Chapter D (8)

EASTWICK, WILLIAM JOSEPH (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1808;
ed. at Winchester; ensign Bombay army 1826; acting resident at
Hyderabad to 1841; a director of the H.E.I. Co. 30 June 1847,
deputy chairman 1858; member of council of India 21 Sep. 1858 to
1868; an original member of Cobden club 1866; author of _Lord
Lytton and the Afghan war_ 1879. _d._ 12 Leinster gardens, Hyde
park, London 24 Feb. 1889. _bur._ Teddington churchyard 1 March.

EASTWOOD, REV. JONATHAN. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; B.A. 1846,
M.A. 1849; C. of Ecclesfield near Sheffield 1847–54; C. of
Eckington, Derbyshire 1854–62; P.C. of Hope near Hanley 1862 to
death; author of _History of the parish of Ecclesfield in the
county of York_ 1862; author with W. A. Wright of _Bible
word-book, a glossary of old English Bible words_ 1866. _d._ St.
Leonards on Sea 5 July 1864 aged 40.

EASTWOOD, RICHARD (_son of Henry Eastwood, head keeper to Peregrine
Edward Towneley of Towneley, Lanes_). _b._ Burnley; admitted
attorney 1824; partner with Anthony Buck of Burnley 1824–62, with
A. B. Creeke and J. B. Sandy 1862 to death; bred race horses and
short horns; won the Oaks with Butterfly 1860. _d._ Morecambe near
Lancaster 28 May 1871. _Saddle and Sirloin, By the Druid, Part
North_ (1870) 345–57.

EBORALL, CORNELIUS WILKES. _b._ Birmingham 1820; general manager of
East Lancashire railway company 1850–56, of South Eastern railway
company 1856 to death; A.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1865. _d._ 2 Lee park,
Blackheath, Kent 15 Dec. 1874. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xxxix_, 287–89 (1875).

EBSWORTH, JOSEPH (_son of Joseph Ebsworth of Islington, London_).
_b._ Islington 10 Oct. 1788; apprenticed to a watch jeweller; sec.
to D. E. Morris proprietor of the Haymarket theatre; actor and
prompter at T.R. Edinburgh 1826; teacher of music and singing at
Edin. 1828 to death; bookseller at 23 Elm row, Edin. 1828–43; gave
concerts at Hopetoun rooms, Queen st. 1830–68; leader of the choir
at St. Stephen’s ch. Edin.; author of _Crockery’s misfortunes or
transmogrifications_, a burletta produced at Royal Coburg theatre,
London 11 July 1821 and 33 other dramatic pieces. _d._ Edinburgh
22 June 1868.

EBSWORTH, MARY EMMA (_dau. of Robert Fairbrother, pantomimist and
fencing-master_). _b._ London 2 Sep. 1794; author of the following
play published in Cumberland’s acting drama, _Payable at sight, or
the chaste salute_, acted at Surrey theatre; also of _The two
brothers of Pisa_, acted at Royal Coburg theatre, and _The
sculptor of Florence_. (_m._ 22 June 1817 the preceding). _d._
Walworth, London 13 Oct. 1881.

EBURN, WILLIAM HAWTHORN. Acted at Glasgow; acted at Edinburgh many
years; first appeared in London at Haymarket theatre as Amiens in
_As you like it_ 6 April 1855; acted at Adelphi theatre many
years. _d._ Kennington park road, London 19 Sep. 1874. _bur._
Woking cemetery 27 Sep.

ECCLES, HENRY. _b._ Bath 1817; called to bar in Canada 1842; a
bencher of Canadian Law Society 1853; Q.C. 1856; very prominent in
his profession. _d._ Toronto 22 Nov. 1863.

ECCLES, REV. SETH. _b._ Longridge, Lancs. 1800; admitted student at
English college, Rome 1820, a medallist; R.C. priest of Weston
Underwood, Bucks. 1825 to 1871; member of chapter of see of
Northampton 1850, provost to death; created hon. D.D. by Pius ix,
1861; author of _An explanation of the seven penitential psalms_
1844; _On justification, What saith the Scripture_ 1861. _d._
Weston Underwood 10 July 1884.

