Produced by Richard Tonsing, Eric Hutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net MODERN ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY CONTAINING MANY THOUSAND CONCISE MEMOIRS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE YEAR 1850, WITH AN INDEX OF THE MOST INTERESTING MATTER. BY FREDERIC BOASE. FACTA NON VERBA. VOLUME I. A-H. TRURO: NETHERTON AND WORTH, FOR THE AUTHOR. 250 COPIES ONLY PRINTED. PRICE 42/- NET. 1892. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Preface._ Biography like other subjects seems to have its fashion; at one time it is much attended to, at another time neglected. The Historical Register from 1717 to 1739, The European Magazine from 1782 to 1826, and The Gentlemanâs Magazine from 1731 to 1868 furnished most useful and excellent notices of deceased worthies; then there appeared for one year only, The Register and Magazine of Biography, the first volume by Mr. Thompson Cooper, F.S.A., the second by Mr. Edward Walford, M.A. After this period there was a lull and biography was for some time at a discount; gradually however _The Times_, which hitherto had paid little attention to the subject, commenced inserting numerous obituary notices, and this fashion gradually increased, until at the present day there are few numbers of that paper which do not contain interesting memoirs. Other periodicals followed suit, and now the majority of the daily and weekly journals not only give lives but many of them well engraved portraits. In the meantime there also came out various books on biography, such as Men of the Time, Men of Mark, Eminent Women Series, English Men of Action, English Men of Letters, English Worthies, Great Artists, Great Writers, Memorable Men of the Nineteenth Century, Men worth Remembering, The Biograph and others, while various improved biographical dictionaries, more especially the Dictionary of National Biography, still in progress, were produced. General Biography has now become so large a subject, that no one work can comprehend it, and it will, it is imagined, in future, be necessary to attack it in small sections, if anything like justice is to be done to the matter. Impressed with these ideas, the author of this work, who had during a period of twenty years made a collection of notes relating to English persons deceased since 1850, thought it not improbable that by printing his materials, he might be able to make a useful contribution to biographical literature. The first volume of âModern English Biographyâ is the result; in it will be found memoirs referring to the period mentioned, of all privy councillors, knights, judges, recorders, queenâs counsel, serjeants, stipendiary magistrates, benchers of the inns of court, bishops, deans, archdeacons, chancellors, admirals, generals and members of parliament; other persons too, frequently omitted in biographical works, such as architects, engineers, inventors, ship builders, electricians, railway managers, publishers, actors, dramatists, musicians, music hall artistes, painters, sculptors, engravers, physicians, surgeons, sporting celebrities, eccentric characters and notorious criminals have also been inserted, in fact any one who has been well known and about whom a question might arise in general conversation. In addition, many foreigners who have spent portions of their lives in England and some few natives of the British colonies have been included. The plan in these memoirs, of which there are nearly 8,000 in this volume, has been first to give the main facts in each life, then, in the case of authors, short though exact titles of their chief works, concluding with references to books where longer accounts are to be found. The subject of portraits has been made a speciality, and thousands of notices of likenesses in books, periodicals and newspapers have been inserted. The Transactions of the most important scientific and literary societies as well as the best known magazines and newspapers have been examined and the biographical notices extracted. The memoirs, though short, will be found to contain many exact facts not given in larger works. Great trouble has been taken about births and deaths, the dates of births frequently cannot be obtained and the places and dates of deaths of even very well known individuals are sometimes not easily settled. Information has been sought from all printed sources, from private individuals, and from church registers; reference has been also continually made to the books of the registrar general at Somerset House. Froude in one of his Essays says âWe want the biographies of common people;â this adage has been acted on in Modern English Biography, and many hundred notices of the less known authors, artists, newspaper proprietors and journalists, merchants, country gentlemen and others, which can be found in no other book, are here recorded. Some reference must be made to the Knights Bachelor, an increasing and important body of men of much repute, about whom the annual knightages do not furnish exact information. For the elucidation of their history, the columns of the London Gazette have been carefully searched and the dates and places of their knighthood extracted, information which it is believed, cannot be found concentrated in any other single volume. The memoirs are arranged lexicographically according to the surnames, the peers however have all been inserted under their titles, for the reason that their family names are not generally known to ordinary readers. To my father Mr. John Josias Arthur Boase and to my eldest brother the Rev. Charles William Boase, I am much indebted for their great kindness in conjointly defraying the cost of printing this work, which I claim, to be an important contribution to the English biography of the nineteenth century. My thanks are due to Mr. William Prideaux Courtney and to my brother Mr. George Clement Boase, joint authors of the Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, as well as to my before mentioned brother the Rev. C. W. Boase, for kindly reading proofs and supplying additional facts, while to Mr. Richard Bissell Prosser late of the Patent Office and to Mr. Ralph Thomas author of The Handbook of Fictitious Names, I am under an obligation for information about inventors and