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a ground of black velvet forming the centre of the regulation-pattern gilt star and wreath. On the universal scroll thereof is " Royal West Kent Regiment." The motto " Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt " (" Whither Right and Glory lead ") was originally that of the 97th Regiment, now the 2nd Batta- lion. In ' The Records and Badges of the British Army,' by Chichester and Surges - Short (published by Clowes & Sons in 1885), it is stated :

" The ' INVICTA ' badge, the badge of the Militia of Kent from time immemorial, has only been adopted by the Royal West Kent Regiment (s by other Kentish regiments) since the intro- duction of the territorial system, although the local connexion of the regiment with Kent is over a century old. For many years the grena- diers and drummers of the 50th, like those of all -other line regiments, wore the Hanover Horse on their bearskin caps."

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), late 3rd (East Kent, the Buffs) Regiment of Foot, have three badges.

1. The green dragon or griffin. The regiment was formed in 1572 by the London guilds and the Dutch Church in London to help the Dutch in their fight against Spain and for the cause of religious liberty. Anti- quaries are divided in their opinion as to (a) whether this dragon, originated from the crest of the city of London, where it was raised; (6) whether it was derived from Queen Elizabeth, in whose reign it was formed (she had a dragon for one of the supporters of the royal arms); or (c) whether it is emblematical of the Dutch story of the Golden Dragon's nest.

2. The second badge of the regiment is a rose and crown, a white rose in the centre of a red one (part of the arms of Queen Elizabeth).

3. The third badge of the Buffs, worn on the tunic collars, is the White Horse of Kent, with the Kentish motto " Invicta."

The royal warrant of 1751 directed that the " White Horse of Hanover " should be worn on the caps of the grenadiers and drummers of the regiment, as well as the dragon. The " White Horse of Kent " was not worn by the 3rd Buffs until after the adoption of the territorial system, although the corps has been cdnnected with East Kent ever since 1782. I ought to mention that the dragon stands on a scroll bearing the regimental motto, " Veteri Frondescit Honore " (" It nourishes with its ancient honour ").

The book to which I have previously referred, ' The Records and Badges of the British Army,' in further allusion to the

Kentish badge, adds : " The White Horse of Kent with its proud motto ' Invicta ' is popularly supposed to be the battle-emblem of Hengist and Horsa."

The following authorities may also be consulted as to further details regarding the facts mentioned above :

Cannon's ' Historical Record of .the 3rd Regi- ment of Foot, or the Buffs, to 1838.' Illustrated with plates. Longmans, 1839.

' The History of the 50th (the Queen's Own) Regiment, from the earliest date to the year 1881.' By Colonel Fyler. Coloured illustrations, maps and plans. Chapman & Hall, 1S95.

G. YARBOW BALDOCK, Major.

DYDE (12 S. iii. 417). Dr. Samuel W. Dyde is Principal of Robertson Presby- terian College, Stratheona, Alberta, Canada. He was long a Professor of Philosophy in Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and to Kingston he is next year (1918) to return. He was Professor of Philosophy in the Univer- sity of New Brunswick, at Fredericton, for a few years from 1885.

At least one of Dr. Dyde's sons is serving with the Canadians in the English army. His family came from Scotland, I believe. W. F. P. STOCEXEY.

W. Dyde, printer of Tewkesbury, com- piled and published the ' History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury,' 1790; later editions, 1798 and 1803. W. B. H.

Dyde is, I think, a Southern variant of the Northern surname Deede or Deedes, which occurs in Yorkshire in the fourteenth century; see Bardsley's ' Surnames.' Thus the English verb die becomes in Scotch dee, " lay me down and dee " (' Annie Laurie '). Deede is derived from a Saxon personal name Ded or Dede, which is found in the place-names Dedworth, Dedham, Didsbury, &c. N. W. HILL.

The name of Dyde is well known in Wat- ford, the family being old-established country folk. C. E. H. E.

BURLINGTON HOUSE COLONNADE (12 S. iii. 476). In his most useful book on ' The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London,' Lieut. -Col. Sexby, V.D., men- tions (p. 28) that,

" unprotected as [the stones of the colonnade] were, they naturally suffered much through the rough usage of crowds of holiday-makers, BO that it would have been almost impossible to have re-erected them in their original state. The scheme proposed was to form them into a ruin, somewhat similar to those in the Pare Monceaux at Paris, and it was hoped that Government