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ADMIRAL SIR R. HAMILTON. By Telegi»ph.— Press Association.- Copyright. LONDON, 19th September. The death is announced of Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, G.C.8., who was Senior Lord of the Admiralty in 1889-1891. [Sir Richard Hamilton, G.C.8., was born at Sandwich in 1829, and educated at the Royal Naval School at Camberwell. He joined the Navy in 1843, became a lieutenant in 1851, commander for service m China in 1857, captain in 1862, rear-admiral in 1877, vice-admiral in 1884, and admiral in 1887. In 185051 he served in the Arctic expedition, and also took part in the search of Sir John Franklin. From 1891 to 1894 he was President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He retired in the last-mentioned year.] EX-LORD MAYORS OF LONDON. LONDON, 19th September. Colonel Sir Horatio Davies, Lord Mayor of London in 1897, is dead ; aged seventy The death has also occurred of another ex-Lord Mayor of London, Sir James Ritchie, who held office in 1904. [Sir Horatio Davics was educated at Dulwich College. He was an alderman, and Sheriff of London in 1887-88. For a, short period he was Conservative M.P. for Rochester, and later for Chatham. Sir James Ritchie, born in Scotland, was a brother of the late Lord Ritchie, of Dundee. In 1891 he was elected an alderman of London and in 1897 Sheriff. In 1903 he was created a barmiPt'i
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 7
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229OBITUARY Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 7
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