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BOASE, GEORGE CLEMENT (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 127 Sloane
St. Chelsea 25 Aug. 1810; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Queen’s coll.
Cam. 1828–29; cashier of Dundee Banking company April 1840 to Feb.
1864; sub-manager of Dundee branch of Royal Bank of Scotland Feb.
1864 to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; a member of the
Catholic Apostolic church 1836, ordained to the priesthood Oct.
1836, had charge of the church at Brighton 1868 to death; author
of _To husbands, fathers and brothers specially those of the
labouring classes being a warning against prevailing delusions by
a Brother_ [_G. C. Boase_] 1848; _The restoration of Apostles_
1867; _Thoughts and memories in verse by G. C. B[oase] 1876_. _d._
Fairlie house, Bridge of Allan near Stirling 23 July 1880. _An
account of the families of Boase_ 15–16.

BOASE, HENRY SAMUEL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 6
Knightsbridge, London 2 Sep. 1799; ed. at Tiverton gr. sch.;
studied chemistry in Dublin 1815–17 and medicine in Univ. of Edin.
1817–21, M.D. 1821; sec. to Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
at Penzance 1822 to 1829; collected from every part of Cornwall
specimens of the rocks 1829–31 which were deposited in Geological
Museum at Penzance; a partner in the Penzance Union Bank 1823 to
April 1838 when bank was dissolved; lived in Burton crescent,
London 1837–38; F.R.S. 4 May 1837; managing partner in firm of
Turnbull Brothers of the Claverhouse Bleachfield, Dundee June
1838, this firm became Boase & Co.; took out a patent for
‘improvements in the process of drying organic substances’ 17 July
1855; author of _A treatise on primary geology_ 1834; _The
philosophy of nature_ 1860; _An essay on human nature_ 1865; _The
second Adam, the seed of the woman. Anon._ 1876; _A few words on
evolution and creation_ 1883; wrote a minute geological account of
each parish in _The parochial history of Cornwall by D. Gilbert 4
vols._ 1837. _d._ 5 Magdalen place, Dundee 5 May 1883. _Dict. of
Nat. Biog. v_, 282–3 (1886); _An account of the families of Boase_
8–10.

BOATE, EDWARD WELLINGTON (_eld. son of George Boate of Waterford_).
Edited the Waterford _Chronicle_ and Wexford _Guardian_; a
reporter for the Times in the House of Commons; went to New York;
worked on the _Irish American_, _Evening Express_, and other
journals; joined the 42nd New York Volunteers 1863; taken prisoner
at battle of Bristo station and sent to Belle Island; comr. and
chairman of delegation of 95,000 men to negotiate with Abraham
Lincoln for an exchange of prisoners; a reporter on the _Sunday
Mercury_ to Sep. 1871. _d._ King’s county hospital, Flatbush,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia 4 Oct. 1871 aged 49.

BOAZ, THOMAS (_eld. son of Richard Boaz of Scarborough,
ship-carpenter_). _b._ Scarborough 10 Aug. 1806; studied at
Theological seminary Newport Pagnel 1829–33; ordained at
Manchester 18 June 1834; Congregational minister of Union chapel
Calcutta Dec. 1834 to Dec. 1858; LLD. King’s college Aberdeen
1849; sole editor and proprietor of _Calcutta Christian Advocate_,
May 1839 to 1853; one of editors of _Calcutta Christian Observer_
1835–47. _d._ 6 Priory grove, West Brompton, London 13 Oct. 1861.
_The Mission pastor, memorials of Rev. T. Boaz by his widow_
(1862), _portrait_.

BOCHSA, ROBERT NICOLAS CHARLES. _b._ Montmédi, France 9 Aug. 1789;
harpist to Emperor Napoleon 1813; may fairly be said to have
revolutionised harp playing; fled to London having been detected
in extensive forgeries 1817; tried in his absence and condemned to
12 years imprisonment; joint manager with Sir G. Smart of the Lent
Oratorios 1822, sole manager 1823; professor of the harp and
general sec. at R.A. of Music 24 March 1824 to 1827; conductor at
the King’s theatre 1826–32; ran away with Sir H. R. Bishop’s wife
1839; visited every country in Europe except France; went to
United States 1847; appeared at Prince of Wales’s theatre Sydney
22 Dec. 1855; wrote an oratorio called _Le déluge universel_, 8
operas, a Method and many solo pieces, _d._ Sydney 7 Jany. 1856.

BODDAM, EDWARD TUDOR. Entered Madras army 11 Dec. 1841; lieut. col.
staff corps 11 Dec. 1867; M.G. 16 June 1876. _d._ 12 Feb. 1880
aged 55.

BODDINGTON, HENRY JOHN (_2 son of Edward Williams of London,
artist_), _b._ London 1811; exhibited pictures at the R.A. 1837 to
death; member of Society of British artists 1842, exhibited about
10 pictures every year at their gallery in Suffolk st. 1842 to
death, his paintings are mostly taken from quiet English country
life. (_m._ 1832 Clara Boddington whose name he adopted). _d._
Barnes, Surrey 11 April 1865.

BODE, REV. JOHN ERNEST (_son of Wm. Bode of the General Post Office,
London_). _b._ 1816; ed. at Eton, the Charterhouse and Ch. Ch.
Ox., Hertford scholar (the first) 1835, B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840;
student and tutor of his college 1841–47, censor 1844; R. of
Westwell Oxon. 1847–60; select preacher 1848; surrogate 1850–60;
Bampton lecturer 1855; contested chair of poetry in Univ. of Ox.
1857; R. of Castle Camps, Cambridge 1860 to death; author of
_Ballads from Herodotus_ 1853, _2 ed._ 1854; _Lecture on the
English formularies_ 1855; _Short occasional poems_ 1858; _Hymns
from the Gospel of the day_ 1860. _d._ Castle Camps rectory 6 Oct.
1874.

BODEN, GEORGE (_youngest son of John Boden of Edmonton lodge,
Derbyshire_). _b._ 22 Jany. 1816; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1845; barrister I.T. 30 April 1841, bencher
30 April 1862, treasurer 1876; recorder of Stamford Feb. 1855;
recorder of Derby 7 May 1859 to death; Q.C. 6 Feb. 1862. _d._ 7
Queen’s gardens, Hyde park, London 16 Feb. 1880.

BODEN, SAMUEL STANDIGE. _b._ Hull 11 April 1826; clerk in South
Eastern railway office at Nine Elms, London 1849; edited _British
Chess review_ 1854–55, contributing a large portion of its
contents; conducted chess department of _The Field_ 24 April 1858
to Jany. 1869; exhibited 5 landscapes at Suffolk st. gallery
1865–73. _d._ Tavistock st. Bedford sq. London 13 Jany. 1882.
_Westminster Papers ix_, 89 (1876), _portrait_; _Illust. news of
the world viii_, 164 (1861), _portrait_.

BODENHAM, CHARLES THOMAS (_only son of Charles Bodenham of Rotherwas
park, near Hereford 1758–1826_). _b._ 15 Feb. 1783; a member of
the Roman Catholic board; chief supporter with Rev. Thomas Weld,
afterwards Cardinal, of Dr. Milner in opposing the concessions
which it was proposed to make in regard to the oath. (_m._ 25 Nov.
1810 Elizabeth Mary 5 dau. of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle,
Dorset, she was _b._ 2 July 1789, and was author of _Mrs. Herbert
and the villagers or familiar conversations on the principal
duties of Christianity 2 vols._ 1853, _10 ed._ 1878). _d._ 5 Dec.
1865.

BODINGTON, GEORGE. Ed. at Magdalen coll. sch. Oxford; studied at St.
Bartholomew’s hospital; L.S.A. 1825; surgeon at Erdington near
Birmingham to 1843; proprietor of Driffold house asylum, Sutton
Coldfield, Warws. 1836–68; warden of Sutton Coldfield 1852–54;
author of _A letter on a case of Asiatic cholera addressed to
Central board of health, London_ 1831; _Essay on the treatment and
cure of pulmonary consumption_ 1840, in which he anticipated by
many years the modern views on the treatment of Phthisis. _d._
Sutton Coldfield 5 Feb. 1882 in 83 year. _Medical times and
gazette i_, 241 (1882).

