Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 180

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YOUNG, Charles D .:

Physician; was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1885; from Harvard University in

1890. Reporter Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N. Y., 1885-86; principal grammar school No. 17, Rochester 1886-88; medical student in medical department of Harvard Univer- sity, 1888-90; interne, Rochester City Hos- pital, 1890-92; out patient physician, 1892- 96; assistant attending physician since 1896; attending physician Western New York Institute for Deaf Mutes since 1894; Rochester Church Home since 1894; mem- ber Monroe County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society. Address, 31 Gibbs St., Rochester, N. Y.

YOUNG, Edward F. C .:

President and director American Graph- ite Co., Colonial Life Insurance Co. (of America), First National Bank of Jersey City, Hudson County Gas Co., Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., North Jersey Land Co., Pavonia Trust Co. Vice-president Acker Process Co. Director A. A. Griff- ing Iron Co., Banker's Trust Co., Bayonne Trust Co., Bowling Green Trust Co., Ho- boken & Manhattan R. R. Co., Liberty National Bank, N. J. Title Guarantee & Trust Co., N. Y. & Jersey R. R. Co., North Jersey Street R. R. Co., Public Service Corporation. Office, 68 Reade St., N. Y. City.

YOUNG, George S .:

Manager of the U. S. branch of the Manchester Assurance Co., N. Y. City, and president of the American Fire In- surance Co. of New York; born April 5, 1851. At the age of fifteen years he en- tered the home office of the Hartford In- surance Co. as office boy. After twenty years of office training the company ap- pointed him, in July, 1886, its special agent for eastern New York, with head-

quarters at Albany. In 1889 he was ap- pointed assistant manager of the Metro- politan department at New York, and in Nov., 1891, he became manager. On the death of the manager he was appointed to the position of manager. Residence, 220 West 136th St .; office, 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

YOUNG, George Washington:

President U. S. Mortgage and Trust Co. Born Jersey City, N. J., July 1, 1864; son of Peter and Mary Crosby Young; edu- cated common schools Jersey City and scientific course at Cooper Institute, N. Y. Married Natalie Bray, Jersey City, Nov. 26, 1889. Residence, 28 W. 73d St .; office, 59 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

YOUNG, Samuel Hall:

Presbyterian clergyman; born Butler, Pa., Sept. 12, 1847; was graduated from University of Wooster, 1875 (D. D., 1899) ; studied at Princeton Theological Sem- inary, 1875-76; Western Theological Sem- inary, Allegheny, Pa., 1876-78 (was grad- uated, 1878); ordained June 10, 1878; went to Alaska as missionary to Fort Wrangel; organized Frist Protestant Church, in Alaska, 1879. Pastor Long Beach, Cali- fornia, 1878-80; Coburg, Ill., 1881; Cedar Falls, Ia., 1872-75; Wooster, O., 1875-77; organized First Presbyterian Church, Dawson, 1898; organized missions at

Eagle and Romfort, Alaska, 1899, Nome and Teller, 1900. Appointed superintend- ent of all Alaska Presbyterian missions, 1901. Wrote: Series of articles, The Gospel by Canoe, (New York Evangelist, 1880-86); articles in Assembly Herald, Alaska and Mission Work, 1897-1901; New Work in Alaska, (Missionary Review, July, 1901). Residence, Sitka, Alaska; office, Home Mission, 156 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

YOUNGS, William J .:

United States Attorney for the Eastern district of New York; only son of the late Daniel K. Youngs, who was for many years prominent in the political and so- cial world, particularly among the old Long Island families, such as Nicoll, Smith, Townsend, Floyd Jones, Weekes and other families of similarly old line- age. Born June 24, 1851, and at an early age was sent to Harrington's Military Academy, in Westchester, and was after- wards graduated in the class of 1868 at the Huntington Union School. In the fall of that year he entered Cornell Universi- ty, graduating in June, 1872. Sept., 1872, he entered the law office of the late Ben- jamin W. Downing, and in Sept., 1873,

