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Waddington (WILLIAM HENRY a French)

WILLIAM HENRY, a French statesman statesman; born in Paris, Dec. 11, 1826; was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambrige, and took a classical first-class, with a chancellor's medal, in 1849. He returned to France, and devoted himself to the study of antiquities, extending his journeys to Asia Minor, Syria, and Cyprus. In 1865 he was elected to the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. In February, 1871, he was returned by Aisne to the National Assembly, giving a steady support to Thiers. From 1876 till 1885 he sat as senator for Aisne. He served as minister of Public Instruction in 1873 (for a few days only) and in 1876- 1877 as minister of foreign affairs, plenipotentiary at the Berlin Congress (1878), president of the Council (1879), and was ambassador at London from 1883 to 1893. He died Jan. 13, 1894.