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BEALE, WILLIAM. _b._ Landrake Cornwall 1 Jany. 1784; a chorister of
Westminster Abbey; Midshipman R.N.; member of Royal Society of
Musicians 1 Dec. 1811; gained by his madrigal _Awake sweet muse_
prize cup given by Madrigal Society 12 Jany. 1813; one of
gentlemen of Chapel Royal 30 Jany. 1816 to 13 Dec. 1820; organist
at Trinity college Cambridge 1 Nov. 1820 to Dec. 1821; organist of
Wandsworth parish church 1822, afterwards of St. John’s church
Clapham Rise; published _A first book of madrigals, glees, &c. for
3, 4, and 5 voices_ 1815; _Collection of glees and madrigals_
1820. _d._ Paradise Row, Stockwell, London 3 May 1854.

BEALE, WILLIAM JOHN (_son of Wm. Beale of Camphill, Birmingham_).
Solicitor at Birmingham; legal adviser to Midland railway;
chairman of orchestral committee of musical festivals 1870–76.
_d._ Bryntirion near Dolgelly 21 May 1883 in 76 year.

BEALES, EDMOND (_son of Samuel Pickering Beales of Newnham,
Cambridge, merchant_). _b._ Newnham 3 July 1803; ed. at Eton and
Trin. coll. Cam., scholar, B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; barrister M.T. 25
June 1830; revising barrister for Middlesex 1862–66; president of
National league for independence of Poland 1863; chairman of the
Circassian committee; pres. of Reform league 1865 to 10 March
1869, league was dissolved 13 March 1869; contested Tower Hamlets
Nov. 1868; judge of county courts for Beds. and Cambs. 17 Sep.
1870 to death. _d._ Osborne house Bolton gardens south, Brompton
26 June 1881. _Annual Register_ (1866) 98–102.

BEAMAN, GEORGE. _b._ near London 1803; apprenticed to Mr. Holland of
Knutsford, surgeon; L.S.A. and M.R.C.S. 1822, F.R.C.S. 1852; M.D.
St. Andrews 1854; partner with Mr. Hewson, apothecary in James
street, Covent Garden 1824; founded with Thomas Wakley, the new
Equitable life assurance office; medical officer of London and
South Western railway about 1840 to death; a leading general
practitioner. _d._ 3 Caversham, road, Kentish Town 15 Jany. 1874.
_Medical times and gazette i_, 142 (1874).

BEAMES, JOHN. Barrister L.I. 25 May 1811, bencher 1832; comr. of
lunatics 1821–23; comr. of bankrupts 1823–30; K.C. Nov. 1832;
author of _The elements of pleas in equity_ 1818; _A brief view of
the writ Ne exeat regno as an equitable process, 2 ed._ 1824; _A
summary of the doctrine of the Court of Equity with respect to
costs_ 1822, _2 ed._ 1840; _Sketch of the doctrine relative to
commitments in bankruptcy_ 1827. _d._ 17 Oct. 1853 aged 72.

BEAMES, REV. THOMAS. Educ. at Lincoln coll. Oxf., B.A. 1837, M.A.
1838; C. of St. Bride’s Fleet st. London 1844–46; C. of St.
James’s Westminster 1846 to death; author of _Rookeries of London_
1850, _2 ed._ 1852; _Plea for educational reform_ 1856. _d._
Godolphin road, Shepherds Bush 6 Aug. 1864.

BEAMISH, FRANCIS BERNARD (_6 son of Wm. Beamish of Cork, porter
brewer 1760–1828_). _b._ Beaumont near Cork 5 April 1802; ed. at
Rugby; M.P. for Cork 1837–1841, and 1853 to 1865; mayor of Cork
1843, sheriff of co. Cork 1852; chairman of Reform club London to
death. _d._ Totnes, Devon 1 Feb. 1868.

BEAMISH, REV. HENRY HAMILTON. Minister of Holy Trinity chapel,
Conduit st. London 1832–62; V. of Old Cleeve, Somerset 1862–65; V.
of Wimbish 1865–69; R. of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks 1869 to
death; author of _Romanism and Tractarianism refuted_ 1853;
_Lectures, Who is Antichrist_ 1854. _d._ Lillingstone Dayrell
rectory 23 Feb. 1872.

BEAMISH, NORTH LUDLOW (_brother of Francis Bernard Beamish_). _b._
31 Dec. 1797; ed. at Sandhurst; cornet 4 dragoon guards 7 Nov.
1816, captain 1823–26 when placed on h.p.; F.R.S. 15 Nov. 1827;
K.H. 1837; lieut. colonel in Hanoverian service 1852; sheriff of
city of Cork 1855; author of _Peace campaigns of a cornet [anon.]
3 vols._ 1829; _History of the King’s German legion 2 vols._
1832–37; _The discovery of America by the Northmen in the tenth
century_ 1841; _On the uses and application of cavalry in war_
1855. _d._ Ann Mount near Glanmire, Cork 27 April 1872.

BEAMISH, RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 16 July 1798;
ensign Coldstream Guards 1814–18 when placed on h.p.; assistant
engineer on the Thames tunnel Aug. 1826 and resident engineer Dec.
1834 to Aug. 1836; engineer for Cork and other counties in Ireland
1828–34; resident engineer of Gloucester and forest of Dean
railway to 1850; M.I.C.E. 27 Jany. 1829; F.R.S. 24 March 1836;
author of _Popular instruction on the calculation of probabilities
translated from the French of A. Quetelet_ 1839; _A treatise on
elocution_ 1854; _A memoir of the life of Sir Marc Isambard
Brunel_ 1866; _The Psychonomy of the hand, 2 ed._ 1865. _d._
Bournemouth 20 Nov. 1873. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xl_,
246–51 (1875).

BEAMONT, REV. WILLIAM JOHN (_only son of Wm. Beamont of Warrington,
solicitor_). _b._ Warrington 16 Jany. 1828; ed. at Warrington,
Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; chancellor’s medallist 1850, B.A. 1850,
M.A. 1853; fellow of his college 1852 to death; C. of St. John’s
the Evangelist, Drury lane, London 1855; P.C. of St. Michael’s
Cambridge 1857 to death; chief founder of Cambridge School of art
1858 and the Church Defence Association 1859; originator of the
Church Congress 1861; author of _Catherine the Egyptian slave_
1852; _Concise grammar of the Arabic language_ 1861; author with
Rev. W. M. Campion of _The prayer-book interleaved_ 1868, _7 ed._
1880. _d._ Trinity college, Cambridge 6 Aug. 1868.

BEAN, WILLIAM. Began riding with the Queen’s stag hounds 1792; a
great steeplechase rider; rode 24 steeplechases and won 17 of
them. _d._ Notting hill London about 31 March 1867 aged about 86.
_Scott and Sebright by the Druid_ (1885) 282–89; _Illust. sporting
news vi_, 241 (1867), _portrait_.

BEARD, REV. JOHN RELLY. _b._ Southsea, Portsmouth 4 Aug. 1800; ed.
at Unitarian college, York; minister at Salford, Manchester 1825;
kept a school at Salford 1826; D.D. Univ. of Giessen 1838;
minister at Strangeways, Manchester 1848–64; started a scheme for
educating young men for home missions, which originated Unitarian
home missionary board or college, of which he was the first
principal; minister at Sale near Ashton-on-Mersey 1865–73; the
first editor of the _Christian Teacher_ 1835; started the
_Unitarian Herald_; author of _Voices of the church in reply to
Dr. Strauss_ 1845; _Historical and Artistic illustrations of the
Trinity_ 1846; _Illustrations of the divine in Christianity_ 1849;
_Latin dictionary_ 1854; _Christ the interpreter of scripture_
1865; _Christian evidence, an antidote to materialism_ 1868;
_Autobiography of Satan_ 1872. _d._ Ashton upon Mersey 21 Nov.
1876. _J. Evans’s Lancashire authors_ (1850) 13–17.

BEARD, WILLIAM (_son of a farmer at Banwell, Somerset_). _b._
Banwell 24 April 1772; a small farmer; dug out a cavern in Banwell
hill and found many bones of the bear, buffalo, reindeer and wolf
about 1826; let his land and spent all his time searching for
bones; his collection of bones was bought by the Somersetshire
Archæological and natural history society and is now in the museum
at Taunton Castle. _d._ Banwell 9 Jany. 1868. _J. Rutter’s
Delineations of north western division of Somerset_ (1829) 147–60,
_portrait_.