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was admitted to the Bar. In 1875 he left Mr. Downing and started in business on his own behalf. In 1878 he was elected to the Legislature, and again in 1879, and served on several important committees, notably those of Privileges and Elections, Commerce and Navigation, and Educa- tional Affairs. In 1883 he was nominated for district attorney of Queens County, but was defeated by the Hon. John Flem- ing. In 1896 he again ran for district attorney, and defeated the Hon. Daniel Noble by over twenty-eight hundred ma- jority. Jan. 1, 1899, he resigned the dis- trict attorneyship to become private secre- tary to Governor Roosevelt, and on the latter's election to the Vice-Presidency, was appointed deputy superintendent of

banks. Later appointed to his present position. Mr. Youngs has already won several important cases in his new place. He has been several times chairman of the Queens County Central Committee, and for many years a member of the State Committee. Address, Federal Building, N. Y. City.

ZABRISKIE, Andrew C .:

Realty owner and trustee for numerous institutions and individuals. Born May 30, 1853; son of Christian A. and Sarah J. (Ttitus) Zabriskie. Educated at private schools and School of Mines, Columbia Col- lege; married in New York, June 6, 1895, Frances Hunter. Entered 7th Regiment National Guard, New York, as private in 1873, and subsequently served as inspec- tor of rifle practice in Seventy-first Reg- iment, N. G., N. Y., and as captain in Company C, of same regiment, resigning in 1897. President of American Numis- matic and Archæological Society; vice- president House of Rest for Consump- tives. Member Union, Metropolitan, Army and Navy, City, Church, and other clubs, besides numerous charitable, scientific, and learned societies. Interested in the breeding of Ayrshire cattle and several varieties of thoroughbred poultry. Author of numerous articles on historical and nu- mismatic subjects. Has two children, Julia Romeyn and Christian Andrew Zabriskie. Residence, 716 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City, and Blithewood, Barrytown-on-Hudson; office, 52 Beaver St., N. Y. City.

ZALINSKI, Edmund Louis Gray:

Artillerist-developer pneumatic dyna- mite torpedo gun and inventor of Tele- scopic Artillery Sight, ramrod bayonet

| and entrenching tool carried in rifle stocks and other military inventions. Born in Kurnich, Prussian Poland, Dec. 13, 1848. Came to the U. S. in 1853, living at Seneca Falls, N. Y., where he attend- ed public schools and afterwards the high school at Syracuse, N. Y. Went to the field in 1864 and acted as a volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the first division of the Second Corps. He was recommended for promotion for gallantry at the engagement at Hatcher's Run, Va., was commissioned second lieutenant Sec- ond New York Heavy Artillery. Mustered out of service Sept., 1865. Appointed a second lieutenant of Fifth U. S. Artillery, Feb. 13, 1866; first lieutenant, July, 1867; captain, Dec., 1887. Professor military science and tactics at Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 1873-76; was grad- uated from U. S. Artillery School, Fort- ress Monroe, Va., April, 1880, and School of Submarine Mining, Willet's Point, 1880- 81. Engaged in investigation on effect of variable atmospheric conditions on tra- jectories from 1879 to 1883. Engaged in perfecting Pneumatic Torpedo Guns from 1883 to 1889. Ordered to Europe to se- cure military information, 1889-90. Sta- tioned at Presidio, Cal., on return. Placed on retired list, Feb., 1894. Wrote various papers on military subjects. After re- tirement he made some extensive travels in South America, China and Japan. Member Century, Union League, Lotos and Engineers Clubs. Address, 201 East 16th St., N. Y. City.

ZALINSKI, Moses G .:

Major, U. S. Army; born New York; ap- pointed from the army; private, corporal and sergeant, Batteries G and H, First Artillery from Oct. 21, 1885, to March 3, 1889; second lieutenant, Second Artillery, Feb. 11, 1889; first lieutenant, Fourth Ar- tillery, Feb. 12, 1895; transferred to Sec- ond Artillery, March 16, 1895. Captain, March 9, 1898; major, 1903. Address,

Quartermaster's Department, Omaha,

Neb.

