OBITUARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4214, 22 September 1874, Page 3

OBITUARY.

The deaths of three prominent men in England are announced in the telegraphic news brought by the as. Hero. The following notices of their lives are from the latest edition of “ Men of the Time ’ ' Gilpin, Charles, M.P., bom in Bristolin 1815, and brought up to trade, is a member of the Society of Friends. He was for some years a member of the Common Council of London (in which capacity he carried the abolition of street tolls), is Chairman of the National Freehold Land Society, Director of the South-Eastern Railway, and Chairman of the National Provident Institution. Having been an unsuccessful candidate for Perth, in May, 1852, lie was elected in the Liberal interest for Northampton in 1857, re-elected at the general elections in 1859, 1865, and 1868, was appointed Secretary to the Poor-Law Board on the return of Lord Palmerston to office in June,. 1859, and resigned in February, 1865. Manners (Lord), The Right Hon. John James Robert, second son of the late Duke of Rutland, born December 13, ISIS, was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated M.A. in 1839, aud was one of the earliest members of the Camden Society, established for the purpose of promoting church restoration upon the principles of Gothic architecture. lu June, 1811, he was, with Mr. Gladstone, returned member in the Conservative interest for the borough of Newark ; did not present himself to that constituency iu the general election in August, 1817; was defeated in a contest for Liverpool in that year, and in one for the city of London with Baron Rothschild, in June, 1819; was returned for Colchester in February, 1850; and continued to represent that borough till March, 1857, when he was elected for North Leicestershire. He made his maiden speech in February, 1811, when he opposed the repeal of the corn laws, advocating subsequently the cultivation of diplomatic relations with the See of Rome, and of a better understanding with the. Irish priesthood, a relaxation of the law of mortmain, and in many other matters showing that he held too broad opinions to act always with his party, though he opposed Sir R. Peel’s free-trade measures in 1845-6, and from that day identified himself with the Tory party. He was appointed First Commissioner of the Office of Works, and sworn a Privy Councillor in Lord Derby’s first administration in 1852, held the same post iu Lord Derby’s second administration in ISSS-9, and was reappointed, with a seat in the Cabinet, in Lord Derby’s third administration, in July, 1866-7. Lord John Manners, who is heir presumptive to the dukedom of Rutland, is a stanch defender of the rights of the Church, a supporter of the agricultural interest, and has acted for many years as Chairman of the Tithe Redemption Trust. His lordship has written ‘Notes of an Irish Tour,’ published in 1849; ‘England’s Trust, and other Poems,’ in 1811; ‘English Ballads, and other Poems,’ in 1850; ‘A Plea for National Holidays’; ‘A Cruise in Scotch Waters,’ &c. Storks, Major - General The Right Hon. Sir Henry Knight, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., eldest sou of Mr. Serjeant Storks, bom in 1811, aud educated at the Charterhouse, entered the army in 1828, served iu the 61st, 11th, and 38th Regiments, and was Assistant AdjutantGeneral in the Kaffir war in 1846-7. He has been Military. Secretary in the Mauritius, commanded the British Military Establishments on the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles, and at Smyrna, during the war with Russia between 1851 aud 1856, was Secretary for Military Correspondence at the War Office from 1857 till 1859, and was appointed Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands in 1859. On the cession of those islands to Greece, Sir Henry succeeded Sir J. G. Tie Marchant as Governor of Malta. He proceeded iu November, 1865, to Jamaica, as Captain-General and Govemor-in-Chief, to conduct the inquiry into the outbreak, and; having performed the mission with credit, he was on his return made a Privy Councillor, November 13, 1866. In January, 1868, he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War and Controller-in-Chief; aud in 1870 was made Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. Sir Henry Storks was elected M.P. for Ripon, February 15, 1870.