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man. He had taken no adequate vacation for 

 many years, and his sudden and unexpected 

 death was entirely due to overwork. He was, 

 after the death of Dean Stanley, the broadest 

 of all the eminent clergy of the English Church, 

 and was generally known as " the Bishop of all 

 Denominations." 



Gordon, Charles George, an English soldier, 

 killed by the soldiers of the Mahdi at the tak- 

 ing of Khartoum, Jan. 27, 1885 (see EGYPT, and 

 for biographical details, GORDON, CHARLES 

 GEORGE, in the "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 1883 ; see also portrait in " Annual Cyclo- 

 pedia " for 1884, page 282). 



Grant, James Maepherson, an Australian states- 

 man, born in Scotland in 1822; died at Sydney 

 in November, 1885. He emigrated with his 

 parents to Australia. He often held cabinet 

 positions in Victoria, and was popular as the 

 author of reforms in the land laws. 



Halifax, Viscount, an English statesman, born 

 at Pontefract, Dec. 20, 1800; died in Lon- 

 don, Aug. 8, 1885. He was educated at Eton 

 and at Oriel College, Oxford, where he took a 

 double first-class in classics and mathematics at 

 the age of twenty. He became the private sec- 

 retary of Earl Grey, and in 1826 was elected to 

 Parliament from Great Grimsby. In 1829 he 

 married a daughter of Lord Grey. He. was 

 Secretary to the Treasury under Earl Grey in 

 1832, and Secretary to the Admiralty in Lord 

 Melbourne's second administration. In 1846 

 he entered Lord John Russell's Cabinet as 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer. The same year 

 he succeeded his father as Sir Charles Wood. 

 He was a member of every Liberal ministry 

 from this period until the close of Gladstone's 

 first administration, serving as President of the 

 Board of Control under Lord Aberdeen, First 

 Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Palmerston's 

 first Cabinet, Secretary of State for India under 

 Lord Palmerston and Earl Russell, and Lord 

 Privy Seal under Mr. Gladstone. He was 

 raised to the peerage in 1866. During his 

 forty years' service in the House of Commons 

 he represented successively the boroughs of 

 Great Grimsby, Wareham, Halifax, and Ripon. 



Hiller, Ferdinand, a German composer, born in 

 Frankfort, April 24, 1811; died in Cologne, 

 May 11, 1885. He studied music under Hum- 

 mel at Weimar, and subsequently in Paris, 

 where he gained repute as a pianist. His 

 opera " Romilda," written after his return to 

 Frankfort in 1835, was produced at Milan, but 

 was unfavorably received. The oratorio " The 

 Destruction of Jerusalem " was brought out at 

 Leipsic with the help of Mendelssohn. From 

 1850 to 1884 Hiller was orchestral conductor 

 at Cologne. He was an author and critic of 

 renown as well as a successful composer, con- 

 ductor, and teacher. His two hundred musical 

 compositions include six operas, two oratorios, 

 three symphonies, several cantatas, sonatas, 

 chamber-music, songs, and pieces for the piano- 

 forte. He wrote several volumes of musical 

 memoirs and critiques. His criticism was to 



a Inrge extent directed against the Wagnerian 

 school of music. 



Hood, Edward Paxton, an English author, born 

 in London, Dec. 18, 1820; died there, June 12, 

 1885. He was the son of a common sailor, re- 

 ceived a limited education, became a Congre- 

 gational minister, and settled at Brighton. 

 He was for many years editor of the "Eclectic 

 Review," and afterward of the "Preacher's 

 Lantern." His principal works are " Words- 

 worth, a Biography," "The Life of Sweden- 

 borg," " The Earnest Minister," and a large vol- 

 ume entitled "Lamps, Pitchers, and Trumpets." 

 His two latest works were " Oliver Cromwell " 

 and " Scottish Characteristics." He also edited 

 two bulky and popular volumes, " The World of 

 Anecdote " and " The World of Religious An- 

 ecdote." For many years Mr. Hood was pas- 

 tor of the Independent Chapel, Falcon Square, 

 London. 



Honghton (Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron 

 Houghton, of Frystone Hall, Yorkshire), born 

 there, July 19, 1809, the only son of Robert 

 Pemberton Milnes; died in London, Aug. 11, 

 1885. He was graduated at Cambridge in 1831, 

 and entered the House of Commons, taking the 

 place that his father long had held as member 

 from Pontefract, in 1837. He held this seat con- 

 tinuously until August, 1863, when he was raised 

 to the peerage as Baron Houghton. Although 

 he entered Parliament as a Conservative, he 

 was liberal in his opinions and action, and dur- 

 ing his political career of nearly half a century 

 it was difficult to identify him with either of 

 the great political parties. He was a warm 

 advocate of popular education ; and as a de- 

 fender of freedom of conscience, he upheld 

 many liberal religious schemes. Measures for 

 the reformation and aid of criminals elicited 

 his hearty co-operation. He published in 1834 

 " Memorials of a Tour in Greece." Four years 

 later he issued " Memorials of a Residence on 

 the Continent " and " Historical Poems." He 

 continued to devote himself to literary pur- 

 suits, and particularly to poetry and poetical 

 subjects, his various volumes of verse securing 

 a large measure of popularity. The titles of 

 his works are as follow : " Poetry for the 

 People " (1840) ; " Memorials of Many Scenes " 

 (1843); "Palm Leaves," "Poems Legendary 

 and Historical," and " Poems of Many Years " 

 (1844) ; " Good-Night and Good-Morning " 

 (1849); "Monographs, Personal and Social" 

 (1873) ; and " Poetical Works " (1874). Most 

 of them have been republished in the United 

 States. In 1848 Lord Houghton edited the 

 literary remains and letters of John Keats, and 

 in 1865 he edited the poems and prepared a 

 memoir of David Gray, to whom, while living, 

 he had been a generous friend. Carlyle truth- 

 fully said of him : " He has his peculiarities, 

 but he has a kind, good heart. Many a starv- 

 ing man of letters owes his life to him. No 

 one knows better than I do the many 50 

 notes he gave to keep a struggling man's head 

 above water ; and no one ever knew it from 