BODKIN, JOHN JAMES (_eld. son of Thomas Bodkin of Kilcloony, co.
Galway_). _b._ 1801; M.P. for town of Galway 6 May 1831 to Dec.
1832, and for co. Galway 15 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847. _d._
Calais Jany. 1882.

BODKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (_only son of Peter Bodkin of Northampton
sq. London, auctioneer_). _b._ Islington, London 5 Aug. 1791; ed.
at Islington academy; hon. sec. to Society for suppression of
mendicity 1821; barrister G.I. 15 Nov. 1826, bencher 2 July 1857,
treasurer 30 Jany. 1858; counsel to the Treasury; recorder of
Dover 1834 to Jany. 1874; M.P. for Rochester 1841–47; carried a
bill making relief of irremovable poor, chargeable on common fund
of unions, which is foundation of present system; assistant judge
of Middlesex sessions court 6 June 1859 to Jany. 1874; chairman of
Metropolitan assessment sessions; knighted at Osborne 3 Aug. 1867;
member of Society of Arts 1823 on the council till 1874; author of
_Brief observations on the bill now pending in Parliament to amend
the laws relative to the relief of the poor in England_ 1821. _d._
West hill, Highgate 26 March 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859),
_portrait, lxiv_, 331 (1874), _portrait_.

BODMER, JOHN GEORGE. _b._ Zurich 6 Dec. 1786; partner with Baron
d’Eichtal in a cotton mill at St. Blasien, Black forest 1806–21;
director general of iron works of Grand Duke of Baden to 1822;
lived in England 1824–28 and 1833–48, established a factory for
machines and machine tools at Manchester; made great improvements
in cotton-spinning machines; invented what is now called the
travelling crane about 1826; took out 13 patents in England for
his inventions; lived at Vienna 1848–60 and at Zurich 1860 to
death; M.I.C.E. 15 Feb. 1835. _d._ Zurich 29 May 1864. _Min. of
Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxviii_, 573–608 (1869).

BOGLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (_son of J. A. Bogle_). _b._ 1805; ed. at
Harrow; entered Bengal army 1823; superintendent of Arracan 1827,
and comr. 1837; comr. Tenasserim province 20 April 1849 to 1859;
M.G. 2 Aug. 1862; knighted by patent 9 Dec. 1853. _d._ 90
Westbourne terrace, London 12 June 1870.

BOGUE, DAVID. Assistant to Thomas Ireland of Edinburgh bookseller to
1836; assistant to Charles Tilt of London publisher 1836–40,
partner with him 1840–43; bookseller and publisher at 86 Fleet st.
London 1843 to death; wrote several children’s books anonymously;
one of principal proprietors of _Illustrated Times_. _d._ 76
Camden road villas, Camden town, London 17 Nov. 1856 aged 44.

BOHLER, JOHN. _b._ South Wingfield near Alfreton, Derbyshire 31 Dec.
1797; a stocking weaver; collector of medicinal plants for the
doctors; an expert field botanist and microscopist; explored
Snowdon and adjacent mountains about 1860; a great collector of
rare fungi and other curious plants; published _Lichenes
Britannici or specimens of the Lichens of Britain 16 monthly
parts_ 1835–7; author of _A Flora of Roche Abbey_ in _Aveling’s
Roche Abbey Yorkshire_ 1870; _The Flora of Sherwood Forest_ in R.
White’s _Worksop, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest_ 1875. _d._
Sheffield 24 Sep. 1872. _Reliquary xi_, 212–13 (1871); _R. White’s
Worksop_ (1875) 303–26.

BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (_eld. son of John Henry Martin Bohn of Soho,
London, bookbinder 1758–1843_). _b._ 4 Jany. 1796; assisted his
father; bookseller at 4 York st. Covent Garden 1831; brought out
_A Catalogue of books_ 1841 containing 1948 pages and 23208
articles; built up a trade in remainder books in which he had no
rival; published Standard library 1845, Scientific and antiquarian
1847, Classical 1848, Illustrated 1849, Shilling series 1850,
Ecclesiastical 1851, Philological 1852 and British classics 1853,
the whole numbering 617 volumes some of which he compiled and
edited; author of _A dictionary of quotations from the English
poets_ 1882; published _The bibliographer’s manual of English
literature by W. T. Lowndes, new ed. revised, corrected and
enlarged by H. G. Bohn 4 vols._ 1864; sold his Libraries to Bell
and Daldy in 1864 for about £40,000 and his copyrights and plates
to Chatto and Windus in Dec. 1874 for £20,000; his art collections
were sold for £45,000 1875–78 and March 1885. _d._ North end
house, Twickenham 22 Aug. 1884. _Bookseller Sep. 1884 pp._
907–909.

BOHN, JAMES GEORGE STUART BURGES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
London 20 Dec. 1803; ed. at Winchester and Gottingen; assisted his
father some years; bookseller at 12 King William st. Strand,
London Feb. 1834, and at 66 St. James’s st. 1845–47; published a
catalogue of 792 pages 1840; republished _Dugdale’s Monasticon 8
vols., folio 1846_; contributed to Family Herald; assistant editor
of the _Reader_; prepared a catalogue of theological books of 704
pages for David Nutt 1857; compiled catalogues of foreign books
for Nicholas Trubner for many years before his death. _d._ Peckham
4 Jany. 1880. _Bookseller Feb. 1880_, _pp._ 105–106.

BOILEAU, ALEXANDER HENRY EDMONSTONE. _b._ 3 Feb. 1807; colonel
Bengal engineers 8 June 1856 to death; M.G. 18 Oct. 1861. _d._
Cawnpore 30 June 1862.

BOILEAU, SIR JOHN PETER, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of John Peter Boileau
of Tacolnestone hall, Norfolk 1747–1837_). _b._ Hertford st.
Mayfair, London 2 Sep. 1794; 2 lieut. Rifle corps 6 Sep. 1813,
lieut. 1816–17 when placed on h.p.; bought estate of Ketteringham,
Norfolk 1839 and Burgh Castle, Suffolk the ancient Gariononum most
remarkable example of Roman masonry in England; created baronet on
coronation of Queen Victoria 24 July 1838; F.R.S. 1 June 1843;
sheriff of Norfolk 1844; Vice pres. of Norfolk and Norwich
Archæological Society from its formation Dec. 1845, pres. 1849;
F.S.A. 9 Dec. 1852, vice pres. 1858–62, 1863–67 and 1868 to death.
_d._ Torquay 9 March 1869. _bur._ at Ketteringham. _Reg. and Mag.
of Biog. i_, 292–4 (1869).

BOILEAU, SAMUEL BRANDRAM. _b._ 15 June 1801; ensign 31 Foot 18 Sep.
1823; lieut. col. 22 Foot 18 Dec. 1840 to 25 Sep. 1857 when placed
on h.p.; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Hillsborough, Monkstown co.
Dublin 23 Dec. 1860.

BOILEAU, THOMAS EBENEZER JOHN. Writer in Madras civil service 1815;
civil and session judge at Masulipatam 1844; at Chingleput 1847–51
and at Guntoor 1851 to 15 April 1851 when he resigned on an
annuity. _d._ Brighton 8 Feb. 1853 aged 56.

BOISRAGON, THEODORE WALTER ROSS. _b._ 19 May 1830; ensign 36 Bengal
N.I. 20 July 1847; lieut col. Bengal staff corps 2 Sep. 1872 to 2
Sep. 1881 when he retired with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 22 Feb.
1881. _d._ 4 Albert terrace, Bedford 21 Sep. 1882. _Graphic xxvi_,
536 (1882), _portrait_.

