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second, 1871, Emma Sophia, daughter of W. Johnson; and third, 1879, Rosa, daughter of Alfred Hugh de Melville. On the 23rd, at Leith, aged 55, John Goundry Holbnrn, M.P., son of Thomas Holburn, of Durham. Was self-educated, and began life as a tinplate worker ; was President of the Edinburgh and Leith Trades Council, 1871-5; Member of Leith Town Council, 1890-5; returned as Labour and Radical Member for North- West Lanarkshire, 1895. On the 23rd, at Porchester Terrace, London, aged 80, General John Cheape Brooke, son of Colonel C. W. Brooke. Joined 63rd Bengal Native Infantry, 1836 ; raised and disciplined the Meywar Bheels, and obtained great influence oyer them and the neighbouring chiefs ; kept quiet a large tract of country during the Mutiny, for which he was specially thanked; Political Agent at Jodhpur and Jeypore, 1860-70; Government Agent in Rajputana, 1870-3. Married, 1849, Emma C, daughter of Colonel L. H. Smith, Bengal Cavalry. On the 24th, at Glasgow, aged 52, Joseph Coats, M.D., son of William Coats, of Paisley. Educated at the Universities of Glasgow, Leipsig and Wiirzburg; graduated M.B. at Glasgow, 1867; M.D., 1870; editor of the Glasgow Medical Journal, 1878; Lecturer on Pathology, Glasgow University, 1890-4, when he was elected Professor; author of several medical works. Married, 1879, Georgina, daughter of John Taylor, of Demerara. On the 25th, at Clifton, aged 80, Bey. Thomas Hindu, B.A. (Lond.), F.B.8., son of Rev. William Hincks, F.L.S., of Exeter. Educated at the Unitarian School, and afterwards Minister of Mill Hill Chapel, 1842-50 ; author of several important works on zoology, including the "History of British Hydroid Zo- ophytes " (1868). On the 25th, at Paris, aged 87, Adolphe D'ennery (d' Hennery). Born at Paris ; started as an attorney's clerk, and afterwards studied art and took to journalism; produced his first play, "Emile," 1831, and continued writing from two to seven every year until 1887 ; left a fortune of 6,000,000 frs., and bequeathed his house and its Chinese and Japanese collections of great value to the State. On the 25th, at Hadleigh, Suffolk, aged 77, Very Bev. Edward Spooner, M.A. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford; B.A., 1842; Perpetual Curate, Holy Trinity, Haverstock, 1858 ; Rector of Heston, Middlesex, 1859-75 ; Rector of Hadleigh, 1875, with co-Deanery of Dorking. Married, first, 1857, Octavia, daughter of Sir Oswald Mosley, fifth baronet ; and second, 1885, Anna Frances, daughter of J. C. Cobbold, of Ipswich. On the 26th, at Dublin, aged 92, Sir John Nugent, son of J. Nugent, of Grenan, Co. Kilkenny. Educated at Clongower College and. Trinity College, Dublin ; M.B., 1827 ; travelling physician of Daniel O'Connell ; Inspector of Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, 1847-90. On the 27th, at Unington House, Stamford, aged 83, The Earl of Undsey, Montague Peregrine Bertie, eleventh earl. Educated at Eton; entered the Grenadier Guards, 1835. Married, 1854, Felicia Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Earle Welby, of Hareston, Leicestershire. On the 29th, at Moret, FontainebleaU, aged 58, Alfred Sisley, a landscape painter, who followed the traditions of the Barbizon school for some time, and subsequently fell under the influence of Monet. Belonged to a family of English origin ; studied under Gleyre, and then lived for some years at Hampton Court painting landscape ; returned to France, and was reckoned among the leading impressionists. On the 29th, at Leyden, aged 75, Robert Jacobus Fruln, a distinguished Dutch historian and Professor of Dutch History at the University of Leyden, 1860-94. Born at Rotherdam ; studied at Leyden, 1842-7 ; Professor of National History, 1860 ; author of several historical works. On the 29th, at Foxrook, Co. Dublin, aged 88, Lady Arabella Oeorgiana Brooke, daughter of eleventh Earl of Huntingdon. Married, 1833, George Frederick Brooke, of Ashbrook. On the 29th, at Gretton House, Winchcomb, aged 83, Hon. Emlllus John Weld-Forester, son of first Baron Forester. Entered the Army, 1832; served with 83rd Regiment through the Afghan Campaign, 1838-42 ; was present at the action before Jellalabad and the recapture of Cabul. On the 30th, at Wandsworth, aged 73, Major-General William Buxton AEneas Alexander. Entered the Bengal Army, 1842, and appointed to the Staff Corps ; served through the Punjab Campaign, 1848-9; Burmese War, 1852-3; Sonthal War, 1855 ; and the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8 ; distinguished himself at the siege of Agra ; raised and commanded for three years " Alexander's Horse." On the 30th, at Nice, aged 72, Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky, a distinguished Russian general. Took part in the conquest of the Caucasus and the capture of Schamyl, 1859 ; the Crimean War, 1854-5 ; the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, and especially the taking of Ears. On the 31st, at Sofia, aged 28, The Princess of Bulgaria, Princess Marie Louise, daughter of the Duke of Parma (Bourbon). Born at Vienna. Married, 1893, Prince Ferdinand, of Saxe-Coburg, elected Prince of Bulgaria. On the Sist, at Paris, aged 70, Sir Francis dare Ford, O.O.B., O.C.M.O., son of Richard Ford, the author of the " Handbook for Spain." Entered the Army and served

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