ZEIGLER, Lee Woodward:

Painter and illustrator of romantic and historical subjects; born Baltimore, Md., May 7, 1868; son of Daniel Zeigler, of York, Pa., and Laura Woodward. Con- tributed regularly to Life (New York) from 1889 to 1895, since which date his work has appeared mainly in editions of standard authors: Kingsley, Balzac, Gau- tier, Jane Austen and others, and occa- sionally in contemporary magazines. Un-

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married. Permanent address, Salmagun- | in 1853; was graduated from Theological di Club, West 12th St., N. Y. City. Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1876; pas- ZIMMERMAN, Eugene: tor Lutheran Church, Valatie, N. Y., 1877-78. Organized First English Luth- eran Church at Syracuse in 1879, and is still its pastor. Is a lecturer at Syra- cuse University and is regarded as an authority on the historical branch of numismatics. Address, 107 South Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

Caricaturist of Judge; born Basel, Swit- zerland, May 25, 1862; son of Joseph and Amelia Klotz Zimmerman; educated at Paterson, N. J., public schools; married, Horseheads, N. Y., Mabel Alice Beard. Connected with Puck, 1882-85, since then cartoonist on Judge; Republican. Has illustrated books and articles by Bill Nye and James Whitcomb Riley. Residence, Horseheads, N. Y .; office, 110 5th Ave., N. Y. City.

ZIMMERMAN, Jeremiah:

Clergyman; born Carroll County, Md., April 26, 1848. Attended village public school, then spent two years at a mil- itary academy in Manchester, Md., and then two years at a missionary institute in Pennsylvania. Entered the sopho- more class in Pennsylvania College, Get- tysburg, Pa., where he was graduated |

ZOGBAUM, Rufus Fairchild:

Artist, author; born Charleston, S. C .. Aug. 28, 1849; art education at Art Stu- dents' League, New York, 1878-79, and under Léon J. F. Bonnat, Paris, 1880-82; well known as delineator of military and naval subjects; member American Water Color Society, Society of Illustrators; as- sociate member U. S. Naval Institution, U. S. Military Service Institution ; honor- ary member Army and Navy Club, mem- ber Century and Players Clubs. Address, New Rochelle, N. Y.

WHO'S WHO ABROAD.

Sketches of distinguished foreigners and a few Americans living abroad, reprinted from the London "Who's Who" by arrange- ment with the publishers of that work, Messrs. Adam and Charles Black and the Macmillan Company (London and New York).

ABBEY, Edwin Austin, R.A., A.R.W.S .:

Painter; Chevalier Legion d'honneur ; Hon. M.A. Yale University ; Hon. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects; Member of the So- ciété Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris ; LL.D. Univ. of Penna .; Hon. Mem. Royal Bavarian Academy ; Pres. of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; born Phil- adelphia, U.S.A., 1 Apr. 1852; married, 1890, Mary Gertrude, daughter of Fred- erick Mead of New York. Educated : Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. En- gaged by Harper Brothers, 1871; came to England for them, 1878. Exhibited first oil picture at R.A., A May Day Morning, 1890 ; Fiammetta's Song, R.A., 1894; series large decorative panels; The Quest of the Holy Grail, Boston (U.S.A.) Pub- lic Library, 1895; Richard III. and the Lady Anne, R. A., 1896; Hamlet, 1897, King Lear's Daughters, 1898. Publica- tions : illustrated edition Herrick's Poems ; She Stoops to Conquer; Old Songs; Quiet Life (with Alfred Parsons) ; Comedies of Shakespeare; O Mistress Mine; Who is Sylvia? 1899; The Trial of Queen Kath- erine; The Penance of Eleanor, Dutchess of Gloucester, 1900; The Crusaders, 1901. Recreations : cycling, cricket. Address : Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire; Chelsea Lodge, Tite Street, S. W. Clubs : Athenæum, Reform, Arts, Beefsteak.

