[296] Claudius Salmasius (1588-1653), or Claude Saumaise, was a distinguished classicist, and professor at the University of Leyden. The word ἠλείοιο means Elian, thus making the phrase refer to the brilliant one of Elis.
[297] Sir William Brown (1784-1864). In 1800 the family moved to Baltimore, and there the father, Alexander Brown, became prominent in the linen trade. William went to Liverpool where he acquired great wealth as a merchant and banker. He was made a baronet in 1863.
[298] Robert Lowe (1811-1892), viscount Sherbrooke, was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford (1835). He went to Australia in 1842 and was very successful at the bar. He returned to England in 1850 and became leader writer on the Times. He was many years in parliament, and in 1880 was raised to the peerage.
[299] See Vol. I, page 42, note 4 {24}.
[300] Francis Walkingame (fl. about 1751-1785), whose Tutor's Assistant went through many editions from 1751-1854.
[301] Davies Gilbert (1767-1839). His family name was Giddy, but he assumed his wife's name. He sat in parliament from 1806 to 1832. In 1819 he secured the establishment of the Cape of Good Hope observatory. He was Treasurer (1820-1827) and President (1827-1830) of the Royal Society.
[302] See Vol. I, page 55, note 2 {63}.
[303] Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock (1783-1870) entered parliament in 1831 and was knighted in 1834.
[304] Joseph Hume (1777-1855) entered parliament in 1812 and for thirty years was leader of the Radical party.
[305] "What! when I say, 'Nicole, bring me my slippers,' is that prose?"