ECKFORD, JAMES. Entered Bengal army 1804; col. 56 Bengal N.I. 27
Oct. 1848 to death; L.G. 29 April 1861; C.B. 9 June 1849. _d._ 33
Clarendon road, St. Heliers, Jersey 2 July 1867 aged 81.

ECKFORD, ROBERT. Surgeon Bombay army 22 Oct. 1812; pres of medical
board Bombay 1830 to 1 May 1832 when he retired. _d._ Jersey 27
Feb. 1865 aged 93.

EDE, GEORGE MATTHEWS. _b._ Clayfield lodge near Southampton Common
Feb. 1834; ed. at Eton; agriculturalist at Northampton; returned
to Southampton; gentleman steeplechaser and hurdle rider under
name of Mr. Edwards; first rode at Warwick meeting Sept. 1856,
rode 9 stone without training; won 306 races 1856–70; called the
Fordham of amateurs; won the Grand National on the Lamb 1868 and
the Grand Annual at Warwick on Musketeer 1868; established with
his twin brother Edward Lee Ede the Hampshire county cricket club,
scored 1200 runs in 1863; killed when jumping at Aintree near
Liverpool 13 March 1870. _Bailey’s Mag. xii_, 351–55 (1867),
_portrait on title page_. _Sporting Review lxiii_, 238–39 (1870).

EDEN, SIR ASHLEY (_3 son of 3 Baron Auckland 1799–1870_). _b._
Hertingfordbury Herts. 13 Nov. 1831; ed. at Rugby and Winchester;
entered Indian civil service 1852; sec. to government of Bengal
and member of Bengal legislative council 1860–71; chief comr. of
British Burmah 1871–77; lieut. governor of Bengal 1877–82; a
member of secretary of state’s council 1882 to death; C.S.I. 30
May 1874, K.C.S.I. 1878; the Eden canal which joins the Ganges and
the Tistá is called after him. _d._ 31 Sackville st. Piccadilly,
London 9 July 1887. _bur._ Armthorpe near Doncaster 14 July. _T.
H. S. Escott’s Pillars of the empire_ (1879) 70–75.

EDEN, SIR CHARLES. (_youngest son of Sir Frederick Morton Eden, 2
baronet 1766–1809_). _b._ 3 July 1808; entered navy 27 Oct. 1821;
captain 11 Aug. 1841; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 24 May 1873;
controller general of coastguard 5 Dec. 1855 to 1859; a lord of
the admiralty 27 June 1859 to 1866; V.A. 6 April 1866, retired 1
April 1870; retired admiral 8 Feb. 1873. _d._ 9 Queen’s gate
place, London 7 March 1878.

EDEN, REV. CHARLES PAGE (_3 son of Rev. Thomas Eden, C. of St.
George’s, Bristol, who d. 22 July 1809 aged 57_). _b._ Whitehall
St. George’s near Bristol 13 March 1807; Bible clerk at Oriel
coll. Ox. 25 Oct. 1825, fellow 1832–51, dean 1838; B.A. 1830, M.A.
1833; select preacher Oxford 1838 and 1853; V. of St. Mary’s,
Oxford 1843–50; V. of Aberford near Leeds 1850 to death; proctor
in convocation of province of York 1869, 1874 and 1880; preb. of
York cath. 1870 to death; edited _Gunning’s Paschal, or Lent fast_
1845; _Andrewes’s Pattern of catechistical doctrine_ 1846; _Jeremy
Taylor’s Works vols. i-viii_; contributed to the ‘Tracts for the
times’ No. 32, ‘On the standing ordinances of religion.’ _d._
Aberford vicarage 14 Dec. 1885. _J. W. Burgon’s Lives of twelve
good men_ (1888) _ii_, 305–42.

EDEN, EMILY (_7 dau. of 1 Baron Auckland 1744–1814_). _b._ Old
palace yard, Westminster 3 March 1797; lived in India with her
brother Lord Auckland 1835–42; author of _Portraits of the people
and princes of India_ 1844; _The semi-detached house, edited by
Lady Theresa Lewis_ 1859 anon.; _The semi-attached couple, By E.
E. 2 vols._ 1860; _Up the country, letters written from the upper
provinces of India 2 vols._ 1866, _3 ed._ 1872. _d._ Fountain
house, 5 Upper Hill st. Richmond, Surrey 5 Aug. 1869. _bur._ in
family vault at Beckenham, Kent.