other persons. The Second Volume is in active preparation and will appear as soon as is possible, consistently with careful research. In a biographical work arranged alphabetically an Index is not a necessity, but it was thought that one might add value to the book. A general index was not practicable, as it would have been as extensive as the work itself, but an elaborate and carefully considered compilation of the more remarkable, curious and interesting matter in the volume, has been made for me by my brother Mr. G. C. Boase. Clergy lists, Law lists and Army and Navy lists being common, the names of persons belonging to those professions have not been included. The first important heading in the index is that of Actors followed by Actorsâ Stage Names, a list probably unique, while Dancers, Singers and others have not been neglected. To Initialisms, Fancy Names, Changes of Names and Pseudonyms much attention has been given and the entries are very extensive. Fellows of the Royal Society, astronomers, explorers, physicians, surgeons, civil engineers, painters and sculptors are duly recorded, while sport is represented by masters of hounds, betting men, racing men, cricketers, pedestrians and pugilists. The names of the Knights Bachelor occupy considerable space, and the article London will be found very interesting. Some amount of additional information has been inserted in the Index, to which the reader is recommended to refer when using âModern English Biography.â FREDERIC BOASE. 36, James Street, Buckingham Gate, London, S.W., 7 April, 1892. [Illustration] _Abbreviations._ A.A.G. assistant adjutant general. A.D.C. aide de camp. A.G. adjutant general. A.I.C.E. associate of Institution of Civil Engineers. A.R. Annual Register. A.R.A. associate of the Royal Academy. A.R.S.A. associate of the Royal Scottish Academy. _b._ born. B.A. bachelor of Arts. _bapt._ baptized. B. Chir. bachelor of surgery. B.C.L. bachelor of civil laws. B.D. bachelor of divinity. B. Th. bachelor of theology. B.I. British Institution. _bur._ buried. C. curate. Cam. and Camb. Cambridge. cap. chapter. C.B. companion of the Bath. C.C. Corpus Christi. C.E. civil engineer. ch. church. Ch. Ch. Christ Church. C.I.E. companion of the Indian Empire. C.M.G. companion of St. Michael and St. George. co. county. col. colonel. coll. college. comr. commissioner. cr. created. C.S. civil service. _d._ died. D.A.A.G. deputy assistant adjutant general. dau. daughter. D.C.L. doctor of civil laws. D.D. doctor of divinity. ed. editor, also educated. Edin. and Edinb. Edinburgh. E.I.C.S. East India companyâs service. eld. eldest. ex. and extraord. extraordinary. F.C.S. fellow of Chemical Society. F.G.S. fellow of Geological Society. F.L.S. fellow of Linnean Society. F.R.A.S. fellow of Royal Astronomical Society. F.R.C.S. fellow of Royal College of Surgeons. F.R.C.P. fellow of Royal College of Physicians. F.R.G.S. fellow of Royal Geographical Society. F.R.I.B.A. fellow of Royal Institution of British Architects. F.R.S. fellow of Royal Society. F.R.S. Edin. fellow of Royal Society, Edinburgh. F.S.A. fellow of Society of Antiquaries. F.S.S. fellow of the Statistical Society. G.C.B. knight grand cross of the Bath. G.C.H. knight grand cross of Hanover. G.C.I.E. knight grand commander of the Indian empire. G.C.M.G. knight grand commander of St. Michael and St. George. G.C.S.I. knight grand commander of Star of India. G.I. Grayâs Inn. G.M. Gentlemanâs Magazine. gr. grammar. H.E.I.C.S. Honourable East India Co.âs service. H.M.S. Her Majestyâs ship. hon. honourable. h.p. half pay. I.L.N. Illustrated London News. instit. institution. I.T. Inner Temple. J.P. justice of the peace. K.C. Kingâs counsel. K.C.B. knight commander of the Bath. K.C.H. knight commander of Hanover. K.C.I.E. knight commander of the Indian Empire. K.C.M.G. knight commander of St. Michael and st. George. K.C.S.I. knight commander of the Star of India. K.G. knight of the Garter. K.H. knight of Hanover. K.P. knight of St. Patrick. K.T. knight of the Thistle. K.T.S. knight of the Tower and Sword. L.C.P. licentiate of College of Physicians. L.G. lieut. general. L.I. Lincolnâs Inn. lieut. lieutenant. L.K.Q.C.P.I. licentiate of Kingâs and Queenâs College of Physicians, Ireland. LLB. bachelor of laws. LLD. doctor of laws. L.S.A. licentiate of Society of Apothecaries. _m._ married. M.A. master of arts. mag. magazine. matric. matriculated. M.B. bachelor of medicine. M.D. doctor of medicine. M.G. major general. Med. & Chir. Soc. Medical and Chirurgical Society. mem. member. M.I.C.E. member of Institution of Civil Engineers. M.I.M.E. member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. min. minutes. min. plen. and minister plenipotentiary. min. plenipo. M.L. licentiate in medicine. M.P. member of parliament. M.R.I.A. member of Royal Irish Academy. M.R.I.B.A. member of Royal Institution of British Architects. M.R.C.S. member of Royal College of Surgeons. MS. and MSS. manuscript and manuscripts. M.T. Middle Temple. N. and Q. Notes and Queries. N.I. native infantry. N.S.W. New South Wales. N.Z. New Zealand. Ox. and Oxf. Oxford. p. and pp. page and pages. P.C. privy councillor. P.C. perpetual curate. P.R.A. president of the Royal Academy. preb. prebendary. pres. president. proc. proceedings. pt. portrait. pub. published. Q.C. Queenâs counsel. R. rector. R. royal. R.A. rear admiral. R.A. royal academician. R.A. royal academy. R.A. royal artillery. R.E. royal engineers. rep. representative. R.H.A. royal horse artillery. r.l. royal licence. R.M. royal marines. R.N. royal navy. R.S.A. Royal Scottish academician. S.C.L. student of civil laws. sch. school. sec. secretary. soc. society. S.P.C.K. society for propagation of Christian Knowledge. S.P.G. society for propagation of the Gospel. sq. square. st. street. T.R. theatre royal. Trans. Transactions. U.K. United Kingdom. U.S. United States. V. vicar. V.A. vice admiral. V.C. Victoria cross. V.P. vice president. Ven. venerable. Vict. Victoria. W.S. writer to the signet. A ABBEY, JOHN. _b._ Whilton, Northants 22 Dec. 1785; employed by James David and then by Hugh Russell organ-builders London; worked for Sebastian Erard in Paris 1826; an organ-builder in Paris; built choir organs for cathedrals of Rheims, Nantes, Versailles, and Evreux, large organs