Chapter IV: Front Matter (4)

ANDERSON, PAUL (_2 son of James Anderson of Grace Dieu, co.
Waterford, by Susanna youngest dau. of Christmas Paul_). _b._ 29
March 1767; ensign 51 foot 31 March 1788; lieut. col. 60 foot 14
Jany. 1808 to 25 Feb. 1817 when placed on h.p.; commander of
Gravesend and Tilbury forts 1 Dec. 1827, of Pendennis castle 23
July 1832; col. 78 foot 9 Feb. 1837 to death; general 11 Nov.
1851; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C. _d._ Bath 17 Dec. 1851.

ANDERSON, REV. PHILIP (_son of Mr. Anderson, captain H.E.I.Co._)
Entered St. Paul’s school 7 Oct. 1824 aged 8; Pauline exhibitioner
C.C. coll. Cam. 1834; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1849; chaplain at Colaba,
Bombay Nov. 1849 to death; began _Bombay quarterly magazine_ 1850;
edited _Bombay quarterly review_ Jany. 1855; author of _The
English in Western India_ 1854. _d._ Malabar hill, Bombay 13 Dec.
1857.

ANDERSON, REV. RICHARD. _b._ 16 Jany. 1792; ed. at Linc. coll Ox.,
B.A. 1815; V. of Burreston, Yorkshire 1834–54; P.C. of Leeming,
Yorkshire 1868–79; chairman of Leeming school board to 1879. _d._
Aisken house near Bedale 24 Oct. 1884.

NOTE.—He was the survivor of the celebrated trio of hardriding
Yorkshire clergymen mentioned by “Nimrod” in his _Sporting
Tour_ as hunting with the Earl of Darlington’s hounds.

ANDERSON, ROBERT. _b._ Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire; assistant surgeon
R.N. 1838; surgeon of the Investigator and Enterprise in the
Arctic seas 1848–55; made a large collection illustrative of
natural history of Arctic regions, zoological specimens were sent
to British Museum, dried plants to Kew, and fossil remains to
Geological society. _d._ June 1856 aged 38.

NOTE.—Anderson bay on Victoria land is named after him.

ANDERSON, ROBERT STERLING HORE. _b._ near Coleraine; ed. at Belfast
academy and Dublin Univ.; solicitor in Dublin 1846, in Melbourne,
Victoria 1854; M.P. for Emerald Hill 1855; comr. of customs
1860–61, 1862–63 and 1875–77; repres. of Eastern province in
legislative council; minister for justice. _d._ Melbourne 26 Oct.
1883 aged 62.

ANDERSON, SAMUEL. _b._ London 15 Nov. 1839; secretary to American
land boundary commission 1869; chief astronomer to North American
boundary commission 14 June 1872; returned to England 30 June
1875; comr. for demarcation of frontier of Servia 1 April 1879;
major R.E. 13 Sep. 1879 to death; C.M.G. 30 May 1877. _d._
Dalhousie grange, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian 11 Sep. 1881.

ANDERSON, THOMAS. Colonel 3 Madras light cavalry 21 Dec. 1859 to
death; M.G. 21 April 1863. _d._ 9 Thurloe square, London 27 May
1864.

ANDERSON, THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Anderson, sec. to National
bank of Scotland_). _b._ Edin. 26 Feb. 1832; M.D. Edin. 1853; in
Bengal medical service 1854 to death; surgeon 20 May 1866; had
medical charge of Hodson’s Horse during the mutiny; superintendent
of forest department 1864–66; director of Calcutta botanic garden
1869 to death; worked out the flora of India; author of _Florula
Adenensis_ 1860 and more than 20 other papers in journal of
Linnæan society, &c. _d._ Edin. 26 Oct. 1870. _Trans. Bot. Soc.
Edin. ii_, 41–45 (1873).

ANDERSON, THOMAS. _b._ 2 July 1819; M.D. Edin. 1841; F.R.S. Edin.
1845, Keith medallist 1855; chemist to Highland and Agricultural
society of Scotland 1848–73; regius professor of chemistry in
Univ. of Glasgow 1852; pres. of Glasgow philosophical society
1859; pres. of chemical section of British Association at Dundee
1867; royal medallist of Royal Society 1872. _d._ Chiswick near
London 2 Nov. 1874. _Journal of chemical society of London_ (1875)
1309–13.

ANDERSON, THOMAS. Ensign 78 foot 1845, served with it 18 years
chiefly in India; captain 17 Aug. 1857 to 24 March 1863 when he
sold out; Persian interpreter to Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir
John Grey commanders in chief at Bombay; adjutant general of
militia in New Brunswick; commanded the frontier field force there
during threatened Fenian invasion 1866. _d._ Westward Ho,
Devonshire 11 Feb. 1876 aged 48.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM (_son of James Anderson of Oban, Argyleshire,
supervisor of excise who d. 1812._) _b._ Edin. 10 Dec. 1805;
joined _Aberdeen Journal_ 1831; edited _Aberdeen Advertiser_ 1835;
_The Western Watchman_ a weekly journal at Ayr 1842; sub edited
_The Witness_ newspaper at Edin. 1844; chief sub editor of _North
British Daily Mail_ 14 April 1847 to 1849, this was first daily
paper in Scotland; author of _Poetical Aspirations_ 1830, _2 ed._
1833; _Landscape Lyrics_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1854; _The Scottish nation_
_3 vols._ 1860–62. _d._ London 2 Aug. 1866. _J. G. Wilson’s Poets
and poetry of Scotland ii_, 269–72 (1877).

ANDERSON, WILLIAM. Lieut. col. Bengal artillery 6 March 1854 to 20
Feb. 1855; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. _d._ Albury hall, Ware, Herts 22
Sep. 1869 aged 64.

ANDERSON, REV. WILLIAM (_2 son of Rev. John Anderson, Relief
minister at Kilsyth near Glasgow_). _b._ Kilsyth 6 Jany. 1799;
licensed by Relief presbytery Glasgow 5 Sep. 1820; minister of
John st. church Glasgow 6 March 1821 to 24 Dec. 1871, the church
was pulled down in 1858 and a new church opened by him 1 Jany.
1860; LLD. Glasgow April 1850; author of _An apology for the
organ_ 1829; _Discourses 1st series_ 1844, _2nd series_ 1859;
_Regeneration_ 1850, _3 ed._ 1875. _d._ Prospect house,
Uddingstone near Glasgow 15 Sep. 1872. _Rev. G. Gilfillan’s Life
of Rev. W. Anderson_ 1873, _portrait_; _Reunion in the heavenly
kingdom by the Rev. Wm. Anderson_ 1876, _portrait_.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM ACLAND DOUGLAS (_son of Joseph Jocelyn Anderson,
C.B._) _b._ 1829; captain 65 foot 1852–54; a comr. of gold fields
in Victoria; col. commandant of all the volunteer corps in
Victoria 1862; C.M.G. 25 May 1878. _d._ South Yarra 23 Jany. 1882.

ANDERSON, WILLIAM COCHRANE. _b._ East Lothian 1792; col. R.A. 20
June 1854 to 26 Oct. 1858; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Edge hill near
Edin. 30 Aug. 1865 aged 73.

ANDERSSEN, ADOLF. _b._ Breslau 6 July 1818; gained 1st prize at
London chess tournaments 1851 and 1862; 2nd prize at Manchester
1857; 1st prize at Baden 1870; 3rd prize at Vienna 1873; beaten by
Paul Morphy at Paris Dec. 1858, losing 7 out of 9 games; an
unrivalled player in the beauty of his combinations. _d._ Breslau
14 March 1879. _Westminster chess club papers x_, 39 (1878),
_portrait_; _Chess players chronicle iii_, 73–75 (1879).

ANDERTON, JAMES. _b._ near Lincoln 1782; solicitor in London 1811;
common councilman for ward of Farringdon Without 1836–66;
undersheriff several times; projected Law life assurance society
1823; founded Solicitors benevolent institution 1858. _d._ Cypress
lodge, Dulwich 23 Jany. 1868.

ANDRÉE, Richard Collier. Colonel 7 Bengal N.I. 20 June 1836 to 28
Sep. 1850; colonel 69 Bengal N.I. 28 Sep. 1850 to death; general 2
Nov. 1861. _d._ Stuttgart 27 March 1865 aged 70.

