MARVIN

Charles Thomas (son of Mr. Marvin, a istant manager of engineering works on the Neva, Ru ia). b. Plumstead, Kent 1854; joined his father in Ru ia 1870 where he remained till 1876; correspondent of The Globe at St. Petersburg 18 months; a temporary writer in the custom house, London 10 Jany. 1876, transferred to inland revenue department, Somerset House, May 1876 and thence to the post office, returned to the custom house; entered the foreign office 16 July 1877; arrested 26 June 1878 for furnishing The Globe with a summary of the secret treaty with Ru ia 29 May 1878, discharged 16 July as he had committed no offence known to the law; contributed to 20 publications during the Ru o-Turkish war 1878; sent to Ru ia by Joseph Cowen, M.P., to interview principal generals and statesmen on the Ru o-Indian question; explored the Ru ian petroleum region in the Caucasus 1883; author of The eye-witne es account of the disastrous campaign against the Akhal Tekke Turcomans 1880; Merv the queen of the world and the scourge of the man-stealing Turcomans 1881; The Ru ians at the gates of Herat 1885, of which 65,000 copies were sold in England and America, and 12 other books. d. Grosvenor house, Plumstead Common, Kent 4 Dec. 1890. Times 17 July 1878 p. 11, 5 Dec. 1890 p. 6; London Figaro 13 Dec. 1890 p. 11, portrait .