OBITUARY MEMOIRS.

THE EARL OF WICKLOW, K.P.

AT the end of March, died in Cavendish Square, aged 80, the Right Honourable William Howard, Earl of Wicklow, K.P. He had been one of the representative peers for Ireland since 1823, and in 1829 he seconded the address in the House of Lords in favour of Roman Catholic Emancipation. In politics he was a moderate Liberal in the best sense of the term, and showed himself an excellent landlord in the management of his Irish estates. It is said that he is succeeded by his eldest surviving nephew, Charles; but a lady who signs herself Ellen Howard, states that she is the widow of an elder nephew of his lordship, Robert Boleyn Howard, who died, leaving an only child; this child she alleges is legitimate, and ought, therefore, to succeed to the title and estates.

F. M. VISCOUNT GOUGH.

ON the 2nd of March, died at St. Helen's, near Dublin, aged 89, FieldMarshal Viscount Gough, K.P., G.C.B., &c. The son of an Irish gentleman, who was Lieut.-Colonel in the Limerick City Militia, Hugh Gough was born Nov. 3, 1779, at thirteen obtained a commission in his father's troop, and at fifteen became ensign in a regiment of the line. As a young man he saw active service at the Cape of Good Hope, in the West Indies, and on the South American Station. He afterwards served through the Peninsular Campaign; and his exploits at Talavera, Barossa, Vittoria, and Nivelle, where he commanded the 87th Foot, are familiar to all readers of Napier's History. He was presented with a sword by the citizens of Dublin, in recognition of his bravery at Tarifa. In the interval between Waterloo and 1841, there was little more than barrack duty for him to perform; but in the latter year he was placed in command of the land forces in the expedition against China; and his energy and valour were displayed at Canton, Amoy, Chusan, and at other places where he directed the operations. His name is connected with India by the reduction of Gwalior, and the victories over the Sikhs at Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon, where he was supported by the Governor-General of India, Lord Hardinge. He was now raised to the peerage with a pension: and in 1854 succeeded Lord Raglan as Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards. Three years later he was nominated a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, and had conferred on him the bâton of a Field Marshal in 1862. He married a Miss Stephens, and is succeeded in the peerage by his only son, the Honourable George Stephens Gough, now second Viscount.

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SIR W. CLAY, BART.

ON March 13th died, in Cadogan Place, Sir William Clay, Bart., for some time Secretary to the Board of Control, under the administration of Lord Melbourne. He was in the 74th year of his age. The son of an eminent London merchant, and himself a man of great mercantile experience, he represented the Tower Hamlets from its enfranchisement as a borough in 1832, down to the year 1847. He was an advanced Liberal in his opinions, and was the author of several important works on banking, the currency, and other financial subjects. He was created a Baronet in 1841, on the retirement of Lord Melbourne from office.

SIR J. P. BOILEAU.

IN March, died at Torquay, aged 74, Sir John Peter Boileau, Bt., F.R.S., F.S.A. The deceased Baronet, who was widely known as a Vice President and a most active member of the Society of Antiquaries, was the representative of one of those old and noble families who fled from France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, his ancestor having been Charles de Boileau, Lord of Castlenau and St. Croix, who commanded a corps of French gentlemen at the battle of Blenheim, under Marlborough. He was raised to the Baronetcy at the Queen's Coronation in 1838, and married a daughter of the first Earl of Minto.

SIR J. D. HARDING, Q.C.

DEATH has removed from among us a distinguished member of the legal profession, in the person of Sir John Dorney Harding, late her Majesty's Advocate-General. The son of a Glamorganshire clergyman, he was born in 1809, and was educated at the Charter-House, under Dr. Russell, and afterwards at Oriel College, Oxford, where he took his degree of B.A. in 1830. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, and practised for many years as an advocate in Doctors' Commons. He held the post of Advocate-General from 1852, when he received the honour of knighthood, down to his retirement in 1862.

SIR T. ESMONDE, BART.

TOWARDS the last day of the old year there died one of the most worthy and widely respected members of the old moderate Roman Catholic Liberals, the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart., at the age of 82. His father was killed in the "troubles" of the Irish Rebellion of '98, and he himself succeeded to the title and estates while still a boy. He was for many years an active magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Wexford, and he represented the borough of Wexford as a Liberal in the Parliament of 1841-7. He was sworn a Privy Councillor

for Ireland in the latter year. The ancestor of this family was created a peer of Ireland by the title of Lord Esmonde, which is now dormant, and apparently might be revived, if a formal claim were made by the present Baronet, who is M.P. for the county of Waterford, and is married to a granddaughter of the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, the celebrated Irish

orator.

