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Dashwood, baronet. On the 1st, at Lordship Park, North London, aged 80, Robert Baillie, an eminent engineer. Born near Edinburgh; became partner with Mr. Joseph Westwood, 1847, and was a subcontractor oi the Britannia Tubular Bridge, Menai Straits, 1847-9; constructed the Sukkur, Attock and Ghenab Bridges in India and many large works for the Cape and South America, and subsequently several ships of war. Married, 1889, Emma, daughter of Jonathan Bickford, of Milbrook, Cornwall. On the 2nd, at Cadogan Square, aged 68, Richard Chamberlain, son of Joseph Chamberlain, of Moor Green, Birmingham. Born at London; educated at University College School; estab- lished at Birmingham, 1868 ; elected Member of the City Council, 1874 ; Mayor, 1879-80 ; sat as a Liberal for West Islington, 1886-92. Married, first, 1872, Mary, daughter of William Henry Dawes, of Kenilworth ; and second, 1887,' Rahmen Theodora, daughter of Captain Sir J. Swinburne, K.N., seventh baronet. On the 2nd, at Paris, aged 72, Madame Michelet, nie Mialaret. Married the great historian, 1849 ; assisted her husband in his works, and was author of " La Nature " and " Memoires d'une Enfant," etc. On the 2nd, at Brompton, aged 60, Rom Leclerque (Mrs. Fuller), a popular actress, who first appeared at the Princess's Theatre under Charles Eean's management, 1866, and continued to act until within ten days of her death. On the 3rd, at Aroo, South Tyrol, aged 64, Archduke Ernest, second son of Archduke Penier. Born at Milan ; General of Cavalry in the Austrian Army. On the 4th, at Roseborough, Co. Kildare, aged 66, Hon. Charles Fowler Bonrke, O.B., son of fifth Earl of Mayo. Private Secretary to Lord Naas and Lord Winmarleigh when Chief Secretaries to the Lord- Lieutenant ; Inspector-General of Prisons, Ireland, 1868-78 ; Chairman of General Prison Board, Ireland, 1878-96. Married, 1896, Lady Albreda, Mary Wentworth- Fitewilliam, daughter of sixth Earl Fitzwilliam. On the 6th, at Cannes, aged 39, Thomas Edward Ellis, son of Thomas Ellis, of Cynlas, Merioneth, a tenant farmer. Educated originally for the Calvinistic Church at Bala Theological College and University College, Aberystwith; afterwards at New College, Oxford, where he graduated in Honours, 1881 ; elected as an advanced Radical for Merionethshire, and at once became the leader of a "Young Wales" party; appointed Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1892, and succeeded Mr. Marjoribanks as Senior Liberal " Whip," 1894. Married, 1898, Mary Jane Davis. On the 7th, at Reading, aged 81, Joseph Stevens, L.R.C.P., an eminent geologist and antiquary, son of a farmer. Born at Stanmore, Berks; educated at Middlesex Hospital; M.R.C.S., 1848; practised at St. Mary Bourne, 1846-79 ; Honorary Curator of Reading Museum, 1884 ; author of many works on the palaeontology and flint implements of Hants, " History of St. Mary Bourne " (1888), etc. On the 8th, at Balham, aged 78, Almaiic Rumsey, Professor of Indian Jurisprudence at King's College, London, son of Lacy Rumsey, of H.M. Treasury. Educated at Rugby and St. Marg. Hall, Oxford ; B.A., 1847 (First Class Mathematics) ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1867; Assistant Solicitor to the Board of Customs, 187CK82; author of several text-books on Indian law. Married, 1872, Caroline Montagu, daughter of Thomas J. Pittar, of H.M. Customs. On the 9th, in Bryanston Square, aged 76, Lady Frere, O.I., Catherine, daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, first baronet. Married, 1844, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, successively Governor of Bombay and the Cape. On the 10th, at Teddington, aged 82, Captain George Henry Clarke, R.N. Entered the Royal Navy, 1888; served in the Syrian War and battle of St. Jean d'Acre, 1840 ; in the Burmese War, 1860 ; and in the Baltic, 1864-6, on H.M.S. Blenheim. On the 10th, at Bucharest, aged 76, Lascar Catargi, chief of the Conservative party and several times Prime Minister. Took an active part in the revolution which led to the abdication of Prince Alexander Cuza and the election of Prince Charles of Hohenzollern, 1866. On the 11th, at Burton Agnes Hall, Bridlington, aged 64, Sir Henry Somervllle Boynton, eleventh baronet. Educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Married, 1876, Mildred, daughter of Rev. Canon Paget. On the 11th, at London, aged 66, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis O'Belrne, son of Francis O'Beirne, of Jamestown, Co. Lei trim. Entered the Army and served with 2nd Dragoon Guards in the Oudh Campaign, 1868-9 ; sat as a Home Ruler for Co. Leitrim, 1876-87. On the 12th, at Melbourne, Victoria, aged 76, Hon. James Service. Born near Glasgow ; came to Melbourne to establish a branch house of his business, 1868; returned to the Legislative Assembly as Representative for Melbourne, 1867, and with one short interval (1866-70) held his seat until 1887 as a Free Trader and a Conservative; was successively Minister of Lands, 1862; Colonial Treasurer, 1874; Premier, 1881 and 1888-6. On the 18th, at Huntroyde, Burnley, aged 70, Colonel Le Gendre Hicholas Startle. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge ; B.A., 1861 ; sat as a Liberal for Olitheroe, 1864-7. Married, 1867, Jemima Monica Mildred, daughter

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