ALEXANDER, George:

Actor and manager St. James's Theatre, London; born Reading, 19 June, 1858. (Father a Scotch manufacturer) ; mar- ried Florence Théleur. Educated : Dr. Benham's, Clifton ; Relton's, Ealing ; High School, Stirling. Started in the City, but being an enthusiastic amateur actor, soon took to the stage, opening at |

Theatre Royal, Nottingham, in 1879, with Mr. W. H. Vernon. Then on tour with Robertsonian Comedy, till, in 1881, joined Mr. Irving at the Lyceum; played there and at other leading theatres, making chief mark at "Faust" in 1880, and "Mac- duff" in 1888. He opened own manage- ment with Dr. Bill, at Avenue Theatre, 1890, and migrated to the St. James's Theatre in 1891, where have been pro- duced The Idler, Lady Windermere's Fan, Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Liberty Hall, The Masqueraders, The Prisoners of Zen- da, As You Like It, the first Shakes- pearean production under

this actor's management, The Princess and the But- terfly, The Tree of Knowledge, Much Ado About Nothing, The Ambassador, The Man of Forty, and Rupert of Hentzau; A Debt of Honour; Wisdom of the Wise; The Awakening ; The Wilderness; The Importance of being Earnest; Paolo and Francesca, an original tragedy in blank verse; If I were King, a romantic com- edy; Old Heidelberg; Love's Carnival (Rosenmontag) ; Saturday to Monday. Recreations : riding, bicycling, golfing. Address : 57 Pont Street, S. W. Clubs : Garrick, Beefsteak, Automobile.

ALEXEIEFF, Admiral E. S .:

Viceroy of Russian Possessions in the Far East; born 1844. Educated: Naval School, Russia. Lieutenant, 1867; Com- mander of the "Africa," 1878; Post-Cap- tain, 1886; Rear-Admiral, 1892, and As- sistant Head of Chief Naval Staff Office ; Chief of Eastern Fleet during Japanese- Chinese War, 1897; late Chief of Black Sea Fleet; and Commander of Kwang- tung Province. Address : St. Petersburg.

ALMA-TADEMA, Sir Lawrence:

Kt., cr. 1899; R.A. 1879; R.W.S., H.R.S., F.S.A .; artist; born Dronryp, Nether-

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lands, 8 Jan. 1836 ; son of Pieter Tadema,

notary. Educated : Gymnasium, Leeu- warden; Royal Academy, Antwerp, Litt.D.

Dublin, 1892 ; D.C.L. Durham, 1893.

Works: Clothilde at the Tomb of her

Grandchildren, 1858; The Education of the Children of Cloyis, 1861; How the Egyptians amused themselves 3000 years ago, 1864; Tarquinius Superbus, 1867; Pyrrhic Dance, 1869; The Vintage, 1870; The Juggler, 1870; A Roman Emperor, 1871; Unconscious Rivals; The Roses of Heliogabalns, 1888; The Woman of Am- phissa, 1887; The Spring, 1894; The Conversion of Paula, 1898; Thermæ 'An- toninianæ, 1899. Address, 34 Grove End Road, St. John's Wood, N. W. Clubs : Athenæum, Arts, Garrick.

ARGLES, Rev. Canon George Marsham:

Rector of St. Clement's, York, since 1871; born 1841; son of late Dr. Argles. Dean of Peterborough; married Mary Ann, daughter of Thos. Harrison of Sin- gleton Park, Kendal, 1870. Educated : Harrow ; Balliol College, Oxford. 2nd class Final Classical School; Denyer and Johnson University theological scholar. Curate of Christ Church, Doncaster, 1865- 71; Canon of York, 1888; Proctor in Convocation for the Archdeaconry of York, 1896; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough, 1897. Publica- tion : Instructions for Confirmation. Ad- dress : St. Clement's Rectory, York; Haw- barrow, Milnthorpe, Westmoreland.

