Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 186

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Hon. D.Sc., Oxford, 1904; electrical en- gineer; born Bologna (mother an Irish- woman), 25 April 1875; unmarried. Edu- cated: Leghorn, under Prof. Rosa, Bologna University. Carried out first experiments in connection with his system of wireless

Same first tested

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in England between Penarth and Weston, with success; then by Italian Ministry of Marine at Spezia. In 1899 established wireless communication between France and England, across the English Channel. His system is now used exclusively by Lloyd's and principal shipping companies in England and abroad; also employed by the British and Italian Admiralties in their respective navies, and at various land stations, over distances ranging up to 180 miles; was the first to receive signals, transmitted by his system of wireless telegraphy, across the Atlantic Ocean, from Polhu, Cornwall, to St. John's New- foundland, a distance of 2,100 miles; 1901; submitted to T.M. the Tsar and the King of Italy at Kronstadt wireless telegrams received from Cornwall by his system on board the Italian crusier "Carlo Alberto," during her voyage from England to Russia and in Kronstadt Harbour, 1902; later in the same year received at Gibraltar and in various part of the Mediterranean wireless telegrams transmitted direct from Corn- wall to the "Carlo Alberto"; and on Dec. 1902 was able to announce establishment of wireless telegraphic communication by his system between Canada (Cape Breton) and England, formal inauguratory mes- sage being transmitted from the Gov- ernor-General of Canada and from Mr. Marconi to the King of England, and from Mr. Marconi to the King of Italy; a few weeks later transmitted message from the President of the U.S. to the King of Eng- land, inaugurating wireless connection also between Cape Cod (Mass.) and Corn- wall. Decorated by the Tsar with the Or- der of St. Anne; created by the King of Italy Commander of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lawrence, and Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1902; received freedom of the City of Rome, 1903; sailed on H.M.S. "Duncan" from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, wireless messages being received from Poldhu throughout the voyage, 1903; inaugurated on R.M.S. "Campania" first ocean daily newspaper (Cunard Daily Bulletin), 1904; during the voyage news received daily from all parts of the world, and 750 bulle- tins printed and issued every morning. Recreations: hunting, cycling, motoring. Address: 18 Finch Lane, E.C. Clubs: Bath, Automobile.

MARKHAM, Sir Clements Robert:

K.C.B .; created 1896; F.R.S .; President of the Royal Geographical Society, of the International Geographical Congress, 1849-99, and of the Hakluyt Society, and

of the Geographical, Elizabethan and Royal Society Clubs; one of the Governors of Westminster School aud trustee of Dr. Busby's charities; born Stilingfleet, Co. York, 20 July 1830; son of Rev. David F. Markham, Vicar of Stillingfleet and Canon of Windsor, and of Catharine, daughter of Sir William Mordaunt Miller, Bt., Nunap- pleton Co., York; married 1857, Minna, daughter of Rev. J. H. Chichester, Rector of Arlington, Co. Devon. Educated: Cheam; Westminster School. Entered the Navy in 1844; served in the Arctic Expedition of 1850-51; left the Navy 1852; travelled in Peru, 1852-54; introduced the cultivation of the quinine-yielding chin- chona trees from Peru into British India, 1859-62; geographer to the Abyssinian Ex- pedition; Secretary to the Royal Geo- graphical Society, 1863-88; Secretary to the Hakluyt Society, 1858-87; Assistant Secretary in the India Office, 1867-77. Publications: Life of the Great Lord Fair- fax; The Fighting Veres; History of Peru; Threshold of the Unknown Region; Me- moir of the Indian Surveys; History of Persia; History of the Abyssinian Expe- dition; Missions to Tibet; Lives of Colum- bus, John Davis, and Major Rennell; Travels in Peru and India; Ollanta, an Inca drama, translated from the Quichua; The Paladins of Edwin the Great, 1896, and other works; edited twenty-two vol- umes for the Hakluyt Society, two for the Navy Records Society, one for the Rox- burghe Club. Recreations: traveling, to- pographical research. Address: 21 Eccle- ston Square, S.W. Clubs: Athenæum, Royal Societies'.

