GRATTAN

Sir Edmund Arnout ( son of Thomas C. Grattan 1792–1864 ). b. 1818; British consul at Boston for state of Ma achusetts 4 Aug. 1848 to 1858; consul at Antwerp 11 Jany. 1858 to 1883; consul general for Belgium 28 Nov. 1883 to 1888; British commi ioner Antwerp exhibition 1885; V.P. Royal Geog. soc. Antwerp; F.R.G.S.; knighted by patent 18 Nov. 1889. d. Ostend Aug. 1890 aged 72.