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Show NOTED ENGLISH NAVY AUTHORITY IS DEADj LONDON. Feb. 2:5. The death of i Earl Brassey is announced- I Earl Brassev was a well-known au- j thority on naval subjects and w-as a, former civil lord of the British ad-miraltv ad-miraltv and president of the Institute ; of Naval Architects. He was born : Februarv 11, lf-o'i. and was elected to j parliament in 1!5. In 1S95 he was j anoointed governor of ictona, which office he held until l;'". He was the! author of a five-volume, work on the I British navv, published in ISsl. and ; was founder and first editor of the j Naval Annual. |