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"Entered : 1849
Adm. pens (age 19) at Trinity, June 27, 1849; from the royal Military Academy, Woolwich. S. of William (Clerk to the Thames Commissioners and Treasurer for Berks.). of Kidwells, Maidenhead, Berks. B. (Feb. 28, 1830), at Cheltenham. (School, Eton). Matric. Michs. 1849; B.A. 1853. President of the Union, 1852. Reader to Smith, Elder and co., publishers, 1874. Contributor to Household Words. Editor of Chamber's journal, 1859-74, and The Cornhill Magazine, 1883-96. Married, Feb. 28, 1854, Louisa Adelaide Edlin. Author, Poems; Some private Views, Gleams of Memory, etc. and of numerous novels. Much influenced by Dickens. Resided in Maida Vale, London. Died Mar. 25, 1898."

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• Louisa Adelaide EDLIN
• James PAYN