Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 182

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mountain-climbing, angling. Address, 54 Portland Place, W .; Hindleap, Sussex. Clubs: Athenæum, National Liberal.

BULLER, Geneal Rt. Hon. Sir Redvers Henry, G. C. B .:

Cr. 1894; G.C.M.G. cr. 1900; K.C.M.G.

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cr. 1882; K.C.B. cr. 1885; P.C., V.C. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts having orig- 1879; born 1839; eldest surviving son of late J. W. Buller and Charlotte, daughter of late Lord H. M. Howard; married Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte, daughter of 4th Marquis Townshend, and widow of Hon. G. T. Howard, 1882. Educated: Eton. Entered 69th Rifles, 1858; Lieut .- Gen. 1891; served in China, 1860; Red River Exedition, 1870; Ashanti War, 1874; Kaf- fir War, 1878; Zulu War, 1878-79 (Brevet Lieut .- Col., V.C., C.M.G., medal with clasp) ; Chief of Staff, Boer War, inated the Turkish Compassionate Fund, he volunteered to proceed to the Russo- Turkish war as Special Commissioner, 1877 (Star and 2nd class of the Medji- die) ; was one of the originators of the Fisheries Exhibition, and has interested himself in the question of the food sup- ply of the poor of London; re-opened Columbia Market for the sale of fish and vegetables, and obtained parliamentary powers for railway access, but was un- able to make satisfactory arrangements 1881 ; Intelligence Department, Egypt, 1882 ; present at Kassassin, Tel-el-Kebir (despatches, K.C.M.G., medal with clasp), 3rd class Osmanieh. Khe- dive's staff, Soudan War, 1884 with the Railway Companies; visited Ire- land to assist in organizing relief in the distressed districts, 1879-80 ; subsequently largely developed the Baroness's scheme for benefiting the Irish fishermen; founder (despatches twice, Maj .- Gen., two and owner of the Brookfield Stud; Trustee clasps); Chief of Staff, Soudan, 1881- 85 (despatches, K.C.B., clasp); Quart- ermaster-General, 1887; Under-Secretary for Ireland, 1887; Adj .- Gen. 1890-97; in command at Aldershot, 1898-99; served South Africa, 1899-1900, first as General commanding the Forces in South Africa, and afterwards as General Officer com- manding in Natal, and conducted the operations for the relief of Ladysmith, which was successfully accomplished after an investment of 118 days, subse- quently conducted operations resulting in expulsion of Boer army from Natal (des- patches); commanded 1st Army Corps, Aldershot, 1901. Address: Downes, Credition. Clubs: Army and Navy, Naval and Military, Brooks's, Athenæum, United Service. of the Baltimore Fishery School; Gov- ernor of Christ's Hospital; twice Master of the Turners' Company (1888 and 1889) ; and one of the founders of the British East African Possessions; Mr. Burdett- Coutts carried the Hampstead Heath Act, 1885 (adding Parliament Hill and 300 acres as public recreation ground), Po- lice Enfranchisement, and Metropolitan Management Amendment Acts, 1887, and also the Advertisement Rating Act, 1889; proceeded to S. Africa as Times Correspon- dent with regard to the sick and wounded, 1900, and thus led to the appointment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry. After the publication of its Report the Govern- ment promised a "drastic reform" of the Army Medical Service (Session 1901), and an elaborate scheme of reform has BURDETT-COUTTS (1st Baroness (U. K.), cr. 1871) ; Angela Georgina Bur- dett-Coutts: since been passed ; was opposed by inde- pendent Conservative on the Hospitals question at the General Election of 1900, with the result that Mr. Burdett-Coutts was elected by 2,715 to 439 votes. Publi- cations : volume on Russo-Turkish War, many articles, etc. Address: 1 Stratton Street, W .; Holly Lodge, Highgate, N. W. Club : Carlton.

Partner in Coutts and Co., bankers; born 21 April, 1814; daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, Bt., M.P., Foremark, Derbyshire, and Ramsbury, Wilts, and Sophia, daughter of Thomas Coutts, bank- er; married 1881, William Lehman Ash- mead Bartlett, see below. Heir: none. Address: Stratton Street, Piccadilly, W .; Holly Lodge, Highgate, Middlesex.