BOISSIER, REV. GEORGE RICHARD. Educ. at Magd. coll. Cam., B.A. 1828;
lived at Oakfield, Penshurst Kent; published anonymously _Notes on
the Cambridgeshire churches_ 1827. _d._ 23 June 1858 aged 67.

BOLCKOW, HENRY WILLIAM FERDINAND (_eld. son of Heinrich Bolckow of
Varchow in grand duchy of Mecklenburg_). _b._ Sulten, Mecklenburg
8 Dec. 1806; came to England 1827; naturalised by acts of
parliament 4 and 5 Vict. c. 48 and 31 and 32 Vict. c. 10; partner
with John Vaughan as iron makers at Middlesbrough 1841; a Tees
conservancy comr. 1851; took the oath of allegiance 27 Feb. 1853;
mayor of Middlesbrough (the first) 1853; donor of the Albert park
at a cost of £20,000 opened 11 Aug. 1868; erected the St. Hilda’s
schools opened 22 Sep. 1869; A.I.C.E. 14 April 1863; M.P. for
Middlesbrough 16 Nov. 1868 to death; chairman of Bolckow, Vaughan
and Co., limited (with a capital of £3,500,000) 1871 to death;
collected a fine gallery of pictures by modern French and English
artists. _d._ Ramsgate 18 June 1878. _Practical Mag. i_, 81–90
(1873), _portrait_; _Athenæum 22 Nov. 1873 pp._ 664–6.

BOLD-HOGHTON, SIR HENRY, 8 Baronet. _b._ Walton hall near Preston 3
Jany. 1799; sheriff of Lancashire 1829; succeeded 27 Nov. 1835.
_d._ Anglesey near Gosport 19 July 1862. _G.M. xiii_, 360–62
(1862).

BOLDEN, SAMUEL EDWARD (_younger son of John Bolden of Hyning near
Lancaster, breeder of shorthorn cattle 1776–1855_). _b._ 1812; one
of promoters of Lancaster and Carlisle railway opened 1846; one of
the most successful breeders and soundest judges of shorthorn
cattle; the first breeder to realise £1,000 for one animal; sold
his herd 1862. _d._ Derby 22 March 1880. _Saddle and Sirloin by
the Druid_ (1885) 384–9.

BOLDERO, HENRY GEORGE (_son of Rev. John Boldero, R. of Ampton,
Suffolk_). _b._ 1797; captain 10 Foot 1828–30 when placed on h.p.;
M.P. for Chippenham 1831–32 and 1835–59; clerk of the ordnance 9
Sep. 1841 to 1846; fought a duel in Osterley park with Craven
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P. for Cheltenham, 15 July 1842. _d._
Charles st. St. James’s sq. London 9 April 1873.

BOLENO, HARRY, stage name of Henry Boleno Mason (_son of S. Mason, a
clerk in the Victualling office, Somerset house, London_). _b._
April 1821; learnt from Andrew Ducrow the Grecian Statues; played
in the first pantomimes produced at Lyceum, Strand, Standard and
City of London theatres; a dancer at White Conduit house and Eagle
tavern; clown at T.R. Dublin 10 years; landlord of The Clown
tavern in Williamson sq. Liverpool and of The Catherine Wheel,
Great Windmill st. London; kept the Opera Stores Covent Garden;
clown at Drury Lane theatre 1860–70 and at Surrey theatre 1874–75;
landlord of the Swan tavern Windsor; author of several burlesques
and ballets. (_m._ about 1849 Emma dau. of Thomas Davie of
Hoddesdon, Herts. maltster, she was _b._ 27 Jany. 1832 and _d._ 18
Oct. 1867, as a columbine she has never been excelled). _d._ The
Swan tavern, Windsor 25 Jany. 1875. _The Players ii_, 287 (1860),
_portrait_; _Illust. Sp. and Dr. News ii_, 268 (1874), _portrait_.

BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST. John, 4 Viscount. _b._ 6 March 1786;
succeeded 18 Dec. 1824. _d._ North college, Elgin 1 Oct. 1851.
_I.L.N. xix_, 450, 663 (1851).

BOLINGBROKE, HENRY (_son of Nathaniel Bolingbroke of Norwich_). _b._
Norwich 25 Feb. 1785; sailed for Demerara 28 Nov. 1798, returned
to England 21 Oct. 1805; deputy vendue master at Surinam in Guiana
1807–13; in business at Norwich; published _A voyage to the
Demerary_ 1807. _d._ Norwich 11 Feb. 1855.

BOLLAERT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1807; chemical assistant at Royal
Institution, London; assayer and chemist in survey of silver mines
in Peru; made a survey of province of Tarapaca 1827; one of the
first white men who crossed the desert of Atacama; served as a
volunteer under Sir J. M. Doyle in Portugese war 1832–33; created
a knight of Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; explored
Texas, New Granada, Ecuador, Peru and Chili; author of
_Antiquarian and other researches in New Granada_ 1860; _Wars of
succession of Portugal and Spain 2 vols._ 1870. _d._ 15 Nov. 1876
in 69 year. _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xlvii_, 148–50 (1877).

BOLLAND, WILLIAM PROCTOR (_2 son of Sir Wm. Bolland 1772–1840, Baron
of Court of Exchequer_). Educ. at Eton; barrister I.T. 6 May 1842;
the original of Fred. Bayham in Thackeray’s _The Newcomes_, and of
Wm. Bowker in Yates’s _Land at last_. _d._ Clifton 10 June 1863
aged 47.

BOLOGNA, SIR NICHOLA, Count Delle Catene (_son of Baron Paolo
Sceberras_). C.M.G. 1833, K.C.M.G. 4 Dec. 1868. _d._ Valetta,
Malta 1875.

BOLTON, DANIEL. Second lieut. R.E. 14 Dec. 1811, colonel 13 Dec.
1854 to 20 June 1859; M.G. 20 June 1859. _d._ Capetown, Cape of
Good Hope 16 May 1860 aged 66.

BOLTON, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Bolton of Piccadilly, London, tailor_).
_b._ 9 May 1824; Manager of Olympic theatre 1846–47, of Marylebone
and Queen’s theatres, and of Drury Lane theatre 1852; brought out
about 1846 a comic weekly paper called _Nonsuch a farrago of
something, nothing, everything and many things besides_; author of
_Nothing, in rhyme and prose_ 1845; _All about love and jealousy,
an original comedy in 5 acts produced at Olympic theatre 13 April
1846_. _d._ 13 Philadelphia terrace, Mount gardens, Lambeth 25 May
1868.

BOLTON, REV. JAMES JAY (_5 son of Rev. Robert Bolton of Henley on
Thames, dissenting minister_). _b._ Southdown college near
Weymouth 11 Feb. 1824; went to the United States 1836; ed. at
College Point New York and C. C. coll. Cam., scholar, B.A. 1848;
C. of Saffron Walden, Essex 1849–51; C. of St. Michael’s, Chester
sq. Pimlico, London 1851–52; Minister of St. Paul’s chapel,
Kilburn 1852 to death; chaplain to Earl Ducie 1852; has never been
surpassed as a childrens’ preacher; author of _Fragments of the
great diamond set for young people, being a variety of addresses
for children_ 1856, _3 ed._ 1861; _Life lessons, scripture truths
for the young_ 1862. _d._ Kilburn parsonage 8 April 1863.
_Selected sermons of Rev. James Bolton_ 1863, _portrait_.

BOLTON, JASPER. _b._ Ballykisteen, co. Tipperary; land agent to Earl
of Derby’s estates in Ireland 1862 to death. _d._ Limerick 19 Nov.
1871 aged 30. _Quickly ripened or recollections of the late Jasper
Bolton_ (1872), _portrait_.

BOLTON, JOHN HENRY. _b._ Dec. 1795; in the commissariat department;
solicitor at 1 New sq. Lincoln’s Inn, London 1828 to death;
president of Incorporated law society 1868–69. _d._ Lee terrace,
Blackheath, Kent 13 Oct. 1873.