ANDREW, JAMES (_son of Rev. James Andrew, the first principal of
East India college at Addiscombe, Surrey who d. 13 June 1833 in 60
year_). _b._ Addiscombe college 1811; ed. at Caius coll. Cam.;
studied medicine at Edin. while he kept his terms at Cam.; M.D.
Cam. 1839; practised at Edin.; phys to Royal infirmary 1846–56;
F.R.C.P. Edin., member of council; F.R.S. Edin. _d._ 15 Queen st.
Edin. 1 Dec. 1859.

ANDREW, JOHN WILLIAM, Captain R.N. 26 Sep. 1812; C.B. 4 June 1815;
retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. _d._ Chudleigh 5 Jany. 1854.

ANDREW, WILLIAM. _b._ Glasgow 1804; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen;
professor of mathematics in Mc Gill coll. Quebec; rector of the
high school Quebec; edited the _Daily Chronicle_ Quebec. _d._
Aberdeen 1862.

ANDREWS, ALEXANDER. Author of _The eighteenth century_ 1856; _The
history of British journalism_, _2 vols._ 1859. _d._ Albion grove,
Stoke Newington 9 Nov. 1873 aged 50.

ANDREWS, AUGUSTUS. Entered Madras army 1793; col. of 27 N.I. 5 June
1829, of 42 N.I. 21 Feb. 1834, of 1 N.I. 5 Jany. 1837, of 8 N.I. 2
Oct. 1848, and of 39 N.I. 4 July 1856 to death; general 16 March
1855; C.B. 23 July 1823. _d._ Vellore, Bath 3 March 1858 aged 78.

ANDREWS, BIGGS. _b._ 1794; barrister M.T. 12 Nov. 1819; bencher 21
April 1837, treasurer 1846; K.C. 24 Feb. 1837; comr. of bankrupts
for Exeter district 16 Dec. 1858 to 31 Dec. 1869 when granted
£1,800 on abolition of his office. _d._ Heavitree house near
Exeter 28 April 1880 in 86 year.

ANDREWS, GEORGE. _b._ London 1798; made his début as Lothair in
_Adelgitha_ at Manchester 1819; first appeared in America Oct.
1827 as Bob Acres in _The Rivals_ at Federal st. theatre Boston;
acted in New York 1838, in Philadelphia 1842; left the stage and
managed old Chinese Buildings, New York as a ball room. _d._ New
York 7 April 1866.

ANDREWS, HARRY. _b._ Monmouthshire 28 May 1831; a pedestrian; won
the Four Miles champion cup at Bow; defeated the American Deer,
Whitmore, Deerfoot, and many others; managed running grounds at
Lillie Bridge and Surbiton. _d._ Cottage grove, Surbiton 7 March
1885.

ANDREWS, HENRY OGDEN (_youngest son of Charles Savery Andrews,
captain 24 foot_). _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland 28 April 1808;
ed. at Stratford on Avon, and in Canada; called to Canadian bar;
Q.C. _d._ 37 Lansdowne crescent, Leamington 25 March 1884.

ANDREWS, JANE (_dau. of Mr. Constant_). _b._ 1817; vocal composer
and teacher. (_m._ John Holman Andrews). _d._ 60 Baker st. Portman
sq. London 29 March 1878.

ANDREWS, RICHARD (_son of Thomas Andrews of Bramdean, Hants,
wheelwright_). _b._ Bishop Sutton near Alresford 18 Dec 1798; a
coachmaker at Southampton 1 Oct. 1832 to death; sold more than 300
carriages for £22,000 in 1845; built state carriages for Mehemet
Ali and the Sultan; one of first members of Anti-Corn-law league;
sheriff of Southampton 1848, mayor 1849, 1850, 1851 and 31 May
1856 to Dec. 1856; contested Southampton Dec. 1856; gave a great
banquet to Louis Kossuth on his arrival in England 25 Oct. 1851.
_d._ Portland st. Southampton 28 March 1859. _I.L.N. xix_, 549
(1851), _xx_, 12 (1852), _portrait_.

ANDREWS, ROBERT. Colonel R.A. 20 June 1854 to 7 June 1856; M.G. 7
June 1856. _d._ Sunderland terrace, Westbourne park, London 1 Nov.
1863.

ANDREWS, ROBERT. Called to Irish bar 1825; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849. _d._
1865.

ANDREWS, WILLIAM. _b._ Chichester 1802; made many valuable additions
to the flora and fauna of south west of Ireland; his name will be
perpetuated in names of Trichomanes Andrewsii, and Galathea
Andrewsii; a founder and subsequently sec. and pres. of Natural
history society of Dublin; chairman of Natural history committee
of Royal society of Dublin many years; M.R.I.A. 10 Jany. 1842.
_d._ Dublin 11 March 1880. _Journal of botany_ (1880) 256–86.

ANGAS, CALEB. _b._ 1782; a farmer at Brancepeth and at Neswick farm,
East Yorkshire about 1815 to death; the best authority on farming
in the East Riding; wrote letters in the _Sun_ newspaper on Free
Trade which excited much attention and were of great service. _d._
Driffield, Yorkshire 6 Feb. 1860.

ANGAS, GEORGE FIFE. _b._ Newcastle 1 May 1789; senior partner of G.
F. Angas & Co. shipowners and merchants 2 Jeffrey sq. London
1824–33 when he retired to Devonshire; originated National and
Provincial bank of England 1833; one of the first comrs. for
formation of colony of South Australia 1834; established South
Australian company 1836, Union bank of Australia 1837, and Bank of
South Australia 1841; chairman of London boards of direction of
these 3 companies down to 1850; arrived in Adelaide 15 Jany. 1851;
M.P. for district of Barossa in 1st legislative council July
1851–1871; leading spirit in colonizing South Australia. _d._
Lindsey park Angaston, South Australia 15 May 1879.

ANGELL, ALFRED. Organist of Exeter cathedral 34 years. _d._ The
Close, Exeter 24 May 1876 aged 60.

ANGELL, HELEN CORDELIA (_5 dau. of Wm. Thomas Coleman, M.D. of
Horsham, Sussex_). _b._ Horsham Jany. 1847; exhibited drawings of
flowers at Dudley Gallery 1864, afterwards called The general
water colour society, and 6 flower pictures at the R.A. 1876–78;
the only successor of Wm. Hunt. (_m._ Oct. 1875 Thomas Wm. Angell,
Postmaster of the S.W. district of London). _d._ 55 Holland road,
Kensington 8 March 1884. _Clayton’s English female artists ii_,
261–63 (1876).

ANGELL, JOHN BENEDICT. ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Ox.; won first
Grand national hunt steeplechase at Farndon village with
Bridegroom 1860 and second with Queensferry 1861; won Liverpool
Grand national with Alcibiade 1865; one of chief revivers of
coaching; commonly known as “Cherry” Angell; the hero of C.
Clarke’s novel _A box for the season_. _d._ 36 Curzon st. London
12 May 1874. _Illust. sporting and dramatic news i_, 400 (1874),
_portrait_.

ANGELO, EDWARD ANTHONY. Captain 30 foot 9 Aug. 1831 to 12 Dec. 1834
when placed on h.p.; K.H. 1827; a military knight of Windsor 1854
to death. _d._ Windsor Castle 26 Aug. 1869.

ANGELO, HENRY. Superintendent of sword exercise to the army 1833 to
death. _d._ Brighton 14 Oct. 1852 aged 72. _G. M. xxxviii_, 543
(1852).

ANGERSTEIN, JOHN. M.P. for Greenwich 10 Jany. 1835 to 17 July 1837.
_d._ the Woodlands, Blackheath 10 April 1858 aged 85.

ANGERSTEIN, JOHN JULIUS WILLIAM. _b._ 1800; major Grenadier guards
27 Dec. 1850 to 20 June 1854; L.G. 2 Feb. 1862; col. 4 West India
regiment 14 Jany. 1866 to death. _d._ Weeting hall near Brandon,
Norfolk 23 April 1866.

ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET, 1 Marquess of (_eld. child of Henry
Bayly, 1 Earl of Uxbridge 1744–1812_). _b._ 17 May 1768; ed. at
Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., M.A. 1786; M.P. for Carnarvon 1790–96
and 1806–10; M.P. for Milbourn Port 1796–1804; raised among his
father’s tenantry 80th regiment of foot or Staffordshire
volunteers; lieut. col. commandant of it 12 Sep. 1793 to 16 June
1795; lieut. col. 16 light dragoons 16 June 1795; lieut. col. 7
light dragoons 6 April 1797 and col. 16 May 1801 to 20 Dec. 1842;
succeeded 13 March 1812; lord lieut. of Anglesey 21 April 1812 to
death; G.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; created Marquess of Anglesey 4 July
1815; G.C.H. 1816; K.G. 19 Feb. 1818; general 12 Aug. 1819; lord
high steward at coronation of George iv, 19 July 1821; master
general of the ordnance 1827–28 and 1846–52; P.C. 30 April 1827;
lord lieut. of Ireland 1828–29 and 1830–33; col. of royal horse
guards 20 Dec. 1842 to death; field marshal 9 Nov. 1846; lord
lieut. of Staffs. 31 Jany. 1849 to death. _d._ 1 Old Burlington
st. London 29 April 1854. _bur._ in Lichfield cathedral 6 May. _J.
W. Cole’s British generals i_, 109–44 (1856), _portrait_; _N. and
Q. 3rd series ii_, 249, 320, 339; _H. Martineau’s Biographical
sketches, 4 ed._ 1876 57–63.

NOTE.—In a garden close to the church at Waterloo is a
monument to his right leg lost in the battle; he refused a
pension of £1,200 per annum granted him for this loss, thus
saving his country nearly £47,000.

ANGLESEY, HENRY PAGET, 2 Marquess of (_eld. son of preceding_). _b._
6 July 1797; M.P. for Anglesey 1820–32; summoned to House of Lords
as Baron Paget of Beaudesert 15 Jany. 1833; col. in the army 28
June 1838, retired 1843; lord chamberlain of the Queen’s household
6 May 1839 to 14 Sep. 1841; P.C. 22 May 1839; succeeded 29 April
1854; lord lieut. of Anglesey 18 May 1854 to death; kept a racing
stud 1831–35 and 1854 to death; made on the high ground above
Beaudesert near Lichfield one of best cricket grounds in England.
_d._ Beaudesert 6 Feb. 1869. _Baily’s Mag. v_, 51–54 (1863),
_portrait_.

ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM GEORGE PAGET, 3 Marquess of. _b._ 9 Dec.
1821; lieut. col. 2 Staffordshire militia 5 Jany. 1853 to 29 Sep.
1855; M.P. for south Staffs 1854–57; succeeded 6 Feb. 1869. _d._
10 Albert mansions, Victoria st. London 30 Jany. 1880.

ANGUS, GEORGE. Surgeon Bengal medical service 1836; sec. to medical
board at Calcutta; superintending surgeon at Benares, and at
Cawnpore; retired 1854; pres. of Medical society of Aberdeen 2
years; manager of royal infirmary and general dispensary,
Aberdeen. _d._ 13 Golden sq. Aberdeen 7 April 1872 in 78 year.

ANGUS, REV. HENRY. _b._ Inverkeithing, Fifeshire 18 Oct. 1794;
minister of St. Nicholas’ lane united presbyterian church,
Aberdeen 1813; author of _Works of fiction, their use and abuse_
1853. _d._ Aberdeen 28 June 1860. _Sermons by the late Rev. Henry
Angus, edited with a memoir by his son Rev. Robert Angus_ 1861.

ANNESLEY, WILLIAM RICHARD ANNESLEY, 4 Earl (_eld. son of 3 Earl
Annesley 1772–1838_). _b._ Rutland sq. Dublin 21 Feb. 1830;
succeeded 25 Aug. 1838; M.P. for Grimsby 1852–57; established his
claim as a peer 24 July 1855; representative peer for Ireland 15
Oct. 1867. _d._ Cowes, Isle of Wight 10 Aug. 1874. _I.L.N. lxv_,
188 (1874), _portrait_.

ANSELL, CHARLES (_eld. son of Thomas Ansell of Lewisham, Kent_).
_b._ 1794; actuary of Atlas insurance office 1823–64; published _A
treatise on friendly societies_ 1835, when a large professional
practice at once fell to his share; completed the Bonus
investigation of National provident office; F.R.S. 10 April 1834;
F.S.A. 21 June 1828. _d._ 7 Eastern terrace, Brighton 14 Dec.
1881.

ANSELL, GEORGE FREDERICK. _b._ Carshalton, Surrey 4 March 1826;
assistant to A. W. Hofman at Royal School of mines; scientific
director at Royal Panopticon, Leicester sq. London 1854; employed
at Royal mint 12 Nov. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1868; an analyst in London
1869 to death; patented the firedamp indicator 9 March 1865, which
was adopted in many foreign collieries. _d._ 6 Hartham road,
London 21 Dec. 1880. _The royal mint by G. F. Ansell_, _3 ed._
1871.

ANSELL, THOMAS. M.R.C.S. Eng. and L.S.A. 1820; M.D. St. Andrews
1843; surgeon at Bow, London; chairman of Society of Apothecaries
1861 to death; officer of health for Bow; F.L.S. _d._ of cholera
at Harley place, Bow road 24 July 1866 in his 68 year.

ANSON, AUGUSTUS HENRY ARCHIBALD. _b._ 5 March 1835; captain 84 foot
1855–58; aide de camp to general Grant in Indian mutiny 1857–58;
received Victoria cross for bravery at Bolundshawm and Lucknow 24
Dec. 1858; M.P. for Lichfield 1859–68, and for Bewdley 1869–74.
_d._ Cannes 17 Nov. 1877. _Mrs. Farlie’s Portraits of the children
of the nobility_, _3rd series_ 1841, _portrait_.

ANSON, VERY REV. FREDERIC (_youngest son of George Adams of Orgrave,
Staffs. 1731–89 who assumed name of Anson_). _b._ 23 March 1779;
ed. at Eton, Rugby and Ch. Ch. Ox.; student 1796, B.A. 1801, M.A.
1804, B.D. and D.D. 1839; fellow of All soul’s coll. 1799–1803; R.
of Sudbury, Derbyshire 1803–36; canon of Southwell, Notts. 7 Oct.
1826; dean of Chester 9 May 1839 to death; R. of Doddleston,
Cheshire 1843 to death. (_m._ 2 May 1807 Mary Anne only dau. of
Rev. Richard Levett of Milford, Staffs., she _d._ 15 Oct. 1862).
_d._ The deanery, Chester 8 May 1867. _bur._ Chester cemetery.

ANSON, GEORGE (_2 son of Thomas Anson, 1 Viscount Anson 1767–1818_).
_b._ Shugborough near Stafford 13 Oct. 1797; captain 14 dragoons
1823–25 when placed on h.p.; clerk of the Ordnance 1846–52; M.G.
11 Nov. 1851; commanded a division in Bengal 1853 and the Madras
army 1854; commander in chief in India 20 Nov. 1855 to death; col.
55 foot 19 Dec. 1856 to death; M.P. for Great Yarmouth 1818–34,
for Stoke upon Trent 1836–37, and for South Staffs. 1837–53; a
great friend of Duke of York; crack shot of Red House Club,
Battersea when pigeon shooting mania was at its height 1828; was
never excelled as a judge of racing. _d._ of cholera at Karnál
during the mutiny 27 May 1857. _Fortnightly Review xxxix_, 541–44
(1883).

ANSON, JOHN WILLIAM. _b._ Marylebone, London 31 July 1817; made his
début at T.R. Bath as Lissardo in _The Wonder_ 1842; acted in
north of England and Ireland 1843–49; manager of Scotch theatres
1849–53; acted at Astley’s 1853–59; founded Dramatic, equestrian
and musical sick fund 4 July 1855, Dramatic burial ground at
Woking 1856, Dramatic college at Woking 1859, (opened by Prince of
Wales 5 June 1865) and the G. V. Brooke lifeboat fund 1866;
treasurer and acting manager of Adelphi theatre 1858–78; published
_Dramatic almanac_ 1857–72. _d._ 50a Lincoln’s Inn Fields 6 Feb.
1881. _The Players i_, 185 (1860), _portrait_; _Anson’s dramatic
almanac_ 1872, _portrait_.

ANSON, SIR JOHN WILLIAM HAMILTON, 2 Baronet. _b._ London 26 Dec.
1816; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; succeeded 13 Jany. 1847.
_d._ Royal hotel Wigan 2 Aug. 1873 2 hours after accident at Wigan
junction station of London and North Western railway. _I.L.N.
lxiii_, 134, 135 (1873).