BURDETT-COUTTS, William

Lehman

Ashmead Bartlett:

M. P. (C.) Westminster since 1885; born U. S. A., 1851; 2nd son of late Ellis Bartlett of Plymouth, New England, and Sophia, daughter of John King Ashmead of Philadelphia; grandparents on both sides British subjects ; married Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 1881, whose name he assumed. Educated : privately ; Keble Coll. Oxford (Scholar; M. A., 1876).

BURNE-JONES, Sir Philip:

Second Bt ..; painter; born Oct. 2, 1861; son of Sir Edward Coley Burne Burne- Jones, 1st Bt., and Georgiana, daughter of Rev. George Macdonald; step father 1898. Educated : Marlborough Coll .; Uni- versity Coll. Oxford. Has exhibited pic- tures, chiefly at the New Gallery. Publi- cation: Dollars and Democracy, 1904. Address: Rottingdean, Sussex; 9

St. Paul's Studios, Talgarth Road, W. Ken- sington, W. Club; Wellington.

BURNETT, Mrs. Frances Hodgson: Novelist and dramatist; born Manches-

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ter, 24 Nov. 1849; went with her parents to Knoxville, Tennessee, U. S. A., 1865; married 1st, 1873, Dr. Burnett, Washing- ton, U. S. A .; obtained a divorce, 1898; 2nd, 1900, Stephen Townsend, q. v. Began to publish 1867; her fame began with That Lass o' Lowrie's, published in Scrib- ner's Magazine and book form, 1877. Publications : Surly Tim and other Stories, 1877 ; Haworth's, 1879; Louisiana, 1880; A Fair Barbarian, 1881; Through One Administration, 1883 ; Little Lord Faun- tleroy, 1886; Sara Crewe, 1888; Little Saint Elizabeth, 1889; The Pretty Sister of José, A Lady of Quality, 1896; His Grace of Ormonde, 1897; The Captain's Youngest, 1898; In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim, 1899; The Making of a Marchioness, 1901; The Little Un- fairy Princess, 1902. Little Lord Faun- tleroy, which she dramatised, has brought its author over £20,000. Her other plays are: Phyllis The Showman's Daughter, The First Gentleman of Europe, Esmeral- da (which ran for three years in Ameri- ca), and, in collaboration with Mr. Town- send, Nixie and a Lady of Quality. Rec- reation : improving the lot of children. Address : Maytham Hall, Rolvenden, Kent. BURROUGHS, Lieut .- General Sir Fred- erick William Traill:

K. C. B., cr. 1904 ; C. B. 1873, D. L., J. P .; vice-Lieutenant of the counties of Orkney and Zetland; land-owner; born 1 Feb. 1831; eldest son of General Fred- erick William Burroughs and Caroline de Peyron ; married Eliza D'Oyly, youngest daughter of Col. Wm. Geddes, late Bengal Horse Artillery, C. B., D. L., J. P., 4 June 1870. Educated: Kensington Grammar School ; Blackheath N. P. Grammar

School ; Hofwyl, Switzerland. Ensign 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, 1848; Lt .- Col. commanding 93rd, 1864; commanded Brigade of Orkney Volunteer Artillery, 1873-80 ; Major-Gen. 1880; Lieut .- Gen. Retired List,

1881; served throughout

the Crimean

War,

and was one

"The Thin Red Line"; served under

Indian Mutiny, Lord Clyde in the and was twice wounded; served in com- mand of the 93rd Highlanders in the Um- beyla War on the N. W. Frontier of India, 1863. Decorated for military services : the Medjidie, 5th class; and has the Cri- mean medal, with clasps for Alma, Bala- clava, and Sebastopol; the Indian Mutiny medal, with clasps for relief of Lucknow and capture of Lucknow; the N. Y. Front- ier of India medal, with clasp for Umbey- la; twice mentioned in despatches; re-

ceived Brevet of Major; recommended for, but did not receive, the V. C. for being the first through the breach at the storming of the Sekundrabagh at the relief of Luck- now. Owns 12,000 acres. Recreations : shooting, fishing, yachting, hunting. Ad- dress : Trumland House, Rousay, Orkney Islands, N. B. Clubs : United Service ; New Conservative, Edinburgh.