BOLTON, REV. WILLIAM JAY. Educ. at Caius coll. Cam., Hulsean
prizeman 1852, B.A. 1853, M. A. 1857; V. of St. John’s Stratford,
Essex 1866–81; V. of St. James’s, Bath 1881 to death; author of
_Evidences of Christianity from the early Fathers_ 1853; _Fireside
preaching_ 1856; _Footsteps of the flock_ 1860; _The great
Anti-Christ_ 1870. _d._ Pelham, Oldfield park, Bath 28 May 1884 in
68 year.

BONAPARTE, JEROME NAPOLEON (_elder son of Jerome Bonaparte
1784–1860, king of Westphalia_). _b._ Camberwell, London 7 July
1805. _d._ Baltimore 17 June 1870. _Bingham’s Marriages of the
Bonapartes ii_, 191–94 (1881).

BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON EUGÈNE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH (_only child of Charles
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 1808–73, Napoleon iii Emperor of
France_). _b._ Palace of the Tuileries, Paris 16 March 1856; went
with his father to the seat of war 1870, present at capture of
Saarbrück 2 Aug. 1870; landed at Dover 8 Sep. 1870; lived at
Camden house, Chislehurst, Kent 10 Dec. 1870 to 12 Oct. 1871 and
1874–79; a cadet at Royal military college Woolwich 12 Oct. 1871
to 1874 where a statue of him by Count Gleichen was unveiled 13
Jany 1883; left Southampton 27 Feb. 1879; killed by Zulus in
valley of Ityolyozi, Zululand 1 June 1879, buried in St. Mary’s
church Chislehurst 12 July 1879. _Life of the Prince Imperial of
France by Ellen Barlee_ 1880, _portrait_; _Graphic xix_, 633, 637,
644 (1879), _3 portraits, xxvii_, 53 (1883); _I.L.N. 16 July 1879,
portrait_; _The life of Napoleon iii by Blanchard Jerrold iv_, 427
(1882), 2 _portraits_.

BONAR, REV. JOHN (_son of Rev. Archibald Bonar of Cramond,
Midlothian_). _b._ Cramond; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed by
presbytery of Edin. 30 April 1823; ordained 11 July 1826; minister
of Larbert and Dunipace March 1826 to 24 May 1843 when he joined
in the free secession; Convener of committee for colonial and
continental missions in the Free church 1846; minister at Aberdeen
Dec. 1846 and at the Renfield st. church, Glasgow 1848–54; D.D.
Edin. 1857; author of _The established church of Scotland as it
was and as it is_ 1845. _d._ Edinburgh 20 Dec. 1863 in 63 year.
_Our Scottish Clergy, second series_ (1849) 149–55.

BONAR, WILLIAM (_3 son of Andrew Bonar of Edinburgh, banker_). _b._
Edin. 3 Jany. 1798; ed. at high school and Univ. Edin.; a partner
in bank of Ramsay, Bonar and Co. 1817 to date when bank was merged
in Bank of Scotland; employed a missionary to look after the
ignorant and neglected poor in Edin.; F.R.S. Edin. 1822; author of
several religious tracts. _d._ Chatsworth house, Malvern 9 Nov.
1866.

BOND, HENRY JOHN HAYLES (_son of Rev. Wm. Bond, R. of Whitacre,
Norfolk_). _b._ Whitacre Dec. 1801; ed. at Norwich gr. sch.;
studied medicine at Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Paris; M.B.
Cam. 1825, M.D. 1831; F.R.C.P. 1835; practised at Cam.; Regius
professor of physic in Univ. of Cam. 27 Jany. 1851 to Jany. 1872;
a member of General medical council 29 Oct. 1858 to 29 Oct. 1863;
author of _Analysis of an elementary course of lectures on
Pathology_ 1866. _d._ Regent st. Cambridge 3 Sep. 1883.

BOND, JOHN JAMES (_son of Andrew Bond of Ashford, Kent_). _b._ 9
Dec. 1819; Clerk in public record office at Royal riding school,
Carlton House 1841, senior assistant keeper to death; author of
_Handy book of rules and tables for verifying dates with the
Christian Era_ 1866, _new ed._ 1874. _d._ 96 Philbeach gardens,
Earl’s Court, London 9 Dec. 1883.

BOND, R. SEBASTIAN. _b._ Liverpool 1808; landscape painter;
exhibited 7 pictures at Royal Academy, 13 at British Institution,
and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1846–72. _d._ Jany. 1886.

BOND, STEPHEN. _b._ St. Columb, Cornwall 24 March 1826; ed. at
Stonyhurst; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep. 1843;
Matric. at Univ. of London July 1846, B.A. 1848; superior of the
seminary adjoining Stonyhurst college Aug. 1861; professed of the
four vows 2 Feb. 1862; vicar general to Bishop Etheridge in
Demerara 1864–69. _d._ Wigan 10 Jany. 1871.

BONE, HENRY PIERCE (_eld. son of Henry Bone of London, enamellist
1755–1834_). _b._ Islington, London 6 Nov. 1779; exhibited 210
pictures, miniatures and enamels at the R.A. 1799–1855; painted
classical subjects 1806–33, and enamels 1833–55; enamel painter to
Duchess of Kent 1831, to Queen Victoria 1837, to Prince Albert
1841; his collection of 172 enamels was sold at Christies 13–14
March 1856. _d._ 22 Percy st. Bedford sq. London 21 Oct. 1855.
_Notice of H. Bone R.A. and his works together with those of his
son H. P. Bone by J. Jope Rogers_ 1880.

BONE, HUGH. _b._ Ayrshire 1777; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 26
April 1815; L.R.C.P. London 26 June 1815; inspector general of
hospitals 2 Oct. 1843 to 24 Nov. 1845 when placed on h.p. _d._
Picardy place, Edin. 13 Feb. 1858.

BONER, CHARLES (_only son of Charles Boner of Bath, who d. 14 Aug.
1833 aged 74_). _b._ Weston near Bath 29 April 1815; ed. at Bath
and Tiverton; lived with John Constable the painter as tutor to
his sons 1831–37; lived with Prince Thurn und Taxis at St. Emeran,
Ratisbon as tutor 1840–60; settled at Munich, March 1860;
corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford 1845–55; special
correspondent to _Daily News_ at Vienna Aug. 1865 to Aug. 1866;
author of _Chamois hunting_ 1853, _new ed._ 1860; _The new dance
of death and other poems_ 1857; _Transylvania its products and its
people_ 1865 and other books. _d._ 5 Louisen Strasse, Munich 7
April 1870. _Memoirs and letters of C. Boner, edited by R. M.
Kettle 2 vols._ 1871.

BONHAM, EDWARD WALTER (_2 son of Henry Bonham of Titness park,
Berkshire, M.P. for Rye who d. 9 April 1830_). _b._ 24 Nov. 1809;
consul at Tabreez, Persia 11 May 1837; transferred to Calais 2
Feb. 1846, and to Naples 14 Jany. 1859; consul general at Naples 5
May 1862 to 5 April 1872 when he retired on a compensation
allowance; C.B. 13 Oct. 1865. _d._ the British consulate Boulogne
15 March 1886.

BONHAM, HENRY FREDERIC (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 2 June
1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; Cornet 10 Hussars 22 May 1829,
lieut. col. 28 April 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852 when placed on h.p.;
appointed to the Brighton and Canterbury cavalry depôt June 1854.
_d._ 28 Brunswick sq. Hove, Brighton 16 Feb. 1856.

BONHAM, PINSON (_eld. son of Samuel Bonham of Great Warley place,
Essex who d. 25 Jany. 1821_). Clerk in Court of Chancery 10 years;
ensign 60 Foot 24 April 1789; served in West Indies 22 years;
deputy quartermaster general 10 years; governor of Surinam or
Dutch Guiana to 1814 when colony was surrendered to the Dutch;
major 69 Foot 30 March 1797 to 1814, general 10 Jany. 1837. _d._
Great Warley, Essex 19 April 1855 aged 92.

