7.--Mr. B. N. Thoms, assistant surveyor at the General Post Office, was
appointed to fill the postmastership of Norwich, vacant by the death of
Mr. Winch. Mr. Thoms was a son of Mr. William J. Thoms, the originator
and editor of "Notes and Queries," and a librarian of the House of Lords.
In the month of April Mr. Thoms removed to Nottingham, and was succeeded
by Mr. Sturgeon, of Birkenhead, who, in the Egyptian campaign of 1882-85,
commanded the Army Post Office Corps. For his valuable services he was
decorated by the Queen in person, and granted the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, with permission to wear the uniform of his corps, the
24th Middlesex (Post Office) Rifle Volunteers.
21.--Died, at his town residence, 8, Portman Square, the Right Hon.
George Thomas Keppel, sixth Earl of Albemarle. He was born June 13th,
1799, and was second son of William Charles, fourth earl, by his marriage
with Elizabeth Southwell, fourth daughter of Edward Lord De Clifford. In
1815 he received an ensign's commission in the 14th Regiment of Foot, and
within a month joined the Army in Flanders. He was present at the battle
of Waterloo, and at the engagement which immediately preceded it. "The
very youngest officer on the field of Waterloo, he was, with one
exception, the very last of the survivors of all the Waterloo officers."
22.--Died, at 7, Hertford Street, Mayfair, Mr. Charles Wild, eldest son
of Mr. Edward Wild, Mayor of Norwich, aged 29. Educated at King Edward
VI. Grammar School, he pursued his medical studies at the Norfolk and
Norwich Hospital; afterwards proceeded to Cambridge University, and
finally entered the London School of Medicine. Mr. Wild gained the
Brodie scholarship at St. George's Hospital, and was awarded the Thompson
gold medal.