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BERESFORD, WILLIAM (_younger son of Marcus Beresford 1764–97, M.P.
for Dungarvan_). _b._ 17 April 1797; ed. at Eton and St. Mary’s
hall Ox., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1824; captain 12 Lancers 6 April 1826 to
16 July 1830 when placed on h.p.; served in Portugal 1827; master
of the Tennis Court, Hampton Court 1823 to death; contested
Waterford 1837; M.P. for Harwich 1841–1847 and for North Essex
1847–65; secretary at war 28 Feb. 1852 to Dec. 1852; P.C. 27 Feb.
1852. _d._ Eccleston sq. London 6 Oct. 1883. _I.L.N. xx_, 267
(1852), _portrait_.

BERGENROTH, GUSTAVE ADOLPH. _b._ Oletzko, East Prussia 26 Feb. 1813;
ed. at Univ. of Königsberg 1833–36; assessor to the high court at
Berlin 1843 and 1846–49; studied English history in London
1857–60; examined the Spanish Archives at Simancas, Spain Aug.
1860 to death, deciphering more than 12 ciphers of exceeding
difficulty; author of _Calendar of letters, despatches and state
papers relating to the negotiations between England and Spain
1485–1525, 3 vols._ 1862–68. _d._ Fonda de los Principes, Puerta
del Sol, Madrid 13 Feb. 1869. _W. C. Cartwright’s G. Bergenroth a
memorial sketch_ 1870.

BERGER, GEORGE. _b._ London; a journeyman compositor; wholesale
newsagent and bookseller in Holywell st. Strand 1834; the largest
retailer of papers and periodicals in London; publisher in
Newcastle st. Strand 1864 to death. _d._ Friern house, Finchley 1
Feb. 1868 aged 72.

BERGNE, JOHN BRODRIBB. _b._ Kensington, London 1800; clerk in the
Foreign Office 1815 to death; superintendent of treaty department
1 July 1854 to 1 Dec. 1870 when foreign office agencies were
abolished; member of commission to revise Slave trade instructions
1865; an original member of Numismatic Society 1837, treasurer
July 1843 to 1857; contributed 16 papers to _Numismatic
Chronicle_; F.S.A. 1844; made a fine collection of coins which was
sold at Sotheby’s in an 11 day sale May 1873 for above £6000. _d._
21 Thurloe sq. London 16 Jany. 1873. _Numismatic Chronicle xiii_,
13–15, 304–308 (1873).

BERKELEY, THOMAS MORETON FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY, 6 Earl of. _b._ 19
Oct. 1796; ed. at C. C. coll. Ox.; succeeded 8 Aug. 1810, but
never assumed the title or took his seat in House of Lords though
he received usual summons to do so. _d._ Hartington lane,
Cranford, Hounslow 27 Aug. 1882.

BERKELEY, CHARLES ASSHETON FITZHARDINGE. _b._ 10 Oct. 1818; ensign
11 Foot 27 May 1836; lieut. col. 32 Foot 24 July 1857 to death;
C.B. 24 March 1858. _d._ on board the “Simla” off the island of
Socotra 25 Sep. 1858.

BERKELEY, CRAVEN FITZHARDINGE (_brother of 6 Earl of Berkeley_).
_b._ Berkeley house, Spring Gardens London 28 July 1805; ensign 85
Foot 13 Feb. 1823; captain 2 Life Guards 22 March 1831 to 25 Aug.
1837 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Cheltenham 10 Dec. 1832 to 23
July 1847, 28 July 1848 to 24 Aug. 1848, when election declared
void and 8 July 1852 to death; fought a duel with Henry George
Boldero M.P. for Chippenham, in Osterly park 15 July 1842. _d._
Frankfort upon Main 1 July 1855. _Godings History of Cheltenham_
(1863) 85–94, 365–8.

BERKELEY, FRANCIS HENRY FITZHARDINGE (_brother of the preceding_).
_b._ 7 Dec. 1794; gentleman commoner at Ch. Ch. Ox. 1814; M.P. for
Bristol 22 July 1837 to death; leader in House of Commons of the
ballot question 8 Aug. 1848 to death, the ballot bill was passed
13 July 1872; chief opponent of the Temperance cause in House of
Commons, presented by the licensed victuallers with a testimonial
of £1,050 at Bristol 24 Sep. 1856. _d._ 1 Victoria sq. Pimlico
London 10 March 1870. _Burn’s Temperance dictionary_ (1861)
300–303; _Illust. News of the world iii_, 84 (1859), _portrait_.

BERKELEY, GEORGE CHARLES GRANTLEY FITZHARDINGE (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ Cranford house, Hounslow 10 Feb. 1800; ed. at
Sandhurst; ensign Coldstream Guards 1821–23 when placed on h.p.;
heir presumptive to Earldom of Berkeley 1810 to death; kept a pack
of stag hounds at Cranford 1824–29 and at Harrold hall Beds. from
1829; M.P. for West Gloucs. 24 Dec. 1832 to 1 July 1852; fought a
duel with Wm. Maginn editor of _Fraser’s Mag._ in a field near the
Harrow road 5 Aug. 1836 when Maginn was slightly wounded; author
of _Berkeley Castle an historical romance 3 vols._ 1836; _Sandron
Hall or the days of Queen Anne 3 vols._ 1840; _Reminiscences of a
huntsman_ 1854; _Love and the lion, a poem_ 1857; _The English
sportsman in the western prairies_ 1861; he is depicted in C. J.
Collins’s novel _Sackville Chase 3 vols._ 1863; he was the last
person who wore the flat cocked hat known as the chapeau bras.
_d._ Longfleet, Poole 23 Feb. 1881. _My life and recollections by
G. C. G. F. Berkeley 4 vols._ 1865–66, _portrait_; _Fraser’s Mag.
xiv_, 242–7 (1836), _xv_, 100–143 (1837); _I.L.N. lxxviii_, 253
(1881), _portrait_.

BERKELEY, SIR GEORGE HENRY FREDERICK (_elder son of Admiral Sir
George Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B. 1753–1818_). _b._ 9 July 1785;
cornet Royal horse guards 21 Jany. 1802; captain 3 Foot guards 22
Feb. 1821 to 16 Nov. 1826 when placed on h.p.; col. 81 Foot 15
Jany. 1844 and of 35 Foot 11 July 1845 to death; surveyor general
of the ordnance 28 June to Dec. 1852; general 20 June 1854; M.P.
for Devonport 7 July 1852 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815. _d._
Richmond, Surrey 25 Sep. 1857.

BERKELEY, ROBERT JAMES. Called to bar in Ireland 1830; Q.C. 9 Nov.
1852. _d._ 6 Trafalgar terrace, Monkstown, Ireland 31 Oct. 1873.

BERKELEY, SACKVILLE HAMILTON. Ensign 16 Foot 1 May 1800, captain 25
Dec. 1804 to 26 Feb. 1824 when placed on h.p.; deputy adjutant
general in West Indies 20 June 1811 to 15 March 1827; col. of 75
Foot 16 Sep. 1845 and of 16 Foot 22 March 1858 to death; general
20 June 1854. _d._ 4 York terrace, Regent’s Park, London 12 Feb.
1863.

BERKLY, JAMES JOHN. _b._ Holloway near London 21 Oct. 1819; pupil of
Robert Stephenson 1839; chief resident engineer of Great Indian
Peninsula railway 1850–58; first 20 miles of the line from Bombay
to Tanna were opened 16 April 1853 thus initiating the Indian
railway system; comr. of Bombay municipal board 1857; member of
senate of Bombay Univ. 1858; M.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1855, Telford
medallist 1860. _d._ Sydenham, Kent 25 Aug. 1862. _Min. of Proc.
of Instit. of C.E. xxii_, 618–24 (1863).

BERNAL, RALPH (_only son of Jacob Bernal of 7 Fitzroy square, London
who d. 10 Nov. 1811_). ed. at Christ’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1806, M.A.
1809; student L.I. 13 June 1804, barrister 8 Feb. 1810; M.P. for
Lincoln 1818–20, for Rochester 1820–41 and 1847–52 and for
Weymouth 1841–47; spent sum of £66,000 in election contests;
chairman of committees of House of Commons 1830–50; pres. of
British Archæological association 1853 to death; made a splendid
collection of works of art from the Byzantine period to that of
Louis Seize and of furniture and plate which was sold for £63,000
in a 32 day sale 1855. _d._ 93 Eaton sq. London 26 Aug. 1854.
_Annual Register_ (1855) 41–44; _G.M. xlii_, 628 (1854).