MARLBOROUGH, 9th Duke of (cr. 1702), Charles Richard John

Spencer- Churchill, P. C., K. G .:

Baron Spencer, 1603; Earl of Sunder- land, 1643; Baron Churchill, 1685; Earl of Marlborough, 1689; Marquis of Blandford, 1702; Prince of the Holy Roman Empire; Prince of Mindelheim in Suabia; Under- Sec. of State for Colonies since 1903; [1st Duke was the victor of Blenheim, Ramil- lies, Oudenard, and Malplaquet; Capt .- Gen. of England (died 1722); 1st Earl Sunderland fell on Royalist side at New- bury, 1643; 5th Earl became 3rd Duke, he was commander of a brigade of Guards at Dettingen, 1743, and of the British troops sent to Germany, 1750]; born Simla, 13 Nov. 1871; son of 8th Duke and Albertha, daughter of 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G .; succeeded father 1892; married Consuelo, daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt, New York, 1895. Chancellor of Primrose

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League, 1897 and 1898; served with Yeo-

manry Cavalry, South Africa, 1900, and

A.D.C. to Lieut .- Gen. Ian Hamilton, C.B .; Paymaster-General, 1899-1902. Owns about 19,685 acres. Heir: son Marquess of

Blandford, q.v. Recreations: shooting,

hunting. Address: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon .; Sunderland House, Curzon Street, W. Clubs: Carlton, Marl- borough. See also Lord E. S. Churchill, Winston L. Churchill, Earl Howe, Baron de Ramsey, Sir Robert Gresley, Duke of Roxburghe, Baron Tweedmouth, Lady Sarah Wilson, Mr. G. C. West, Baron Winborne. Sir Francis Winnington.

MARTIN, Bradley, M. A., LL.B .:

Lawyer of the Bar of the State of New York, but not practising; born Albany, State of N.Y., U.S.A., 18 Dec. 1841; 2nd son of Henry Hull Martin and Anne Tounsend Martin; married Cornelia Sher- man, daughter of Isaac Sherman, New York City. Educated: Union University, State of N.Y. 1st Lieut. 93rd Regt. N.G.S. N.Y .; commanding a company a short period during the war between the North and the South; Col. and A.D.C. on Gov- ernor Reuben E. Fenton's Staff, State of New York. Recreations: deer-stalking, etc. Address: 4 Chesterfield Gardens, May- fair, W .; Balmaccan, Glen Urquhart, In- verness, N.B. Clubs: Marlborough, St. James's; Union, Knickerbocker, Metro- politan, Racquet and Tennis, etc. New York; Societété de Sport de l'Ile de Puteaux, Société du Polo, Travellers', Paris.

MASON, Alfred Edward Woodley, F. R. G .. S .:

Novelist; born 7 May 1865; youngest son of late William Woodley Mason, Everleigh, Dulwich. Educated: Dulwich College .; Trin. Coll. Oxford (Exhibitioner). B.A. Publications: A Romance of Wastdale, 1895; The Courtship of Morrice Buckler, 1896 (dramatised by Miss Isabel Bate- man and author at Grand Theatre, Isling- ton); The Philanderers, 1897; Lawrence Clavering, 1897; Parson Kelly (with Mr. Andrew Lang), 1899; Miranda of the Bal- cony, 1899 (produced as a play, New York, 1901); The Watchers (Arrowsmith's Xmas Annual), 1889; Ensign Knightly; Clementina, 1901; The Four Feathers, 1902. Recreations: mountain-climbing, boat-sailing. Address: Queen Anne's Mansions, S.W. Club: Garrick.