ANSTEAD, THOMAS. _b._ Twickenham 9 Aug. 1840; a fast round-armed
bowler; engaged at the Oval, London 1866; and at Oatlands park
club, Weybridge 1869 to death. _d._ Weybridge 21 July 1875.

ANSTED, DAVID THOMAS (_son of Wm. Ansted_). _b._ London 5 Feb. 1814;
ed. at Jesus coll. Cam. 32 wrangler 1836; B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839;
Ley fellow of his college 1840–1851; professor of geology in
King’s college London April 1840–1853; professor of geology at
college of Civil Engineers Putney 1845; consulting geologist and
mining engineer 1850 to death; F.G.S. 1838, Sec. 1844–1847; F.R.S.
11 Jany. 1844; edited _Quarterly Journal of Geological Society_;
author of _An elementary course of geology_ 1850, _2 ed._ 1856;
_Physical geography_ 1867, _5 ed._ 1871 and many other books.
(_m._ 24 June 1848 Augusta Dorothea Hackett youngest dau. of
Alexander Baillie of Green st. Grosvenor sq.) _d._ Melton near
Woodbridge 20 May 1880. _Proc. of Royal society xxxi_, 1 (1881).

ANSTER, JOHN (_eld. son of John Anster of Charleville, Cork_). _b._
Charleville 1793; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; scholar 1814, B.A.
1816, LL.B. and LLD. 1825; barrister 1824; registrar of high court
of admiralty Ireland 1837 to death; granted civil list pension of
£150 30 Aug. 1841; regius professor of civil law Trin. coll. Dub.
1850 to death; M.R.I.A. 12 Feb. 1838; vice pres. 1849–52; author
of _Faustus from the German of Goethe_, 2 parts 1835–64 the first
English translation and thrice reprinted in Germany. _Xeniola,
poems including translations from Schiller and De la Motte Fouqué_
1837. (_m._ 1832 Elizabeth eld. dau. of Wm. Blacker Bennett of
Castle Crea, co. Limerick, she was granted a civil list pension of
£50 3 Aug. 1870). _d._ Dublin 9 June 1867. _Dublin Univ. Mag.
xiv_, 544–46 (1839), _portrait_.

ANSTEY, THOMAS CHISHOLM (_2 son of Thomas Anstey of Anstey Barton,
Tasmania, sheep farmer and member of legislative council who d. 23
May 1851 aged 73_). _b._ London 1816; ed. at Wellington Somerset,
and Univ. college London; articled to J. A. Frampton of 10 New
Inn, London, solicitor; one of the first affected by the Oxford
tractarian movement who went over to Rome; barrister Middle Temple
25 Jany. 1839; equity draftsman; professor of law and
jurisprudence at colleges of St. Peter and St. Paul. Prior park,
Bath, some years; comr. for insolvent debtors in Van Diemen’s Land
a short time; member of the Irish confederation which first met 13
Jany. 1847; M.P. for Youghal (lib.) 7 Aug. 1847 to 1 July 1852;
contested Bedford 9 July 1852; signalized himself as the special
adversary of Lord Palmerston, moved a kind of general impeachment
of him in a speech of 5 hours length during which he never
referred to a note for a date, figure or fact 8 Feb. 1848;
introduced bills for repeal of Roman catholic penal laws 1848 and
1849; a comr. to revise the statutes March 1853; attorney general
at Hong Kong Oct. 1855 to 30 Jany. 1859; poisoned by Ah-lum the
Chinese baker there 15 Jany. 1857 but recovered; joined the Bombay
bar 1860, became leader of it 1862; acting judge of high court of
Bombay as deputy for Sir Joseph Arnould 1865 to 30 Dec. 1865; went
to England 1866; revising barrister in England 1868; rejoined the
Bombay bar 1869; author of _A guide to the laws of England
affecting Roman Catholics_ 1842; _Guide to the history of the laws
and constitutions of England_ 1845. (_m._ 1840 Harriet 2 dau. of
Gerard Edward Strickland of Loughlin house, co. Roscommon). _d._
Bombay 12 Aug. 1873. _Law mag. and law review xxi_, 136–40 (1866),
_xxiii_, 145–55 (1867), _xxvi_, 121–40 (1868); _Law Times lv_,
316–17 _and_ 352–54 (1873); _I.L.N. xvi_, 85 (1849), _portrait_;
_Hansard’s Debates xcvi_, 291–311 (1848).

ANSTICE, WILLIAM REYNOLDS. _b._ Shropshire 1807; a solicitor at Iron
Bridge; partner in Madeley Wood iron company 1858; manager of the
works 1867 to death; devoted much attention to manufacture of
cold-blast pig iron; member of Iron and steel institute 1869. _d._
Madeley 28 July 1881.

ANSTIE, FRANCIS EDMUND (_youngest child of Paul Anstie of Devizes,
manufacturer_). _b._ Devizes 11 Dec. 1833; M.R.C.S. and L.S.A.
1856, M.B. London 1857, M.D. 1859; M.R.C.P. 1859, F.R.C.P 1865;
assistant phys. Westminster hospital 1860–73, phys. 1873 to death;
edited the _Practitioner_ 1868 to death, wrote a great deal of it;
originated with Ernest Hart inquiry into workhouse system, which
resulted in Gathorne Hardy’s Metropolitan poor act 1867; author of
_Stimulants and narcotics_ 1864; _Notes on epidemics_ 1866;
_Neuralgia and the diseases which resemble it_ 1871. _d._ 16
Wimpole st. Cavendish square, 12 Sep. 1874. _Graphic x_, 298, 309
(1874), _portrait_; _Practitioner xiii_, 241, 305 (1874), _xvi_,
1–43 (1876), _portrait_.

ANSTIE, GEORGE WASHINGTON. _b._ 1800; admitted attorney 1822;
practiced at Devizes; worked energetically for parliamentary
reform, negro emancipation, corn law repeal and the temperance
movement. _d._ Park dale, Devizes 17 July 1882.

ANSTRUTHER, PHILIP. _b._ 12 Sep. 1807; served in China 1841; a
prisoner there 6 months; served in Punjab and Kaffir wars; major
Madras artillery 1853–58; M.G. 4 Nov. 1858; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842.
_d._ Pitcorthie near Fife 18 Feb. 1884.

ANSTRUTHER, PHILIP ROBERT. _b._ 30 June 1841; ensign 94 foot 31 Dec.
1858; lieut. col. 7 Aug. 1880 to death. _d._ Transvaal of wounds
received in action 26 Dec. 1880. _I.L.N. lxxviii_, 205 (1881)
_portrait_.

ANSTRUTHER, SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE, 4 baronet. _b._ Grosvenor place,
London 1 March 1804; succeeded 2 Aug. 1818; rector of univ. of St.
Andrews 1859. _d._ Balcaskie, Fifeshire 18 Oct. 1863.

ANSTRUTHER, SIR WYNDHAM CARMICHAEL, 4 Baronet. _b._ Lincoln’s Inn
Fields, London 6 March 1793; succeeded Nov. 1831. _d._ Boulogne 10
Sep. 1869.

ANTHONY, CHARLES. Founded the Hereford Times 1832; mayor of Hereford
6 times. _d._ The Elms, Hereford 5 Feb. 1885 in 82 year.

ANTRIM, HUGH SEYMOUR MACDONNELL, 4 Earl of. _b._ Portman square,
London 7 Aug. 1812; succeeded 26 Oct. 1835. _d._ Glenarm castle,
Larne, co. Antrim 18 July 1855.

ANTRIM, MARK MACDONNELL, 5 Earl of. _b._ Portman square, London 3
April 1814; established his claim as an Irish peer 15 July 1858;
captain R.N. 1 July 1864. _d._ Glenarm castle 19 Dec. 1869.

ANTROBUS, SIR EDMUND, 2 Baronet. _b._ St. Martin’s in the Fields
London 17 May 1792; succeeded 6 Feb. 1826. _d._ 146 Piccadilly 4
May 1870.

NOTE.—His personalty was sworn under £300,000 25 June 1870.

