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DUNCOMBE, THOMAS SLINGSBY (_eld. son of Thomas Duncombe of Copgrove,
Yorkshire 1769–1847_). _b._ 1796; ed. at Harrow 1808–11; ensign
Coldstream guards 17 Oct. 1811, lieut. 1815–19 when he sold out;
contested Pontefract 1821 and Hertford 1823; M.P. for Hertford 15
June 1826 to 3 Dec. 1832; M.P. for Finsbury 2 July 1834 to death
having sat longer for a Metropolitan borough than any former
member; reputed to be best dressed man in the House; presented
people’s petition praying for the six points of the charter 2 May
1842; entertained by United Trades Association at the Crown and
Anchor tavern, Arundel st. Strand 21 Jany. 1846; took part in plot
which led to Louis Napoleon’s escape from Castle of Ham near
Amiens 25 May 1846. _d._ Lancing, Sussex 13 Nov. 1861 in 66 year.
_bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 21 Nov. _The life of T. S. Duncombe
edited by his son T. H. Duncombe 2 vols._ 1868, _portrait_;
_Orators of the age by G. H. Francis_ (1847) 327–37; _Fraser’s
Mag. x_, 494–504 (1834), _xxxiv_, 349–52 (1846); _Illust. News of
the world ii_ (1858), _portrait_, _viii_, 321 (1861), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. i_, 180 (1842), _portrait_, _v_, 5 (1844), _portrait_.

DUNCOMBE, WILLIAM REGINALD (_eld. son of 1 Earl of Feversham b.
1829_). _b._ London 1 Aug. 1852; ed. at Eton; M.P. for North
Yorkshire 2 Feb. 1874 to death. _d._ Madeira 24 Dec. 1881. _bur._
Helmsley near York 12 Jany. 1882.

DUNCUFT, JOHN. Sharebroker at Oldham 1824 to death; M.P. for Oldham
31 July 1847 to death. _d._ Frodsham, Cheshire 27 July 1852.

DUNDAS, CHARLES WILLIAM DEANS (_elder son of Sir J. W. D. Dundas
1785–1862_). Ensign 42 foot 25 Dec. 1828; ensign Coldstream guards
3 Aug. 1830, lieut. 24 Feb. to 21 April 1837; M.P. for Flint
district 1837 to 1841. _d._ Edinburgh 11 April 1856 aged 45.

DUNDAS, SIR DAVID (_3 son of James Dundas of Ochtertyre,
Perthshire_). _b._ Edinburgh 1799; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch.
Ox., student 1820, B.A. 1820, M.A. 1822; barrister I.T. 7 Feb.
1823, bencher 1840, reader 1852, treasurer 1853; Q.C. April 1840;
M.P. for Sutherlandshire 1840–52 and 1861–67; solicitor general 10
July 1846 to 25 March 1848; knighted at St. James’s palace 24 Feb.
1847; judge advocate general 26 May 1849 to Feb. 1852; P.C. 29
June 1849; a trustee of British Museum 1861–67; F.R.S. _d._ 13
King’s Bench Walk Temple, London 30 March 1877.

DUNDAS, FREDERICK (_only son of Charles Lawrence Dundas 1771–1810,
M.P. for Malton_). _b._ 14 June 1802; M.P. for Orkney and Shetland
1837–47 and 1852 to death. _d._ 24 Hanover sq. London 26 Oct.
1872.

DUNDAS, GEORGE (_brother of Sir David Dundas 1799–1877_). _b._
Edinburgh 19 Nov. 1802; ed. at high school Edin., Glasgow univ.
and Ex. coll. Ox., LLD. Edin.; B.A. Ox. 1824; called to bar in
Scotland 1826; vice dean of faculty of advocates; sheriff of co.
Selkirk 4 Nov. 1844 to 1845; a judge of court of sessions with
title of Lord Manor 14 Oct. 1868 to death. _d._ Charlotte sq.
Edinburgh 7 Oct. 1869. _Law magazine and law review xxix_, 274–76
(1870).

DUNDAS, GEORGE (_eld. son of James Dundas of Dundas, co. Linlithgow
1793–1881_). _b._ Dundas castle 12 Nov. 1819; 1 lieut. rifle
brigade 15 April 1842, retired Dec. 1844; M.P. for co. Linlithgow
1847–1858; lieut. governor of Prince Edward island Jany. 1859 to
July 1870; lieut. governor of St. Vincent 31 Oct. 1874 to death.
_d._ St. Vincent 18 March 1880.

DUNDAS, JAMES (_eld. son of George Dundas 1802–69_). _b._ Edinburgh?
12 Sep. 1842; 1 lieut. Bengal engineers 8 June 1860, captain 3
Aug. 1872 to death; V.C. for bravery in Bhootan 1865; killed while
attempting to blow up a fort at Sherpur near Cabul 23 Dec. 1879,
monument to his memory erected in Edinburgh cathedral. _Shadbolt’s
Afghan campaign, biog. division_ (1882) 72–4, _portrait_.

DUNDAS, SIR JAMES WHITLEY DEANS (_son of James Deans, M.D. of
Calcutta_). _b._ Scotland 4 Dec. 1785; entered navy 19 March 1799;
captain 13 Oct. 1807; assumed surname of Dundas 1808; naval
aide-de-camp to Wm. iv, 5 Sep. 1831; M.P. for Greenwich 1832–35
and 1841–52; M.P. for Devizes 1836–38; a lord of the Admiralty 23
June 1841 to Sep. 1841 and July 1846 to Feb. 1852; commander in
chief of Mediterranean fleet 17 Jany. 1852 to 31 Dec. 1854;
admiral 8 Dec. 1857; C.B. 25 Oct. 1839, G.C.B. 5 July 1855;
awarded good service pension 12 April 1862. _d._ Weymouth 3 Oct.
1862. _E. H. Nolan’s History of Russian war i_, 696 (1857),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xxiii_, 140 (1853), _portrait_.

DUNDAS, SIR JOHN BURNET, 4 Baronet. _b._ Richmond, Surrey 17 Nov.
1794; entered navy 10 July 1807; captain 8 July 1828; R.A. on h.p.
7 Feb. 1855; admiral on h.p. 5 May 1865; succeeded 16 June 1848.
_d._ Queensberry villa, Richmond 2 Sep. 1868.

DUNDAS, JOHN CHARLES (_2 son of 1 Earl of Zetland 1766–1839_). _b._
Mask hall, Cleveland 21 Aug. 1808; M.P. for Richmond, Yorkshire
1830–35, 1841–47 and 1865 to death; M.P. for York 1835–37; lord
lieut. of Orkney and Shetland 1839 to death. _d._ the Villa
Cessole near Nice 14 Feb. 1866.

DUNDAS, SIR RICHARD SAUNDERS (_2 son of 2 Viscount Melville
1771–1851_). _b._ Melville castle near Edinburgh 11 April 1802;
ed. at Harrow; entered navy 15 June 1817; captain 17 July 1824;
superintendent of Deptford dockyard 16 April 1851 to Dec. 1852; a
lord of the Admiralty, Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1855 and 21 Nov. 1857 to
death; commander in chief of Baltic fleet 19 Feb. 1855 to Dec.
1855; employed on Mediterranean and Home stations Feb. 1856 to
March 1857; V.A. 24 Feb. 1858; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 4 Feb.
1856; grand officer of Legion of Honour. _d._ 13 New st. Spring
Gardens, London 3 June 1861.

DUNDAS, WILLIAM BOLDEN. 2 lieut. R.A. 8 Sep. 1803, col. 1 Nov. 1848
to 28 Nov. 1854; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._
Inveresk, Edinburgh 8 Aug. 1858.

DUNDAS, WILLIAM PITT (_youngest son of Robert Dundas 1753–1819, lord
chief baron of court of exchequer in Scotland_). _b._ Melville
castle 6 March 1801; advocate 13 June 1823; deputy keeper of privy
seal of Scotland 1852; registrar general of births, deaths and
marriages in Scotland 13 Sep. 1855, deputy clerk registrar
1874–80; C.B. 10 May 1876. _d._ 14 Athole crescent, Edinburgh 17
May 1883.

