In Menioriam: Sir Antonio Brady. 
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House. This appointment was gained through the recom¬ 
mendation, it is believed, of Sir James Graham. Here he 
was so indefatigable in the discharge of his onerous duties 
that he was made head of the Contract Office, and Registrar 
of Public Securities in 1854 ; subsequently he assisted very 
materially in reorganising that office, and was appointed the 
first Superintendent of the new Purchase and Contract 
Department. He married in 1887 Maria, the daughter of 
the late George Kilner, of Ipswich, who still survives him, 