BERNAL OSBORNE, Ralph (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 26 March
1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; matric. from Trin. coll. Cam. Oct.
1829; ensign 71 Foot 8 June 1830; captain 7 Foot 27 July 1838 to
1841 when he sold out; M.P. for Chipping Wycombe 1841–47, for
Middlesex 1847–57, for Dover 1857–59, for Liskeard 1859–65, for
Nottingham 1866–68 and for Waterford city 1870–74; took surname of
Osborne in lieu of Bernal 19 Aug. 1844 but always known as R.
Bernal Osborne; presided at banquet given to Lord Palmerston at
Reform club 20 July 1850; secretary of the Admiralty Dec. 1852 to
Feb. 1858; author of 2 poems called _The chaunt of Achilles_ 1838
and _A voice from Palace yard_. _d._ Bestwood lodge near
Nottingham 4 Jany. 1882. _Bagenal’s Life of R. Bernal Osborne
privately printed_ 1884; _Temple Bar, lxxii_, 34–49 (1884);
_Fortnightly Review xxxvi_, 535–44 (1884); _I.L.N. xiv_, 397
(1849), _portrait, lxxx_, 61 (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 45
(1882), _portrait_.

BERNARD, HERMANN. _b._ Uman or Human Poland 1785; a banker; went to
England 1825; Hebrew teacher in Univ. of Cambridge 1830 to death;
author of _The creed and ethics of the Jews_ 1832; edited _Guide
of the Hebrew student_ 1839; author with Rev. P. H. Mason of _An
easy practical Hebrew grammar_; in the title pages of all his
works the name of Hedwig being that of a departed sister whom he
wished to commemorate is joined to his own. _d._ Cambridge 15 Nov.
1857. _The book of Job as expounded to his Cambridge pupils by the
late H. H. Bernard edited by Frank Chance vol. i_, (1864)
_lxxvii-ciii_, (1864), _portrait_.

BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (_3 son of Charles Bernard of Eden, Jamaica_).
_b._ Tibberton Court, Gloucs. 28 Jany. 1820; ed. at Sherborne and
Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1842, B.C.L. 1845, D.C.L. 1871; Vinerian
scholar and fellow of his college; barrister L.I. 1 May 1846;
Chichele professor of international law and diplomacy in Univ. of
Oxford 1859 to 9 May 1874; assessor of the Chancellor’s Court,
Oxford 1859 to Nov. 1871; sec. to royal commission on Cattle
plague 1866; member of royal commissions on Naturalisation 1868,
Fugitive slaves 1876 and Univ. of Ox. 1877; fellow of All Souls
coll. Ox. 1870; curator of Taylor institution at Ox. 9 Feb. 1871;
one of high comrs. for treating with the United States of America
16 Feb. 1871, signed treaty of Washington 8 May 1871; P.C. 29 June
1871, member of its Judicial committee 24 Nov. 1871; an original
member of the Institut de droit international 1873, pres. at the
Oxford meeting 1880; one of founders of _Guardian_ newspaper 1846,
wrote the weekly summary of events in it for some years. _d._
Overross, Ross, Herefordshire 2 Sep. 1882.

BERNARD, THOMAS. _b._ Sep. 1816; sheriff of King’s county 1837 and
lord lieutenant 5 Dec. 1867 to death; colonel of King’s county
militia 23 March 1871 to death. _d._ Castle Bernard, Kinnetty,
King’s county 13 Dec. 1882.

BERNARD, SIR THOMAS TYRINGHAM, 6 Baronet. _b._ Bolton st. Piccadilly
London 15 Sep. 1791; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; sheriff of
Bucks. 1816; M.P. for Aylesbury 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865;
succeeded 22 Jany. 1876. _d._ Cadogan lodge, Carlyle sq. London 8
May 1883. _I.L.N. lxxxii_, 525 (1883), _portrait_.

BERNARD, WILLIAM BAYLE (_son of John Bernard, English comedian
1756–1828_). _b._ Pleasant st. Boston U.S. 27 Nov. 1809; came to
England 1820; clerk in Army accounts office 1826–30 when office
was abolished; wrote much dramatic and other criticism for the
press; author of _The freebooter’s bride 5 vols._ 1828; _Life of
Samuel Lover 2 vols._ 1874 and of 114 plays, best known being _Rip
Van Winkle_ 1832; _The nervous man_ 1833; _The man about town_
1836; _Marie Ducange_ 1837; _His last legs_ 1839; _The boarding
school_ 1841; _The round of wrong_ 1846. _d._ Brighton 5 Aug.
1875. _The Era Almanac_ (1868) 17–18.

BERNARD, WILLIAM SMYTH (_4 son of 1 Earl of Bandon 1755–1830_). _b._
Castle Bernard, King’s County 14 Nov. 1792; sheriff of Cork 1820;
M.P. for Bandon 15 Dec. 1832 to death. _d._ Queenstown 6 Feb.
1863.

BERNAYS, ADOLPHUS. Professor of German language and literature at
King’s College London 1831–63; F.R.G.S. 1858; author of _German
poetry for beginners_ 1836; _German poetical anthology_ 1843;
_German historical anthology_ 1846 and 6 other school books. _d._
The rectory, Great Stanmore 22 Dec. 1864.

BERNAYS, REV. LEOPOLD JOHN (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 28
Dec. 1820; ed. at Merchant Taylors and St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A.
1843, M.A. 1846, fellow of his college; head master of Elstree
school 1847–60; R. of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 1860 to death;
author of _Translation of Goethe’s Faust, part 2 and other poems_
1839; _Manual of family prayers and meditations_ 1845; _The church
in the schoolroom_, 1851. _d._ The rectory, Great Stanmore 25 Oct.
1882.

BERNCASTLE, JULIUS. Educ. at Univ. of Paris and Guy’s hospital
London; assistant colonial surgeon Van Diemen’s Land 1841–42;
surgeon at Croydon, Surrey 1842–48; surgeon to Croydon union and
infirmary 1842–48 when presented by medical profession with a
purse of gold; practised in London 1851–54; an oculist and aurist
at Sydney 1854 and at Melbourne 1867 to death; author of _A voyage
to China 2 vols._ 1850; _The revolt of the Bengal Sepoys_ 1857;
_The defenceless state of Sydney_ 1865; _Australian snake bites;
The use and abuse of tobacco_ [_Two lectures_] 1868. _d._ Greville
place, Prahran, Victoria 30 June 1870 in 51 year.

BERNERS, REV. HENRY WILSON, 5 Baron. _b._ 1 Oct. 1762; R. of
Alexton, Leics. 1814 to death; R. of Kirby-Cane, Norfolk 1820 to
1845; succeeded 25 March 1838. _d._ Kirby-Cane 26 Feb. 1851.

BERNERS, HENRY WILLIAM WILSON, 6 Baron. _b._ Kirby-Cane hall,
Norfolk 23 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Em. coll. Cam.; built
Keythorpe hall, co. Leicester 1842; succeeded 26 Feb. 1851; pres.
of Royal agricultural society 1859 and of Smithfield club 1860 and
1861; a successful breeder of sheep and shorthorns; a great hawker
and hunter. _d._ Keythorpe hall 27 June 1871. _Illust. news of the
world ii_, (1858), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxviii_, 74 (1858),
_portrait_.

BERNERS, VENERABLE HENRY DENNY (_2 son of Charles Berners of
Woolverstone park, Suffolk 1740–1815_). _b._ 18 Sep. 1769; ed. at
St. Mary hall Ox., B.C.L. 1794; R. of Erwarton, Suffolk 1801–35;
archdeacon of Suffolk 27 Feb. 1819 to 12 Jany. 1846. _d._
Woolverstone park, 24 Jany. 1852.

BERNEY, SIR HANSON, 8 Baronet. _b._ Kirby-Bedon, Norfolk 3 Dec.
1780; succeeded 4 Oct. 1825. _d._ 7 Sep. 1870.

