history; drew well in pen
and pencil; was an accomplished musician.
_si son_, Bertram H.M. HEWETT, civil engineer; surveyed the great
glaciers of the Mustakh Range, Kashmir, and elsewhere; is now in sole
charge of main shaft of tunnel under the river in New York.
Francis #GOTCH# (b. 1853), D.Sc, F.R.S., Waynflete Professor of
Physiology at Oxford; formerly Holt Professor of Physiology at
University Coll., Liverpool; author of many scientific
papers.--["Who's Who."]
_me fa_, Ebenezer FOSTER, founder of well-known banking firm of
Messrs. Foster, Cambridge.
_fa_, Fredrick William GOTCH, LL.D., late President of Baptist
College, Bristol; Hebrew scholar; member of committee for the
authorized version of the Old Testament.
_fa bro son_, Thomas Cooper GOTCH (b. 1854), well-known
painter.--["Who's Who."]
_wi bro_, Sir Victor HORSLEY (q.v.)
Right Hon. Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone #GRANT DUFF# (b. 1829),
G.C.S.I., P.C., F.R.S., sometime Under-Secretary of State for
India and the Colonies, and Governor of Madras; has been Lord
Rector of Aberdeen University, and president of many learned
societies; King's Trustee of British Museum since 1903; author
of political, literary, and biographical works.--["Who's Who."]
_fa_, James GRANT DUFF (1789-1858), while still a lieutenant, aged
twenty-eight, reduced the Sattara State to order after the overthrow
of the Peishwa, and restored it to the descendant of its ancient
princes, whom he guided as resident till his health broke down at the
age of thirty-three. Returning to this country, he wrote the "History
of the Mahrattas."--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_me fa_, Sir Whitelaw AINSLIE (1767-1837), surgeon in the East India
Company's service, 1788-1815; published "Materia Medica of
Hindoostan," and other works.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_son_, Arthur Cuninghame GRANT DUFF (b. 1861), lately First
Secretary to H.M.'s Legation, Mexico.
_son_, Evelyn Mountstuart GRANT DUFF (b. 1863), First Secretary to
H.M.'s Legation, Persia.
_son_, Adrian GRANT DUFF (b. 1869), Staff-Captain (Intelligence
Dept.) Army Headquarters.
John Scott #HALDANE# (b. 1860), F.R.S., University Lecturer in
Physiology, Oxford; joint editor and founder of "Journal of
Hygiene"; has served on several departmental committees, and
carried out special inquiries for Government departments; author
of "Blue Books on the Cause of Death in Colliery Explosions,"
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