MATSUKATA, Count M .:

Hon. G.C.M.G., created 1902; accorded by the Emperor the same consideration as a Prime Minister of State, in recogni-

tion of past services; born Kagoshima,

1835; son of a samurai of the Satsuma clan; married 1860, daughter (present Countess) of a samurai of the same clan. Education: received military and literary education such as was common in the Satsuma clan; received naval training from foreigners in Nagaskai. Served as chamberlain to the Lord of the Satsuma clan; took part in political movement which resulted in the overthrow of the Shogunati; was appointed a local governor at the time of the Restoration; since 1870 engaged in the financial administration of the central Government, and directed efforts to facilitate and encourage agri- cultural and industrial enterprises; had a share in carrying out the Land Tax Re- form; visited Europe as President of the Japanese section of the Paris Exposition of 1878; appointed Minister of Home Af- fairs, 1880; Minister of Finance, 1881; the redeption of inconvertible notes was the most important work accomplished during the more than ten years' service as Min- ister of Finance; was created Count, 1884; Premier (continuing at the same time to hold the Portfolio of Finance), 1891-92; again appointed Minister of Finance, 1895. but resigned soon afterwards; Premier and Minister of Finance, 1896; resigned, 1898; Minister of Finance in Oct. of the same year till Oct. 1900; the post-bellum financial administration and the adop- tion of the gold standard (for which the Count has been mainly responsible) have been the most important incidents in the history of Japan in recent years; visited America and Europe, 1902; Hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1902. Publications: Re- port on the Adjustment of Paper Currency (in Japanese); History of

National Debts In

Japan (translat- ed into English) ; Report on the Adoption of the Gold Standard in Japan (translated into English); Report on the Post-bellum Financial Administration in Japan (translated into English); Notice historique sur la Réforme de l'Impot fon- cier au Japan (written in French). Rec- reations; collection of pictures and other artistic objects; horse-riding. Address: Mita, Tokyo, Japan.

MATTEI, Tito:

Chevalier of SS. Maurizio and Lazzero; pianist to the King of Italy; pianist, coni- poser and conductor; born Campobasso, near Naples, 24 May 1841. Educated: Naples, under Thalberg and others. At eleven years of age was named professor of the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome,

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and member of Philharmonic Society, Club: Travellers'. See also Col. Hon. Florence, Turin and others. Gave his R. S. G. Stapleton-Cotton. first concert, 28 Sept. 1846, and afterwards made several tours in Italy; concerts in France and in England, returning to Italy 1853 (when he played before Pope Pio IX. and received a gold medal from his hands) where he studied harmony; again in France and Germany, and in 1863 finally settled in London, giving concerts in all parts of the kingdom; organized and con- ducted a season of Italian opera at the Lyceum Theatre in 1870. Publications: many hundred songs and pianoforte pieces, many of them becoming popular everywhere, viz. Non è ver; Non tornò; Oh! oh! hear the wild wind blow; Dear Heart; for the Sake of the Past; Mattel's Valse, etc .; also several operas, viz. Maria di Gand, performed at Her Majesty's Theatre; La Prima Donna, etc. Address: 79 Baker Street, W.

METHUEN, family name of Baron 'Methuen. METHUEN, 3rd Baron (cr. 1838), Paul Sanford Methuen:

G.C.B., cr. 1902; K.C.B., cr. 1900; K.C. V.O., cr. 1897; C.B., C.M.G., J.P .; Col. Scots Guards; Hon. Col. 2nd Vol. Batt. Wiltshire. [Is descended from John Methuen, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, whose name was given to a well-known treaty with Portugal]; born 1 Sept. 1845; son of 2nd Baron, and Horatio, daughter of Rev. John Sanford, Nynehead, Somer- setshire; stepfather 1891; married 1878, Evelyn (died, 1879), daughter of Sir F. H. Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bt .; 2nd, Mary Ethel, daughter of William Ayshford San- ford, Nynehead Court, 1884. Educated: Eton. Lieut. Scots Guards, 1864; on spec- ial service to Gold Coast, 1873; served Ashanti War, 1874 (medal with clasp); Assistant Military Secy. to Commander- in-Chief, Ireland, 1877; Military Ataché, Berlin, 1877-81; Assitant Adj .- Gen. and Assistant Quartermaster-Gen. Home Dis- trict, 1881-84; served Egyptian War, 1882, as A.A. and Q.M.G., and Commandant at Headquarters in Egypt, 1882, including Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir (despatches, C.B. medal with clasp, 3rd Cl. Osmanie, Khedive's star); commanded Methuen's Horse in Bechuanaland Field Force, 1884- 85 (despatches, C.M.G.); Deputy-Adj .- Gen. in S. Africa, 1888; Maj .- Gen. 1890; in command of Home District, 1892-97; commanded 1st Division 1st Army Corps, South Africa, 1899-1902 (despatches). Heir: son of Hon. Paul Ayshford Methuen, q. v. Address: Corsham Court, Wilts.

