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Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick, Lancashire, whose estates he inherited on her death in 1872, and assumed the name. On the 11th, off the coast of Iceland, aged 57, air Edmund Broughton Knowles Laeon, fourth baronet. Educated at Eton; entered the Army and served with 23rd Fusiliers, 1861-7. Married, first, 1868, Henrietta Julia, daughter of Sir Robert J. H. Harvey, first baronet ; and second, 1878, Florence Amelia, daughter of Morgan Hugh Foster, C.B. On the 12th, at South Kensington, aged 68, Brigade-Surgeon George Teattes Hunter. Educated at St. George's Hospital ; entered the Indian Medical Service, 1858 ; Curator of the Grant College Museum, Bombay, and Presidency Surgeon, Bombay; took part in the Abyssinian Expedition, 1877-8 ; author of several medical works and compiler of the Indian Medical Code. On the 12th, at Berlin, aged 77, Professor ▼on Wedssacken, Chancellor of the University of Tubingen. The author of several important theological works, including a translation of the New Testament (1875) and "The Apostolic Age of the Christian Church" (1886). On the 18th, at Llwydcoed, Aberdare, aged 80, Reee Hopkln Roys, the "blind magistrate." Lost his sight when saving the life of a workman at the Dowlais works, 1847 ; Member of the Aberdare Local Board, 1854 ; Chairman, 1865 ; Justice of the Peace, 1867. On the 14th, at Beechwood, Marlow, aged 84, Henry William Grippe, Q.O., son of Bev. H. Cripps. Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, 1840; Q.C., 1866; practised chiefly at the Parlia- mentary Bar; Chairman of the Bucks Quarter Sessions and Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford. Married, 1845, Julia, daughter of Charles Lawrence, of The Querns, Cirencester. On the 14th, at Commercial Road, Mile End, aged 61, Very Rev. Canon George Akers, son of Aretas Akers, of Mailing Abbey, Kent. Educated at Eton and University College, Oxford ; joined the Church of Rome, 1868; ordained Priest, 1870; Vice-President of St. Edmund's College, Ware; was an active missioner in the East End of London, a powerful preacher and learned theologian. On the 15th, at Grafton, N.S.W., aged 75, Rev. Arthur Edward Selwyn, Dean of Newcastle, N.S.W., son of Bev. Canon Selwyn, of Gloucester. Educated at Winchester; emigrated to Australia, 1842, and after some years was ordained and appointed to the charge of Grafton, N.S.W. On the 16th, at Crowhurst Park, Sussex, aged 78, Philip Oxenden Papillon, son of Thomas Papillon. Educated at Rugby and University College; B.A., 1848; called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1852 ; sat as a Conservative for Colchester, 1859-65; Chairman of Essex Quarter Sessions, 1883-91, and Visitor of Convict Prisons, 1880-91. Married, 1862, Emily Caroline, daughter of Very Rev. Thomas Gamier, Dean of Lincoln. On the 17th, at Brighton, aged 89, Earl of Hexhorongh, John Charles George Savile, fourth earl. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1880; as Viscount Pollington, sat in the House of Commons for Gatton in the unreformed Parliament, 1881-2, and as a Liberal for Pontefract, 1885-47. Married, first, 1842, Lady Rachel Katherine Walpole, daughter of third Earl of Orford; and second, 1861, Agnes Louisa Elizabeth, daughter of J. Raphael. On the 17th, at Scarborough, aged 54, Robert Peck, a well-known trainer of racehorses. Born at Malton, where his father's training stables were established. Began as trainer for Lord Stamford, 1868; for Mr. James Merry, 1870, for whom he won, in 1878, the Derby with Doncaster and the Oaks and St. Leger with Marie Stuart, besides other great races; for the Duke of Westminster, for whom he won the Derby, 1880, with Rumley; and for Lord Rosebery. He retired from training, 1881, and became a prominent racing owner. On the 17th, at Greendale, Exeter, aged 60, Lord Dunboyna, James Fitzwalter Clifford Butler, fifteenth baron. Educated at Winchester. Married, 1860, Marion, daughter of Colonel H. Morgan Clifford, of Llantillio, Monmouth- shire, whose name he prefixed to his own. On the 17th, at Willesden, aged 76, William Simpson, a talented draughtsman. Born at Glasgow; studied and

Sractised lithography at Glasgow; sent to the Crimea, 1858, to make sketches uring the campaign; went as War Correspondent of the Illustrated London News through the Abyssinian War, 1867-8; the Franco-Prussian War, 1870; accompanied the Prince of Wales to India, 1875, and was employed in many other parts of the world. On the 19th, at Woodcroft, Cuck field, Sussex, aged 76, Sir Charles Lennox Peel, G.O.B., son of Laurence Peel and grandson of Sir Robert Peel, first baronet. Entered the Army, 1881 ; served with 71st Regiment, 72nd Highlanders and 7th Hussars, and was some time Secretary to the Red Sea and Indian Telegraph Company ; Junior Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade ; Clerk to the Privy Council, 1875-98. Married, 1848, Hon. Caroline Georgiana Chichester, daughter of first Lord Templemore. On the 19th, at Hilgay Rectory, Norfolk, aged 98, Rev. Canon St. Vincent Beechey, son of Sir William Beechey, a distinguished portrait painter. Educated at Boulogne and afterwards at Sidcup,