[336] No. 34, Gloucester Square, Hyde Park, where he lived.

[350] The above anecdote is given on the authority of Mr. Sopwith. F.R.S.

[354] The second Mrs. Stephenson having died in 1845, George married a third time in 1848, about six months before his death. The third Mrs. Stephenson had for some time been his housekeeper.

[368] In 1829 Robert Stephenson married Frances, daughter of John Sanderson, merchant, London; but she died in 1842, without issue, and Mr. Stephenson did not marry again. Until the close of his life, Robert Stephenson was accustomed twice in every year to visit his wife’s grave in Hampstead churchyard.

[377] Address as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, January, 1856.