BEARDMORE, NATHANIEL (_2 son of Joshua Beardmore of Nottingham_).
_b._ Nottingham 19 March 1816; partner with James Meadows Rendel
C.E. in London and Plymouth to 1848; took out a patent for piers
and breakwaters 1848; one of the first hydraulic engineers;
engineer to Public works loan comrs. and River Thames Conservancy
board; M.I.C.E. 3 May 1842; F.R.A.S. 8 Jany. 1858; F.M.S. pres.
1861 and 1862; F.R.G.S. 1852; author of _Manual of hydrology_
1852, _new ed._ 1867, which became the text book of the profession
for hydraulic engineering. _d._ Broxbourne, Herts. 24 Aug. 1872;
_Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxvi_, 256–64 (1873).

BEARDMORE, WILLIAM. _b._ Greenwich 6 May 1824; partner with Wm.
Rigby in the Parkhead rolling mill and forge near Glasgow 1861–71,
and partner with his brother 1871 to death, these works became
largest of their kind in Scotland and achieved an European
reputation; A.I.C.E. 6 March 1860; inventor and patentee. _d._
Brighton 11 Oct. 1877. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. li_,
268–70 (1878).

BEASLEY, JOSEPH NOBLE. _b._ 30 March 1832; lieut. col. Royal Irish
Fusiliers 21 June 1880 to death. _d._ Ismaila, Egypt 20 Sep. 1882.

BEATRICE, MADEMOISELLE, stage name of Marie Beatrice Binda (_dau. of
Chevalier Binda, British consul at Florence_). _b._ Lucca, Italy 5
Aug. 1839; acted at Theatres de l’Odéon and Vaudeville, Paris;
made her début in London under name of Lucchesini at Haymarket
theatre 3 Oct. 1864; played at Lyceum theatre 1865 and in the
provinces 1866–68; organised a company 1870 with which she
travelled to her death; played in London summers of 1872, 74, 75
and 78; produced and acted chief parts in _Our Friends_, _The
Sphinx_, _Frou-Frou_ and other translations from the French. _d._
102 Earl’s Court road, London 22 Dec. 1878. _bur._ Père Lachaise
cemetery Paris 2 Jany. 1879. _The Stage i_, 61, 63 (1874),
_portrait_; _Pascoe’s Dramatic list_ (1880) 388–90.

BEATSON, REV. BENJAMIN WRIGGLESWORTH (_son of Anby Beatson_). _b._
24 Jany. 1803; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school and Pemb. coll.
Cam., 16 wrangler 1825, B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; fellow of his
college 1827 to death; author of _Progressive exercises on the
composition of Greek Iambic verse_ 1836, _10 ed._ 1871; _Exercises
on Latin prose composition_ 1840; _Lessons in ancient history_
1853; edited _Demosthenes’ Oration against Leptines_ 1864. _d._
Charles st. City road, London 20 July 1874.

BEATSON, GEORGE STEWART (_3 son of Henry Duncan Beatson of
Campbelltown, Argyleshire_). _b._ Greenock May 1814; ed. at
Glasgow Univ., M.D. 1836; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1836; assistant surgeon
army medical department 1838; surgeon general 1 May 1863;
principal medical officer of British troops in India 1863–68 and
1871 to death; in charge of Royal Victoria hospital Netley
1868–71; honorary phys. to the Queen 13 March 1866; C.B. 2 June
1869. _d._ Knollswood, Simla 7 June 1874. _I.L.N. lxv_, 229
(1874), _portrait_.

BEATSON, WILLIAM FERGUSON. _b._ about 1804; entered Bengal army
1820; served with British legion in Spain 1835–36; commander of
the 10 regiment in Spain 13 July 1836; commanded the Nizam of
Hyderabad’s division of cavalry to March 1851; organised a corps
of 4000 Bashi Bazouks in Crimean war 1854–55, resigned command of
the corps Sep. 1855; served in Indian mutiny 1857–58 when he
raised and organised two regiments of cavalry in 6 months; M.G. 3
Oct. 1866; created a knight of San Fernando by Queen Regent of
Spain. _d._ The vicarage New Swindon 4 Feb. 1872. _Nolan’s Russian
war ii_, 753 (1857), _portrait_; _The war department and the Bashi
Bazouks by W. F. Beatson_ 1856, _privately printed_.

BEATTIE, JAMES. _b._ parish of Rayne, Scotland 27 Jany. 1781; a
shoemaker at Gordonstown in Auchterless; conducted a school of
from 30 to 40 pupils for 60 years for which he would never take
any payment; known as “the Auchterless John Pounds” after the
Portsmouth cobbler of that name who founded ragged schools and
died 1839. _d._ Gordonstown July 1867.

BEATTIE, JOSEPH HAMILTON (_son of George Beattie of North of
Ireland, architect_). _b._ 12 May 1808; assistant engineer on
London and Southampton railway 1837; assistant engineer and
locomotive superintendent of London and south western railway 1851
to death; took out many patents for improvements in railway
rolling stock and effected great saving in consumption of fuel in
working locomotives; M.I.C.E. 1 Dec. 1857. _d._ South Bank,
Surbiton, Surrey 18 Oct. 1871. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xxxiii_, 204–206 (1872).

BEATTIE, WILLIAM (_son of James Beattie of Dalton, Annandale who d.
1809_). _b._ Dalton 1793; ed. at Clarencefield academy 1807–13 and
Univ. of Edin. 1813–20, M.D. 1818; studied in France, Italy and
Germany 1823–26; physician to Duke of Clarence 8 years and private
secretary to him 3 years; L.R.C.P. 1827; practised at Hampstead
1827–45; foreign sec. to British Archæological Society; lost
£7,000 in Albert Assurance Office Aug. 1869; author of _Journal of
a residence in Germany 2 vols._ 1831; _Scotland illustrated 2
vols._ 1838; _The Waldenses illustrated 2 vols._ 1838; _The
Danube_ 1844; _Life of Thomas Campbell 3 vols._ 1848. _d._ 13
Upper Berkeley st. London 17 March 1875. _Madden’s Literary life
of Countess of Blessington iii_, 255–76 (1855).

BEATTY, GEORGE. Second lieutenant R.M. 16 May 1795, colonel
commandant 12 Feb. 1842 to 9 Nov. 1846; general 20 June 1855. _d._
Dublin 27 June 1857 aged 79.

BEATTY, THOMAS EDWARD (_son of John Beatty, M.D._) Ed. at Trin.
coll. Dublin; M.D. Edin. 1820, M.R.C.S. Ireland 1821, F.R.C.S.
1824; master of South-Eastern Lying-in hospital, Dublin; professor
of medical jurisprudence at Royal college of surgeons Dublin,
pres. 1850; helped to found City of Dublin hospital 1832; pres. of
Dublin Pathological Society 1859; fellow of King and Queen’s
college of physicians 2 May 1862, pres. 1864–65; M.D. Dublin 1863.
_d._ 3 May 1872.

BEAUCHAMP, JOHN REGINALD PYNDAR, 3 Earl (_2 son of Wm. Lygon, 1 Earl
Beauchamp 1747–1816_). Assumed name of Pyndar 22 Oct. 1813;
succeeded 12 May 1823. _d._ 37 Portman sq. London 22 Jany. 1853 in
71 year.

BEAUCHAMP, HENRY BEAUCHAMP LYGON, 4 Earl (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ 5 Jany. 1784; cornet 13 Dragoons 9 July 1803;
lieut. col. 1 Life Guards 17 July 1821 to 10 Jany. 1837; colonel
10 Hussars 23 June 1843 to death; general 20 June 1854; M.P. for
Worcestershire 1816–1831 and for West Worcestershire 1832–1853;
succeeded 22 Jany. 1853. _d._ Madresfield Court, Great Malvern 8
Sep. 1863.

BEAUCLERK, AUBREY WILLIAM. _b._ 20 Feb. 1801; M.P. for East Surrey
15 Dec. 1832 to 17 July 1837. _d._ Ardglass castle, co. Down 1
Feb. 1854.

