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BURN, JAMES. _b._ Darlington, Durham 15 March 1804; apprenticed to a
skinman at Newcastle; fought and beat O’Neal £25 a side 26 July
1824; beaten by Ned Neale £100 a side 19 Dec. 1824 and by Philip
Sampson £50 a side 14 June 1825; beat Pat Magee £100 a side 25
July 1826; beat Ned Baldwin £100 a side 24 April 1827, beaten by
him 3 July 1827 after 85 rounds in 90 minutes; beaten by Ned Neale
again 13 Nov. 1827; landlord of the Red Horse, Bond St., the
Queen’s Head, Windmill st. Haymarket, and the Rising Sun, Air st.
Piccadilly, London successively. _d._ The Rising Sun 29 May 1862.
_H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica ii_, 326–37 (1880); _Illust. sporting
news_ (1862) 265, _portrait_.

BURN, ROBERT. Second lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812, colonel 6 Jany. 1855
to 27 June 1864, col. commandant 2 Aug. 1868 to death; general 1
Oct. 1877. _d._ Cheltenham 19 Dec. 1878 aged 86.

BURN, WILLIAM (_son of Robert Burn of Edinburgh, builder_). _b._
Edin. 20 Dec. 1789; pupil of Robert Smirke, architect; architect
in Edin. 1816–44 and in London 1844 to death; consulting
government architect for Scotland; designed mansions in nearly
every county in United Kingdom. _d._ 6 Stratton st. Piccadilly,
London 15 Feb. 1870.

BURNABY, CHARLES HERRICK. _b._ 28 Oct. 1800; second lieut. R.A. 9
June 1825, lieut. col. 22 July 1853 to 28 Nov. 1854 when he
retired on full pay; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 20 Regent’s park
terrace, London 11 Jany. 1879.

BURNABY, EDWYN SHERARD (_only son of Edwyn Burnaby of Baggrave hall
near Leicester 1799–1867_). _b._ 22 May 1830; ed. at Eton; ensign
Grenadier guards 3 Nov. 1846, lieut. col. 1 Oct. 1877 to June
1880; served in Crimea Nov. 1854 to 28 July 1855; commanded
British-Italian legion of 3500 men 1855–7; went on special duty to
Syria 1861; commanded Metropolitan volunteers 1877–80; M.G. 29
April 1880; M.P. for North Leics. 12 April 1880 to death; author
of _An account of the right flank company of the third battalion
Grenadier Guards at the battle of Inkerman_ 1857; _John Bryant or
the stag hunt by E. S. B._ 1868. _d._ Palmeira sq. Hove, Brighton
31 May 1883. _New monthly mag. cxviii_, 421–5 (1880), _portrait_;
_Biograph iv_, 510–3 (1880).

BURNABY, FREDERICK GUSTAVUS (_son of Rev. Gustavus Andrew Burnaby of
Somerby hall near Oakham 1802–72_). _b._ Bedford 3 March 1842; ed.
at Bedford gr. sch. and Harrow; cornet Royal horse guards 30 Sep.
1859, lieut. col. 6 April 1881 to death; correspondent of the
_Times_ at Carlist camp in Spain Aug. to Oct. 1874; agent of
Stafford house committee in Russo-Turkish war 1877–8; commanded
fifth Turkish brigade at battle of Tashkesan 31 Dec. 1877;
contested Birmingham April 1880; went to Egypt as a volunteer 10
Jany. 1884; made 19 balloon ascents, crossed English channel in
balloon Eclipse 23 March 1882; author of _A ride to Khiva_ 1876,
_11 ed._ 1877; _On horseback through Asia Minor 2 vols._ 1877; _A
ride across the channel_ 1882; killed by a spear wound at battle
of Abu Klea in Soudan 17 Jany. 1885; obelisk to his memory in St.
Philip’s churchyard, Birmingham unveiled 11 Nov. 1885. _Life and
times of Col. F. Burnaby by J. R. Ware and R. K. Mann_ 1885,
_portrait_; _Vanity Fair 7 Feb. 1885_, _portrait_; _I.L.N.
lxxxvi_, 103 (1885), _portrait_.

BURNABY, JOHN DICK (_eld. son of John Dick Burnaby of Evington,
Leics. 1776–1852, captain Grenadier guards_). _b._ Billesdon
Coplow, Leics. 19 April 1802; ed. at Emm. coll. Cam., LLD. 1826;
barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1828; comr. of bankrupts for Leicester,
Nottingham and district; judge of county courts circuit 34
(Leicestershire) March 1847 to death. _d._ Torquay 29 Dec. 1855.

BURNABY, RICHARD BEAUMONT (_2 son of Rev. Thomas Burnaby 1761–1830,
preb. of Lincoln_). _b._ Misterton, Leics. 22 Feb. 1793; 2 lieut.
R.A. 17 Dec. 1812, captain 9 Sep. 1834 to 9 April 1849; lieut.
col. commandant Hampshire artillery 30 May 1853 to death; L.G. 10
Nov. 1868. _d._ Carlton crescent, Southampton 1 June 1871.

BURNABY, SIR WILLIAM CRISP HOOD, 3 Baronet (_only son of Sir Wm.
Chaloner Burnaby, 2 baronet who d. 19 Feb. 1794_). Entered navy 11
Oct. 1806; commander of Ardent prison ship at Bermuda 26 May 1814
to May 1816. _d._ Bermuda 1 Aug. 1853.

BURNABY, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD, 4 Baronet. _b._ July 1824; ed. at
Exeter coll. Ox.; succeeded 1 Aug. 1853. _d._ Boulogne 19 Aug.
1881.

BURNARD, NEVILL NORTHEY (_son of George Burnard of Alternun,
Cornwall, mason_). _b._ Alternun 1818; a mason; a carver in
London; employed by Bailey, Marshall, Foley and other sculptors;
executed statue of Richard Lander erected on the column in Lemon
st. Truro about 1850, and statue of Ebenezer Elliott erected in
Market place, Sheffield; executed many _portrait_ busts of eminent
men. _d._ the Infirmary, Redruth, Cornwall 27 Nov. 1878.

BURNE, JOHN. _b._ Worcestershire; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1 Aug.
1821; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1823, a Fellow 4 July 1838; phys. to
Westminster hosp. 1835–42; removed to Tiverton about 1843; removed
to Bath about 1850; author of _A practical treatise on the Typhus
or adynamic fever_ 1828; _A treatise on the causes and
consequences of habitual constipation_ 1840. _d._ the United
hospital, Bath 3 April 1880 aged 86.

BURNELL, ARTHUR COKE (_eld. son of Arthur Burnell of East India
Company’s navy_). _b._ St. Briavel’s, Gloucs. 11 July 1840; ed. at
King’s college London; entered Indian civil service 1860; served
in Madras 1860–80; C.I.E.; author of _Specimens of South Indian
dialects collected by A. C. B._ 1873–8; _Elements of South Indian
palæography_ 1874, _enlarged edition_ 1878; _Classified index to
the Sanskrit MSS. in the palace at Tanjore_ 1880. _d._ West
Stratton, Hampshire 12 Oct. 1882. His library was sold at
Sotheby’s 14–17 Jany. 1884 for £1,566. _Hobson-Jobson being a
glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases by H. Yule
and the late A. C. Burnell_ (1886) _xiii, portrait_.

BURNELL, GEORGE ROWDEN. _b._ 1814; civil engineer in America,
Belgium and Holland; assistant engineer on Paris and Rouen railway
1842–8; built Equity and Law life office Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London; author of _The rudiments of hydraulic engineering_ 1852;
wrote for _Weale’s Rudimentary Series, treatises on Acoustics_;
_Sound in public and private buildings_; _Well-sinking, boring and
pump-work_; _Hydraulic engineering_; _River engineering_;
_Fluids_; and _Limes, mortars and concrete_; edited _Engineer and
Architect’s pocket book_ and _Builder’s and contractor’s price
book_; contributed many articles to Arts and Sciences division of
_English Cyclopædia_, _Proc. of Instit. of British Architects_,
_Journal of Gas-lighting_ and _Builder_. _d._ 23 Kensington
gardens terrace, Hyde park, London 23 July 1868 in 54 year.