BUTLER, Rev. Henry Montagu, D. D., LL. D .:

D. D .; LL.D., Glasgow ; Commendatore della Corona d'Italia, 1871; Master of Trin. Coll. Camb. from 1886; born Gay- ton Rectory, Northants, 2 July 1833 ; 4th son of George Butler, D .. D. [Senior Wrangler, 1794; Headmaster of Harrow, 1805-29 ; Rector of Gayton, 1814-53 ; Dean of Peterborough, 1842-53] and Sarah Maria, daughter of John Gray, of Wem- bley Park, Middlesex; married 1st, 1861, Georgiana Isabella Elliot, granddaughter of Rt. Hon. Hugh Elliot, sometime Minis- ter at Court of Frederick the Great; 2nd, 1888, Agnata Frances Ramsay, daughter of Sir James Ramsay of Bamff, Bart .; Educated : Harrow; Trin. Coll. Camb. Fellow of Trinity, 1855; Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. W. F. Cowper (Lord Mount Temple), 1856-57 Headmaster of Harrow, 1859-85; Hon. Chap. to the Queen, 1875- 77; Chap. in Ordy. 1877-85; Exam. Chap. to Archbishops Tait and Benson, 1879-83 ; Select Pr. at Oxf. 1877, 1878, 1882, 1889; at Camb. 1879, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1903; Preb. of Holborn in St. Paul's Cathl. 1882-85; Dean of Glouc. 1885-86 ; Hon Canon of Ely, 1897. Bell University Scholar, 1852 ; Battie University Sch. and Greek Ode, 1853; Greek Ode, Camden Medal, Porson Prize, Latin Essay Prize, 1854; Senior Classic, 1855; Vice-Chancellor, 1889, 1890. Publications : Sermons preached in the Chapel of Harrow School, 1861; Second Series, 1866; Belief in Christ and other Sermons, 1898; Words of Good Cheer for the Holy Communion, 1898; University and other Sermons, Historical and Bio- graphical, 1899; Public School Sermons, 1899. Recreations : Harrow Cricket Elev- en, 1851, ascended Monte Rosa, 1856, Par- nassus, 1857, Sinai, 1858. Address : Trin- ity Logde, Cambridge.

C CADOGAN, George Henry, K. G., P. C., J. P., LL. D .:

Fifth Earl, cr. 1800; Baron Cadogan, 1718 ; Viscount Chelsea, 1800 ; Baron Oak- ley, 1831. [1st Baron was a general offi-

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cer under Marlborough.] Hon. Col. 5th (Militia) Batt. Royal Fusiliers since 1886 ; Hereditary Trustee of the British Mu- seum; son of 4th Earl and Mary Sarah, 3rd daughter of Hon. Rev. G. V. Welles- ley, D. D .; born Durham, 12 May 1840; grand-nephew of 1st Duke of Wellington; S. father 1873; married 1865, Lady Bea- trix Jane Craven, V. A. 4th daughter of 2nd Earl of Craven. M. P. for Bath, 1873; Under-Secretary for War, 1875;

Under-Secretary for Colonies, 1878-80; Lord Privy Seal, 1886-92; Lord-Lieuten- ant of Ireland, 1895-1902. 1st Mayor of Chelsea, 1900. Heir: Viscount Chelsea, q. v. Address : Chelsea House Cadogan Place, S. W. ; Culford Hall, Bury St. Ed- munds .. Clubs : Carlton, St. Stephen's,

White's. See also Baron Lurgan, Sir Sam- uel Scott.