BEAUFORT, JOHN HENRY SOMERSET, 7 Duke of (_eld. child of Henry
Charles Somerset, 6 Duke of Beaufort 1766–1835_). _b._ 5 Feb.
1792; cornet 10 Hussars 1811; aide de camp to Duke of Wellington
in the Peninsula; captain 37 Foot 2 Dec. 1819 to 25 Oct. 1821 when
placed on h.p.; M.P. for Monmouth 30 Dec. 1813 to 3 Dec. 1832 and
for West Gloucs. 12 Jany. 1835 to 23 Nov. 1835 when he succeeded
as 7 Duke; junior lord of the Admiralty 1816–1819; lieut. colonel
commandant of Gloucestershire yeomanry April 1834 to death; K.G.
1842; master of the Badminton fox hounds 1835 to death. _d._
Badminton, Gloucs. 17 Nov. 1853. _Lord W. P. Lennox’s Celebrities
I have known 2 series i_, 118–30 (1877); _Sporting Review xxxi_,
69–70 (1854); _I.L.N. xxiii_, 448, 476 (1853), _portrait_.

BEAUFORT, SIR FRANCIS (_younger son of Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort
1739–1831, V. of Collon, co. Louth_). _b._ Collon 1774; entered
navy 21 June 1787; engaged in the action off Brest 1 June 1794;
constructed with R. L. Edgeworth a telegraph from Dublin to Galway
1804; captain R.N. 30 May 1810; conducted survey of coast of Asia
Minor 1810–12; granted pension for wounds 2 Dec. 1815, retired
R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; F.R.S. 30 June 1814; one of founders of Royal
Astronomical Society 1820 and of Royal Geographical Society 1830;
corresponding member of Institute of France; hydrographer of the
Admiralty July 1832 to 30 Jany. 1855; K.C.B. 27 April 1848; author
of _Karamania or a brief description of the south coast of Asia
Minor_ 1817 which was the chief book of travels of its day. _d._
Hove near Brighton 17 Dec. 1857 in 84 year. _H. Martineau’s
Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ (1876) 213–30; _Quarterly Journal
of Geological Soc. xiv_, 47–54 (1858); _Proc. of Royal Soc. ix_,
524–27 (1858).

BEAUFORT, FRANCIS LESTOCK (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 1815; in
Bengal civil service 1837–76 when he retired upon the annuity
fund; judge of the 24 Purgunnahs beyond the suburbs of Calcutta
1863–76; author of _Digest of the criminal law procedure in
Bengal_ 1850. _d._ 1879.

BEAUFOY, HENRY BENJAMIN HANBURY (_eld. son of Mark Beaufoy of
London, astronomer 1764–1827_). Established 4 scholarships at
Univ. of Cam.; gave city of London school £10,000; erected at cost
of £10,000 Lambeth Ragged schools opened 5 March 1851, and
invested £4,000 in perpetual trust for their maintenance; formed a
library of 25000 volumes; privately printed his father’s _Nautical
and hydraulic experiments_ 1834; F.R.S. 14 Dec. 1815, F.L.S. _d._
South Lambeth 12 July 1851 in 66 year. _H. Mayhew’s Shops of
London i_, 7–12 (1865).

BEAULIE, BARON A. DE. Belgian envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary in London 1 March 1869 to death, _d._ 43 Upper
Brook st. Grosvenor sq. 11 Oct. 1872 aged 66.

BEAUMONT, MILES THOMAS STAPLETON, 8 Baron (_eld. son of Thomas
Stapleton of Carlton hall, Yorkshire 1778–1839_). _b._ Richmond,
Yorkshire 4 June 1805; fought a duel with major general Lorenzo
Moore on Wimbledon Common 13 Feb. 1832 when he received a bullet
in his breast which was never extracted; summoned to House of
Lords by writ as one of the coheirs of barony of Beaumont 16 Oct.
1840; col. commandant of 4 West York Militia 18 May 1853 to death;
author of _Austria and Central Italy_ 1849; _The late edict of
Court of Rome_; _Lord Beaumont’s letter to Lord Zetland_ 1850, _7
ed._ 1850. _d._ 17 Bruton St. Berkeley sq. London 16 Aug. 1854.

BEAUMONT, EDWARD BLACKETT. _b._ 1802; F.R.S. 4 June 1835, F.R.A.S.
_d._ 33 Norland sq. Notting hill, London 7 June 1878.

BEAUMONT, SIR GEORGE HOWLAND, 9 Baronet. _b._ Addington park, Surrey
12 Sep. 1828; succeeded 7 June 1845; sheriff of Leicestershire
1852. _d._ Cole Orton hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch 8 June 1882.

BEAUMONT, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Castle Donington, Leics. 19 March 1794;
Wesleyan minister 1813 to death; minister in Edinburgh 1821–23 and
1833–35, in London 1831–32, 1836–38 and 1845–50, in Liverpool
1839–44; M.D. Edin. 1836; an eloquent and popular preacher; author
of _Memoir of Mrs. Mary Tatham_ 1838. _d._ in the pulpit of
Waltham chapel, Hull 21 Jany. 1855. _Life by his son Joseph
Beaumont_ 1856, _portrait_; _The lamps of the temple_, _3 ed._
1856, 381–403.

BEAUMONT, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1 July 1795;
L.S.A. 1822; surgeon at Bradford 1822 to death; pres. of Bradford
Medical Association; alderman of Bradford; one of the founders of
Bradford Temperance Society the first in England 2 Feb. 1830;
author of _An essay on the nature and properties of alcoholic
liquors_ 1837. _d._ Bradford 16 Oct. 1859.

BEAUMONT, WILLIAM RAWLINGS. _b._ London 1803; studied at St.
Bartholomews hospital and in Paris; M.R.C.S. 1826, F.R.C.S. 1844;
surgeon to Islington dispensary; went to Toronto 1841; professor
of surgery in Toronto Univ. 1843; surgeon to general hospital;
M.D. Toronto 1850; emeritus professor of surgery in Trinity
college; invented many surgical instruments, especially one for
the making of deep sutures 1837, which suggested invention of the
Singer sewing machine. _d._ 12 Oct. 1875. _Canadian Lancet 1 Nov.
1875._

BEAUREGARD, ELIZABETH, Countess de (_dau. of Joseph Hargett_). Known
as Miss Howard; remarkable for her beauty; mistress of Louis
Napoleon to 1853 when he created her Countess de Beauregard. (_m._
16 May 1854 Clarence Trelawney, Hussar officer in the Austrian
army, he was _b._ 20 Dec. 1826 and obtained a divorce in Court of
appeal Paris Feb. 1865). _d._ Chateau of Beauregard near
Versailles 20 Aug. 1865 aged 42.

BEAVAN, CHARLES (_son of Hugh Beavan of Llowes, Radnorshire_). _b._
March 1805; ed. at Aldenham and Caius coll. Cam., 22 wrangler
1829; B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; barrister M.T. 25 June 1830, bencher 6
May 1873; practised in Chancery courts; an official examiner of
Court of Chancery June 1866 to Jany. 1884 when office abolished;
author of _Reports of cases in Chancery argued and determined in
the Rolls Court 36 vols._ 1840–69, being the longest series of
authorized reports ever published. _d._ 91 St. George’s road,
Pimlico, London 18 June 1884. _Solicitor’s Journal xxviii_, 173,
592, 601 (1884).

BEAVAN, EDWARD (_younger brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1814; ed.
at Hounslow; practised as special pleader; barrister M.T. 3 May
1844; recorder of Chester 1864–66. _d._ 15 Feb. 1870.

BEAZLEY, SAMUEL (_son of Samuel Beazley of Whitehall, London, army
accoutrement maker_). _b._ Whitehall 1786; served as a volunteer
in the Peninsula; designed St. James’s, Lyceum and City of London
theatres, also 2 theatres in Dublin, 2 in Belgium, 2 in India and
1 in Brazil; erected London Bridge railway station, most of the
stations on North Kent line and Lord Warden hotel at Dover; wrote
and arranged more than 100 dramatic pieces chiefly farces and
short comedies; author of _The Roué [anon.] 3 vols._ 1828; _The
Oxonians, a glance at society 3 vols._ 1830. _d._ Tunbridge Castle
12 Oct. 1851 in 66 year. _Lord W. P. Lennox’s Celebrities, I have
known, 2 series ii_, 70–90 (1877); _Lord W. P. Lennox’s Percy
Hamilton_ 1851 in which he is drawn to the life.

