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following f ; m. 11 Feb., 1806,| Mary, dau. of Thomas Miller of Iford, in Essex (?), by Sarah his wife, dau. of John Bland. He d. at Acton, 5 June, 1815, || having had issue (with two daughters, Louisa Andrews And Ellen Theophila) a son, the Rev. Henry Cornelius Hart, curate of Charrington < ? Cherington), near Tetbury, in 1850. "The particulars of Capt. Hart's wife and the names of his chilclren are taken from vol. xxxviii. pp. 426-9, of the Harl. Soc. publications (1895). Only the date of his marriage to Miss Miller is given in his sister's diary.

1. Elizabeth Hart, b. 28 Aug., 1768, and bapt. 28 Sept. followingf ; m. 4 June, 1787f, John Griffiths, eldest surviving son of the Rev. John Griffiths, of Chiswick, Middlesex. She d. 16 April, 18244 leaving issue, and was buried at Charmouth, Dorset <M.L). Her husband, John Griffiths, sur- geon to the Queen's Household, 6 Dec., 1792-1818, and surgeon to St. George's Hospital, 1796-1822, was appointed surgeon to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, 11 Nov., 1814 (see the original account books of the Treasurers of Queen Charlotte, 1793-1817, preserved at the British Museum, and entries in his wife's diary). He d. 17 Sept., 1822, in his 68th year, and was buried at Char- mouth (M.I.).

2. Louisa Alexandrina Hart, b. 20 Dec., 1770, and bapt. 7 Jan. following! ; m. at Chichester, 25 June, 1793,|| George Lyon, sometime Lieut.-Col. llth Light Dragoons, who d. 1 Nov., 1823.|| She d. in London, 18 Oct., 1833,|| having had (with other issue, who d. young) two sons, (1) George Francis Lyon, b. at Chichester, 23 Jan., 1796J ; (2) John Lyon, b. at Chichester, 6 June, 1805.J The elder son, Capt. George Francis Lyon, R.N., the well-known traveller and navigator, m. at Thames Ditton, 5 Sept., 1825,|| Lucy Louisa, younger dau. of Lord Edward FitzGerald by Pamela his wife. He d. at sea, 8 Oct., 1832.^1

3. Sophia Hart, b. 11 Nov., 1773, and bapt. 13 Dec. followingf ; m. 14 Dec., 17954 Richard Newton Bennett. She d. in Ireland, Oct., 1833,J having had (with two daughters, Sophia and Elizabeth, and possibly other issue) "a son, Rich ard Francis Bennett, b. in Dublin, 18 Nov., 18 084

+ From the original diary of Elizabeth (nee Hart), wife of John Griffiths. After her death in 1824, the diary was continued for many years by one or other of her daughters.

il See Gent. Mag. and Mrs. Griffiths's diary.

IT Notices in Gent. Mao., April, 1833, and -D.N.B.'


4. Caroline Frances Hart, b. 1 Feb., 1775, and bapt. 2 March followingt ; m. 7 June, 1796,J at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Charles Griffiths, third surviving son of the Rev. John Griffiths of Chiswick. She d. at Bristol, 19 Aug., 18214 leaving issue. Charles Griffiths (foster-brother to the Duke of York, 2nd son of George III.), a lieutenant-general in the army, and some- time Lieut.-Col. llth Regt. of Foot, was Captain of Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight, 25 May, 1820, until his death. He d. in London, 31 May, 1829, in his 66th year.

Sir William Neville Hart d. at Inverary Castle, Scotland, 23 Oct., 1804.||

FREDERICK COPLAND-GRIFFITHS.


" WHARF." The editors of the ' N.E.D.' will be glad, I think, of the following note.

The sole reference which Stratmann gives to prove the existence of the word wharf in Middle English is to Robert of Brunne's translation of Langtoft, ed. Hearne, p. 310. The passage contains a reference to ' 'Brother- ton on wherfe." I take it to be obvious that the reference is really to " Brotherton on the river Wharf e " in Yorkshire. As a fact, Brotherton is not on the Wharf e, but it is only some nine miles south of it, so that the indication of locality is practically sufficient.

This being so, away goes the sole reference, as indicated above. I beg leave to substitute for it the following instances. Three occur in the ' Liber Custumarum ' : at p. 62, " La rue de Thamise, ne le Wherf " ; at p. 150, " en Famise a Wodewharfe "; at p. 447, "Seint Botulph Wharf e" And at least two in the ' Liber Albus ' : at p. 690, " Fysshwharfe " : and at p. 730, " Wol- wharfe." WALTER W. SKEAT.

HUBERT A. HOLDEN : HENRY HOLDEN. In the life of Hubert Ashton Holden pub- lished in the ' D.N.B.' Supplement C. E. H. states that he published in collaboration with R. D. Archer - Hind the ' Sabrinse Corolla,' " 1850 ; 4th ed. 1890." Without following up all the errors packed into this statement, it is sufficient to point out that it was H. A, Holden's cousin, Henry Holden of Durham, an old Salopian, who edited the ' Sabrinse Corolla.' T. NICKLIN.

Rossail School, Fleetwood.

" SANTAPEE," GUIANA TERM. In the Demerara Daily Argosy of 2 August there is a long and exhaustive article (two columns) on the " santapee," which is the well-known term in British Guiana for the class known