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Sidney Dacres, when that officer commanded the Channel Fleet, and subsequently, as Rear-Admiral, he himself held that post, succeeding Admiral Wellesley. He attained flag-rank in 1869, and became Vice-Admiral in 1875. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's naval forces in the Mediterranean, and he held that responsible position during the trying times in 1878, when war was apprehended between this country and Russia, and when our fleet was ordered to the Dardanelles. He was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Aug. 12, 1878. Subsequently he was appointed to succeed Admiral Sir Charles Shadwell as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, for a term of three years, to date from March 1, 1881. In addition to his professional acquirements. Admiral Hornby is a proficient mathematician and a good French scholar. He is also thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Admiralty affairs, having served umder Mr. Ward Hunt as a Lord of the Admiralty in Lord Beaconsfleld's Administration, as his father had served in that of the late Lord Derby. It may be added that Admiral Hornby is a cousin of Lord Derby and a brother of Dr. Hornby, the head master of Eton. He married in 1853 Emily Frances, daughter of the late Rev. John Coles, of Ditcham Park, Hants. He is a magistrate for Sussex, in which county he owns the residential property of Little Green, near Petersfield.

HORNBY, The Rev. James John, D.D., son of the late Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, G.C.B., of Little Greeen, Sussex, was born at Winwick, in 1826, and educated at Eton under the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where, in 1849, he took a flrst class in classics, besides distinguishing himself in aquatic sports and in all athletic exercises. In 1849 he became a Fellow of Brasenose College, and in 1854 Tutor and Principal of Bishop Cosen's Hall in the University of Durham. Returning to Oxford in 1864, he became Classical Lecturer at Brasenose, and in 1866 was Senior Proctor of the University. At the close of the latter year he was elected Second Master of Winchester School, which post he retained till his appointment as Head Master of Eton in Jan. 1868. Dr. Hornby was appointed one of Her Majesty's honorary chaplains in Feb. 1882.

HORNE, Richard Hengist, poet, essayist, and critic, born early in the present century, was educated for the army at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, but entered the Mexican navy as a midshipman; was at the bombardment of Vera Cruz and the taking of the fortress of San Juan Ulloa, and was in active service until the close of the war between Mexico and Spain. He had a narrow escape from a shark while swimming in the Bay of Vera Cruz, and subsequently he took the yellow fever. He sailed to the United States, visited the Mohawk, Huron, Oneida, and other Indian tribes, went to Niagara, and had two ribs broken beneath the cataract. He was wrecked in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; and sailed from Nova Scotia in a timber-ship, which took fire on the way after a mutiny on board. He returned to England, devoted himself to literature, and published "The Exposition of the False Medium and Barriers excluding Men of Genius from the Public," "The Spirit of Peers and People," a national tragi-comedy; the tragedies of "The Death of Marlowe," "Cosmo de Medici," "The Fetches," "Gregory VII.," and the epic, "Orion," besides a volume of Ballad Romances. His prose writings are very numerous, the larger portion having appeared in perodical publications, to which he has been a