BECHER, ALEXANDER BRIDPORT (_eld. son of Alexander Becher, captain
R.N. who d. 1827_). _b._ 12 June 1796; midshipman R.N. 28 Nov.
1812; captain on h.p. 20 March 1856, retired R.A. 11 June 1874;
assistant in Hydrographic office 12 May 1823 to 1865, arranged and
methodised all documents preserved there 1823–26; sec. to board of
visitors of royal observatory; F.R.A.S. 1830, member of council;
edited the _Nautical magazine_ from its commencement in 1832 to
1871; author of _The landfall of Columbus on his first voyage to
America_ 1856. _d._ 46 Upper Gloucester place, London 15 Feb.
1876. _Dunkin’s Obituary notices of astronomers_ (1879) 1–6.

BECHER, LADY ELIZA (_eld. dau. of John O’Neill, stage manager of the
Drogheda theatre_). _b._ Drogheda 1791; made her début in Dublin
at Crow street theatre as The widow Cheerly in the _Soldier’s
daughter_ 1811 and in London at Covent Garden theatre as Juliet 6
Oct. 1814; the favourite actress in London both in comedy and
tragedy 1814–19; said to have made £12,000 a year; acted for the
last time 13 July 1819. (_m._ 18 Dec. 1819 Wm. Wrixon, M.P. for
Mallow, he was _b._ 31 July 1780, assumed name of Becher, was
created a baronet 1831 and _d._ 23 Oct. 1850). _d._ Ballygiblin
near Mallow 29 Oct. 1872. _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses i_,
33–74 (1844), _portrait_; _Theatrical inquisitor vi_, 243 (1815),
_portrait_.

BECHER, JOHN REID. _b._ 3 July 1819; 2 lieut. Bengal Engineers 6
March 1838; colonel 13 Oct. 1863; colonel commandant 15 Sep. 1881
to death; served in Afghan campaign 1842 and Sutlej campaign 1846;
general 29 July 1878; C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Southampton 9 July
1884.

BECHER, MARTIN WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Becher of Norfolk, farmer who d.
1816_). _b._ Norfolk; served in the Store-keeper general’s
department; an officer in Buckinghamshire yeomanry cavalry 1821;
won the Northampton steeple chase 4 April 1834; beat the Marquis
of Waterford in a match for 1000 guineas a side 1834; won the St.
Albans steeple chase 1835 and 1836 and many other races; the best
steeple chase rider in England. _d._ 21 Maida hill, St. John’s
Wood, London 11 Oct. 1864 aged 67. _Sporting Review lii_, 400–404
(1864); _Scott and Sebright by the Druid_ (1885) 292–303,
_portrait_.

BECK, BARONESS VON, assumed name of Wilhelmina Racidula; passed
herself off as a Hungarian exile who had rendered good service to
the cause of independence; came to Birmingham with her secretary
Constant Derra July 1851, where she was assisted by many of the
Liberal leaders; arrested as an impostor and confined in Moor st.
police court 29 Aug.; author of _Personal adventures during the
late war of independence in Hungary 2 vols._ 1850. _d._ in the
ante-room of the Court at Moor st. Birmingham 30 Aug. 1851 aged
about 54. _The persecution and death of the Baroness Von Beck at
Birmingham in August_ 1851, 8º. 1852; _Athenæum_ (1852) 578, 629,
653, 701, 846 _and_ 869; _The facts of the case as to the
pretended Baroness Von Beck by J. T. Smith_ 1852.

BECK, EDWARD. Commanded a merchant ship; a slate merchant at
Isleworth, Middlesex; constructed the great waterworks at Hampton;
one of most successful growers of Pelargoniums in the kingdom,
long unrivalled as an exhibitor; author of _A treatise on the
cultivation of the Pelargonium_ 1847; edited _The florist and
garden miscellany 4 vols._ 1848–61. _d._ Worton cottage, Isleworth
15 Jany. 1861 aged 57. _The Florist Feb. 1861, pp._ 36–38.

BECK, RICHARD. Manufacturing optician at 31 Cornhill, London; author
of _A treatise on the construction, proper use and capabilities of
Smith, Beck and Beck’s achromatic microscopes_ 1865 and of 9
papers read before the Microscopical Society 1859–66. _d._
Stamford hill, London 30 Sep. 1866 aged nearly 39.

BECK, THOMAS SNOW. _b._ Newcastle-upon-Tyne; ed. at gr. school
there, and in Cumberland; apprenticed to a surgeon at Newcastle;
student at Univ. college London 1836; M.R.C.S. 1839, F.R.C.S.
1847; walked the Paris hospitals 1839–40; visited universities of
Switzerland, Italy and Germany 1840–41; M.D. London 1849; M.R.C.P.
1852; practised in London 1841; phys. to Farringdon general
dispensary 1850; F.R.S. 5 June 1851, royal medallist 1845. _d._ 7
Portland place, London 6 Jany. 1877 aged 63. _Medical Circular i_,
209–211 (1852).

BECKER, CARL LUDWIG CHRISTIAN. _b._ Ratzeburg in Mecklenberg
Strelitz 16 July 1821; manager for Elliott brothers of London
electrical engineers 1858; member of the firm 1873 to death;
F.R.A.S. Jany. 1874. _d._ 55 St. Paul’s Road Canonbury 3 April
1875.

BECKET, THOMAS. M.R.C.S. 1794, F.R.C.S. 1843; surgeon 1 Foot Guards
8 July 1795 to 1809; surgeon to the Savoy 28 Sep. 1809. _d._ 5
Russell place, Fitzroy sq. London 21 July 1856 aged 82.

BECKETT, SIR EDMUND, 4 Baronet, _b._ Gledhow hall, Leeds 29 Jany
1787; M.P. for west riding Yorkshire 12 July 1841 to 23 July 1847,
and 11 Dec. 1848 to 23 April 1859; succeeded 17 Nov. 1872. _d._
Doncaster 24 May 1874. Personalty sworn under £300,000 Aug. 1874.
_I.L.N. lxiv_, 547 (1874) _lxv_, 236 (1874).

BECKETT, JOHN STANIFORTH (_son of Joseph Beckett, of Barnsley
1751–1840_). Presented a dispensary to Barnsley, to which he also
left sum of £5000. _d._ Wombwell near Barnsley 9 Nov. 1868 in 75
year. Personalty sworn under £350,000 Jany. 1869.

BECKETT, SIR THOMAS, 3 Baronet. _b._ Leeds 1 Jany. 1779; succeeded
31 May 1847. _d._ Somerby park near Gainsborough 17 Nov. 1872.
Personalty sworn under £350,000 March 1873.

BECKETT, WILLIAM (_5 son of Sir John Beckett, 1 Baronet 1743–1826_).
_b._ Leeds 3 March 1784; principal partner in the eminent banking
firm of Beckett and Co. of the Leeds “Old Bank”; M.P. for Leeds
1841 to 1852 and for Ripon 1852 to 1857. _d._ Brighton 26 Jany.
1863. _Rev. R. V. Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis_ (1865) 506–509.

BECKWITH, JOHN CHARLES (_eld. child of John Beckwith of Halifax,
Nova Scotia_). _b._ Halifax 2 Oct. 1789; ensign 50 Foot 1803,
exchanged into 95 Foot 1804, captain 1808 to 20 Jany. 1820 when
placed on h.p.; served in Hanover, Denmark and Sweden, and in the
Peninsula 1809–14; lost his left leg at Waterloo where 4 horses
were killed under him 18 June 1815; C.B. 22 June 1815, M.G. 9 Nov.
1846; visited the Vaudois valleys Piedmont Oct. 1827 and 5
succeeding years, lived at St. Jean 1834–39 and at La Tour
1841–51, established 120 schools in the Vaudois valleys all of
which he frequently inspected; knight of Sardinian order of St.
Maurice and St. Lazarus 15 Dec. 1848. (_m._ 20 June 1850 Caroline
Volle of the Vaudois). _d._ La Tour 19 July 1862. _bur._ in the
cemetery of Tour Pellice. _General Beckwith, his life and labours
among the Waldenses of Piedmont by J. P. Meille_ 1873.