SIR C. P. RONEY.

IN Sir Cusack P. Roney, whose death occurred in April, we have lost a man who has been as largely mixed up as most men with our railways and Great Exhibitions. He was a native of Ireland, and was about fifty-eight years of age. He began life as a member of the College of Surgeons, was successively Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund, Secretary of the Eastern Railway Company, Secretary of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and Secretary and Manager of the Great Exhibition at Dublin in 1853; and for his services in the latter capacity, he was knighted by the then Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of St. German's. He had, shortly before his death, published a voluminous work on our railway system; and his long experience in railway matters caused him to be very extensively consulted by capitalists and promoters of new lines both at home and abroad.

W. BRADBURY.

CIRCUMSTANCES make it fitting that our memorial of this gentleman should be restricted to a brief and simple detail of facts. Mr. Bradbury was a native of Bakewell, in Derbyshire, and was originally intended for agricultural pursuits, but, preferring another vocation, he pursued for some time, to thorough mastership, the occupation of a printer, at Lincoln. But the comparatively insignificant field of labour which, at that time, was afforded in a provincial town, failed to satisfy his ambition, and this speedily brought him to the great mart where energy and ability have full play. Established in London, and united to a partner in business who ably co-operated with him, Mr. Bradbury's course was clear before him. The firm of "Bradbury & Evans" rapidly attained an eminence of which it is for others than those connected with this magazine to speak. The house had the honour of gaining the confidence of the most distinguished writers of the age, and the works of Thackeray, Landor, Dickens, and a large number of other cele. brities, were issued from the Whitefriars Press. The publication of Punch was an era in the history of the firm, and this brought into familiar intercourse with it the brilliant staff of artists and authors engaged in the production of that most fortunate periodical. In its artistic and literary success Mr. Bradbury ever took the deepest personal interest. Until very lately, and after the original firm had been succeeded by that which now carries on the business, he delighted to visit the scene of his long labours, and only within the last few months were such visits necessarily aban

doned. His fine constitution stood by him to the last, and he expired peacefully, in the full possession of all his faculties, on the 11th ultimo. He was laid, on the 15th, in his family vault in Highgate Cemetery.

ADMIRAL GRENFELL.

AT the end of March died at Prince's Park, Liverpool, aged 68, John Pascoe Grenfell, Admiral in the Brazilian service, and Brazilian ConsulGeneral at that port. The son of a London merchant, he was born at Battersea in 1800, and commenced life as a midshipman in the East India Company's service, in which he rose to be mate. He afterwards took service under the Republic of Chili, and distinguished himself in the war of independence against Spain, under Lord Cochrane, afterwards Earl of Dundonald, whom he followed to Brazil, and fought in the service of that new State against Portugal. In 1844 he obtained flag rank in the Brazilian navy, and two years later was appointed ConsulGeneral for Brazil at Liverpool. He received a gold medal for assisting to save the lives of the passengers of the Ocean Monarch, which was burnt off that port in 1848. In 1850 he held the chief naval command of the Brazilian fleet in the war between the Argentine Republic and Monte Video, in which Brazil was involved, and which he speedily brought to a successful issue.

T. BROWN.

TOWARDS the end of March, died at his residence near St. Paul's Churchyard, Mr. Thomas Brown, formerly one of the senior partners in the publishing house of Messrs. Longman & Co., Paternoster Row. He was in his 91st year; but, though he had retired from business some eight or nine years ago, he continued to show his love for the quarter in which the greater part of his life was spent, by resolving to pass the rest of his days under the shadow of St. Paul's. He was the donor of the painted window which stands over the western entrance of the cathedral, and his last walk from home was to witness the unveiling of his window, in company with the late Dean Milman. Mr. Brown was for many years an active member of the Court of the Stationers' Company.

J. E. LAUDER, R.S.A.

IN March, died, at Edinburgh, aged 56, Mr. James Eckford Lauder, a member of the Royal Academy of Scotland. He was a native of the neighbourhood of "Modern Athens," and a pupil of Sir William Allan, Having studied art for some years at Rome, he returned to Scotland, and soon established his fame as an artist by his "Ten Virgins," which was afterwards engraved by the Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts. For his two best known Scriptural pieces, "Wisdom," and "The Unjust Steward," he received a prize of 200 guineas at Westminster Hall,