EDEN, GEORGE MORTON, _b._ 9 May 1806; ensign 84 foot 18 July 1822;
lieut. col. 56 foot 20 May 1836 to 5 July 1839; captain Scots
fusilier guards 5 July 1839 to 20 June 1854; col. 50 foot 20 April
1861 to death; L.G. 14 March 1862. _d._ Bern, Switzerland 11 Nov.
1862.

EDEN, HENRY (_4 son of Thomas Eden, deputy auditor of Greenwich
hospital, who d. 1 May 1805_). _b._ 9 Aug. 1797; entered navy 15
June 1811; captain 30 April 1827; private sec. to Lord. Auckland,
first lord of the Admiralty 1846–48; superintendent of Woolwich
dockyard 1848–53; A.D.C. to the Queen 1853–54; a lord of the
Admiralty 1855–58; admiral 16 Sep. 1864, retired 1 April 1870.
_d._ 45 Eaton sq. London 30 Jany. 1888.

EDEN, JOHN (_brother of preceding_). _b._ 25 March 1789; cornet 22
light dragoons 14 Feb. 1807; major 15 foot 8 June 1826 to 31 Dec.
1830 when placed on h.p.; col. 34 foot 28 Jany. 1860 to death;
general 25 Aug. 1868; C.B. 30 March 1839. _d._ Bath 6 Oct. 1874.

EDEN, RIGHT REV. ROBERT (_brother of Sir Charles Eden 1808–78_).
_b._ Pall Mall, London 2 Sep. 1804; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch.
Ox.; B.A. 1827, M.A. 1839, D.D. 1851; R. of Leigh, Essex 1837–51;
bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness 1851 to death, consecrated at
St. Paul’s, Edin. 9 March 1851; Primus of the Episcopal church of
Scotland 5 July 1862 to death; founded cathedral of St. Andrew in
Inverness, foundation stone laid 17 Oct. 1866; author of many
addresses and sermons. _d._ Eden court, Inverness 26 Aug. 1886.

EDEN, WILLIAM (_2 son of Sir Robert Eden, governor of Maryland 1
bart. who d. 1786_). Ensign 46 foot 26 Aug. 1786; assist.
quartermaster general in England 25 Dec. 1797; lieut. col. 79 foot
15 Aug. 1798 to 11 Dec. 1806; lieut. col. 84 foot 11 Dec. 1806 to
1814; quartermaster general in Madras 20 June 1807: general 28
June 1838; granted reward for distinguished service 1 Dec. 1838.
_d._ Ham, Surrey 24 May 1851 aged 83.

EDEN, WILLIAM HASSALL. _b._ 22 Feb. 1800; ensign 6 foot 31 March
1814; lieut. col. 88 foot 10 Aug. 1839 to 16 Aug. 1839; lieut.
col. 56 foot 16 Aug. 1839 to 3 Feb. 1854; commandant at Chatham 1
Sep. 1854 to 31 March 1858; col. 90 foot 24 Oct. 1862 to death;
general 4 March 1872; placed on retired list 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 5
Royal crescent, Bath 10 Dec. 1832.

EDERSHEIM, REV. ALFRED. Educ. at Univ. of Vienna and Berlin; Ph.D.
Kiel 1855; D.D. New coll. Edin.; hon. M.A. Ox. 1881, M.A. by
Decree of convocation 1883; ordained deacon and priest 1875; C. of
Christchurch, Hants. 1875–76; V. of Loders, Dorset 1876–83;
Warburtonian lecturer at Lincoln’s Inn 1880–84; select preacher at
Oxford 1884–85; author of _History of the Jewish nation after the
destruction of Jerusalem_ 1856; _True to the end, a story of
Scottish life_ 1871, _new ed._ 1878; _Jewish social life in the
days of Christ_ 1876; _The Life and times of Jesus the Messiah 2
vols._ 1883 and many other books, _d._ Mentone 16 March 1889 aged
64.