ANTROBUS, GIBBS CRAWFURD. _b._ 27 May 1793; sec. of legation to the
United States of America 18 June 1816, at Turin 8 Feb. 1823, and
at court of the two Sicilies 1 Oct. 1824 to May 1826; M.P. for
Aldborough, Yorkshire 1820–26 and for Plympton, Devon 1826–32.
_d._ Eaton hall, Congleton 21 May 1861.

APLIN, JOHN GUISE ROGERS. _b._ 7 Nov. 1819; ensign 28 foot 7 Oct.
1837; lieut. col. 48 foot 23 Nov. 1860 to 12 Nov. 1870 when placed
on h.p.; L.G. 1 July 1881. _d._ 10 Edith road, West Kensington,
London 10 April 1883.

APPERLEY, WILLIAM WYNNE (_son of Charles James Apperley 1778–1843,
author of sporting works under pseudonym of Nimrod_). Cornet
Bengal cavalry 1823; in charge of Poosah stud in Behar 1840–43 and
1845–52; superintended central division of stud department in
Bengal 1854–55; major 3 European light cavalry 1854–61; remount
agent at Cape of Good Hope 1857–60; left the service Dec. 1861.
_d._ Morben near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire 25 April 1870 aged
62. _Baily’s Mag. xviii_, 253–55 (1870).

APPLEBY, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of John Appleby of Soberton, Hants,
farmer_). _b._ 18 Nov. 1795; captain R.N. 29 Jany. 1838; retired
admiral 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Blackbrook lodge, Fareham 3 Feb. 1878.

APPLEGATH, AUGUSTUS (_son of Augustus Joseph Applegath, captain of
H.E.I. Co.’s ship Europa_). _b._ parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney 17
June 1788; a printer in Nelson sq. Blackfriars road; constructed
machines for printing bank notes 1818; erected a printing office
in Duke st. Stamford st.; invented the composition ball and
roller, and the steam printing press; the first book printed by
steam was Waterton’s Wanderings; invented with Edward Cowper the
four-cylinder machine, and erected it at the Times office 1827;
patented vertical machine 1846; erected one at Times office, May
1848, which produced 10,000 impressions per hour; invented a
machine for printing 6 colours at once; took out 18 patents for
improvements in letterpress and silk printing; established large
silk and print works at Crayford, and printing works at Dartford.
_d._ Dartford 9 Feb. 1871. _Bohn’s Pictorial handbook of London_
(1854) 76–86; _N. and Q. 4 series iii_, 485 (1869) _vii_, 153
(1871); _Dartford Chronicle 25 Feb. 1871, p._ 3, _col._ 1.

NOTE.—In the year 1818 Messrs. Applegath and Cowper
constructed machines for the Bank of England to print in
several colours in perfect register designs for the prevention
of forgery; some millions of £1 notes were printed by them in
the Bank, but were never issued, in consequence of the
resumption of cash payment 1 May 1821.

APPLETON, CHARLES EDWARD CUTTS BIRCHALL (_son of Rev. Robert
Appleton, Head master of Reading school who d. 5 Feb. 1875 aged
73_). _b._ Reading 16 March 1841; Tunbridge fellow of St. John’s
coll. Ox. 1864 to death; B.A. 1863, D.C.L. 1871; studied at
Heidelberg and Berlin; lecturer in philosophy at his college Oct.
1867; lived at Hampstead 1872–77; founded _The Academy_ monthly
literary paper 9 Oct. 1869, edited it to his death; took an active
share in agitation that resulted in passing of Universities act
1877; wrote in the _Theological_, _Fortnightly_ and _Contemporary
Review_s; edited _Essays on the endowment of research_ 1876. _d._
Luxor, Upper Egypt 1 Feb. 1879. _Dr. Appleton his life and
literary relics, by J. H. Appleton and A. H. Sayce_ 1881,
_portrait_.

APPLEYARD, GEORGE. Of Westbourne place, Eaton square, London; many
years secretary and librarian to the Earls Spencer. _d._ Walmer 30
Aug. 1855.

APPOLD, JOHN GEORGE (_son of Christian Appold of Wilson st.
Finsbury, London, fur skin dyer, who was naturalized by 45 George
iii, cap. 83_). _b._ Wilson st. 14 April 1800; a fur skin dyer
there 1822; a manager of the London Institution 1844; invented
Centrifugal rotary pump which was a prominent feature in
International Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862; invented a break used
in laying first Atlantic cable 1857; A.I.C.E. May 1850; F.R.S. 2
June 1853. _d._ Clifton Down hotel, Clifton 31 Aug. 1865. _Proc.
of Royal society xv_, 1–6 (1867); _Minutes of proc. of instit. of
C.E. xxv_, 523–25 (1866).

APTHORP, EAST. Entered Madras army 1820; commandant at Hyderabad 18
March 1859 to 18 April 1860; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861; C.B. 16
Nov. 1858. _d._ Amherst lodge, Tunbridge Wells 3 March 1875 aged
69.

ARBUCKLE, BENJAMIN HUTCHESON VAUGHAN. _b._ 1788; captain R.A.
1825–46; L.G. 24 Aug. 1866. _d._ Little Heath, Old Charlton 11
Oct. 1874.

ARBUTHNOT, SIR ALEXANDER DUNDAS Young (_only son of Robert
Arbuthnot, lieut. col. 31 foot, who d. 10 July 1796_). _b._ 1796;
captain R.N. 1824–46 when he retired on h.p.; gentleman of Privy
Chamber 2 Nov. 1824 to death; col. commandant of depôt at
Santander, Spain 26 Oct. 1835; led forlorn hope at storming of
Irun; brigadier general in service of Queen of Spain 1838;
knighted by Queen Victoria at St. James’s palace 25 June 1859;
retired admiral 30 Nov. 1863; lord prior of English language of
Knights of Malta 16 July 1860 to death. (_m._ 25 May 1827
Catherine Maria 3 dau. of Rev. Charles Eustace of Robertstown co.
Kildare). _d._ Shenton hall, Nuneaton, Leics. 8 May 1871.

ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES GEORGE JAMES (_eld. son of Right Hon. Charles
Arbuthnot of Woodford house, Thrapstone, who d. 18 Aug. 1850 aged
82_). _b._ 1801; ed. at Westminster; ensign grenadier guards 26
Dec. 1816; lieut. col. of 72 foot 25 Sep. 1826; of 90 foot 17 May
1831, and of 72 foot 23 Feb. 1838 to 14 April 1843, when placed on
h.p.; col. of 89 foot 9 July 1857, and of 91 foot 4 July 1864 to
death; general 25 Nov. 1864; M.P. for Tregony 1831–32. _d._
Folkestone 21 Oct. 1870.

ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE. _b._ 1802; clerk in the Treasury 1820 to death;
private secretary to 6 successive secretaries of the Treasury;
private sec. to Sir Robert Peel when prime minister Feb. 1843; and
to Sir Charles Wood when chancellor of the exchequer July 1846;
auditor of the civil list 1850 to death. _d._ Surbiton, Surrey 28
July 1865. _Dictionary of national biography ii_, 61 (1885).

ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE BINGHAM. Lieut. col. 8 Madras light cavalry 1 Feb.
1856 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. _d._ Bath 30 May
1867 aged 63.

ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT (_4 son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet castle
co. Mayo_). _b._ 1773; captain Coldstream guards 25 July 1814 to
19 July 1821, when placed on h.p.; L.G. 23 Nov. 1841; col. 76 foot
31 May 1843 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, K.T.S. (_m._ Harriot
only child of Wm. Vesey of Farmill, Ireland, she _d._ 5 Dec.
1861). _d._ Bonchurch, Isle of Wight 6 May 1853. _Household Words
v_, 519 (1852).

ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT KEITH, 2 Baronet. _b._ Edinburgh 9 Sep. 1801;
in Bombay civil service 1819–47; succeeded 18 Sep. 1829. _d._
Florence 4 March 1873.

ARBUTHNOT, WILLIAM URQUHART (_5 son of Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, 1 Bart.
1766–1829_). _b._ 24 March 1807; ed. at high sch. Edin. and
Haileybury college; in the Madras civil service 1826–46; member of
firm of Arbuthnot and Co. Madras 1846; returned to England 1858;
member of Indian council 21 Sep. 1858 to death; chairman of its
finance committee. (_m._ 2 June 1834 Eliza only dau. of Gen. Sir
Henry George Andrew Taylor, G.C.B.) _d._ Eaton place, London 11
Dec. 1874. _Graphic xi_, 68 (1875), _portrait_.

