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��1878, June 19th (Earl of Beaconsfield). Widow of MBS. MARGARET EMMEUNE MENZIES.

William

Menzies. " In recognition of the services rendered to the Crown by her

late husband, Mr. William Menzies, Deputy-Surveyor of Windsor Park, especially with reference to the ' separate system of drainage ' and other sanitary improvements. 501"

1878, June 19th (Earl of Becaonsfield).

Daughter of MlSS HARRIET MONICA CHISHOLM (now MRS. GRUGGEN). Mrs. Caroline

Chisholm. " In recognition of the services rendered by her mother, Mrs.

Caroline Chisholm, ' the Emigrants' Friend.' 50Z."

Caroline Chisholm, " the Emigrants' Friend," born at Wootton, May, 1808, daughter of William Jones, yeoman and philanthropist. Married Capt. Chisholm, of the East India Company's service. Died at Fulham, March 25th, 1877 ; buried at Northampton (' D.N.B.,' vol. x. ; ' The Emigrant's Guide to Australia,' with memoir and portrait, 1853 ; Michelet's ' La Femme,' 1860).

1882, June 10th (W. E. Gladstone).

Sister of T. H. MlSS MARIANNE ALICE ALINE BURKE.

" In consideration of the high character and distinguished services of her brother, Mr. T. H. Burke, and in view of all the circumstances of the case. 400?."

Thomas Henry Burke (1829-82), Under-Secretary of Ireland. He acted as private secretary to the Chief Secretaries Edward Cardwell, Sir Robert Peel, and Chichester P. Fortescue. In May, 1869, appointed Under-Secretary, and filled the post until his death, May 6th, 1882. Early in the evening of that day Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, while walking in the Phoenix Park, near Dublin, were assassinated by the members of a secret society calling themselves the Invincibles (' D.N.B.,' vol. vii.).

1883, February 2nd (W. E. Gladstone).

Widow of MRS. AUGTTSTE MARGHERETA ELIZABETH PALMER (now DONKIN).

" In recognition of the services of her late husband, Prof. Palmer, and in view of all the circumstances of the case. 200?."

Edward Henry Palmer (1840-82), Orientalist. In 1860 he made the acquaintance of Seyyid ' Abdallah, teacher of Hindustani at Cambridge, and this led Palmer to the study of Oriental languages, to which the rest of his life was devoted. He as early as 1862 presented " 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 transla-

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