rue Neuve-Cliaussee." ' New Guide to Boulogne- sur-mer,' by J. Brunet, 6th edition, Boulogne-sur- mer, 1856, p. 52.

In ' Merridew's Illustrated Guide to Boulogne-sur-mer,' llth edit., 1898, p. 33, it is said that Charles Churchill died, Nov. 4, 1764, " in Rue Adolphe Thiers, most pro- bably at the Hotel d'Irlande (now pulled down) "

" He was on his way to Paris to join his friend John Wilkes, He died of miliary fe%-er, on the second day after his arrival, and his remains were removed to Dover, where they were buried in the churchyard of St. Martin-le-Grand." Excepting that Rue Adolphe Thiers is Rue Neuve-Chaussee under another name, these two accounts of Churchill do not agree.

Merridew's ' Guide ' gives (pp. 86, 87) the names of some of the English who lie buried in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise of Boulogne, adjoining the St. Omer Road :

General Sir John B. Hearsey, the hero of Seetabuldee.

General Sir C. M. Carmichael.

General Sir T. H. Page.

General Pennel Cole, R.E.

General John Kettlewell, R.A.

Sir Nicolas Harris Nicolas, the historian.

Basil Montague, the vegeiarian.

C. Purton Cooper, Q.C.

Katherine, Countess of Dundonald.

Smithson Tennant, M.D., lecturer on chemistry at Cambridge.

Sir William Ouseley, envoy to Persia.

Capt. W. Tune, who for many years com- manded the first English steamer plying between London and Boulogne.

Thomas Green, commander, officers, pas- sengers, and crew of the English ship Reliance, wrecked off Merlimont, Nov. 12, 1812, seven persons only having been saved out of 116.

Some members of the O'Mahoney and Loughnan families, the latter being great aenefactors of the new cathedral.