DUNDONALD, THOMAS COCHRANE, 10 Earl of (_eld. child of 9 Earl of
Dundonald 1748–1831_). _b._ Annsfield, Lanarkshire 14 Dec. 1775;
midshipman R.N. 27 June 1793, captain 8 Aug. 1801; destroyed
French shipping in road of Île d’Aix 11 April 1809; contested
Honiton 1805, M.P. for Honiton 1806–1807; M.P. for Westminster 23
May 1807 to 5 July 1814 when expelled; M.P. again 16 July 1814 to
10 June 1818; lost his rank in navy 25 June 1814; sentenced to pay
a fine of £1000 and to be imprisoned in King’s Bench prison for a
year 21 June 1814 having been convicted unjustly of a
stock-jobbing fraud 8 June 1814; commanded Chilian navy Dec. 1818
to Nov. 1822, Brazilian navy 21 March 1823 to 10 Nov. 1825, Greek
navy Feb. 1827 to 1828; created Marquess of Maranham by Don Pedro
of Brazil 1823; reinstated in his place in the navy by Wm. iv, 2
May 1832; R.A. 8 May 1832; commander in chief on North American
and West Indian stations 12 Jany. 1848 to Jany. 1851; admiral 21
March 1851; R.A. of United Kingdom 29 Oct. 1854; K.B. 26 April
1809 to 5 July 1814 when expelled, reinstated 22 May 1847; G.C.B.
25 May 1847; author of _Narrative of the liberation of Chili 2
vols._ 1858. _d._ 12 Prince Albert road, Kensington, London 31
Oct. 1860. _bur._ centre of nave of Westminster Abbey 14 Nov.
_Autobiography of a Seaman 2 vols._ 1860, _portrait_; _Life of
Lord Cochrane by T. B. Cochrane and H. R. F. Bourne 2 vols._ 1869,
_portrait_; _W. C. Townsend’s Modern state trials ii_, 1–111
(1850); _Army and navy mag. i_, 113–29 (1881), _portrait_; _Law
mag. and law review x_, 203–35 (1861), _xi_, 188–201; _I.L.N.
xxxvii_, 471, 472 (1860), _portrait_.

DUNFERMLINE, JAMES ABERCROMBY, 1 Baron (_3 son of Sir Ralph
Abercromby 1738–1801_). _b._ 7 Nov. 1776; barrister L.I. 8 Feb.
1800; a comr. of bankrupts 1802–27; M.P. for Midhurst 1807–12, for
Calne 1812–30, for Edinburgh 1832–39; judge advocate general 12
May 1827 to Jany. 1828; lord chief baron of exchequer in Scotland
20 Feb. 1830 to 1832 when office was abolished under statute 2 Wm.
iv, cap. 54 and he was granted pension of £2000 a year; master of
the Mint 1 July 1834 to Nov. 1834; speaker of House of Commons 19
Feb. 1835 elected by a majority of 10 votes, closest contest on
record, retired 15 May 1839; created Baron Dunfermline of
Dunfermline, co. Fife 7 June 1839; dean of faculty in Univ. of
Glasgow 1841; author of _Lieutenant general Sir Ralph Abercromby,
K.B. 1793–1801, a memoir_ 1861. _d._ Colinton near Edinburgh 17
April 1858. _T. Murray’s Biographical annals of parish of
Colinton_ (1863) 107–12; _J. A. Manning’s Lives of the speakers_
(1850) 489–93; _J. Burke’s Commoners iv_, (1838), _portrait_.

DUNFERMLINE, RALPH ABERCROMBY, 2 Baron (_eld. son of the
preceding_). _b._ 6 April 1803; ed. at Eton and Peterhouse coll.
Cam.; précis writer in Foreign Office 1827; min. plenipo. to
Germanic confederation 2 Jany. 1839 to 17 March 1840; envoy
extraord. and min. plenipo. to King of Sardinia 17 March 1840 to
28 Nov. 1849, to King of the Netherlands 26 Nov. 1851 to 13 Oct.
1858; K.C.B. 1 March 1851; succeeded 17 April 1858. _d._ Colinton
house near Edinburgh 12 July 1868.

DUNGANNON, ARTHUR HILL TREVOR, 3 Viscount (_elder son of 2 Viscount
Dungannon 1763–1837_). _b._ London 9 Nov. 1798; ed. at Ch. Ch.
Ox., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1825; M.P. for New Romney 1830–31; M.P. for
city of Durham 1831–32 and 1835–41; succeeded his father 14 Dec.
1837; a representative peer for Ireland 11 Sep. 1855 to death;
high sheriff of Flintshire 1855; published _The life and times of
William the third king of England 2 vols._ 1835–36 and other
works. _d._ 3 Grafton st., Bond st. London 11 Aug. 1862.

DUNGLISON, ROBLEY (_son of William Dunglison of Keswick,
Cumberland_). _b._ Keswick 4 Jany. 1798; a surgeon apothecary in
London 1819; M.D. Erlangen 1823, LLD. Yale 1825; edited the
_London Medical Repository_ 1823–24, and _American Medical
Intelligencer_ 1837–42; professor of medicine in Univ. of
Virginia, U.S. 1824–33; professor of Materia medica in Univ. of
Maryland 1833–36; professor of medicine in Jefferson medical
college, Philadelphia 1836 to 1868; author of _A new Dictionary of
medical science and literature Boston_ 1833, _15 ed._ 1858;
_General Therapeutics_ 1836, _6 ed._ 1857 and upwards of 30 other
books. _d._ Girard st. Philadelphia 1 April 1869. _Gross’s Memoir
of R. Dunglison_ 1869; _H. Lonsdale’s Worthies of Cumberland vi_,
262–79 (1875); _The College and clinical record, Philadelphia 1881
vol. 2, No. 11_, _portrait_.

DUNHAM, SAMUEL ASTLEY. Author of _The history of Poland_ 1831;
_History of Spain and Portugal 5 vols._ 1832–33 which obtained for
him membership of Royal Spanish Academy, it was translated into
Spanish by Alcala Galliano 1844; _A history of Europe during the
Middle Ages 4 vols._ 1833–34; _Lives of the most eminent literary
and scientific men of Great Britain 3 vols._ 1836–37; _History of
Denmark, Sweden and Norway 3 vols._ 1839–40; _History of the
Germanic empire 3 vols._ 1844–45, these 19 vols. are all in
Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopædia. _d._ suddenly of paralysis at 22
Murray st. Camden New Town, London 17 July 1858 aged 62.

DUNKIN, ALFRED JOHN (_only son of John Dunkin, topographer
1782–1846_). _b._ Islington, London 9 Aug. 1812; entered his
father’s printing business at Bromley, Kent 1831; a printer at
Dartford, Kent 1837 to death; opened a branch at 140 Queen
Victoria st. London; an original member of British Archæological
Association 1844; author of _History of the county of Kent 3
vols._ 1856–55 and 6 other books. _d._ 110 Stamford st.
Blackfriars road, London 30 Jany. 1879. _Printing Times and
Lithographer 15 April 1879 p._ 89.

DUNKIN, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ London 24 Sep. 1811; ed. at Univs. of
London and Glasgow; a teacher of Greek at Harvard Univ. 1834–35;
went to Canada 1835; edited _Morning Chronicle_ at Montreal
1837–38; admitted to Lower Canadian bar 1846; Q.C. 1867; M.P. for
Drummond and Arthabaska 1857–61, for Brome 1862 to death;
provincial treasurer for Canada 1867–69; minister of agriculture
and statistics 1869–71; puisne judge of superior court of Quebec
1871; introduced the “Dunkin Temperance Act of 1864.” _d._
Lakeside, Knowlton 6 Jany. 1880.

DUNLOP, ALEXANDER COLQUHOUN-STIRLING-MURRAY- (_5 son of Alexander
Dunlop of Keppoch, co. Dumbarton_). _b._ Greenock 27 Dec. 1798;
ed. at Greenock gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin.; advocate 1820; edited
_Presbyterian Review_ 1834; assumed name of Murray-Dunlop 1849 and
name of Colquhoun-Stirling-Murray-Dunlop 1866; contested Greenock
1845 and 1847, M.P. for Greenock 1852–68; legal adviser to the
free church party, ‘The Claim of Right 1842 and Protest and Deed
of Demission 1843’ were chiefly his work; author of _The Poor
laws_, _4 ed._ 1834. _d._ 1 Sep. 1870. _Notice of the late Mr.
Dunlop by D. Maclagan_; _Wylie’s Disruption Worthies_ (1881)
237–44, _portrait_.

