Sir. James Headlam-Morley We regret to record the death of
Sir James Headlam- Morley at the age of sixty-five. He retired last year from the post of Historical Adviser to the Foreign Office. He was the second son of Canon Arthur Headlam and assumed the name of Morley in 1918 on inheriting property. He was a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where his cousin Walter Headlam, that brilliant and. most graceful classical scholar, was also a Fellow. His elder brother is the present Bishop of Gloucester. James Headlam, though he became Professor of Greek and. Ancient History in Queen's College, London, gradually allowed modern history to displace his passion for the classics. He did invaluable work as an Inspector of Secondary Schools with a particular care for modern historical subjects. He was an expert in German affairs and when the War came the Foreign Office had very good reason to rely more and more upon his rich and various information and his well-trained judgment: The post of Historical Adviser was specially created for him. * * *
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