BERNSTORFF, ALBRECHT GRAF VON, BARON. _b._ Dreilükow, Mecklenburg 22
March 1809; Prussian minister in London 1 May 1854; minister for
foreign affairs at Berlin July 1861 to Oct. 1862; Prussian
ambassador in London Oct. 1862; ambassador of North German
confederation Feb. 1867 and of German empire 24 Feb. 1871 to
death. _d._ 9 Carlton house terrace, London 26 March 1873.
_Illust. news of the world i_, 10 (1858), _portrait_.

BERRI, AMY D’ARTOIS, Duchesse de (_dau. of Rev. Joseph Brown of
Maidstone, Kent who d. 8 April 1824 aged 77 by Mary Anne Deacon
who d. 10 March 1806 aged 59_). _b._ Maidstone 8 April 1783 _m._
at the Catholic church King st. Portman sq. London 1806, Charles
Ferdinand d’Artois Duc de Berri son of Comte d’Artois afterwards
Charles x, he was _b._ 24 Jany. 1778 and was assassinated by
Louvel on the steps of the Opera house Paris 13 Feb. 1820, the
marriage was annulled by Louis xviii in 1815. _d._ Château de la
Contrie, commune de Couffé, Loire-Inférieure France 7 May 1876.
_Les secrets des Bourbons par C. Nauroy_ (1882) 5–62; _Bingham’s
Marriages of the Bonapartes ii_, 198–200 (1881).

BERRIDGE, JAMES SAMUEL. _b._ 1806; Educ. at the Charter House and
Trin. hall Cam.; pres. of legislative council St. Christopher
1846, puisne judge Court of Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas 1847,
chairman of Board of Health 1860, postmaster 1860, pres. of
legislative assembly 1870; pres. of St. Christopher April 1872 to
death; member of executive council of Leeward Islands 1872. _d._
Limekiln, St. Kitts 5 Nov. 1885.

BERRY, JAMES MIDDLETON. Librarian to the Queen 1839 to death. _d._
Manchester 25 Oct. 1875 aged 72.

BERRY, AGNES (_younger dau. of Robert Berry of London, merchant who
d. 18 May 1817_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 29 May 1764;
travelled on the Continent with her sister Mary 1783–85 and 1802.
_d._ 8 Curzon st. London 29 Jany. 1852. _Extracts from the
Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady T. Lewis_, 2 _ed. vol._ 1
(1866), _portrait_.

BERRY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Fifeshire 30 Nov. 1781; member of legislative
council of New South Wales 1829; member of the upper house
1856–61. _d._ Sydney 17 Sep. 1873.

BERRY, REV. CHARLES (_3 son of Rev. John Berry, Independent minister
at Romsey, Hants who d. about 1821_). _b._ Romsey 10 Nov. 1783;
ed. at Homerton college; Unitarian minister of the Great meeting
Leicester 1803–59; kept a school at Leicester 1808–38, had many
distinguished pupils; one of founders of Leicester literary and
philosophical society and of Leicester town museum; author of _The
duty of national thanksgiving_ 1812; _Funeral sermon for Queen
Caroline_ 1821; _Remarks on Popery_ 1851. _d._ Olive Mount,
Wavertree, Liverpool 4 May 1877. _Remembrance of Rev. C. Berry by
J. C._ (_James Clephan_) 1877.

BERRY, REV. CORNELIUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Romsey 23
July 1788; ed. at Homerton college; Independent minister at Ware,
Herts 1 Oct. 1809 to 30 Sep. 1810, at Hatfield Heath, Essex 31
March 1811 to death; ordained 9 Oct. 1811. _d._ 5 Mathon place,
Richmond road, Barnsbury, London 8 Sep. 1864. _Biographical sketch
of the Rev. C. Berry by John Hayden_ 1865.

BERRY, MARY (_sister of Agnes Berry_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 16
March 1763; travelled on the Continent 1783–85 and 1802; became
acquainted with Horace Walpole 1788 who left her at his death 2
March 1797 sum of £4000 and house called Little Strawberry Hill;
engaged to General O’Hara 1796; edited _The works of Horace
Walpole 5 vols._ 1798 on which her father’s name appears as
editor; author of _Fashionable Friends_, a comedy in 5 acts
produced at Drury Lane theatre 22 April 1802; _A comparative view
of the social condition of England and France_ 1828; _Social life
in England and France from the French revolution in 1789 to that
of July 1830_ [_anon._] 1831. _d._ 8 Curzon st. London at midnight
20 Nov. 1852. _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches, 4 ed._ (1876)
293–98; _Extracts from the Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady
T. Lewis, 2 ed. 3 vols._ 1866, 3 _portraits_; _I.L.N. xxi_, 517
(1852), _portrait_.

BERRY, WILLIAM. Writing clerk to Registrar of College of arms
1793–1809; lived in Guernsey some years then at Doddington place,
Kennington, Surrey; author of _Introduction to heraldry_ 1810;
_History of the island of Guernsey_ 1815; _Genealogica antiqua or
mythological and classical fables_ 1816; _Encyclopædia heraldica 4
vols._ 1828; _Pedigrees of the families in the County of Kent_
1830, _Sussex_ 1830, _Hampshire_ 1833, _Berkshire, Buckinghamshire
and Surrey_ 1837, _Essex_ 1839, _Hertfordshire_ 1842, the 3 last
of these books were produced by means of lithography. _d._ Spencer
place, Brixton 2 July 1851 in 77 year. _G.M. xcix_; _pt._ 2,
99–101 (1829), _c, pt._ 2, 409–16 (1830), _xxxviii_, 101 (1852).

BERTINI, HENRI JÉRÔME. _b._ London 28 Oct. 1798; celebrated pianist,
excelled in phrasing and execution; gave concerts in the
Netherlands 1811; made a professional tour through England and
Scotland; settled in Paris 1821, retired about 1855; composed
nearly 200 pieces of music. _d._ Meylan near Grenoble 1 Oct. 1876.

BERWICK, RICHARD NOEL NOEL HILL, 5 Baron. _b._ Betton, Shropshire 21
Nov. 1800; succeeded 28 Sep. 1848. _d._ Cronkhill near Shrewsbury
12 April 1861.

BERWICK, WILLIAM NOEL NOEL HILL, 6 Baron. _b._ 6 July 1802; ensign 3
Foot 13 Nov. 1817; major 69 Foot 4 Dec. 1835 to 30 Oct. 1840 when
placed on h.p.; colonel 20 June 1854; succeeded 12 April 1861.
_d._ Attingham hall near Shrewsbury 24 Nov. 1882.

BERWICK, EDWARD. Called to Irish bar 1832; pres. of Queen’s college
Galway 1845 to death. _d._ Queen’s college, Galway 7 March 1877.

BERWICK, WALTER (_son of Rev. Edward Berwick, R. of Esker Lucan, co.
Dublin_). Called to Irish bar 1826; chairman of quarter sessions
for Waterford 1835–47, for east riding of co. Cork 1847–59; Q.C. 6
Feb. 1840, bencher of King’s Inns 1856; serjeant at law 1855;
judge of Irish Bankruptcy court 1859 to death; burned alive in the
train at Abergele, Denbighshire 20 Aug. 1868 the most terrible
railway accident that ever happened in this country. The Berwick
Art Club was established in Dublin to perpetuate his memory Oct.
1868. _Irish law times ii_, 477 (1868); _I.L.N. liii_, 205, 234
(1868).

BESEMERES, JOHN (_eld. son of Mr. Besemeres of City of London_).
Merchant at Calcutta; author of following plays, all written under
pseudonym of John Daly, _Broken Toys_, produced at Sadlers Wells
1850; _Young husbands_ comedy, at same house Aug. 1852; _The
Times_ drama, at Olympic July 1853; _Old Salt_ drama, at Strand 12
Jany. 1868; _Dotheboys Hall_ drama, at Court 26 Dec. 1871;
_Marriage lines_ drama, at Court 17 March 1873 and _Forget and
Forgive_ comedy, at Charing Cross 5 Jany. 1874. _d._ Islington
infirmary London 19 Nov. 1879 aged 57.