BONHAM, SIR SAMUEL GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_only son of George Bonham,
captain H.E.I. Co.’s navy who d. 1810_). _b._ Faversham, Kent 7
Sep. 1803; governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and
Malacca 1837–47; chief superintendent of British trade in China,
and governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 27 Nov. 1847 to
24 Dec. 1853; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Nov. 1850; created
baronet 27 Nov. 1852. _d._ Paddington, London 8 Oct. 1863. _The
Chinese Repository vols. xvii-xx._

BONHAM-CARTER JOHN (_son of John Carter of Petersfield, M.P. for
Portsmouth who assumed additional name of Bonham_). _b._ 13 Oct.
1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Winchester 1847–74; a lord
of the Treasury 1866–68; chairman of committees of House of
Commons 1872–74. _d._ Adhurst St. Mary’s, Petersfield 26 Nov.
1884. _I.L.N. lx_, 601, 607 (1872), _portrait_.

BONNAR, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Bonnar of Edinburgh, house-painter_).
_b._ Edin. June 1800; foreman at a leading decorative painters;
member of Royal Scottish Academy; painted many pictures which
became popular when engraved; very successful in rural scenes and
pictures of child life; painted portraits latterly, many of which
were engraved by his sons. _d._ London st. Edin. 27 Jany. 1853.

BONNER, JOHN GEORGE. Major Madras artillery 9 June 1825 to 4 July
1829; M.G. 4 July 1829; inspector general of military stores for
India; F.R.S. 18 June 1840. _d._ 17a Great Cumberland st. Hyde
park, London 3 March 1867 aged 79.

BONNEY, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS BURDETT (_son of John Augustus Bonney of
London, solicitor who d. 30 Dec. 1813_). _b._ 1804; ed. at Ealing;
made many contributions chiefly in verse to literary journals
especially _European Magazine_; studied medicine in Edin. and
Paris; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1829, L.S.A. 1833; practised at Brentford
1833, Chichester and London; author of _Nugæ or poetic trifles_
1821, and of some valuable papers in medical journals. (_m._ Miss
Elliott, proprietress of Elm house lunatic asylum, Queen’s Elm,
Brompton, London). _d._ Elm house 13 Oct. 1877. _Medical Circular
i_, 303 (1852).

BONNEY, VENERABLE HENRY KAYE (_son of Rev. Henry Kaye Bonney, R. of
King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire who d. 20 March 1810_). _b._
Tansor, Northamptonshire 22 May 1780; ed. at the Charterhouse and
Em. coll. Cam.; migrated to Christ’s coll., B.A. 1802, M.A. 1805,
D.D. 1824; Preb. of Lincoln cathedral 8 Jany. 1807; R. of King’s
Cliffe March 1810 to death; V. of Nassington 1810–29; archdeacon
of Bedford 10 Dec. 1821, installed 2 Feb. 1822; archdeacon of
Lincoln 22 Feb. 1845 to death; canon residentiary of Lincoln 1845
to death; author of _The life of the Right Rev. Father in God,
Jeremy Taylor_ 1815; _Historic notices in reference to
Fotheringay_ 1821; _The life and remains of Bishop Middleton_
1824. _d._ King’s Cliffe rectory 24 Dec. 1862.

BONNEY, VENERABLE THOMAS KAYE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Tansor, Northamptonshire 20 June 1782; ed. at Clare coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; R. of Coningsby Lincs. 1814 to death; R. of
Normanton, Rutland 1814 to death; Preb. of Lincoln 17 Oct. 1823 to
death; archdeacon of Leicester 22 Jany. 1831 to death. _d._
Normanton rectory 7 April 1863.

BONOMI, JOSEPH (_son of Giuseppe Bonomi of London, architect
1739–1808_). _b._ 76 Great Titchfield st. London 9 Oct. 1796; ed.
at Carshalton, Surrey; studied drawing at Royal Academy and
sculpture under Nollekens; fellow Student with John Gibson in
Rome; lived in Egypt and Syria 1824–32 and 1842–44; went to the
Holy Land 1833; illustrated the Egyptological works of Wilkinson
and Birch and nearly all those of Samuel Sharpe; curator of Sir
John Soane’s Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 1861 to death;
F.R.A.S, 8 Feb. 1861; author of _Nineveh and its palaces_ 1852,
_new ed._ 1869. _d._ The Camels, Wimbledon park, Surrey 3 March
1878. _Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxx_, 216–19
(1879); _The Proportions of the human figure by J. Bonomi, 5 ed._
1880, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxii_, 245 (1878), _portrait_.

BONTEIN, JAMES (_younger son of John Pitt Bontein, captain 1 Life
guards_). Groom of the privy chamber 1874 to death. _d._
Ambassadors’ court, St. James’s palace 16 Oct. 1884 aged 63.

BOOKER, THOMAS (_son of Thomas Booker of 56 New Bond st. London,
publisher who d. 26 Feb. 1826_). Printer at 37 Ranelagh st.
Liverpool 1840; printer and publisher at 9 Rupert st. Leicester
sq. London 1848, and at 75 Great Queen st. to death; published
_The weekly register_ 4 Aug. 1849 to 26 Jany. 1850; _The Catholic
register and magazine_ 1850; _Booker’s Pocket-Book directory_.
_d._ Richmond 9 Nov. 1859 aged 37.

BOOKER-BLAKEMORE, THOMAS WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Luke Booker
1762–1836, V. of Dudley_). _b._ Dudley 28 Sep. 1801; ed. at
Hartlebury, Worcs.; tin plate manufacturer; took out patents for
tin plate making 1837 and for manufacturing iron 1841; sheriff of
Glamorganshire 1848; M.P. for Herefordshire 18 Oct. 1850 to death;
took an active part on protectionist side in free trade
controversy; A.I.C.E. 1850; assumed by r.l. additional name of
Blakemore Sep. 1855; author of _Treatise on the mineral basin of
South Wales_ 1848. _d._ Kingston-upon-Thames 7 Nov. 1858.

BOOLE, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Boole of Lincoln, tradesman_). _b._
Lincoln 2 Nov. 1815; opened a school at Lincoln 1835; professor of
mathematics in Queen’s college Cork 1849 to death; public examiner
for degrees in Queen’s University of Ireland; LLD. Dublin 1852;
Keith medallist of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857; F.R.S. June
1857, Royal medallist 1844; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1859; author of
_Mathematical analysis of logic_ 1847; _Investigation of the laws
of thought_ 1854, a work of astonishing originality and power;
_Treatise on differential equations_ 1859, _3 ed._ 1872; _Treatise
on the calculus of finite differences_ 1860, _new ed._ 1880. (_m._
1855 Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Roupell Everest, R. of Wickwar,
Gloucs., she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June
1865). _d._ Blackrock near Cork 8 Dec. 1864. There are memorial
windows to him in Lincoln cathedral and the college hall at Cork.
_Proc. of Royal Society xv_, 6–11 (1867); _Athenæum 23 Aug. 1884
pp._ 237–39; _G.M. xviii_, 247–49 (1865); _I.L.N. xlvi_, 59, 61
(1865), _portrait_.

BOONE, REV. JAMES SHERGOLD (_son of Thomas Boone of Sunbury,
Middlesex_). _b._ 30 June 1799; ed. at Charterhouse 1812–16;
student at Ch. Ch. Ox. 1816; Craven scholar 1817; won Chancellor’s
prize for Latin verse, and Newdigate prize for English verse 1817;
published anonymously a satire on Oxford University life called
_The Oxford Spy 2 parts_ 1818–19, which created a great sensation;
chancellor’s prizeman 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; edited _The
Council of Ten_ a monthly periodical June 1822 to May 1823, wrote
nearly all of it; Incumbent of St. John’s church Paddington June
1832 to death; edited _The British Critic_ from Jany. 1827; author
of _An essay on the study of modern history_ 1821; _Men and things
in 1823, a poem in three epistles with notes_ 1823; _The
educational economy of England_ 1838; _Sermons on various subjects
and occasions_ 1853. _d._ 2 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 24
March 1859. _Mozley’s Reminiscences ii_, 200–204 (1882); _Notes
and Queries 3rd series iii_, 510, _iv_, 35, 98, 138, 153, 299.