EDGAR, EDWARD FISHER. Made his first appearance on the stage at
Victoria theatre, London, as a child in _The Stranger_; played in
the provinces; appeared at Olympic theatre, as André in _Lucille
or the story of a heart_ 1852; lessee of Marylebone theatre;
lessee with Richard Shepherd of Surrey theatre 1871–72; acted at
Princess’s, Lyceum, Globe, Adelphi, Royalty and other theatres;
played part of Hasting in _She stoops to conquer_ at Imperial
theatre, April to July 1879; sec. of Royal general theatrical fund
5 April 1876 to 1879. _d._ 2 Powis place, Queen sq. London 2 Sep.
1884.

EDGAR, REV. JOHN (_son of Rev. Samuel Edgar pastor of Ballykine,
Tipperary_). _b._ Ballykine 13 June 1798; professor of theology in
secession branch of Presbyterian church 1826–48; D.D. Hamilton
college U.S.A. 1836; LLD. New York 1860; a great temperance
advocate in Ireland 1829–41; a founder of Religious Book and Tract
Society; moderator of general assembly of United church 1842;
author of 42 pamphlets published under title of select works of
John Edgar. _d._ Rathgar 26 Aug. 1866. _W. D. Killen’s Memoir of
John Edgar_ (1867), _portrait_.

EDGAR, JOHN GEORGE (_4 son of Rev. John Edgar, minister of Hutton,
Berwickshire_). _b._ 1834; passed some time in a Liverpool house;
visited the West Indies on mercantile affairs; published
_Biography for boys_; _Foot-prints of famous men_ 1854 and about
20 books for the young; the first editor of _Every Boy’s Magazine_
1862. _d._ London 22 April 1864.

EDGELL, HARRY (_eld. son of Hippil Edgell of Beckington, Somerset_).
_b._ Beckington 30 Jany. 1767; ed. at Warminster gr. sch. and
Royal college, Douai; admitted student at Gray’s Inn 1787; clerk
of Assize of Norfolk circuit 1795 to death; clerk of the Errors in
court of Exchequer; barrister G.I. 26 June 1811; clerk of the
Errors in Court of Common Pleas 1837. _d._ 21 Cadogan place,
Chelsea 14 May 1863. _bur._ Ruislip, Uxbridge 21 May.

EDGELL, HARRY EDMUND (_only son of Henry Folkes Edgell 1767–1846,
R.A._) _b._ 1809; entered navy 1823; captain 9 Nov. 1846; retired
V.A. 14 July 1871; C.B. 20 May 1859. _d._ Chichester 4 Feb. 1876.

EDGEWORTH, MICHAEL PAKENHAM (_youngest son of Richard Lovell
Edgeworth the author 1744–1817_). _b._ 24 May 1812; ed. at
Charterhouse, Edinburgh and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil
service 1831; one of the 5 comrs. for settlement of the Punjaub
1850–59; collected 11 new species of plants in two hours at Aden
1846; author of _Grammar of Kashmiri language_ 1841; _Pollen with
446 figures_ 1877, _new ed._ 1879. _d._ in the island of Eigg,
Inverness 30 July 1881.

EDISON, JOHN SIBBALD (_son of J. Edison_). _b._ 1803; barrister M.T.
25 Nov. 1831; author of _Letters to the authors of the Plain
tracts for critical times, By a Layman_ 1839; _Remarks on Lord
Brougham’s character of Pitt_ 1842; _Legitimate system of national
education_ 1855; _Question of admissibility of Jews to Parliament_
1859; _Henry of Richmond, a drama_ 2 _parts_ 1857–60; _Commentary
on Lord Brougham’s character of George iii_, 1860; _Jephtha, a
dramatic poem_ 1863; _Northumberland, a historical dramatic poem_
1866; _Divine right of rule_ 1869; _Edwin, an historical poem_
1873. _d._ Stock near Ingatestone, Essex 9 Sep. 1878.

EDKINS, ROBERT PITT. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1830, M.A.
1836; second master of Kensington proprietary school; second
master of city of London school 18 years; professor of geometry in
Gresham college, city of London. _d._ 28 Belitha villas,
Barnsbury, London 11 Nov. 1854 aged 49.