BESLEY, ROBERT. _b._ Exeter 14 Oct. 1794; member of firm of Messrs.
Thorogood of city of London, type founders 1829; member for
Aldersgate ward of Court of common council 1852, alderman of the
ward 1861 to death; sheriff 1864–65, lord mayor 1869–70. _d._
Victoria road, Wimbledon park 18 Dec. 1876. _I.L.N. lv_, 461
(1869), _portrait_.

BESLY, REV. JOHN. Ed. at Balliol coll. Ox., fellow 1823, B.A. 1821,
M.A. 1826, D.C.L. 1835; tutor in Rugby school 1823–28; sub
librarian Bodleian library 1828–31; V. of Long Benton near
Newcastle 1830 to death; R. of Aston-sub-edge, Gloucs. 1831 to
death; proctor in Convocation of York 1836–45 and 1855–64; author
of _A translation of Aristotle’s Rhetoric with analysis by Hobbes_
1833; _Desultory notices of the church and vicarage of Long
Benton_ 1843 and of Sermons. _d._ Long Benton 17 April 1868 aged
68.

BESSBOROUGH, JOHN GEORGE BRABAZON PONSONBY, 5 Earl of (_eld. son of
John Wm. Ponsonby, 4 Earl of Bessborough 1781–1847_). _b._ London
4 Oct. 1809; ed. at the Charterhouse; attaché to embassy at St.
Petersburgh 3 July 1832; M.P. for Bletchingley 5 May 1831 to July
1831, for Higham Ferrers 6 Oct. 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832 and for Derby
8 Jany. 1835 to 16 May 1847 when he succeeded; lord lieutenant of
co. Carlow 5 Sep. 1838 to death; master of the buckhounds 16 May
1848 to Feb. 1852, 30 Dec. 1852 to 26 Feb. 1858 and 18 June 1859
to 20 Jany. 1866; P.C. 30 June 1848; lord steward of the household
20 Jany. 1866 to July 1866 and 9 Dec. 1868 to 2 March 1874. _d._
Bessborough house near Piltown, co. Kilkenny 28 Jany. 1880.
_Baily’s Mag. vi_, 163–64 (1863), _portrait_.

BESSONET, JAMES. Called to Irish bar 1807; K.C. 13 July 1830;
chairman of sessions for county Waterford. _d._ 21 Lower Leeson
st. Dublin 3 Oct. 1859 aged 76.

BEST, SAMUEL. Second lieut. Madras Engineers 16 Dec. 1825; captain 9
May 1842 to death; planned fortifications of Singapore;
superintendent of roads in Madras, Presidency 1845 to death; his
principal works are the Southern Trunk road and the Goolcheroo
pass; contributed many papers to _Madras Literary transactions_
and _Madras Engineering papers_. _d._ of jungle fever at Chittoor
5 Oct. 1851.

BEST, REV. SAMUEL (_3 son of 1 Baron Wynford 1767–1845_). _b._ 2
Dec. 1802; ed. at King’s college Cam., fellow, B.A. 1826, M.A.
1830; R. of Abbots-Anne, Andover 1831 to death; rural dean of
Andover; author of _Parochial sermons_ 1836; _Manual of parochial
institutions_ 1849; _Catechism on collects_ 1850; _Discourses on
collects, epistles and gospels_ 1853. _d._ The rectory,
Abbots-Anne 20 Jany. 1873.

BEST, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 12 Aug. 1799;
entered navy 3 Nov. 1812; captain 22 July 1830; V.A. on h.p. 10
Nov. 1862. _d._ 19 Hyde park sq. London 4 Sep. 1864.

BEST, WILLIAM MAWDESLEY (_eld. son of Thomas Best, captain 26 Foot
who d. 8 Oct. 1813_). _b._ 24 Dec. 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub.,
B.A. 1831, LL.B. 1832, M.A. 1834; barrister G.I. 11 June 1834,
bencher 16 Jany. 1867; author of _Right to begin and right to
reply in law courts_ 1837; _Treatise on circumstantial proof in
criminal cases_ 1844; _Principles of the law of evidence_ 1849, _7
ed._ 1883. _d._ 17 Nov. 1869.

BESTOW, WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Bestow of 124 Wood st. Cheapside,
London, web manufacturer_). _b._ 14 Feb. 1789; partly founded
several papers; founded _Theatrical Journal, a weekly record of
the English drama_ 1840, edited it to Nov. 1872, 33 vols., it
ceased 16 April 1873; wrote several political pamphlets. _d._ 20
Frederick st. King’s Cross, London 30 April 1873.

BETHAM, MARY MATILDA (_eld. dau. of Rev. Wm. Betham 1749–1839,
master of endowed school at Stonham Aspal, Suffolk 1784–1833_).
_b._ 1776 or 1777; gave Shakespearian readings in London about
1803; author of _Elegies_ 1797; _Biographical dictionary of
celebrated women_ 1804; _Poems_ 1808; _The lay of Marie, a poem_
1816. _d._ 36 Burton st. Burton crescent, London 30 Sep. 1852 aged
76. _Six life studies of famous women by M. Betham-Edwards_ (1880)
231–303, _portrait_; _Fraser’s Mag. July 1878_, 73–84.

BETHAM, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Stradbroke,
Suffolk 22 May 1779; clerk to Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster
king of arms 1805; genealogist attendant on order of St. Patrick
15 July 1812; knighted by Lord lieutenant of Ireland 15 July 1812;
Ulster king of arms 1820; keeper of parliamentary records of
Ireland 1830; F.S.A. 6 May 1824; M.R.I.A. 22 Jany. 1827, foreign
sec. to March 1840; author of _Irish antiquarian researches_ 1827;
_Dignities feudal and parliamentary_ 1830, reissued as _The origin
and history of the constitution of England_ 1834; _Etruria Celtica
2 vols._ 1832; _The Gael and Cimbri_ 1834; made an index of 40
folio volumes to the names of all persons mentioned in the wills
at the Prerogative office in Dublin; his manuscripts were sold at
Sotheby’s in London 1860. _d._ Rochford house, Blackrock near
Dublin 26 Oct. 1853. _G.M. xl_, 632–35 (1853), _xlii_, 145 (1854).

BETHELL, RIGHT REV. CHRISTOPHER (_2 son of Rev. Richard Bethell, R
of St. Peter’s, Wallingford who d. 12 Jany. 1806_). _b._
Isleworth, Surrey 21 April 1773; ed. at Eton and King’s coll.
Cam., B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799, D.D. 1817, fellow of his college; R.
of Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire 1808–30; dean of Chichester 5 April 1814
to March 1824; bishop of Gloucester 24 March 1824, consecrated 11
April 1824; bishop of Exeter 8 April 1830; preb. of Exeter 22 June
1830; bishop of Bangor 28 Oct. 1830 to death; author of _A general
view of the doctrine of regeneration in baptism_ 1821, _4 ed._
1845. _d._ The palace, Bangor 19 April 1859. _bur._ Llandegai
church yard 27 April.

BETHELL, REV. GEORGE. Educ. at Eton; assistant at Eton 1802; fellow
of Eton 21 Sep. 1818 to death; R. of Worplesdon, Surrey 1833 to
death. _d._ Eton college 16 March 1857 aged 78.

BETHELL, JOHN (_son of Richard Bethell M.D. of Bristol_). _b._ 1804;
solicitor in London 1825–54; patented a complete system of diving
apparatus 1835; patented a process for preserving timber from
decay by impregnating it with creosote oil 11 July 1838, this
invention has been adopted on a large scale, in marine works it is
almost indispensable, the idea was taken from the embalming of
mummies; patented many other inventions; carried on a distillery
of beetroot spirit in Berkshire; A.I.C.E. 20 March 1838. _d._
Cleveland sq. Hyde Park London 22 Feb. 1867. _Minutes of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. xxvii_, 597–99 (1868).

BETHELL, RICHARD. _b._ 10 May 1772; ed. at King’s coll. Cam., B.A.
1795, fellow of his college; owner of large estates in Yorkshire
1799; M.P. for Yorkshire 5 Aug. 1830 to 23 April 1831, and for the
East Riding 18 Dec. 1832 to 23 June 1841; chairman of East Riding
quarter sessions many years; author of 2 Latin poems in second
series of _Musæ Etonenses 2 vols._ 1797. _d._ Rise near Hull 25
Dec. 1864.

