BOND, SIR ROBERT (18J7-1927), son of John Bond (a Devonshire man and founder of the Newf9undland branch of William Hounsell and Co.), was educated at Queen's college, Taunton, and Edinburgh university, where he studied law. He re turned to Newfoundland and entered politics in 1882, when he was elected to the House of Assembly. In 1884 he became Speaker, and in 1889 Colonial Secretary under the Liberal ministry. From 1890 to 1914 he was engaged in negotiations with the French Government on the question of fishing rights, and was also largely responsible for the Hay-Bond Treaty which settled the American fishing claim. In 1900, while still Colonial Secretary, he became Prime Minister, and held these offices until i 909, when the newly formed People's Party came into power. He then used his gift of forceful eloquence as leader of the Opposition until 1914, when he resigned his seat as a protest against the divided aims of a section of the Opposition, the "Coakerites." He died on March 16, 1927, at St. John's, Newfoundland.