BOONE, WILLIAM. Bookseller at 480 Strand, London 1815–30 with his
brother Thomas Boone who _d._ 21 April 1873 aged 83; moved to New
Bond st. 1830; buyer of books for British Museum on death of
Thomas Rodd 1849, retired 1860. _d._ 26 Nov. 1870 aged 75.

BOORMAN, JAMES. _b._ Kent 1785; partner with Divie Bethune in New
York 1805–13; founded with John Johnson firm of Boorman, Johnson
and Co. leading mercantile house in New York, which was dissolved
1855; pres. of Hudson River railroad to 1863; founded the Bank of
Commerce 1839. _d._ New York 24 Jany. 1866.

BOOSEY, THOMAS. Foreign bookseller at 28 Holles st. Cavendish sq.
London; published Italian operas of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi
down to 1854, when deprived of all his foreign copyrights by a
decision of the House of Lords. _d._ 27 Notting hill sq. London 25
Oct. 1871 aged 76. _C. Clark’s House of Lords Cases iv_, 815–996
(1855).

BOOTH, REV. GEORGE (_youngest son of Wm. Booth of Masbrough,
Yorkshire_). Ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., pensioner; matric.
from Lincoln coll. Ox. 16 May 1811 aged 19, B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816,
B.D. 1823; fellow of Magdalen coll., vice pres. 1830, dean of
divinity 1832; V. of Findon, Sussex 1833 to death; privately
printed a quarto vol. of Latin poetry entitled _Nugæ Canoræ_ 1826;
composed a school song entitled _Sicut lilium, carmen hortativum_
which is regularly sung by boys of Magdalen school on their
breaking up. _d._ Findon vicarage 21 June 1859 in 68 year.

BOOTH, HENRY (_eld. son of Thomas Booth of Liverpool, corn
merchant_). _b._ Rodney st. Liverpool 4 April 1788; a corn
merchant; one of chief promoters of scheme for making a railway
between Liverpool and Manchester 1822, sec. and treasurer of the
company 1826, managing director, the line was begun June 1826 and
opened 15 Sep. 1830; suggested the multitubular boiler, coupling
screws, spring buffers, and lubricating material for carriage
axles, all of which are still used; sec. for northern section of
London and North-Western railway July 1846, a director of the
company October 1848 to 18 May 1859, presented by the Company with
3000 guineas 12 Oct. 1846 and 5000 guineas 9 April 1859; author of
_Sebastian a tragedy_ 1823; _The rationale of the currency
question_ 1847; _Master and man a dialogue_ 1853, and many other
small books. _d._ Eastbourne, Princes park, Liverpool 28 March
1869. _Memoir of the late Henry Booth by Robert Smiles_ (1869).

BOOTH, REV. JAMES (_eld. son of John Booth of Lava, co. Leitrim_).
_b._ Lava 25 Aug. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., scholar 1829,
B.A. 1832, LL.B. and LLD. 1842; principal of Bristol college
1840–43; vice principal of Collegiate institution Liverpool
1843–48; pres. of Literary and philosophical institution Liverpool
1848–51; lectured in London for Society of Arts 1848–54, fellow
1852, treasurer and chairman of the council 1855–57; C. of St.
Anne’s Wandsworth, London 1854–59; V. of Stone, Bucks. 1859 to
death: F.R.S. 22 Jany. 1846, F.R.A.S. 10 June 1859; author of
_Education and educational institutions_ 1846; _Examination the
province of the state_ 1847; _A treatise on some new geometrical
methods 2 vols._ 1873–77. _d._ Stone vicarage 15 April 1878.
_Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxix_, 219–25 (1879).

BOOTH, JAMES (_4 son of Thomas Booth of Toxteth lodge near
Liverpool_). _b._ 1796 or 1797; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.;
barrister L.I. 10 Feb. 1824; member of Royal commission for
inquiring into municipal corporations of England and Wales 1833;
counsel to the speaker and examiner of recognizances Sep. 1839;
prepared the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation
acts 1845, and 8 other consolidation acts 1847; secretary to Board
of trade 10 Oct. 1850 to 1865; member of Royal commission for
inquiring into trades unions 12 Feb. 1867, which made 11 reports
1867–69; C.B. 6 July 1866; author of _The problem of the world and
the church reconsidered in three letters to a friend by a
Septuagenarian_ 1871, _3 ed._ 1879. _d._ 2 Princes gardens,
Kensington, London 11 May 1880.

BOOTH, JOHN (_son of Thomas Booth of Killerby near Catterick,
Yorkshire, cattle breeder who d. 1835_). Breeder of shorthorns at
Killerby 1819 to 1852; judged a great deal at cattle shows in
England and Ireland; sold all his stock 21 Sep. 1852; master of
the Bedale hunt 3 seasons. _d._ Killerby 7 July 1857 in 70 year.
_W. Carr’s History of rise and progress of Killerby herds of
shorthorns_ 1867; _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870)
195–207.

BOOTH, JOHN KAY (_eld. son of John Booth of Brush house,
Ecclesfield_). _b._ Yorkshire; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 24 June
1805; L.C.P. 30 Sep. 1809; fellow Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1810;
settled at Birmingham; physician to general hospital there
1812–35; physician to Queen’s hospital there; principal of Queen’s
college Birm. 1856; one of founders of Medical school of
Birmingham, and the first lecturer there on practice of physic.
_d._ Brush house, Ecclesfield 14 Jany. 1859 aged 80.

BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS (_son of Richard Booth of Queen st. Bloomsbury,
London, attorney who d. 1840 aged 76_). _b._ St. Pancras, London 1
May 1796; made his début on the stage at Peckham as Campillo in
_The Honeymoon_ 13 Dec. 1813; played in Belgium and Holland 1814
and 1826, and at Covent Garden 1815; acted in the provinces 1818
and at Drury Lane 7 Aug. 1820 to 13 Jany. 1821; went to the United
States April 1821; appeared at Park theatre New York 2 Oct. 1821;
managed the Camp theatre New Orleans 1828; played at Drury Lane,
Surrey and Sadler’s Wells theatres 1836–7; lived on his farm at
Bel Air 30 miles from Baltimore 1842 to death; made his last
appearance at St. Charles theatre New Orleans 19 Nov. 1852. _d._
on board the J. S. Chenoweth between New Orleans and Cincinnati 30
Nov. 1852. _bur._ in Greenmount cemetery Baltimore 11 Dec. _The
elder and the younger Booth by A. B. Clarke_ (1882) 1–116, 3
_portraits_; _Memoirs of J. B. Booth_ (1817), _portrait_; _The
tragedian by T. R. Gould_ (1868), _portrait_; _Phelps’s Players of
a century_ (1880); _T. A. Brown’s History of the American stage_
(1870) 40, _portrait_.

NOTE.—His son John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, pres. of
the U.S. at Ford’s theatre, Washington, Good Friday 14 April
1865, he was himself shot near Bowling Green 26 April.

BOOTH, RICHARD (_brother of John Booth who d. 7 July 1857_). Breeder
of shorthorns at Studley farm, Yorkshire 1814–34 when he sold his
herd; breeder at Warlaby, Yorkshire 1835 to death; gained many
medals and prizes at cattle shows. _d._ Warlaby 31 Oct. 1864 aged
76. _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870) 195–207.

BOOTH, SIR ROBERT GORE, 4 Baronet. _b._ Bath 25 Aug. 1805; succeeded
23 Oct. 1814; sheriff of Sligo 1830; M.P. for Sligo 12 March 1850
to death; chairman of the Musical Union; lord lieutenant of Sligo
7 Dec. 1868. _d._ Lissadell, co. Sligo 21 Dec. 1876. _Burke’s
Portrait gallery ii_, 129 (1833).