BETHUNE, CHARLES RAMSAY DRINKWATER (_2 son of John Drinkwater of
Thorncroft, Surrey, C.B., F.S.A. 1762–1844_). _b._ 27 Dec. 1802;
entered navy 2 Aug. 1815; captain 22 July 1830; served in Chinese
war 1840–41; V.A. 10 Nov. 1862, admiral 2 April 1866; retired 1
April 1870; assumed additional name of Bethune 1837; C.B. 29 June
1841, F.R.G.S. 1842. _d._ 4, Queensbury place South Kensington 21
Feb. 1884. _M. F. Conolly’s Biog. dict. of eminent men of Fife_
(1866) 56.

BETHUNE, SIR HENRY LINDESAY (_eld. child of Martin Eccles Lindesay
Bethune, commissary general in Scotland who d. 1813_). _b._ Hilton
near Perth 12 April 1787; lieut. Madras Horse artillery 18 July
1804; captain 3 Sep. 1813 to 1 Sep. 1822 when he retired; drilled
and disciplined the Persian army 1811–21, his lofty stature, 6
feet 7 inches, and great personal strength gained for him in
Persia the epithet of “Rustum” the Hercules of ancient Persian
story; knighted at St. James’s Palace 20 July 1832; sent to Persia
as British agent 1834; commanded advanced guard of the Shah’s army
1834–35; returned home Sep. 1835; created baronet 7 March 1836.
_d._ Tabreez, Persia 19 Feb. 1851. _M. F. Conolly’s Biog. dict. of
eminent men of Fife_ (1866) 57.

BETHUNE, JOHN ELLIOT DRINKWATER (_brother of C. R. D. Bethune_). Ed.
at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1823; barrister M.T. 4 May 1827; one of
municipal corporation comrs.; counsel to the Home Office 1833–47;
drew the Municipal reform, Tithe commutation and County courts
bills; legislative member of Supreme council of India 11 April
1848 to death; pres. of council of education at Calcutta 1848;
established a school for native females of the higher classes at
Calcutta which he endowed by his will with property in Calcutta.
_d._ Calcutta 12 Aug. 1851 aged 50. _G.M. xxxvii_, 94–96, 434
(1852).

BETTINGTON, CLAUDE (_2 son of Albemarle Bettington of Halsey house,
Cheltenham_). Commanded Bettington’s Horse in Zulu war 1879–80;
C.M.G. 30 Oct. 1880. _d._ Elmina, Gold Coast 29 Dec. 1880.

BETTRIDGE, REV. WILLIAM CRADDOCK. _b._ 30 Aug. 1791; ensign 81 Foot
7 April 1813; lieutenant 31 Aug. 1815 to 25 Feb. 1816 when placed
on h.p.; town major of Brussels 1815; entered Univ. of Jena Saxony
1818; walked from Jena to Naples; entered Neapolitan army 1822;
aide-de-camp to Sir Richard Church 1822; accorded by Government a
continuance for life of his half pay by a special mandamus;
studied at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.D. 1837; ordained deacon 1824;
C. of Elvington near York 1824; C. of Ecclesfield 1828; Inc. of
St. Paul’s, Southampton 1828–34; R. of Woodstock, Ontario, Upper
Canada 1834 to death; obtained a grant of 400 acres of land for
each of the 57 rectories of Upper Canada; canon of Huron; declined
bishopric of Huron 1857; author of _A brief history of the church
in Upper Canada_ 1838. _d._ Woodstock 21 Nov. 1879.

BETTS, EDWARD LADD (_eld. son of Wm. Betts of Sandown, Kent_). _b._
Buckland near Dover 5 June 1815; constructed Midland railway from
Rugby to Leicester and many other lines; partner with Sir S. M.
Peto; constructed the line from Balaclava to English camp before
Sebastopol; constructed with Brassey the grand trunk railway of
Canada including Victoria tubular bridge, and with Crampton the
London, Chatham and Dover railway; chairman of Eastern counties
railway co. 1851 and 1852; sheriff of Kent 1858; contested
Maidstone 1865; A.I.C.E. 26 June 1849. _d._ Assouan, Upper Egypt
21 Jany. 1872. _bur._ at Aylesford, Kent. _Minutes of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. xxxvi_, 285–88 (1873); _I.L.N. lx_, 187, 207, 611
(1872)

BETTY, WILLIAM HENRY WEST (_only child of William Henry Betty, M.D.
of Lisburn, Ireland who d. 1811_). _b._ Shrewsbury 13 Sep. 1791;
made his début at Belfast theatre 16 Aug. 1803 as Osman in tragedy
of _Zara_, and at Crow st. theatre Dublin 29 Nov. 1803 as Douglas;
engaged at Covent Garden for 12 nights at £50 per night and a
clear benefit, and at Drury Lane on intervening nights on same
terms 1 Dec. 1804, after 3 nights his salary was raised to £100
per night; known as the young Roscius; fellow commoner of Christ’s
college, Cambridge July 1808 to 1811; returned to the stage 1812
when he failed to draw; made his last appearance in London June
1813; took his farewell benefit at Southampton 9 Aug, 1824. _d._
37, Ampthill sq. London 24 Aug. 1874. _Roscius in London
Biographical Memoirs of W. H. W. Betty_ 1805, _portrait_;
_Tinsley’s Mag. xv_, 415–23 (1874); _Temple Bar xlii_, 346–61
(1874); _Theatrical Inquisitor xii_, 227 (1818), _portrait_;
_Graphic x_, 227 (1874), _portrait_; _The dawn of the 19th century
in England by J. Ashton ii_, 118–29 (1886), _portrait_.

BEVAN, CHARLES DACRES (_son of Charles Bevan, Lieut. col. 4 Foot who
d. 12 July 1811_). _b._ 7 Nov. 1805; ed. at Charterhouse and Ball.
coll. Ox., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1829; barrister M.T. 21 May 1830;
recorder of Dartmouth 1845–55, of Truro 1848–49, of Falmouth
1850–56, of Helston 1850–56 and of Penzance Dec. 1855 to Jany.
1857; judge of county courts for Cornwall (circuit 59) 22 Jany.
1857 to death. _d._ near Fowey, Cornwall 24 June 1872.

BEVAN, EDWARD. _b._ London 8 July 1770; apprenticed to a surgeon at
Hereford; studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; M.D. St. Andrews
1818; physician at Mortlake 5 years, at Stoke-upon-Trent, at
Congleton 12 years and at Mortlake again 2 years; lived at
Bridstow near Ross, then at Hereford 1849 to death; one of
founders of Entomological Society 1833; author of _The Honey-Bee,
its natural history, physiology and management_ 1827, _3 ed._
1870, which was the best book on the subject; _Hints on the
history and management of the Honey-Bee_ 1851. _d._ Hereford 31
Jany. 1860. _The Naturalist, ed. by Neville Wood iv_, 142–46
(1838), _portrait_.

BEVAN, HANNAH MARISHALL (_dau. of Wm. Bevan of London, tea
merchant_). _b._ London 1 Feb. 1798; joined the Newgate prison
committee; worked with Elizabeth Fry and others; a minister of
Society of Friends 1828. (_m._ 1827 Thomas Bevan, M.D. who _d._
1847 aged 43). _d._ Penge 8 Nov. 1874. _Annual Monitor for 1876
pp._ 3–19.

BEVAN, PHILIP. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., M.A. and M.B. 1843, M.D.
1845; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1837; lecturer on anatomy Dublin School of
medicine; surgeon to Mercers hospital to about 1870; M.R.I.A. 13
April 1846; professor of practical anatomy Royal college of
surgeons to death. _d._ 33 Pembroke road, Dublin 6 Dec. 1881.

BEVAN, VENERABLE THOMAS. Ed. at Jesus coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A.
1828; V. of St. Peter’s, Carmarthen 1833 to death; archdeacon of
St. David’s 11 June 1833 to death; preb. of Brecon 1853 to death.
_d._ 28 Dec. 1863 aged 63.

BEVERIDGE, THOMAS. _b._ Dunfermline 7 Oct. 1775; deputy clerk in the
court of session, Edinburgh; author of _A practical treatise on
the forms of process containing the new regulation before the
Court of Session ... 2 vols._ 1826; _A guide to the judicial
records of the court of session_ 1852. _d._ near Edinburgh 27 May
1858.

