... Privy Seal of Scotland twenty-six years ago, and a K.T. in 1878. He was Hon. Colonel 3rd Battalion Royal Scots Regiment, and Captain- General Royal Corps of Archers. Born in 1833, the late Marquis was educated at Eton and Oxford. He entered the Diplomatic ...

... Sons for the accompanying photograph of the Duke's inspection at the Royal Barracks of the 1st Company of the Irish Imperial Yeomanry, commanded by Captain Lord Longford, liis Royal Highness has also bidden God-speed in Dublin to the 3rd Battalion South ...

... the idea sprang up in the Royal School of Mines. Be that as it may, hundreds of students from the cluster of South Kensington Colleges swiftly assembled, and, headed by a banner held bv two strong-armed members of the Royal College of Music, Mr. Behr ...

... out to one another. He seemed for a few minutes to be unconscious of his surroundings. Although the observed of all observers, he looked as if he observed nobody. Oh, that a great artist had been opposite to him in the Strangers' Gallery 7'/ T. TT if f ...

... Dolgoroulii and Mrs. Maguire, in whose Kimberley experiences the Royal Family naturally take great interest, were among those whose names were ''in the list. Our Genial Prince, j. Royal Circle was exceptionally large, and the Prince of Wales, who there ...

... the Boers was a strategical mistake for them. Cut off as it was on either side from its commu nications it could have been observed, if not ignored, by a small force, and if the Boers had been directed by skilled strategists, they might perhaps have made ...

... occurred in connection with a visit of a Royal Sovereign and on that occasion the postponement of various functions was not owing to the illness of a lloval visitor, but to the death of his sister-in-law. The Royal guest was the late King of Holland, who ...

... embellishment of Royal bridal-bouquets. The Court at Osborne House, where the Queen arrives this week, Osborne *s an 'c^ea^ seaside residence when the weather is not too hot and, perhaps owing to the fact that the Sovereign and the Royal Family regard this ...

... the Civic authorities. Her Majesty has expressed her earnest hope that the Royal F usiliers, the City Imperial Volunteers, and the Lord Mayor and Corporation will accept His Royal Highness's appointment as proof of her appreciation. The Prince and the Doctors ...

... splendour and brilliancy of colouring. The leading native artists of India were commissioned to do the decoration. Royal Bathers. Apropos of the Royal sea-bath mentioned some time ago in The Sketch, the same idea might very well be adapted to any of the delightful ...

... on one occasion, when a relation of the Prince, a personage of high degree, arrived an hour late for luncheon, His Royal Highness observed, I hope you will like the coffee it is still quite hot. A London Residence for the DuleofConnaught. By the death ...

... tunic is black velvet, while the plaid and kilt are of Royal Stuart tartan, and the buckles, clasps of the sporran, the arm- guard, and other ornaments are of solid silver. The bag in which the Royal Piper keeps his quaint musical instrument is of blue ...