Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, K.C.B., V.C. is the eldest son of the late Lieut.-General James Lindsay. He was educated at Eton, and at an early age entered the Army. He served in the Guinea, 1854-5, part of the time as _Aide-de-Camp_ to the Commander-in-Chief. At the battle of Alma, amidst great disorder, he reformed the line and stood firm with the colours. At Inkerman he distinguished himself by charging and repulsing a strong body of Russians with a few men; for which distinctions he was justly awarded the Victoria Cross. Lord Wantage was Equerry to the Prince of Wales, 1858-9; and has been Extra Equerry to His Royal Highness since 1874. He is also the Lord Lieutenant and a County Councillor of Berkshire. He married, in 1858, Harriet Sarah, only child of the first Baron Overstone. [Illustration: AGE 17. _From a Drawing._] [Illustration: AGE 32. _From a Photograph._] [Illustration: AGE 41. _From a Photograph by Chémar Frères, Brussels._] [Illustration: AGE 50. _From a Painting by W. Onless, R.M._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photograph by W. & A. H. Fry, Brighton._] SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, BART, M.P. BORN 1826. Sir Richard Temple, Bart., G.C.S.I., M.P., D.C.L.(Oxon), LL.D. (Cantab), of The Nash, Kempsey, near Worcester, entered the third class of the Bengal Civil Service in 1846. He was Secretary to Sir John Lawrence in the Punjab, and eventually was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces, and the Political Resident at Hyderabad. He was Foreign Secretary to the Governor-General, and Finance Minister of India, from 1868 to 1874. In January, 1874, he was appointed to superintend the relief operations in the famine-stricken districts of Bengal. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in 1875; was created a Baronet in August, 1876; and was appointed Governor of the Presidency of Bombay in January, 1877, which office he held till March, 1880. He sits for the Kingston Division of Surrey. [Illustration: AGE 20. _From a Painting._] [Illustration: AGE 30. _From a Photo. by Southwell Brothers, Baker Street, London._] [Illustration: AGE 42. _From a Photo. by Bourne & Shepherd._] [Illustration: PRESENT DAY. _From a Photo. by Elliott & Fry._] * * * * * _A Terrible New Year's Eve._ BY KATHLEEN HUDDLESTON. In a little Belgian village not many miles from Brussels the winter sun shone brightly. It shone through the quaint old windows of a little, red-tiled cottage, and on the figure of a girl who stood in the centre of the kitchen reading a long, closely written letter. Over the blazing fire, where the "pot au feu" was simmering, bent an old woman, and the girl's voice came joyously to her as she stirred the savoury mess. [Illustration: "MY AUNT, PAUL HAS SENT FOR ME."]