COLONEL WILLIAM KENYON-SLANEY, M.P.
Memoir of Colonel William Senyon-Slancy, M.P. Edited by Walter Durnford. (John Murray. 35. 6d. not.)—Colonel Kenyon- Slaney was the author of the clause in the Education Bill of 1902 known by his name. It enacts that the religious instruction in )2on-Provided schools should be under the control of the managers. This sounds reasonable enough ; but there are complexities in the matter which we shall do well to leave alone. Another matter which brought him into a not altogether desirable celebrity was the Horne incident. Mr. Horne was a tenant who was standing as the Radical candidate for the Ludlow division of Shropshire, and was actively opposing his landlord at home. It must be allowed that an M.P. is not likely to give that close attention to a farm which is needed to keep it up to the mark. At the same titimem
may suppose that the landlord would have accepted the situation if Mr. Horne had been on his own side in politics. Colonel Kenyon-SlaneY was, in fact, a very keen party man. He !toss' UP for his side with the greatest pertinacity, and he was
.s.nclined to do the same for the military authorities. In the
remounts " business there wore certainly some strange things brought to light. From reading Mr. Durnford's memoir one would think that the criticisms passed on that department wore
soldier, n slanders. But that Colonel Kenyon-Slaney was a fine gentleman, and Christian, home factus ad unguem, is perfectly plain.
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