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her of the House of Commons, representing the University of 



London from 1880 to 1900, in whicli latter year he was raised 



to the peerage. Among other offices of great importance, he 



was the first Chairman of the London County Council. 



His other claims to an affectionate remembrance might all 



be forgotten, and his memory be yet kept green by his purely 



literary activities. Few prolific writers have been gifted with a 



more simply charming style. While this characteristic pervades 



all his writings, and has given pleasure to many thousands who 



have read his scientific contributions, millions have read his 



"Beauties of Nature" and "Pleasures of Life" and have felt 



that something sweet and pure had been added to existence. 



It is therefore no empty phrase that laments the great loss 



which humanity sustained by the death of Lord Avebury on the 



28th of ^Liy, 1913, in the eightieth year of his age. 



G. H. 



Sir William Henry Bailky was born in Salford in 1838, 

 and attended the Manchester Grammar School for some time, 

 until at the age ot fourteen he entered the Albion Works, 

 Salford, which had been established by his father in the year of 

 his birth. In course of time he became manager and sole pro- 

 prietor of the concern, now known as Sir W. H. Bailey & Co., 

 Ltd. His aptitude for engineering soon declared itself, and 

 was maintained throughout his career, as may be seen from the 

 long list of patents, nearly a hundred in number, for which he 

 was wholly or partly responsible between 1858 and 191 2. They 

 include instruments for indicating the speed and flow of liquids 

 and gases, boiler fittings, lubricators for steam-engine cylinders, 

 pressure-gauges, pumps, hydraulic rams, silencers, carburettors, 

 speed-indicators for motors, and a great variety of devices of 

 general utility. 



Sir William was always a hard woiker, and his abundant 

 energy found an outlet in many directions outside his profession. 

 Thus he entered the Salford Town Council in 1874, and became 

 Mayor of the Borough in 1893. In the following year he was 