BURNES, JAMES (_eld. son of James Burnes 1780–1852, town clerk of
Montrose_). _b._ Montrose 12 Feb. 1801; ed. at Montrose academy
and Univ. of Edin.; entered Bombay medical service 1821; garrison
surgeon of Bombay 1837; physician general in Bombay 15 Sep. 1848
to 20 Nov. 1849; provincial grand master of Western India 1836–46;
grand master of Scottish lodge of Masons in India 1846–9; F.R.S. 2
April 1835; K.H. 1837; author of _A narrative of a visit to the
court of Scinde_ 1829; _A sketch of the history of the Knights
Templars_ 1837. _d._ Queen’s hotel, Manchester 19 Sep. 1862.
_Notes on his name and family by James Burnes_ 1851 _PP._

BURNET, REV. JOHN. _b._ Methven st. Perth 13 April 1789; a shoemaker
at Perth; Independent congregational minister at Cork 1815–30;
pastor of Mansion house chapel Camberwell, London 12 Sep. 1830, of
Camberwell Green chapel 1853 to death; took an active part in
agitation for abolition of slave trade; one of committee of Bible
Society; chairman of congregational Union of England and Wales
1845; author of _Essay on the Deity of Christ_ 1835; _The
authority of pastors in the church_. _d._ Camberwell 10 June 1862.
_W. H. Blanch’s Ye parish of Camberwell_ (1877) 234; _Services on
occasion of the death of Rev. John Burnet_ 1862.

BURNET, JOHN (_son of George Burnet, surveyor general of excise for
Scotland_). _b._ Musselburgh near Edin. 20 March 1784; apprenticed
to Robert Scott, landscape engraver 7 years; painter and engraver
in London 1806–60; engraved many of Wilkie’s pictures; exhibited 1
picture at the R.A., 30 at B.I. and 6 at Suffolk st. gallery
1808–62; F.R.S. 16 March 1837 to 1849 or 1850; granted civil list
pension of £75, 19 April 1861; author of _A practical treatise on
painting in three parts_ 1822–7, _new ed._ 4 _parts_ 1880; _An
essay on the education of the eye_ 1837; _Landscape painting in
oil colours_ 1849, _2 ed._ 1861; _Turner and his works_ 1852, _2
ed._ 1859 and many other books. _d._ Victoria road, Stoke
Newington, London 29 April 1868. _I.L.N. lii_, 504 (1868),
_portrait_.

BURNETT, SIR ALEXANDER, 9 Baronet. _b._ Crathes castle near Aberdeen
17 Dec. 1789; succeeded 16 Feb. 1849. _d._ Crathes castle 20 March
1856.

BURNETT, SIR JAMES HORN, 10 Baronet. _b._ Crathes Castle 22 June
1801; succeeded 20 March 1856; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire 5
Jany. 1864 to death. _d._ Crathes castle 16 Sep. 1876.

BURNETT, SIR WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Burnett of Montrose_). _b._
Montrose Jany. 1779; surgeon’s mate R.N. 1795, surgeon 1799; had
charge of hospitals for prisoners of war at Portsmouth and Forton
1805–10; phys. and inspector of hospitals to Mediterranean fleet
26 May 1810 to 1813; a medical comr. of the navy 1822; L.R.C.P.
1825, F.R.C.P. 1836, consiliarius 1845–7; knighted at St. James’s
palace 25 May 1831; K.C.H. 21 June 1831; F.R.S. 18 April 1833 to
1856 or 1857 when he withdrew; phys. general to the navy 1833 this
designation was changed 1840 to that of inspector general of naval
hospitals and fleets which gave way in 1844 to that of director
general of medical department of the navy, a post which he held
down to 1855 when he retired; phys. in ordinary to Wm. iv, 13
April 1835; K.C.B. 16 Aug. 1850; invented well-known disinfecting
fluid 1838 and a fluid for preserving timber 1845; author of _A
practical account of the Mediterranean fever_ 1816. _d._
Chichester 16 Feb. 1861. _Physic and physicians ii_, 323–5 (1839);
_Munk’s Roll of physicians iii_, 307–8 (1878); _Lancet ii_, 558–63
(1850), _portrait_.

BURNETT, WILLIAM FARQUHARSON. Entered navy 28 June 1838; captain 13
Nov. 1854; commodore on Australian station 21 July 1862 to death;
C.B. 5 July 1855; lost in H.M.S. Orpheus off Manukan, New Zealand
7 Feb. 1863 when 190 lives were lost out of 260 on board, buried
at Auckland. _Annual Reg._ (1863) 19–22.

BURNEY, VEN. CHARLES PARR (_son of Rev. Charles Burney, preb. of
Lincoln who d. 25 Dec. 1817_). _b._ Chiswick, Middlesex 19 Oct.
1785; ed. by his father and at Merton coll. Ox., B.A. 1808, M.A.
1811, B.D. and D.D. 1822; kept school at Greenwich 1814–35; R. of
Sible Hedingham, Essex March 1838 to 1848; archdeacon of St.
Albans 16 Oct. 1840; archdeacon of Colchester 15 Aug. 1845 to
death; R. of Wickham Bishops, Essex 1848 to death; gave sum of
£6,000 to establish a Clergy relief fund for his diocese; F.R.S.
22 Dec. 1814; F.L.S. 21 Jany. 1823. _d._ Brighton 1 Nov. 1864.

BURNEY, JAMES. Entered navy 6 Jany. 1807; captain 10 Dec. 1835,
retired 1 July 1851; retired admiral 18 Oct. 1867. _d._ 1
Montpellier terrace, Teddington, Middlesex 30 Oct. 1884 aged 91.

BURNEY, MARTIN CHARLES (_only son of James Burney, rear admiral
R.N._) _b._ 1788; solicitor in London; assisted in drawing up
population and poor law returns; barrister I.T. 20 June 1828;
reported in Master of the Rolls court for _The Times_; a great
friend of Charles Lamb. _d._ James st. Buckingham gate,
Westminster 20 Oct. 1852.

BURNEY, WILLIAM. Major Cape mounted riflemen 20 June 1834 to 16 Feb.
1844 when placed on retired full pay; K.H. 1837; colonel 28 Nov.
1854. _d._ Elgin crescent, Kensington park, London 1 Dec. 1879.

BURNS, REV. ISLAY (_6 child of Rev. Wm. Hamilton Burns 1779–1859,
minister of Kilsyth, near Glasgow_). _b._ Manse of Dun,
Forfarshire 16 Jany. 1817; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch. at Marischal
coll. and the Univ., D.D. 1864; ordained to charge of St. Peter’s
Dundee June 1843; professor of Apologetics and systematic theology
in free church college Glasgow 1864 to death; author of _History
of the Church of Christ_ 1862 and of a series of essays on
Tractarian and other movements in Church of England in the
_British and foreign evangelical review_. _d._ 4 Sardinia terrace,
Glasgow 20 May 1872. _Select remains of Islay Burns D.D._ 1874,
_portrait_.

BURNS, REV. JABEZ. (_son of Mr. Burns of Oldham, chemist_). _b._
Oldham 18 Dec. 1805; joined Methodist New Connexion 1821; pastor
of Baptist congregation at Perth 1830–5; of Baptist congregation
in New church st. Marylebone, London June 1835; became a pledged
abstainer May 1836; delivered 35 annual temperance sermons
beginning 16 Dec. 1839; one of earliest members of Evangelical
Alliance formed 1845; author of _The Christian sketch book_ 1828,
_second series 1835_; _The golden pot of Manna 2 vols._ 1837, in
the _5 ed._ title was altered to _The Christian’s daily portion_
1848; _Original sketches and skeletons of sermons 11 vols._;
edited _Journal of New British and Foreign Society_ 1839–42 when
society was dissolved; edited _Christian ministers companion 4
vols._ 1844. _d._ 17 Porteus road, Paddington, London 31 Jany.
1876. _A retrospect of 45 years Christian ministry by Jabez Burns_
1875; _D. Burns’s Temperance dictionary_ (1861) 527–30; _Illust.
news of the world viii_, (1861), _portrait_; _Graphic xiii_, 182,
188 (1876), _portrait_.

