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Kirkpatrick, K.G.M.G., son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q.C. Bom at Kingston, Ontario ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin ; called to the Canadian Bar, 1865 ; sat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative, 1870-92 ; Speaker of the House, 1888-7; was a zealous Volunteer; saw service during the Fenian raids; Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, 1892, until his death. Married, first, 1865, Frances Jane, daughter of Hon. John Macaulay, M.C.L. ; and second, 1883, Isobel Louise, daughter of Sir W. L. Macpherson. On the 15th, in Ovington Square, Brompton, aged 79, Admiral Sir Reginald John Maodonald, Chief of the Clanranald, K.C.B., K.O.S.I., son of Reginald George Maodonald. Entered the Navy, 1888 ; served^ in Spain during the Carlist War and on the West Coast of Africa ; raised a force of 1,000 Royal Naval Coast Volunteers at Greenock, 1859 ; Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station, 1875-7; at the Nore, 1879-82. Married, 1855, Hon. Adelaide, daughter of fifth Baron Vernon. On the 15th, at Berne, aged 55, Noma Drox, son of a watchmaker of La Chaux de Fonds. Apprenticed to an engraver and was afterwards a schoolmaster and a journalist ; elected Member of the Federal Council, 1869 ; Director of Education, 1871 ; of the Interior, 1875 ; of Agriculture and Commerce, 1879 ; of Foreign Affairs, 1881 ; was also President of the Swiss Confederation and subsequently -Director of the International Transport Bureau. On the 16th, at Charlton King's, Cheltenham, aged 81, General Sir Henry Radford Norman, K.G.B., son of Rev. S. H. Norman, of Deal. Educated at Sandhurst; entered the Army, 1888; served with the 10th Foot during the Sutlej Campaign, 1845-6 ; in the Punjab Campaign, 1848-9 ; and with much distinction during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8. Married, 1652, Alice Clara, daughter of Rev. C. B. Rowlatt. On the 16th, at Bournemouth, aged 76, Madame de Falbe, Eleanor Louise, daughter of Thomas Hawkes, M.P., of Himley House, Staffordshire. Married, first, 1848, Hon. Humble Dudley Ward, son of tenth Baron Ward; second, 1872, J. Gerard Leigh, of Luton Hoo; and third, 1888, De Falbe, many years Danish Minister at the Court of St. James. On the 17th, at Bideford, aged 68, Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Graham, V.O., G.C.B., G.O.M.G., son of Dr. R. H. Graham, of Eden Brows, Cumberland. Educated at Dresden, Wimbledon, Edinburgh and Woolwich ; appointed to the Royal Engi- neers, 1850 ; served through the Crimean Campaign, 1854-5, with great distinction and was twice wounded ; in the Chinese War, 1860, where he was again severely wounded ; in the Egyptian Campaign, 1882-4, in command of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division ; and commanded in the Soudan Expedition, 1884, winning the battles of Teb and Tamal, for which he received the tnanks of Parliament ; and, finally, commanded the Suakin Field Force, 1885, for which he for the third time received the thanks of Parliament. Married, 1865, Jane, daughter of G. Durrant, of Elmham Hall, Suffolk, and widow of Rev. G. R. Blacker, of Rudham, Norfolk. On the 17th, at the Boltons, South Kensington, aged 78, Joseph Napier Hlggins, Q.O., son of J. Higgins, of Glenpatriok, Co. Waterford. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1851 ; Q.C, 1872. Married, 1861, Sophia, daughter of Sir T. Tyringham Bernard, sixth baronet. On the 17th, at Hampstead, aged 80, Bernhard Quaritch, a bookseller enjoying a world-wide reputation. Born in Eastern Prussia ; came to London in 1842 and naturalised, 1847 ; began business in a very modest way and finally became the most important second-hand bookseller in Great Britain. On the 18th, at Inverness Terrace, Hyde Park, aged 58, Sir Richard Thome-Thome, K.O.B., son of Thomas H. Thome, of Leamington. Educated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; M.R.C.S., 1868 ; M.B., London, 1866 ; Officer of the Privy Council (Medical Department), 1870, and Medical Officer of the Local Government Board, 1892; represented Great Britain at several International Sanitary Conferences, 1885-94 ; author of " The History of Preventive Medicine" and other works. Married, 1866, Martha, daughter of Joseph Rylands, of Hull. On the 18th, at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, aged 89, Earl of TankervUle, Charles Augustus Bennet, sixth earl. Educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford ; B.A., 1881 ; sat as a Conservative for Northumberland, 1882-59, when he was summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Ossulston ; Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen- at-Arms, 1866; Land Stewart, 1867-8. Married, 1850, Lady Olivia Montagu, daughter of sixth Duke of Manchester. On the 18th, at Ewhurst Rectory, Sussex, aged 79, Rev. John George Boudier. Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1844; Fellow of King's College, 1845-60; Chaplain to the Forces during the Crimean War, 1854-5 ; Rector of Ewhurst, 1863. On the 19th, at Beer Alston, aged 42, Michael Williams, son of John Michael Williams, of Caerhays Castle, Cornwall. Educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; B.A., 1879; was for several years proprietor of the Morfa Smelting Works, Swansea; unsuccessfully contested the St. Austell Division of Cornwall, 1895.