* Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., 1782-1871. Son of John Burgoyne who commanded the British forces in America 1777. Lieutenant R.E. 1798; served under Sir Ralph Abercromby 1800, under Sir John Moore 1808, and distinguished himself during Peninsular wars. It was after his report from Constantinople upon the actual state of affairs that the Crimean expedition was finally decided upon. He conducted the siege of Sebastopol till March 1855, when he was recalled. He was made Constable of the Tower of London 1863, and Field-Marshal 1868.
* Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redclifie, 1 786-1 880. Son of a London merchant; first made Ambassador to the Porte 1825, again (on a special mission) 1831, and for the third time 1841- 1858. In 1833 he was appointed to Petersburg, but the Czar refused to receive him.
"Sir William Reid, 1791-1858, a soldier who had seen much service in the Peninsular War, and was at the capture of Paris in
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1815, and later in Algiers and Spain. He was Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Malta from 1851 to 1858.
' Mrs. Henry Giffard had been to see her husband, Captain Henry Giffard, R.N., H.M.S. Tiger.
* His brother's wife, daughter of W. R. Hamilton.
' WUliam Richard Hamilton, 1777-18 59. Secretary to Lord Elgin in Constantinople 1799. Special mission in Egypt 1801. Rescued the trilingual stone of Damietta and saved the Elgin marbles after the shipwreck off Cerigo. Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1 809-1 822. Minister at Naples 1822-1825. Trustee of the British Museum. Treasurer Royal Institution. A founder of the Hakluyt Society. President of the Dilettanti Society. Delivered the first Presidential Address of the Geographical Society.