BOOTH, SARAH. _b._ Birmingham early in 1789; a dancer at Manchester
about 1804; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre 1810 as
Cherry in a burletta founded on the _Beaux Stratagem_; played at
Covent Garden 23 Nov. 1810, at the Olympic 19 Dec. 1821, at Drury
Lane 2 Feb. 1822, at Haymarket and Adelphi theatres; retired about
1828, last appeared for a benefit at Marylebone theatre 1841. _d._
39 Queen’s sq. Bloomsbury, London 30 Dec. 1867. _Mrs. C. B.
Wilson’s Our actresses i_, 121–7 (1844); _Oxberry’s Dramatic
biography iv_, 55–65 (1826), _portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor
ii_, 69–74 (1813), _portrait_.

BOOTH, WILLIAM. Ensign 53 Foot 8 May 1806; lieut. col. 41 Foot 11
July 1837 to 12 Sep. 1843 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Foot 10
Nov. 1861 to death; L.G. 27 March 1863. _d._ London 20 April 1868
aged 77.

BOOTH, WILLIAM. Deputy commissary general 18 Dec. 1818 to 1824 when
placed on h.p.; served in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands
principal clerk of survey at Dublin 1824 to 1856; C.B. 17 Aug.
1849. _d._ 17 Lansdowne crescent, Cheltenham 4 May 1880 in 88
year.

BOOTH, SIR WILLIAMSON, 2 Baronet. _b._ Stanstead Abbots, Herts. 15
July 1810; ed. at Eton; succeeded 24 Jany. 1850; sheriff of
Cambridge and Hunts 1855. _d._ Paxton park, St. Neots 26 Aug.
1877.

BOOTHBY, BENJAMIN (_eld. son of Benjamin Boothby of Cornwall place,
Holloway, London_). _b._ Doncaster 5 Feb. 1803; barrister G.I. 28
April 1841; revising barrister for West Riding of Yorkshire
1845–52; judge of Court of Record of Pontefract and recorder
1848–53; second judge of supreme court of South Australia Feb.
1853, sworn in 17 Oct. 1853, presided as senior judge Dec. 1856 to
July 1858; deputy judge of Court of Vice Admiralty 1856–61;
removed from judgeship of Supreme Court by South Australian
parliament July 1867 owing to his objections to the Real Property
or Torrens act. _d._ Adelaide 21 June 1868.

BOOTHBY, REV. SIR BROOKE WILLIAM ROBERT, 10 Baronet. _b._ Winchester
21 Jany. 1809; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829,
M.A. 1833; fellow of All Souls’ college 1829; R. of Elmley, Kent
1846–52; R. of Welwyn, Herts. 17 Sep. 1852 to death; succeeded 21
April 1846. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 21 Sep. 1865.

BOOTHBY, LADY LOUISA CRANSTOUN (_eld. dau. of Frederick Hayes
Macnamara, ensign 52 Foot_). _b._ 1 April 1812; a juvenile
theatrical wonder under name of Louisa Mordaunt, made her first
appearance in London at Drury Lane theatre 16 Oct. 1829 as the
Widow Cheerly in Cherry’s comedy of _The Soldier’s Daughter_;
acted at the Haymarket 1830, 1837–39 and 1840–44; re-appeared at
Drury Lane Oct. 1832; acted at the Queen’s 1835 and Strand; played
Constance in _The love chase_ nearly 100 nights from 9 Oct. 1837
and Lady Gay Spanker in _London Assurance_ 4 March 1841 in both of
which parts she was unequalled; played leading parts in genteel
comedy at Covent Garden 1839–40. (_m._ (1) Jany. 1831 John
Alexander Nisbett of Brettenham hall, Suffolk, Cornet 1 Life
Guards, he _d._ 2 Oct. 1831. _m._ (2) 15 Oct. 1844 Sir Wm.
Boothby, 9 baronet of Ashbourne hall, Derbyshire, he was _b._ 25
March 1782 and _d._ 21 April 1846). _d._ Rose Mount, St. Leonard’s
on Sea 16 Jany. 1858. _C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses ii_, 66–88
(1844), _portrait_; _Theatrical Times ii_, 121, 130 (1847),
_portrait_; _Dramatic and musical review iii_, 498, 527 (1844);
_I.L.N. x_, 256 (1847), _portrait_.

BOOTT, FRANCIS (_son of Kirk Boott of Boston, Massachusetts_). _b._
Boston 26 Sep. 1792; ed. at Univs. of Harvard and Edinburgh, M.D.
Edin. 1824; surgeon in London 1825–31; lecturer on botany in Webb
st. school of medicine 1825–31; member of senate and council of
Univ. coll. London; F.L.S. 1819, sec. 1832–39, treasurer Nov. 1856
to May 1861; wore a blue coat with brass buttons and a yellow
waistcoat the costume of 1830 down to his death; author of _Memoir
of the life and medical opinions of John Armstrong, M.D. 2 vols._
1833–34; _Illustrations of the genus Carex 4 parts_ 1858–67. _d._
24 Gower st. London 25 Dec. 1863. _Proc. of Linnæan Society_
(1864) 23–27.

BORCHARDT, LOUIS. _b._ Landsburg on Warthe, Prussia 1813; ed. at
Univ. of Berlin, M.D. 1838; practised as a physician at Zorbich
and then at Breslau; imprisoned in fortress of Glatz 1848–50;
practised at Bradford, Yorkshire 1850–52, and at Manchester 1852
to death, phys. to Childrens’ Dispensary June 1853, pres. of
Manchester Medical Society. _d._ Swinton house, Fallowfield,
Manchester 15 Nov. 1883.

BORLAND, JAMES. _b._ Ayr April 1774; surgeon’s mate 42 Foot 20 Dec.
1792; surgeon to the forces in St. Domingo 1796–8; deputy
inspector of army hospitals 5 Dec. 1799; established existing
system of regimental hospitals 1805; inspector general 22 Jany.
1807; head of medical department of the army in Mediterranean
1810–16 during which time he organised the hospitals of the
Anglo-Sicilian contingent; retired on h.p. 25 May 1816; received
order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare of Savoy; phys. extraord. to
Duke of Kent. _d._ Bridgeman house, Teddington 22 Feb. 1863. _G.M.
xiv_, 666 (1863).

BOROUGH, SIR EDWARD RICHARD, 2 Baronet. _b._ Merrion sq. Dublin 20
June 1800; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox.; army agent in
Dublin; succeeded 22 Jany. 1837. _d._ 61 Fitzwilliam sq. north,
Dublin 3 Dec. 1879.

BORRADAILE, EDWARD SIDNEY (_son of the succeeding_). _b._
Littlehampton 30 March 1845; assistant engineer Launceston and
Western railway Tasmania 1868–9; wrote for the Press 1870–3; lost
whilst exploring in North Australia June 1874, two mountains are
named after himself and his companion Mr. Permain in memory of the
event.

BORRADAILE, HARRY (_son of Henry Borradaile of London 1759–1822_).
_b._ 19 July 1800; in the Bombay civil service 1819–44; compiled
for publication by Government _Reports of select suits decided in
the Suddur Adawluts_ 1825; translated the _Muyook_ (Sanscrit Law
book) into Mahratta and Goozerattee 1827; author of _Collection of
the rules and customs of various castes as affecting civil
rights_; and of _A table of a decimal system of accounts_ 1853; a
member of the India law commission at Calcutta under T. B.
Macaulay. _d._ London 7 Oct. 1876.

BORRELL, HENRY PERIGALL. Learnt business in London; merchant at
Smyrna 1818 to death; very successful in discovery of inedited
Greek coins; author of _Notice sur quelques médailles grecques des
Rois de Chypre_, _Paris 1836_ and of papers in _Revue
Numismatique, Numismatic Chronicle_ and various German numismatic
periodicals; his collection of coins, antiquities and gems was
sold in London 1851. _d._ Smyrna 2 Oct. 1851 aged 56.

