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It may, however, be quite new, as there is undoubtedly a tendency to prefer novel and unique pronunciations for family names. Witness the Keighley family, whose members persist in calling themselves Keithley.

JAMES PLATT, Jun.

PUNCH. This beverage, " known in 1679," from the ' Travels of Olearius,' of which the earliest edition in English seems to be 'The Voyages and Travels of the Ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein to the Grand Duke of Moscovy and King of Persia, 1639- 1646,' translation by John Davies, 1662, has an early mention, as being in common use, on 10 June, 1690 :

" * And [supper being brought] let us have some Punch made, said I, hoping to bring him to a better temper." John Goad, 'A Memorandum of the Won- derful Providences of God during the time of the Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion and to the Revolu- tion of 1688' (otherwise ' A Contemporary Account of the Sufferings of the Rebels sentenced by Judge Jefferies'), London, 1849, pp. 129, 131, post. p. 1. See "Macaulay's 'Hist.,' vol. i. p. 647 n." (pref. p. vi). ED. MARSHALL, F.S.A.

GAINSBOROUGH'S LOST * DUCHESS.' (See 1 Lady Elizabeth Foster,' ante, p. 194.) With reference to the letter of MR. ALGERNON GRAVES, in which it is stated that the missing portrait was not that of the Duchess Georgiana, but that of Lady Elizabeth Foster, second wife of the duke, I append an extract from a letter addressed to myself by the librarian of Chats worth, who is also librarian of the House of Lords :

House of Lords, Feb. 14, 1898.

The Hat picture which was stolen undoubtedly

represents Georgiana.

Your obedient servant,

S. ARTHUR STRONG.

I also append a copy of a letter addressed by Messrs. Thomas Agnew & Son, from whom tne picture is said to have been stolen, to Messrs. Blackie & Son, publishers of 'The Two Duchesses':

Old Bond Street, London, W.

May 7, 1897.

DEAR SIRS, In reply to your inquiry, we beg to say that we have always believed the portrait to represent Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Yours faithfully,

THOS. AGNEW & SON. VERB FOSTER, Grandson of Lady Elizabeth Foster, and

editor of ' The Two Duchesses.' Belfast.

WILLIAM BAFFIN. He died intestate. In the letters of administration, P.C.C., granted 17 May, 1623, to his widow Susanna, he is described as "William Baflen [sic\ late of

jing, Middlesex, and in parts beyond eceased." Another grant of administra- tion was issued 2 Nov., 1647, to Elizabeth Humf reyes as being the next of kin to William Baffin deceased, Susanna Baffin, his widow and administratrix, being also dead. If Mrs. Baffin married again she must have wedded one of her first husband's name, as all changes of name by marriage or otherwise are par- ticularly noted in the Act Books, where she simply appears as "Susanna Baffen." It seems clear that the famous navigator left no children or near relations. Owing to the rarity of the name, I thought at one time that he might be connected with Symon Baffin, of Rollright, Oxfordshire, whose estate was administered to in the P.C.C. by his elder brother Samuel 11 Dec., 1658.

ITA TESTOR.

CHARLES III. OF SPAIN. In the last edition of Murray's 'Handbook for Travellers in Sussex' (1893) we are told (p. 123) that

"Charles III. of Spain rested some days here

[at Petworth] on his way to visit Queen Anne at Windsor."

It should have been stated that the Arch- duke Charles, here referred to (who, by the way, remained only one night at Petworth House), was never generally acknowledged as King of Spain, and finally renounced his claim in 1711, when he succeeded his brother on the Imperial throne as Charles VI. The Bourbon dynasty remained on that of Spain, and a prince of that house succeeded his brother Ferdinand VI. as Charles III. in 1759. However, I gather from a query of MR. HAINES in 'N. & Q.,' 8 th S. viii. 328 (where, by-the-by, 1708 appears by a misprint for 1703), that the above statement in the 'Handbook' is a great improvement on that in some previous editions, where the Arch- duke is called " Charles VI. of Spain," a title never held except by the Carlist pretender who died in 1861. W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

ACQUISITION OF SURNAMES. The settle- ment of Norwegian peasantry in Wisconsin dates from about the year 1850. These people were all baptized Lutherans. They had no permanent surnames, but only patronymics. Ole, the son of Stephen, would call himself Ole Stephenson; and Stephen, the son of Ole, would be known as Stephen Oleson. When these people began to acquire landed property, the absence of surnames was highly inconvenient. Each was then advised to take the name of the estate in Norway to which his family had been attached. Thus, to instance some actual cases, Ole Stephenson becamo