HADEN, FRANCIS SEYMOUR, eldest son of Sir Francis Seymour Haden FRCS, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, surgeon and President, Royal Society of Painter Etchers, and Dasha Delano, dau. of Maj. George Washington Whistler, US Army, and half-sister of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist; b. 7 Mar 1850; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1865; Capt. of the School 1868; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1869, matr. 19 May 1869; BA 1873; Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieut. -Gov. Natal 1876-7, Private Secretary 1877-80; Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Natal 1880-1, Assistant Colonial Secretary 1881-7, Colonial Secretary 1887-93, retiring on adoption by Natal of responsible government; member, Executive and Legislative Councils, Natal 1885-93; chairman, Natal Trade Commission 1885-6; Deputy Governor of Natal and Zululand on several occasions; CMG 21 May 1890; m. 27 Jan 1885 Ethel, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. Benjamin Aylett Branfill, Upminster Hall, Essex, late 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars); d. 21 Mar 1918.