EDMESTON, JAMES. _b._ 10 Sept. 1791; educ. Hackney; articled to an
architect and surveyor 1807; architect 1816, removed to Homerton
1822; sec. of St. Barnabas, Homerton parochial schools; author of
_The search and other poems_ 1817; _Anston Park, a tale_ 1821;
_The world of spirits_; _The cottage minstrel, 50 hymns_ 1821;
_Fifty hymns on missionary subjects_ 1822; _One hundred Sunday
School hymns_ 1822; _Patmos a fragment and other poems_ 1824; _The
woman of Shunem, a sketch_ 1829; _Hymns for the chamber of
sickness_ 1844; _Closet hymns and poems_ 1846; _Sacred Poetry_
1848. _d._ 15 Brooksby’s Walk, Homerton 7 Jany. 1867. _Miller’s
Singers and songs_ (1869) _pp._ 418–20.

EDMONDS, GEORGE (_3 son of Richard Edmonds 1774–1860, town clerk of
Marazion, Cornwall_). _b._ Penzance 25 March 1805; admitted
attorney 4 July 1827; practised in London 1829–38; author of _The
tuck net retucked, or porpoises instead of pilchards_ 1824;
_Complete ancient classical dictionary_ [1837]; _Complete English
grammar_ 1837; _The tri-national grammar_ [1838]; _The penny
gospel_ 1843. _d._ Croydon 13 Sep. 1869.

NOTE.—He was while residing in London actively engaged in
writing against the stamp duty on newspapers, and was so often
employed by defendants in prosecutions for selling unstamped
newspapers, that he was frequently called “The attorney
general for unstamped newspapers.”

EDMONDS, GEORGE (_son of Rev. Edward Edmonds, pastor of Baptist
chapel in Bond st. Birmingham_). _b._ Kenion st. Birmingham 1788;
edited Edmonds’s Weekly Recorder 1819; imprisoned 12 months for
taking part in a conspiracy to elect a member of parliament
1820–21; kept a school in Bond st. Birmingham 1823; clerk of the
peace for Birmingham May 1839, solicitor there 1852; author of
_The philosophic alphabet with an explanation of its principles_
1832; _A universal alphabet, grammar and language comprising a
scientific classification of the radical elements of discourse and
illustrative translations from the Holy Scriptures and principal
British classics_ [1856]. _d._ Abington Abbey Retreat near
Northampton 1 July 1868. _E. Edwards’s Personal recollections of
Birmingham_ (1877) 140–54, _portrait_; _R. K. Dent’s Old and new
Birmingham_ (1880) 350–56, 398, 571, _portrait_; _Notes and
Queries_ 6 _S. iv_, 102, 210, 539 (1881); _Aggravating Ladies, by
Olphar Hamst_ (1880) _p._ 25.

EDMONDS, RICHARD (_brother of George Edmonds 1805–69_). _b._
Penzance 18 Sep. 1801; admitted attorney 4 June 1823; practised at
Penzance 1823–25 and 1836–61, at Redruth 1825–36, at Plymouth 1861
to death; author of _The Land’s End district, its antiquities,
natural history, natural phenomena and scenery_ 1862, and of
numerous papers in scientific and archæological transactions. _d._
Plymouth 12 March 1886. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_,
132–34 (1874), _iii_, 1169 (1882).

EDMONDS, THOMAS ROWE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Penzance 20
June 1803; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1826; actuary of the
Legal and general life assurance society, London 1832–66; author
of _Practical, moral and political economy, or the government,
religion and institutions most conducive to individual happiness
and to national power_ 1828; _Life tables founded on the discovery
of a numerical law regulating the existence of every human being_
1832; _An inquiry into the principles of population_ 1832, anon.
_d._ 72 Portsdown road, Maida Vale, London 6 March 1889. _C.
Walford’s Insurance Cyclopædia ii_, 470–74 (1873).