for cathedrals of Rochelle, Rennes, Viviers, Tulle, Bayeux and Amiens, many organs for South America, and an organ for the opera-house in Rue Lepelletier, Paris, destroyed by fire with the house, 28 Nov. 1873; introduced into French organs English mechanism, and the bellows invented by Alexander Cumming. _d._ Versailles 19 Feb. 1859. ABBISS, JAMES. _b._ Wallsworth near Hitchin in Herts 3 June 1812; tea-dealer in Gracechurch st. London 1835; chairman of City of London Union 1857 to death; alderman for ward of Bridge 1859â67; sheriff of London 1860â61. _d._ The Shrubbery, Chase Side, Enfield 7 July 1882. _bur._ Edmonton ch. yard 11 July. ABBISS, REV. JOHN (_son of John Abbiss of Wandsworth, Surrey_). _b._ 12 July 1789; matric. Trin. Coll. Ox. 10 Oct. 1810, B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817; R. of St. Bartholomew the Great, city of London 1819 to death. _d._ 41 Myddelton sq. Clerkenwell 8 July 1883. _bur._ Stoke dâAbernon near Leatherhead 13 July. ABBOTT, AUGUSTUS (_eld. son of Henry Alexius Abbott, of Calcutta, merchant_). _b._ London 7 Jan. 1804; ed. at Warfield in Berks, Winchester, and Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal artillery 16 April 1819; commanded the artillery in defence of Jellalabad, Nov. 1841 to April 1842; Col. 14 Nov. 1858 to death; served in Afghan war 1838â42; principal commissary of ordnance 12 Dec. 1847 to 9 Feb. 1855; inspector-general of ordnance and magazines Bengal 9 Feb. 1855â18 Jan. 1858; commander at Meerut 27 Jan. 1858; M.G. 13 April 1860; Douranee order conferred on him Nov. 1840, but he never wore it; C.B. 11 Oct. 1842; one of the finest artillery officers of his time. _d._ 4 Paragon buildings, Cheltenham 25 Feb. 1867. _The Afghan War, 1838â1842, from the Journal of the late Augustus Abbott. By C. R. Low._ 1879. ABBOTT, REV. EDWARD SINGLETON. Preb. of St. Michaelâs in Ch. Ch. cathedral, Dublin 13 Aug. 1844; preb. of St. Johnâs 11 Mch. 1845; preb. of St. Michanâs 12 Feb. 1854â55; R. of St. Maryâs, Dublin 1855 to death; sub.-dean of chapel royal Dublin 1858 to death; committed suicide by shooting himself at 7 North Frederick st. Dublin 12 June 1865 aged 63. ABBOTT, EDWIN. _b._ London 12 May 1808; principal of Philological school 248 Marylebone road, London 1827â72; and secretary 1872 to death; one of the first to advocate a more thorough English training in schools; author of _A second Latin book_ 1858; _Greek tragic iambics_ 1864; _Complete concordance to works of Alexander Pope_ 1875. _d._ 18 Palace sq. Upper Norwood 27 May 1882. _bur._ Kensal Green 31 May. ABBOTT, JOHN (_son of Robert Abbott of Halifax, carpet manufacturer, who founded the carpet trade in Halifax with Mr. Crossley, and d. 1825_). _b._ Halifax 20 July 1796; a woolstapler there; took a leading part in all matters of social improvement and left charitable bequests of Â£61,500. _d._ Halifax 13 May 1870. ABBOTT, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Cumberland 1789; ed. at Bampton sch. and Marischal coll. Aberdeen; Missionary of the S.P.G. at St. Andrewâs, Grenville, Lower Canada 1818â47, when he retired; wrote _The Emigrant to North America from memoranda of a settler in Canada_, first published in the Quebec _Mercury_ 1842, republished in many leading Canadian papers and in several English papers, including _Emigration Gazette_, and in pamphlet form by the Emigration agent. 2nd ed. 1843, it was also pub. in a more extended form by John Murray in the Home and Colonial library, under the title of _Philip Musgrave or the adventures of a Missionary in Canada_; contributed many tales to Canadian periodicals. _d._ Montreal, Jany. 1863. _Morganâs Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) _pp._ 3â4. ABBOTT, THOMAS EASTOE. _b._ East Dereham, Norfolk 1779; author of _Peace; a lyric poem_ 1814; _The triumph of Christianity_ 1819; _The soldierâs friend_ 1828. _d._ Darlington 18 Feb. 1854. ABDY, MARIA. _b._ London; wrote in the _New Monthly_, _The Metropolitan_ and the Annuals; privately printed _Poems_ 8 series, _8 vols._ 1830â62; _An appeal on behalf of governesses_, her longest poem gained first prize offered for literary productions on that subject, (_m._ Rev. John Channing Abdy, R. of St. Johnâs Southwark who _d._ 27 Jany. 1845 aged 52.) _d._ 7 Upper Marine terrace, Margate 19 July 1867 aged 70. _bur._ St. Peterâs church yard Isle of Thanet. ABDY, SIR THOMAS NEVILLE, 1 Baronet (_only son of Anthony Thomas Abdy, captain R.N. who d. 9 June 1838, by Grace dau. of admiral Sir Thomas Rich_). _b._ 21 Dec. 1810; ed. at St. Johnâs coll. Cam., B.A. 1833; M.P. for Lyme Regis, (lib.) 30 July 1847â1 July 1852; cr. baronet 8 Jan. 1850; sheriff of Essex 1875. (_m._ 19 Oct. 1841 Harriet 2nd dau. of Rowland Alston, M.P. of Pishiobury, Herts, she _d._ 8 July 1877.) _d._ 6 Grosvenor place, London 20 July 1877. ABDY, SIR WILLIAM, 7 Baronet. _b._ 1779; succeeded 21 July 1803. _d._ 20b. Hill st. London 15 Apl. 1868. AâBECKETT, ARTHUR MARTIN (_youngest son of Wm. AâBeckett of Golden square, London, long known as the Reform solicitor, who d. 23 Feb. 1855 aged 77, by his 1 wife Sarah who d. 25 Aug. 1817_). _b._ Golden square, London 1812; ed. at London univ. 1834 and at Paris; M.R.C.S. 9 March 1838, F.R.C.S. 13 Dec. 1855, M.D.; Staff surgeon to British legion in Spain; on staff of Sir De Lacy Evans 1835â37; arrived in Sydney 1838; practised there 1838â58; member of legislative council of N.S.W. to 1858; knight of San Ferdinand; F.R.G.S. 1860. (_m._ 15 May 1838 Emma Louisa 1 dau. of Marsham Elwin of Thirning, Norfolk, she was _b._ 26 Aug. 1814). _d._ Sydney 23 May 1871. _Medical Times and Gazette, ii_, 263 (1871); _Heads of the people, ii_, 83 (1848) _pt._ AâBECKETT, GILBERT ABBOT (_2 son of Wm. AâBeckett of Golden sq._) _b._ The Grange, Haverstock hill, London 9 Jany. 1811. ed. at Westminster school; sole proprietor of following periodicals, _The terrific penny magazine_, _The Ghost_, _The Lover_, _The gallery of terrors_, _The Figaro_ monthly newspaper, and _The Figaro_ caricature gallery; proprietor with Thomas Littleton Holt of following periodicals, _The evangelical penny magazine_, _Dibdinâs penny trumpet_, _The thief_, _Poor Richardâs journal_, and _The peopleâs penny pictures_; student at Grayâs Inn 25 Apl. 1828; dramatic critic of the _Weekly Despatch_; edited _Figaro in London_ comic weekly paper, 160 numbers 1 Dec. 1831 to 27 Dec. 1834; joint manager with Edward Mayhew of the Fitzroy theatre, Fitzroy st. Tottenham court road, London 1834 where he produced his first burlesque Glaucus and Scylla; edited _The Wag_ 1837, and _The Squib_ 1842, comic weekly papers; one of the original staff of _Punch or the London Charivari_, which appeared 17 July 1841, wrote in it from number 4 to his death; wrote leading articles in _The Times_ one year, and in _Morning Herald_; wrote humorous articles in _Pictorial Times_; barrister G.I. 27 Jany 1841; poor Law comr. to inquire into iniquities practised in Andover union, March 1846; magistrate at Greenwich and Woolwich police court, Feb. 1849, and at Southwark, Dec. 1849 to death; went to Boulogne 17 July 1856; author of _Scenes from the rejected comedies_, a series of parodies upon living dramatists 1844; _The quizziology of the British drama_ 1846; _The comic Blackstone_ 1846; _The comic history of England_, _2 vols._ 1847â8; _The comic history of Rome_ 1852; wrote more than 50 plays; dramatised with Mark Lemon, Dickensâs novel â_The Chimes_,â produced at Adelphi theatre 19 Dec. 1844. (_m._ about 1836 Mary Anne eld. dau. of Joseph Glossop, she was granted a civil list pension of Â£100, 23 Oct. 1856. She _m._ (2) George Jones, barrister, and _d._ 11 Dec. 1863 aged 46). _d._ of typhus fever at Rue Neuve ChaussÃ©e, Boulogne 30 Aug. 1856, body removed to Highgate cemetery. _The Critic, xv._ 436 (1856); _Mr. Punch, his origin and career_ 1870; _Alfred Bunnâs A word with Punch_ 1847, _pp._ 5â7 _pt._; _I.L.N. xxx_, 570 (1857), _view of his tomb in Highgate cemetery_. NOTE.âThere is a portrait of him by Leech in his two page cartoon, called âMr. Punchâs fancy ballâ in _Punch_ 9 Jany. 1847, where he is represented as playing the violin in the orchestra between the double bass and the clarionet. His first contribution to _Punch_, entitled âThe above bridge navy,â appeared in No. 4, 7 Aug. 1841 with John Leechâs earliest cartoon, âForeign Affairs.â AâBECKETT, SIR WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. AâBeckett of Golden square_). _b._ London 28 July 1806; ed. at Westminster; barrister L.I. 30 June 1829; went to Sydney 1837; solicitor general of New South Wales 1841; a judge of court of N.S.W. 24 Nov. 1845; resident judge at Port Philip 3 Feb. 1846; chief justice and judge of admiralty court of Victoria 25 Aug. 1851; knighted by patent 19 Nov. 1852; returned to England 1858; author of great part of _The Georgian Era_ 4 vols. 1832â34; of _Universal biography_ _3 vols._ 1840; and of _The Earlâs choice and other poems_ 1863. (_m._ (1) 1832 Emily dau. of E. Hayley, she _d._ 1 June 1841. _m._ (2) 1849 Matilda dau. of E. Hayley, she _d._ 8 Aug. 1879 aged 64). _d._ Abbotsville, Upper Norwood, Surrey 27 June 1869. NOTE.âHe edited at Sydney from 1837â38 a periodical called the Literary News, of which no copies are supposed to be now in existence. ABELL, LUCIA ELIZABETH (_2 dau. of Wm. Balcombe, navy agent, purveyor to Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena, and afterwards the colonial treasurer of N.S.W. who d. 19 March 1829_). Author of _Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon during the first three years of his captivity on the island of St. Helena_ 1848, including the time of his residence at her fatherâs house, âthe Briars.â (_m._ Edward Abell). _d._ 18 Chester terrace, Eaton sq. London 29 June 1871. _Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon 3rd ed._ 1873, _pt._ Of Mrs. Abell. ABERCROMBY, GEORGE RALPH ABERCROMBY, 3 Baron. _b._ Edinburgh 30 May 1800; M.P. for Clackmannan, (whig) 13 July 1824â2 June 1826, 10 Aug. 1830â23 April 1831, and 6 July 1841â18 Feb. 1842; M.P. for Stirlingshire 30 April 1838â23 June 1841; major 3 dragoon guards 22 June 1826â21 Nov. 1828; succeeded 14 Feb. 1843; lord lieutenant of Clackmannan 1843 to death; was blind. _d._ Airthney castle, Stirling 25 June 1852. ABERCROMBY, THE HONBLE. ALEXANDER, _b._ 4 March 1784; ensign 52 foot 16 Aug. 1799; lieut. col. 28 foot 8 Dec. 1808â25 July 1814; commanded a brigade at battle of Albuera 16 May 1811; captain Coldstream guards 25 July 1814â25 Oct. 1821, when placed on half pay on reduction of regiment; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.M.T.; K.T.S.; K.S.G.; M.P. for co. Clackmannan 11 April 1817â10 June 1818. _d._ at his country seat in Scotland 27 Aug. 1853. _Napierâs Peninsular War, book xii, chapters 6 and 7._ ABERCROMBY, SIR GEORGE SAMUEL, 6 baronet. _b._ Edinburgh 22 May 1824; succeeded 6 July 1855. _d._ Forglen house, Turriff Banffshire 15 Nov. 1872. ABERCROMBY, SIR ROBERT, 5 baronet. _b._ Forglen house, Banffshire 4 Feb. 1784; M.P. for Banffshire 2 Nov. 1812â10 June 1818; succeeded 18 July 1831. _d._ Forglen house 6 July 1855. ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4 Earl of (_1 son of George Gordon, styled Lord Haddo 1764â91, by Charlotte, youngest dau. of Wm. Baird of Newbyth, co. Haddington, she d. 8 Oct. 1795_). _b._ Edinburgh 28 Jany. 1784; ed. at Harrow, and St. Johnâs coll. Cam., M.A. 1804; succeeded his grandfather 13 Aug. 1801; visited Greece, Turkey and Russia; founded Athenian society 1804, of which no one might be a member who had not visited Athens; rep. peer Scotland 15 Dec. 1806â1 June 1814; K.T. 16 March 1808; ambassador to Vienna 29 July 1813âApril 1814, when he prevailed with the Emperor to join the allied sovereigns against Napoleon by treaty of Toplitz 9 Sep. 1813; present at battles of Dresden and Leipsic; signed treaty of peace at Paris 1 June 1814; created a peer of the U.K. as Viscount Gordon of Aberdeen, co. Aberdeen 1 June 1814; P.C. 23 July 1814; took name of Hamilton before that of Gordon by royal license 13 Nov. 1818; chancellor of univ. of Aberdeen 1827; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster 26 Jan. 1828â2 June 1828; sec. of state for foreign affairs 2 June 1828â2 Nov. 1830 and 2 Sep. 1841â5 July 1846; sec. of state for the colonies 5 June 1834â18 April 1835; ranger of Greenwich park 1 Feb. 1845; lord lieut. of Aberdeenshire 23 April 1846; first lord of the treasury 28 Dec. 1852â1 Feb. 1855; an elder brother of Trinity house Nov. 1853â54; a comr. for executing office of treasurer of exchequer of Great Britain, and