CAINE, Thomas Henry Hall:

Novelist and dramatist; born 14 May 1853, of Manx and Cumberland parent- age. Educated: Schools in Isle of Man and Liverpool. Brought up as an archi- tect, never practiced, but wrote in Builder, The Building News, etc .; became a jour- nalist, and was for six years a leader- writer on Liverpool Mercury. Went up to London at invitation of D. G. Rosetti ; lived with poet-painter until his death in 1882 ; then began literary career in Lon- don; wrote for Athenaeum, Academy, etc .; published Sonnets of Three Centuries, 1882; Recollections of Rosetti, 1882 ; Life of Coleridge, 1883; Cobwebs of Criticism, 1883. Then began career of novelist with Shadow of a Crime, 1885; following with Son of Hagar, 1886; his success came with The Deemster, 1887 ; afterwards pub- lished The Bondsman, 1890; The Scape- goat, 1891; The Manxman, 1894; The Christian, 1897; The Eternal City, 1901. The Deemster was dramatised" in 1889, The Manxman in 1895, The Christian in 1898; The Eternal City was produced si- multaneously in the United States and at His Majesty's Theatre in 1902. Lectured Royal Institution, 1892 ; has travelled in Morocco and in Iceland; passed four win- ters in Rome; went to Poland and frontier towns of Russia at request of Russo-Jewish committee at period of Jewish persecu- tions ; opened Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, 1894; also Arts Club, Edin- burgh, 1894; visited United States, 1895, 1898, and 1902; went to Canada as am- bassador of Author's Society to negotiate terms with Dominion Government with re- gard to Canadian copyright; drafted a bill with Canadian Copyright Association,

and submitted it to Canadian Cabinet; re- ceived for services thanks of Colonial Of- fice ; had a good deal to do with break- down of three-volume novel; is J. P. in the Isle of Man, where, in 1901, he was returned by a large majority to the House of Keys for Ramsey, on a broadly pro- gressive programme ; in 1902 revived Charles Dicken's paper, Household Words, in the interests of his son. Recreations : horse-riding and mountaineering. Ad- dress : Greeba Castle, Isle of Man. Clubs : National, Whitefriars', Maccabeans', Au- thors'.

CAMERON, (Mrs.) Lovett (Emily) :

Novelist; born Walthamstow; married, H. Lovett Cameron, eldest brother of late Commander V. Lovett Cameron, C. B. Educated: Paris; afterwards at a board- ing-school at Putney. First book. Juliet's Guardian, written after marriage, came out first in Belgravia; was very favorably reviewed; has written steadily ever since. Publications: Juliet's Guardian, 1877; De- ceivers Ever, 1878; Vera Nevill, 1880, Pure Gold; A North Country Maid; In a Grass County, 1885; Jack's Secret; A Sis- ter's Sin; A Bad Lot; A Soul Astray; The Craze of Christina; Bitter Fruit; A Pass- ing Fancy; Midsummer Madness, etc .; besides numerous serials and contribu- tions to magazines and illustrated periodi- cals. Recreations: punting, sculling, cy- cling, devoted to dogs. Address, Mill- brook House, Shepperton.

CANTERBURY, Archbishop of since

1903; Most Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson D. D., D. C. L., LL.D .:

Prelate of the Order of the Garter, 1895-1903; G.C.V.O. created 1904; born, 7 April 1848; son of Henry Davidson, Muir- house, Edinburgh, and Henrietta, daugh- ter of John Swinton, Kimmerghame; mar- ried, Edith, 2nd daughter of Archbishop Tait of Canterbury, 1878. Educated: Harrow; Trinity College, Oxford (D.D.) Curate of Dartford, Kent, 1874-77; chap- lain and private secretary to Archbishop Tait of Canterbury, 1877-82; to Archbishop Benson, 1882-83; examining chaplain to Bishop Lightfoot of Durham; 1881-83; honorary chaplain to the Queen, 1882; sub-almoner to the Queen, 1882; one of the six preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, 1880-83; Dean of Windsor and domestic chaplain to the Queen, 1883-91; Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, 1891-1901; trus - tee of the British Museum from 1884; Bishop of Rochester, 1891-95; Bishop of Winchester, 1895-1903; Clerk of the Closet in Ordinary to the King, 1901-03. Pub-

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lications: Life of Archbishop Tait (2 vols. mie de Lille, Paris. Gained Wicar trav-

3rd ed.), 1891; Charges, Sermons, etc. Address The Palace, Lamberth, S.E .; Old Palace, Canterbury. Club: Athenæum.