MILLAIS, John Guille, F. Z. S .: Artist and author; born London, 24 March 1865; 4th son of late Sir John Everett Millais, Bart, P.R.A., and Eu- phemia Chalmers, daughter of George Gray, Perth; married Frances Margaret, 2nd daughter of P. G. Skipwith. Edu- cated: Marlborough; Trin. Coll. Camb. Joined 1st Batt. 72nd (Seaforth) High- landers, 1886, retiring as 7st Lieutenant in 1892; has travelled and shot big game in Iceland, N. and S. Africa, and Western America, Canada, Newfoundland, Nor- way and Sweden; illustrated many books of sport and natural history, notably Bad- minton Library (Shooting); Encyclopædia of Sport; Seebohm's and Sir R. Payne Gallwey's works, etc .; has a museum and collection of some 3,000 birds, mostly col- lected and shot by himself in the British Islands. Publications: Game Birds and Shooting Sketches, 1892; A Breath from the Veldt, 1895; British Deer and their Horns, 1897; Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais, 1899; The Wild Fowler in Scotland, 1901; The Natural History of British Surface-Feeding Ducks, 1902; The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 1904; contributor of articles to the En- cyclopedia of Sport, 1898. Recreations : natural history, tennis, shooting, and fish- ing. Address: Compton's Brow, Hors- ham, Sussex. Club: Royal Societies.

MILLARD, Evelyn:

Actress; born London; daughter of late John Millard, Professor of Elocution at the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music; married 1900, Robert Porter Coulter. Educated: privately. Made first appearance in Miss Sarah Thorne's stock company at Bargate, 1891; played Juliet, Hero, Julia in The Hunchback, etc .;

joined Mr. Fred Thorne's Repertoire Com- pany, 1891, playing Sophia, Fanny Good- will in Joseph's Sweetheart, Clara Dou- glas in Money, and Miss Tomboy; Adelphi, 1891-93, playing Constance in The Trum- pet Call, Alice Lee in The White Rose, Sybil Garfield in The Lights of Home, Poly Fletcher in The Lost Paradise, Lady Mildred Dashwood in The Black Domino; Mr. Comyns Carr's Company, 1894, played Rosamund in Sowing the Wind; St. James's Theatre, 1894-96, played Dulcie Larondie in The Masqueraders, Cecily Car- dew in The Importance of Being Earnest. Mrs. Tanqueray, Lady Harding in The Idler, Blanche Chilworth in Liberty Hall, Lois in The Divided Way, and Princess

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Flavia in The Prisoner of Zenda; in 1897 | D.C.L., Oxford, 1896. Barr. Lincoln's Inn, created the part of Mdlle. de Belle-Isle in 1873; M.P. (L.) Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1883- 95; twice Chief Secretary for Ireland, with seat in Cabinet, 1886, and 1892-95; Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, 1891; Trustee of British Museum, 1894. Publications: The Silver Key at Her Majesty's Theatre; also played Portia in Mr. Tree's produc- tion of Julius Cæsar, 1898; Lady Ursula in The Adventure of Lady Ursula, 1898; Glory Quayle in The Christian, 1899; Miss Hobbs and Madame Butterfly, 1900; Fran- cesca in Paolo and Francesca, 1902; played Mildred in The Unforseen, 1902. Recrea- tions: reading, driving. Address: 33 Park Lane, W.