lord high treasurer of Ireland 6 Mch. 1854; president of Society of Antiquaries 1812â46; F.R.S. 28 April 1808, F.R.G.S. 1830, K.G. 7 Feb. 1855; visited by the Queen at Haddo house, 15 Oct. 1857; author of _Inquiry into principles of beauty in Grecian architecture_, 1822. (_m._ (1) 28 July 1805 Catherine Elizabeth, 3 dau. of John James Hamilton, 1 Marquess of Abercorn, she was _b._ 10 Jan. 1784, and _d._ 29 Feb. 1812. _m._ (2) 8 July 1815 Harriet, 2 dau. of honble. John Douglas and widow of James Hamilton, eld. son of 1 Marquess of Abercorn, she was _b._ 8 June 1792, and _d._ 26 Aug. 1833). _d._ 7 Argyll st. Regent st. London 14 Dec. 1860. _bur._ in family vault at Stanmore 21 Dec. _Correspondence of Earl of Aberdeen 1850â53_, _privately printed_ 1880; _Edinburgh Review_, _clviii_, 547â77 (1883); _Thirty years of foreign policy_ 1854; _Proc. of Royal Society of Edin. iv_, 477â83 (1862); _The British cabinet in 1853_, _pp._ 7â43, _pt._; _Jerdanâs National portrait gallery_, _vol._ 3, _pt._; _I.L.N. i_, 461 (1842), _xx_, 1, (1853) _xxxvii_, 635 (1860) _pts._; _A.R._ (1860) 376â83. NOTE.âLord Byron in his âEnglish bards and Scotch reviewers,â refers to him as âThe travelled Thane, Athenian Aberdeen.â He was allowed the very rare distinction of being permitted to retain the order of the Thistle, together with that of the Garter. Exclusive of royalty, 12 Knights of the Thistle (since the re-establishment of the order in 1687), have been elected to the Garter, of these 12 only 4 have retained both orders. ABERDEEN, GEORGE JOHN JAMES HAMILTON-GORDON, 5 Earl of. _b._ Bentley priory, Stanmore 28 Sep. 1816; ed. privately, and at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1837; attachÃ© at Constantinople 1837; M.P. Aberdeenshire (lib.) 22 Aug. 1854â14 Dec. 1860, when he succeeded; went to Egypt, Sep. 1854, and June 1860; went to Madrid, May 1863 to petition Queen of Spain for a remission of sentence on Manuel Matamoros, (who was sentenced to 9 years penal servitude for preaching Protestantism, he was eventually exiled from Spain, he was _b._ Malaga, Oct. 1834 and _d._ Lausanne, 31 July 1866.) _d._ Haddo house, Aberdeenshire 22 March 1864. _bur._ Methlie churchyard 29 March. _Memoir of Lord Haddo by Rev. E. B. Elliott, 6 ed._ 1873; _The true nobility by Alexander Duff_ 1868; _I.L.N. xxiv_, 265 (1854) _pt._ ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 6 Earl of. _b._ 10 Dec. 1841; succeeded 22 March 1864; one of the Scotch 8 in rifle competition at Wimbledon for Elcho challenge shield 1864 and 1865; dropped his title and adopted name of George H. Osborne about 22 May 1866; sailor in American merchant service June 1866 to death; sailed from Boston for Melbourne in the ship âHeraâ 21 Jany. 1870, washed overboard and drowned in latitude 40Ë10Â´, longitude 58Ë14Â´, 27 Jany. 1870. _Memoir of Lord Haddo, by Rev. E. B. Elliott, 6 ed. 1873_, 315â28; _Sir Bernard Burkeâs Reminiscences_ (1882) 201â26. ABERGAVENNY, REV. WILLIAM NEVILL, 4 Earl of. _b._ 28 June 1792; succeeded 12 April 1845. _d._ Birling manor near Maidstone 17 Aug. 1868. NOTE.âHis personalty was sworn under Â£300,000 Oct. 1868. ABINGDON, MONTAGU BERTIE, 5 Earl of. _b._ 30 April 1784; succeeded 26 Sept. 1799; cupbearer at coronation of George iv 19 July 1821; lord lieut. of Berkshire 1828 to death. _d._ Wytham abbey, Berkshire 16 Oct. 1854. _bur._ at Rycote 24 Oct. ABINGDON, MONTAGU BERTIE, 6 earl of. _b._ Dover st. Piccadilly 19 June 1808; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1829, D.C.L. Ox. 1834; M.P. Oxfordshire (tory) 5 Aug. 1830â23 April 1831, and 17 Dec. 1832â1 July 1852, for Abingdon 3 Dec. 1852â16 Oct. 1854, when he succeeded; lord lieut. of Berkshire 13 Feb. 1855â1881. _d._ 18 Grosvenor st. London 8 Feb. 1884. _bur._ Wytham abbey 13 Feb. ABINGER, ROBERT CAMPBELL SCARLETT, 2 Baron. _b._ London 5 Sep. 1794; barrister I.T. 27 Nov. 1818; M.P. Norwich (conserv.) 7 Jany. 1835â17 July 1837, for Horsham 28 June 1841â7 April 1844, when he succeeded; envoy ex. and min. plen. to Tuscany 13 Dec. 1859â22 March 1860, when mission was abolished on annexation of Tuscany to Sardinia. _d._ Abinger hall near Dorking 24 June 1861. ABINGTON, LEONARD JAMES. _b._ London 27 Nov. 1785; edited _The Pottery Mercury_ at Hanley Staffordshire 1824; pastor of New st. baptist chapel, Hanley 1836â63. _d._ Northwood, Hanley 7 Aug. 1867. _Personal recollections of late L. J. Abington 1868, pt._ ABRAHALL, THEOPHILUS BENNETT HOSKYNS (_2 son of Rev. John Hoskyns Abrahall, C. of Badgworth, Somerset_). Barrister I.T. 25 June 1830; went western circuit; sec. of commissions of the peace to lord chancellor; revising barrister S. Lancashire and Northumberland; deputy registrar of London court of bankruptcy 1844â54, registrar 1854â14 Dec. 1861; comr. of Newcastle district court of bankruptcy 14 Dec. 1861â31 Dec. 1869, when country district courts were abolished, _d._ Wonford house lunatic asylum, Heavitree, Exeter 2 Aug. 1874 aged 72. ABRAHAM, GEORGE FREDERICK, admitted solicitor Nov. 1805; practised in London to death; originated with Thomas Thompson of the Stock Exchange the Home Missionary Society 11 Aug. 1819, the Congregational Union was merged in it 1827. _d._ 3 Mansfield st. Portland place, London 3 Jany. 1870 aged 88. ABRAHAM, ROBERT, _b._ Cumberland; ed. for medical profession at Univ. of Edin.; served on the press in Cumberland; edited a leading Liverpool journal; went to Canada about 1843; Proprietor of the _Montreal Gazette_, editor to Dec. 1848, when it was sold; admitted an advocate of Lower Canada; edited the _Transcript_ 1849 to death; edited the _Lower Canada Agricultural Journal_ to death. _d._ Montreal 10 Nov. 1854. _Morganâs Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) _pp._ 4â5. ABRAHAM, THOMAS, _b._ Bampton, Devon 1807; ed. at Blundellâs gr. sch. Tiverton; apprenticed to Edward Acton at Grundisburgh, Suffolk; studied at Guyâs hospital, London; L.S.A. Dec. 1833, M.R.C.S. April 1834; began practise in Old Broad st. 1834; surgeon to parish of Allhallows on the Wall for 3 years from Jany. 1835; surgeon to London infirmary for diseases of the skin 1836 to its close in 1837; member of Health of London association 1847; a comr. of sewers to his death; M.D. Erlangen 1851; M.D. Edin. 1859; a governor of Dulwich college 1861 to death and of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals; one of a sub committee of 4 who drew up âReport of health of London association on sanitary condition of Metropolisâ; member of council of Hunterian society; helped to found Ragged school in Foster st. city of London; treasurer of London philanthropic society, _d._ Marsden villa, Haverstock hill 16 July 1864 in 57 year. _bur._ Kensal Green 21 July. _Medical Circular i_, 10, 25 (1852) _pt._ ABYSSINIA, ALAM-AYAHU, Prince of. (_son of Theodore King of Abyssinia 1818â68_). _b._ Debra Tabor 23 April 1861; arrived in England 14 July 1868; ed. at Cheltenham, Rugby and Sandhurst, _d._ Headingley, Leeds 14 Nov. 1879. ACKERLEY, CHARLES HENRY (_younger son of John Hawksey Ackerley, barrister, who d. 18 May 1842 aged 73, by Elizabeth dau. of Rev. John Chamberlayne of Maugersbury house, Gloucester_). Entered navy 1 Feb. 1810; lieut. 