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'720 KNIGHTAGE. Board 1852-68, and Chm. of Board of Supervision of the Poor and of Public Health, Scotland 1868-92 ; is Treasurer to Highland Agricultural So. of Scotland, and a J.P. and D.L. and a Commr. of Supply for cos. Selkirk and Edinburgh : m. 1836, Eliza, da. of William Loch, Esq. ; cr. C.B. 1876, K.C.B. 1886. 5, Manor Place, Edin- burgh; New Club. WALLACE, Sir Donald Mackenzie, K.CJ.E., only surviving son of the late Robert Wallace, Esq., of Boghead, Dum- bartonshire ; b. 1841 ; ed. privately, at Edinburgh Univ. (M.A. honours 1862), at the Ecole de Droit, Paris, and at the Univs. of Berlin and Heidelberg (LL.D. 1867) ; travelled in Russia 1870-78, and Turkey, Egypt, and Austria 1878-84 ; was Private Sec. to Viceroy of India 1884-9, and Ch. Political Officer with the Cesare- vitch in India and Ceylon 1890-91 ; author of " Russia," and " Egypt and the Egyptian Question"; cr. K.C.I. E. 1887. 46, St. Ermiris Mansions, Westminster, S. W. ; Athenceum and Reform Clubs. WALPOLE, Sir Horatio George, K.C.B. [see E. Orford, colls.]. WALSH, Sir Aubrey, son of James Thomas Walsh, Esq.,J.P., D.L. ; b. 1811 ; ed. at St. Peter's Coll., Westminster ; formerly Chm. of Quarter Sessions for Tower Liberty ; is a J.P. and Chm. for Petty Sessions of Tower Liberty, and a D.L. for Tower Hamlets : m. 1842, Jane Mary, da. of the late Richard Robinson, Esq. ; cr. K.B. 1889. 13, Regent's Park Road, N. W. ; Constitutional Club. WALTER, Capt. Sir Edward, K.C.B. , 3rd and youngest son of John Walter, Esq., of Bearwood, Berks ; b. 1823 ; ed. at Eton, and at Exeter Coll. , Oxford ; entered 44th Regt. 1843, exchanged as Capt. to 8th Hussars 1848, and retired 1853 ; on Feb. 13, 1859, he founded the Corps of Com- missionaires, for which service he has been thanked by F.M. H.R.H. the Com.- in-Ch., in 1884 a testimonial from the officers of the Army and Navy was pre- sented to him, and in 1885 he received knighthood : m. 1853, Mary Ann Eliza, el. da. of John Carver Athorpe, Esq., of Dinnington Hall, Rotherham ; cr. K.B. 1885, K.C.B. 1887. Sarisbury Court, Sutrisbury, Southampton ; Army and Navy Club. WARING, Sir Henry John, son of the late Capt. Henry Waring, R.M.L.I., of j Waringstown, co. Down ; b. 1817 ; ed. i privately ; was Mayor of Plymouth 1887-8, I 1888-9, and 1889-90 : received the Roy. Agricultural So. of England 1890 ; is a J.P. for Devonshire and for Borough of I Plymouth, and a Fellow and Gov. of Imperial Institute : m. 1837, Jane Sophia Tothill, da. of Col. John Tothill Taylor ; cr. K.B. 1891. Osborne House, Plymouth ; Constitutional Club. WARNER, Sir Joseph Henry, son of the late George Warner, Esq. , of Hornsey ; b. 1836 ; ed. at Eton, and at Balliol Coll.,. Oxford ; Bar. Lincoln's Inn 1864 ; has been Counsel to Chm. of Committees of House of Lords since 1872 ; commanded 3rd Middlesex Rifle Vol. 1875-83: m. 1873. Mary W., da. of the late James Carson, Esq., of Marlow, Bucks ; cr. K.B. 1892. 62, Eaton Square, S. W. ; Athenceum and New University Clubs. WARRE, Gen. Sir Henry James, K.C.B., son of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Warre, Knt., C.B. ; b. 1819 ; ed. at Sandhurst ; entered Army 1837, became Capt. 1847, Major 1854, Lieut. -Col. 1855, Col. 1858, Maj.-Gen. 1868, Lieut.-Gen. 1877, and Gen. 1881 (retired 1886) ; has been Col. 2nd Batn. Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regt. since 1880 ; served on Staff in Canada 1839-46, in England 1847- 51, in command of 57th Regt. during Crimean Campaign 1855 (medal with clasp, C.B., 5th Class Medjidie and Turkish medal), in Central India 1858-9, in New Zealand 1861-66 (medal and specially mentioned), in Ireland 1870-4, and in India as Com.-in-Ch. of Bombay Army, and a Member of Council of Bombay 1878-81 : m. 1855, Georgiana Emily, who d. 1892, da. of the late Robert Lukin, Esq., and widow of William Pitt Adams, Esq., H.M.'s Charge d' Affaires and Consul Gen. to Republic of Peru ; cr. C.B. 1855, K.C.B. 1886. 35, Cadogan Place, S. W. ; United Service Club. WARREN, Col. Sir Charles, G.C.M.G., K. C.B., F.R.S., son of the late Maj.-Gen. SirCharles Warren, K.C.B. ; 5. 1840 ; ed.at Cheltenham Coll., at Roy. Mil. Col.. Sandhurst, and at Roy. Mil. Acad. Wool- wich ; entered R.E. 1857, became Capt. 1869, and Major and Lieut. -Col. 1878 and Col. 1882 ; conducted Explorations of Palestine and Excavations at Jerusalem 1867-70; was H.M.'s Special Commr. to settle Boundary Line Orange Free State and Griqualand W. 1876 (thanked by Govt., and C.MG.), and Special Commr. to settle land question of Griqualand W. 1877 ; commanded Diamond Fields Horse throughout Gaika War 1878 (wounded), Lieut.-Col. for distinguished service) and subsequently a Field Force during the Griqua Rebellion and Bechuana Invasion (medal, and thanked by Imperial Govt. and by Provincial Legislature) ; in 1879 was Special Commr. to Bloemhoff District, in command of Field Force of N. Border Bechuana Campaign, and Com.-in-Ch. and Administrator of Griqualand W. ; was Instructor of Surveying Mil. Sch. of Engi- neering, Chatham, 1880-84 ; served in Egyptian campaign 1882; during the war entered the Arabian deserts, without escort, in company of Lieuts. Burton and Haynes, and succeeded in learning the fate of Pro- fessor Palmer's party, and in bringing the murderers to justice (medal, Medjidie 3rd class.andK.C.M.G.); was Special Commr. in Bechuanaland and Maj.-Gen. in com-