ARMOUR, Rev. Samuel Crawford, D. D .:

Hon. Canon of Liverpool since 1889; born Enniskillen, 17 Aug. 1839, eldest son of William Armour, Collector of H.M. Inland Revenue, of Chester; grandson of Rev. Samuel Armour, of Langfield Co. Tyrone; married 1866, Sophie, daughter of Joseph Mallaby, J.P., of Birkenhead and Loxley Park, Staffs. Educated : Royal Academical Institution, Belfast ; Trinity College, Dublin. B.A. (1st Class, Respondent), 1872: M.A., 1875; B.D. and D.D., 1891; elected member of Court of Victoria Univ. 1895. Head Master of Merchant Taylors' School, Great Crosby, Liverpool, 1863-1903. Publications: var- ious pamphlets and articles on social and philosophical subjects, sermons, etc. Rec- reations: golf, cycling. Address: The School House, Crosby, Liverpool. Club : Constitutional.

ASPINALL, Major Robert Lowndes:

D.S.O. 1900; 3rd Batt. Yorkshire Regt .; late Capt. 15th Hussars. Educated : Eton ; Sandhurst. Served as A.D.C. to Sir John French in South Africa, 1900-1902. Ad-

dress : Richmond, Yorks. Club : Army and Navy.

ASTOR, William Waldorf:

Born New York, 31 Mar. 1848; oldest child of John Jacob Astor and Charlotte Augusta Gibbes; married June 1878, Mary Dahlgren Paul, daughter of James W. Paul, Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A. Educat- ed: private tutors. Barr. 1875; Legisla- ture of State of New York, 1878, 1881; United States Minister to Italy, 1882-1885. Nat. Brit. subject, 1899. Publications : Valentino, 1886; Sforza, 1889; Pharaoh's Daughter, and Other Stories, 1900. Ad- dress : Cliveden, Taplow, Bucks. Clubs : Marlborough, Carlton.

AUSTIN, Alfred :

Poet Laureate since 1896; born Head- ingley, Leeds, 30 May 1835; 2nd son of Joseph Austin, merchant and Magistrate of the borough of Leeds, and Mary Locke, sister of Joseph Locke, C.E. M.P. for Honiton; married Hester, daughter of T. Homan-Mulock, Bellair, King's Co., 1865. Educated: Stonyhurst; Oscott; graduated at London University, 1853. Barr, Inner Temple, 1857; attended York Assizes and West Riding Sessions for three years, but with no intention of re- maining at the Bar; on the death of his father in 1861 devoted himself to foreign travel and literature; when in England lived in the country-for four years in Hertfordshire, afterwards at Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent. Publications :

Randolph : a Tale of Polish Grief, 1854; The Season: Satire, 1861; his other poet- ical works, published in the following or- der, are The Golden Age, Interludes, Ma- donna's Child, The Tower of Babel, The Human Tragedy, Savonarola, Leszko the Bastard, Lyrical Poems, Narrative Poems, Prince Lucifer, Fortunatus the Pessimist, Alfred the Great, England's Darling, The Conversion of Winckelmann and other Poems, 1897; A Tale of True Love, 1902; Flodden Field: a tragedy, 1903; among his prose works are The Garden that I Love, In Veronica's Garden, and Lamia's Winter Quarters; Spring and Autumn in Ireland, 1900; Haunts of Ancient Peace, 1902; A Lesson in Harmony, 1904. Rec- reations: riding, gardening, fishing. Ad- dress : Swinford Old Manor, Ashford, Kent. Club : Carlton.