BURNS, JAMES (_brother of Rev. Islay Burns 1817–72_). _b._ Manse of
Dun 8 Nov. 1808; employed by Whitaker and Co. publishers in London
1832; bookseller at Duke st. Manchester sq. 1834, and at 17
Portman st.; published The Englishman’s library; The Fireside
library; _Poems and pictures_ 1845, first of the illustrated
Christmas books; joined Church of Rome 1847; edited _The Missal_;
_The Vespers book_; _The paradise of the Christian soul_; _The
path to heaven_; published _The Dublin Review_ July 1863 to death;
_Annals of the propagation of the faith 1861 to death_; _The
Rambler_ a weekly journal 1 Jany. 1848 to Nov. 1859. _d._ 17
Portman st. London 11 April 1871. _J. Gillow’s English Catholics
i_, 346–8 (1885); _Illustrated Catholic family annual_ (1884),
_portrait_.

BURNS, JAMES (_3 son of Rev. John Burns, minister of Barony church,
Glasgow_). _b._ Glasgow 9 June 1789; a shipowner with his brother
George Burns; began to use steam navigation 1824; founded with
Samuel Cunard and David Mac Iver, Cunard company for establishing
a line of ocean steamers to America, first of which sailed from
Liverpool 4 July 1840. _d._ Bloomhall, Dumbartonshire 6 Sep. 1871.

BURNS, REV. JAMES DRUMMOND. _b._ Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1823; ed. at High
sch. and Univ. of Edin.; minister of Free church Dunblane near
Stirling Aug. 1845 to 4 Oct. 1848; spent 5 years in Madeira
1847–53; minister of English Presbyterian chapel Well walk,
Hampstead 22 May 1855; author of _The vision of prophecy and other
poems_ 1854, _2 ed._ 1858; _The heavenly Jerusalem or glimpses
within the gates_ 1856; contributed a series of papers on cities
of the Bible to Rev. A. Cameron’s _Family treasury_ and article
Hymns to _Encyclopædia Britannica_, _8 ed. xii_, 188–90 (1856).
_d._ Mentone 27 Nov. 1864. _bur._ Highgate cemetery Dec. _Rev. J.
Hamilton’s Memoir and remains of Rev. J. D. Burns_ 1869,
_portrait_; _Reminiscences of Rev. J. D. Burns from Weekly Review
of Dec. 17, 1864_.

BURNS, ROBERT (_eld. son of Robert Burns the poet 1759–96_). _b._
Tarbolton, Ayrshire Sep. 1786; ed. at Dumfries academy; clerk in
Stamp office, London 1804; an accomplished scholar, musician and
artist; edited _The Caledonian musical museum_ 1809. _d._ Dumfries
14 May 1857.

BURNS, REV. ROBERT. _b._ Borrowstownness West Lothian 13 Feb. 1789;
ordained to charge of Low church Paisley July 1811; sec. of
Glasgow colonial society 1815–30; seceded with the Protestors
1843; sent by Free church to visit churches in U.S. and Canada
1844; pastor of Knox’s church Toronto 1845–56; Emeritus professor
of church history in Knox college Toronto 1856; moderator of
church in Canada twice; author of _A historical dissertation on
the law and practice of Great Britain with regard to the poor_
1819; _On Pluralities_ 1824; _The Gareloch heresy tried_ 1830;
edited Wodrow’s _History of the sufferings of the Church of
Scotland_, _new ed. 4 vols._ 1828; edited _Edinburgh Christian
instructor_ 1838–40. _d._ Toronto 19 Aug. 1869. _Morgan’s
Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) 58–9.

BURNS, WILLIAM. _b._ Saltcoats, Ayrshire Dec. 1809; a procurator in
Glasgow 1844; head of firm of Burns, Alison and Aitken; engaged
much in consideration of public bills and legal education; author
of _What’s in a name_ 1861; _War of Scottish independence 2 vols._
1874. _d._ Moffat, Dumfriesshire 2 Aug. 1876.

BURNS, REV. WILLIAM CHALMERS (_brother of Rev. Islay Burns
1817–72_). _b._ Manse of Dun 1 April 1815; licensed as a preacher
by presbytery of Glasgow 27 March 1839; minister of St. Peters,
Dundee; preached with great success in Scotland, north of England
and Canada; sent to China as a missionary by Presbyterian church
of England Nov. 1847, where he founded many native congregations
of Christians; translated the _Pilgrim’s Progress_ and many hymns
into Chinese. _d._ at port of Nieu-chwang, China 4 April 1868.
_Memoir by Rev. Islay Burns_, _3 ed._ 1870, _portrait_; _W. G.
Blaikie’s Leaders in modern philanthropy_ (1884) 219–40,
_portrait_.

BURNSIDE, HENRY EDWARD HILLMAN. Ensign 61 foot 20 Jany. 1843; chief
instructor at school of musketry Hythe, Kent 1873 to 1 Aug. 1875
when placed on h.p. as lieut. col.; C.B. 29 May 1875. _d._
Stogumber, Somerset 29 Nov. 1876.

BURR, DANIEL HIGFORD DAVALL (_elder son of Daniel Burr, lieut.
general H.E.I.C.S. who d. 19 Feb. 1828 aged 79_). _b._ 24 March
1811; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Hereford 25 July 1837
to 23 June 1841; contested Salisbury 10 July 1852, and Abingdon 3
Dec. 1852; sheriff of Berks. 1851. _d._ 23 Eaton place, London 29
Nov. 1885.

BURRARD, SIR CHARLES, 2 Baronet. _b._ Dorking, Surrey 2 March 1793;
succeeded 18 Oct. 1813; entered navy 13 July 1805; captain 29
Jany. 1822; flag captain in the Revenge 76 guns 20 March 1823 to
April 1827; placed on retired half pay 1 Oct. 1846; retired
admiral 27 April 1863. _d._ Holmefield, Lyndhurst, Hants. 12 July
1870.

BURRARD, REV. SIR GEORGE, 3 Baronet. _b._ Lymington, Hampshire 6
April 1769; R. of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 1801–41; Chaplain in
ordinary 1801 to death; V. of Middleton-Tyas, Yorkshire 1804 to
death; R. of Burton-Coggles, Lincs. 1822 to death; succeeded 7
Feb. 1840. _d._ Walhampton, Lymington 17 May 1856.

BURRARD, SIR GEORGE, 4 Baronet. _b._ 13 Oct. 1805; M.P. for
Lymington 31 July 1828 to 3 Dec. 1832; succeeded 17 May 1856;
drowned while bathing at Lyme Regis, Dorset 7 Sep. 1870.

BURRARD, SIR HARRY, 5 Baronet. _b._ 13 Oct. 1818; succeeded 7 Sep.
1870. _d._ Hastings 15 April 1871.

BURRELL, SIR CHARLES MERRIK, 3 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir Wm.
Burrell, 2 baronet 1732–96_). _b._ Golden sq. London 21 May 1774;
succeeded 20 Jany. 1796; M.P. for Shoreham 4 Nov. 1807 to death,
the “father” of the House for some time before his death; Sussex
agriculturists owe to him introduction of the white or Belgian
carrot and valuable experiments in feeding and fattening cattle.
_d._ Knepp castle, West Grinstead 4 Jany. 1862. _Sporting Review
xlvii_, 108 (1862).

BURRELL, GEORGE. _b._ Long Houghton, Northumberland 26 Feb. 1777;
ensign 15 foot 4 Feb. 1797; lieut. col. 18 foot 22 July 1830 to 22
Nov. 1841; C.B. 14 Oct. 1841; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; colonel 39 foot
11 Feb. 1852 to death. _d._ Alnwick 4 Jany. 1853.

BURRELL, JOHN PALFREY (_youngest son of Palfrey George Burrell of
Alnwick_). Barrister G.I. 2 July 1805, bencher 20 May 1829,
treasurer 1833–4; police magistrate at Queen sq. office
Westminster 1833–46 and at Vincent sq. office Westminster 1846–54.
_d._ 1 Gray’s Inn sq. London 11 July 1859 aged 86.

BURRELL, SIR PERCY, 4 Baronet. _b._ Grosvenor place, London 10 Feb.
1812; succeeded 4 Jany. 1862; M.P. for Shoreham 5 Feb. 1862 to
death. _d._ 44 Berkeley sq. London 19 July 1876.

BURRELL, SIR WALTER WYNDHAM, 5 Baronet. _b._ 26 Oct. 1814; barrister
L.I. 1840; contested East Sussex 1865; M.P. for Shoreham 4 Aug.
1876 to 18 Nov. 1885; sheriff of Sussex 1871; succeeded 19 July
1876. _d._ West Grinstead park, Horsham 24 Jany. 1886. _Law Times
lxxx_, 236 (1876).

