The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
OBITUARY.

Commodore William II. MoVickar died on
Wednesday evening at the homo of his son,
Henry J. MoVickar, at 22 East Thirteenth
street. at the age Of 7s. he was the son Of NJ.
w. McVickar. who married Miss Catharine
Bucknor. the daughter OF q West India
gentleman who married q sister of Mr..
Peter Goelet. His grandfather was John
Moviokar, who landed in New York
from the North OF Ireland with his
brother Nathan In 1856. John MoViokar was
q vestryman of Trinity Church from 1901 to
1912. and was ono Of the founders OF the st.
Patrick Society. He married Miss Annie
Moore, a sister of Lady Carleton DonEan. Tho
Commodore went into business in Wall street
left q largo proportion of his property in money.
shares, and other securities in the hands OF
to nf the use Ss Of youn e k Ken; Sna .Hf Th eco o@ aassiese
was an enthusiastic yachtsmsn. was one Of the
incorporators of the Now York Yacht Club,
the Mystery. tho Haze, the Restless and the
Magic. He was a first class cook, a fisherman
yachts: He vas ssI sent Sas t. Finland Sy ,6e New
York Yacht Club in 1865. to act as judge with
ihS E'E sq o, dMs1.G IN the SSS eses% race 81 ss TIVE mo sSe
Henrietta. vesta and Fleetwing., The
henrietta won; The he A Am EnS1,.5 yae ftsn,
viewed the yachts. The Queen expressed her
married Julia, n daughter OF Thaddeus Phelps
leave, three children. The eldest, a daughter.
Is married to Lord Grantley and 10 In England:
the second is the wife Of James AndHriese OF
Jessie Lansing. only daughter of the late Col.
Arthur Lansing, u. s. A.
Sir Frederick Napier Broome. K. c. NJ. G.,
died in London yesterday. He vas born in
Canada in 1912. and emiRrated TO New Zealand
In 1857. Visiting England In 1854, he married
Mary Anne, relict Of the late Sir George Barker.
IL, A.. X. C., b.. and returned to his sheep sta
tion" in Now Zealand the following year. but
d, ploy ysS' by y fhs sS9s,, to and dR Ma q for h i've Yves Years. sm a
for that journal. He was appointed Governor
q Companion OF the Order Of 81 Michael and
George IN 1877 and 2 KniEht Commanderin 1854.
Royal Colonial Institute q paper on western
Australia, which attracted much notice. In
1890 Sir Frederick again came to England to
stitution bill before the House OF
The mission. undertaken at the request Of tho
erick's seven years OF office in that Government.
During this period the colony had seen greatly
of Lady Broome and himself from western Aus
tralla was the occasion, of g remarkable mani
CESSATION OF s ss1es an ana Fr.d erection on OF the colo;
Governor of Trinidad.
NJ. Francois Victor Emmanuel Arago. the ad-
Syocate and politician. a member OF the French
Senate, is dead In France. He WAS a son of tho
astronomer, Francois Arago. and was born In
Paris in 1912. He was called TO the bar in 1897.
He played q prominent part In the revolution OF
title OF Commissary; General OF the Republic:
The tax that he levied there for the support OF
the national workshops made him extremely
unpopular. In 1s49 the Executive Com
lin. and he exerted himself on behalf OF
the Poles of Posen. After tho coup d'etat of
Dec: 9. 1852. he retired, from public life. In
1909 he was returned to the Legislative Assem-
bly,. and after the fail OF the empire in 1870 he
became a member Of the Government of Ma
tional Defence as Minister OF Justice. and con-
tinued to hold ONCE until February. 1871. when
he was dismissed by NJ. Thiers, whom. however,
he subsequently supported in the Assembly. In
1875 Se was elected a Senator for the Pyrenees
OrientAles. and was several times reelected.
From 1880 to 1901 NJ. Arsgo was French Am
bassador to Switzerland.
Coventry Kearsey DelRhton Patmore. the poet,
died at Lymington. England. yesterday. after a
brief illness. He was born in 1923. be wrote
"Tamerton Church Tower, and Other Poems"
published in 1853; an elaborate domestic poem.
The Angel in the House, y in four parts. the Be
trothal, the Espousal. Faithful Forever, and the
Victories of Love. In 1854 -62: "Ihe Children's
Garland" in 1869; THE Unknown Eros
1879. q memoir OF Barry Cornwall. and
"Amelia &C." 1873. He contributed to the
Edinburgh and North British Rerietrs, and to
the Pail Mall Gazette while 1t was under Mr..
Greenwood's editorship.
John T.. Kent OF Montclair. Nj. died sudden
~ on Wednesday OF heart disease lie had been
States Assay once In this city. Previously he
WAS connected with Henry Clews q Co. He was
about so years old and is survived BY ono son.
George w. Wheeler. village Treasurer of
Sorthport, L. l., and for more than Twenty-Five
years one of its leading business men; die on
was in his sixtieth year. and n widow and one
daughter survive.