EDMONDSON, GEORGE (_son of John Edmondson of Lancaster, Quaker_).
_b._ Lancaster 8 Sep. 1798; ed. at Ackworth sch. Yorkshire;
assisted Daniel Wheeler in superintending some agricultural
institutions in Russia 1817–20; lived in Russia again 1823–30;
opened a school at Blackburn 1830 and then one at Tulketh hall
near Preston; kept an agricultural school at Queenwood Hall,
Hants. 1847 to death; an early promoter of College of Preceptors
1846. _d._ 15 May 1863. _bur._ in burial ground of Society of
Friends, Southampton. _From the Lune to the Neva sixty years ago,
By J. B._ [_Mrs. Davis Benson_] 1879.

EDMONDSON, THOMAS (_brother of George Edmondson 1798–1863_). _b._
Lancaster 30 June 1792; apprenticed to a cabinet maker; journeyman
in firm of Gillow and Co. Lancaster; a cabinet maker at Carlisle,
became bankrupt; railway booking clerk at Milton station (since
called Brampton) 14 miles from Carlisle about 1836; invented the
railway ticket system 1837; founded a ticket printing
establishment at Manchester. _d._ Manchester 22 June 1851. _J. B.
Edmondson’s To whom are we indebted for the railway ticket
system?_ 1878; _Household Words vi_, 31, (1852); _I.L.N. vi_, 117
(1845), _view of ticket printing machinery_.

EDMONDSTON, LAURENCE (_son of Laurence Edmonston of Lerwick,
Shetland, surgeon_). _b._ Lerwick 1795; studied at Univ. of Edin.,
M.D. 1830; surgeon in Unst, most northerly of Shetland islands
1830 to death; a great naturalist, made many additions to list of
British birds embracing the snowy owl, the Glaucus, Iceland and
Ivory gulls; author of _The claims of Shetland to a separate
representation in parliament_ 1836 and other pamphlets. _d._
Baltasound, Shetland, March 1879. _The home of a naturalist, In
Memoriam, in Chambers’s Journal 11 Feb. 1882 pp._ 89–92.

EDMONSTONE, SIR ARCHIBALD, 3 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir Charles
Edmonstone, 2 baronet 1764–1821_). _b._ 32 Great Russell st.
Bloomsbury, London 12 March 1795; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.,
B.A. 1816; succeeded 1 April 1821; contested Stirlingshire 24 May
1821; author of _Journey to two of the Oases of Upper Egypt_ 1822;
_Tragedies_ 1837; _The Christian gentleman’s daily walk_ 1840, _3
ed._ 1850 and 8 other books. _d._ 34 Wilton place, London 13 March
1871. _Sir A. Edmonstone’s Genealogical account of the family of
Edmonstone_ (1875) 56–7.

EDMONSTONE, SIR GEORGE FREDERICK (_4 son of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone
1765–1841, member of supreme council, Bengal_). _b._ April 1813;
entered Bengal civil service 1831; sec. to government of India in
foreign, political and secret department 1856; lieut. governor of
north western provinces of Bengal 20 Jany. 1859 to 7 March 1863;
K.C.B. 11 Dec. 1863. _d._ Effingham hill, Dorking 24 Sep. 1864.

EDMONSTONE, SIR WILLIAM, 4 Baronet (_brother of Sir Archibald
Edmonstone 1795–1871_). _b._ Hempton, Middlesex 29 Jany. 1810;
entered navy Oct. 1823; inspecting commander in Coast Guard
1844–49; captain 20 Oct. 1853; A.D.C. to the Queen 1865–69;
superintendent of Woolwich dockyard 1866–71; R.A. 3 July 1869,
retired 1 April 1870; retired admiral 1 Jany. 1880; M.P. for
Stirlingshire 1874–80; C.B. 24 March 1863. _d._ 11 Ainslie place,
Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1888.

EDMUNDS, CHARLES. _b._ 1801; entered navy 19 Dec. 1813; captain 22
Nov. 1848; retired admiral 9 March 1878. _d._ 2 Park place villas,
Maida hill west, London 1 Nov. 1879.