BURRITT, ELIHU. _b._ New Britain, Connecticut 8 Dec. 1810; a
blacksmith at Worcester, Massachusetts 1837; translated all the
Icelandic Sagas relating to discovery of America and obtained name
of the “learned blacksmith”; public lecturer 1841; started
_Christian Citizen_ a weekly journal 1842; co-operated in England
with English peace advocates 1846–9; developed basis of an
international association known as the League of universal
brotherhood 1848; prominent organiser of first Peace Congress at
Paris 22 Aug. 1849; editor of _Citizen of the World_ in
Philadelphia 1852; walked from London to John O’Groats 1863 and
from London to Land’s End 1864; United States consul at Birmingham
1867 to June 1869. _d._ New Britain 9 March 1879. _The world’s
workers by J. W. Kirton_ (1885) 65–94, _portrait_.

BURROUGHES, HENRY NEGUS. _b._ 8 Feb. 1791; sheriff of Norfolk 1817;
M.P. for East Norfolk 11 Aug. 1837 to 21 March 1857. _d._ 22 March
1872.

BURROUGHS, WATKINS. _b._ England 1795; Manager of Surrey theatre,
London Oct. 1822; stage manager at Astley’s theatre; lessee of
Belfast theatre; first appeared in America 1825, at Park theatre,
New York as Harry Dornton in _The road to ruin_; acting and stage
manager of Lafayette theatre N.Y.; acted at Philadelphia 1825.
_d._ Liverpool 12 July 1869.

BURROW, VEN. EDWARD JOHN. Educ. at Magd. coll. Cam., B.A. 1805, M.A.
1808; incorporated M.A. at Trin. coll. Ox. 1820, B.D. and D.D.
1820; P.C. of Bempton, Yorkshire 1810–16; minister of Hampstead
chapel near London 1816–23; domestic chaplain to bishop of
Winchester 1823–35; principal of College school Mount Radford,
Exeter July 1827 to Jany. 1828; civil chaplain of Gibraltar
1835–42; archdeacon of Gibraltar 1842–59; F.R.S. 26 Feb. 1818;
author of _Elements of conchology_ 1815, _2 ed._ 1818; _The Elgin
marbles with an account of Athens_ 1817; _A summary of Christian
faith and practice 3 vols._ 1822; _Questions on the memorial
scripture copies_ 1829, _3 ed._ 1854. _d._ Honiton, Devon 8 Aug.
1861. _A statement of the manner in which E. J. Burrow became
connected with Mount Radford and of his removal_ 1828.

BURROWES, JOHN FRECKLETON. _b._ London 23 April 1787; pupil of
William Horsley, organist; organist of St. James’s church,
Piccadilly, London about 1815 to death; an original member of
Philharmonic Society 1813; author of _The pianoforte primer
containing the rudiments of music_ 1818, _48 ed._ 1862; _Thorough
bass primer_ 1819, _37 ed._ 1871; _A companion to the thorough
bass primer_ 1832. _d._ 13 Nottingham place, New road, London 31
March 1852.

BURROWES, ROBERT. _b._ Dublin 19 March 1810; sheriff of Cavan 1838;
M.P. for co. Cavan 13 April 1855 to 21 March 1857. _d._ Stradone
house, Cavan 30 Nov. 1881.

BURROWS. Sir John Cordy (_eld. son of Robert Burrows of Ipswich,
silversmith_). _b._ Ipswich 5 Aug. 1813; M.R.C.S. 1836, F.R.C.S.
1852; practised at Brighton 1839 to death; projected Royal
literary and scientific institution 1841, secretary 1841–57; mayor
of Brighton 1857–9 and 1871–2; knighted at Osborne 5 Feb. 1873; a
very great benefactor to town of Brighton. _d._ 62 Old Steyne,
Brighton 25 March 1876. Statue of him in grounds of Royal Pavilion
unveiled 14 Feb. 1878. _Lancet i_, 515, 548 (1876); _I.L.N. lxii_,
191 (1873), _portrait, lxviii_, 335 (1876), _lxxii_, 173 (1878).

BURSLEM, CHARLES. _b._ Manchester; a journalist; assistant editor of
the _North Eastern Daily Gazette_ some years; author of several
serial tales in provincial journals; author of several successful
pantomimes and of a farce entitled _Third floor lodgers_ produced
at Gaiety theatre West Hartlepool. _d._ Manchester Jany. 1886 aged
28.

BURSTAL, EDWARD. _b._ Devonport 1 Feb. 1818; entered navy Dec. 1832;
commander 29 Sep. 1855; assisted in laying down first submarine
telegraph cable between Dover and Calais 1852; laid cable from
Orfordness to the Hague; secretary to conservators of river Thames
1857 to death; a member of Thames Embankment and other royal
commissions; retired captain 29 Sep. 1870; F.R.G.S. 1857. _d._
Ramsgate 13 July 1886.

BURT, SIR ARCHIBALD PAUL (_2 son of George Henry Burt, speaker of
house of assembly St. Christopher, West Indies_). _b._ St.
Christopher 1810; barrister M.T. 21 Nov. 1845; attorney general of
St. Christopher 1849–60, member of legislative and executive
councils, speaker of house of assembly; comr. of civil court in
Western Australia July 1860, chief justice there 1861 to death;
knighted at Windsor Castle 12 Dec. 1873. _d._ Strawberry hill,
Perth, Western Australia 21 Nov. 1879.

BURTON, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM DESART. _b._ 1827; ensign 82 foot 8 Aug.
1845; major 7 dragoon guards 17 Sep. 1857 to 1863; C.B. 5 July
1855. _d._ Pau 11 Feb. 1882.

BURTON, REV. CHARLES (_youngest son of Daniel Burton of Rhodes hall,
Middleton, Lancs. cotton manufacturer_). _b._ Rhodes hall 18 Jany.
1793; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow and St. John’s coll. Cam., L.L.B.
Cam. 1822, B.C.L. and D.C.L. Ox. 1829; Wesleyan minister; built
church of All Saints, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester at cost of
£18,000, R. of All Saints 1820 to death, greater part of church
was destroyed by fire 6 Feb. 1850; F.L.S. for discovering in
Anglesea a plant new to science; author of _Horæ, Poeticæ_ 1815;
_The Bardiad, a poem in two cantos_ 1823, _2 ed._ 1823; _Lectures
on the Millenium_ 1841; _Lectures on the world before the flood_
1844; _Lectures on Popery_ 1851 and about 15 other books. _d._
Western lodge, Durham 6 Sep. 1866. _Evans’s Lancashire authors and
orators_ (1850) 47–51.

BURTON, CHARLES EDWARD (_son of Rev. Edward Wm. Burton, B. of
Rathmichael, co. Dublin_). _b._ Barnton, Cheshire 16 Sep. 1846;
assistant in Lord Rosse’s observatory at Parsonstown 1868–9; B.A.
Dublin 1868; joined Sicilian expedition to observe total solar
eclipse of 22 Dec. 1870; photographer to transit of Venus
expedition 1874; worked at observatory of Dunsink near Dublin
1876–8; devised with Howard Grubb the ‘ghost micrometer’ described
before Royal Dublin Society 15 Nov. 1880; F.R.A.S. 8 May 1874;
author of numerous papers in scientific periodicals. _d._ Castle
Knock church 9 July 1882. _Astronomical Register xx_, 173–4
(1883).

BURTON, DECIMUS (_10 son of James Burton of London, builder_). _b._
30 Sep. 1800; architect in London 1821–69; designed the Colosseum
in Regent’s Park 1823; carried out Hyde Park Corner improvements
where he designed the facade and triumphal arch 1825; designed the
Athenæum club 1827; laid out Calverley Park estate at Tunbridge
Wells 1828–50; architect to Royal botanic society 1840–70; F.R.S.
6 Dec. 1832, F.R.I.B.A. _d._ The Cottage, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 14
Dec. 1881. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxiv_, 8–10 (1883); _Builder
xli_, 779–80 (1881); _I.L.N. lxxix_, 650 (1881), _portrait_.

BURTON, EDWARD FREDERICK (_son of James Burton of London, solicitor
who d. 1869_). _b._ 1818; solicitor in London 1843 to death;
member of council of Incorporated law society 1865 to death, vice
pres. 1876–7, pres. 1877–8; member of judicature acts (legal
offices) committee 1877. _d._ Eastbourne 11 July 1879.

