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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ray, Joseph

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​RAY. (Lieutenant, 1823. f-p., 34; h-p., 4.)
Joseph Ray entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot, under the latter of whom we find him, when in company in the Adriatic with the Weasel 18, present as Midshipman, 21 Feb. 1812, in a most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the Victorious of 27 men killed and 99 (including himself) wounded, and to the enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the French 74 Rivoli, whose consorts, 3 brigs and 2 gun-boats, were at the same time defeated. Between the following Oct. and Dec. 1814 he served on the North American, West India, and Leith stations in the Woolwich 44, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan (under whom he was wrecked, on the north end of the island of Barbuda, in a violent hurricane, 6 Nov. 1813), Actaeon brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Furious, Lieut.-Commander John Mundell. During the war of a Hundred Days he cruised off the coast of France in the Liffey 50, Capt. John Hancock; and from Feb. 1816 until Oct. 1823 he was employed on the Mediterranean, Home, South American, and African stations, in the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, Erne 20, Capt. Rich. Spencer, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, Brisk sloop, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, and Owen Glendower 42, Capts. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer and John Filmore. On 22 of the month last mentioned (having acted for some time as Lieutenant of the Owen Glendower) he was confirmed in the rank he now holds. With the exception of a few months in 1837, he held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 11 Nov. 1826 until March, 1840; he then obtained command of the Eagle Revenue-vessel; and since 30 March, 1846, he has been officiating as Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rawstorne, James

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​RAWSTORNE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 16.)
James Rawstorne (whose very respectable family, seated for centuries in Lancashire, is now represented by Colonel Lawrence Rawstorne, of Penwortham, in that co.) is second son of the late Capt. Jas. Rawstorne, who fought in the American and Peninsular wars, by a daughter of Capt. Gibson. Two of his brothers, Fleetwood and John George, are officers in the army – the latter a Captain in the 62nd regt. One of his aunts married the late Sir Michael Pilkington, Bart., and was the mother of the present Sir Wm. Pilkington, Bart., of Chevet Hall, co. York. His eldest sister is the wife of Retired Commander John Arnold, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mutine 18, Capt. Hew Steuart, on the Channel station; removed, in April, 1807, to the San Josef 110, Capt. John Conn, lying at Plymouth; and from the following June until Sept. 1812 was employed as Midshipman, on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the Hibernia 120 and San Josef again, flag-ships of Sir Jas. Saumarez, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir Chas. Cotton, and Blossom 18, Swiftsure 74, and Stately 64, all commanded by Capt. Wm. Stewart. Under Sir W. S. Smith, in the Hibernia, we find him, towards the close of 1807, witnessing the flight of the Royal House of Portugal to the Brazils; and, in the boats of the Blossom, contributing, in 1811, to the capture of the Medes Islands and to the destruction of an armed schooner and convoy at the mouth of the Rhone. After serving for about a month at Cadiz in the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, Mr. Rawstorne joined, in Nov. 1812, the Superb 74, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Henry Hotham, and proceeded to the coast of North America, where, in command of a tender, he succeeded, during the year 1814, in capturing several vessels laden with military stores. In July, 1815, at which period he had been for many weeks stationed in Basque Roads, he took up a commission bearing date 3 of the preceding March. His subsequent appointments were – 16 March, 1830, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which service he continued upwards of seven years – 28 Aug. 1838, as First, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, fitting for South America, whence he returned to England and was paid off at the close of 1841 – 1 Feb. 1842, in a similar capacity, to the Agincourt 72, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies, he left about the commencement of 1845 – 5 Dec. 1845, again as Senior, to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached to the Channel squadron – and, 6 July, 1845, as Additional, to the Victory 104, Capt. John Pasco, at Portsmouth. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Commander Rawstorne married Harriet, daughter of Capt. Atkins, R.N. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowcay, Robert