CAREW, Maj .- Gen. Sir Reginald Pole:

K.C.B. (created 1900), C.V.O., J.P. of Antony, Commanding 8th Division 3rd Army Corps since 1903; born Antony, Cornwall, 1 May, 1849; eldest son of late W. H. Pole Carew, of Antony, and Frances Anne, daughter of John Buller, of Morval; married 1901 Lady Beatrice Butler, eldest daughter of 3rd Marquis of Ormonde, q.v. Educated: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. Served in Coldstream Guards, 1869-99; private secretary to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor New South Wales, 1876-77; A.D.C. to Lord Litton, Viceroy of India, 1878-79; A.D.C. to Sir Frederick Roberts, Afghan war, 1879-80; A.D.C. to H.R.H. Duke of Connaught, Egypt, 1882; Military .Secretary to Sir Frederick Roberts, Madras, 1884-85; Mili- tary Secretary to Sir Fred Roberts, com- mander-in-chief. India, 1885-90; command- ed 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, 1895- 99. Commanded consecutively 9th Bri- gade and Guards' Brigade. and 11th Divi- sion South Africa (despatches twice, pro- moted Major-General). Decorated: Af- ghan War, 1879-80; march to Kandahar; Egypt, 1882 (Medjidie, 4th class, Khe- dive's star); Burma, 1886; C.B .; Jubilee medal, 1897. Recreations: hunting, shoot- ing, etc. Heir: son of John Gawen, born 4 March, 1902. Address: Antony, Corn- wall. Clubs: Guards', Marlborough, Turf, Travellers', Uuited Service, Pratt's, Carlton.

CARINGTON, Lieut .- Col. Hon. Sir Wil-

liam Henry Peregrine, K. C. V. O .: K.C.V.O. 1901; C.B. 1897; J.P .; Con- troller and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales since 1901; Extra Equerry to the King since 1901; born 1845; 2nd son of 2nd Baron Carington; married Juliet, eldest daughter of Francis Warden, 1871. Educated: Eton. Formerly Lieutenant- Colonel Grenadier Guards; M.P. (L.) Wy- combe, 1868-83; served Egyptian Cam- paign, 1882; Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1880-82; Secretary to Lord Great Chamberlain, 1871-96; Equerry to Queen Victoria. 1882-1901. Address: 6 Cadogan Square, S.W .; Burfield, Old Windsor. Clubs: Marlborough, Reform, Guards', Turf.

CAROLUS-DURAN, Emile Auguste:

Painter; born Lille 1838; married Pau- line Marie Croizette, herself an artist. Studied under Souchon. Educated Acade-

elling scholarship and went to Italy.

Resided in Spain. Works-La Priere du Soir, 1863; L'Assassine, 1866; St. Francis of Assissi, 1868; The Lady with the Glove. Portraits of Emile Gerardin, Mlle. Sophia Croizette, Queen Maria Pia of Portugal, Countess de Pourtales, Countess of War- wick, Countess de Vandal, Princess de Wagram, Duchess of Marlborough. Com- mander of the Legion of Honour, 1873; Member of Order of Leopold; Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur; Grand Officer de St. Maurice et Lazare; Grand Croix d'Isabelle la Catholique (Espagne) ; Commandeur Charles III. (Espagne); Commandeur St. Maurice et Lazare (Ita- lie) ; Commandeur Christ de Portugal; Medaille de Sauvetage, etc .; President de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Ad- dress, 11 Passage Stanislas, Paris.

CEVERA, Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete :

Born Medina Sidonia, 18 Feb. 1839. Ed- ucated: Naval Cadet School. Served Coast of Morrocco, 1859-60; Filipinas campaña contra los moros, 1869-71; against the cantonales, 1873; campaña de Filipinas contra Jals, 1874-76; Minister of Marine, 1882; served in war against America, and taken prisoner at Santiago de Cuba.