20 Nov. 1822; commander on half pay 1 July 1864; presented with large silver medal of Society of arts for his safety rods for shipsâ boats 2 June 1828; invented a lamp which he called the lamp of life; tried at Swansea 27 Feb. 1851 for causing death of a miner named Dingle by the use of this lamp, and found not guilty; author of _A plan for the better security of vessels navigating the river Thames 1834_. _d._ at residence of his sister Mrs. Peter Brown at Dover 22 Nov. 1865. ACKERS, GEORGE HOLLAND, _b._ 10 Aug. 1812; commodore of royal Victoria yacht club 1850â62, this club was founded at Ryde, Isle of Wight 24 May 1845, its admiralty warrant is dated 29 July 1845; sheriff of Cheshire 1852; author of _Universal yacht signals_ 1847, of which he gave the copyright to Robert Henry Hunt who at his suggestion started _Huntâs Yachting Magazine_ Aug. 1852. _d._ 15 Hyde park terrace, London 20 Jan. 1872. ACKERS, JAMES, _b._ 1811; M.P. for Ludlow (conserv.) 3 July 1841â23 July 1847; purchased estate of Prinknash, Gloucestershire 1847. _d._ 27 Sep. 1868. ACLAND, JAMES (_son of Mr. Acland of London, Government contractor_). _b._ city of London 21 March 1799; ed. at Alfred house academy, Camberwell; joined Phillimoreâs theatrical company at Chew Magna; clerk in office of Hullett Brothers & Company, South American merchants, Austin Friars; leading tragedian of Royalty theatre, Wellclose square; taught English at Calais; a penny a liner in London; sub editor of the _British Traveller_; took lodgings in Queen st. Hull 1831; started a publication called _The Portfolio, or memoirs and correspondence of an editor_, Aug. 1831; printed it himself at 23 Queen st.; erected a stall in the market place and refused to pay usual fee for it; ran a packet called the âMagna Chartaâ from Hull to Barton on Humber, charging less than half fares; ran a light cart over all bridges in the town and refused to pay bridge toll, great alarm being created, the Mayor swore in 800 special constables, corporation began action against him in court of Kingâs Bench, Jany. 1832; tried at York 31 March 1832 for infringement of Barton ferry, when verdict went against him with damages one farthing, his costs amounting to Â£270, he barricaded his house for several months to prevent anyone entering to arrest him, his _Portfolio_ being sold through a crevice in the window; elected churchwarden of Holy Trinity, Hull, Easter Monday 1832; taken to gaol for not paying his costs; a candidate for office of chamberlain of Hull, Sep. 1832; a grocer at 23 Queen st., to which house he gave name of âAnti-corporate castle;â confined in the Kingâs Bench prison, Nov. 1832; sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in gaol of Bury St. Edmunds for libel; served the full term; contested Hull as a liberal 13 Dec. 1832, polled only 433 votes; last number of the _Portfolio_ issued 13 July 1833, a few sheets followed, which he styled _Prison Proverbs_. Proprietor with Richard and Anthony Dugdale of _Paris Sun_, âthe largest continental journal and the only English paper in the world, published daily throughout the year,â was director and editor of it at 7 Rue Vivienne, Paris 1 Jany. 1837; only number of it in British Museum library is headed âVol. 2, No. 54, Thursday morning, Feb. 23, 1837, 10 sous,â the proprietors were condemned by the president of 6th chamber of correctional police to a fine to government of 2000 francs, and to payment of 1000 francs to proprietors of an opposition paper for libel 22 Feb. 1837; lecturer of Anti-corn law league 1838â46; convened and addressed farm labourers of every village in Devon and Cornwall; an election and parliamentary agent 1846 to death; a very good speaker on nearly any subject; author of _True patriotism_, _a poem_ 1817, _The Imperial poll book of all elections from_ 1832 to 1864, Second ed. 1869. _d._ 14 Ellerslie terrace, Clapham, London 21 June 1876. _The Bristolian Nos. 1â7, 23 Feb.â11 May 1872_; _W. A. Gunnellâs Sketches of Hull celebrities_ 1876, 460â64. ACLAND, SIR PEREGRINE FULLER PALMER, 2 Baronet, _b._ 10 Nov. 1789; succeeded 23 Feb. 1831. _d._ Fairfield, Bridgwater 25 Oct. 1871. ACLAND, SIR THOMAS DYKE, 10 Baronet (_1 son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9 baronet, who d. 17 May 1794, by Henrietta Anne only dau. of Sir Richard Hoare, baronet, she d. 2 Sep. 1841_). _b._ London 29 March 1787; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1814, D.C.L. 1831; one of the founders of Grillionâs club 1812, which met at Grillionâs hotel, 7 Albemarle st. London; M.P. Devon (tory) 17 Oct. 1812â10 June 1818 and 18 March 1820â23 April 1831; M.P. for North Devon 29 July 1837â21 March 1857; head of religious party in House of Commons; F.G.S. 1818, F.R.G.S. 1830, F.R.S. 20 June 1839. (_m._ 7 April 1808 Lydia Elizabeth only dau. of Henry Hoare of Fleet st. London, banker, she _d._ 23 June 1856 aged 69). _d._ Killerton, Broad Clyst, Devon 22 July 1871. _J. B. Sweetâs Life of Henry Hoare_ 1870; _I.L.N. lix_, 99, 116, 121, 362 (1871) _pt._ _Grillionâs Club by P. G. E. privately printed_ 1880 _pt._ NOTE.