ARBUTHNOTT, JOHN, 8 Viscount Arbuthnott (_eld. son of John
Arbuthnott, 7 Viscount Arbuthnott, who d. 27 Feb. 1800_). _b._ 16
Jany. 1778; Rep. Peer Scotland 1818–47; lord rector of Univ. of
Aberdeen; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire to 1847. _d._ Berlin 10
Jany. 1860.

ARBUTHNOTT, SIR HUGH (_2 son of 7 Viscount Arbuthnott_). _b._ 1780;
lieut. col. 52 foot 9 May 1811 to 8 April 1813, when placed on
h.p.; col. 38 foot 4 April 1843 to 14 March 1862; col. 79 foot 14
March 1862 to death; general 20 June 1854; M.P. for co. Kincardine
1826–65; C.B. 8 Dec. 1815; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ 11 July 1868.

ARBUTHNOTT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1786; lieut col. R.A. 23 Nov. 1841 to 1
April 1844 when retired on full pay; general 29 March 1873. _d._
20 Gloucester road, London 14 Dec. 1876.

ARCEDECKNE, ANDREW (_only son of Andrew Arcedeckne of Glevering
hall, Suffolk 1780–1849_). _b._ 1822; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; sent out
a cargo of tobacco pipes to our soldiers in the Crimea; sheriff of
Suffolk 1856, paid fine of £100 for not having javelin men;
commodore of royal London yacht club 18 years. (_m._ 1870 Jane
Elsworthy, an actress, she _d._ 5 Oct. 1879 aged 54). _d._ 45
Marlborough hill, St. John’s Wood, London 31 May 1871 in 49 year.

NOTE.—Thackeray depicted him in language, manner and gesture
as Harry Foker in Pendennis, where there is also an exact
woodcut portrait of him.

ARCH, JOHN (_son of William Arch of 163 Fenchurch st. London, linen
shirt maker_). Apprenticed to George Robinson of 25 Paternoster
row, the great publisher of his day; bookseller at corner of
Lombard st. and Gracechurch st. 1792, with his brother Arthur
Portsmouth Arch who _d._ 9 April 1839; at 61 Cornhill 1810–38;
collected the Henry Perkins library, the George Hibbert library,
also the London institution library; published many valuable
books. _d._ Vassal road, Kennington 1853 aged 87.

ARCHBOLD, JOHN FREDERICK. Barrister L.I. 5 May 1814; author of _The
practice of the court of King’s Bench in personal actions and
ejectment_, _2 vols._ 1819, _14 ed._ 1885; _A summary of the law
relating to pleading and evidence in criminal cases_, _19 ed._
1878; _The parish officer_ 1852, _6 ed._ 1881, and many other
legal works. _d._ 15 Gloucester st. Regent’s park, London 28 Nov.
1870 aged 85. _J. G. Marvin’s Legal bibliography_ (1847) 66–70.

ARCHBOLD, ROBERT. M.P. for co. Kildare (radical) 11 Aug. 1837 to 23
July 1847. _d._ Davidstown house near Castle Dermot, co. Kildare 9
March 1855.

ARCHDALL-GRATWICKE, REV. GEORGE. _b._ Derbyshire 21 April 1787; ed.
at Em. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818, B.D. 1825, D.D. 1835;
fellow of his college; dean, bursar, prelector and steward; master
May 1835 to death; vice chancellor of Cambridge 1835 and 1841;
canon of Norwich 1842–67; took additional surname of Gratwicke by
royal license 28 April 1863. (_m._ 1835 Jemima Elizabeth eld. dau.
of Rev. Wm. Kinleside of Angmering, Sussex). _d._ the Lodge, Em.
coll. Cambridge 16 Sep. 1871.

NOTE.—His personalty was sworn under £180,000 Oct. 1871, he
left £6000 to his college.

ARCHER, FREDERICK SCOTT (_2 son of Mr. Archer, of Bishop Stortford,
butcher_). _b._ 1813; assistant to Massey of Leadenhall st.
London, silversmith; a sculptor; applied collodion to photography
successfully 1850, first account of this process was in the
_Chemist_, March 1851, it was in general use for 30 years till the
gelatine process was discovered; photographer at 105 Great Russell
st. Bloomsbury 1852 to death; invented a camera and a liquid lens;
the first to use a triplet lens. _d._ 105 Great Russell st. 1 May
1857. _Report of the jurors on class xiv (photography) of the
International Exhibition_ 1862; _N. and Q. 1 series vi_, 277, 396,
426 (1852), _vii_, 92, 218 (1853).

ARCHER, GEORGINA (_sister of James Archer_). Went to Berlin 1859;
Victoria Lyceum there was founded in 1867, mainly through her
efforts. _d._ Montreux, Switzerland 22 Nov. 1882.

ARCHER, HENRY. Invented and patented machine for perforating postage
stamps 1848. _d._ Pau, France 2 April 1863.

ARCHER, JOHN WYKEHAM. _b._ Newcastle 1808; apprenticed to John Scott
of Coppice row, London, animal engraver; Engraver in London 1831
to death; Associate of New Society of Painters in Watercolours;
author of _Vestiges of old London_ 1851; _Posthumous Poems_ 1873.
_d._ Kentish town, London 25 May 1864. _Pinks’s Clerkenwell_
(1865) 639–41.

ARCHER, THOMAS CROXEN. Clerk in Customs at Liverpool; collected,
arranged and named the specimens of the imports into Liverpool for
the Great Exhibition of 1851; a professor in the Liverpool
institution; superintendent of Technological museum Edin. 26 June
1860, and director Jany. 1866 to death; joint executive comr. from
Great Britain to American Centennial Exhibition 1876; F.R.S. Edin.
_d._ London 19 Feb. 1885. _Athenæum 28 Feb. 1885_, _p._ 283.
_Graphic xiii_, 542, 552 (1876), _portrait_.

ARCHIBALD, CHARLES DICKSON (_eld. son of Samuel George Wm.
Archibald, Speaker of Assembly, Nova Scotia_). _b._ Truro, Nova
Scotia 31 Oct. 1802; author of _A look towards the future of the
British colonies_ 1854; F.R.S. 26 Nov. 1840. (_m._ 16 Sep. 1832
Bridget only child of Myles Walker of Rusland hall, Lancashire).
_d._ 1868.

ARCHIBALD, SIR EDWARD MORTIMER (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 10
May 1810; chief clerk and registrar of supreme court of
Newfoundland 8 Nov. 1832; attorney general 5 Nov. 1846; advocate
general 15 April 1847 to May 1855; consul in state of New York 1
Oct. 1857; judge in mixed court New York for suppression of
African slave trade 14 Oct. 1862 to 1 Oct. 1870; consul general
for states of New York, &c. 9 Feb. 1871 to 1 Jany. 1883; C.B. 17
March 1865; K.C.M.G. 12 Aug. 1882. (_m._ 1834 Katherine dau. of A.
Richardson of Halifax, Nova Scotia). _d._ 11 St. John’s terrace,
Brighton 8 Feb. 1884.

ARCHIBALD, SIR THOMAS DICKSON (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Truro, Nova Scotia 1817; attorney and barrister province of Nova
Scotia 1837; a special pleader in London 1844–52; student of M.T.
11 Nov. 1840, barrister 30 Nov. 1852; drew Petition of Right act
usually called Bovill’s act 1860; junior counsel to Treasury
otherwise called Attorney general’s Devil Feb. 1868 to Nov. 1872;
serjeant at law 20 Nov. 1872; judge of Court of Queen’s Bench 22
Nov. 1872 to Feb. 1875; knighted by the Queen at Osborne 5 Feb.
1873; judge of Court of Common Pleas Feb. 1875 to death. (_m._
1841 Sarah only dau. of Richard Smith of The Priory Dudley). _d._
7 Porchester gate, Hyde Park 18 Oct. 1876 in 60 year. _Law
magazine and law review ii_, 177–88 (1877); _I.L.N. lxii_, 11, 13
(1873), _portrait_.

ARDEN, HENRY THOMAS, the assumed name of Henry Thomas Arnold; author
of _Princess Charming_, _The belle of the Barley-mow_, _The
armourer’s daughter_, _The right-fall heir_ and many other
burlesques and extravaganzas. _d._ 25 Nov. 1876 aged 36.

