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��NOTES BY THE WAY.

��Public Service (naval).

Daughter of

Admiral

Hoste.

��PUBLIC SERVICE (NAVAL).

1856, March 4th (Lord Palmerston). PSYCHE ROSE ELIZABETH HOSTE.

" Daughter of the late Admiral Sir William Hoste. In con- sideration of the naval services of her father, and her own destitute and infirm condition. 50Z."

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

��1873, March 1st (W. E. Gladstone). Widow of MBS. FREDERICK LOUISA KNOWLES (now CAWSE).

Knowles. " I n consideration of the heroic conduct of her late husband,

Capt. Knowles, on the occasion of the loss of the Northfleet. 50Z."

The Northfleet lost off Dungeness on the 22nd of January, 1873, with three hundred lives.

1887, July 28th (Marquis of Salisbury). Widow of MRS. MARY L. NEELD.

" In consideration of the death of her husband, Major Neild, R.M., from the effects of a wound received while on duty at Charles- town, and of her destitute condition. 100?."

��Admiral Hewett.

��1888, October 25th (Marquis of Salisbury).

Miss EVELYN LUCY HEWETT (now BROUGHAM) and Miss JANB HEWETT (now LAING).

" In consideration of the distinguished naval services of their late father, Admiral Sir W. N. W. Hewett, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., and of their destitute condition. 151. each."

William Nathan Wrighte Hewett (1834-88), son of Dr. Hewett, physician to William IV., was in command of a Lancaster gun before Sebastopol (' D.N.B.,' vol. xxvi.).

��Public

Service

(military).

Daughter of General Cathcart.

��PUBLIC SERVICE (MILITARY).

1856, March 4th (Lord Palmerston). JANE CATHCART and EMILY SARAH CATHCART.

" The two eldest daughters of the late Lieut.-General Sir George Cathcart. In consideration of the distinguished services of their father, and his death on the field of battle when in command of a division of Her Majesty's forces, 100Z. each,"

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