Show LONG HELD BY B Y ONE 0 N E FAMILY FA MILY for ninety years a member of thu the house of sprague has been i n consul at gibraltar for F or many years three members of a single family have represented tho the united states at the port of gibraltar president ert jackson made horatio r consul in 1833 1 his son s on of tho same rame name served from 1848 to 1901 kilell ille ane bun u na u Hor horatio atlo richard L sprague became consul and till holds that of flee fice horatio sprague settled in gibraltar during the war of 1812 and there engaged in business after tho the opening of tho the suez ique canal in 1867 tho the commercial importance of gibraltar greatly I 1 increased as all trade between the northern and western maritime countries of europe r north america and the west indle indies fe passed through tho the sti stir with gi broliar as 88 the first port of entry and tho the last of departure it was fitting that the american ambassador at madrid the british governor of tile the colon colony y a and n d 0 other th e r 0 officials fal e ial s civil and naval ava 1 s should h 0 ul d e celo el eb brato r at e t the h e anniversary of the termination of the ninth decade of tho the consulship of tile the spragues Sp rogues we hope the present in of tho the office rounds out the full century of family service boa ton herald I 1 |