William Thomas #BLANFORD#, LL.D., F.R.S.; (1832-1905), on staff of
Geological Survey of India, 1855-1882; accompanied Abyssinian
Expedition and Persian Boundary Commission; sometime President of
Geological Society and of Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, also of
Geological Section British Assoc.; author of works dealing with
the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, Persia, and India.--["Who's
Who."]

_fa_, William BLANFORD, established a manufacturing business in
London, and was a founder, and for many years Chairman, of the Thames
Plate Glass Company.

_me bro_, Alfred SIMPSON, established a large and successful
manufacturing business in Adelaide, S. Australia.

_bro_, Henry Francis BLANFORD, F.R.S., for many years at the head of
the Indian Meteorological Department, which he originally organized.



Right Hon. Charles #BOOTH# (b. 1840), P.C., F.R.S., economist and
statistician; President of the Royal Statistical Soc., 1892-1894;
originated and carried through a co-operative inquiry in minute
detail into the houses and occupations of the inhabitants of
London, which resulted in the volumes "Life and Labour of the
People of London"; author of memoirs on allied subjects. ["Ency.
Brit.," xxvi. 306; "Who's Who."]