BECKWITH, JOSEPH. An early member of the Corresponding Society which
was founded 1791; a contemporary of Hardy and Thelwall; lived in
Clerkenwell nearly 60 years. _d._ 3 Dec. 1860 aged 84.

BECKWITH, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Beckwith of Trimdon, co. Durham
1772–1847_). _b._ 20 Aug. 1795; cornet 16 Dragoons 7 Jany. 1813;
major 14 Dragoons 14 Feb. 1828 to 6 Dec. 1833 when placed on h.p.;
colonel 15 Hussars 17 July 1859 to death; general 9 April 1868;
K.H. 1832; sheriff of Durham 1858. _d._ Silkworth near Sunderland
23 Feb. 1871.

BEDDOME, JOHN REYNOLDS. M.R.C.S. 1811; M.D. Erlangen; surgeon at
Romsey 1811 to death; mayor of Romsey 6 times, _d._ Romsey 26 Dec.
1859. _I.L.N. xxxiv_, 385 (1859), _portrait_.

BEDFORD, FRANCIS RUSSELL, 7 Duke of (_eld. child of John Russell 6
Duke of Bedford 1766–1839_). _b._ 13 May 1788; ed. at Westminster
and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1808; M.P. for Beds. 1812 to 1832;
summoned to House of Lords as Baron Howland 15 Jany. 1833;
succeeded as 7 Duke 20 Oct. 1839; P.C. 6 July 1846; K.G. 26 March
1847; lord lieutenant of Beds. 29 Nov. 1859; high steward of
Cambridge 1860; master of the Oakley hounds to 1828 when he sold
the pack to Lord Southampton for £2,000, master again 1836–39.
_d._ Woburn Abbey, Beds. 14 May 1861. _Baily’s Mag. i_, 57–59
(1860), _portrait_; _Waagen’s Treasures of Art ii_, 283–86, _iii_,
463–74 _and iv_. 331–37.

BEDFORD, WILLIAM RUSSELL, 8 Duke of. _b._ Grosvenor square London 1
July 1809; M.P. for Tavistock 10 Dec. 1832 to 23 June 1841;
succeeded 14 May 1861. _d._ 6 Belgrave sq. London 26 May 1872.
Personalty sworn under £600,000 June 1872. _I.L.N. lx_, 555. 592,
623 (1872), _portrait_.

BEDFORD, FRANCIS. _b._ 1799; apprenticed to Finlay a bookbinder
1814; worked under Charles Lewis, foremost of English bookbinders;
carried on business for benefit of Lewis’s widow; partner with
John Clarke who was unrivalled in tree marbled calf; afterwards in
business alone at 91 York st. Westminster; the best binder in
England or perhaps Europe. _d._ 12 Coningham road, Shepherd’s Bush
8 June 1883. His library was sold by Sothebys 21, 22, 24 and 25
March 1884 for £4,876 16s. 6d.

BEDFORD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS. _b._ 8 Feb. 1809; entered navy 23 Dec.
1823; Captain 2 Jan. 1854; retired V.A. 22 March 1876; F.R.G.S.
1859. _d._ The Elms, Sydenham hill 11 Feb. 1879.

BEDFORD, REV. JOHN (_son of John Bedford of Wakefield_). _b._
Wakefield 27 July 1810; Wesleyan minister at Glasgow 1831; at
Manchester 1855 to death; sec. to general chapel committee
1860–72; pres. of conference 1867; author of _Correspondence with
the Rev. Wm. Sutcliffe relative to the doctrines, ministry and
system of the Wesleyan Methodists_ 1842. _d._ Chorlton-cum-Hardy
near Manchester 20 Nov. 1879. _I.L.N. li_, 232 (1867), _portrait_.

BEDFORD, PAUL JOHN. _b._ Bath 24 Jany. 1792; made his début on the
stage at Bath 1815; acted in Ireland and Scotland; made his début
in London at Drury Lane 2 Nov. 1824 as Hawthorn in opera of _Love
in a village_; played at Adelphi theatre 1838–67; had one of the
deepest and richest bass voices ever heard, his best parts were
Blueskin in _Jack Sheppard_ 1839, Jack Gong in _The green bushes_
1845 and the Kinchin cove in _The flowers of the forest_ 1847;
took his farewell of the stage at the Queen’s theatre 16 May 1868;
sang at Weston’s Music hall London and The hall by the sea Margate
1869; author of _Recollections and wanderings_ 1864; _Drawing room
dramas_ 1874. (_m._ (1) Miss Green of Dublin, an actress who _d._
April 1833 aged 32). (_m._ (2) Miss Verinder, a pianist and
harpist, she _d._ 1864). _d._ Lindsey place, Chelsea 11 Jany.
1871. _Theatrical times i_, 129 (1847), _portrait_; _Illust.
sporting news ii_, 180 (1863), _portrait, v_. 133 (1866),
_portrait_.

BEDINGFELD, FELIX WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARD (_youngest son of Sir
Richard Bedingfeld, 5 Baronet 1767–1829_). _b._ 12 Aug. 1808;
crown comr. of Turk’s Island in the Bahamas 1842–49; barrister
L.I. 26 April 1849; master of supreme court of Trinidad 1849–54;
colonial sec. for and member of council of Mauritius 1860–68;
C.M.G. 1869. _d._ Pilgrim, Lymington, Hants. 7 Dec. 1884.

BEDINGFELD, SIR HENRY RICHARD PASTON, 6 Baronet. _b._ Oxburgh,
Norfolk 10 May 1800; succeeded 22 Nov. 1829. _d._ Oxburgh 4 Feb.
1862.

BEDSON, GEORGE. _b._ Sutton Coldfield, Warwick 3 Nov. 1820; manager
of business of Messrs. Johnson of Manchester 1851; manager of
Bradford iron works 1858 to death; initiated and perfected many
inventions in the iron and wire trades; propounded theory of
continuous brakes for railway trains about 1864; lived at Bradford
1858–72 and 1882 to death, and at Marple, Cheshire 1872–82. _d._
Bradford house, Manchester 12 Dec. 1884.

BEECH, REV. HUGH. _b._ Chesterton, Staffs. 3 June 1787; Wesleyan
minister 1811 to death, _d._ Cheedle, Staffs. 22 Feb. 1856. _The
good soldier, a memoir of Rev. Hugh Beech_ 1856.

BEECHAM, REV. JOHN. _b._ Barnoldby-le-Beck near Great Grimsby 1787;
became a Wesleyan preacher 1815; general secretary of Wesleyan
Missionary Society 1831 to death; pres. of Wesleyan conference
1850; author of _An essay on the constitution of Wesleyan
Methodism_ 1829, _3 ed._ 1851; _Ashantee and the Gold Coast_ 1841.
_d._ Canonbury, London 22 April 1856. _Wesleyan Meth. Mag. lxxix,
pt. 2_, 577–605 (1856).

BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM (_2 son of Sir Wm. Beechey R.A.
1753–1839_). _b._ 17 Feb. 1796; entered the navy 7 July 1806; went
with Sir John Franklin to Spitzbergen on his first expedition
1818; with Edward Parry in the Hecla 1819; helped to survey north
coast of Africa Nov. 1821 to July 1822; commanded the Blossom in
the Pacific 1825–28; captain 8 May 1827; surveyed coast of Ireland
1837–47; superintendent marine department of Board of Trade 1850
to death; aide de camp to the Queen 18 July 1851 to 11 Sep. 1854;
R.A. 11 Sep. 1854; F.R.G.S. 1833, pres. 1855 to death; F.R.S. 23
Dec. 1824, vice pres. 1854; author of _Narrative of a voyage to
the Pacific and Behring’s Strait 2 vols._ 1831; _A voyage of
discovery towards the north_ pole 1843. _d._ 8 Westbourne
crescent, Hyde Park, London 29 Nov. 1856. _Proceedings of Royal
Society viii_, 283–87 (1856).

