12 JANUARY 1901, page 14

(to The Editor Of The " Spectator.") Sib, — The Following...

to the reign of Henry VIII. in a family somewhat remarkable for the steady longevity of its seven generations back may interest your readers, (.1 propos of the article thus......

Links With The Past.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — As I am one of those who prefer an old century, like an old friend or an old bottle of wine, to a new one, I am anxious to add a short......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator.") Sin, — To The Number Of

" links with the past " mentioned in the interesting article in the Spectator of January 5th I am in a position to add two. My aunt, the late Lady Mary Saurin, daughter of Lord......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.']

SIB,--The following link with the past" is, I think, very re- markable. In 1853 a French officer of my acquaintance, Count Charles de Sommerard, was dining at a table where he......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. • ] Sin,—the Late Vicar Of

this parish, the Rev. W. H. Turner, who died in June 1896, aged ninety-three, connected the present with a remote past in a way historically quite as interesting as any of the......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator.") Sir, —in Your...

Link with the Past," you speak of the late Mr. Spencer Walpole as the great-grand- son of Sir Robert Walpole. May I be allowed to point out that Sir Robert Walpole had no......