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​LOWCAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Robert Lowcay is brother of Commander Henry Lowcay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Jan. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince of Wales 98, commanded in the Channel by Capts. Inglis and Bedford; and in the course of the same year became Midshipman of the Protheus and Pearl, Lieut.-Commanders Todman and Woodger, lying at Portsmouth. He next, from Feb. 1807 to Sept. 1810, served on board the Dreadnought 98, Capts. Wm. Lechmere, Geo. Burgoyne Salt, and Valentine Collard, also on the Home station; where, during a period of nearly three years, he was further employed in the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, Unicorn 32, Capt. G. B. Salt, Favorite sloop, commanded by his brother, Capt. Henry Lowcay, and Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Calder. Proceeding then to the Cape of Good Hope in the Lion 64, bearing the flag of the late Sir Chas. Tyler, he was by that officer nominated Acting-Lieutenant, 8 Feb. 1814, of the Harpy sloop, Capt. Allen, and on the occasion of his official promotion, 7 Feb. 1815, received as his Signal-Lieutenant into the Medway 74. He returned home in April, 1816; and was afterwards appointed – 5 Feb. 1820, to the Egeria 28, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, fitting for the Newfoundland station – 11 Sept. 1823, to the Cambridge 80, Capt. Thos. Jas. Maling, lying at Sheerness – 16 Dec. 1823 and 31 Jan. 1824, to the Queen Charlotte and Victory, Capts. Jas. Nash and Chas. Inglis, both at Portsmouth – next, to the Preventive Service – 25 April, 1834, to the Ordinary at Portsmouth – 1 Aug. 1836, again to the Victory, Capt. Thos. Searle – 13 Feb. 1837, to the command of the Sparrow 10, in South America, where he was superseded in Oct. 1839 – 27 Aug. 1841, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Poictiers 72, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham – and, 16 March, 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Bonetta surveying-vessel, Capt. Thos. Saumarez Brock, on the Mediterranean station. Lieut. Lowcay has been on half-pay since 20 Oct. in the latter year.
His eldest daughter is the wife of Commander John H. Norcock, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, Arthur

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​LOWE. (Captain, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 2.)
Arthur Lowe, born 26 July, 1814, at Corfton, co. Salop, is third son of the Rev. Thos. Hill Peregrine Furye Lowe, D.D. (of Court of Hill, Salop, and Norbiton House, Surrey), Dean of Exeter, by Ellen Lucy, eldest daughter of Geo. Pardee, Esq., of Nash Court, Salop; and nephew, by marriage, of Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, R.N., Kt.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victory 104, Capt. Chas. Inglis, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Geo. Martin; sailed soon afterwards for the Lisbon station in the Melville 74, Capt. Henry Hill; was employed in the Mediterranean as Midshipman, from 1828 to 1832, in the Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, and Donegal 78, Capt. John Dick; then rejoined Capt. Hastings in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination in July, 1833; and after a servitude of about three years in the East Indies and on the north coast of Spain in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Phoenix steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 3 Sept. 1837. On 28 of the following Nov. he obtained an appointment to the Volage 28, Capt. Henry Smith, fitting at Chatham; and on 2 Feb. 1838 he joined the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he served in the Mediterranean until advanced to the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1841. His last appointment was, 3 June, 1842, to the Second-Captaincy of the Excellent, still commanded by his uncle, with whom he continued until promoted to his present rank 30 Aug. 1845. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, Joseph

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​LOWE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 13.)
Joseph Lowe died in 1845, in the Coast Guard. This officer entered the Navy, 14 March, 1807, as Clerk, on board the Sharpshooter 14, Lieut.-Commander John Goldie; of which vessel, successively employed on the Guernsey, Halifax, and Downs stations, he became Midshipman, in July, 1809, and Acting-Master in Nov. 1814. He continued in her until Sept. 1815, and, while so attached, was twice, in the course of 1808, engaged with the enemy’s gun-brigs and luggers in the vicinity of Granville – assisted, on one occasion, in saving a merchant-ship from destruction, a service for which Lloyds’ bestowed a reward of 800l. – was instrumental to the cutting-out, in 1810, of the Alcide of 4 guns, although lying under the protection of the enemy’s batteries – took part in other affairs of the same description – and was on board the Sharpshooter when sent home from New London with the duplicate despatches of the peace. In Nov. 1815, being at the time Midshipman of the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey, Mr. Lowe was presented with a commission bearing date 15 March in that year. With the exception of a few months in 1829, he served in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot, from 21 March, 1825, until the spring of 1831; and he was lastly, from 13 Dec. 1834 until the period of his death, employed in the Coast Guard. In 1829 he won the thanks of the Corporation of the City of London Insurance Office for saving the brig London Packet of London; he was nearly drowned, in Feb. 1830, in rendering assistance to the ship Huskisson when on shore in a heavy gale; and in the following Nov. he afforded every aid to the bewrecked crew and passengers of the Surprize of Plymouth. In 1831 we find his exertions towards the preservation of life obtaining him the thanks of the Royal Humane Society, the National Shipwreck Institution, and the French Government. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, William Henry John

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​LOWE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry John Lowe died in 1847. He was son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Sept. 1821; passed his examination 15 Dec. 1828; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. His succeeding appointments were – 11 Jan. 1842, to the Minden hospital-ship, Capt. Michael Quin, stationed in the East Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1844 – and, 9 Oct. 1845, to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville Gower Loch, with whom he served in North America and the West Indies until the period of his death. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowry, James (a)

