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he was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, near the grave of 

 his friend, Robert Stephenson, with all the public honours due to his 

 genius and worth. 



Barry was a man of rich and varied imagination, and so difficult 

 to please, that he incessantly studied modification upon modification 

 during the progress of his works. He had great power of drawing, 

 and a thorough appreciation of form ; and so perfectly master was 

 he of both Italian and Mediaeval art, which have elements of pro- 

 portion, form, and decoration apparently at utter variance with each 

 other, that he treated them with equal judgment and taste. But 

 it was remarked that he had not an harmonious eye for colour. 

 He was untiringly laborious, and as a practical architect he brought 

 to bear a vast fund of scientific resource and daring intelligence. He 

 was justly held in high professional estimation by the architects of 

 all countries, and was honoured by all who knew him for his worth, 

 integrity, and independence ; and his name will descend to posterity 

 associated with the grandest and finest edifices of his time. 



SIR THOMAS MACDOUGALL BRISBANE, Baronet, was the eldest 

 son and representative of an old family of considerable note in the 

 west of Scotland. He was born at Brisbane House, the family seat 

 in Ayrshire, on the 23rd of July, 1773, and after a long, active, and 

 eventful life passed in various parts of the world, died at the same 

 place on the 27th of January, 1860. 



As was usual with the sons of the landed gentry in Scotland, Sir 

 Thomas received his early education at home under a private tutor, 

 and then studied for a time at the University of Edinburgh. He was 

 finally sent to an Academy near London, where he had the oppor- 

 tunity of attending lectures in the metropolis on various subjects, 

 including mathematics and astronomy. 



In 1789 he began military life as an ensign in the 38th Regiment, 

 but having, on the breaking out of the war in 1 793, raised an in- 

 dependent company which was attached to the 53rd Regiment, he 

 joined the army in Flanders as captain, and was present at the en- 

 gagement before Valenciennes and at the siege and capture of that 

 place, which were the first operations of the war. He shared in the 

 severe winter's retreat through Holland in 1794, and continued with 

 the Duke of York's army until its return to England in 1 795. He 



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