DUNLOP, ANDREW VANS. Educ. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1826; L.R.C.S.
Edin. 1826; a surgeon in Edin.; left residue of his estate, about
£70,000 to Univ. of Edinburgh to found scholarships of £100 a year
each tenable for 3 years, in all main departments of study except
theology. _d._ 18 Rutland sq. Edinburgh 27 Feb. 1880. _Sir A.
Grant’s Story of the Univ. of Edinburgh ii_, 42–45 (1884).

DUNLOP, DURHAM. Volunteer surgeon in Crimean war; proprietor and
editor of the _Dublin university gazette_; M.R.I.A.; author of
_The philosophy of the bath, or air and water_ 1868, _3 ed._ 1873;
_The Church under the Tudors_ 1869, _3 ed._ 1872. _d._ Norfolk
hotel, Brighton 30 March 1882 aged 70.

DUNLOP, HENRY. _b._ Linwood, Renfrewshire 1799; merchant at
Craigton, Glasgow; director of Chamber of commerce, Glasgow 1837
to death, chairman 1841, 1859 and 1862; lord provost of Glasgow
1837–40; pres. of Glasgow Bible Society 1850–61; author of _The
Cotton Trade_ 1862. _d._ Edinburgh 10 May 1867. _bur._ at Govan.

DUNLOP, HUGH (_2 son of general James Dunlop, who d. March 1832_).
Naval cadet 5 April 1821; captain 3 Aug. 1850; commodore at
Jamaica 1859; R.A. 6 April 1866, retired 1 April 1870, retired
admiral 21 March 1878; C.B. 14 Sep. 1861. _d._ 106 St. George’s
sq. London 15 April 1887.

DUNLOP, ROBERT HENRY WALLACE. _b._ 1823; ed. at Haileybury; entered
Bengal civil service 1843; captured the outlaw Rundheer Singh, on
the borders of Rewah 1852; magistrate and collector at Meerut
1856–62; officiating judge of Bareilly 1862–65; C.B. 18 May 1860;
author of _Service with the Meerut volunteer horse_ 1858; _Hunting
in the Himalaya_ 1860; _Plate swimming with notes on the science
of natation_ 1877. _d._ Ellerslie tower, Ealing 15 Nov. 1887.

DUNMAN, THOMAS. _b._ 16 Dec. 1849; taught himself Latin and Greek;
clerk and book keeper to a harness maker and currier in London
1871; physical science lecturer at Working Men’s coll. 1874;
lecturer on physiology at Birkbeck institution 1877 and professor
of animal morphology 1879; lecturer on staff of Soc. for Extension
of University teaching 1879; lectured on scientific subjects in
London, Chester, Rotherham and other places 1879; author of _A
glossary of Biological, Anatomical and Physiological Terms_ 1879;
_Practical notes for students of Physiology_ 1880; contributed to
Popular Science Lectures, Cassell’s Science for All, Ward & Lock’s
Universal Instructor, Amateur Work and other publications. _d._ 9
May 1882. _bur._ Ilford cemetery. _T. Dunman’s Talks about
science_ (1882) _with biographical sketch by C. Welsh_; _Nature
xxvi_, 67, 418 (1882).

DUNN, SIR DAVID. Entered navy 30 April 1800; captain 7 June 1814;
knighted at St. James’s palace 12 Aug. 1835; K.C.H. 1 Jany. 1837;
V.A. on half pay 12 Nov. 1856. _d._ Rocklands, Chudleigh, Devon 16
June 1859 aged 73.

DUNN, JOHN. _b._ Aberdeen 1820; member of legislative council in
Tasmania 1845–55; a merchant and shipowner in London; M.P. for
Dartmouth 1859–60. _d._ Aden 10 Sep. 1860.

DUNN, JOHN, stage name of John Benjamin Donoghue (_son of Mr.
Donoghue of City of London, merchant_). _b._ Surrey 1812; clerk in
a lawyer’s office; played at Sans Souci theatre, Leicester square,
at the Coburg and Surrey 1836, at Sadler’s Wells; sang song of
_Jim Crow_ at Sadler’s Wells in imitation of T. D. Rice 1836; made
a great hit as Newman Noggs in _Nicholas Nickleby_ at City of
London theatre 1838; acted at the Victoria; went to Australia 1842
where he played to his death. _d._ of heart disease in a cab in
Melbourne on his way to the opera house to play 17 Aug. 1875.
_Actors by daylight_ (1838) _i_, 329–31, _portrait_; _Era 31 Oct.
1875 p. 5, col. 2, p. 14, col. 1_.

DUNN, ROBERT. _b._ East Brunton near Newcastle, Aug. 1799;
apprentice to W. Davison at Alnwick; studied at Guy’s and St.
Thomas’s hospitals 1824–25; L.S.A. 1825, M.R.C.S. 1828, F.R.C.S.
1852; surgeon 31 Norfolk st. Strand, London 1838; F.R.M.C. Soc.
1833 and member of council 1845; V.P. Westminster Medical Soc.
1845; V.P. of Anthropological Soc.; especially studied cerebral
physiology and the statistics of midwifery; author of _An essay on
physiological psychology_ 1858; _Medical Psychology_ 1863 and
other books. _d._ 31 Norfolk st. Strand 4 Nov. 1877. _Barker’s
Photographs of medical men_ (1868) _ii_, 69–72, _portrait_.

DUNN, REV. SAMUEL (_son of James Dunn of Mevagissey, Cornwall, who
d. 8 Aug. 1842 aged 88_). _b._ Mevagissey 13 Feb. 1798; Wesleyan
Methodist minister 1819; stationed in the Shetland islands
1822–25, then at Newcastle and 9 other places successively;
accused with Rev. J. Everett and Rev. W. Griffith of publishing
pamphlets called the ‘Fly Sheets’ advocating reforms in Wesleyan
governing body 1848; expelled by Wesleyan conference 25 July 1849
for publishing _Wesley Banner and Revival Record_; ministered to
Free church methodists at Camborne, Cornwall 1855–64; author of _A
dictionary of the Gospels_ 1846, _4 ed._ 1846 and upwards of 70
other books. _d._ 2 St. James’s road, St. Mary Usk, Hastings 24
Jany. 1882.

DUNNE, FRANCIS PLUNKETT (_eld. son of general Edward Dunne of
Brittas, Queen’s county 1763–1844_). _b._ 1802; ed. at Sandhurst
and Trin. coll. Dublin; cornet 7 dragoon guards 29 May 1823;
captain 10 foot 5 March 1829 to 18 Sep. 1840 when placed on h.p.;
lieut. col. Queen’s co. militia 15 Feb. 1846, hon. col. 26 April
1873 to death; clerk of the Ordnance 5 March 1852; private sec.
and aide-de-camp to Earl of Eglinton when lord lieut. of Ireland
1858–59; M.G. 26 Sep. 1865; M.P. for Portarlington 1847–57, for
Queen’s co. 1859–68; P.C. Ireland 1866; author of _The Pope and
his infallibility_ 1871. _d._ 6 July 1874.

DUNNE, VERY REV. JOHN. _b._ Ballinakill, Queen’s county, July 1816;
ed. at Carlow college and Maynooth; professor of moral and mental
philosophy at Carlow college about 1840, vice pres. 1850, pres.
1856; parish priest of Kildare, July 1864 to death. _d._ Kildare
25 July 1867.

DUNNE, JOHN. _b._ York 1834; chorister in Worcester cath. 1850, in
Cashel cath. 1854; member of Ch. Ch. St. Patrick’s cath. and
Trinity college choirs, Dublin; Mus. Bac. Dublin 1866, Mus. Doc.
1870; composed _Myra, a cantata_; _The Hanging of the Crane, a
cantata_, church services, anthems, glees and songs. _d._ Ashton,
Killiney near Dublin 7 June 1883.

DUNPHY, HENRY MICHAEL (_youngest son of Michael Dunphy of Fleet st.
Dublin, merchant_). _b._ 1821; on the staff of the _Morning Post_
upwards of 40 years; barrister M.T. 26 Jany. 1861. _d._ Hillside,
Willesden park, London 2 Jany. 1889 in 68 year.

