MEN OF THE DAY. No. 302.

LIEUT.-GENERAL GEORGE WENTWORTH ALEXANDER HIGGINSON, C.B.

THE son of a soldier, General Higginson was born into the profession of arms eight-and-fifty years ago. At nineteen he went into the Grenadier Guards, and had already become a Major when the Crimean War broke out. He accompanied his regiment throughout the Crimean campaign, from the battle of the Alma to that occupation of detached forts which was called the capture of Sevastopol. In this campaign he had some narrow escapes, but he returned with English, French, and Turkish medals, and a considerable reputation as a good soldier. He then married a daughter of the first Lord Castletown, rose step by step to the rank of Lieutenant-General, and in 1879 was appointed to the command of the Home District. He takes a great interest in the Volunteers.