A. W. KINGLAKE.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1
SIR,—There is a mistake in the review of Mr. Tuckwell's "A. W. Kinglake" in the Spectator for May 31st. My first cousin, Brigadier-General Lacy Yea, who was killed at the Redan, and who for some years had commanded the 7th Fusi- liers, was the only surviving son of Sir Walter Yea, Bart., of Pyrland Hall, near Taunton, Somersetshire. Owing to General Yea's death, the baronetcy is now extinct ; but the Somersetshire family of Yea had, and has, nothing to do with the old Devonshire family of Yeo. I hope you will forgive this intrusion, but Lacy Yea was a dear relation of mine, whose memory I cherish greatly.—I am, Sir, &c.,
BRUCE MAXWELL SETON.
N.B.—I conversed more than once with the late Mr. A. W. Kinglake concerning his intimacy with my relative, Lacy Yea, of whom Mr. Kinglake held a high opinion.—B. M. S.
Durham House, Chelsea, S.W.
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