BEECHEY, GEORGE D. (_brother of the preceding_). Portrait painter;
exhibited 24 portraits at the R.A. 1817 to 1832; went to Calcutta
about 1830; court painter and controller of the household to King
of Oudh. (_m._ an Indian Lady called Hinda, whose _portrait_ he
sent to the R.A. 1822). Supposed to have died in India 1856.

BEECHEY, HENRY WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). travelled with
Belzoni in Egypt 1816–17; examined and reported on antiquities of
the Cyrenaica for Colonial Office 1821–22; F.S.A. 1825; exhibited
a picture at the R.A. 1829, and another at British Institution
1838; emigrated to New Zealand 1855; wrote a memoir of Sir Joshua
Reynolds prefixed to his Literary works published in 2 vols. 1835
and reprinted 1852. Supposed to have died in New Zealand in or
about 1870.

BEECHING, JAMES. _b._ Bexhill near Hastings 1788; apprenticed to a
boat builder; boat builder at Great Yarmouth; introduced the
handsome build of fishing vessel now used there; invented the self
righting lifeboat for which he gained the prize of £105, 13 Aug.
1851 when 280 models were sent in from all parts of the world, his
boat slightly modified has served as the model for all the boats
of the Royal National Lifeboat institution. _d._ 7 June 1858.
_Rev. John Gilmore’s Storm warriors_ (1874) 32–47.

BEECROFT, GEORGE SKIRROW. _b._ Outwood house, Horsforth near Leeds
16 Nov. 1809; proprietor of Kirkstall forge near Leeds; M.P. for
Leeds 5 June 1857 to 11 Nov. 1868; seconded address of House of
Commons in reply to speech from the throne 3 Feb. 1859. _d._ 4
Gloucester terrace, Regent’s park, London 18 March 1869. _I.L.N.
xxxiv_, 189 (1859), _portrait_.

BEECROFT, JOHN. Explored the Niger and other rivers falling into the
Gulf of Guinea 1832 to death; governor of Fernando Po; consul
general for West Africa 1850. _d._ Clarence, West coast of Africa
10 June 1854.

BEER, JOHN (_eld. son of John Beer of Devonport, coal merchant_),
_b._ Devonport about Dec. 1806; solicitor at Devonport 1827 to
death; clerk to the Devonport comrs. 1838–82; an able advocate,
engaged in all the chief local trials; member of Devonport town
council many years and mayor 1849 and 1850; recorder of Saltash
1871 to death, _d._ 2 Albemarle villas, Stoke 14 April 1883.

BEER, JULIUS. _b._ Frankfort 1836; proprietor of _The Observer_
London weekly paper 1870 to death; F.R.G.S. 1870. _d._ Mentone 29
Feb. 1880 in 44 year. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 8 March. Personalty
sworn under £400,000 March 1880.

BEETE, ROBERT CROSBY. First puisne judge British Guiana 1853 to
Jany. 1869 when he retired on a pension. _d._ Charing Cross
hospital London 2 Nov. 1878 aged 68.

BEETON, SAMUEL ORCHART. Bookseller and publisher at 148 Fleet st.
London; published the first English edition of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_
1852; went a voyage to America to present Mrs. Stowe with a
voluntary payment of £500; published _Beeton’s Christmas Annuals_
1860–65; sold his stock and copyrights for £1,900 to Ward, Lock
and Tyler Sep. 1866; a publisher again 1877 to death; author with
Doughty and Emerson of _The coming K._ 1872; _The Siliad_ 1873
_and Jon Duan_ 1874. _d._ Sudbrook park, Richmond, Surrey 6 June
1877 aged 46. _The law reports Equity cases xix_, 207–22 (1875).

BEEVOR, SIR THOMAS BRANTHWAYT, 3 Baronet, _b._ Old Buckenham,
Norfolk 7 April 1798; succeeded 10 Dec. 1820. _d._ Yarmouth 6
April 1879.

BEEVOR, SIR THOMAS, 4 Baronet. _b._ Hargham Norfolk 23 Aug. 1823;
ed. at Univ. coll. London; barrister L.I. 29 Jany. 1850; chairman
of Norwich Union life assurance society; succeeded 6 April 1879.
_d._ Hingham, Attleborough, Norfolk 18 Aug. 1885.

BEGBIE, JAMES, _b._ Edinburgh 18 Dec. 1799; ed. at high school and
Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1821; F.R.C.S. Edin. 1822; F.R.C.P. Edin.
1847, pres. 1854–50; pres. of Medico Chirurgical Society 1850–52;
one of Her Majesty’s physicians in ordinary in Scotland 6 June
1853; author of _Contributions to practical medicine_ 1862, and of
many papers in medical journals. _d._ 10 Charlotte sq. Edinburgh
26 Aug. 1869. _Proc. of Royal Society of Edin. vii_, 2–6 (1872).

BEGBIE, JAMES WARBURTON (_2 son of the preceding_). _b._ 19 Nov.
1826; ed. at Edinburgh academy and univ., M.D. 1847, LLD. Aug.
1875; pres. of Royal Medical Society 1847–49; practised at
Edinburgh 1852; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1852; phys. to the Cholera hospital
1854; phys. to Royal Infirmary 1855–65, lectured on practice of
physic there 10 winter sessions 1855–65; had the largest
consulting physician’s practice in Scotland 1869 to death; author
of _A handy book of medical information and advice by a physician_
1860, _2 ed._ 1872; wrote 13 articles in _J. R. Reynolds’s System
of medicine 3 vols._ 1871 and many reviews and notices in
_Edinburgh Medical Journal_. _d._ 16 Great Stuart st. Edinburgh 25
Feb. 1876. _Selections from the works of the late J. W. Begbie,
edited by Dyce Duckworth, The New Sydenham Society London_ 1882,
_portrait_.

BEGG, REV. JAMES. _b._ Manse of New Monkland, Lanarkshire 31 Oct.
1808; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.; licensed as a preacher June
1829; minister at Maxwelltown, Dumfries 18 May 1830; minister of
Middle parish church Paisley 1831, and of Liberton near Edin. 25
June 1835 to 5 July 1843 when he was declared no longer a minister
having joined in the Free Secession; minister of Newington Free
church near Edin. 1843 to death; sent by his church to Canada on
public duty 1844–45; moderator of Free general assembly 18 May
1865; a sum of £4,600 was presented to him by his friends 1875;
author of _Are you prepared to die_ 1845; _How to promote and
preserve the beauty of Edinburgh_ 1849; _A handbook of Popery_
1852; _The art of preaching_ 1863. _d._ George sq. Edinburgh 29
Sep. 1883. _Memoirs by Professor Thomas Smith_ (1885); _John
Smith’s Our Scottish clergy, 3 series_ (1851) 127–33.

BEHAN, THOMAS LAWRENCE. Connected with the _Hampshire Independent_;
on the staff of the _Observer_ and other London newspapers;
editor, manager, and publisher of the _London Gazette_ 1 Oct 1854
to death, _d._ Southampton 27 Aug. 1860 aged 66.

BEHNES, WILLIAM. _b._ London 1794; learnt drawing in Dublin; gained
3 silver medals at Royal Academy; a _portrait_ draughtsman in
London, afterwards a sculptor; executed busts of many of the most
eminent men of his time; executed statues of Lady Godiva 1844,
Europa 1848 and The startled nymph 1849; exhibited 215 sculptures
at the R.A. 1815–63; bankrupt on his own petition 25 Nov. 1861.
_d._ Middlesex hospital London 8 Jany. 1864. _Cornhill Mag. ix_,
688–701 (1864); _Lectures on art by Henry Weeks_ (1880) 294–317;
_W. B. Scott’s British school of sculpture_ (1871) 99–102.

BEHRENS, LOUIS. _b._ Hamburg 1801; joined his brother Jacob in
business as merchants at Bradford 1836; founded a business in
Manchester 1840; established it as a separate concern 1870. _d._
Southport 1 June 1884.

