Eld. s. of the hero of Ghuznee; b. 1815; suc. his father, 1844; m. 1847, Louisa, 2nd dau. of S. Y. Benyon, Esq. of Denston Hall, Suffolk; formerly a capt. 37th Foot; raised to the rank of major, 1841; served on his father’s staff during the campaign of Affghanistan and Beloochistan; present at the assault and capture of Ghuznee, for which he has received a medal; a liberal (_United Service Club_; _Stetchworth_, _Newmarket_).
_Wycombe Lodge_. SHAW, William Ambrose, Esq.
A director of the Church of England Insurance Company (5, _Lothbury_, E.C.)
_Aubrey House_. TAYLOR, Peter Alfred, Esq. M.P.
Eld. s. of the late P. A. Taylor, Esq. of London, by Catharine, dau. of the late S. Courtauld, Esq.; b. 1819; m. 1842, Clementia, dau. of John Doughty, Esq. of Brockdish, Norfolk; a partner in the firm of Courtauld and Co., crape manufacturers; returned for Leicester, 1862; a liberal (19, _Aldermanbury_, E.C.)
A civil Engineer; member of the Institute; a Fellow of the Geological Society. Construct. of New Westminster Bridge. Has received a concession from the Turkish government for the construction of an extensive system of railways for that country, connecting, in one unbroken line, Constantinople with Ostend and Calais (2, _Middle Scotland Yard_, S.W.)
_Wickham House_. WALTON, John Whitehead, Esq.
An historical and Portrait painter (_Westminster Club_; 21_b_, _Savile-row_, _Burlington-gardens_).
1. HAMPTON, Robert, Esq. F.R.B.S. and F.R.H.S.
S. of the late Major-General Robert Hampton. Late of H.M. Bengal Civil Service, from which he retired in April, 1860 (_Conservative and Oriental Clubs_).
A writer and journalist of eminence. Author of “The History of the Opera,” “The Russians at Home,” &c.
In the Examiner’s office of the Custom House (_Lower Thames-street_, E.C.)
A solicitor of the firm of Fairfoot, Webb, and D‘Aeth (13, _Clement’s-inn_, _Strand_, W.C.)
Has been a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, since 1830. A Fellow of the Medical Society of London.
Joined the army in 1814; promoted to his present rank in 1854. Has been on half-pay since 1841.
S. of the late Robert Barlow, Esq., Bengal Civil Service. B. in India, 11 Jan. 1823; ent. the Royal Engineers (from which he has retired) in 1840; promoted to his present rank, 1851 (_Army and Navy Club_).