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​LOWRY. (Commander, 1822. f-p., 26; h-p., 36.)
James Lowry was born 18 April, 1773. This officer entered the Navy, in 1785, as Ordinary, on board the Sprightly, Lieut.-Commander Swan, with whom and with Capt. Salusbury of the Termagant sloop, he served on the Falmouth station until 1787. In Dec. 1795 he re-embarked, as Midshipman, on board the Castor 32, Capt. Rowley Bulteel; and he was next, from Sept. 1796 until Feb. 1806, uninterruptedly employed under the orders of the late Sir Thos. Louis in the Minotaur 74 (of which ship he became an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant 10 Oct. 1798 and 28 Jan. 1802), Conqueror 74, Leopard 50, Ambuscade 32, and Canopus 80. During the term of his attachment to the Minotaur he had charge of her forecastle at the battle of the Nile 1 Aug. 1798 – witnessed the evacuation of Genoa by the French in June, 1800 – commanded the ship’s launch at the first debarkation of the troops, and participated in all the after-operations of the campaign, in Egypt in 1801 – and on 3 Sept. 1800 had under his orders one of eight boats which brought out from Barcelona Roads, after having sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 5 wounded, the Spanish corvettes Esmeralda and Paz, of 22 guns each, although defended by a heavy fire from four strong batteries, 10 gun-boats, two schooners, armed between them with 4 long 36-pounders, and a fort upon Mount Ioni which threw shells. In this affair the enemy had 3 men killed and 21 wounded. Besides being employed, while on the books of the Leopard, in charge of a fire-vessel in an attack on the Boulogne flotilla in Oct. 1804, Lieut. Lowry was present, when in the Canopus, in Nelson’s pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies, and also in Sir John Duckworth’s action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. On leaving the Canopus he joined the Northumberland 74, bearing the flag in the West Indies of Hon. Alex. Cochrane, who, in Aug. 1806, sent him home in charge of a schooner with despatches. From May, 1807, until Oct. 1811, we find him employed, chiefly as First-Lieutenant, in the Montagu 74, Malta 80, and Ajax and Cumberland 74’s, all commanded by Capt. Robt. Waller Otway, who publicly acknowledged the assistance he derived from him in the Ajax on the occasion of a gallant affair in which the British with a slender force beat back a powerful division of the French Toulon fleet, 20 July, 1810. His subsequent appointments were – in April, 1812, to the Transport service, in which he was for seven years employed – 31 Jan. 1821, to the command of the Camelion Revenue-vessel – and, 21 Feb. 1822, as First-Lieutenant, to the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget, under whom he had the honour of escorting George IV. to Scotland. He was in consequence promoted to his present rank 12 Sept. 1822, but has not been since afloat.
Commander Lowry married, 29 May, 1802, Miss Jennings, by whom he has issue. His only son, James, died a Lieutenant in the R.N.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1800, p. 1156.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 1237.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1510.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, Gower

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​LOWE. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23; h-p., 8.)
Gower Lowe is son of Capt. Abraham Lowe, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 April, 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Larne 20, commanded by his father, with whom he served in the Channel until Feb. 1817, in the course of which month he entered the Royal Naval College. He re-embarked, in April, 1819, as Midshipman, on board the Hind 20, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, and during the next three years was actively employed in the suppression of smuggling. He then joined the Ranger 28, Capts. Peter Fisher and Lord Henry Fred. Tbynne, successively stationed at Nevrfoundland, and in the North Sea, West Indies, Mediterranean, and Channel; and in July, 1825, having passed his examination in 1823, he became Mate of the Harlequin 18, Capts. Jas. Scott and Chas. Elliot. Of that vessel, on her arrival in the West Indies, he was appointed, in Feb. 1816, Acting First-Lieutenant. Being confirmed to her, 2 Dec. following, he continued in the Harlequin until transferred, in Jan. 1829, in a similar capacity, to the Harpy 10, Capts. Chas. Rich and Joseph Pafford Dickson Larcom, also on the West India station; where, in the summer of 1830, he removed to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker. Returning to England in Jan. 1831, he was next, 7 July, 1834, appointed First-Lieutenant of the Rose 18, Capt. Wm. Barrow, with the boats of which sloop under his orders he was twice, it appears, engaged with pirates in the Straits of Malacca. In the autumn of 1837, Capt. Barrow having invalided at the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Lowe was sent home in personal command of the Rose. After eight months of half-pay he became in succession Senior, 11 July, 1838, and 11 May, 1839, of the Tribune 24 and Revenge 76, Capts. Chas. Hamlyn ​Williams and Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. For his conduct in the latter ship during the operations on the coast of Syria, where he commanded her boats at the landing of the troops at Gebail, again had charge of them at the capture of Sidon, and served at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was advanced to his present rank by commission dated 4 Nov. 1840. He continued in the Revenge, in discharge of the duties of Second-Captain, until paid off in Feb. 1842; and since 21 Nov. 1846 has been in command of the Resistance 42, troop-ship.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowcay, William

