28 FEBRUARY 1903, Page 17

THE LATE DR. SEWELL.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."[ Sia,—In a letter in the Spectator of February 7th Mr. Awdry, writing about the parochial experiences of the late Warden of New College, said of the late Rev. Gilbert Wall Heathcote, Sub-Warden and Fellow of Winchester College, who died on July 17th, 1893, that he was Keble's predecessor at 'Hursley, and at one time Bursar of Winchester College. Both these statements seem incorrect ; but the Sub-Warden's father, Gilbert Heathcote, Archdeacon of Winchester, was vicar of Horsley. According to the obituary notice of the Sub- Warden in the Wykehamist of July 24th, 1893, he is said to have been vicar of Ashe, in Surrey, from 1838 to 1883.—I am,