MORLEY, 3rd Earl of (cr. 1815), Albert Edmund Parker, P. C .:

Viscount Boringdon, 1815; Baron Bor- ingdon, 1784; Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords since 1889; Fellow and Governor of Eton College; J.P .; Chairman of Devon County Council; born London, 11 June 1843; S. father 1864; married Margaret, daughter of R. S. Holford, Weston Birt, 1876. A Liberal Unionist. Educated: Eton; Balliol Coll. Oxford. 1st class in Classics, 1865. Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, 1868-74; Under Secretary of State of War, 1880-85; First Commissioner of Works, 1886; Owns about 8000 acres, and pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Heir: son of Viscount Boringdon, q. v.

Address: Saltram, Plympton, Devon; 31 Prince's Gardens, S.W. Clubs: Travellers, Brooks's.

MORLEY, Right Hon. Arnold, P. C .:

Born 1849; son of Samuel Morley, M.P. for Bristol, and Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Hope, Liverpool. Educated: Trin- ity College, Cambridge (M.A.); took an ægrotat degree in Mathematical honours, having been 9th in the 3 days. Barr. Inner Temple, 1873; M.P. Nottingham, 1880-85; Nottingham E., 1885-95, when defeated; Patronage Secretary and Chief Liberal Whip, 1886-92; Postmaster-Gen- eral, 1892-95; acted as counsel for Home Office in Colliery Accident Inquiries, 1880- 85. Recreations: shooting, fishing, stalk- ing, cycling, yachting; owns steam yacht "Yarta"; rowed in 1st Trinity 1st boat, head of the river, 1870. Address: 7 Strat- ton Street, Piccadilly, W. Clubs: Athen- æum, Brooks's, Reform, Turf, National Liberal, Royal Yacht Squadron.

MORLEY, Et. Hon. P. C., O. M., M. A., F. R. S., LL.D., D. C. L .:

M.P. (L.) Montrose Burghs since 1896; Hon. Fellow, All Souls, Oxon .; born Blackburn, 24 December 1838; son of late Jonathan Morley, surgeon. Educated: Cheltenham College; Lincoln College, Ox- ford. Hon. LL.D., Glasgow, 1879; Cam- bridge, 1892; St. Andrews, 1902; Hon. 33

Edmund Burke, 1867; Critical Miscellanies, 1871, second series, 1877; Voltaire, 1871; Rousseau, 1873; The Struggle for Na- tional Education, 1873; On Compromise, 1874; Diderot and the Encyclopædists, 1878; Burke, 1879; The Life of Richard Cobden, 1881; Studies in Literature, 1891; Oliver Cromwell, 1900; Life of Gladstone, 1903. Address: Flowermead, Wimbledon Park, S.W. Club: Athanæum.

MUIR, Robert:

Professor of Pathology, University of Glasgow, since 1899; son of late Rev. R. Muir, Allars Church, Hawick. Educated: Edinburgh University. M.A., 1884; M.B., C.M. (1st Class Honours), 1888; M.D. (Gold medal Thesis), 1890; Vans Dunlop Scholar; F.R.C.P.E., 1896; F.F.P.S.G., 1901; appointed senior assistant to the Professor of Pathology, Edinburgh Uni- versity, and Pathologist to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1892; Lecturer on Pa- thological Bacteriology, Edinburgh Uni- versity, 1894; Examiner in Pathology,

Univ. of Oxford, 1898-1901; Prof. of Pathology, St. Andrews, 1898-99. Publi- cations: Manual of Bacteriology (3rd edit.) (jointly with Dr. J. Ritchie); Sci- entific Papers, etc. Recreations: golf, cycling, curling, etc. Address: Universi-

ty of Glasgow. Clubs: Royal Societies, Scottish Arts.

