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William Bawson, K.G.M.O., O.B., son of Sir William Bawson. Educated at Eton ; Private Secretary to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Mr. W. Poulett Thompson, 1880-4; to the President, Mr. Baring, 1884-40; to Mr. Gladstone, 1841; appointed Secretary to the Governor of Canada, 1842-4; Treasurer for Mauritius, 1844-54 ; Colonial Secretary at the Cape of Good Hope, 1854 ; Governor of the Bahamas, 1864, and of the Windward Islands, 1869-75. Married, 1850, Sophia M. A., daughter of Rev. the Hon. Henry Ward. On the 20th, at Bath, aged 89, Joseph Samuel Prendergast, M.D., son of F. Prendergast, Registrar of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. Entered the Army Medical Service, 1886 ; served on Lord Raglan's personal staff during the Crimean War, 1854-5. On the 21st, at Paterson, N.J., aged 55, Garret Augustus Hobart, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. Born in Monmouth Co., N.J. ; graduated at Rutgen College, 1868 ; taught* school ; studied law ; admitted to the Bar, 1869 ; practised at Paterson, N.J. ; Member of Legislature, 1873-8; State Senator, 1879-85 ; President of N.J. Senate, 1881, and of U.S. Senate, 1897. On the 21st, at Karlsruhe, Baden, aged 65, Princess Marie of Leiningen, daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. Married, 1858, Prince Ernest of Leiningen. On the 21st, at Ballyfin, Queen's County, aged 82, Rev. Sir Algernon Ooote, eleventh baronet, premier baronet of Ireland. Educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford ; B.A., Second Class Lit. Hum., 1840; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks, 1844-56; of Nonington, Kent, 1856-71 ; author of a volume of sermons. Married, first, 1847, Cecilia, daughter of J. P. Plumptre, M.P., of Fredville, Kent ; and second, 1879, Constance, daughter of T. D. Headlam, of Tunbridge Wells. On the 22nd, at Bhusawul, Bombay, aged 81, Rev. Father Sir George Talbot Bridges, eighth baronet, of Goodneston Park, Kent, son of Rev. Edward Brook Bridges. Edu- cated at Oxford ; joined the Church of Rome, 1845, and became a Member of the Society of Jesus, 1847; sent as a Missionary to Bombay, 1858; acted as Army Chaplain in the China War, 1860, and subsequently returned to his missionary work, to which he devoted his me and fortune. On the 23rd, at Dawpool, Birkenhead, aged 62, Thomas Henry Ismay. Born at Maryport, Cumberland; educated at Croft Home School, Carlisle; apprenticed to Imrie & Tomlinson, shipowners, 1858 ; acquired the White Star line of Australian clippers, 1867, and in partnership with Mr. W. Imrie started the Oceanic Steamship Co., 1868, which he enormously developed after 1870, when the American service was under- taken, the Teutonic, the Majestic and the Oceanic being among his most important achievements. He held many important offices in Liverpool and was associated with many important philanthropic undertakings. Married, 1851, Margaret, daughter of Luke Bruce, of Liverpool. On the 24th, at Weston-super-Mare, aged 74, Major-General Adrian Hugh Paterson. Entered the H.E.I.C.S., 1842, and served through the Sutlej Campaign, 1845-6, and the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8; Inspector-General of Police in Bengal, 1878-8. Married, 1860, Mary, daughter of Brigadier-General Hugh Sibbald, C.B. On the 25th, at Dublin, aged 55, William Ireland de Courcey Wheeler, M.D., of Robertstown, Co. Kildare. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A., 1866; M.D., 1870; entered the Army Medical Service and served in the Abyssinian War, 1867-8, and subsequently enjoyed an extensive practice in Dublin and held numerous important posts. On the 25th, at Brighton, aged 78, Colonel John Addy. Joined the Army, 1845 ; served with 5th Dragoon Guards in the Crimean Campaign, 1854-5. On the 26th, at Cumber- land Terrace, Regent's Park, aged 90, Henry Vaughan, a distinguished art amateur and picture collector. Educated at Walthamstow at the same school as Benjamin Disraeli; presented Constable's "Haywain" to the National Gallery and many drawings and pictures to the British Museum and South Kensington Museum. On the 26th, at Bryanston Street, Hyde Park, aged 83, Sir Harry Thomas Alfred Ralnals, son of J. B. Rainals, a Danish banker resident in England. Born at sea on board a British warship ; educated at Soro, Denmark ; Admiralty Agent for the British Fleet in the Baltic, 1854-6; Vice-Consul at Copenhagen, 1859-62; Consul at St. Croix, 1868-6; at Baltimore, 1866-71; at Brest, 1871-8; Commis- sioner for Alexandria Harbour Dues, 1879-87. Married, 1858, Sophy, daughter of James Deacon, of Woodford, Essex. On the 27th, at Clifton, Bristol, aged 68, Major-General William Daunt, C.B. Entered the Army, 1848; served with 9th Regiment in the Crimean Campaign, 1854-5 ; Afghan War, 1879-80 ; Lieutenant- Colonel commanding 28th Regimental District, 1884-6. Married, 1888, Ada, daughter of R. Dunn, of the Manor House, Heath, Wakefield. On the 27th, at Galveston, Texas, aged 58, Charles Francis Ooghlan, an actor of some repute, who began his career in 1860 with Mr. Charles Kean's company, but came into notice at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, 1870. Settled in the United States in 1880; was the author of several plays. Married, about 1878, Miss Ellen Terry, but the