"ARTHUR SKETCHLEY."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 10 January 1883, Page 3

"ARTHUR SKETCHLEY."

: ■ Tlie.Lomion Tablet k its obituary notice of MrGeoi'geßose,M.A., better known under the assumed name of * Artbur.Sketchley," says:-Mr Rose, who was 65 years of age, was a nephew ofths'late Sir George Rose, the wellknown wit and Master in Chancery. .Ee.cQmaichcedlifeasa clerk, in the Customhouse, but.subsequently entered as a Pdnim'pner at Magdalen Hall, Oxford,; where he took the usual degrees. He took Anglican orders, and held curacies at ; Gamberwell and Hoxton,!and for some time officiated as assistant readerattheTempleChurch. He resigned his position in the Anglican Church and became a Catholic many years ago, and was for hVo years tutor to the present Duke of Norfolk. Assuming. 'the 'name..of " Arthur Sketchley," he became the author of !(Mrs?.Brown," 'and her sayings■, on various 1 topics of the day, books which have been widely read, both in England and' America.' He was also the author of several more important works, Such as'; The Great Country," and of many plays,including'"The Dark Cloud," "Up in the World," "How will they Got Out of.ltf and some lighter cpmodies, He was unmarried. Of tati? years his health had been very precarious, ' and such as r to, cause great among his friends, though no visible signs of illness presented themselves to the outer world. He died on Satuiiday,: November 11th, from heart disease, while- fitting ihihis' chair.'—•E.BP. j' A requiem mas? was sung at James' Church, Spanish-place, on Wed'nes'day morning (Nov. 15) by the Rev; Patrick Hanrahan, assisted by the'Rey. ; Edward Heery and the' Eev. P. Smith,; after which the funeral 'cortege 'proceeded to St. ..Thomas's, Fulham, where it was met by the Rev.' Augustus Hogan, the Rev!' A; Mills, Ayley, and several others '.of.thexilergy, 'Among : the mourners were Mr Eqse's sisters, Messrs Francis anp Phillip Barraud, and the Abbe" Xoursel. Among those .who, attended, at the cemetery were his Grape the Major Harding,! and many ladies and. gentlemen of the literary and artistic world.