BADEN - POWELL, Maj .- Gen. Robert Stephenson Smyth:

C.B. 1900; F.R.G.S .; Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry since 1903; born 22 Feb. 1857;

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son of late Rev. Baden-Powell, of Ox- President of Committee of Council on ford and Langton Manor, and Henrietta

Grace, daughter of Admiral W. H. Smyth,

K.S.F .; unmarried. Educated: Charter-

house. Joined 13th Hussars, 1876; Ad- jutant served with that regiment in India, Afghanistan, and South Africa; served on the Staff as Assist. Mil. Secy. South Af- rica, 1887-89 ; operations in Zululand, 1888 (despatches) ; Assist. Secy. Malta, 1890- 93 ; special service, Ashanti, in command of Native Levies, 1895 (star, brevet Lieut .- Col.) ; Chief Staff Officer, campaign in Matabeleland, 1896-97 (despatches, brevet Col.) ; Colonel of Irregular Horse, South

Africa; promoted from 13th Hussars to command of 5th Dragoon Guards, 1897; Lieut .- Col. commanding 5th Dragoon Guards, 1897-99; defence of Mafeking, 1899-1900 (promoted Maj .- Gen .; despatch- es) ; operations Transvaal, 1900-01 (des- patches, C.B.) ; organised S. African Con- stabulary ; Inspector-Gen. of S. African Constabulary, 1900-3. Publications : Pig- sticking or Hog-hunting, 1889 ; Recon- naissance and Scouting, 1890; Vedette, 1890; Cavalry Instruction, 1895; The Downfall of Prempeh, 1896; The Matabele Campaign, 1896; Aids to Scouting, 1899; Sport in War, 1900. Recreations : pig- sticking (winner of Kadir Cup), golf, polo, big game shooting. Address: 32

Princes Gate, S.W. Clubs: Naval and Military, Cavalry, Beefsteak.

BALFOUR, Rt. Hon. Arthur James:

M.P., P.C., F.R.S., D.L., East Lothian ; Prime Minister since July 1902; 1st Lord of Treasury and Leader of House of Com- mons since 1895 ; M.P. Eastern Division of Manchester since 1885; Chancellor of Edinburgh University ; Elder Brother of Trinity House; Grand Master of Prim- rose League; born Scotland, 25 July 1848 ; eldest son of late James Maitland Bal- four, Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire (died 1856), and Lady Blanche Gascoigne Cecil, 2nd daughter Marquis of Salisbury ; unmarried. Educated : Eton ; Trinity Coll. Camb. (M.A.) Hon. LL.D. Edinburgh, 1881; St. Andrews, 1885; Cambridge, 1888 ; Dublin and Glasgow, 1891; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1891. M.P. (C.) for Hert- ford, 1874-85; acted for a time with so- called "Fourth Party"; Private Secretary to Marquis of Salisbury, when Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1878-80; em- ployed on Special Mission of Lords Salis- bury and Beaconsfield to Berlin, 1878; Privy Councillor, 1885; President of Local Government Board, 1885-86; Secretary for Scotland with seat in Cabinet; Vice- 32

Education for Scotland, 1886-87; Lord Rector, St. Andrews University, 1886 ; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1887-91; Member of Senate, London University, 1887; F.R.S. 1888; Lord Rector, Glasgow University, 1890 ; created Congested Dis- tricts Board for Ireland, 1890; Chancellor of Edinburgh University since 1891; Leader House of Commons and First Lord of Treasury, 1891-92 ; Leader of Opposi- tion, 1892-95; President British Associa- tion, 1904. Publications : A Defence of Philosophic Doubt, 1879 ; Essays and Ad- dresses, 1893 ; The Foundations of Belief, being Notes introductory to the study of Theology, 1895 (cheap edition, 1901); Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade, 1903, etc. Recreations : Captain, Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrews, 1894 ; President, National Cyclists' Union ; Mo- toring. Address: 10 Downing Street, S.W .; Whittingehame, Prestonkirk, N.B. Clubs : Carlton, Travellers, Athenæum, etc. ; New, Edinburgh ; and many others.

