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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* S.VHL JULY 13,1901.

nexion with his services as editor of the 4 English Dialect Dictionary.' 200/."

1899, June 14th (Marquis of Salisbury). Miss EMMA CAROLINE ARMSTRONG and Miss JULIA AGNES ARMSTRONG.

" Jointly and to the survivor of them. In consideration of the labours of their late father, Dr. Robert Archibald Armstrong, the Gaelic lexicographer, and of their destitute con- dition. 25Z."

Gaelic scholar.

1899, August 18th (Marquis of Salisbury). MR. BENJAMIN HARRISON.

" In consideration of his researches on the subject of prehistoric flint implements. 26

1900, March 21st (Marquis of Salisbury). MR. ROBERT DREW HICKS.

" In consideration of his services to classical scholarship and of the failure of his sight. 125Z."

Teacher at Trinity College, Cambridge ; well known on the Continent as well as in England for his work on Aristotle.

EXPLORERS.

1858, February 15th (Lord Palmerston). Miss MARY H. L. LANDER.

"In consideration of the eminent services of her father, the late Mr. John Lander, who died from the effects of the climate whilst exploring the River Niger, and of the straitened circumstances in which she was placed at his decease. 501."

John Lander (1807-39), African traveller; was by trade a printer : died at thirty-two from a malady contracted in Africa (' D.N.B.,' vol. xxxii.).

1872, December 20th (W. E. Gladstone). MRS. LOUISA CHESNEY.

" Widow of the late General Chesney. In consideration of the services of her late husband in connexion with the Euphrates Expedition in 1835. 100 J."

Francis Rawdon Chesney, 1789-1872, the explorer of the Euphrates and founder of the overland route to India. It was on the strength of Chesney's report that De Lesseps, by his own frank admission, was first led to attempt the great enterprise of the Suez Canal ('D.N.B.,' vol. x.).

1873, December 26th (W. E. Gladstone). LADY CONSTANCE M'CLURE.

"In consideration of the services of her late husband, Vice- Admiral Sir Robert J. L. M'Clure, in the exploration of the Arctic regions, &c. 1001."

Sir Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure 1807-73 ('D.N.B.,' vol. xxxv.).

1874, March 17th (Benjamin Disraeli). Miss ANNA MARY LIVINGSTONE (now MRS. WILSON) and Miss AGNES LIVINGSTONE (now MRS. BRUCE).

" In recognition of the value of their father's geographical discoveries in Central Africa. 501. each."

David Livingstone, 1813-73 (' D.N.B.,' vol. xxxiii.).

1890, March 4th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. KATE J. LIVINGSTONE.

" In consideration of the services rendered by her late father-in law, Dr. David Living- stone, the African explorer, and of her inade- quate means of support. 501"

1894, June 19th (Earl of Rosebery). MRS. AMY CAMERON.

" In consideration of the services rendered to geographical science by her late husband, Capt. Verney Lovett Cameron, R.N., C.B. 501."

Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-94) took part in the Abyssinian Expedition. In 1872 appointed to an expedition to relieve Living- stone ; met Livingstone's followers bearing his remains to the coast (' Chambers's Bio- graphical Dictionary ').

1900, May 25th (Marquis of Salisbury). Miss EMILY VICTORIA BISCOE.

" In consideration of the services rendered bo Antarctic exploration by her late father, Capt. John Biscoe, and of her inadequate means of support. 301."

The Southern Continent was discovered by ! apt. John Biscoe on the 27th of February, L831, and named by him Enderby Land, after the gentleman who had equipped him for the voyage. He also discovered Graham's Land on February 15th, 1832 ('Haydn's Dictionary of Dates').

PUBLIC SERVICE (NAVAL). 1856, March 4th (Lord Palmerston). D SYCHE ROSE ELIZABETH HOSTE.

"Daughter of the late Admiral Sir William loste. In consideration of the naval services )f her father, and her own destitute and nfirm condition. 501."

Sir William Hoste, 1780-1828 ('D.N.B.,' rol. xxvii.).

1873, March 1st (W. E. Gladstone). MRS. FREDERICK LOUISA KNOWLES (now

CAWSE).

" In consideration of the heroic conduct of ler late husband, Capt. Knowles, on the occasion of the loss of the Northfleet. 501" The Northfleet lost off Dungeness on the