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SIR HENRY, a Scotch painter; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 4, 1756. Bound apprentice to a goldsmith, he was no sooner free than he devoted himself to portrait painting. In burgh, and soon rose to the head of his King Ferdinand, at the outbreak of the profession in Scotland. He was knight- World War, in 1914, appointed Rad- ed by George IV., in 1822, and died in oslavov Premier, on account of his well Edinburgh, July 8, 1823. the anti-Russian Liberal party. Having 1787, he established himself in Edinonce served as Minister of the Interior, known sympathy toward Austria and Germany. It was Radoslavov, one of the wiliest politicians of the Balkans, who guided the policy of Bulgaria in her double dealing with the Allies, until ready to throw her lot in with the Central Empires, in the fall of 1915, when a treacherous attack was made on the Serbians, while they were defending themselves against the Austro-German invasion. On the collapse of the Bulgarian front in Macedonia, Radoslavov was dismissed from office and sent into retirement.

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