ARDEN, JOSEPH (_eld. son of Joseph Arden of Islington_). _b._ 10 May
1799; ed. at Merchant Taylors; barrister G.I. 18 Nov. 1840,
bencher 1 March 1875; principal of Cliffords Inn 5 Feb. 1855 to
death; F.S.A. 10 June 1847; author of _The orations of Hyperides
for Lycophron and Euxenippus now first printed in facsimile with a
short account of the discovery of the original manuscript at
Western Thebes in Upper Egypt in 1847_. _Cambridge_ 1853. _d._ 1
Cliffords Inn 30 Jany. 1879.

ARGUIMBAU, LAWRENCE. Captain 1 foot 1809–16 when placed on h.p.;
Col. 80 foot 30 April 1853 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854; C.B. 22
June 1815. _d._ Mahon, Minorca 18 Aug. 1854.

ARKWRIGHT, GEORGE. _b._ 20 Aug. 1807; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1833;
M.P. for Leominster 1842 to death. _d._ 2D The Albany Piccadilly,
London 5 Feb. 1856.

ARKWRIGHT, HENRY. _b._ 16 Dec. 1837; captain 84 foot 18 April 1865
to death; killed by fall of an avalanche when ascending Mont Blanc
13 Oct. 1866.

ARKWRIGHT, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ 9 Aug. 1791; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Cam., B.A. 1812; master of Essex foxhounds 1861 to death;
built new kennels at Harlow; a celebrated horseman; one of largest
farmers in Essex. _d._ 29 Feb. 1864. Personalty sworn under
£400,000 April 1864.

ARKWRIGHT, PETER. _b._ 17 April 1784; sheriff of Derbyshire 1855.
_d._ Willersley, Derbyshire 19 Sep. 1866. Personalty sworn under
£800,000 Nov. 1866.

ARMENI, SIR PETER BRAILA. Greek envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. in
London 24 April 1882 to death; G.C.M.G. 1882. _d._ 18 Queen’s gate
terrace, South Kensington 15 Sep. 1884.

ARMISTEAD, WILSON. Author of _A tribute for the Negro_ 1848; _Select
Miscellanies_, _2 vols._ 1851; _The Anti-slavery pilot_, 22
_numbers_ 1855; _Tales and legends of the English lakes and
mountains, by Lorenzo Tuvar_ 1855. _d._ Virginia house, Leeds 18
Feb. 1868 aged 49. _Joseph Smith’s Friends books i_, 124–31
(1867); _Annual Monitor for 1869 pp._ 2–8.

ARMITAGE, SIR ELKANAH (_3 son of Elkanah Armitage of Newton,
Lancs._) _b._ Failsworth Sep. 1794; a handloom weaver; founded
firm of Armitage and Co. of London and Manchester, cotton spinners
1827, retired 1873; member of the first town council Manchester
1838; alderman 1841–65; mayor 1846–48; knighted by the Queen at
Buckingham Palace 31 Jany. 1849 for his services during Chartist
riots 1848; contested Salford March 1857; sheriff of county
palatine of Lancaster 1866. _d._ Hope hall, Pendleton near
Manchester 26 Nov. 1876. _Graphic xiv_, 592, 595 (1876),
_portrait_.

ARMITAGE, GEORGE. Took a point net machine to Antwerp 1801,
introducing manufacture of point net lace into Belgium; went to
Paris where he effected many alterations in the stocking frame;
invented the circular hose frame; went to Prussia then to Cambray;
sent or took lace machines to Moscow; went to Australia about
1850. _d._ Australia 1857 aged 89.

ARMITAGE, REV. ROBERT. R. of Easthope, Salop 1843 to death;
published anonymously _Doctor Hookwell or the Anglo-Catholic
family_, _3 vols._ 1842; _The Penscellwood papers comprising
essays on the souls and future life of animals_, _2 vols._ 1846;
_Ernest Singleton_ 1848; _Dr. Johnson his religious life and his
death_ 1850. _d._ Easthope 2 Feb. 1852 aged 47.

ARMSTRONG, ALEXANDER. 2 Lieutenant Royal Irish Artillery 7 July
1783; major 24 July 1800 to 1 April 1801 when he retired on full
pay; general 30 June 1854. _d._ Green park, Bath 2 Dec. 1861 aged
94.

ARMSTRONG, SIR ANDREW, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of Edmund Armstrong of
Gallen, King’s county 1754–1827_). _b._ Gallen Priory 19 Oct.
1786; sheriff of King’s county 1811 and 1836; receiver general of
stamps in Ireland 1831–41; M.P. for King’s county 1841–52; created
baronet 18 Sep. 1841. _d._ Chester 27 Jany. 1863.

ARMSTRONG, EDMUND JOHN. _b._ Mornington house, Upper Merrion st.
Dublin 23 July 1841; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; took 1st prize in
Latin and Greek verse; pres. of the Undergraduate philosophical
society; received gold medal of Royal historical society Nov.
1864; author of _Poems_ 1865, new ed. 1877. _d._ Kingstown near
Dublin 24 Feb. 1865. _Life and letters of E. J. Armstrong, edited
by G. F. Armstrong_ 1877, _portrait_.

ARMSTRONG, JAMES WELLS. Lieut, col. 4 depôt battalion 2 Oct. 1855 to
16 Oct. 1860 when placed on h.p.; deputy adjutant general 1 Nov.
1871 to 25 Nov. 1876; deputy adjutant general for auxiliary forces
25 Nov. 1876 to death; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. _d._ 98 St. George’s sq.
Westminster 12 April 1880.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN. _b._ Ingram, Northumberland 13 Oct. 1775; a
millwright and engineer at Bristol, city surveyor there 1831 to
death; A.I.C.E. 1828. _d._ 17 March 1854.

ARMSTRONG, RIGHT REV. JOHN (_eld. son of John Armstrong of London,
M.D._) _b._ Bishopwearmouth 22 Aug. 1813; ed. at Charterhouse
1827; Crewe exhibitioner at Linc. coll. Oxf. 1832; B.A. 1836; M.A.
1850; C. of Clifton 1838–41; priest vicar of Exeter cathedral
1841; R. of St. Paul’s, Exeter 1843; V. of Tidenham, Gloucs. 1845;
originated female penitentiary which was opened at Clewer 1849;
founded _National Miscellany_ a monthly religious periodical 1853,
it was united with the _Illustrated London magazine_ 1855; bishop
of Grahamstown, South Africa 25 October 1853; consecrated in St.
Mary’s, Lambeth 30 Nov. 1853; suffragan to bishop of Cape Town 6
Dec. 1853; arrived at Grahamstown 26 Oct. 1854; author of _Sermons
on the festivals_ 1845; _Parochial sermons_ 1854; wrote many and
edited all the _Tracts for the Christian seasons_, 2 _series_
1848–50. (_m._ 22 Feb. 1843 Frances eld. dau. of Edward Whitmore).
_d._ Grahamstown 16 May 1856. _A memoir of John Armstrong, D.D. by
Rev. T. T. Carter_ 1857, _portrait_; _G. M. i_, 376–82 (1856);
_Guardian 20 Dec. 1882 p._ 1809.

ARMSTRONG, VERY REV. JOHN (_brother of Sir Andrew Armstrong_). _b._
June 1791; archdeacon of Clonfert 24 June 1845; dean of Kilfenora
Jany. 1847 to death. _d._ 16 June 1856.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN. Provisional ensign Cape mounted rifles 19 March
1835; formed and commanded a corps of irregular horse known as
“Armstrong’s Horse” during Kaffir war 1852–53; C.B. 13 March 1867,
M.G. 6 July 1867. _d._ Stoulgrove house, near Chepstow 28 June
1874 aged 55.

ARMSTRONG, JOHN WARNEFORD. _b._ King’s county 28 Aug. 1770; captain
King’s county militia 19 Jany. 1798; betrayed Henry and John
Sheares barristers of Dublin to the Government 1798; they were
hung for high treason 14 July 1798; received pension of £500 per
annum 1798 to death. _d._ 1858. _Howell’s State trials xxvii_,
255–398 (1820).

ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH. _b._ Bewcastle Cumberland 21 Sep. 1816; engine
driver on Liverpool and Manchester railway 1836–40; superintendent
of locomotive carriage and wagon departments of Great Western
Railway June 1864 to death; M.I.M.E. 1857, M.I.C.E. 1877. _d._
Matlock Bath 5 June 1877. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xlix_, 255–58 (1877).

