PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12551, 3 January 1903, Page 8

PERSONAL NOTES.

— The Bishop of Liverpool (tlve Right Rev. DrF. J. Chavnsso) has just entered upon the fifty-seventh year of his age, having been' born at Birmingham in 1846. The wife of the popular prelate is a daughter of Canon Maude, of Chirk. Mrs Cliavasse contributes to church journals, and is the author of tho well-known hymn "Thine for ever, God of love." — The Duke of Marlborough has held tho office of Army Pavmaster-General for a considerable time. He married in 1895 Consuolo,_ daughter of Mr W.- K. Yanderbilt, and is in every sense a busy man. For two years be was Chancellor of the Primrose League, and served with the Yeomanry Cavalry in South Africa as A.D.C. to General Hamilton, since which time he.has been busily engaged . with other matters. The. Duke of Marlborough is a solid and not over-enthnsiastio politician. Ho is an extensive landowner, and 'has a fine residence at Woodstock, Oxon. — Last year Prince Arthur, son of the finke of Connnutrht, joined tho Seventh Hussars at Aldershot, hut, as a new recruit, was not allowed, to his disappointment, to' fooiit to the front. Now. however, he has done his preliminary stage of service, and, though the war is over, ho sailed with Cantain Wyndlram in charge of a draft of 170 men to join his regiment. The' Seventh Hussars 'are amongst the troops selected to remain in South Africa for a while duringthe settlement of affairs, and, though Prince Arthur will see no active service, as was his wish upon joining the army last year, he will eain a, (rood deal of experience. — Tho Dnlee of Richmond and Gordon, with whom tho Prince of -Wales has been lately staying at Gordon Castle, in Banffshire, is one of the oldost servants of tho Crown. He held high office as long ago as 1859. Few people know or romember that' ho was at.ono timn leader of the House of Lords. For eeveral years he led the Conservative Peers in opposition, and he led them in office from 1874- till Mr. Disraeli went to the Upper House, It. was he who. introduced the bill by which Church patronage was abolished north of tho Tweed, and 11 years lator be became the first Secretary for Scotland. The Duke of Richmond was a favourite of Queen Victoria. He is a j link with the past, for be was aide-de-oamp i to the. Duke of Wellington 60 years aeo. ' — Mr Clement Acton Griscom, the President of the Shipping Combination, who will have a weighty voice in the administration '. of its huge capital, has climbed from the. bottom rung of.the ladder. He is not, in years at least, quite a young man—he. will;

bo 62 next spring; but years count little with such -merit 'as he. Clement Grisoom started life on his own account as a clerk in. a shipping qffice, .and in six years, when he was'but 22, he was a partner. At 30 ho became vice-president of the International Navigation Company, retaining the position until. ho,,became president. That was 14' years since,■■ and now that the call for.a strong man has como it is upon Mr Griscom, (lie clerk of 40 years ago, that the choice lias I fallen.. I —The .'founder of the Rowton Lodging j House was born on October 8, 1838. Tho first houso in Yauxhall was Lord Rowton]s private speculation, and so profitable did it prove' that,')Vhoa the second was built at Lambeth, many of his Lordship's friends took shares. Lord Rowton takos a great interest in tho inmates of his lodging-houses; Ho has been known, for instance (says the London Echo),.to pay surprise visits, and put down 'his coppers and ongagc a bed for tho night,.mixing incognito with the human wrecks and- failures who patronise these . fairly. comfortable lodgings. Lord Rowton i was private sccrotnry to Lord Beaconsfield i when Premier,, hence the peerage. As is well known, Lord Beaconsfield bequeathed the whole of'his lottcrs, papers, documents, and manuscripts to his private secretary, then;better known.as "Monty" Corry, leaving it to his absolute discretion .to destroy, preserve, or ptib|ish any of them. . ! -Dr John Hall.Gladstone, F.R.S, died | m London on October 6. Distinguished alike | in chemistry and physics, ho mado his mark i m early life iri both directions, as may be inferred from tho fact that ho became a . Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853. For , his optical'mid electrical researches, together with a vast amount of miscellaneous worki, he received a few years ago tho Davy medal of the--Royal Society. For three years, ho was- Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution; ho was the first president of tho Physical Society in 1874; and president of the Chemical Society in 1877. I Jlr Gladstone also took a keen interest in philanthropic and religious movements, and for 21 years, beginning in 1873, ho rendered good service-to-tho ratepayers of London as a member of the London School Board, upon which body ho represented the Chelsea Division, Aged 75. —The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Marcus Samuel, is the second son of tho late Mr Marcus Samuel,- a city merchant and a leading member'of the Jewish community, and was born in '1853. He was educated at Edmonton and Brussots. Before settling ilovrn\in -business'ho visited Ceylon, tho Straits Settlements, Siam, the Philippines, China, and. Japan, and he has since been an extensive traveller in other parts of the world. His firms, Messrs M. Samuel and Co., of Leadsnhall street, and Messrs Samuel Samuel and Co., of Japan, are well known in tho commercial world; and among other things'tlicy. launched the first Japaneso Gold Sterling Loan of £4,500,000 issued in London, and have since been largely concerned in tho introduction of Japanese municipal loans ,and -in tho development of tho coal trade in Jiipan.' —Mr John Latcy, whose death occurred on October 3, wai the, only son of the late Mr John 'Lash Latoy, for many years editor of the 'Illustrated London News. Mr Ltttey was'bnm in-London in 1842, and was' educated at .Barnstaple and in London, with the view of entering in time on a journalistic career, and he began as editor, at 19, of the Penny Illustrated Paper, his duties commenting with' the first number of that journal.. Ho created the P.I.P. Showman, and for many >yenrs did the Parliamentary sketches for the Illustrated London Nows, under the titlo of Tho Silent Member. He had also been assistant editor of the older journal, and', dramatic critic, and, in conjunction with the late Captain Mayne Reid, was editor of the Boys' Illustrated News. Mr Lafey had • also collaborated with MiHarry Furniss in the illustrated skits called "Bird's-eye Views;" Ho published a "Life of General Gordon," as well as many novelettes, a comedietta, and a fow translations from the French.