MURRAY, James Augustus Henry:

M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., D.Litt., Ph.D .; editor of Oxford English Dictionary; born Denholm, near Hawick, Roxburghshire, 1837; married Ada Agnes, eldest daughter of George Ruthven, Kendal, 1867. Edu- cated: M.A. Oxford (Balliol Coll.) ;. Hon. LL.D. Edin., 1874; Glasgow, 1901; D.C.L. Durham, 1886; Ph.D. Freiburg i. B., 1896; D.Litt. Wales, 1902; Foreign Memb. of Amer. Phil. Soc .; of Netherlands Soc. of Arts, Science, and Lit., etc. Engaged in teaching, 1855-85; Assistant Master, Hawick Grammar School, 1855; Master of Hawick Academy, 1858; Master at Mill Hill School, 1870-85; Assistant Examin- er in English, Univ. of London, 1875-79; one of the founders of Hawick Archæo- logical Society in 1856, and for several years Secretary; President of Philological Society, London, 1878-80, 1882-84; under- took, for Philological Society and Oxford University Press, in 1879, editing of New

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English Dictionary on Historical Princi- ples, founded on materials of Philological Society; in connection with which, re- moved from Mill Hill to Oxford in 1885; Romanes Lecturer, Oxford, 1900. Publica- tions: papers on History, and Language of Border Counties, in Transactions of H.A.S., etc .; various papers, in Trans- actions of the Philological Society ; A Week among the Antiquities of Orkney, Hawick, 1861; the Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland, with Historical Introduction and Linguistical Map of Scotland, 1873; Synopsis of Paley's Horae Paulinae, 1872- 79; The Minor Poems of Sir D. Lyndesay, 1871, The Complaynt of Scotland, 1874, The Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune, 1875, edited for E.E.T.S., with Historical Introductions; article "English Language" in Encyclopædia Britannica; New English Dictionary, vols. i. ii. A to C, 1888-93; vol. iii. D (with E. Henry Bradley) 1897; vol. v. H to K, 1901; vol. vii O and P, in progress. Recreations: gardening, cycling, mountain-climbing, stamp-collecting. Address: Oxford.

MURRAY, John, J. P., D. L., F. S. A., etc .:

Head of publishing house of John Mur- ray, founded 1768; President of Publishers' Association, 1898-99; born London, 1851; married daughter of William Leslie of Warthill, Aberdeenshire, late M.P .; Vice- Educated: Eton; Magdalen College, Ox- ford, M.A. Publications: editor of Gib- bon's Autobigraphy, and other works .. Recreations: shooting, golf, cricket. bicy- cling, etc .; Capt. of Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, 1884. Address; 50 Albemarle Street, w .. Clubs: Athenæum, M.C.C., London Fencing, etc.

NANSEN, Fridtjof, Sc. D., LL. D., D. C. L., Ph. D .:

Arctic Explorer; author; born near Christiania, 10 Oct. 1861; son of well- known Norwegian advocate; married Eva Sars, the eminent singer, daughter of Professor M. Sars, Sept. 1SS9. Educated: University of Christiania. Went to Green- land Sea, 1882; appointed curator in Nat- ural History Museum, Bergen; went across Greenland, 1888-89; appointed curator Museum of Comparative Anatomy, Christ- iania University; made his memorable North Pole Expedition, in which

he reached the highest latitude until then attained (86 deg. 175 m.), 1893-96; ap- pointed Professor of Zoology, Christiania University. Publications: Across Green-

land; Eskimo Life; Farthest North. 1897; The Norwegian North Polar Expediton, 1893-96, Scientific Results; besides vari- ous scientific works. Address: Lysaker, near Christiania, Norway; Royal Geo- graphical Society.

