Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-05
NEUROLOGY OF 1869.
Brief Biographical Notices OF the
Distinguished Dead for the Past
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and historian, died at the age of seventy
Dine, on the LIST of March. His poems
which are very Yoluminous, his HjstoJ3
Of the GiTORdistS and his History d
the Restoration Of the BOurbORS, have
given him rank as one 'of the finest aUt
thors of the country. In the revolution
OF France in 184S he was head of the
Provisional Government, and was sue
ceeded by Gen. Cavaignac.
Marshal Mel died Aug. IA, in Paris.
AT the time of his death he was Minister
OF War. He entered the French army in
1927 as Lieutenant of Engineers, was
conspicuous in the siege of SebastopOl in
the Crimean War, and for bravery in the
battle OF Solferino was made Marshal of
France.
Sainte Bruve, the eminent critic and
journalist, died Oct. Is, in Pairs. He
studied for the medical profession, but
| afterward turned his attention to literature
In 1916 he was elected member of the
French Academy. In 1851 he was APP
pointed to the chair of Latin Poetry in
the College of France. In 1866 he was
made Senator He was one of the COM
mittee of five appointed by the French
Academy TO superintend new edition of
the Historical Dictionary Of the French
language.
In Turkey, Fuad Mehemet Pasha died
Feb. Il. He was born in CCnstantinople
in 1874; studied medicine; served in the
Turkish Navy, and was for several years
government interpreter. He was Minis
ter to England in 1910, and to Spain and
Portugal in 1913 Minister of Foreign
Affairs in 1852, and again in 1855 sub
sequently Governor of Syria, and Grand
Vizier, and at the time of his death head
of the Foreign Department. He was a
fine scholar, and the most influential man
in Turkey.
In Spain, Marshal O'DOnnell died June
l, of apoplexy, as he was addressing the
Spanish COrtes. He was of Irish descent,
but was born in Spain. He entered the
army and rose rapidly. In 1910 he ar
rayed himself on the side of the Queen
mother against the people and the troops,
and was forced to fly to France. After
his return he fomented an instruction
against Gen. Espartero, which failed. In
1913 he was made Captain General of
Cuba, and held subsequently various i'm
pOrtant official positions. He was head
of the new Ministry in 1865.
In England, the Earl of Derby, cd
ward Godfrey Stanley,) died Oct. %.
He was born the Odd of March, 1893;
graduated at Oxford University; was
elected to the House of Commons in 1921;
became Under Secretary of the Colonies
under George Canning; Chief Secretary
of Ireland under Earl Grey, and Secretary
Of the Colonies in 1871. During the life
time of his father he was created q Peer
Of England, and sat in the House Of
Lords as Baron Stanley. He succeeded his
father rs fourteenth Earl Of Derby IN
1871. In 1852 he was Premier of Eng
land, but he resigned after few months
In 1858 he was again head of the Minis
try, but resigned in 1859 In 1866 he
formed his third and las, Cabinet, which
was Of short duration. He was one of
the finest classical scholars in England,
and translated "HOmer'5 Illiad into
blank verse. He was one of the most
brilliant orators and splendid debaters
that ever entered the English Houses of
Parliament He was chosen Chancellor
of Oxford University in 1852.
ViscOunt Cough Hugh Cough died in
London, March 3. He was born in Ire
land in 1779, entered the army ilfI794;
served at the Cape of Good Hope, in the
West Indies and Spain; was Commander
in-chief of the British forces in China;
conducted the war against the Sikh5 in
the East Indies, in 1915 and 1916, and for
his gallant and heroic conduct was raised
to the peerage as Baron, and afterward
was made NisCOunt
Lord Br0UghtOn formerly Sir John
Cam Hobhouse) died June 3, aged IS.
lie was born June 81, 1856, and gradu-
atcd at the University of Cambridge in
1908. He was one of the most intimate
friends of Byron, with whom he travelled
in Europe for some years; and Byron
dedicated one OF more of his poems to
him. Distinguished like Byron for the
liberalism of his politics, he published
what were considered seditious letters,
entitled Letters to an Englishman," for
which he was imprisoned in Newgate.
After his release he was returned to the
House of Commons for the city of West
minister, which he represented until 1888.
He was Secretary of War, and Chief
Secretary of Ireland under Earl Grey,
He was made Peer in 1851.
The Earl Of Radnor died in England in
April, aged 81. In 1901 he entered the
House of Commons as VisCount FolkstOne,
and was member for27 years. He held
a conspicuous position as a liberal politi-
clan. He advocated the abolition of the
slave trade, Catholic emancipation, the
repeal of the corn laws, the abolition of
slavery in the British Colonies, and the
amelioration of the criminal code. In
1928 he was called to the House of Peers
William j. Dan, editor of the London
Literary Gazette, from 1917 to 1850;
died July II. He was reporter on the
NOIniRg Chronicle in London in 1906,
but Subsequently became proprietor and
editor of the Fun, an evening London
paper He afterward took control Of the
Literary Gazette. He was eminent in
literature for many years as contributor
to the leading British reviews and maya
zines.
Baron Taunton (HcnIy LabouChcre,)
died in London July IL. He was born
Aug. Is, 1898, graduated at Oxford, and
sat in the House OF Commons for forty
two years. He was junior lord of the
Admiralty from 1882 to 1884; Vice Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, and Master
of the Mint from April 1885, to March,
1889; Under-SecTetaTy for the Colonies
from March to August, 1889; President OF
the Board of Trade from August 1889, to
September, 1871; Chief Secretary of Ire
land from July, 1916, to July, 1917; again
President of the Board of Trade from Ju-
ly, 1647, to February, 1852, and SecreIa-
nv of the Colonies from 1855 TO February,
1855. He was made Peer of England
in 1859. His strength lay in his great
administrative and business ability.
The English Bench of Bishops lost
three of their eminent and learned body:
The Bishop of Salisbury waiter Kerr
HameltOn,) died in July.
The Bishop of Exeter Henry Phil
potts. died Sept 10. He was one of the
most influential Bishops of the English
Church. As a theologian and debateT he
was second to none. He inclined to the
support of the Puseyite or High Church
party. His great learning, which he dis
seminated with a powerful pen, gave him
immense influence. He was Familiarity
known as Harry of Exeter.
The Bishop of Carlisle Samuel Waldo
grave) died Oct. 2.
On the LIST of November the Marquis'of
Westminster, the richest man in England,
died.
Lady Palmerston, the widow of Lord
Palmerston, died on the 18th of Septem-
Der. She was the leader of fashionable