BARR, Robert:

Novelist; Editor of the Idler; born Glasgow, 16 Sept. 1850. Educated: Nor- mal School, Toronto, Canada. School teacher in Canada until 1876; then joined editorial staff of the Detroit Free Press, U.S.A .; came to England in 1881; mar- ried 1876, Miss Eva Bennett. Founded the Idler Magazine with Jerome K. Jerome in 1892. Publications : In a Steamer Chair, 1892; From Whose Bourn, 1893; The Face and the Mask, 1894; Revenge; In the Midst of Alarms, 1894; A Woman Intervenes, 1896; The Mutable Many, 1897; The Countess Tekla, 1899; The Strong Arm; The Unchanging East, 1900. Recreations: golf, cycling, photography, travel. Address, Hillhead, Woldingham, Surrey. Clubs: Devonshire, Witenagemote. BATTENBERG, His Serene Highness, Prince Louis Alexander of :

G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Personal A.D.C. to the King; Rear-Admiral; Director of Naval Intelligence since 1902 ; born Gratz (Aus- tria), 24 May 1854; eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse, and grandson of Louis II., Grand Duke of Hesse; mar- ried his cousin, Princess Victoria, daugh- ter of Louis IV. Grand Duke of Hesse, K. G., and of Princess Alice, Her late Majesty's daughter, 1884. Protestant. Was naturalized British subject and en- tered Royal Navy as Naval Cadet, 1868 ; Sub-Lieut. 1874; Lieut. 1876; Command- er, 1885; Capt. 1891; served in Egyp- tian War, 1882 (medal and Khedive's

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star). Elder Brother of Trinity House. No property in United Kingdom. Heil- igenberg Castle and Estate in Hesse, Ger- many. Heir: Prince George, born 1892. Clubs : Marlborough, United Service, Na- val and Military, Bachelors.

BEAUMONT, Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony :

K.C.M.G. 1901; F.R.G.S .; Grand Offi- cer, Legion of Honour; born 19 May, 1847. Entered R.N. 1860; Rear-Admiral, 1897; served Arctic Expedition, 1875-76 (promoted, Arctic medal) ; Naval At- taché for Europe, 1882 ; Private Secretary to the Earl of Northbrook, 1882-85, as First Lord of Admiralty and High Com- missioner to Egypt, 1884; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1894-99 ; A.D.C. to Queen 1895-97; Commander-in-Chief, Pa- cific, 1899-1900; Commander-in-Chief, Aus- tralia, 1901-3. Club : United Service.

BEDFORD, Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham:

G.C.B., cr. 1902; K.C.B., cr. 1895 ; C.B. 1886; Governor of Western Australia since 1903; born 1838; son of Vice-Ad- miral E. J. Bedford; married Ethel, daughter of E. R. Turner, Ipswich, 1880. Entered R.N. 1852; Lieut. 1859; Com- mander, 1871; Capt. 1876; Rear-Admiral, 1891; Vice-Admiral, 1897; served in the Black Sea, 1854; present at bombard- ments of Odessa and Sevastopol; Baltic, 1855; present at bombardment of Swea- borg (Crimea, Baltic, and Turkish medals, one clasp) ; Commander of "Serapis" dur- ing Prince of Wale's visit to India, 1875- 76; Captain of "Shah" in engagement with "Huascar," 1877; Capt. Royal Naval Coll. 1880-83; Captain of "Monarchi"; or- ganized flotilla on the Nile, 1884 (medal and clasp and Khedive's bronze star) ; Capt. of "Brittannia," 1886-89 ; A.D.C. to the Queen, 1888-91; Commander-in-Chief at the Cape and West Coast of Africa, 1892-95; commanded expeditions against Fodi Silah, Gambia, 1894; against Nana of Brokenin on Benin River, 1894; and against King Koko of Nimbi on the Niger, 1895 (medal and three clasps) ; A Lord of the Admiralty, 1889-92, and 1895-99 ; Commander-in-Chief on the North Amer- ican and West Indies Station, 1899-1903. Address, Government House, Perth, West- ern Australia. Clubs :

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 180

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100