BEVERLEY, CHARLES JAMES. _b._ Fort Augustus, Scotland Aug. 1788;
assistant surgeon R.N. 1810; served in Sir Edward Parry’s first
Arctic expedition 1819–20; went with him to Spitzbergen as surgeon
and naturalist 1827; practised in London; F.R.S. 5 May 1831. _d._
Derman Terrace, Great Yarmouth 16 Sep. 1868.

BEVERLEY, EDWARD, stage name of Edward Dickenson. _b._ Beverley,
Yorkshire; a chorister in choir of York minster; sang at Weston’s
music hall London; principal tenor of Madame Bodda-Pyne’s opera
company, and of John Russell’s opera bouffe company; played at
Gaiety and Opera Comique theatres London; in the United States,
leading tenor at St. Mark’s church New York May 1880 to death.
_d._ Flushing, Long island, New York Aug. 1880.

BEVERLEY, HENRY, stage name of Henry Roxby. _b._ 1797; made his
début at West London theatre; chief low comedian at Adelphi
theatre Oct. 1838; lessee of Victoria theatre 16 Sep. 1839 to
1840; manager of Sunderland and other theatres in north of
England. _d._ 26, Russell sq. London 1 Feb. 1863.

BEWES, THOMAS. M.P. for Plymouth 11 Dec. 1832 to 23 June 1841. _d._
Beaumont, Plymouth 18 Nov. 1857 aged 79.

BEWICK, JANE (_eld. child of Thomas Bewick, painter in water colours
1753–1828_). _b._ 29 April 1797; edited _Memoir of Thomas Bewick
written by himself_ 1862. _d._ 19, West st. Gateshead 7 April
1881.

BEWICK, WILLIAM (_3 son of Wm. Bewick of Darlington, upholsterer_).
_b._ Darlington 20 Oct. 1795; pupil of B. R. Haydon in London
1817–20; _portrait_ painter at Darlington 1824; copied pictures in
Rome 1826–29; exhibited 4 pictures at the R.A., 8 at the B.I. and
9 at Suffolk st. exhibition 1822–48; competed for decorations of
Houses of Parliament 1843; a skilful copyist especially of
Rembrandt. _d._ Haughton house near Darlington 8 June 1866. _Life
and letters by T. Landseer 2 vols._ 1871, _portrait_.

BEXFIELD, WILLIAM RICHARD. _b._ Norwich 27 April 1824; chorister at
Norwich cathedral 1832–39; organist to parish church of Boston
1846; Mus. Bac. Ox. 1846; Mus. Doc. Cam. 1849; organist at St.
Helens, Bishopsgate, London Feb. 1848; composed oratorio of
_Israel restored_, performed by Norwich choral society Oct. 1851
and at Norwich musical festival 22 Sep. 1852. _d._ 12 Monmouth
road, Bayswater, London 28 Oct. 1853. _W. A. Barrett’s English
church composers_ (1882) 162–63.

BEXLEY, NICHOLAS VANSITTART, 1 Baron (_younger son of Henry
Vansittart 1732–70, governor of Bengal_). _b._ 29 April 1766; ed.
at Cheam, Surrey and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1787, M.A. 1791, D.C.L.
1841; barrister L.I. 26 May 1791, bencher 12 Nov. 1812; M.P. for
Hastings 1796–1802, for Old Sarum 1802–12 and for Harwich 1812–23;
joint sec. of the Treasury 1801–1804 and 1806–1808; lord of the
Treasury in Ireland 1804; P.C. 14 Jany. 1805; chief sec. for
Ireland 23 March 1805 to Sep. 1805; chancellor of the Exchequer 9
June 1812 to Jany. 1823; created Baron Bexley of Bexley, Kent 1
March 1823; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 31 Jany. 1823 to
Jany. 1828; author of many political and financial pamphlets
1793–1818. _d._ Footscray place, Kent 8 Feb. 1851. _W. C. Taylor’s
National portrait gallery i_, 91 (1846), _portrait_; _G.M. xxxv_,
431–32 (1851); _S. Walpole’s History of England, 2 ed. vols. 1 and
2_ (1879).

BEYER, CHARLES FREDERICK. _b._ Plauen, Saxony 14 May 1813; head of
the mechanical works of Messrs. Sharp, Roberts & Co. of
Manchester, engineers 1843–53; naturalised in England 5 Nov. 1852;
established with Richard Peacock locomotive works of Beyer,
Peacock & Co., Gorton foundry Manchester 1854; designed and
adapted many special tools for making locomotive engines; one of
founders of Institution of Mechanical engineers 1847; M.I.C.E. 7
March 1854; left a large bequest for foundation and endowment of
professorships of science at Owen’s college Manchester. _d._
Llantysilio hall, Denbighshire 2 June 1876. _Minutes of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. xlvii_, 290–97 (1877).

BIANCONI, CARLO (_2 son of Pietro Bianconi of Tregolo, Lombardy,
farmer who d. 1833_). _b._ Tregolo 24 Sep. 1786; went to Ireland
as a picture seller 1802; opened a carver and gilder’s shop at
Carrick-on-Suir 1806, removed to Waterford and then to Clonmel;
started a one-horse two-wheeled car for conveyance of passengers
from Clonmel to Cahir 6 July 1815; started cars all over Ireland
where they were known as “Bians”; in 1864 his passenger traffic
realised £27,700 and his mail contracts £12,000; gave up his shop
at Clonmel 1826 and his car business 1865; received letters of
Naturalisation from Irish Privy Council 31 Aug. 1831; mayor of
Clonmel 1844–46; purchased Longfield, Tipperary for £22,000 23
March 1846, where he lived 16 Sep. 1846 to death; D.L. for
Tipperary June 1863. (_m._ 14 Feb. 1827 Eliza, dau. of Patrick
Hayes of Dublin, stockbroker). _d._ Longfield 22 Sep. 1875.
_Charles Bianconi, a biography 1786–1875 by his daughter Mrs.
Morgan John O’Connell_ 1878, _portrait_; _Dublin univ. mag. lxxxv_
16–24 (1875), _portrait_.

BIBBY, THOMAS. _b._ Kilkenny 1799; ed. at Kilkenny gr. sch. and
Trin. coll. Dublin scholar 1814, B.A. 1816; one of the best Greek
scholars of his day; author of two dramatic poems, _Gerald of
Kildare_ 1854 and a sequel to it called _Silken Thomas_ 1859;
confined by his relations in a private lunatic asylum in Dublin
but released by his literary friends. _d._ St. Canice’s Steps,
Kilkenny 7 Jany. 1863.

BIBER, REV. GEORGE EDWARD. _b._ Ludwigsburg, Würtemberg 4 Sep. 1801;
ed. at Univs. of Tubingen and Gottingen; Ph. Doc. Tubingen 1839;
LLD. Gottingen 1839; settled in England 1826; head of a classical
school at Hampstead, afterwards at Coombe Wood; naturalised by
private act of parliament 2 and 3 Vict., cap. 51 June 1839;
ordained to curacy of Ham, Surrey July 1839; V. of Roehampton,
Surrey 1842–72; R. of West Allington Lincs. 1872 to death; edited
_John Bull_ weekly paper 1848–56; author of _Henry Pestalozzi and
his plan of education_ 1831; _The Standard of Catholicity_ 1840,
_2 ed._ 1844; _Vindication of the Church_ 1844; _The life of St.
Paul_ 1849; _Bishop Blomfield and his times_ 1857. _d._ West
Allington 19 Jany. 1874.

BICHENO, JAMES EBENEZER (_son of Rev. James Bicheno of Newbury,
Berks, baptist minister who d. 9 April 1831 aged 80_). _b._
Newbury 1785; F.L.S. 7 April 1812, secretary 1825–32; barrister
M.T. 17 May 1822; comr. to inquire into expediency of introducing
Poor Law into Ireland 1833–36; colonial sec. in Van Diemen’s Land
Sep. 1842 to death, arrived out there 10 April 1843; a founder of
Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land 1844; author of _An inquiry
into the nature of benevolence_ 1817; _Observations on the
philosophy of criminal jurisprudence_ 1819; _Ireland and its
economy_ 1830. _d._ Hobart Town 25 Feb. 1851. _Proc. of Linnæan
Soc. ii_, 180 (1855).