BURTON, JAMES RYDER. _b._ 1795; entered navy 12 May 1806; captain 23
Feb. 1824; granted good service pension 4 Nov. 1852; admiral on
half pay 4 Nov. 1863; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837; invented a method for
propelling ships of war during a calm 1819. _d._ 15 Park sq. east,
Regent’s park, London 2 Aug. 1876.

BURTON, JOHN HILL (_2 son of Wm. Kinnimont Burton of Aberdeen who d.
1820_). _b._ the Gallowgate, Aberdeen 22 Aug. 1809; ed. at
Marischal coll. Aberdeen; called to Scottish bar 1831; contributed
articles to _Blackwood’s Mag._ 1842 to death; sec. to general
board of directors of prisons in Scotland 24 July 1854; manager of
Perth prison 4 Jany. 1861 to Jany. 1878; historiographer royal of
Scotland 1867; author of _Law of bankruptcy in Scotland 2 vols._
1845; _Life of D. Hume 2 vols._ 1846; _Lives of Lord Lovat and
Duncan Forbes_ 1847; _Narratives from criminal trials in Scotland
2 vols._ 1852; _History of Scotland 9 vols._ 1853–70, _2 ed. 9
vols._ 1873; _The book hunter_ 1862, _new ed._ 1882; _History of
the reign of Queen Anne 3 vols._ 1880; _The Scot abroad 2 vols._
1881. _d._ Morton house, Lothianburn 10 Aug. 1881. _The Bookhunter
by J. H. Burton_ (1882) _i-civ, portrait_; _Blackwood’s Mag.
cxxx_, 401–4 (1881); _Graphic xxiv_, 269 (1881), _portrait_.

BURTON, SIR RICHARD (_son of Sir John Burton of Wakefield,
Yorkshire_). _b._ Westminster 1773; knighted at St. James’s palace
13 Sep. 1831. _d._ Sackett’s hill house, Margate 3 Sep. 1855.

BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (_son of Wm. Burton of London, printer
1774–1825_). _b._ London Sep. 1802; ed. at St. Paul’s sch.; acted
in Norwich circuit 7 years; first appeared in London at Pavilion
theatre Feb. 1831 as Wormwood in _The lottery ticket_; acted at
Haymarket 1833; first appeared in America at Arch st. theatre
Philadelphia 3 Sep. 1834 as Doctor Ollapod in _The Poor
gentleman_; lessee and manager of theatres in Philadelphia and
Baltimore; leased Palma’s Opera house New York 1848 which he
renamed Burton’s Theatre; manager of Metropolitan theatre Broadway
which he renamed Burton’s New theatre Sep. 1856–8; wrote several
plays best known being _Ellen Wareham_, a domestic drama, produced
May 1833 when it was played at 5 London theatres at same time;
edited _Cambridge Quarterly Review_ and _Philadelphia Literary
Souvenir_ 1838–40; author of _Waggaries and vagaries_ 1848;
_Cyclopædia of wit and humour 2 vols._ 1857. _d._ 174 Hudson st.
New York 9 Feb. 1860. _Ireland’s Records of the New York stage
ii_, 235–8 (1867); _Burton’s Cyclopædia_ (1857), _portrait_; _T.
A. Brown’s American stage_ (1870) 57, 66, _portrait_.

BURTON, WILLIAM MARTIN. Second lieut. Madras artillery 1798, colonel
26 Feb. 1840 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ at his residence
near London 13 Aug. 1853.

BURTON, WILLIAM PATON (_son of Wm. Paton Burton, captain Indian
army_). _b._ Madras 1828; ed. at Edinburgh; pupil of David Bryce,
architect; a water colour painter; exhibited many landscapes at
the R.A. and Suffolk st. gallery 1862–80. _d._ Cults, Aberdeen 31
Dec. 1883.

BURTON-PETERS, HENRY. _b._ 1792; M.P. for Beverley 31 July 1830 to
17 July 1837. _d._ Bath 24 Nov. 1874.

BURTT, JOHN. _b._ Fulbeck, Lincs.; published _The young patriot and
other poems by J. B. a friend of the Aborigines protection
society_ 1846. _d._ Stockport, Cheshire 5 July 1859 aged 71.
_Annual Monitor for 1860 pp._ 66–74.

BURTT, JOHN. _b._ Knockmarlock, Ayrshire 1789; apprenticed to a
weaver; pressed into navy 1807; served on board the Magnificent 5
years; taught in Kilmarnock and Paisley 1816; went to United
States; studied at Princeton college; Presbyterian minister at
Salem; professor of theology 1835. _d._ 24 March 1866.

BURTT, JOSEPH. _b._ St. Pancras, London 7 Nov. 1818; worked under
Sir Francis Palgrave at Chapter house, Westminster Abbey 1832–40;
clerk in Record Office 1840, a second class assistant keeper of
records Aug. 1851, a first class June 1859 to death; sec. to Royal
Archæol. Instit. 1862 to death; edited _Archæological Journal_;
edited _Household expenses of John of Brabant, and of Thomas and
Henry of Lancaster_ for the Miscellany of Camden Society. _d._
Crofton lodge, Upper Tulse hill, Surrey 15 Dec. 1876.
_Archæological Journal xxxiv_, 90–2 (1877).

BURY, CHARLOTTE SUSAN MARIA (_dau. of 5 Duke of Argyll 1723–1806_).
_b._ Argyll house, Oxford st. London 28 Jany. 1775; lady in
waiting to Princess of Wales, afterwards Queen Caroline 1809;
published anonymously _Poems on several occasions by a Lady_ 1797;
_Love 3 vols._ 1837, _2 ed._ 1860; _Diary illustrative of the
times of George the Fourth 4 vols._ 1838–9; and with her name,
_The divorced 2 vols._ 1837, _2 ed._ 1858. (_m._ (1) 14 June 1796
John Campbell, M.P. for Ayr burghs who _d._ 15 March 1809. _m._
(2) 17 March 1818 Rev. Edward John Bury, R. of Lichfield, Hants,
who _d._ May 1832 aged 42). _d._ 91 Sloane st. Chelsea 31 March
1861. _Burke’s Portrait gallery i_, 103 (1833), _portrait_; _New
monthly mag. xlix_, 76–7 (1837), _portrait_.

BURY, EDWARD. _b._ Salford near Manchester 22 Oct. 1794;
manufacturer of machinery at Liverpool; introduced a series of
improved engines for steamboats employed on river Rhone; managed
locomotive department of London and Birmingham railway for some
years after opening Sep. 1838; managed locomotive department of
Great Northern railway; F.R.S. 1 Feb. 1844 for great improvements
which he had introduced in adjusting dimensions of cylinder and
driving wheels of steam engines. _d._ Scarborough 25 Nov. 1858.
_Proc. of Royal Soc. x_, 12 (1860).

BURY, GEORGE BUTT. Second lieut. RM. 10 Nov. 1804, colonel 10 Jany.
1852, col. commandant 21 June 1854 to 1 Aug. 1854 when he retired
on full pay; M.G. 20 June 1855. _d._ 25 Athenæum st. Plymouth 4
Jany. 1873 aged 87.

BURY, THOMAS TALBOT. _b._ 26 Sep. 1811; articled to Augustus Pugin,
architect 1824; architect in Gerrard st. Soho, London 1830; very
skilful in colouring architectural studies; designed with A. Pugin
details of Houses of parliament; exhibited 18 drawings at the R.A.
1838–72; designed 35 churches and about 50 other large buildings;
F.R.I.B.A. 1843, vice pres. 1876; F.S.A. 1863; author of _Remains
of ecclesiastical woodwork_ 1847; _History and description of the
styles of architecture of various countries_ 1849. _d._ 50 Welbeck
st. London 23 Feb. 1877. _Sessional papers read at Royal Instit.
of British Architects_ (1877) 152–4.

BUSFEILD, WILLIAM. _b._ 12 Feb. 1773; M.P. for Bradford 25 July 1837
to 23 June 1841 and 16 Sep. 1841 to death. _d._ 15 Bury st. St.
James’s London 11 Sep. 1851.

BUSH, WILLIAM. Cornet 2 Dragoon guards 7 Jany. 1808; lieut. col. 1
West India regiment 4 Sep. 1835 to 1 Jany. 1847; inspecting field
officer of Leeds recruiting district 1 Jany. 1847, of London
district 17 April 1852 to death; M.G. 20 June 1854; K.H. 1835.
_d._ 66 Cadogan place, London 27 Aug. 1854. _H. S. Smith’s
Military obituary for_ 1854, 10–12.

