The death of Lord Wemyss, within a few weeks of
coin- pleting his ninety-sixth year, removes a most picturesque figure, a groat patrician, and a true patriot. He entered Parliament seventy-four years ago, he took an active share in the repeal of the Corn Laws, he was one of the founders of the Volun- teer movement, a great patron of rifle-shooting, and a lifelong promoter of Army efficiency. Politically he was a cross- bencher of the best type, calling himself (with justice) a Liberal Conservative, and in his later years an ardent individualist. Another venerable and courageous figure has passed away in Sir Francis Campbell, the Principal of the Royal Normal College of the Blind, who lost his sight at the age of three, and lived to earn world-wide admiration for his labours in the higher education of the blind.
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