... ceremonial duties. To say that Lord Carlisle has been a model lord-lieutenant is at once to say that he is one of 'the most amiable and blameless public men of his generation, and that he pos- 'Besses few of the qualities which enable a maq to stamp his mark ...

... service, as a tribut of respect and admiration for the honest, independent, and able manner in which he has discharged his duty as resi- dent engineer of the North Staffordshire Railway from its commencement, and also as general manager of the whole ...