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Sm JOHN LADE (11 S. x. 269, 316). At
the latter reference MR. BLEACKLEY cites an
account of Lady Lade in ' The Female
Joe- key Club.'
There is an article on Sir John L de in ' The Jockey Club,' also said to be by Charles Pigott, pt. i., 10th ed., 1792, p. 85. On p. 77 et seq. is an article about " Black D ," in which is a good deal about Mrs. S th, afterwards Lady L de, and the D Ice of Y k. In this article (p. 83) the marriage of Sir John and Mrs. Smith is said to have taken place at St. George's Church (? Hanover Square), where Mr. D s " acted as father on the occasion, and with true parental fondness, presented him with the Lady's fair hand."
In the second part of ' The Jockey Club,' 7th ed., 1792, p. 83, is a short article headed
- Sir J n L de.' There is little in it but
a violent reply to an alleged threat of a prosecution for libel.
Who " Black D ," otherwise " Mr. D s," was I do not know. He appears to have been intimately associated with a
- ' Mr. B ck," on whom very severe com-
ments appear in pt. i. p. 74.
Among the mock epitaphs in ' The Abbey of Kilkhampton ' (by Herbert, afterwards the Rev. Sir Herbert. Croft), 5th ed., 1780, p. 47, is one on Sir J... L..., in which we read :
"Sir J... L... After being plundered of Wealth and Reputation, by Knaves the most unprincipled, and VV omen the most abandoned, fell from a Phaeton which he h ad himself constructed on a new Mode, and was trampled on by his own Horses."
'This mock epitaph appeared when Sir John Lade was a very young man.
ROBERT PIERPOINT.
EPAULETS (11 S. x. 270). According to f loues's ' History of the Royal Navy ' the Avti'.ring of epaulettes was first introduced into the service by an order of 1 June, 1795. Th.-- regulations laid down were as follows :
Admirals, to wear two gold epaulettes, with three silver stars on each.
Vice-Admirals, two gold epaulettes, with two stars on each.
'Hear- Admirals, two gold epaulettes, with one star on each.
Post-Captains of above three years' stand- in L. two epaulettes without stars.
Post -Cap tains of under three years' stand- ing, one gold epaulette, to be worn on the right shoulder.
Masters and Commanders, one epaulette, to be worn on the left shoulder.
These regulations remained in force until
1812, when the following alterations were
made :
Post-Captains of more than three years' standing, to wear two epaulettes bearing a silver crown above a silver anchor.
Post-Captains of less than three years' standing, two epaulettes with a silver anchor.
Commanders, two plain epaulettes.
Lieutenants, one epaulette, to be worn on the right shoulder.
In 1825 a number of changes were made in the details of naval uniforms, but no altera- tion seems to have been made in the regula- tions as to epaulettes.
In 1846 Mates and Second Masters were given single epaulettes, with distinguishing badges, to be worn on the right shoulder. In 1856 the marks on epaulettes were altered, and Mates were given two scales (epaulettes without bullion).
See ' The Royal Navy,' by Sir Wm. Laird Clowes, vols. iv. 182; v. 35, 36; vi. 210, 211 (London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1899-1903). T. F. D.
SIR JOHN GILBERT (11 S. x. 102, 144, 183, 223, 262, 292, 301, 318). I should like to say how delighted I have been with this valuable series of notes on Sir John Gilbert. Ever since as a child (circa 1860) I first saw his spirited drawings in The Band of Hope Review and The British Workman, I have derived an unqualified pleasure from h ; s pictures.
At the time of Sir John Gilbert's knighthood a biographical article was published in The Illustrated London News (16 March, 1872), in which the following interesting statement appeared :
" It was John Gilbert who thirty years ago made drawings for the very first Number of The Illustrated London Ntiox, and drawings for the same Paper were among the last which he executed before discontinuing this branch of his art."
With reference to Gilbert's earliest work the writer of the article says :
" The next year [1838] he made a set of drawings on wood which were engraved and published in a child's book of, we believe, ' Nursery Rhymes. 1 "
From the conclusive evidence submitted by MR. ASHBY-STERRY, this little volume turns out to be ' City Scenes ; or, a Peep into London.' Is the letterpreas of this book in rime ? A fine engraved portrait of Sir John Gilbert from a photograph by John Watkins accompanied the article.