âHis personalty was sworn under Â£70,000; a statue of him by E. B. Stephens, A.R.A., was erected on Northernhay, Exeter 1861. ACTON, ELIZA (_eld. dau. of John Acton of Hastings, brewer_). _b._ Battle, Sussex 17 April 1799; published Poems 500 copies 1826, 2 ed. 1827; lived some time in France; at Tunbridge 1837; at Hampstead; author of _The voice of the North, a poem_ 1842; _Modern Cookery in all its branches_ 1845, _6 ed._ 1855; _The English bread book_ 1857. _d._ Snowdon house, John st. Hampstead 13 Feb. 1859. ACTON, MARIANNE LADY ACTON (_elder dau. of general Joseph Edward Acton_). _b._ 1782. _m._ 1796 by dispensation of the Pope, her uncle Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6 baronet, prime minister of Naples several years, he was _b._ 1736 and _d._ 12 Aug. 1811. _d._ Buckland 18 March 1873. ACTON, WILLIAM. _b._ 1789; sheriff of Wicklow 1820; M.P. for co. Wicklow (conserv.) 17 July 1841â27 April 1848. _d._ Westaston Rathdrum, co. Wicklow 10 April 1854. ACTON, WILLIAM, _b._ Shillingstone rectory 15 Sep. 1814; placed under care of Dr. Mant in London 1830; articled pupil of Charles Wheeler, (Apothecary to St. Bartholomewâs hospital) 1830â35; Externe at female venereal hospital Paris; Secretary of the Parisian medical society 1839; returned to London Oct. 1840; M.R.C.S. June 1840; practised in George st. Hanover square 1840â43; removed to 46 Queen Anne st. Cavendish square March 1843; surgeon to Islington dispensary; author of _A practical treatise on diseases of the urinary and generative organs_ 1841, _3 ed._ 1860; _Prostitution considered in its moral, social and sanitary aspects in London and other large cities_ 1857, _2 ed._ 1870. _d._ 17 Harley st. London 7 Dec. 1875. _Medical Circular i_, 11â12 (1852). ADAIR, SIR ROBERT (_son of Robert Adair, sergeant surgeon to George III, who d. 16 March 1790, by Caroline Keppel, 1737â69 elder dau. of Wm. Anne 3 Earl of Albemarle_). _b._ London 24 May 1763; ed. at Westminster and Univ. of Gottingen; called to the bar at L.I. 27 April 1785; M.P. Appleby, (whig) 18 June 1799â29 June 1802, for Camelford 7 July 1802â29 Sep. 1812; minister to court of Vienna 7 May 1806â14 May 1807; minister to Constantinople 5 July 1808, and ambassador 14 April 1809; sent on a special mission to the Low Countries 1831â35; P.C. 23 July 1828; G.C.B. 3 Aug. 1831 for negotiating peace between Great Britain and Ottoman Porte in 1809; author of _Historical memoir of a mission to court of Vienna in 1806 with a selection from despatches_, 1844; _The negotiations for the peace of the Dardanelles in 1808â1809_, _2 vols._ 1845. (_m._ 1805 AngÃ©lique Gabrielle dau. of Marquess dâHazincourt). _d._ 11 Chesterfield st. Mayfair, London 3 Oct. 1855. _G.M., xliv_, 535 (1855); _Lord John Russellâs Memorials of C. J. Fox, vol. ii, appendix_. NOTE.âAt his death he was the senior knight of the order of the Bath, and the last survivor of those who were knights before its enlargement in 1814. ADAIR, SIR ROBERT SHAFTO, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of W. Adair of Ballymena, co. Antrim 1754â1844, by Camilla dau. of Robert Shafto of Benwell, Northumberland, she d. 18 Nov. 1787_). _b._ 26 June 1786; created Baronet 2 Aug. 1838; sheriff of Suffolk 1846; F.S.A. 16 May 1861. (_m._ (1) 17 Sep. 1810 Elizabeth Maria dau. of Rev. James Strode of Berkhampstead, Herts, she _d._ 1 Sep. 1853. _m._ (2) 3 Oct. 1854 Jane Anne eld dau. of Rev. Townley Clarkson, V. of Hinxton, Cambs, she _d._ 18 March 1873). _d._ Flixton hall, Suffolk 24 Feb. 1869. ADAM, SIR CHARLES (_eld. son of Wm. Adam 1751â1839, lord chief comr. of jury court of Scotland by Eleanora Elphinstone 1749â1800 2 dau. of Charles, 10 baron Elphinstone_). _b._ Brighton 6 Oct. 1780; entered navy 15 Dec. 1790; captain 12 June 1799; captain of Invincible, 74 guns 1811â1813; of Royal Sovereign yacht 15 Dec. 1814â7 Feb. 1816, and 20 July 1821â27 May 1825; R.A. 27 May 1825, V.A. 10 Jany. 1837; commander in chief, North America and West Indies 17 Aug. 1841âMay 1845, when placed on half pay; admiral 8 June 1848; M.P. Kinrossshire (lib.) 20 May 1831â3 Dec. 1832; M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross 24 Dec. 1832â23 June 1841; Lord Lieut. of Kinross 1 April 1839 to death; 1st naval Lord of Admiralty 25 April 1835â8 Sep. 1841, and 24 July 1846â20 July 1847; one of elder brethren of Trinity House 1839â41; Governor of Greenwich hospital 10 July 1847 to death; K.C.B. 10 Aug. 1835. (_m._ 4 Oct. 1822 Elizabeth dau. of Patrick Brydone of Lennell, F.R.S., she _d._ 1871). _d._ Greenwich hospital 16 Sep. 1853, _bur._ there 21 Sep. ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (_younger son of above named Wm. Adam 1751â1839_). _b._ 1781; ed. at Woolwich; ensign 26 foot 4 Nov. 1795; lieut. col. 5 garrison battalion Aug. 1804 to 5 Jany 1805; lieut. col. 21 foot 5 Jany 1805 to 4 June 1814; served in Sicily 1806â11; Aide de camp to Prince Regent 8 Feb. 1811; commanded a brigade in Spain 1813; the third British brigade at Waterloo 1815; and a division at Malta 1817â22; K.C.B. 22 June 1815; G.C.B. 20 June 1840; G.C.M.G. 27 Dec. 1821; invested at Corfu 15 Jany. 1822; grand master; lord high commissioner of Ionian islands 7 April 1824â8 Sep. 1832; P.C. 29 June 1831; governor of Madras 25 Oct. 1832â4 March 1837. (_m._ (1) at Corfu 23 June 1820 Diamantino Pallatiano, she _d._ at Rome 1 June 1844. _m._ (2) at Kensington 24 July 1851, Ann Lindsay dau. of John Maberly). _d._ at Greenwich railway station 17 Aug. 1853. _Siborneâs War in France and Belgium_ 1848; _Napierâs Peninsular War, book xx, chapter 4 and book xxi, chapter 2_. ADAM, JAMES, _b._ Paisley 1809; worked at the loom; went to London 1834; edited the Aberdeen Herald 1834 to death; author of _The knowledge qualification_: a plan for the reciprocal extension of education and the franchise 1837. _d._ Old Aberdeen 10 Nov. 1862. ADAM, WILLIAM PATRICK (_elder son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Governor of Greenwich Hospital_). _b._ 14 Sep. 1823; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1846; called to bar at Inner Temple 4 May 1849; went home circuit; Sec. to Baron Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay Dec. 1853âSep. 1858; M.P. for Clackmannanshire and Kinrossshire (lib.) 2 May 1859âOct. 1880; a Lord of the Treasury April 1865âJuly 1866, and Dec. 1868âAug. 1873; first Commissioner of Works and Buildings, and Paymaster General 11 Aug. 1873âFeb. 1874, and April 1880âNov. 1880; P.C. 9 Aug. 1873; governor of Madras 11 Oct. 1880 to death; whip of liberal party April 1874âApril 1880; left for India 27 Nov. 1880. (_m._ 23 Feb. 1856 Emily Eliza dau. of Sir Wm. Wyllie, K.C.B., she was raised to rank of a baronetâs wife 22 May 1882). _d._ Ootacamund, Madras 24 May 1881. _bur._ there 26 May. _Fraserâs Mag. civ_, 113â22 (1881); _Graphic xxiii_, 589 (1881) _pt._; _I.L.N. lxxvii_, 564 (1880) _pt._ ADAMS, ALEXANDER MAXWELL, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1835, F.F.P.S. Glasgow 1840; M.D. Kingâs college Aberdeen 1849; professor of Institutes of medicine in Andersonâs university Glasgow; senior surgeon Lock hospital Glasgow; went to Lanark about 1852; provost of Lanark 1860 to death; author of _Essay on Scarlet Fever_. _d._ Bloomgate st. Lanark 24 July 1867 aged 50. ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (_2 son of Francis Adams of Belfield house, Banchory, co. Aberdeen_). Assistant surgeon 64 foot 22 Dec. 1848; surgeon major 20 Oct. 1868â23 Jany. 1875, when he retired with honorary rank of deputy surgeon general; professor of zoology, Royal college of science, Dublin 1873â78; professor of natural history, Queenâs college, Cork, Nov. 1878 to death; F.G.S. 1870, LLD. Aberdeen 1871, F.R.S. 6 June 1872; author of _Wanderings of a naturalist_ 1867; _Notes of a Naturalist_ 1870. (_m._ 26 Oct. 1859 Bertha Jane, eld. dau. of Frederick Grundy of The Avenue, Hardwick). _d._ Queenstown 29 July 1882. ADAMS, ARTHUR. Assistant surgeon R.N. 13 Oct. 1841; surgeon 14 April 1853; employed in the ActÃ¦on on surveying service, on coast of China and Tartary, Aug. 1856; fleet surgeon 27 May 1865; retired 27 July 1871; M.R.C.S. 1848; author of _The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang_ 1850; _Travels of a naturalist in Japan and Manchuria_ 1870. _d._ Stoke villa, Honor Oak Kent 16 Oct. 1878 aged 58. ADAMS, ARTHUR ROBARTS (_fourth son of Henry Cadwallader Adams of Anstey Hall, Warwickshire 1779â1842 by Emma eld. dau. of Sir Wm. Curtis, Lord mayor of London, 1st Bart., she d. 22 June 1857 aged 76_). _b._ 16 Aug. 1812; ed. at Merchant Taylorsâ sch. 1822â30, and at St. Johnâs coll. Ox. 1830â35; B.C.L. 1835, D.C.L. 1840; Fell. of his coll. 1835 to death; called to bar at Mid. Temple 11 Jan. 1839; went Midland circuit; Recorder of Birmingham 20 Jan. 1866 to death; Q.C. 22 June 1869, Bencher of his Inn 27 Jan. 1870; Assessor of Chancellorâs court, Oxford, Nov. 1871â1876. _d._ suddenly while out shooting in Bagley Wood near Oxford 13 Dec. 1877. _bur._ Anstey near Coventry 20 Dec. 1877. ADAMS, EDWARD MOORE. Practised as a surgeon; Sec. to proprietors of Cremorne gardens, London for 30 years before 5 Oct. 1877, when they closed; _d._ Bristol 2 June 1881 in 78 year. _bur._ Arnoâs Vale cemetery 6 June. ADAMS, FRANCES MATILDA. Exhibited pictures of flowers at the Royal Academy from 1816; water colour painter extraordinary to Queen Adelaide. _d._ 24 Oct. 1863 aged 79. ADAMS, FRANCIS, _b._ Lumphanan, co. Aberdeen 13 March 1796; ed. at Aberdeen; M.R.C.S. 1 Dec. 1815; practised at Banchory-Ternan 1816 to death; translated Paulus Ãgineta, _3 vols._ 1844â47, being the only English translation; _Hippocrates_ _2 vols._ 1849, and _AretÃ¦us_ 1856; author of _Arundines DevÅ, or poetical translations on a new principle_ 1853. _d._ Banchory-Ternan 26 Feb. 1861. _Scotsman 27 Feb. and 9 March 1861._ ADAMS, FRANK. _b._ 1809; ensign 28 foot 30 Dec. 1826; lieut. col. 28 foot 16 July 1852â4 March 1866; commanded Mhow division of Bombay army 9 Jan. 1866â1869; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ at sea, on board the Tanjore, on his way home from India 19 Sep. 1869. ADAMS, GEORGE, physician general Madras army 6 Feb. 1841â31 Jan. 1846. _d._ 148 New Bond st. London 11 July 1852. ADAMS, SIR GEORGE POWNOLL (_younger son of Wm. Adams 1752â1811, of Bowdon near Totnes, Devon, M.P. for Totnes, by Anna Maria dau. of Richard Dacres of Leatherhead, Surrey, she d. Bowdon 19 April 1830_). _b._ Bowdon 1778; Cornet 2nd dragoon guards 5 Oct. 1795; lieut. col. 25th dragoons 8 Dec. 1804â25 Dec. 1818; commanded the troops at Bangalore 1810â1814; Colonel of 6th dragoons 26 Oct. 1840 to death; General 11 Nov. 1851; K.C.H. 1831; knighted by the king at St. Jamesâs palace 28 Sep. 1831. (_m._ (1) at Totnes, Devon 28 Nov. 1804 Elizabeth Lovelace. _m._ (2) 23 July 1821 Elizabeth 2 dau. of Sir Wm. Elford, Bart., she _d._ 28 Feb. 1857). _d._ Temple hill, East Budleigh, Devon 10 June 1856. ADAMS, HENRY WILLIAM _b._ 31 Jan. 1805; ensign 12th foot 31 July 1823; Lieut. col. 18th foot 13 March 1840â12 April 1844; Lieut. col. 49th foot 12 April 1844 to death; Brigadier general 21 Feb. 1854 to death; C.B. 14 Oct. 1841. (_m._ 28 Nov. 1843 his cousin Katherine 2 dau. of Rev. Thomas Coker Adams, V. of Anstey, Warwickshire, she was raised by royal warrant to the rank of the wife of a K.C.B. for which honour her husband was named in the London gazette 10 July 1855). _d._ Scutari 19 Dec. 1854. ADAMS, JOHN (_3 and youngest son of Simon Adams of East Haddon, Northamptonshire, Recorder of Daventry who d. 10 March 1801, by Sarah dau. of Cadwallader Coker of Bicester, she d. 17 July 1833 aged 80_). _b._ 1786; barrister M.T. 27 Nov. 1812; went the Midland circuit; Sergeant at law 5 July 1824, patent of precedence 24 April 1834; J.P. 14 Jan. 1836, steward of Coventry; Chairman of Middlesex magistrates March 1836; Assistant judge of Middlesex sessions 17 Aug. 1844 to death; author of _A treatise on the principles and practice of the action of Ejectment and the remitting action of mesne profits 1812_, _4 ed._ 1846. (_m._ (1) 1811 Eliza only dau. of Wm. Nation of Exeter, she _d._ 12 Aug. 1814. _m._ (2) 1817 Jane dau. of Thomas Martin of Nottingham, she _d._ 19 June 1825. _m._ (3) 28 Dec. 1826 his cousin Charlotte Priscilla only dau. of John Coker of Bicester, Oxon). _d._ 9 Hyde park st. London 10 Jany. 1856 in his 70th year. NOTE.âHe had two sons by his 1 wife, namely John Adams, author of the Doctrine of equity who _d._ 18 Sep. 1848, and Rev, Wm. Adams, author of the Shadow of the cross who _d._ 17 Jan. 1848. ADAMS, JOHN, apprenticed to J. G. Andrews of London, surgeon; studied at the London hospital, M.R.C.S. 3 Oct. 1828, F.R.C.S. 11 Dec. 1843; assistant surgeon London hospital 1828; and lecturer there with James Luke on anatomy and physiology 1833; afterwards sole lecturer; senior surgeon, and ultimately consulting
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