BUSHNAN, JOHN STEVENSON (_son of Joseph Bushnan who d. 21 Feb. 1831,
controller of the Chamber, City of London 1803–31_). _b._ The
Guildhall, London 1810; M.R.C.S. Edin. 1830, F.R.C.S. 1839;
M.R.C.P. Edin. 1830, M.D. Heidelberg 1836; practised at Castle
Cary, Somerset 1837–41; travelled abroad 1841–8; practised in
London 1848; edited _Medical times and gazette_ 1849–52; author of
_Philosophy of instinct and reason_ 1847; _Miss Martineau and her
master_ 1851; _Homœopathy and the homœopaths_ 1852 and other
books. _d._ The Charterhouse, City of London 17 Feb. 1884.
_Medical Circular ii_, 149–50 (1853).

BUSK, HANS (_youngest son of Sir Wadsworth Busk 1730–1811, attorney
general of Isle of Man_). _b._ 28 May 1772; lived in Russia some
years where he was a member of Empress Catherine’s celebrated
Chevalier Guard; sheriff of Radnorshire 1837–8; author of
_Fugitive pieces in verse_ 1814; _The Vestriad or the Opera, a
mock epic poem_ 1819; _The dessert, a poem to which is added The
tea_ 1820; _The lay of life, a poem_ 1834. _d._ 22 Great
Cumberland place, Hyde park, London 8 Feb. 1862.

BUSK, HANS (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 11 May 1815; ed. at
King’s coll. London and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1844;
formed a model rifle club at Cam. 1837; barrister M.T. 7 May 1841;
sheriff of Radnorshire 1847; joined Royal Victoria rifle club
London 1858 only volunteer corps then existing, captain 1860;
delivered lectures instrumental in extending volunteer movement
over whole kingdom; devised a steam life boat service 1869, the
Petronelle first of the class was launched 1873; founded _New
Quarterly review_ 1874; author of _The rifleman’s manual_ 1858, _7
ed._ 1860; _Rifle volunteers how to organize and drill them_ 1859,
_7 ed._ 1860; _The navies of the world their present state and
future capabilities_ 1859; _Handbook for Hythe_ 1860;
_Maiden-hours and maiden-wiles designed by Beaujolais_ 1869. _d._
21 Ashley place, Victoria st. Westminster 11 March 1882. _I.L.N.
lxxx_, 284 (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 313 (1882),
_portrait_.

BUSS, ROBERT WILLIAM (_son of Wm. C. Buss of 60 Jewin st.
Cripplegate, London, engraver who d. 1832_). _b._ London 4 Aug.
1804; apprenticed to his father; painted 15 theatrical portraits
for _Cumberland’s British Drama_ which were exhibited at
Colosseum; exhibited 25 pictures at R.A., 20 at B.I. and 45 at
Suffolk st. gallery 1826–59; contributed to Westminster
competition a cartoon of Prince Henry and Judge Gascoigne;
illustrated Charles Knight’s _London_, _Chaucer_, _Shakespeare_
and _Old England_; painted 71 pictures, 25 of which were engraved;
painted large frescoes representing Origin and triumph of music
for Earl of Hardwicke at Wimpole hall; privately printed _English
graphic satire_ 1874; edited _The fine art almanac, or artist’s
remembrancer_ 1850–2. _d._ 14 Camden st. Camden Town, London 26
Feb. 1875. _G. Everitt’s English Caricaturists_ (1886) 363–6;
_People’s Journal vi_, 3 (1848); _Notes and Queries 5 S. iii_,
228, 257, 330, 419, 455, 473 (1875), _iv_, 15 (1875), _vii_, 138
(1877), 6 _S. vi_, 488 (1882), _vii_, 216 (1883).

BUTCHER, MOST REV. SAMUEL (_eld. son of Samuel Butcher 1770–1849,
vice admiral R.N._) _b._ Danesfort near Killarney 9 Oct. 1811; ed.
at Cork and Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1832, B.A. 1834, fellow
1837–52, tutor and lecturer, M.A. 1839, B.D. 1848, D.D. 1849;
professor of ecclesiastical history in Univ. of Dublin April 1850,
Regius professor of divinity Nov. 1852 to Aug. 1866; R. of
Ballymoney, Cork 1854–66; bishop of Meath Aug. 1866 to death; P.C.
Ireland 1866; author of _The ecclesiastical calendar its theory
and construction_ 1877; cut his throat at Ardbraccan house, Navan
near Dublin 29 July 1876.

BUTE, SOPHIA FREDERICA CHRISTINA CRICHTON-STUART, Marchioness of (_2
dau. of 1 Marquis of Hastings 1754–1826_). _b._ 1 Feb. 1809; gave
the Sophia gardens to town of Cardiff; edited _Poems of lady Flora
Hastings_ 1841; _Private journals of 1 Marquis of Hastings 2
vols._ 1858. (_m._ 10 April 1845, John Crichton-Stuart, 2 Marquis
of Bute 1793–1848). _d._ 120 George st. Edinburgh 28 Dec. 1859.

BUTLER, CHARLES SALISBURY (_eld. son of John Butler of Hackney,
London_). _b._ 1812; commissioner of taxes; M.P. for Tower Hamlets
8 July 1852 to 11 Nov. 1868; chairman of Quarter sessions of Tower
Hamlets liberties to death. _d._ 48 Prince’s gate, Hyde park,
London 11 Nov. 1870.

BUTLER, SIR EDWARD (_5 son of 13 Baron Dunboyne 1780–1850_). _b._ 29
Oct. 1811; lieut. of corps of gentlemen at arms 1839 to May 1845;
knighted at St. James’s palace 19 Feb. 1840; contested
Southampton, contest was protracted from Nov. 1856 to 11 Feb. 1857
when he was defeated by 32 votes; sheriff of Hants 1855. _d._
Marseilles 20 Oct. 1858.

BUTLER, EDWARD. _b._ Kilkenny 1824; re-established _The Nation_ with
C. G. Duffy 1849; went to New South Wales 1853; called to bar at
Sydney 16 Oct. 1855, Q.C.; member of legislative assembly for
Argyle 1869; attorney general 1872 to Nov. 1873; member of
legislative council Oct. 1877 to death. _d._ Supreme court, Sydney
9 June 1879. _Times 18 July 1879 p. 5, col. 6_, _11 Aug. p. 11,
col. 2_.

BUTLER, FRANCIS (_son of Mr. Butler, trainer of horses to Duke of
York who d. 1827_). _b._ Sep. 1817; professional jockey 1839–53;
won the Oaks on Poison 1843 at odds of 40 to 1, on Princess 1844,
on Lady Evelyn 1849, on Rhedycina 1850, on Iris 1851 and on
Songstress 1852; won St. Leger on The Baron 1845; won Derby on
Daniel O’Rourke 1852 and Two thousand guineas, Derby and St. Leger
on West Australian 1853. _d._ Newmarket 1 Feb. 1856. _Sporting
Review xxxi_, 143–8 (1854), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxii_, 416 (1853),
_portrait_.

BUTLER, FRANCIS. _b._ England 1810; professor of languages at
several educational institutions in New York; a dog-trainer and
fancier; author of _Breeding, training, management and diseases of
dogs_ 1857; _The Spanish teacher and colloquial phrase book_, _8
ed._ 1857. _d._ from hydrophobia at Brooklyn, New York 17 June
1874.

BUTLER, VERY REV. GEORGE (_2 son of Rev. Weeden Butler 1742–1823,
Morning preacher at Charlotte st. Chapel Pimlico, London_). _b._
Pimlico 5 July 1774; foundation scholar of Sid. Sus. coll. Cam.;
Senior Wr. and first Smith’s prizeman Jany. 1794; B.A. 1794, M.A.
1797, B.D. 1804, D.D. 1805; Fellow of his college 1794,
mathematical lecturer and classical tutor; kept his terms at
Lincolns Inn; one of the 8 select preachers before Univ. of Cam.
1805; Head master of Harrow school April 1805 to Easter 1829; R.
of Gayton, Northampton 1814 to death; chancellor of Peterborough
1836–42; dean of Peterborough 3 Nov. 1842 to death, admitted Dean
25 Nov. 1842; author of _Extracts from the communion service of
the Church_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1842; _Statutes of Peterborough
cathedral translated_ 1853; _Harrow, a selection of the lists of
the School_ 1849. _d._ the deanery Peterborough 30 April 1853.
Monument erected in Harrow church July 1854. _P. M. Thornton’s
Harrow school_ (1885) 215–64.

