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88 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vin. JAN. 29, 1921. France tout entire, depuis 1'academicien jusqu'au petit bourgeois de province, depuis la grand dame jusqu'a la grisette, qui preriait feu pour les recits de cet Ecossais, plus populaire dans notrepays que dans le sien. ll s'etait empare de nos salons, de nos theatres, de nos ateliers, de nos expositions de peinture. II teignait de ses couleurs 1'histoire et le roman : il etendait son influence sur les fantaisies de la mode, sur les ameublements, les costumes, sur toutes les varietes du bric-a-brac moyen age qui date de lui. C'est que 1'auteur de 'Waverley' arrival t pour nous a son moment ; il s'accordait merveilleuse- ment avec une epoque pu notre ecole romantique cherchait sa voie, ranimait le culte du passe, renouvelait les etudes historiques, et rompait avec les Grecs et les Romains en 1'honneur des XV e et XVI e siecles. Un peu plus tard, apresles journ^es de juillet 1830, sa vogue eut encore un regain, grace a nos imaginations legitimistes et romanesques, qui d^couvraient des analogies entre les Bourbons et les Stuarts." Charles X. was again in exile at Holyrood House, when Sir Walter Scott passed away at Abbotsford, in September, 1832. ANDREW DE TERNANT. 36 Somerleyton Road, Brixton, S.W. WE must request correspondents desiring in. formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their querie s in order that answers may be sent to them direct. 'MRS. DRAKE REVIVED.' The late Col. Vivian in his ' Visitations of Devon, ' under the name of Joan, eldest daughter and co- heiress of William Tothill, and wife of Francis Drake of Esher, notes that she was the subject of a remarkable memoir bearing this title; and that Katharine, her sister, was the youngest of thirty-three children. Can any reader tell me whether the title is correctly given, and for what the memoir is specially remarkable ? It is not in the London Library. A. T. M. BAGRATION. I wonder if any reader could give me information concerning the family of the lady who, in 1850, married Prince Alexander Petrovitch Bagration. The mar- riage took place in London. She was of a Welsn family named Williams. Prince Bagration was at the time a Russian military officer, and a member of the family who formerly held the throne of Georgia prior to the annexation to the Russian Empire. I am contemplating an attempt to write a history of the Bagratia Dynasty, which is considerably older than any other in Europe, being, in point of antiquity, only exceeded by some of the Rajput lines in India. I aiiT a grandson of the person concerning whom I am inquiring. I was taken from Russia as a small boy, and of my British grand- mother or her people I know nothing. Any information concerning this marriage, or concerning anything else material to the story of the Bagration family in England,, would be very gratefully accepted. ALEXANDER BAGRATION. Lockport, N.Y. GREEN, OF co. TIPPERARY.- Dorothy,, daughter and co-heiress of Major Samuel Green, of Killaghy, co. Tipperary, was the mother of the fifth Viscount Allen. Can any reader supply me with the name of Major Green's wife, and any particulars of this lady ? P. D. M. PAUL MARNY. I should be glad to know something of the life of tnis water colour artist. A recent notice of acquisitions by the British Museum gave "two colour prints after De Marny." Is this the same- artist ? C. G. N. THE BRITISH IN SARDINIA. The following paragraph is taken from ' England's. Artillerymen,' by J. A. Browne, published in 1865 : " Detachments of Royal Artillerymen were sent to the Mediterranean to serve on board the bomb- vessels of Admiral Mathews's fleet. In 1744 the King of Sardinia applied to the admiral to allow these artillerymen to take charge of the most im- portant ports and batteries on his frontiers. One captain, four lieutenants, and twenty-four bom- bardiers were accordingly landed, and served with, distinction at the defence of Montalban and Mont- leuze. These two fortresses being assaulted and taken by the French and Spaniards in April, the- detachments were made prisoners." Where were these fortresses situated ? Does any account exist of their capture in 1744 ? J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Col. ZELLA TRELAWNY.- I have been unable to trace the history of Zella, the daughter of Edward Trelawny, the friend of Shelley and Byron. Trele.wny mentions Zella in letters to- Claire Clairmont circa 1829, but not ^later ; perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' may kindly afford information. E. M. S. VOLANS. I shall be pleased if any genealogist can inform me of the source of the family name Volans. It is found chiefly in Yorkshire, being fairly common aroundl Selby and York. J. R. VOLANS. 41 Norwood Road, Shipley, Yorks.