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 the firm subsequently becoming chief constructors of torpedo boats. Married, 1872, Prances Sarah, daughter of T. Thornycroft, a well-known sculptor. On the 6th, at Oadogan Square, London, aged 70, Gholmeley Austen-Leigh, son of Rev. J. E. Austen-Leigh, vicar of Bray, and great-nephew of Jane Austen, the novelist. Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford; B.A., 1850; Fellow of Trinity College, 1852 ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1852 ; joined the firm of Messrs. Spottiswoode & Co., 1862. Married, 1872, Melesina Mary, daughter of Right Rev. R. Chenevix Trench, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. On the 6th, at Oxford, aged 78, Felicia Hazy Frances Skene, daughter of James Skene, of Rubis- law. Born at Aix in Provence ; removed to Athens, 1888 ; returned to England, 1844 ; settled at Oxford ; devoted herself to philanthropy, taking charge of the nursing at the Oxford Hospital ; author of " Isles of Greece and other Poems " (1843), " Wayfaring Sketches among Greeks and Turks " (1844), *• Hidden Depths " (1866), etc. On the 7th, at Cheltenham, aged 74, Colonel Sir Charles Butler Peter Hodges Nugent, K.C.B., son of C. Nugent. Educated at Winchester and Woolwich and entered the Royal Engineers, 1845; was senior Engineer officer under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic Campaign, 1854-5 ; President of the Torpedo Com- mittee and Assistant Director of Works and Fortifications, 1871-5; Deputy Director, 1876-81 ; served in command of Engineers in Egyptian Campaign, 1882. Married, 1868, Emma, daughter of Rev. R. A. Burney, of Brightwell, Berks. On the 8th, at Scarborough, aged 65, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Fell Steble, son of Rev. John Steble, of Whicham, Cumberland. Engaged in business at Liverpool, of which city he was Mayor, 1874-6 ; sat as a Liberal for Scarborough, 1884 ; Mayor of Scarborough, 1891-2 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1st Lancashire Rifle Volun- teers. Married, first, 1870, Mary, daughter of J. Barratt, of Holywater, Cumber- land ; and second, 1885, Lilly, widow of John Metoalf, of Prizett, Kendal. On the 10th, at Olapham, aged 62, Sir Randal Howland Roberto, eleventh baronet, under patent of 1620. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School ; entered the Army, 1852 ; appointed to 83rd Regiment, 1852 ; served in the Crimean War, 1854-5, with great distinction ; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8 ; and the Turkish War, 1868 ; received the Iron Cross of Prussia for valour ; Colonel of London Irish Rifles ; was War Corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1. He was also an actor, a theatre manager, a steeple-chase rider and the author of several sporting and service books. Married, 1858, Mary, daughter of Colonel Sydney Turnbull, R.B.A. On the 10th, at Southwick Street, Hyde Park, aged 50, James Nutcombe Gould, a favourite actor, son of Rev. J. Nutcombe Gould, Rector of Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon. Educated at King's College, London ; first appeared in London at the St. James' Theatre, 1887. On the 11th, at Westminster, aged

67, John Troutbeck, D.D. Born at Blencowe, Cumberland ; educated at Rugby, and University College, Oxford; rowed in the College boat; B.A., 1854; Vicar of Dacre, Ullswater, 1859-64 ; Minor Canon of Manchester, 1864-9 ; of Westminster, 1869 ; and Precentor, 1895 ; Secretary of the New Testament Revision Company ; compiler of the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book. Married, 1858, May, daughter of Robinson Duckworth, of Liverpool. On the 11th, at Adirondacks, N.Y., aged 65, Hamilton T. Castner, a chemist, who devoted himself to the manufacture of aluminium from the metal of sodium, which he was able to produce in large quantities. He also patented a method of obtaining alkali and bleaching powder from salt by the electrolytic process. On the 12th, at Maseru, Orange Free State, aged 59, Right Rev. John Wale Hicks, D.D., M.D., F.R.C.P., fourth Bishop of Bloem- fontein, son of Samuel Hicks, of Clawton, Devon. Educated at Torquay and Taunton and St. Thomas' Hospital, London; graduated with high honours as B.Sc. and M.B., London, 1861, and practised for some time; entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1867 ; graduated B.A., 1870, as second Senior Optime and First Class in Natural Science ; Fellow of Sidney Sussex and Demonstrator of Chemistry in the University, 1871-82 ; ordained, 1882 ; Lecturer in Theology, Cambridge, 1888-92; Vicar of St. Mary-the-Less, Cambridge, 1887-92, when he was consecrated Bishop of Bloemfontein. On the 13th, at Botley, Hants, aged

68, Vlce-Admlral Philip Howard Oolomb, R.N., Younger Brother of the Trinity House, Nautical Assessor to the House of Lords, son of General G. T. Colomb, 97th Regiment. Entered the Navy, 1846 ; served in the Burmese War, 1852-8 ; Arctic Expedition, 1854 ; and in the Baltic, 1855 ; author of " Naval Warfare " and several other works; an ardent advocate for strengthening the Navy. Married, 1857, Eleanor, daughter of Captain W. Hooke, 34th Regiment. On the 18th, at Shawford House, Winchester, aged 43, Alfred Honey Wlgram, son of Money Wigram, of Esher Place, Surrey. Educated at Winchester; partner in Reid's Brewery ; sat as a Conservative for the Romford Division of Essex, 1894-7. Married, 1882, Venetia, daughter of Rev. Whitaker Maitland, of Loughton Hall,