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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. vm. JULY 20, 1901.

'Abdallah, teacher of Hindustani at Cam- bridge, and this led Palmer to the study of Oriental languages, to which the rest of his life was devoted. He as early as 1862 pre- sented " elegant and idiomatic Arabic verses to the Lord Almoner's professor, Thomas Preston. Elected to a Fellowship at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1867, after an examination by Prof. Cowell, who expressed his delight at his " masterly translations and exhaustless vocabulary." He was sent by Mr. Gladstone on a secret expedition to Egypt on the 30th of June, 1882, and on the night of the 10th of August he, Capt. William John Gill, R.E., and Flag-Lieutenant Harold Charrington were taken prisoners by the Arabs, and the following morning were shot. Their remains were brought home and buried in the crypt of St. Paul's, April 6th, 1883 ('D.N.B.,' vol. xliii.).

1885, August 24th (Marquis of Salisbury). THE REV. JAMES INCHES HILLOCKS.

" In consideration of his labours to improve the condition of the poor. 151"

1885, August 24th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. ANN MARTHA RADCLIFFE.

" In recognition of the valuable services rendered to sanitary science by her husband, the late Mr. John Netten Radcliffe. 100J."

Contributor to the Lancet; employed by the Government to inquire into the question of Asiatic cholera during the Crimean War. In 1867 he drew up the now famous report on cholera in the East-End of London (obituary notice, Lancet, Sept. 20th, 1884).

1888, January 4th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. ISABELLA SARAH MCCLATUHIE.

" In consideration of the long and valuable services of her late brother, Sir Henry Parkes, and of her destitute condition. 75/."

Sir H. Parkes (1828-85), diplomatist ('D.N.B.,' vol. xliii.).

1888, April 18th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. BARBARA SELDON.

" In consideration of the services of her late husband, Mr. Samuel Seldon, Principal of the Statistical Department of Her Majesty's Customs, and of her destitute condition.

1889, May 10th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. HELEN PATEY.

"In consideration of the services rendered by her late husband, Mr. C. H. B. Patey in the improvement of the telegraph services of

this country, and of her inadequate means of support. 200J."

1889, August 30th (Marquis of Salisbury).

MRS. ELLEN S. SCOTT.

"In consideration of the services of her late husband, Major-General Henry Scott, C.B., R.E., to science and art, and of her in- adequate means of support. 100."

Henry Young Darracott Scott (1822-83), second lieutenant Royal Engineers, 1840. At Chatham he had charge of the chemical laboratory. There he perfected the selenitic lime which goes by his name. His system of representing ground by horizontal hachures and a scale of shade was adopted for the army as the basis of military sketching. He was employed under the commission of the Exhibition of 1851, arid on Sir Henry Cole's retirement was appointed secretary. He also rendered service to many subsequent exhibi- tions (' D.N.B.,' vol. li).

1891, June 10th (Marquis of Salisbury). Miss IZA DUFFUS HARDY.

"In recognition of the long and valuable services of her late father, Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, and in consideration of her inade- quate means of support. IQOl."

Thomas Duffus Hardy (1804-78), archivist, entered the Government service, 1819, in the branch Record Office at the Tower of London. On Petrie's retirement the compilation of the 'Monumenta Historica,' published in 1848, was entrusted to him. He succeeded Pal- grave as Deputy - Keeper of the Records, July 15th, 1861 (' D.N.B.,' vol. xxiv.).

1891, June 10th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. ELIZA BRISTOW.

" In recognition of the long services of her husband, the late Mr. H. W. Bristow, on the Geological Survey, and in consideration of her inadequate means of support. 45."

H. W. Bristow, F.R.S.; died June 14th, 1889 (Athencewn obituary notice, June 22nd, 1889).

1892, January 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury). LADY GREEN.

"In recognition of the long and valuable services of her late husband, Sir William Kirby Green, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tangiers, and in consideration of her inadequate means of support. 1201."

Sir William Kirby Green, a distinguished savant of the Foreign Office. Consul- General m Tunis when the French went there, and afterwards in Albania.