NAVARRO, Mary Anderson de:

Born Sacremento, California, 28 July 1859; mother of German descent direct, and English father; married Antonio de Navarro; one son José Maria, born 23 Sept. 1896. Educated: The Ursuline Con- vent and Presentation Academy, Louis- ville, Kentucky, U.S.A. Idle at school and unsuccessful; began stage life at 16; very successful; left stage at 28; flattering offers to return refused; retired in 1889, early in the year. Publications: A Few Memories, 1896. Recreations: music, cards, reading aloud, singing. Address: The Court Farm, Broadway, Worcester- shire, England.

NAYLOR-LEYLAND, Sir Albert Ed- ward Herbert:

2nd Bi., cr. 1895; born 1890; son of 1st Bart. and Jane, daughter of William Selah Chamberlain, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A .; S. father. 1899. Heir: b. George, born 1892. Address: Hyde Park House, Albert Gate, W .; Lexden Park, Colchester.

NEWNES, Sir George:

1st Bt .; cr. 1895; M.P. (R.) Swansea Town since 1900; J.P .; born 13 Mar. 1851; married Priscilla, daughter of Rev. J. TIillyard, Leicester, 1875. Educated: Sil- coates, Yorkshire; City of London School. Founder of George Newnes, Limited, pro- prietors of Strand Magazine. Tit-Bits, etc .; proprietor Westminster Gazette; M.P. Cambridgeshire (Newmarket), 1885-95. Hir: son Frank, born 1876. Address: Wildcroft, Putney Heath, S.W .; Holler. day Hill, Lynton, N. Devonshire.

NIGHTINGALE, Florence:

Organiser of nursing in the Crimean War; Lady of Grace of St. John of Jeru- salem; born Florence, 12 May 1820; daugli- ter of W. E. Nightingale, Embley Park. Educated: in nursing by Protestant Sis- ters of Mercy at Kaiserwerth on the Rhine; proceeded to the Crimea in 1854; she devoted the £50,000 testimonial to the foundation of the Nightingale Home for the training of nurses. Publications: Notes on Hospitals, 1859; Notes on Nurs- ing. 1860; Notes on the Sanitary State of the Army in India, 1863! Introductory Notes on Lying-in Institutions, 1871; Life or Death in India, 1874. Address: 10 South Street, Park Lane, W.

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NILLSON, Madame Christine (Comtesse

de Miranda) :

Prima donna; born Sweden, 1843; mar- ried 1st, M. Auguste Rouzaud, 1872 (died 1882); 2nd, 1887, Comte de Miranda (died 1902). Educated: Halmstad; Stockholm, under Berwald. Made he début at Stock- holm, 1860, then went to Paris and stud- ied under Victor Massé and Wartel; first appearance in London, 1867; has sung in the following operas: The Magic Flute; Martha; Don Juan; Faust; Robert the Devil.

O'CONNOR, Thomas Power:

M.P. (N.) Scot. Div. of Liverpool since 1885; late editor of the Sun, and Weekly Sun; editor of M.A.P. and T.P.'s Weekly; born Athlone, Ireland, 5 Oct. 1848; eldest son of late Thomas O'Connor and Theresa Power. Educated: College of the Im-

maculate Conception, Athlone; Queen's Coll. Galway (M.A.) B.A. in 18th year and Senior Scholar History and Modern Languages, 1866; entered journalism as a junior reporter on Saunders' Newsletter, a Dublin Conservative journal, 1867; mi- grated to London in search of situation, 1870; was appointed a sub-editor on Daily Telegraph; afterwards was employed in London office New York Herald; entered Parliament as member for Galway, 1880; returned for both Galway and Liverpool, 1885; chose latter, for which again re- turned in 1886, 1892, 1895, 1900; founded and was first editor of the Star, the Sun, the Weekly Sun, M.A.P., and T.P.'S Weekly. Publications: Lord Beaconfield, a Biography; The Parnell Movement; Gladstone's House of Commons; Some Old Love Stories; Napoleon; The Phan- tom Millions; and a large number of arti- cles and essays. Recreations: cycling, golf. Address: Oakley Lodge, Chelsea. Clubs: National Liberal, City Liberal, Bath.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 186

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

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