BUTLER, GEORGE SLADE (_son of Richard Butler of Rye, Sussex,
surgeon_). _b._ Rye 4 March 1821; solicitor at Rye 1843 to death;
town clerk 1875–81; registrar of county court; F.S.A. 6 March
1862; author of _Topographica Sussexiana_ 1866, originally printed
in _Collections of Sussex Archæological Society_ to which he
contributed many papers on antiquities of Rye. _d._ Rye 11 April
1882.

BUTLER, HENRY EDWARD (_2 son of 2 Earl of Carrick 1746–1813_). _b._
3 Dec. 1780; ensign 27 foot 15 Feb. 1800; major 2 garrison
battalion 19 March 1812 to 25 Dec. 1816 when placed on h.p.; L.G.
20 June 1854; col. 94 foot 25 July 1854 and col. 55 foot 19 Jany.
1855 to death. _d._ Paris 7 Dec. 1856.

BUTLER, JAMES ARMAR (_4 son of the preceding_). _b._ 1827; ensign 90
foot 13 Oct. 1843; captain Ceylon rifle regiment 6 May 1853 to May
1854 when placed on h.p.; conducted siege of Silistria, Turkey
against the Russians May 1854 to death; gazetted brevet major 14
July 1854 and lieut. Coldstream guards 15 July 1854. _d._
Silistria of wounds received during the siege 22 June 1854 in 28
year. _E. H. Nolan’s War against Russia i_, 214–27 (1857); _G.
Ryan’s Our heroes of the Crimea_ (1855) 141–3.

BUTLER, JAMES ARTHUR. _b._ 1795; ensign 1 foot guards 23 June 1813,
captain 18 April 1816 to 25 Dec. 1818, carried the colours at
Waterloo; captain 80 foot 31 July 1823 to 19 Nov. 1825 when placed
on h.p.; general 5 Dec. 1871. _d._ Holt lodge, Kintbury, Berkshire
26 Feb. 1881.

BUTLER, REV. PIERCE (_brother of James Armar Butler 1827–54_). _b._
27 Feb. 1826; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852;
explored peninsula of Sinai 1853–4; R. of Ulcombe, Kent 1861 to
death; translated from the Danish _Öhlenschläger’s Axel and
Valborg_, a tragedy in 5 acts 1874. _d._ Ulcombe rectory 8 Feb.
1868. _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xxxviii_, _pp. cxliv-cxlvi_,
(1868).

BUTLER, PIERCE SOMERSET. _b._ 26 Jany. 1801; called to Irish bar
1832; M.P. for co. Kilkenny 1 Dec. 1843 to 1 July 1852. _d._ 28
July 1865. _Annual Register_ (1854) 402–14.

BUTLER, VERY REV. RICHARD (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Butler, V. of
Burnchurch, co. Kilkenny who d. 1841_). _b._ near Granard, co.
Longford 14 Oct. 1794; ed. at Reading and Balliol coll. Ox., B.A.
1817; V. of Trim, co. Meath 1819 to death; dean of Clonmacnois
Dec. 1847 to death; one of founders of Irish archæological Society
1840 (united with Celtic Society 1854), for which he edited _Clyn
and Dowling’s Annals of Ireland_ 1849; author of _Some notices of
the Castle and of the Abbies at Trim_ 1835, _2 ed._ 1840. _d._ 17
July 1862.

BUTLER, SIR RICHARD PIERCE, 9 Baronet. _b._ 4 March 1813; succeeded
8 Nov. 1861. _d._ 22 Nov. 1862.

BUTLER, SIR THOMAS, 8 Baronet. _b._ 23 Oct. 1783; succeeded 16 Jany.
1817. _d._ 8 Nov. 1861.

BUTLER-CLARKE-SOUTHWELL-WANDESFORD, CHARLES HARWARD (_4 son of 17
Earl of Ormonde who d. 30 Jany. 1796_). _b._ 9 Nov. 1780; M.P. for
city of Kilkenny 1802–9 and 1814–20; M.P. for county Kilkenny
1820–30. _d._ Mount Juliet, Kilkenny 7 Nov. 1860.

BUTLER-JOHNSTONE, HENRY (_3 son of 13 Baron Dunboyne 1780–1850_).
_b._ Dublin 28 Aug. 1809; M.P. for Canterbury 8 July 1852 to 21
Feb. 1853 when unseated on petition of the electors, M.P. again
1857–62; colonel commandant Dumfries militia 7 Feb. 1868 to 15
March 1873. _d._ 8 Seamore place, Mayfair, London 1 April 1879.

BUTT, GEORGE MEDD (_2 son of John Butt of Sherborne_). _b._
Sherborne 1797; practised as special pleader; barrister I.T. 25
June 1830, bencher 1845, reader 1858, treasurer 1859; Q.C. 1845;
M.P. for Weymouth 10 July 1852 to 21 March 1857. _d._ 17 Eaton
square, London 11 Nov. 1860.

BUTT, ISAAC (_only son of Rev. Robert Butt R. of Stranorlar, co.
Donegal_). _b._ Glenfin, co. Donegal 6 Sep. 1813; ed. at Royal
school Raphoe and Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1832, B.A. 1835,
LL.B. 1836, M.A. and LLD. 1840; Whately professor of political
economy in Trin. coll. Dublin 1836–41; called to Irish bar Nov.
1838; alderman of Dublin 1840; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1859;
carried on a counter agitation to that of the Repeal Association
1843; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1844; M.P. for Harwich 8 May 1852 to 1 July
1852, for Youghal 1852 to 1865 and for Limerick 1871 to death;
leader of the Home Rule party 1871 to death; defended the Fenian
prisoners 1865–9; pres. of Amnesty Association 1869; a founder of
_Dublin Univ. Mag._ 1833, editor Aug. 1834 to 1838; established in
Dublin a weekly newspaper called the _Protestant Guardian_
afterwards amalgamated with the _Warder_; author of _Ovid’s Fasti
translated_ 1833; _The history of Italy_ 1860; _A practical
treatise on the new law of compensation to tenants in Ireland_
1871; _Home government for Ireland_ 1874. _d._ Roebuck cottage
near Dundrum, co. Dublin 5 May 1879. _Dublin Univ. Mag. xciii_,
710–15 (1879); _Sullivan’s New Ireland_ (1877), ii, 306–10, 319;
_Graphic iv_, 485 (1871), _portrait, xix_, 508 (1879), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. iv_, 40 (1844), _portrait_.

BUTT, JAMES PALMER. Educ. at school established in Somers Town,
London by Abbé Carron and at Stonyhurst college; kept a school
with his brother Wm. Henry Butt at Baylis house, Salt hill near
Windsor about 1828 to death. _d._ Baylis house, Salt hill 2 May
1873 aged 84.

BUTTER, DONALD. Surgeon Bengal army 28 Aug. 1833; superintending
surgeon at Benares 31 Dec. 1854 to 23 April 1859 when placed on
h.p. with rank of inspector general; author of _Outline of the
topography and statistics of the Southern districts of Oudh_ 1839;
_Snake bite curable and hydrophobia preventible_ 1873. _d._
Hazelwood, Upper Norwood 24 Dec. 1877 aged 78.

BUTTER, JOHN. _b._ Woodbury, Devon 22 Jany. 1791; ed. at Exeter gr.
sch.; surgeon at Plymouth 1814–20, physician there 1820–56 when he
became blind; M.D. Edin. 1820; originated Plymouth Eye Dispensary
1821; F.L.S. 1817; F.R.S. 21 March 1822; author of _Remarks on
irritative fever commonly called the Plymouth dockyard disease_
1845. _d._ 7 Windsor villas, Plymouth 13 Jany. 1877.

BUTTERWORTH, HENRY (_son of Henry Butterworth of Coventry, timber
merchant_). _b._ Coventry 28 Feb. 1786; law publisher at 7 Fleet
st. London 1818 to death; representative of ward of Farringdon
Without in Court of Common Council 1823–30; law publisher to the
Queen 23 Nov. 1852 to death; F.S.A. 6 Jany. 1848. _d._ Upper
Tooting, Surrey 2 Nov. 1860. _Memoir of the late H. Butterworth_
(1861).

