. Ireland in London. hospitalare many interesting tombstones and many Irishgraves. Two Irish centenarians are buried here,one Peter Dowling, aged 102; and another, aged111, who fought at the Boyne, and died a greatmany years after that great battle. Here alsowere buried Sir Andrew Barnard and Sir EdwardBlakeney (Governors of the Hospital), and theRight Hon. James OHara, Baron of Tirawley, Ireland in London. 85 ivho died in July, 1773. But the most remark-able grave here is that of Christian Kavanagh(afterwards Davies), one of the most remarkableof female soldiers. She was born in Dublin in1667
. Ireland in London. hospitalare many interesting tombstones and many Irishgraves. Two Irish centenarians are buried here,one Peter Dowling, aged 102; and another, aged111, who fought at the Boyne, and died a greatmany years after that great battle. Here alsowere buried Sir Andrew Barnard and Sir EdwardBlakeney (Governors of the Hospital), and theRight Hon. James OHara, Baron of Tirawley, Ireland in London. 85 ivho died in July, 1773. But the most remark-able grave here is that of Christian Kavanagh(afterwards Davies), one of the most remarkableof female soldiers. She was born in Dublin in1667, and entered the British army disguised asa man. She fought at the battles of Blenheim, Landen, Ramilies, etc., and was wounded severaltimes, her sex being finally discovered. She re-ceived a pension in 1712, and married a soldiernamed Davies, and it was whilst visiting him herethat she died in 1739. She was buried with fullmilitary honours, in the churchyard. CHAPTER XV. SOUTH LONDON AND THE SOUTH-WESTERN ROSSING Westminster5ridge, Hospitalis on our right. One of its mostdistinguished physicians inthe past has been Dr. AdairCrawford, the chemist, a na-tive of Ulster, who was bornin 1748, and died in chief surgeon at present connected with thishospital is Sir William MCormac, a native of Bel-fast, and one of the greatest practitioners of the•day. The hospital has a fine river frontage, atits end being situated Lambeth Palace, the resi-dence of the Archbishops of Canterbury, and oneof the oldest buildings in London. This pic-turesque-looking edifice has not many objects ofpeculiar interest to Irishmen, but although few,they are of relatively great importance. Here isShees excellent portrait of Archbishop Howley,whose name seems to betoken his Irish originthough he was born in England. The portrait ofBishop Berkeley, the great Irish philosopher,who was the first bishop of an American See, isalso here. Berkeley was a native of Kilkenny, andone of t
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