CHAMBERLAIN, Rt. Hon. Joseph, P.C., F. R. S., J. P .:

M.P. (U.L.) Birmingham, W. 1885-1900, and since 1900; Secretary of State for Colonies, 1895-1903; Chancellor of the Uni- versity of Birmingham, 1901; born 1836; son of late J. Chamberlain and Caroline daughter of H. Harben; married 1st, Har- riet, daughter of Archibald Kenrick, Ber- row Court, Edgbaston, 1861 (died 1863) ; 2nd, Florence, daughter of Timothy Ken- rick, 1868 (died 1875); 3rd, 1888, Mary, only daughter of W. C. Endicott, late Judge Massachusetts. U.S.A. Supreme Court (1873-1882), and Secretary for War, President Cleveland's first Administration, 1884-1888. Educated: London University School. LL.D. Cambridge, D.C.L. Oxford. Thrice Mayor of Birmingham; M.P. Bir- mingham, 1876-85; President of Board of Trade, 1880-85; President of Local Gov- ernment Board, 1886; late Lord Rector of Glasgow University. Address: Highbury, Moor Green. Birmingham; 40 Prince's Gardens, S. W. Clubs: Athenæum, Dev- onshire.

CHISHOLM, Hugh:

Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britan- nica; born London, 22 Feb. 1866; eldest son of late H. W. Chisholm, Warden of

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the Standards; married E. Beatrix, daugh- der of late Henry Harrison, Holywood House, and Ardkeen, Co. Down, Ireland, 1893. Educated: Felsted School; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (scholar); 1st class Classical Mods. 1886; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1,888. M.A. Barr. Middle Temple, 1892; assistant-editor of the St. James's Ga- zette, 1892-97; editor, 1897-1900. Publica- tions: co-editor of the new vols. (10th edition) of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued by The Times, 1902; contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fortnightly Review, National Review, etc. Recrea- tions: any game available; was in school and college cricket and football (Associa- tion) Elevens; music. Address, 3.8 Prince's Square, W .; The Times, E.C. Clubs: Albermarle, United, Cecil.

CHURCHILL, Winston Leonard Spen- cer:

M.P. (C.) Oldham since 1900; late Lieut. the 4th Queen's Own Hussars; eldest son of late Right Hon. Lord Randolph Churchill, 3rd son of 7th Duke of Marl- borough; born 30 Nov. 1874. Educated: Harrow; Sandhurst. Entered army 1895; served with Spanish forces in Cuba, 1895 (1st class (Spanish) Order of Military Merit); served, attached 31st Punjab In- fantry, with Malakand Field Force, 1897; present at operations in Bajaur, includ- ing actions of 16th and 30th Sept. (de- spatches, medal with clasp); served as orderly officer to Sir W. Lockhart with Tirah Expeditionary Force, 1898 (clasp) ; served attached 21st Lancers, with Nile Expeditionary Force, 1898, present at Bat- tle of Khartoum (medal with clasp) ; con- tested Oldham (C) 1899; served as Lieut. South African Lt. Horse; asted as corre- spondent Morning Post, South Africa, 1899-1900; taken prisoner, action 15th Nov., but escaped Dec. 12th; present at actions of Acton Homes, Venter's Spruit, Hussar Hill, Cingolo, Monte Cristo, and at Battles of Spion Kop, Vaal Krantz, and Pieters; also, operations round Dew- etsdorp, April, 1900; passage of Sand River, 15 May; engagements of Johannes- burg and Diamond Hill, and capture of Pretoria (medal with six clasps). Publi- cations: The Story of the Malakand Field Force, 1898; The River War, 1899; Savrola, 1900; London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1900; Ian Hamilton's Marchioness. Ad- dress: 105 Mount Street, W.

CLOWES, Sir William Laird, Kt .:

Kt., created 1902; naval critic, his- torical and miscellaneous writer; born London, 1 Feb. 1856; eldest son of late

William Clowes, Registrar in Chancery; married Ethel, daughter of L. F. Ed- wards, 1882. Educated: Aldenham, Kings Coll. London; Lincoln's Inn. Gold Medal- list United States Naval Institute, 1892; Fellow of King's Coll. London, 1895; Hon. Member Royal United Service Institution, 1896; Assoc. of Inst. of Naval Architects. Has lectured at Royal United Service In- stitution, etc .; has written much over pseudonym of "Nauticus"; has travelled and lived much abroad. Publications: Naval: The Naval Pocket-Book (annu- ally); The Needs of the Navy (reprinted from the Daily