BORRER, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Borrer of Parkyns manor,
Hurstpierpoint 1753–1832_). _b._ Henfield, Sussex 13 June 1781;
endeavoured to cultivate every critical British species and all
the hardy exotic plants he could obtain, having no less than 6660
species; wrote descriptions of species of Myosotis, Rosa, and
nearly all of Rubus for Sir W. Hooker’s _British Flora_ 1830 and
subsequent editions; several plants were named after him and the
genus Borreria of Acharius amongst lichens; his herbarium of
British plants is kept at the Royal gardens, Kew; F.L.S. 1805,
F.R.S. 4 June 1835. _d._ Barrow hill, Henfield 10 Jany. 1862.
_Proc. of Linnæan Society_ (1862) 85–90; _Lower’s Worthies of
Sussex_ (1865) 71–73.

BORRIE, JOHN (_son of Peter Borrie, proprietor of the Dundee
foundry_). _b._ Dundee 27 Nov. 1837; employed by Bolckow and
Vaughan of Middlesbrough, engineers 1856–61; resident engineer at
Cleveland iron works Eston 1866–71; a consulting engineer 1871 to
death; designed and set to work the hopper-and-spout kilns for
calcining ironstone 1869, which have become general, reducing cost
of labour very considerably; M.I.M.E. 1869. _d._ Stockton-on Tees
8 Feb. 1884. _Engineering 26 Nov. 1869._

BORROW, GEORGE HENRY (_younger son of Thomas Borrow, captain in West
Norfolk militia who d. 1823_). _b._ East Dereham, Norfolk 5 July
1803; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. 1815–18; articled in office of
Simpson and Rackham solicitors Norwich 1818–23; worked for Sir
Richard Phillips the publisher in London; travelled in France,
Germany, Russia, the East and Spain 1833–39, acting as agent for
the British and Foreign Bible Society; sent letters to the
_Morning Herald_ 1837–39, being the first of the newspaper
correspondents; travelled in Albania, Wallachia, Hungary and
Turkey 1844; author of _Romantic ballads translated from the
Danish_ 1826; _Targum or metrical translations from 30 languages
and dialects_ 1835; _The Zincali, or an account of the Gypsies of
Spain 2 vols._ 1841, _4 ed. 1846_; _The Bible in Spain 3 vols._
1843, _new ed._ 1873; _Lavengro the scholar, the gypsy, the priest
3 vols._ 1851, _3 ed._ 1872 which is in a great degree an
autobiography; _The Romany Rye 2 vols._ 1851, _3 ed._ 1872; _Wild
Wales 3 vols._ 1862, _2 ed._ 1865. _d._ Oulton near Lowestoft,
Norfolk 26 July 1881. _Lavengro vol. i_, (1851), _portrait_; _The
Norvicensian April 1882, pp._ 109–14.

BORROWES, REV. SIR ERASMUS DIXON, 8 Baronet. _b._ Portarlington,
Queen’s county 21 Sep. 1799; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; succeeded
7 March 1834; R. of parish of Ballyroan, Queen’s county. _d._
Lauragh near Portarlington 27 May 1866.

BORROWS, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Derby 15 Nov. 1781; ed. at Quorn,
Derbyshire, Winkfield, Wilts, and St. Edmund Hall Ox., B.A. 1812,
M.A. 1815; C. of Over, Oxon 1812–15; P.C. of St. Paul’s chapel,
Clapham 1815 to 1 July 1851; author of _Reformation from Popery
two sermons_ 1818; _Sacred maxims collected from the discourses of
W. B. by an attached member of his congregation_ 1852. _d._ 3
April 1852. _bur._ Derby churchyard 10 April. _Select sermons by
the late Rev. Wm. Borrows with a brief memoir edited by Rev.
Philip Gell_ (1852).

BORTHWICK, CUNNINGHAME BORTHWICK, 12 Baron (_2 son of Patrick
Borthwick who d. 12 April 1840 aged 60_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 June
1813; ed. at high school and univ. of Edin.; head of firm of
Borthwick, Wark and Co. of London, stockbrokers; established his
claim to this barony (which had been dormant since 1772) before a
committee of House of Lords 5 May 1870; bought Ravenstone castle,
Wigtonshire in 1874 for £85,000; a representative peer for
Scotland April 1880. _d._ Ravenstone castle 24 Dec. 1885. _P. H
M’Kerlie’s Lands in Galloway ii_, 445–50 (1877).

BORTHWICK, MICHAEL ANDREWS. _b._ Dunbar, East Lothian 30 Oct. 1810;
A.I.C.E. 1833, M.I.C.E. 1845; resident engineer of Northern and
Eastern railway 1837 and subsequently manager; engaged with
Stephenson carrying out Egyptian railway between Alexandria and
Cairo. _d._ Pernambuco 3 June 1856. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of
C.E. xvi_, 108–13 (1857).

BORTHWICK, PETER (_only son of Thomas Borthwick of Edinburgh_). _b._
Cornbank, parish of Borthwick, Mid Lothian 13 Sep. 1804; ed. at
Univ. of Edin.; entered Jesus coll. Cam.; fellow commoner of
Downing coll.; contested Evesham 1832 and St. Ives, Penryn and
Falmouth 1847; M.P. for Evesham 6 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847;
barrister G.I. 28 April 1847; edited the _Morning Post_ 1850 to
death; author of _A brief statement of Holy Scriptures concerning
the second Advent_ 1830; _A Lecture on slavery_ 1836. _d._ 11
Walton villas, Brompton, London 18 Dec. 1852. _G.M. xxxix_, 318–20
(1853); _I.L.N. ii_, 8 (1843), _portrait, xxi_, 563 (1852),
_xxii_, 11 (1853).

BORWICK, REV. W. B. _b._ Orkney; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed to
preach 1834; pastor of the United Secession church in the
Overgate, Dundee May 1835, and of United presbyterian church in
Bell st. Dundee 1850 to May 1866. _d._ Newport 15 June 1870 aged
62. Monument erected in Western cemetery Dundee Jany. 1871. _W.
Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 355–7.

BOSANQUET, AUGUSTUS HENRY (_2 son of Wm. Bosanquet of London, banker
who d. 21 June 1800 aged 43_). _b._ 1 March 1792; ed. at Harrow
and Haileybury; in Bengal civil service 1811–17; one of founders
of Universal Life insurance company 1842, director 1842–77. _d._
19 Feb. 1877.

BOSANQUET, GEORGE WILLIAM (_4 son of Rev. Robert Wm. Bosanquet
1800–80, R. of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln_). _b._ 4 July 1845;
ensign 85 Foot 19 April 1864 to 1866; clerk in the Exchequer and
audit department. _d._ 2 Brunswick terrace, Kensington 24 Jany.
1869. _Essays and stories by the late G. W. Bosanquet, with an
introductory chapter by Captain C. B. Brackenbury, R.A._ 1870.

BOSANQUET, JAMES WHATMAN (_2 son of Samuel Bosanquet of Forest
house, Waltham forest, Essex 1768–1843_). _b._ 26 Jany. 1804; ed.
at Westminster school; taken into his father’s bank 1822;
F.R.A.S.; author of _Chronology of the times of Daniel, Ezra and
Nehemiah_ 1848; _Messiah the Prince_ 1866, _2 ed._ 1869; _Hebrew
chronology from Solomon to Christ_ 1867. _d._ Claysmore, Enfield
22 Dec. 1877.

BOSANQUET, SAMUEL RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London
1 April 1800; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1829;
barrister I.T. 5 May 1826; a revising barrister 1832; chairman of
Monmouth quarter sessions 35 years; wrote many leading articles
for _The Times_; author of _New system of logic_ 1839, _2 ed._
1870; _The rights of the poor vindicated_ 1841; _Principia, a
series of essays_ 1843; _Prophecies of Zechariah interpreted_
1877; _Select interpretations of Scripture_ 1878. _d._ Dingestow
court, Monmouth 27 Dec. 1882.