BICKERS, HENRY. _b._ near Leicester square, London; bookseller in
Noel st. Soho, in Leicester square 1833 to death; partner with H.
J. Bush 1847–63; published many standard works 1863 to death. _d._
83 Cumberland road, London 6 Aug. 1875 aged 69.

BICKERS, HENRY (_son of the preceding_). Head of firm of Bickers and
Son, publishers Leicester square, London 1875 to death. _d._
Dulwich 1 Dec. 1884 aged 49. His copyrights were sold at Hodgson’s
Chancery lane for £8,500 March 1885.

BICKERSTETH, ROBERT (_youngest son of Henry Bickersteth of Kirkby
Lonsdale, Westmoreland, surgeon_). _b._ Kirkby Lonsdale 1787;
M.R.C.S. 1806, F.R.C.S. 1843; practised at Liverpool 1807 to
death; surgeon to Liverpool infirmary 1810–50. _d._ 2 Rodney st.
Liverpool 17 April 1857. _Lancet i_, 441 (1857).

BICKERSTETH, RIGHT REV. ROBERT (_4 son of Rev. John Bickersteth, R.
of Sapcote. co. Leicester who d. 2 Sep. 1855 aged 74_). _b._
Acton, Suffolk 24 Aug. 1816; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1841,
M.A. 1848, D.D. 1857; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842; C. of
Sapcote 1841–43; C. of St. Giles’s Reading 1843–45; Inc. of St.
John’s church Clapham 1845–51; R. of St. Giles’s in the Fields,
London 1851–56; canon residentiary of Salisbury April 1854–56;
bishop of Ripon 30 Nov. 1856 to death, consecrated in Ripon
Minster 18 June 1857; pres. of Church Congress at Leeds 8 Oct.
1872; edited _The weekly visitor_ 1851; author of _Bible
landmarks_ 1850; _Means of grace_ 1851 and many charges and
sermons. _d._ the palace Ripon 15 April 1884. _bur._ in south end
of Cathedral churchyard 19 April. _Our bishops and deans by Rev.
F. Arnold ii_, 103–16 (1875); _Orthodox London by Rev. C. M.
Davies, 2 series_ (1875) 135–42, 394–95; _Illust. news of the
world iii_, (1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_, 43 (1857),
_portrait, lxxxiv_, 401 (1881), _portrait_; _Graphic xxix_, 400
(1884), _portrait_.

BICKERTON, THOMAS. Educ. at Andersonian Univ. of Glasgow; L.R.C.S.
Edin. 1851, L.S.A. 1851; house surgeon to Warrington dispensary;
surgeon to the Emigration service; practised at Liverpool 1854 to
death; surgeon to the Eye and Ear infirmary; consulting surgeon to
London and North Western railway company; a skilful operator in
ophthalmic surgery. _d._ Mount Pleasant, Liverpool 13 April 1872
aged 45. _British Medical journal i_, 459 (1872).

BICKMORE, REV. CHARLES. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1840, M.A.
1843; ad eund. Ox. 1853; Incorp. at Trin. coll. Ox. 1857, B.D. and
D.D. 1857; C. of Bebbington, Cheshire 1840–43; asst. Min. at
Temple Church Balsall, Warwick 1848–54; Min. of Christ Church
Leamington 1856–70; author of _A course of historical and
chronological instruction_; _A series of questions and answers on
Dr. Smith’s History of Greece_. _d._ Highlands, Leamington 12 May
1880 aged 73.

BICKNELL, ELHANAN (_son of Wm. Bicknell of London, serge
manufacturer who d. 21 Nov. 1825 aged 77_). _b._ Blackman st.
London 21 Dec. 1788; joined a firm at Newington Butts engaged in
the sperm whale fishery 1809 retired from business 1859; lived at
Herne hill, Surrey 1819 to death where he formed a splendid
collection of pictures by Gainsborough, Turner, Roberts and other
modern British painters, this collection was sold at Christie’s
25–29 April 1863 for sum of £74,380. _d._ Herne hill 27 Nov. 1861.
_Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 349–54 (1854).

BICKNELL, HENRY EDGEWORTH (_younger son of John Bicknell of
Lincoln’s Inn, barrister_). _b._ 1787; ed. at Greenwich; clerk to
the registrars of high court of Chancery June 1809; senior
registrar to 11 July 1859 when he retired on a superannuation
allowance of £2,250; served under 14 Lord Chancellors. _d._ 28
Upper Bedford place, Russell sq. London 20 Feb. 1879 in 92 year.

BICKNELL, HERMAN (_3 son of Elhanan Bicknell 1788–1861_). _b._ Herne
hill 2 April 1830; ed. at Paris, Hanover, Univ. coll. London and
St. Bartholomew’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1854; assistant surgeon of 81
Foot 16 May 1855 and of 84 Foot 15 Feb. 1861; served during Indian
mutiny; explored parts of Java, Thibet and the Himalayas; went to
Cairo 1862; joined the annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Mohammed
at Mecca May 1862, a dangerous exploit which no other Englishman
had achieved without disguise of person or nationality; climbed
nearly all the chief mountains in Switzerland; travelled over
nearly the whole globe; author of _Hafiz of Shiraz, selections
from his poems translated from the Persian by H. Bicknell_ 1875.
_d._ 48 Seymour st. Portman sq. London 14 March 1875. _bur._ at
Ramsgate. _H. Bicknell’s Hafiz of Shiraz_ (1875) _ix-xii_, 365–68.

BIDDER, GEORGE PARKER (_son of Mr. Bidder of Moreton Hampstead,
Devon, stonemason_). _b._ Moreton Hampstead 14 June 1806; was
exhibited about England as the ‘calculating phenomenon’; ed. at
Camberwell gr. sch. 1818–19 and Univ. of Edin. 1819–24; engaged on
the ordnance survey 1824–25; civil engineer in London 1825–77;
A.I.C.E. 1825, M.I.C.E. 1837, member of council 1847 to death,
vice pres. 1854, pres. 1860 and 1861; a founder of Electric
Telegraph company 1846; constructed Victoria docks. London 100
acres for less than £870,000 in 1853; engineer of Royal Danish
railway opened 1855; originator of railway swing bridge, the first
of which was erected at Reedham in Norfolk; lieut. col. commandant
of Engineer and railway volunteer staff corps 1865. _d._
Ravensbury, Dartmouth 20 Sep. 1878. _I.L.N. xxviii_, 267–68
(1856), _portrait_; _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xv_, 251–80
(1856), lvii, 294–309 (1879), his contributions to these
proceedings embrace the whole range of engineering and require no
less than 16 columns of the general indexes for citation.

BIDDER, SAMUEL PARKER. _b._ 10 Nov. 1843; assistant manager to
Victoria Docks graving company; took out 2 patents for apparatus
for breaking down coal, shale, stone and other minerals 1868; took
out a patent for safety lamps 1869, which have come into very
general use in South Wales; A.I.C.E. 1 Dec. 1868. _d._ Southsea 10
Jany. 1878.

BIDDLE, RICHARD JUNIUS (_3 son of Richard Biddle, of Wooton under
Edge, co. Gloucester_). _b._ 9 Nov. 1832; a marine artist;
exhibited 6 sea pieces at Suffolk st. exhibition, and Royal
Academy 1877–80. _d._ 30 Nov. 1882.

BIDDLECOMBE, SIR GEORGE (_son of Thomas Biddlecombe of Sheerness
dockyard, who d. 12 Sep. 1844_). _b._ Portsea 5 Nov. 1807; officer
in H.E.I. Co’s. navy 1825–28; second master R.N. May 1828; master
of 6 different ships 1836–50; master of the Baltic fleet on board
Duke of Wellington 14 March to 27 Dec. 1854; assistant master
attendant in Keyham yard, Devonport 26 Feb. 1855 to 5 Nov. 1864;
master attendant of Woolwich yard 5 Nov. 1864 to Jany. 1868; C.B.
13 March 1867; staff captain 1 July 1867; knighted at Windsor
Castle 26 June 1873; granted a Greenwich hospital pension 29 May
1874; author of _Art of rigging_ 1848; _Remarks on the English
Channel_ 1850, _6 ed._ 1863; _Naval tactics and trials of sailing_
1850; _Steam fleet tactics 5 Nov. 1857_. _d._ 68 Granville park,
Lewisham 22 July 1878. _Autobiography of Sir George Biddlecombe_
1878.

