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Hamilton Aïdé (1826–1906)
Aïdé, Hamilton (ä-ē-dā’). An English novelist and poet; born in Paris, France, in 1826; died on Dec. 13, 1906. He was educated at Bonn, and became an officer in the British army. His poems include: ‘Eleanore and Other Poems’ (1856); ‘The Romance of the Scarlet Leaf and Other Poems’ (1865), and ‘Songs without Music’ (1882). Among a long list of novels are: ‘Rita,’ an autobiography (1859); ‘Carr of Carlyon’ (1862); ‘The Marstons’ (1868); ‘Poet and Peer’ (1880); ‘The Cliff Mystery’ (1888); ‘Voyage of Discovery’ depicting American society; ‘Elizabeth’s Pretenders.’