DUNRAVEN and MOUNTEARL, EDWIN RICHARD WINDHAM WYNDHAM-QUIN, 3 Earl
of. _b._ London 19 May 1812; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin,
B.A. 1833; M.P. for Glamorganshire 1837–51; succeeded his father 6
Aug. 1850; created baron Kenry of Kenry, co. Limerick in peerage
of G.B. 12 June 1866; lord lieut. of Limerick 1864 to death; K.P.
1866; F.R.A.S. 1831; F.R.S. 10 April 1834; F.R.G.S. 1837; F.S.A.
1836; a great antiquarian and archæologist; author of _Memorials
of Adare manor_ 1865; _Notes on Irish architecture edited by
Margaret Stokes 2 vols._ 1875–77. _d._ Imperial hotel, Great
Malvern 6 Oct. 1871. _Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc.
xxxii_, 120–22 (1872); _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. second series v_,
306; _I.L.N. lix_, 386 (1871).

DUNSANY, RANDAL EDWARD PLUNKETT, 15 Baron (_elder son of 14 Baron
Dunsany 1773–1848_). _b._ Rome 5 Sep. 1804; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; a
prominent leader of the Orange party; succeeded 11 Dec. 1848; a
representative peer of Ireland 19 Nov. 1850 to death. _d._ Dunsany
castle, co. Meath 7 April 1852.

DUNSANY, EDWARD PLUNKETT, 16 Baron (_brother of the preceding_).
_b._ Ramsgate 29 Nov. 1808; entered navy 4 Oct. 1823; captain 9
Nov. 1846; admiral on h.p. 1 Aug. 1877; author of _The past and
future of the British navy_, _2 ed._ 1847; _Gaul or Teuton,
considerations as to our allies of the future_ 1873; translated
_Graviere’s Naval History 2 vols._ 1848. _d._ Hastings 22 Feb.
1889.

DUNSFORD, HENRY FREDERICK. _b._ 5 Nov. 1817; ensign 59 Bengal N.I.
28 June 1836, major 1 Jany. 1862; lieut. col. Bengal staff corps
12 Sep. 1866; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 17 June 1858. _d._ St.
Heliers, Jersey 31 Jany. 1887.

DUNSTERVILLE, EDWARD (_son of Edward Dunsterville of Penryn,
Cornwall, shipowner_). _b._ Penryn 2 Dec. 1796; entered navy 17
July 1812, midshipman 1813–15, when discharged on reduction of the
fleet; master in navy 9 Sep. 1824; hydrographer’s assistant at the
Admiralty, Whitehall 19 April 1842 to 30 March 1870 when
superannuated on £400 per annum; retired commander 14 Nov. 1855;
author of _Admiralty catalogue of charts, plans, views and sailing
directions 7 ed. 2 vols._ 1859, _8 ed. 2 vols._ 1864; edited _J.
Horsburgh’s Indian directory_ _7 ed. 2 vols._ 1859, _8 ed. 2
vols._ 1864. _d._ 32 St. Augustine’s road, Camden sq. London 11
March 1873. _The servitude of Commander E. Dunsterville_ 1870.

DUNSTERVILLE, JAMES HENDERSON. Entered Bombay army 1803; col. 1
Bombay N.I. 29 Dec. 1846 to death; M.G. 20 June 1854. _d._ 12 The
Crescent, Plymouth 12 July 1858 aged 70.

DUNTZE, JOHN ALEXANDER (_eld. child of James Nicholas Duntze,
paymaster general of the forces in Sicily, who d. 22 Sep. 1846
aged 78_). _b._ 26 Aug. 1805; entered navy 5 Aug. 1818; captain 24
Dec. 1829; admiral 2 Dec. 1865; retired 1 April 1870. _d._ 10
Nightingale terrace, Woolwich common 15 May 1882.

DU PLAT, GEORGE GUSTAVUS CHARLES WILLIAM. Second lieut. R.E. 1 Aug.
1841, lieut. col. 21 Sep. 1850 to death; consul at Warsaw 1841–51,
consul general in Poland 1851; Queen’s comr. to Austrian army with
rank of brigadier general 12 Aug. 1854 to death; K.H. 31 Oct.
1831. _d._ Vienna 21 Dec. 1854.

DUPPA, BALDWIN FRANCIS (_eld. son of Baldwin Francis Duppa,
barrister_). _b._ Rouen, Normandy 18 Feb. 1828; ed. at Hofwyl near
Berne, Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; entered royal college of
chemistry 1855; fitted up a laboratory in his country seat at
Hollingbourne near Maidstone; worked with Edward Frankland at
Royal institution, London 1863–67; F.R.S. 1867. _d._ Budleigh
Salterton, Devon 10 Nov. 1873. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxi_, 6–9
(1873).

DU PRÉ, CALEDON GEORGE (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ 28 March
1803; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. and St. Mary hall, Ox., B.A. 1825;
M.P. for Bucks. 18 Feb. 1839 to 26 Jany. 1874. _d._ 7 Oct. 1886.

DU PRÉ, JAMES. _b._ 10 June 1778; M.P. for Gatton, Surrey 1800–1802,
for Aylesbury 1802–1806, for Chichester 1807–12; sheriff of Bucks.
1825. _d._ 40 Portland place, London 13 June 1870, personalty
sworn under £250,000, 13 Aug. 1870.

DUPUIS, SIR JOHN EDWARD (_son of Rev. George Dupuis, R. of
Wendlebury near Bicester, who d. 5 March 1839 aged 82_). _b._
1800; ed. at military academy, Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 13 Feb.
1825; colonel commandant 11 brigade 15 Dec. 1864 to death; general
10 Nov. 1868; commanded artillery in India, Oct. 1857 to Feb.
1859; C.B. 5 July 1855; K.C.B. 28 March 1865. _d._ George st.
Hanover square, London 25 Nov. 1876.

DURAND, SIR HENRY MARION. _b._ 6 Nov. 1812; ed. at Addiscombe; 2
lieut. Bengal engineers 12 June 1828, col. 18 Feb. 1861 to 1867;
comr. of Tenasserim provinces 1844–46; political agent at court of
Scindia 1849–53, at Indore 1857; drove back Tantia Topee and saved
Central India 1857; member of council of sec. of state of India
1859–61; foreign sec. at Calcutta 1861–65; military member of
governor general’s council 10 April 1865 to 1870; L.G. 1 March
1867; lieut. governor of the Punjaub 5 May 1870 to death; C.B. 24
March 1858; K.C.S.I. 8 Feb. 1867; author of _Notes on the field
equipment of the Engineers_ 1844; _The first Afghan war_ 1879.
_d._ from a fall from an elephant in the camp at Tonk 135 miles
west of Peshawur 1 Jany. 1871. _bur._ at Dera Ismail Khan 5 Jany.
_Life of Sir H. M. Durand by H. M. Durand 2 vols._ 1873,
_portrait_; _C. R. Low’s Soldiers of the Victorian age ii_, 44–79
(1880); _Good Words xiv_, 575, 706 (1873).

D’URBAN, WILLIAM JAMES. Cornet 14 Dragoons 7 Oct. 1819; deputy
quartermaster general North America 1 Dec. 1848 to 1 May 1857 when
placed on half pay; col. 107 Foot 13 Aug. 1868 to death; L.G. 20
June 1870. _d._ Newport house near Exeter 5 Dec. 1873 aged 73.

DURDIN, ROBERT GARDE (_son of Robert Atkins Durdin of Cranemore
house, co. Carlow, who d. 5 Jany. 1841_). _b._ 1818; solicitor in
Dublin; alderman of South Dockward; lord mayor of Dublin 1872.
_d._ 93 Lower Bagot st. Dublin 19 Oct. 1878. _bur._ Clonegal 23
Oct.

DURHAM, GEORGE FREDERICK D’ARCY LAMBTON, 2 Earl of. _b._ Copse hill,
Surrey 5 Sep. 1828; succeeded 28 July 1840; lord lieut. of Durham
11 Aug. 1854 to death; well known breeder of horses and owner of
race horses. _d._ Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 27 Nov. 1879.
_bur._ Bourn Moor church 3 Dec., personalty sworn under £500,000
Dec. 1879. _Mrs. Fairlie’s Portraits of the children of the
nobility 2 series_ 1839, _portrait_; _Baily’s Mag. xii_, 109–11
(1867), _portrait_; _Athenæum ii_, 247–49 (1876).

DURHAM, JOSEPH. _b._ London; pupil of E. H. Bailey; exhibited 126
pieces of sculpture at R.A. 1835–78; designed statues entitled
Hermione and Alastor for the Mansion House 1856–57; designed
statue of Prince Consort in gardens of the Horticultural Society,
unveiled 10 June 1863; F.S.A. 12 May 1853; A.R.A. 8 May 1866. _d._
21 Devonshire st. Portland place, London 27 Oct. 1877 in 64 year.
_I.L.N. xlviii_, 560, 561 (1856), _portrait_.