BEKE, CHARLES TILSTONE (_son of James Beck, of Hackney, London,
commissioner of sewers_). _b._ Stepney, London 10 Oct. 1800;
student at Lincoln’s Inn; changed spelling of his name from Beck
to Beke 1834; acting consul at Leipzig 1837–38; Ph. Doc. Univ. of
Tubingen 6 Aug. 1837; travelled in Abyssinia 1840–43 and 1865–66;
received gold medals of Royal Geographical Societies of London and
Paris 1845 and 1846; sec. to National Association for protection
of industry and capital throughout British empire 1849–53, when
association was dissolved; granted a civil list pension of £100 14
Dec. 1870; went to Palestine to determine position of Mount Sinai
Dec. 1873; F.S.A. 1835; author of _Origines Biblicæ_ 1834; _The
sources of the Nile_ 1860; _The British captives in Abyssinia_
1865; _The idol in Horeb_ 1871 and other books. _d._ Bromley, Kent
31 July 1874. _Summary of the late Dr. Beke’s published works and
of his inadequately requited public services By his widow_ 1876;
_Dictionary of national biography iv_, 138–41 (1885); _I.L.N.
lxv_, 140 (1874), _portrait_; _Graphic x_, 174 (1874), _portrait_.

BELCHER, SIR EDWARD (_2 son of Andrew Belcher, of Clarence lodge,
Roehampton, Surrey_). _b._ Nova Scotia 1799; entered navy 9 April
1812; one of original fellows of Royal Geog. Soc. 1830; sailed
round the world in H.M.S. Sulphur 1836–42; captain 6 May 1841;
engaged surveying in East Indies 1842–47; C.B. 14 Oct. 1841,
K.C.B. 13 March 1867; knighted by patent for his services in China
21 Jany. 1843; granted pension for wounds 13 March 1847; commanded
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin 10 Feb. 1852 to Oct.
1854; admiral 20 Oct. 1872; F.R.A.S. Dec. 1837; claimed to be the
inventor of water-tight bulkheads and compartments; granted a
Greenwich hospital pension of £150 per annum 7 Dec. 1874; author
of _A treatise on nautical surveying_ 1835; _Narrative of a voyage
round the world 2 vols._ 1843; _Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S.
Samarang 2 vols._ 1848; _Horatio Howard Brenton a naval novel 3
vols._ 1856; _The last of the Arctic voyages 2 vols._ 1855. (_m._
11 Sep. 1830 Diana dau. of George Jolliffe, captain H.E.I.C.S.)
_d._ 6 Melcombe place, Dorset sq. London 18 March 1877. _Army and
Navy mag. iv_, 1–5 (1882), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxi_, 321 (1852),
_portrait, lxx_, 299 (1878), _portrait_; _Journal of Royal Geog.
Soc. xlvii_, 136–42 (1877); _Monthly notices of Royal Astron. Soc.
xxxviii_, 141–43 (1878); _Transactions of Instit. of naval
architects xi_, 12–19, 197–211 (1870).

BELCHER, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Birmingham 5 April 1794; Baptist divine;
went to United States 1844; author of _Pastoral recollections_
1837; _The clergy of America_ 1849; _George Whitfield, a
biography_ 1860; said to have written more religious works than
any other author of the century. _d._ Philadelphia 10 July 1859.

BELCHER, THOMAS. _b._ St. James’s churchyard Bristol 14 April 1783;
went to London 1803; fought and beat Jack Ware in Tothill Fields,
Westminster 26 June 1804; beaten by Wm. Ryan at Willesden Green 30
Nov. 1804, but beat him near Chertsey 4 June 1805; beat Jack
O’Donnell at Shepperton 27 April 1805; fought Dutch Sam (Elias
Samuels) for 100 guineas at Moulsey Hurst 8 Feb. 1806, when
beaten; fought him again 20 July 1807, when fight was declared
drawn; beaten by him 21 Aug. 1807; beat Dogherty 14 April 1808,
Cropley 25 Oct. 1808, Farnborough 1 Feb. 1809, Silverthorne 6 June
1811; fought Dogherty again for 100 guineas on the Curragh of
Kildare 23 April 1813, when he won again; landlord of the Castle
Tavern Holborn 1814–28; one of the 18 pugilists selected by
Jackson to act with him as pages at coronation of George IV. in
Westminster Abbey 19 July 1821, one gold coronation medal was
given to the boxers which they raffled for, when Belcher won it
and held the trophy until his death. _d._ Peckham, _d._ of
apoplexy at 19 Trafalgar sq. Peckham, Surrey 9 Dec. 1854.
_Pugilistica by H. D. Miles i_, 153–66 (1880), _portrait_; _The
Fancy by An Operator i_, 297–300 (1826), _portrait_; _Every night
book_ (1827) 37–44; _Boxiana by P. Egan ii_, 28–45 (1818).

BELDAM, JOSEPH (_3 son of Wm. Beldam of Royston, Herts who d. 20
June 1827 aged 64_). _b._ 26 Dec. 1795; ed. at St Peter’s coll.
Cam.; barrister M.T. 12 May 1825; standing counsel for Anti
slavery party; F.S.A. 1 May 1856; author of _Il pastore incantato,
a drama_; _Pompeii and other poems by a student of the Middle
Temple_ 1823; _A summary of the laws peculiarly affecting
Protestant dissenters_ 1827; _Recollections of scenes and
institutions in Italy and the East 2 vols._ 1851. _d._ Royston 6
June 1866.

BELDHAM, WILLIAM. _b._ Wrecclesham near Farnham, Surrey 5 Feb. 1766;
professional cricketer; the “crack” batsman of England many years,
excelled also in bowling, fielding, wicket keeping and single
wicket playing; played in the Gentlemen versus Players match 1787
to 1821; the last surviving member of the once far famed Hambledon
cricket club; had 39 children, 28 by his first wife, all of whom
died young leaving no issue. _d._ Tilford near Farnham 20 Feb.
1862. _Nyren’s Cricketer’s Tutor_ (1833) 93–96.

BELFORD, WILLIAM ROWLES. _b._ Easton near Bristol Dec. 1824; made
his début in London at Sadler’s Wells theatre 22 Dec. 1851 as Sir
Charles Cropland in _The poor Gentleman_; played prominent parts
in 32 Shakespearian revivals at same house 1852–63; acted with S.
Phelps in Germany 1859; played at Strand theatre about 1863–69;
created leading role in W.S. Gilbert’s comedy _Randall’s Thumb_ at
Court theatre 25 Jany. 1871; played Henry the 8th in the provinces
1876; last appeared on the stage at Imperial theatre London April
1879 in comic drama of _A rough diamond_; acted at nearly every
west-end theatre in London; sum of £1,100 was raised for him Dec.
1879. _d._ 43 Grand parade, Brighton 3 June 1881. _Pascoe’s
Dramatic list_ (1880) 42.

BELFOUR, EDMUND. Secretary of Royal college of surgeons 1814 to
death, _d._ 37 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 30 Jany. 1865 in 76 year.

BELHAVEN AND STENTON, ROBERT MONTGOMERY HAMILTON, 8 Baron (_eld.
child of Wm. Hamilton, 7 Baron Belhaven and Stenton 1765–1814._)
_b._ Wishaw house, Lanarkshire 1793; succeeded 29 Oct. 1814;
created Baron Hamilton of Wishaw in peerage of U.K. 10 Sep. 1831;
lord high comr. to general assembly of Church of Scotland 1831–41,
1847–51, 1853–57 and 1860–66; lieut. col. commandant 1 Lanarkshire
militia 21 Nov. 1833 to death; lord lieut. of Lanarkshire 10 Aug.
1863 to death. _d._ Wishaw house 22 Dec. 1868.

BELL, ALEXANDER. _b._ Cupar Fife 1775; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; pupil
of Sir Astley Cooper in London, M.R.C.S.; served in Ireland as
surgeon of 1st Regiment of Dundee Volunteers (Loyal Tay Fencibles)
during rebellion of 1798 until May 1802 when regiment was
disbanded; practised in village of Errol 1802–1807, and at Dundee
1807–50 surgeon to Dundee infirmary 30 years; performed operation
of lithotomy many times with great success. _d._ Dundee 28 March
1852.

BELL, ALEXANDER. Professor of elocution in London; author of
Practical elocutionist 1835; _The tongue, a poem_ 1846; _The
Bride, a play_ 1847; _Stammering and other impediments of speech_
1849. _d._ Harrington sq. London 23 April 1865.

