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“ R. CHARLES HENRY HAWTREY, author, actor, and manager, is the fifth son of the Rev. J. W. Hawtrey, and was born at Eton, where his father was an assistant master, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. At the age of twenty-three he went on the stage in "The Colonel," and three years later wrote the phenomenally-successful play, "The Private Secretary," which was performed no fewer than 844 times consecutively, and which has lately been revived with fresh success. ”

“ John Page Wood, was educated at Marlborough, and served with distinction in the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War, but in 1855 he joined the Light Dragoons as ensign, served through the Indian Mutiny, when he gained the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery. In 1873 he took part in the Ashantee Campaign, and led the advance to the river Prah. For his services at the capture of Coomassie he was made a C.B. In the Zulu War of 1879 he led the flying column Cetewayo's Kraal, and played a brilliant part in the battle of Ulundi. ”