ARMSTRONG, REV. NICHOLAS. Rector of St. James’s, Dublin; an agent of
the Reformation society 1831; the most powerful of Irish
declaimers; an Irvingite apostle 18 Jany. 1834; apostle to Ireland
and Greece 1838; author of _Two letters to a friend in answer to
the inquiry What is the use of the gifts of the spirit_ 1832;
_Sermons preached in the Catholic Apostolic church Gordon Square_
1857; _Homilies on the Epistles and Gospels_ 1870; _Sermons on
various subjects_, 1870–79. _d._ Albury heath, Surrey 9 Oct. 1879
in 78 year. _Rev. Edward Miller’s History and doctrines of
Irvingism_, _vol. i_; _R. S. Brooke’s Recollections of the Irish
church_ (1877) 25–27.

ARMSTRONG, SIR RICHARD (_only son of lieut. col. Richard Armstrong
of Lincoln_.) _b._ 1782; ensign 24 foot 23 June 1796; served in
Peninsula 1808–14; lieut. col. 1 foot 18 Oct. 1821, and of 26 foot
24 Jany 1829 to 13 Feb. 1835 when placed on h.p.; colonel 95 foot
29 March 1848 and of 32 foot 25 June 1850 to death; commander in
chief at Madras 29 Sep. 1851 to 27 Oct. 1853; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851;
C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 7 April 1852, K.T.S.; Knighted by Wm. IV.
at St. James’s palace 28 Sept. 1831. _d._ on board the ship Barham
on his voyage home from Madras 3 March 1854.

ARMSTRONG, RICHARD (_eld. son of Wm. Armstrong, of Roxborough, co.
Armagh, engineer_.) _b._ Armagh 1815; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin;
called to Irish bar 1839, went Leinster circuit; Q.C. 28 Jany.
1854, bencher of King’s Inns 1861; third sergeant at law 1861–65,
second 1865, and first 1866 to death; M.P. for Sligo 1865–68.
(_m._ 1847 Elizabeth dau. of Edward Meurant.) _d._ 32 Stephen’s
Green, Dublin 26 Aug. 1880. _Irish law times xiv_, 452 (1880.)

ARMSTRONG, ROBERT ARCHIBALD (_eld. son of Robert Archibald of
Kenmore, Perthshire_). _b._ Kenmore 1788; ed at Univs. of Edin.
and St. Andrews; Gaelic lexicographer in ordinary to George iv
1826; head master of South Lambeth gr. sch. 1830–52; author of _A
Gaelic dictionary_ 1825, which was the first ever published; wrote
many scientific papers in the _Arcana of science and art_ 1837 _et
seq._ _d._ Choumert road, Peckham Rye 25 May 1867.

ARMSTRONG, ROBERT BAYNES (_eld. son of John Armstrong of Lancaster,
merchant_). _b._ Lancaster 1785; ed. at Clitheroe and Sedbergh
schools and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1810, fellow of
his college; barrister I.T. 23 June 1814, bencher 1840, reader
1851; treasurer 1852; Q.C. 1840; recorder of Hull 1836–37, of
Leeds 1837–39 and of Manchester and Bolton May 1848 to May 1865;
M.P for Lancaster 1848–53. (_m._ Dec. 1842 Frances youngest dau.
of Richmond Blamire of Thackwood, Cumberland, she _d._ 19 March
1862). _d._ 29 Chester sq. Pimlico, London 15 Jany. 1869.

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS WILLIAM DE BUTTS. _b._ 1826; resident engineer on
several important works in Mayo 1848–53; one of the first
engineers sent to India in government service 1855; chief engineer
of Central Provinces 1869 to death; M.I.C.E. 10 April 1866. _d._
on board P. and O. steamer Travancore off the Malabar coast 1 May
1877. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. li_, 261–65 (1878).

ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM. Called to Irish bar 1819; Q.C. 17 Aug. 1841;
chairman of quarter sessions co. Londonderry. _d._ 1866.

ARNEY, SIR GEORGE ALFRED (_6 son of Wm. Arney of The Close,
Salisbury_). _b._ Salisbury 3 Jany. 1806; ed. at Winchester and
Brasn. coll. Ox., B.A. 1832; barrister L.I. 5 May 1837; recorder
of Winchester Dec. 1856–1857; chief justice of New Zealand
1858–75; knighted by patent 18 July 1862. (_m._ 13 June 1833
Harriet dau. of Thomas Parr, captain R.N., she _d._ 18 April
1844). _d._ 17 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 7 April
1883.

ARNOLD, REV. CHARLES THOMAS. _b._ 26 Oct. 1817; ed. at Rugby and
Magd. hall, Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; Assistant master at Rugby
1841–78. _d._ Rome 13 May 1878.

ARNOLD, REV. EDWARD PENROSE (_3 son of Rev. Thomas Arnold 1795–1842,
head master of Rugby_). _b._ 28 Oct. 1826; ed. at Rugby and Ball.
coll. Ox., B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; Fellow of All Soul’s coll. Ox.
1852; assistant inspector of schools 15 April 1854; inspector
1866–77. _d._ Fox How, Ambleside 6 April 1878.

ARNOLD, JAMES ROBERTSON (_2 son of general Benedict Arnold
1741–1801_). _b._ New York 28 Aug. 1781; 2 Lieut. R.E. 29 Aug.
1798; served in the wars against France 1800–15; aide de camp to
the Sovereign 1830–41; col. R.E. 1837–41; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; K.H.
1831; K.C. (_m._ 21 March 1807 Virginia 4 dau. of Bartlett
Goodrich of Saling Grove, Isle of Wight). _d._ Onslow sq. London
27 Dec. 1854. _I. N. Arnold’s Life of Benedict Arnold_ (1880)
407–17.

ARNOLD, REV. JOHN MÜEHLEISEN. _b._ Zell, Würtemberg 1817; C.M.S.
missionary in Abyssinia and India; Chap. to Bishop of Gibraltar;
Chap. to St. Mary’s hospital, Paddington 1852–61; founded Moslem
mission society in England 1859, hon. sec. 1860–65; C. of East
Ham, Essex 1861–65; Consular Chap. at Batavia 28 Oct. 1865,
resigned 6 Aug. 1870 but continued his services till 30 June 1871;
R. of St. Mary’s, Papendorf, Capetown, March 1876. _d._ Papendorf
9 Dec. 1881. _Guardian 29 March 1882 p._ 448, _vol._ 3.

ARNOLD, SAMUEL JAMES (_only son of Samuel Arnold 1740–1802, organist
and composer to George 3_). _b._ 1774; exhibited portraits at the
R.A. 1800–1806; brought out a musical play called Auld Robin Gray
at Haymarket theatre 1794; exhibited a panorama in Spring gardens;
member of “Sublime society of beefsteaks” 15 April 1809; opened
Lyceum theatre as an English opera house 26 June 1809; built new
theatre on same site and opened it as the English opera house 15
June 1816, it was burnt down 16 Feb. 1830, he rebuilt it and
opened it 14 July 1834; manager of Drury Lane theatre 1812–15;
author of _The Creole or haunted island 3 vols._ 1796; _The
shipwreck, a comic opera in 2 acts_ 1796; _Man and wife, comedy in
5 acts_ 1809, _8 ed._ 1809. (_m._ 18 May 1802 Matilda Catherine
younger dau. of Henry James Pye, poet laureate). _d._ Walton upon
Thames 16 Aug. 1852 in 78 year. _G.M. xxxviii_, 538 (1852).

ARNOLD, THOMAS JAMES (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Downing st.
Westminster 1803; ed. at St. Paul’s school and univ. of Gottingen;
barrister L.I. 24 Nov. 1829; commissioner of bankruptcy at
Liverpool; stipendiary magistrate at Worship st. police court 27
Jany. 1847 and at Westminster police court Aug. 1851 to death;
member of Numismatic Society 1862; F.S.A. 1869; author of _A
treatise on the law relating to municipal corporations_ 1852, _3
ed._ 1883; _Anacreon in English_ 1869; _Faust, a tragedy
translated in the original metres_ 1877. _d._ 1 Greville place,
Kilburn priory 20 May 1877. _Numismatic Chronicle xvii_, 13–15
(1877).