Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. MY dear friend, -when, at the urgent re quest of his trustees and family, and in accord ance with what I believe was his own wish, you undertook my father’s Memoir, it was in a mea sure on the understanding that I would furnish you with some domestic and personal details. This I hoped to have done, but was unable.