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ford, Westchester County, N. Y., whose father, 

 John Jay, was the first Chief Justice of the United 

 States, and a Governor of this State. 



Mr. Pellew returned to England in 1859 ^^^ ^^" 

 mained there until 1873. He was largely instru- 

 mental in founding Keble College, Oxford, which 

 was undertaken as a memorial of the Rev. John 

 Keble, with the special object of enabling its mem- 

 bers to reap the advantages of a University educa- 

 tion at the smallest possible cost. As Secretary of 

 the Keble Memorial Fund, Mr. Pellew collected 

 over ^50,000 on its behalf, and on coming finally 

 to this country he resigned his place on the Council 

 of the College, besides the office of Treasurer of 

 the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 

 and at the same time retired from the active super- 

 intendence of other religious and charitable insti- 

 tutions in England with which he had been associ- 

 ated. His first wife having died, he married the 

 youngest daughter of Judge Jay in 1875 ^^^ then 

 returned to take up his permanent residence in 

 this country. 



Mr. Pellew became a member of the St. George's 

 Society in 1857 and served as its Secretary in 1858 

 -59. On his return to New York he was elected 

 President in 1874 and served with mark distinction 

 until 1877. During this time he largely identified 

 himself with the principle of co-operation and the 

 interchange of information among the charitable and 