BIDDULPH, EDWARD. Second lieutenant Bengal artillery 1806; lieut.
col. 6 Dec. 1839 to 6 Oct. 1846; C.B. 22 May 1843. _d._ Fitzroy
terrace, Regent’s park, London 3 Dec. 1858 aged 70.

BIDDULPH, ROBERT. _b._ 1801; ed. at Harrow and Brasenose coll. Ox.;
M.P. for city of Hereford 12 Dec. 1832 to 17 July 1837; sheriff of
Hereford 1857. _d._ 31 Eaton place, London 28 Feb. 1864.

BIDDULPH, ROBERT MYDDELTON. _b._ Manchester sq. London 20 June 1805;
ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Denbigh 1830–32, for
Denbighshire 1832–34 and 1852–68; colonel of Denbigh militia 3
March 1840 to death; lord lieut. of Denbighshire 1841 to death;
aide-de-camp to the Queen 1869 to death, _d._ 35 Grosvenor place,
London 21 March 1872.

BIDDULPH, SAMUEL. _b._ Hyson Green near Nottingham 23 Dec. 1840; a
lace maker; professional cricketer; a good batsman and bowler and
a first-rate wicket keeper; employed by the Marylebone Club at
Lord’s cricket ground, London 1863 to death, _d._ Mornington st.
Nottingham 7 March 1876.

BIDDULPH, SIR THEOPHILUS, 6 Baronet. _b._ East Barnet, Herts 25
March 1785; succeeded 30 July 1841; sheriff of Warwickshire 1849.
_d._ Birdingbury hall, Rugby 15 July 1854.

BIDDULPH, SIR THEOPHILUS WILLIAM, 7 Baronet. _b._ Nursling, Hants 18
Jany. 1830; succeeded 15 July 1854. _d._ Mentone 1 March 1883.

BIDDULPH, SIR THOMAS MYDDELTON (_2 son of Robert Biddulph of
Ledbury, Herefordshire who assumed name of Myddelton and d.
1843_). _b._ 29 July 1809; ed. at Eton; cornet 1 Life Guards 7
Oct. 1826; captain 16 May 1834 to 31 Oct. 1851 when placed on
h.p.; Master of the Queen’s household 16 July 1851 to 3 March 1866
and 16 July 1878 to death; one of joint keepers of Queen’s privy
purse 3 March 1866, sole keeper 30 April 1867; receiver general of
Duchy of Cornwall 31 March 1866; general 1 Oct. 1877; K.C.B. 27
March 1863; P.C. 22 Dec. 1877. _d._ Abergeldie Mains near Balmoral
28 Sep. 1878. _bur._ churchyard of Clewer near Windsor 7 Oct.
_Queen Victoria’s More leaves from the journal of a life in the
Highlands_ (1884) 375–78; _Graphic xviii_, 392 (1878), _portrait_.

BIDWELL, JOHN. Superintendent of consular department in Foreign
Office 15 Jany. 1826 to 30 Sep. 1851 when he retired on pension.
_d._ Park place, St. James’s st. London 31 Oct. 1853 aged 70.

BIDWELL, JOHN CARNE (_eld. child of Joseph Bidwell of Exeter,
merchant_). _b._ Exeter 1815; a merchant at Sydney N.S.W. 1838;
made an exploring voyage to New Zealand 1839; comr. of crown lands
and chairman of bench of magistrates for district of Wide Bay
N.S.W.; discovered the Bunya Bunya tree (afterwards-named after
him Araucaria Bidwelli) and the Nymphæa gigantea; author of
_Rambles in New Zealand_ 1841. _d._ Tinana, Maryborough, Australia
March 1853.

BIGG, HENRY HEATHER (_son of Mr. Bigg of London, surgical instrument
maker_). _b._ Dean st. Southwark 23 July 1826; studied at St.
George’s hospital; a surgical instrument maker in London; made the
substitutes for lost limbs of our soldiers wounded in Crimean war;
A.I.C.E. 4 March 1862; author of _On artificial limbs_ 1855;
_Orthopraxy the mechanical treatment of deformities_ 1865, _3 ed._
1877; _The gentle treatment of spinal curvature_ 1875. _d._ 56
Wimpole st. Cavendish sq. London 30 April 1881. _Min. of Proc. of
Instit. of C.E. lxviii_, 317–20 (1882).

BIGG, JOHN STANYAN. _b._ Ulverston, Lancashire 14 July 1828; editor
of the _Ulverston Advertiser_ 1848 to about 1854 and 1860 to
death, and proprietor 1863 to death; editor of the _Downshire
Protestant_ about 1854–60; author of _The sea King, a metrical
romance in 6 cantos_ 1848; _Night and the Soul, a dramatic poem_
1854; _Alfred Staunton, a novel_ 1860; _Shifting scenes and other
poems_ 1862. _d._ 7 Hoad terrace, Ulverston 19 May 1865.
_Ulverston Advertiser 25 May 1865 p._ 4, _col._ 5.

BIGGAR, WILLIAM. Editor and proprietor of _The railway times_ weekly
paper. _d._ Thorpe banks, Willow vale, Shepherd’s Bush 27 Dec.
1872 in 64 year.

BIGGE, ARTHUR (_7 son of Charles Wm. Bigge of Linden,
Northumberland_). _b._ 18 May 1818; ed. at Rugby and Univ. coll.
Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; fellow of All Soul’s college, bursar
1848–58; barrister I.T. 7 June 1844; stipendiary magistrate for
Brighton (the first) 3 Feb. 1855 to 3 May 1884; started the plan
of presenting to the deserving aged poor of Brighton on St.
Thomas’s day annually sum of 10/- each. _d._ 23 Cambridge road
Hove, Brighton 28 Aug. 1885.

BIGGE, REV. JOHN FREDERIC. Educ. at Univ. coll. Durham, B.A. 1840,
M.A. 1843; V. of Ovingham 1841–47; V. of Stamfordham 1847 to
death; author of many articles in _Transactions of Tyneside
Naturalists field club_. _d._ Newcastle 28 Feb. 1885 in 71 year.

BIGGS, JAMES. _b._ Canterbury; bookseller at 18 Strand, London,
removed to 421 Strand; started 13 May 1843 _The Family Herald or
useful information and amusement for the million_ in weekly
numbers and monthly parts, this paper in a few years attained a
circulation of 260,000 copies per week; founded Biggs’s Charity
1863 for granting pensions of £10 a year to printers and their
widows over 55 years of age. _d._ 421 Strand, London 22 May 1859
aged 64, leaving nearly £50,000 in legacies to about 300 charities
and individuals.

BIGGS, JOHN. _b._ Leicester 1801; manufacturer at Leicester; mayor
1840, 1847 and 1855; M.P. for Leicester 1856–1862; took out a
patent for lacemaking 1844. _d._ Leicester 4 June 1871.

BIGGS, WILLIAM. _b._ Leicester 1805; mayor of Leicester 1842 and
1849; M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight 9 July 1852 to 21 March
1857. _d._ Upper Parliament st. Liverpool 3 Oct. 1881 in 77 year.

BIGLAND, WILSON BRADDYLL. _b._ Bigland hall, Holker, Lancashire 20
July 1788; entered navy 21 Oct. 1801; captain 6 March 1821;
retired V.A. 2 Oct. 1857; K.H. 25 Jany. 1836. _d._ Lansdowne
place, Leamington 19 Nov. 1858.

BIGNOLD, SIR SAMUEL (_youngest son of Thomas Bignold of Norwich,
banker_). _b._ Norwich 13 Oct. 1791; secretary of Norwich Union
Fire insurance company 1814 and of Norwich Union Life insurance
company 1818; sheriff of Norwich 1830 and mayor 1833, 1848, 1853
and 1873; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s Palace 3 May 1854;
M.P. for Norwich 1854–1857. (_m._ 1815 Elizabeth only child of Wm.
Atkins of Ridlington, Norfolk, she _d._ 30 March 1860). _d._
Surrey st. Norwich 2 Jany. 1875. _I.L.N. lx_, 181, 189 (1872),
_portrait_.