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SETON MERRIMAN'S 'LAST HOPE.'
Headers of this fascinating story will
remember the small decayed town of Far-
lingford in which the English part of the
tale is laid. In the too brief biographical
account of this delightful author, prefixed
to the bijou edition of his works, it is stated
that by Farlingford is intended Orford, a
small place about 12 miles north of Felix-
stowe. Interest in the story has led me to
pay two visits to Orford with the hope of
identifjdng some of the scenes therein
described, but I must confess to failure.
Allowance must, of course, be made for the
difference made in the port itself by the
seventy years which have elapsed since the
date of the story, but its shoreward portion is
what puzzled me. Orford can boast at one
end the grand old keep of a Norman castle,
and at the other end a spacious parish church
formerly attached to a large Priory some of
whose large ruined arches remain attached
thereto. The interior of the church itself
is in a very dismantled condition. When
one thinks what wonderful use Seton
Merriman might have made of these pic-
turesque surroundings it seems surprising
they are not alluded to in the novel. More-
over the situation of the rectory, where so
much occurs, scarcely seems to tally wdth
the original, and the back of the little town
or village is not such a wilderness of marsh
and dykes as Dormer Colville and Loo
Barebone are made to traverse on their
night departure from Farlingford. As afore-
said I am puzzled ; can any of Seton Merri-
man 's many lovers enlighten me upon this
point. I made some inquiries at the pretty
little Inn but the 'Last Hope ' did not
seem to have been heard of. SURREY.
THE ORIGINAL^WAR OFFICE. During the 1913 Congress of Historical Studies, I was told that the present weighty building in Whitehall covers the site of the building in which the war department was first housed when it became an independent entity. May I be referred to some book in which the subject is dealt with ? I am shocked to find, at page 45 of the fifteenth (1913) edition of E. V. Lucas's delightful ' Wanderer in London ' the statement with regard to
Pall Mall: "The War Office is here, and
here are the Carleton and the Athenaeum."
What are the dates of the commencement
and the end of the War Office's tenure of the
building in Pall Mall ? Q. V.
THTTRLOW FAMILY. Particulars concern-/ ing the Rev. Edward South ThurlowJ Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, 1789-1847/ Has he any family connexion with the Lord Thorlows ? Where can I find a pedigree of the family ? HAYDN T. GILES.
11 Kavensbourne Terrace, South Shields.
THE " GOOSE CLUB.' ' Can any information
be given as to the invention of the " GooSe
Club ? " The first reference to the wcrd
in the 'N.E.D.' (Oxford), is in 1859.
J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Colonel Sheffield.
HUDIBRAS REDIVIVUS. To what pei and events do the following allude ?
1. So cheek by jole away we went- Like Old Nick and the Earl of Kent
2. As civil As Dr. Edwards to the Devil.
3. That light Which Father Ramsy first, in spite To old King Harry's Reformation, Struck up, to plague the English nation.
JOHN B. WAINEWRIG
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES. Is there any <pm-
plete list or any public record of Episcopal
Churches erected in England. &c., bypri r ate
individuals in the nineteenth century ?
FREDERICK CHARLES
14 Esplanade, Lowes toft.
CHAMBERLAIN. Was a portrait of Jobph Chamberlain painted by Sir John Millap in 1887 ? Would someone be kind enougl to forward details, including the name of the present owner if such a picture act Ally exists ? K. NORMAN HILLSOI
108 Buckingham Palace Road, S.W.
FECKENHAM FOREST RECORDS : PRINCE RUPERT'S RING : JOHN RUF : GERMAN CUSTOMS. I should be grateful for information as to
(1) The present location of the Recoi of Feckenham Forest removed to Lond<( 1629.
(2) The existence at present time Prince Rupert's ring left in pledge wrl Mr. Millward of Wollvescote, and tl register of the royal grant of an estate ai church living in St. Kitts which Mill ward's S( received 1670.