BUTTERWORTH, WILLIAM JOHN. Adjutant 38 Madras N.I. 1821; lieut. col.
of 2 European regiment 1841–3 and 1846–51, of 10 Madras N.I.
1843–6; col. of 5 Madras N.I. 3 Dec. 1851 to death; C.B. 20 July
1838; governor of Prince of Wales island, Singapore and Malacca 14
June 1843 to 1855, presented with piece of plate value £700 by the
inhabitants 1856; general 28 Nov. 1854. _d._ Millmead house,
Guildford 4 Nov. 1856 aged 55. _I.L.N. xxix_, 105–6 (1856),
_portrait_.

BUXTON, BERTHA H. (_dau. of Wm. Lenpold or Leupold of London,
merchant_). _b._ 26 July 1844; ed. at Queen’s college, Tufnell
park, London; travelled in Holland, Germany and America; published
_Jennie of “The Prince’s,” a novel by B. H. B. 3 vols._ 1876;
_Won, by the author of Jennie of the Prince’s 3 vols._ 1877;
_Rosabella, a doll’s Christmas story by Auntie Bee_ 1877; _More
dolls by Auntie Bee_ 1878; the following books have her name on
them _Fetterless though bound together 3 vols._ 1879, _Great
Grenfell gardens 3 vols._ 1879, _Nell—On and off the stage 3
vols._ 1880, _From the wings 3 vols._ 1880, _Many loves 3 vols._
1880, _Little Pops a nursery romance_ 1881, _Sceptre and king_
1881. (_m._ at Hanwell parish church 22 Dec. 1860, Henry Buxton of
Hanwell, merchant son of Edward Buxton, merchant). _d._ 12 St.
Mary’s terrace, Kensington, London 31 March 1881. _Biograph iv_,
159–62 (1880); _Carisbrooke Mag. April 1881_, _portrait_;
_Tinsley’s Mag. xxviii_, 499–500 (1881).

BUXTON, CHARLES (_3 son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1 Baronet
1786–1845_). _b._ Cromer 18 Nov. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.
A. 1845, M.A. 1850; partner in firm of Truman, Hanbury and Co. of
Spitalfields, London, brewers 1845; M.P. for Newport, Isle of
Wight 1857–9, for Maidstone 1859–65, for East Surrey 1865 to
death; member of the Ritual commission 1867–8; his secretary
Arthur White attempted to shoot him at 7 Grosvenor crescent, Hyde
Park 29 April 1870; author of _Slavery and freedom in the British
West Indies_ 1860; _The ideas of the day on policy Dec. 1865_.
_d._ Lochearnhead hotel near Killin, Perthshire 10 Aug. 1871.
Personalty sworn under £250,000, 28 Feb. 1872. _Notes of thought
by the late C. Buxton_, _2 ed._ (1883) 5–52; _Graphic iv_, 219,
237 (1871), _portrait_.

BUXTON, SIR EDWARD NORTH, 2 Baronet (_brother of the preceding_).
_b._ Earlham, Norfolk 16 Sep. 1812; succeeded 19 Feb. 1845; M.P.
for South Essex 1847–52, for East Norfolk 6 April 1857 to death.
_d._ Colne house, Cromer 11 June 1858.

BUXTON, FREDERICK. _b._ Bow lane, Cheapside, London; made his first
appearance on the stage at York 1844 as Mr. Gillman in _The
happiest day of my life_; made his début in London at Olympic
theatre 1847 as David in _The Rivals_; first appeared in America
at Louisville, Kentucky March 1850 as Peter in _The Stranger_.
_d._ Chicago 17 Jany. 1858.

BUXTON, RICHARD (_2 son of John Buxton of Sedgley hall farm,
Prestwich, farmer_). _b._ Sedgley hall farm 15 Jany. 1786;
apprenticed to a bat maker 1798; botanised in Derbyshire,
Yorkshire, and North Wales; frequently cited in J. B. Wood’s
_Flora Mancuniensis_ 1840 as the authority for many localities of
the rarer plants; author of _Botanical guide to the flowering
plants found within 16 miles of Manchester_ 1849, _2 ed._ 1859.
_d._ Manchester 2 Jany. 1865. _J. Cash’s Where there’s a will
there’s a way_ (1873) 94–107; _Seemann’s Journ. of Bot. iii_, 71
(1865).

BYAM, EDWARD (_younger son of Edward Byam of Cedar hill, Antigua
1767–95_). _b._ 1795; ensign 38 foot 11 Nov. 1811; major 15
Hussars 16 June 1825 to 26 Sep. 1826 when placed on h.p.; colonel
18 Hussars 23 Feb. 1858 to death; L.G. 16 Nov. 1858. _d._ Byam
house, Brighton 9 Sep. 1864.

BYAM, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1792; ed. at
Eton; lieut. 15 Hussars 17 Sep. 1812 to 1817; served in Peninsula,
south of France and Waterloo; pres. of local council in Antigua;
colonel of regiment of dragoons raised in Antigua; knighted by
patent 6 July 1859. _d._ Westwood, Southampton 5 July 1869.

BYLES, SIR JOHN BARNARD (_eld. son of Jeremiah Byles of Stowmarket,
Suffolk, timber merchant_). _b._ Stowmarket 11 Jany. 1801; a
special pleader; barrister I.T. 18 Nov. 1831; recorder of
Buckingham 1840 to Jany. 1858; serjeant-at-law 14 Feb. 1843;
leader of Norfolk circuit 1845; received a patent of precedence
1846; Queen’s serjeant with serjeants Shee and Wrangham 27 Feb.
1857, this was last appointment of queen’s serjeants of whom he
was the survivor; judge of Court of Common Pleas Jany. 1858 to
Jany. 1873 when he retired on pension of £3,500; knighted at St.
James’s palace 14 April 1858; P.C. 3 March 1873; author of _A
discourse on the present state of the law of England_ 1829; _A
practical treatise on the law of bills of exchange_ 1829, _14 ed._
1885; _Observations on the usury laws_ 1845; _Free trade and its
so called sophisms examined by a barrister_ 1850; _Foundations of
religion in the mind and heart of man_ 1875. _d._ Harefield house,
Uxbridge 3 Feb. 1884, Will proved 25 March 1884, personalty
upwards of £201,000. _A. Pulling’s Order of the Coif_ (1884) 41,
105, 182; _A generation of judges by their Reporter_ 1886; _Law
Journal xix_, 115, 255 (1884); _Times 5 Feb. 1884 p. 7, col. 1_.

BYNG, GERALD FREDERICK (_youngest son of 5 Viscount Torrington
1741–1813_). Page of honour to Prince of Wales 1791; cornet 27
light dragoons 1800; ensign 53 foot 1801–2 when place on h.p.;
clerk in Foreign office 5 Jany. 1801 to 5 Nov. 1839 when he
retired on a superannuation allowance; ensign St. George’s
volunteer infantry 1803; attended on King and Queen of Sandwich
Islands during their visit to England May to July 1824; one of
gentlemen ushers of privy chamber 23 March 1831 to death; a comr.
for inquiring into Smithfield market 28 Nov. 1849; joined ranks of
Queen’s rifle volunteers 1859; presented to that corps colours of
the St. George’s volunteer infantry 1860; generally known as
Poodle Byng, a soubriquet given him by George Canning on account
of his curly hair; lived at 5 Cleveland court, afterwards called
37 St. James’s place, Pall Mall, London 1831 to death. _d._ there
5 June 1871 aged 87. _Life of G. Brummell by captain Jesse i_, 110
(1886), _portrait_.

BYNG, HENRY DILKES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1784; entered
navy March 1798; captain 9 March 1814; held a command on lakes of
Canada 15 years; captain of the Ordinary at Portsmouth 1833–6;
commodore at Jamaica 1842–3; retired captain 1 Oct. 1846; retired
V.A. 31 Jany. 1856. _d._ Queen’s terrace, Southsea 23 Sep. 1860.

BYRES, PATRICK (_younger son of Robert Byres of London, merchant_).
_b._ about 1778; entered Bengal army 1794; major 11 Bengal N.I. 5
Aug. 1816; colonel 20 Bengal N.I. 3 June 1825; colonel 33 Bengal
N.I. 9 July 1840 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Lonley,
Aberdeenshire 1 Feb. 1854.