DURING, LOUIS ALEXANDER, Baron. _b._ 1783; cornet York Hussars 25
Nov. 1795; captain 98 foot 28 May 1829 to 13 Dec. 1833 when placed
on h.p.; general 1 Oct. 1877; received the war medal with 7
clasps. _d._ near Horneburg, Hanover 7 Jany. 1880 in 97 year.

NOTE.—He served more than 84 years, being the longest service
on record.

DURNFORD, ANTHONY WILLIAM (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._
Manor-hamilton, co. Leitrim 24 May 1830; ed. at Düsseldorf and
royal military academy; 2 lieut. R.E. 27 June 1848, lieut. col. 11
Dec. 1873 to death; served in South Africa 1871–76 and 1877 to
death; killed by the Zulus at Isandhlwana 22 Jany. 1879. _bur._ in
the camp cemetery at Pietermaritzburg 12 Oct. _A. Wylde’s My Chief
and I_ 1879, _portrait_; _A soldier’s life and work in South
Africa_, _edited by his brother lieut. col. E. Durnford_ 1882,
_portrait_; _Graphic xix_, 212 (1879), _portrait_.

DURNFORD, GEORGE. Second lieut. R.A. 1 Nov. 1805, lieut. col. 1
April 1844 to 5 April 1845 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 24
Aug. 1866. _d._ Turner’s hill, Cheshunt 23 Sep. 1870.

DURRANT, JOHN ROWLAND. Member of stock exchange, City of London;
member of Drury Lane theatre committee; founded the Garrick club
in King st. Covent Garden 1831; purchased in June or July 1835 for
sum of £1000 Charles Mathews’s gallery of theatrical portraits
containing authentic likenesses of most of the theatrical
celebrities of the past two centuries; he allowed the Garrick club
use of pictures during his lifetime and bequeathed the collection
by his will to the club. _d._ 96 Newgate st. London 13 July 1853
in 79 year. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 20 July. _G.M. May 1877 pp._
561–83.

DU TERREAUX, LOUIS HENRY FRENCH. Author of _The last of the barons_,
burlesque produced at Strand theatre 18 April 1872; _Vokins’s
Vengeance_, comic operetta, St. George’s 19 June 1872; _A cabinet
secret_, comedy in 2 acts, Philharmonic 19 Oct. 1872; _The broken
branch_, opera in 3 acts, Opera Comique 22 Aug. 1874; author with
S. Clarke of _Love wins_, comedy in 3 acts produced at T.R.
Cambridge 11 Aug. 1873. _d._ Liverpool 31 March 1878 aged 37.

DUTNALL, MARTIN. Served as a British volunteer officer under
Garibaldi in Italy 1860; edited a Journal in United States for
several years down to 1867; wrote many pieces chiefly for the
Surrey theatre, London, among which were _The Queen of Hearts_;
_Harlequin King Pumpkin, or Richard ye Lion Hearte_, pantomime
played at Surrey theatre from 26 Dec. 1864 to 30 Jany. 1865 when
theatre was burnt down; _Mad Fred_; _Colleen drawn from an
authentic source_; author of an entertainment entitled _Funny
Cards_ in which he performed with the Vokes family. _d._ of
disease of the lungs at Eastbourne 8 Sep. 1867 aged 29. _bur._
Woking cemetery with 5 of his brothers and sisters who all died
young. _The Era 15 Sep. 1867 p._ 10.

DUTTON, FRANCIS STACKER (_son of Henry Hampden Dutton, British
consul at Cuxhaven on the Elbe, who d. 30 March 1856_). _b._
Cuxhaven 1818; went to South America 1833; discovered the Kapunda
copper mine near Adelaide 1843 (the first discovery of copper in
Australia) which he sold 1845; member of legislative council of
South Australia 1851–57, member of house of assembly 1857–65;
comr. of crown lands Sep. 1857 to June 1859 and in 1863; comr. of
public works March to Sep. 1865; formed an administration in 1863
which lasted 11 days, another in 1865 which lasted 6 months;
special comr. to international exhibition, London 1862; agent
general in London for South Australia 1865 to death; brought out
no less than 12 public loans amounting together to about
£3,000,000 every loan except one being a great financial success;
C.M.G. 30 Nov. 1872; K.C. Franz Joseph 1873; A.I.C.E. 6 Feb. 1866;
author of _South Australia and its mines_ 1846. _d._ 134 Inverness
terrace, Hyde park, London 25 Jany. 1877. _Minutes of proc. of
instit. of C.E. xlix_, 268–70 (1877).

DU VAL, CHARLES. _b._ Manchester; ed. for the law; Monologue
entertainer; founded and edited a newspaper at Cape of Good Hope;
served with D’Arcy’s Carabineers at siege of Pretoria during the
Boer war, Dec. 1880; performed at St. James’s hall, London and
toured in England and Ireland 1887; performed in South Africa,
March-Dec. 1888; committed suicide by jumping overboard from
steamship Oceana in the Red Sea 23 Feb. 1889. _C. Du Val’s With a
show through Southern Africa 2 vols._ (1882), _portrait_.

DUVAL, CHARLES ALLEN. _b._ Ireland 1808; an artist at Liverpool, at
Manchester about 1833 to death; exhibited 20 portraits and subject
pictures at the R.A. 1836–72; exhibited ‘The Giaour’ 1842,
‘Columbus in chains’ 1855 and many others in local exhibitions;
author of five pamphlets on American civil war 1863 and of papers
in _North of England Mag._ _d._ Alderley, Cheshire 14 June 1872.

DUVAL, CLAUDE. One of the French masters at Manchester gr. sch. 9
years; author of _Fanny, Sonnets and Poems_ 1880. _d._ 48
Portsmouth st. Chorlton, Manchester 22 Jany. 1884 aged 40.

DUVARD, PRIMOGENE. Author of _Poems_ 1842, _2 ed._ 1843; _Mary
Tudor, a drama_ 1844; _Devotional exercises for fourteen days_
1846, _2 ed._ 1855; _The Angel of Death_ 1862; _Poems and hymns_
1864. _d._ Pond farm, Borden near Sittingbourne, Kent 25 Jany.
1877 aged 53.

DWARRIS, SIR FORTUNATUS WILLIAM LILLEY (_eld. son of William Dwarris
of Warwick_). _b._ Jamaica 23 Oct. 1786; ed. at Rugby and Univ.
coll. Ox., B.A. 1808; barrister L.I. 28 June 1811; bencher of M.T.
1850, treasurer 1859 laid foundation stone of new library, opened
31 Oct. 1861; comr. to inquire into administration of civil and
criminal justice in West Indies 1822–26; one of Municipal
corporation comrs. 18 July 1834; knighted at St. James’s palace 2
May 1838; recorder of Newcastle under Lyne 1837–58; master of
court of Queen’s Bench 1838 to death; F.R.S. 22 April 1847; author
of _A general treatise on statutes_ 2 _parts_ 1830–31, _2 ed._
1848; _Alberic, consul of Rome_ 1832 anon., an historical drama in
5 acts; _Some new facts and a suggested new theory as to the
authorship of Junius_ 1850 privately printed, and other books.
_d._ 75 Eccleston sq. London 20 May 1860. _Journal of British
Archæol. Assoc. xvii_, 182–3 (1861).

DWYER, THOMAS PEARD. 2 lieut. R.M.L.I. 19 Oct. 1812, second
commandant at Plymouth 14 July 1855, commandant 1 April 1857 to 2
Dec. 1859; retired M.G. 2 Dec. 1859. _d._ Southsea 22 April 1863.

DYCE, REV. ALEXANDER (_eld. son of Lieut. general Alexander Dyce_).
_b._ George st. Edinburgh 30 June 1798; ed. at Edin. high sch. and
Exeter coll. Ox., B.A. 1819; C. of Lanteglos, Cornwall 1821–5; C.
of Nayland, Suffolk 1825–7; lived at 9 Gray’s Inn square, London
down to 1859, at 33 Oxford terrace 1859 to death; edited the works
of Richard Bentley 3 vols. 1836–8, the works of Shakespeare 9
vols. 1857, 2 ed. _9 vols._ 1864–7, the works of Beaumont and
Fletcher _11 vols._ 1843–6 and many other English classics. _d._
33 Oxford terrace, Oxford st. London 15 May 1869. _Fortnightly
Review xviii_, 731–46 (1875); _Alexander Dyce, a biographical
sketch by John Forster_ in _A catalogue of the Dyce books in South
Kensington museum_ (1875) _pp._ 7–24.