BELL, ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE (_son of John Bell of Paisley,
manufacturer_). _b._ Paisley 4 Dec. 1809; ed. at Paisley gr. sch.
and Univ. of Glasgow; a writer to the Signet 1835; partner of
Messrs. Dundas and Wilson; professor of conveyancing in the Univ.
of Edin. 1856 to death; author of _Lectures on conveyancing_ 1867,
_3 ed. 2 vols._ 1882. _d._ East Morningside house, Edinburgh 19
Jany. 1866.

BELL, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1775; member of faculty of advocates 1798;
sheriff depute of Ayrshire 18 Feb. 1815; author of _The Cabinet, a
series of essays moral and literary [anon.] 2 vols._ 1835; _Count
Clermont, a tragedy, Caius Toranius, a tragedy with other poems_
1841; _Melodies of Scotland_ 1849. _d._ Edinburgh 6 Oct. 1854.

BELL, BENJAMIN (_son of Joseph Bell of Edinburgh, surgeon
1786–1848_). _b._ Edinburgh 13 April 1810; ed. in Edin. and
London; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1835, pres. 1864; M.R.C.S.
1833; founded with Robert Hamilton the Eye infirmary Edin. 1834;
vice pres. of Medico-Chirurgical society of Edin. 1856, pres.
1859–61; author of _A probationary essay on injuries of the male
urethra_ 1835; _The life of Benjamin Bell by his grandson_ 1868.
_d._ Coates crescent, Edinburgh 13 June 1883. _Edinburgh Medical
Journal xxix_, 91–95 (1884).

BELL, CATHERINE DOUGLAS. Author of _Arnold Lee, or rich children and
poor children by cousin Kate_ 1852; _Help in time of need_ 1856,
_2 ed._ 1866; _Self mastery_ 1857; _Home sunshine_ 1859, _2 ed._
1866; _Hope Campbell, or know thyself_ 1866 and other books for
children. _d._ Edinburgh 15 Nov. 1861. _Last hours with cousin
Kate_ [_C. D. Bell_] 1862, _portrait_.

BELL, CHARLES. _b._ London 1805; partner in firm of Thomson, Bonar &
Co. of London and St. Petersburg, merchants; M.P. for City of
London 16 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._ Terrace house, Richmond, Surrey
9 Feb. 1869. Personalty sworn under £300,000 April 1869.

BELL, CHRISTOPHER. Entered navy June 1796; captain 7 Feb. 1812,
retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; C.B. 4 July 1840. _d._ Aigburth Ash near
Liverpool 16 Oct. 1853 aged 70.

BELL, EDWARD WELLS. Lieutenant 7 Foot 16 May 1811; major 19 Dec.
1826 to 29 June 1830 when placed on h.p.; colonel 66 Foot 26 Dec.
1859 to death; general 12 July 1868. _d._ Kempsey, Worcester 9
Oct. 1870.

BELL, EDWARD WILLIAM DERRINGTON. _b._ 1824; 2 lieut. 23 Foot 15
April 1842; lieut. col. 8 Jany. 1858 to 1 Sep. 1869; served in
Russian war 1854–55 and in Sepoy mutiny 1857–58; personally
captured and secured the first gun taken at battle of the Alma;
M.G. 6 March 1868; commanded Belfast district 28 Feb. 1875 to
death; C.B. 13 March 1867; V.C. 26 June 1856. _d._ Fort William
park, Belfast 10 Nov. 1879.

BELL, SIR GEORGE (_son of George Bell of Belle Vue on Lough Erin
Fermanagh_). _b._ Belle Vue 17 March 1794; ed. at Dublin; ensign
34 Foot 11 March 1811; served in the Peninsula 1811–14; lieut.
col. 1 Foot 5 Dec. 1843 to 1 May 1855; commanded 1 brigade of
third division in Crimean war 1854–55; inspecting field officer at
Liverpool 1 May 1855 to 4 April 1859; colonel 104 Foot 23 Oct.
1863, of 32 Foot 2 Feb. 1867 and of 1 Foot 3 Aug. 1868 to death;
general 8 March 1875; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._
156 Westbourne terrace, London 10 July 1877. _Rough notes by an
old soldier Sir G. Bell 2 vols._ 1867, _portrait_.

BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (_eld. son of James Bell, Town clerk of
Greenock_). _b._ Glasgow 8 Nov. 1805; ed. at Glasgow high school
and Univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate 20 Nov. 1832; sheriff
substitute of Lanarkshire 1 July 1838; sheriff principal 8 June
1867 to death; started _Edinburgh Literary Journal_ 1828, edited
it to 14 Jany. 1832 when it was merged in _Edinburgh Weekly
Chronicle_; he is sketched under name of Tallboys in _Noctes
Ambrosianæ_; author of _Life of Mary Queen of Scots 2 vols._ 1828;
_Summer and winter hours_ 1831; _Romances and minor poems_ 1866.
_d._ Glasgow 7 Jany. 1874. _Journal of jurisprudence xviii_,
92–103 (1874).

BELL, JACOB (_son of John Bell of 338 Oxford st. London, chemist who
d. 14 Jany. 1849 aged 74_). _b._ 338 Oxford St. 5 March 1810;
apprenticed to his father 1827–32; chemist in Oxford st. 1832 to
death, his drugs earned a European reputation; founder of
Pharmaceutical Society 1841, on which he spent a large sum; edited
_Pharmaceutical Journal_ July 1841 to death; M.P. for St. Albans
24 Dec. 1850 to 1 July 1852; contested Great Malvern 1852 and
Marylebone 1854; collected at his house 15 Langham place, London a
gallery of pictures many by Sir Edwin Landseer, the 13 best of
which he bequeathed to the nation; F.L.S. 6 March 1832; author of
_Chemical and pharmaceutical processes and products_ 1852. _d._
Tunbridge Wells 12 June 1859. _J. Bell and T. Redwood’s Historical
sketch of progress of pharmacy_ (1880) 280–92; _I.L.N. xviii_, 299
(1851), _portrait, xxxi_, 4, 24 (1859), _portrait_.

BELL, JAMES SPENCER. _b._ 1818; M.P. for Guildford 7 July 1852 to 21
March 1857. _d._ 1 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 22
Feb. 1872.

BELL, JOHN (_only son of John Bell of Thirsk_). _b._ 1809; M.P. for
Thirsk 1 July 1841 to death; declared insane by a commission July
1849. _d._ Thirsk 5 March 1851.

BELL, REV. JOHN. _b._ Snaith, Yorkshire; ed. at Douay, France;
ordained priest at Crook hall, co. Durham 23 Dec. 1794; prefect
general of Douay college Durham and professor of rhetoric and
poetry 1794–1817, the college was moved from Crook hall to Ushaw
1808; appointed to mission of Samlesbury near Preston 1817 and to
Kippax park Yorkshire 1828; author of _The wanderings of the human
intellect, or a new dictionary of sects_ 1814, _2 ed._ 1838. _d._
Selby 31 May 1854 aged 87.

BELL, JOHN. Lived in Abyssinia 1842 to death; general in army of Ras
Ali the ruler of Abyssinia 1848 who gave him the province of
Diddim; taken prisoner by Kasai 1853 who deposed Ali and took
title of Theodorus; minister and general in chief to Theodorus
1853 to death; killed in a battle fought against Garred at
Waldabba near the western bank of the Taccazy river 31 Oct. 1860
after he had himself killed Garred.

BELL, JOHN. _b._ Newcastle 1782; Bookseller at Newcastle; land
surveyor at Gateshead; one of founders of Society of antiquaries
of Newcastle on Tyne, treasurer 6 Feb. 1813; author of _Rhymes of
northern bards_ 1812; contributed to _Gent. Mag._ _d._ Bentinck
crescent, Newcastle 30 Oct. 1864.

BELL, JOHN. _b._ Ireland 1796; went to the United States 1810;
author of _On baths and mineral waters_ 1831; _Practical
dictionary of materia medica_ 1841; _On regimen and longevity_
1842; _Dietetical and medical hydrology_ 1850. _d._ Philadelphia
1872.