Graphic). Historical:

part-author of Social England (6 vols.), 1892-97; The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest times to the Present (7 vols.), vols. i. 1897, ii. lii. 1898, iv. 1899, v. 1900, vi. 1901, vii., 1903; Four Modern Naval Campaigns, 1902. Fiction: The Captan of the Mary Rose, .1892; Blood is Thicker than Water, 1894; The Great Peril, 1893; The double Emperor, 1894; Told to Ma- rines, 1902. Verse : Eclogues, 1899; Mis- cellaneous : The Miniature Cyclopædia, 1888 ; Black America, a Study of the Ex- slave and his Late Master, 1892, etc .; contributor for many years to Lord Bras- sey's Naval Annual, Whitaker's Almanack, and other books of reference; numerous papers in the Nineteenth Century, Fort- nightly, Contemporary, Blackwood, New Review, Cornhill, etc. Honorary advisory Editor of "The Unit Library," 1901. Rec- reations : hockey (until retired from age) ; curling; is a collector of original MSS. relating to naval history, and of postage stamps. Address : care of Samp- son Low, Marston, and Co., Fetter Lane.

COLLYER, Robert:

Pastor Emeritus of the Church of the Messiah, New York; born Keighley, Yorkshire, 8 Dec. 1823; son of Samuel and Harriet Collyer; married Anne Armitage, 1850. Educated: the common school at Fewston, Yorkshire. Mill hand, 1832-38; blacksmith, 1838-59; Methodist local

preacher, 1848-59; emigrated to America, 1850; minister of Unity Church, Chicago, 1859-79. Publications: Nature and Life; A Man in Earnest; The Life that Now Is; The Simple Truth; Talks to Young Men; Things New and Old; The History of the Town and Parish of Ilkley (with J. H. Turner). Recreations: reading, returning to his motherland, or resting in the Moun- tains of New Hampshire in vacations when he does not cross the sea. Address: The Van Coslear, 201 West 55th Street, New York. Club: Century, New York.

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CONWAY, Dr. Moncure Daniel:

Author; born Virginia, 17 Mar. 1832; son of Walker Peyton Conway, Justice of Stafford County, descendant of the Wash- ington family, and Margaret Eleanor Daniel, granddaughter of Thomas Stone, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Educated: Dickinson College, Pa. Studied Law; in 1850 entered the Wesleyan min- istry; in 1852 entered Divinity Coll. (Uni- tarian), Harvard; Unitarian minister at Washington; compelled to leave for his sermons against slavery, 1856; Unitarian minister at Cincinnati; married Ellen

Davis Dana, 1858; on breaking out of the war in 1861, lectured gratuitously through- out Northern States, advocating emanci- pation; colonized his father's slaves in Ohio; resided at Concord, Mass., and ed- ited the Boston Commonwealth; visited England, 1863; Minister of South Place Chapel, 1864-1897; correspondent, New York World, with German Army in Fran- co-Prussian War; has fine pictures-sev- eral Turners and Rossettis; has many English and American historical relics; his large collection of original editions of works relating to American and French Revolutions purchased by Congress Li- brary. Publications: Tracts for To-day, 1857; The Rejected Stone, 1861; The Golden Hour, 1862; The Earthward Pil- grimage, 1872; The Sacred Anthology, 1872; Idols and Ideals, 1874; Travels in South Kensington, 1875; Demonology and Devil-lore, 1879; The Wandering Jew, 1880; Emerson at Home and Abroad, 1882; Thomas Carlyle, 1886; Life of Edmund Randolph, 1887; Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1890; Life of Thomas Paine, 1892; Works of Thomas Paine, 1893-96; Barons of the Potomac and the Rappahannock, 1892; Centenary History of South Place Chapel, 1893; Solomon and Solomonic Literature, 1899; Thomas Paine, et la Révolution dans les Deux Mondes, 1900 (Paris). Recrea- tions: in early life chess; billiards-fond of latter; also of whist, and swimming. Address: 22 East 10th Street, New York. Clubs: Savile, Omar Khayyam, New Vaga- bonds', Savage; Century, Authors, New York.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 182

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