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Kent; studied medicine and for holy orders simultaneously; ordained, 1829; Vicar of Thornton-le-Fylde, Fleetwood, 1841-52, where he established Rossall School, which acquired great popularity ; of Worsley, near Manchester, 1862-72 ; Rector of Hilgay, 1872. He was a skilled electrician and a practical astronomer. Married, 1873, Mary Anne, daughter of W. L. Jones, of Woodhall, Norfolk, and widow of Francis Ommaney. On the 20th, at Cologne, aged 58, Dr. Hermann Joaef Schmlti, Suffragan Bishop of Cologne. Born there; studied theology at Bonn and Innsbruck Universities ; ordained Priest, 1866 ; studied at Borne until 1868, when he was sent to Diisseldorf; Army Chaplain of the Fourth Army Corps during the Franco-Prussian War ; awarded the Iron Cross for his devotion at Beaumont and Sedan. On his return to Diisseldorf took a leading part in the Kulturkarwpf, and was appointed Suffragan to the Bishop of Cologne, 1892. On the 24th, at Pimlico, aged 76, Sir Edward Victor Lewis Houlton, O.O.M.O., son of Colonel John Torriano Houlton, of Farley Castle, Somerset. Educated at Oriel and St. John's Colleges, Oxford; B.A., 1845; Private Secretary to Sir William Molesworth, 1853-5 ; Chief Secretary to Governor of Malta, 1855-81 ; Vice- President of the Executive Council, 1881-8. Married, 1860, Hyacinthe, daughter of Richard Wellesley, Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1812. On the 25th, at Bournemouth, aged 67, Deputy Burgeon-General John Low BxsJdne, M.D. Edu- cated at Edinburgh University ; M.D., 1852 ; entered Army Medical Department, 1854 ; served in the Crimea, 1854-5, and through the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8. On the 27th, at Grosvenor Square, aged 72, Lord Wynford, William Draper Mortimer Best, third Baron Wynford. Entered the Army, 1844, and served in the Rifle Brigade. Married, 1857, Caroline, daughter of Evan Baillie, of Dochfour. On the 28th, at Belfast, aged 65, Professor James Cuming, M.D. Born at Market Hill, Co. Armagh. Educated at Queen's College, Belfast, and at Vienna ; appointed Professor of Medicine at Queen's College, Belfast, and was for many years Senior Physician of the Royal Hospital. On the 29th, at St. Leonards-on-Sea, aged 83, Llentenant-Oeneral Thomas Erwyn, R.A. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ; entered Royal Artillery, 1882 ; served in West Indies, 1839-52; Inspector of Military Studies, Woolwich, 1854-8; Commandant of the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness, 1868-71. On the 29th, at Handsworth, Birmingham, aged 63, Captain Alfred John Loftus, F.R.C.B. Served under the Siamese Government, 1870-95, where he greatly distinguished himself. On the 30th, at Marlow, aged 84, Thomas Somen Cooks, son of T. S. Cocks, of Great Marlow. Educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford ; sat as a Conser- vative for Reigate, 1847-57. Married, 1842, Sarah L., daughter of C. W. G. Wynne, of Voelos, Denbigh. On the 30th, at Bognor, aged 67, Baron Albert Grant, originally Gottheimer, a prominent company promoter. Born at Dublin; edu- cated at London and Paris ; began life in a humble way as a clerk in a house of business, but made money in some way, and in 1862 was already known in the financial world ; sat as a Liberal Conservative for Kidderminster, 1865-8 ; elected again, 1874, but unseated ; and defeated, 1880 ; introduced the system of small- priced shares, 11. and 52., and of flooding the country with prospectuses ; purchased Leicester Square, cleansed and adorned it with statues, and gave it to the public ; was a lavish purchaser of works of art ; subsequently his schemes collapsed and he was several times bankrupt. On the 30th, at Chepstow, aged 45, Major Ernest Vaughan-Hughes, B.H.A., son of Rev. R. Vaughan- Hughes, Educated at Wool- wich Academy; joined the Royal Artillery, 1878; served in the Afghan War, 1878-9, and the Egyptian War, 1882. On the 31st, at Shoreham, aged 66, Lady Preetwich, Grace Anne, daughter of J. Milne, of Findhorn, N.B. Married, 1870, Sir Joseph Prestwich, a distinguished geologist, in whose work she co-operated, and was the author of " The Harbour Bar " (1875), " Enga " (1880), and other works.

SEPTEMBER.

Lord Watson. — William Watson, son of Rev. Thomas Watson, of Covington, Lancashire, was born in 1828, and educated at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, studied law, and waB received as an advocate 1851, and first obtained notice as a criminal lawyer, being one of the counsel for the defence

of Dr. Pritchard, who was convicted and executed for poisoning his wife and mother-in-law in 1865. In 1874 he was made Solicitor-General for Scotland in the Conservative Adminis- tration, and in the following year he was elected Dean of Faculty, although up to that time he had had few occa-