THE LATE MR. STOPFORD BROOKE.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."'
Sre,—In my letter on the late Mr. Stopford Brooke I fell into an error in speaking of him as being curate at Kensington to Dr. Meclagan. I am indebted to Lady Constance Leslie for the correction. She writes :—
"We were living at Bute House, Campden Hill, when Mr. and Mrs. Stopford Brooke came to Kensington, and we enjoyed their acquaint. once, but it was not Dr. Maclagan then, but a very quaint old Arch- deacon Sinclair to whom he was curate at Kensington. Lord Macaulay had come the year before to Holly Lodge. Our neighbours, tho Duke and Duchess of Argyll, gave a dinner party to introduce Lord Macaulay to his new neighbours; Archdeacon Sinclair and our then youthful selves were included. This impresses the date on my mind. Mr. Stopford Brooke baptized our second daughter, Constance, now wife of Sir E. S. Hope."
This Archdeacon Sinclair, T may add, was Archdeacon of Middlesex, and uncle of a future Archdeacon of London. He took a very active part in providing new churches at Kensington, whieli in those days was growing rapidly, but was still so much in the country that nightingales sang in Holland Walk.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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