is the end of a life which was concerned very dramatically with China at one time. Lord Loch was born in 1897, and joined the nary in 1849, serving till 1842. "Then he went to the sister service, and was a cornet of the 3ed Bengal Light Cavalry in 1844. "In the next ten years he served with Lord Gough in the Sutlej campaign, was second in command of Skinner's Horse, and raised the Irregular Turkish Cavalry in Bulgaria. In 1857 he was attache to the Earl of Elgiu's mission to China, and was afterwards employed at the headquarters of the army engaged in China. The war, which closed in 1860, had no more dramatic incidents than the capture of Mr. (sfterwards Sir Harry) Parkes, and Mr. (afterwards Lord) Loch, their conveyance to Peking, their barbarous treatment there, borne with bravery and fortitude, and their subsequent release. When Lord Loch came home he was made private Secretary to Sir G. Grey, then Home Secretary, in 1861, and thus remained for two years. In 1863 ho was advanced to ba Lieut,-Governor of the Isle of Man, which post he held until 1882; Commissioner of H. M. Woods and Forests, 1882—4; Governor of Victoria, 1884—9, during which time he was created a Baron; and finally, from 1889—95, Governor of the Cape, and High Commissioner, South Africa. His life has ended with the vindication of England's supremacy there.
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