DYCE, ARCHIBALD BROWN. _b._ Trichinopoly, Oct. 1800; ensign Madras
army 26 June 1817; col. 2 European regiment 7 Sep. 1846 to 30 Sep.
1862; commanded Northern division of Madras army 16 Feb. 1847 to
16 Feb. 1852; L.G. 26 June 1860; col. 105 Foot 30 Sep. 1862 to
death. _d._ Grosvenor house, Southampton 9 March 1866.

DYCE, WILLIAM (_son of William Dyce of Aberdeen, physician_). _b._
Marischal st. Aberdeen 19 Sep. 1806; ed. at Marischal coll.
Aberdeen, M.A. 1822; exhibited 41 pictures at the R.A. 1827–61;
originated pre-Raphaelite movement in English school of painting
1828; portrait painter in Edinburgh 1830–37; F.R.S. Edin. 1832;
A.R.S.A. 1835; head master of school of design Somerset House,
London 1840–43; inspector of the provincial schools 1843–44;
professor of fine arts in King’s coll. London 1844; A.R.A. 1845,
R.A. 1848; painted cartoon ‘Baptism of Ethelbert’ for House of
Lords 1845 and other works; founded the Motett Society; designed
the florin declared to be current money 1852; author of _The book
of Common Prayer with the ancient Canto Fermo set to it at the
Reformation 2 vols._ 1842–3; _Theory of the Fine Arts_ 1844; _The
National Gallery, its formation and management_ 1853. _d._
Streatham road, Streatham, Surrey 14 Feb. 1864. _Redgrave’s
Century of painters ii_, 550–68 (1866); _Sandby’s History of Royal
Academy ii_, 183–88 (1862); _I.L.N. xxx_, 418, 420 (1857),
_portrait_, _xliv_, 224 (1864).

DYCE-SOMBRE, DAVID OCHTERLONY (_only son of George Dyce, commandant
of the forces of Zerbonissa, begum of Sirdhana, Bengal_). _b._
Sirdhana 1808; inherited half a million sterling on death of his
grandmother the Begum Sumroo 27 Jany. 1836; took additional name
of Sombre 1836; came to England Aug. 1838 where he became the lion
of London season; M.P. for Sudbury 29 June 1841, unseated on
petition for bribery 14 April 1842; put under restraint as a
lunatic at Clarendon hotel 169 New Bond st. March 1843, a
commission de lunatico inquirendo was held at Hanover lodge,
Regent’s Park 31 July 1843 when a verdict of unsound mind from 27
Oct. 1842 was returned; escaped from his attendant Dr. Grant at
Liverpool, Sep. 1843, arrived in Paris 22 Sep.; author of _Mr.
Dyce-Sombre’s Refutation of the charges brought against him in the
Court of Chancery_ 1849, and of _The Memoir_ published in English,
French and Italian. _d._ Davies st. Berkeley sq. London 1 July
1851. _bur._ in catacombs of Kensal Green cemetery 8 July. _G. B.
Malleson’s Recreations of an Indian official_ (1872) 438–59; _W.
H. Sleeman’s Rambles of an Indian official ii_, 377–99 (1844);
_Law mag. and law review i_, 356–68 (1856); _Macnaghten and
Gordon’s Reports i_, 116–37 (1850); _Deane’s Reports i_, 22–120
(1858).

DYER, JOSEPH CHESSBOROUGH (_son of Nathaniel Dyer, captain Rhode
island navy_). _b._ Stonnington Point, Connecticut 15 Nov. 1780;
machine maker at Camden Town, London 1811–16, at Manchester
1816–42 where he introduced inventions which gave a great impulse
to the cotton manufacture 1817; an original director of Bank of
Manchester 1828 which stopped payment 31 Dec. 1842 when he lost
£96,000; established machine-making works at Gamaches, Somme,
France 1832 gave them up 1848 after losing £120,000; author of
_Remarks on Education_ 1850, and 5 other pamphlets. _d._ at house
of his son Frederick Dyer near Manchester 3 May 1871. _R. A.
Smith’s Centenary of science in Manchester_ (1883) 298–325.

DYER, THOMAS HENRY. _b._ St. Dunstan-in-the-East, London 4 May 1804;
LLD. St. Andrews 1865; author of _Tentamina Æschylea_ 1841; _Life
of Calvin_ 1850; _History of Modern Europe 4 vols._ 1861–64, _2
ed. 5 vols._ 1877; _A history of the City of Rome_ 1865; _The
history of the Kings of Rome_ 1868; _Pompeii, its history,
buildings and antiquities_ 1867; _Ancient Athens, its history,
topography and remains_ 1873; _On imitative beauty_ 1882. _d._
Bath 30 Jany. 1888. _Academy 11 Feb. 1888, p._ 97.

DYKE, FRANCIS HART (_4 son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, 5 baronet
1767–1846_). _b._ 28 Nov. 1803; admitted a proctor 1825; partner
with James Bush in Doctors’ Commons to 1830; deputy registrar of
Dean and chapter of St. Paul’s cathedral 1838 to 1845; member of
firm of Jenner, Dyke & Jenner of Doctors’ Commons; Queen’s proctor
25 Jany. 1845 to death; thrown from his horse at Egham near
Windsor 15 July 1876. _d._ from the injuries Luddington house,
Egham 17 July 1876.

DYKES, REV. JOHN BACCHUS (_son of William Hey Dykes of Hull_). _b._
Hull 10 March 1823; ed. at Wakefield and St. Cath. coll. Cam.; a
founder of Cambridge university musical soc.; B.A. 1847, M.A.
1851; Mus. Doc. Durham 1861; C. of Malton 1847; minor canon of
Durham 1849 to death, precentor of Durham 1849–62; V. of St.
Oswald’s, Durham 1862 to death; author of many sermons and
letters; composed many hymn tunes most of which appeared first in
_Hymns ancient and modern_ 1862, of which collection they are the
most popular; wrote several services and anthems. _d._ St.
Leonards-on-Sea 22 Jany. 1876. _bur._ St. Oswald’s churchyard,
Durham 28 Jany. _In Memoriam J. B. Dykes_ 1876.

DYMOKE, SIR HENRY, 1 Baronet (_elder son of Rev. John Dymoke
1764–1828, R. of Scrivelsby, Lincs._) _b._ Scrivelsby 5 March
1801; in the navy; officiated as deputy for his father the King’s
Champion at coronation of George the 4th, 19 July 1821; created a
baronet 23 Aug. 1841; vice lieut. of co. Lincoln 1857 and 1859;
grand prior of order of St. John of Jerusalem. _d._ Portman
square, London 28 April 1865. _W. Jones’s Crowns and Coronations_
(1883) 128–40, 318 (1883); _Once a Week xii_, 593–98 (1865);
_Gent. Mag. xci_, _pt. 2_, 109, 395 (1821), _portrait_.

DYMOND, ROBERT (_eld. son of Robert Dymond of Exeter, estate agent,
who d. 1866_). _b._ St. Edmund’s, Exeter 8 Sep. 1824; estate agent
at Exeter; hon. sec. of Devon and Exeter Institution 1875 to
death; F.S.A. 27 March 1873; author of many pamphlets, and papers
on antiquarian and historical subjects in the _Herald and
Genealogist_, _Transactions of the Devonshire Association_, and
_Bath and West of England Journal_. _d._ Blackslade,
Widecombe-in-the-Moor near Ashburton 31 Aug. 1888. _Notes and
Gleanings 15 Sep. 1888 pp._ 129–31.

DYNELY, THOMAS. Second lieut. R.A. 1 Dec. 1801, col. 9 Nov. 1846 to
20 June 1854, col. commandant 4 Feb. 1857 to death; L.G. 16 Dec.
1856; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._ 78 Upper Berkeley st. London 21 June
1860 aged 78.

DYNEVOR, GEORGE TALBOT RICE, 3 Baron. _b._ 8 Oct. 1765; M.P. for
Carmarthenshire 28 June 1790 to 14 March 1793 when he succeeded to
the peerage; lord lieut. of Carmarthenshire 1804 to death; col. of
Carmarthenshire militia to death. _d._ Barrington park, Gloucs. 9
April 1852.

