.x. DEO. e, 1902.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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vol. xxiii. p. 285 of the Transactions of the
American Philological Association. He shows
clearly that "up to the nines" is merely a
phonetic variant of "up to the eyne" i.e.,
"up to the eyes," a familiar phrase. "To
the nine" would be more correct, and stands
for "to then ine," where then is the old dat.
plural of the definite article ; but as ine did
not sound like a plural, it became necessary
to add s. An instance of the phrase will be
found in Burns, 'Poem on Pastoral Poetry,'
stanza 7. WALTER W. SKEAT.
VERIFYING REFERENCES AND QUOTATIONS (9 th S. x. 356;. I certainly read what your correspondent (8 th S. x. 406) wrote as meaning that the quotation itself should be " references and quotations," and not (as I should have done, although it might perhaps have been expressed more clearly) that, in his opinion, Dr. Routh ought to have amplified his remark to include quotations as well as references. Mea culpa ! EDWARD LATHAM.
GARDNER BARONY (9 th S. x. 388). Admiral Sir Alan Gardner, Bart., M.P. for Plymouth 1790-6 and for Westminster 1796-1806, who had been created a baronet 9 August, 1794, for his services in the naval actions fought under Lord Howe 29 May and 1 June, 1794, was, 29 December, 1800, created Baron Gard- ner, of Uttoxeter, in the peerage of Ireland, and was further created, 27 November, 1806, a baron of the United Kingdom by the style of Baron Gardner, of Uttoxeter, co. Stafford. Both baronies were granted to the admiral and to the heirs male of his body, without any special remainders in default of suoh male issue.
The first baron died 30 December, 1808, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Alan Hyde, who was also in the Royal Navy, having been, at the date of his death, Vice- Admiral of the White. He was nominated a K.C.B. in the London Gazette of 5 January, 1815, when the Order of the Bath was divided into classes, and died 27 December, 1815, before the patent creating him Viscount Gardner, the warrant for which had been issued and published in the London Gazette 30 September, 1815, had passed the Great Seal.
Alan Hyde, second baron, was succeeded by his only son, Alan Legge, third baron, who was born 29 January, 1810, and died 2 November, 1883, without legitimate male issue. With him terminated the male line of the grantee's eldest son, and .since his death the title has not been assumed or claimed, although an obvious heir exists in the person of the male representative of the
frantee's second son, Admiral the Hon.
rancis Farrington Gardner, who died 8 July,
1821, leaving two sons.
The elder of these two sons, Stewart William Gardner, went to India early in life, and entered into business association with his cousin, Alan Gardner, son of Col. William Linnaeus Gardner (a nephew of the first Lord Gardner) who raised, and for a long period commanded, a regiment of irregular cavalry in the East India Company's service by his wife, who was 9, princess of the royal house of Cambay. This Stewart William Gardner is said to have married, 28 August, 1834, Jane Gardner, alias Harmuzi Begum, daughter of his cousin, Alan Gardner, and acquired as his wife's dowry the estate of Manowta, in the N.W. Provinces. He died 20 July, 1882,' leaving four sons and a daughter. The eldest of these four sons, Alan Hyde Gardner who was born 1 July, 1836, inherited his father's estate, and married a princess of the royal family of Delhi is dejure fourth Baron Gard- ner, provided the legality of his Barents' marriage can be proved to the satisfaction of the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords. F. DE H. L.
In the ' Report, of the Proceedings of the House of Lords on the Claims to the Barony of Gardner, 1825,' by Denis Le Marchant (London, 1828), is the following in the report of the Committee :
"That Alan Legge Gardner, an infant, is the only son and heir male of the body of Alan Hyde Gardner, his father, which last-named Alan Hyde Gardner was the eldest son of Alan Gardner, of Uttoxeter, in the county of Stafford, who by letters patent dated the 27th day of November, 1806, was created Baron Gardner of Uttoxeter in the county of Stafford, to him and the heirs male of the body of Alan Gardner so created Baron as aforesaid," &c.
JOHN RADCLIFFE.
" BY GAR " (9 th S. x. 348). Explained in the ' H.E.D.' twice : once under 'Gar' and once under ' Begar.' I wish this book of reference were more generally known. W. W. S.
This expression is in common use, and variants are "b' gor," "b' gum," which are used instead of the oath " by God ! "
THOS. RATCLIFFE.
"BEER": "BuR" (9 th S. x. 328, 457). Is Miss LEGA-WEEKES acquainted with a book entitled ' Reflections on Names and Places in Devonshire,' published in 1845 without any author's name? If not, and she would like to see it and finds any difficulty in getting a copy, I should be pleased to lend her mine.
A. J. DAVY.
Torquay.