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​LOWCAY. (Retired Commander, 1847. f-p., 25; h-p., 26.)
William Lowcay, born 21 Sept. 1787, at Chatham, co. Kent, is brother of Commander Henry Lowcay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98, Capt. John Holloway, under whom he continued to serve as Midshipman, on the Channel station, until April, 1798. He re-embarked, in July, 1802, as Master’s Mate, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Wm. Cumberland; and, in July, 1804, after having been for 12 months attached to the Defiance 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, he joined the Ajax 74, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlics, Christopher Laroche, Wm. Brown, and John Pilfold. He was in consequence present, during the year 1805, in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, also in Admiral Comwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest, and in the battle of Trafalgar. After further serving with Capt. Laroche in the Uranie 38, and with Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin in the Audacious 74, he was appointed, 21 Sept. 1807, and 3 March, 1808, Sub-Lieutenant of the Contest and Encounter gun-brigs, Lieut.Commanders John Gregory and Jas. Hugh Talbot. In the boats belonging to the former of those vessels Mr. Lowcay was engaged in frequent attacks on the enemy’s convoys on the French coast; and on one occasion he was slightly wounded. Being created a full Lieutenant, 25 March, 1809, of the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, he accompanied the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren, where he was lent to the gun-boat service. On his return he was successively, until the peace of 1814, employed, always on the Home station, in the Crane 18, Capt. D. Winter, Salvador del Mundo, flagship of Sir Robt. Calder, Clarence 74, Capt. Henry Vansittart, Gladiator 44, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hargood, and Teazer 14, Capt. Hargrave. He served next, from 27 April to 15 June, 1815, in the Rolla 10, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Robt. Julyan; and from 29 Nov. 1820 until 5 July, 1833, had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. He accepted his present rank 9 April, 1847.
Commander Lowcay married, 14 June, 1814, Mary Anne, sister of Capt. John Lawrence, R.N., C.B., and by that lady, who died 1 Dec. 1844, has issue two sons and one daughter.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lowe, Frederick

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​LOWE. (Lieut., 1837. f-p., 21; h-p., 1.)
Frederick Lowe, born 30 Oct. 1811, is son of Wm. Lowe, Esq., of the firm of J. and W. Lowe, Attorneys, 2, Tanfield Court, Temple.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 3 March, 1825; and embarked, 2 Dec. 1826, as a Volunteer, on board the Columbine 18, Capts. Wm. Symonds, Chas. Crole, and John Townshend, stationed at first in the Channel, and afterwards in North America, where, in Sept. 1828, he removed for a short time, as a Supernumerary, to the Hussar 46, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle. From the early part of 1829 until 1831, in the course of which year he passed his examination, we find him employed in the Mediterranean on board the Madagascar and Blonde frigates, Capts. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Edm. Lyons, and Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley. He then proceeded to South America in the Samarang 28, Capt. Chas. Henry Paget; and in Aug. 1834, on the departure of that ship for England, he accompanied an expedition sent from Lima to Para under the orders of Lieutenant Smyth for the purpose of exploring the Pachitca, Maranon, and Ucayali rivers. On his arrival in England in the spring of 1835, Mr. Lowe found that his name had been allowed to remain until then on the books of the Samarang. Sailing soon afterwards for the East Indies in the Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, which ship carried out Lord Auckland as Governor-General, he there joined the Winchester 52, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Thos. Bladen Capel, by whom he was presented with a commission dated 17 Nov. 1837. He came home in June, 1838; and was next appointed – 14 Sept. following, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the West Indies – 28 March, 1839, to the Dee steam-vessel, Capt. Joseph Sherer, with whom he served for two years on the same station, half the time as First-Lieutenant – and in Aug. and Sept. 1841, in the latter capacity, to the Styx and Devastation steamers, commanded by Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry at Home and in the Mediterranean. On leaving the last-mentioned vessel, he assumed command, 23 Feb. 1843, of the Prometheus, as he has since done, 10 Aug. 1844 (after nearly 12 months of half-pay), and 21 June, 1845, of the Alban and Pluto – all of them steamers. He is now employed on particular service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Kirkland, Joseph

​Kirkland, Joseph (1830-1894).—Novelist, b. in New York State, was a lawyer in Chicago, then served in the war. He is remembered as the author of two very vivid and life-like novels of pioneer life in the Far West, Illinois Zury and The McVeys. Other works are The Captain of Company K. and The Story of Chicago.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Knight, Henry Gally

​Knight, Henry Gally (1786-1846).—A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Oriental tales, Ilderim, a Syrian Tale (1816), Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale, and Alashtar. an Arabian Tale (1817). He was also an authority on architecture, and wrote various works on the subject, including The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, and The Normans in Sicily, which brought him more reputation than his novels.
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