DYNEVOR, GEORGE RICE, 4 Baron (_eld. child of the preceding_). _b._
5 Aug. 1795; ed. at Westminster; M.P. for Carmarthenshire 1830–31
and 1832 to 9 April 1852 when he succeeded; lieut. col. of
Carmarthen militia 28 Jany. 1831, col. 12 Aug. 1861 to death;
militia aide-de-camp to the Queen 24 April 1852 to death. _d._
Great Malvern 7 Oct. 1869. _I.L.N. xxviii_, 72 (1856), _portrait_.

DYOTT, JOHN. _b._ Dublin 1812; acted at T.R. York and other country
theatres 1834–44; first appeared in America at Park theatre, New
York as Iago 2 Sep. 1844; a leading actor in New York to about
1866; edited a newspaper at New Rochelle, New York to death. _d._
New Rochelle 22 Nov. 1876.

DYSART, LIONEL WILLIAM JOHN TOLLEMACHE, 7 Earl of. _b._ 18 Nov.
1794; M.P. for Ilchester 22 Feb. 1827 to 24 July 1830; succeeded
22 Sep. 1840. _d._ 34 Norfolk st. Strand, London 23 Sep. 1878,
personalty sworn under £1,700,000, 14 Dec. 1878.

DYSON, REV. CHARLES (_son of Jeremiah Dyson, clerk of House of
Commons, who d. 14 Sep. 1835 aged 78_). Educ. at Southampton;
matric. from C.C. coll. Ox. 6 Dec. 1804 aged 17, scholar of his
coll.; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1812; R. of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire
1818–28; V. of Nazing, Essex 1828–36; R. of Dogmersfield, Hants.
1836 to death; Rawlinsonian professor of Anglo-Saxon at Ox.
1812–1816, delivered one lecture only; contributed 4 poems under
signature of D to the volume entitled _Days and Seasons_ 1845.
_d._ Dogmersfield rectory 24 April 1860 aged 73. _Sir J. T.
Coleridge’s Memoir of Rev. John Keble_, _3 ed._ (1869) _i_, 19,
35–46, 74, 99, 146, 245, 464.

DYSON, DAVID. A weaver; went to the United States about 1843,
crossed the country from New York to St. Louis; returned to
England with upwards of 18,000 specimens of insects, birds, shells
and plants 1844; twice explored Central America and made another
very large collection; curator of the Museum of Earl of Derby;
left a private collection of 20,000 shells. _d._ Rusholme near
Manchester 10 Dec. 1856 aged 33.

DYSON, REV. FRANCIS (_brother of Rev. Charles Dyson_). Matric. from
Merton coll. Ox. 13 Dec. 1802 aged 17, B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809;
fellow of his college to 1817; R. of South Tedworth, Hants. 1816
to death; R. of North Tedworth 1829 to death; chaplain in ordinary
to the sovereign 1819 to death; preb. of Salisbury 6 April 1847 to
death. _d._ Cheltenham 30 Nov. 1858 aged 73.

DYSON, JERRY FRANCIS. Entered Bombay army 1797; col. 18 Bombay N.I.
1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854. _d._ 5 Lower Berkeley
st. Portman sq. London 20 Feb. 1861.

E

EADIE, REV. JOHN. _b._ Alva, Stirlingshire 9 May 1810; ed. at Univ.
of Glasgow, LLD. 1846; D.D. St. Andrews 1850; professor of
hermeneutics in United Presbyterian Church of Scotland 1847; a
temperance lecturer; licensed as a preacher by United Secession
church 1835; minister of Cambridge st. ch. Glasgow, Sep. 1835;
minister of Lansdowne ch. Glasgow, Dec. 1863 to death; professor
of Biblical literature in United Secession divinity hall, Glasgow
1843 to death; moderator of the Synod 1857; edited _Voluntary
church mag._ 1840; member of New Testament revision committee
1870; edited _A Biblical cyclopædia_ 1849, _14 ed._ 1873; author
of _A commentary on the Greek text of the epistle of Paul to the
Ephesians_ 1854, _3 ed._ 1883; _The English Bible, an external and
critical history of the English translations 2 vols._ 1876 and
many other books. _d._ Glasgow 3 June 1876. _J. Brown’s Life of
Rev. J. Eadie_ (1878); _John Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1848)
95–102; _Dublin Univ. Mag. lxxxviii_, 276–91, _portrait_; _Good
Words xix_, 470–72 (1878).

EAGLE, FRANCIS KING (_2 son of Robert Eagle of Lakenheath,
Suffolk_). Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., LLB. 1819; barrister M.T. 24
Nov. 1809, bencher; recorder of Thetford; judge of county courts,
circuit 33. (Suffolk) March 1847 to death; F.L.S. 1807; author
with Edward Younge of _A collection of reports of cases relating
to tithes 4 vols._ 1826. _d._ Bury St. Edmunds 8 June 1856 aged
68.

EAGLE, GEORGE BARNARDO (i.e. Barnard). Professor of Clairvoyance;
known as the “Wizard of the South”; when giving a morning
performance at the Assembly Rooms, St. Peters Port, Guernsey 1 May
1858 suddenly seized on the stage with vomiting of blood. _d._ at
his residence Pollet st. St. Peters Port 5 May 1858 aged 51.
_bur._ Abney park cemetery, London 10 May. _Era 16 May 1858 p._
10.

EAGLES, REV. JOHN (_eld. son of Thomas Eagles of Bristol, merchant
and classical scholar 1746–1812_). _b._ parish of St. Augustine,
Bristol, baptised 8 Nov. 1783; ed. at Winchester and Wad. coll.
Ox., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1818; C. of Halberton, Devon 1822–34; C. of
Winford near Bristol 1834–41; contributed to _Blackwood’s Mag._
1831–55 chiefly on subjects connected with fine art; author of
_The Sketcher, Edin._ 1856; _Sonnets, ed. by Z. K. Edin._ 1858;
_Felix Farley, rhymes, Latin and English, by Themaninthemoon,
Bristol_ 1826. _d._ King’s Parade, Clifton 9 Nov. 1855. _G.M.
xliv_, 661–62 (1855) _xlv_, 148 (1856); _Bentley’s Miscellany
xlvi_, 594–605 (1859).

EARDLEY, SIR CULLING EARDLEY, 3 Baronet (_only son of Sir Culling
Smith, 2 bart. 1768–1829_). _b._ Lower Grosvenor st. London 21
April 1805; ed. at Eton and Oriel coll. Ox.; succeeded 30 June
1829; M.P. for Pontefract 1830–31; contested Pontefract 1837,
Edinburgh 1846 and West Riding of Yorkshire 1848; founded
Evangelical Alliance 1846; assumed surname of Eardley in lieu of
Smith 14 May 1847; pres. of London Missionary Soc.; built All
Saints ch. Belvedere, Kent 1861; took a prominent part in many
religious and social movements; had a gallery of paintings at
Belvedere near Erith. _d._ Bedwell park, Hatfield 21 May 1863.
_Waagen’s Galleries of Art_ (1857) 275–84.

EARDLEY-WILMOT, FREDERICK MAROW (_2 son of Sir John Eardley
Eardley-Wilmot, 1 bart. 1783–1847_). _b._ 29 May 1812; 2 lieut.
R.A. 6 Nov. 1830, colonel 1 April 1860 to 6 March 1868; M.G. 6
March 1868; F.R.S. June 1863. _d._ Fox hills near Chertsey 30 Sep.
1877.

EARLE, SIR HARDMAN, 1 Baronet (_4 son of Thomas Earle of Spekelands,
Lancs., a Liverpool merchant, who d. 9 July 1822_). _b._ 11 July
1792; a merchant at Liverpool; created Baronet 3 Nov. 1869. _d._
Allerton Tower, Woolton, near Liverpool 25 Jany. 1877. _I.L.N.
lxx_, 156 (1877), _portrait_.

EARLE, RALPH ANSTRUTHER (_2 son of Charles Earle of Everton, Lancs.
1798–1880_). _b._ Edinburgh 1835; ed. at Harrow; attaché at Paris
6 Oct. 1854; private sec. to Disraeli, when chancellor of the
exchequer 1 March 1858–June 1859; M.P. for Berwick April 1859 to
Aug. 1859, for Maldon July 1865 to Nov. 1868; parliamentary sec.
to poor law board 14 July 1866 to 22 March 1867. _d._ Soden,
Nassau 10 June 1879.

EARLE, THOMAS. _b._ Hull 1810; exhibited 57 sculptures at R.A. and
24 at B.I. 1834–73; gained gold medal and book at R.A. for best
historical group 1839; designer and modeller to Sir Francis
Chantrey. _d._ of grief at his great sculpture being refused
admission to R.A. 1876 at 1 Vincent st. Ovington square, London 28
April 1876. _Athenæum 13 May 1876 p. 673_; _Times 3 May 1876 p.
12, col. 5_.

EARLE, WILLIAM (_3 son of Sir Hardman Earle 1792–1877_). _b._ 18 May
1833; ensign 49 foot 17 Oct. 1851; served in Crimean war; lieut.
grenadier guards 20 March 1857, major 21 Aug. 1878 to 1 April 1880
when placed on h.p.; military sec. in British North America
1865–70, to viceroy of India 1872–76; C.S.I. 7 March 1876; C.B. 18
Nov. 1882; commanded garrison of Alexandria 1882–84; commanded
column sent up the Nile to rescue of General Gordon at Khartoum
1884 to death; shot while leading on his troops against the Arabs
at Kirbekan 10 Feb. 1885. _bur._ at Allerton, statue of him by C.
B. Birch, A.R.A., erected at Liverpool. _H. Brackenbury’s The
river column_ (1885); _I.L.N. 21 Feb. 1885 p._ 200, _portrait_.

EARLY, REV. JOHN. _b._ co. Fermanagh 1814; went to United States
1832; entered Society of Jesus 1834; ordained priest 1844;
professor of belles lettres in Georgetown college, Ontario; pres.
of Worcester college Mass.; went to Baltimore 1852 where he built
college and church of St. Ignatius; pres. of Georgetown college.
_d._ Georgetown 1874.

EARNSHAW, REV. SAMUEL. _b._ Sheffield 1805; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Cam.; senior wrangler and first Smith’s prizeman 1831; B.A. 1831,
M.A. 1834; a very successful coach at Cambridge 1831–47; chaplain
in church and parish of Sheffield 1847 to death; author of
_Dynamics or a treatise on motion_ 1833, _3 ed._ 1844; _The theory
of Statics_ 1834, _4 ed._ 1856; _The Tradition of the Elders_
1860; _The love of the world_ 1861. _d._ Earnscliffe 6 Dec. 1888.

EASBY, JOHN. _b._ Deansgate, Manchester 1812; a green coat schoolboy
1820; journalist actor and local preacher; a frequent contributor
to periodicals; Manchester correspondent of _The Era_. _d._ Lower
Mosley st. Manchester 18 Nov. 1852. _J. Easby’s Scenes from the
life of a green-coated schoolboy_ 1851. _R. W. Procter’s
Manchester Streets_ (1874) 224–28.

EASSIE, PETER BOYD. _b._ Lochee, Dundee 17 April 1835; railway
contractor at Gloucester; constructed part of Cornwall railway,
opened 1859; brought out an elliptograph and other successful
inventions; author of _Wood and its use_, _Gloucester_ 1874. _d._
26 June 1875.

EAST, SIR EAST GEORGE CLAYTON, 1 Baronet (_2 son of Sir W. Clayton,
4 Bart. 1762–1834_). _b._ 9 April 1794; ed. at Caius coll. Cam.;
LLB. 1818, LLD. 1823; assumed name of East by royal sign manual 6
April 1829; created baronet 17 Aug. 1838. _d._ Hall place near
Maidenhead 6 March 1851.

EAST, SIR JAMES BULLER, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir Edward Hyde
East, 1 Bart. 1764–1847_). _b._ Bloomsbury, London 1 Feb. 1789;
ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1810, M.A. 1824, D.C.L. 1834;
barrister I.T. 5 Feb. 1813; succeeded 8 Jany. 1847; bencher of his
Inn 15 Jany. 1856, reader 1869; M.P. for Winchester 30 July 1830
to 3 Dec. 1832, and 10 Jany. 1835 to 10 Feb. 1864. _d._ Bourton
house near Moreton in the Marsh, Gloucs. 19 Nov. 1878.

EASTBURN, RIGHT REV. MANTON. _b._ Leeds 9 Feb. 1801; graduated at
Columbia, U.S. 1817; ordained 1822; assistant minister in Ch. Ch.
New York 1822–27; R. of church of the Ascension, New York 1827–42;
assistant bishop of Protestant episcopal diocese of Massachusetts
29 Dec. 1842, bishop, March 1843 to death; author of _Four
lectures on Hebrew, Latin and English poetry_ 1825; _Lectures on
the Epistles to the Philippians_ 1833 and other books. _d._ Boston
11 Sep. 1872. _H. G. Batterson’s sketch of American episcopate_
(1878) 136–37.

EASTHOPE, SIR JOHN, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of Thomas Easthope of
Tewkesbury_). _b._ Tewkesbury 29 Oct. 1784; stockbroker at 9
Exchange buildings, city of London 1818; made £150,000 in a few
years; contested St. Albans 1821, Southampton 1835, Lewes 1837 and
Bridgnorth 1847; M.P. for St. Albans 1826–30, for Banbury 1831–32
and for Leicester 1837–47; purchased _Morning Chronicle_ in 1834
for £16,500; created baronet 24 Aug. 1841. _d._ Fir Grove near
Weybridge, Surrey 11 Dec. 1865. _J. Grant’s Portraits of public
characters i_, 76–86 (1841); _J. Sedgwick’s Letters_ (1845) _pp.
i-vi_.

EASTLAKE, SIR CHARLES LOCK (_youngest son of George Eastlake of
Plymouth, solicitor, who d. 1820_). _b._ Plymouth 17 Nov. 1793;
exhibited 51 pictures at R.A. and 18 at B.I. 1813–55; painted in
Rome 1816–30, in London 1830–55; A.R.A Nov. 1827, R.A. 10 Dec.
1830, librarian 1842–44, pres. Nov. 1850 to death; F.R.S. 25 Jany.
1838; sec. to commission of the Fine Arts 3 Dec. 1841 to 1861;
keeper of National gallery Nov. 1843 to Oct. 1847, director 1855
to death, when the trustees bought his library for £2,100;
knighted at Windsor Castle 13 Nov. 1850; author of _Materials for
a history of oil painting 2 vols._ 1847–69; _History of the Gothic
revival_ 1871 and other books. _d._ Pisa 24 Dec. 1865. _bur._
English cemetery, Florence 27 Dec., reinterred Kensal Green
cemetery 18 Jany. 1866. _Sir C. L. Eastlake’s Contributions to the
literature of the fine arts, second series with a memoir by Lady
Eastlake_ 1870; _Sandby’s History of Royal Academy, ii_, 225,
280–87 (1862); _W. C. Monkhouse’s Masterpieces of English art_
(1869) 152–56; _The drawing room portrait gallery of eminent
personages_, _fourth series_ (1860), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xvii_,
357 (1850), _portrait_, _xxxvi_, 448, 450 (1860), _portrait_.

EASTLAKE, WILLIAM (_son of George Eastlake of Plymouth, solicitor_).
_b._ 1820; ed. at Repton school; articled to his father; admitted
1844; partner with his father; deputy judge advocate of the fleet
1851 to death. _d._ 3 Buckland terrace, Plymouth 12 Oct. 1881 in
61 year.

EASTON, JOHN ALEXANDER, _b._ India 1807; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow,
M.D. 1836; surgeon of Glasgow police April 1840 to Nov. 1859;
professor of materia medica in Univ. of Glasgow, Oct. 1855 to
death. _d._ Blythswood sq. Glasgow 11 Nov. 1865.

EASTWICK, EDWARD BACKHOUSE (_2 son of Robert William Eastwick of
Thurloe sq. London 1772–1865_). _b._ Warfield, Berkshire 13 March
1814; ensign Bombay army 5 June 1836; professor of Urdú at
Haileybury college, Aug. 1845, librarian 1850; sec. of legation at
court of Persia 1860–62; barrister M.T. 6 June 1860; private sec.
to Lord Cranbourne, sec. of state for India 1866–67; M.P. for
Penryn and Falmouth 18 Nov. 1868 to 26 Jany. 1874; F.R.S. 5 June
1851; F.S.A. 17 March 1853; C.B. 6 Nov. 1866; translated _Anvari
Suhaili, The Fables of Pilpay_ 1854 and other books; author of
_Journal of a diplomate’s three years residence in Persia_, _2
vols._ 1864 and other books. _d._ Ventnor 16 July 1883.

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