EDMUNDS, LEONARD (_eld. son of John Edmunds of Ambleside,
Westmoreland, who d. 7 July 1826_). Articled to Wm. Vizard,
solicitor of 61 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; sec. to Comrs. of
the Peace, Nov. 1830; purse bearer 1830; clerk of the patents 29
Aug. 1833 to July 1864; clerk of the Crown 1834–48; reading clerk
of House of Lords 1848 to July 1864; clerk of comrs. of patents,
Oct. 1852 to July 1864; claimed money from the Government for
several years but was always unsuccessful; brought an action for
libel against W. E. Gladstone the prime minister, June 1872 when
he was nonsuited. _d._ 6 Culworth st. St. John’s Wood, London 19
June 1887 aged 85. _Report on case of Mr. Edmunds in House of
Commons Papers_ (1865) _vols. ix and xliii_; _Law Reports vi
Equity_ (1868) 381–96; _The Edmunds scandal case_ 1870; _T. A.
Nash’s Life of Lord Westbury_ (1888) _ii_, 112–23.

EDWARD, THOMAS (_son of a hand-loom linen weaver_). _b._ Gosport,
Hants. 25 Dec. 1814; shoemaker at Banff 1835; collected nearly
2000 species of animals which he exhibited at Banff fair, May 1845
and 1846; discovered 20 new species of Sessile-eyed Crustacea;
curator of museum of Banff Institution to 1882; A.L.S. 1866;
collected nearly every plant in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire;
granted civil list pension of £50, 24 Jany. 1877. _d._ 27 April
1886. _Life of a Scotch Naturalist by S. Smiles_ 1882; _Stories of
remarkable persons by W. Chambers_ (1878) 158–71; _Graphic xv_,
256 (1877), _portrait_.

EDWARDES, GEORGE WARREN (_3 son of 2 baron Kensington 1777–1852_).
_b._ 28 May 1802; ed. at Eton; auditor general St. Helena 1845–56;
governor of Labuan 13 Feb. 1856 to July 1861. _d._ Chandos house
21 Feb. 1879.

EDWARDES, SIR HERBERT BENJAMIN (_2 son of Rev. Benjamin Edwardes, R.
of Frodesley, Salop_). _b._ Frodesley 12 Nov. 1819; ed. at King’s
coll. London; ensign 1 Bengal fusiliers 1841; suppressed rebellion
in Mooltan, June to July 1848; captain 1 European fusiliers 1
March 1850; comr. of Peshawur frontier, Oct. 1853 to 1859; comr.
of Umballa 1862–65; left India 7 Feb. 1865; M.G. 22 Feb. 1868;
C.B. 20 Oct. 1849, K.C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866;
author of _A year on the Punjaub frontier in 1848–49_, _2 vols._
1851. _d._ Holles st. Cavendish sq. London 23 Dec. 1868, mural
tablet in Westminster Abbey. _Memorials of the life and letters of
Sir H. B. Edwardes by Emma Edwardes 2 vols._ 1886, _portrait_; _C.
R. Low’s Soldiers of the Victorian age ii_, 1–43 (1880); _I.L.N.
xiii_, 213 (1848), _portrait_, _xviii_, 618 (1851), _portrait_.

EDWARDES, RICHARD (_brother of G. W. Edwardes 1802–79_). _b._ 25
Oct. 1807; entered diplomatic service 1826; minister
plenipotentiary to the Argentine republic 10 Aug. 1865 to death
but did not leave England. _d._ 22 Dover st. Piccadilly, London 23
March 1866.

EDWARDS, REV. BARTHOLOMEW. _b._ 2 March 1789; ed. at St. John’s
coll. Cam., B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814; R. of Ashill, Norfolk 1813 to
death; rural dean of Breckles and Thetford. _d._ Ashill rectory 21
Feb. 1889 said to be the oldest clergyman in England.

EDWARDS, SIR BRYAN (_son of Bryan Edwards_). _b._ 1799; barrister
I.T. 6 May 1825; chief justice, vice chancellor and judge of vice
admiralty court for Jamaica 1859–69 when he retired on a pension;
knighted by patent 15 Nov. 1859. _d._ Eltham Pen, Spanish town,
Jamaica 6 Dec. 1876.

EDWARDS, CHARLES. _b._ Norwich 17 March 1797; ed. at Trin. hall,
Cam., LL.B. 1807; practised law in New York; counsel to British
consulate, New York 25 years; author of _The Juryman’s guide_
1831; _Parties to bills and other pleadings_ 1832; _Feathers from
my own wings_ 1832; _The History and poetry of finger rings_ 1855;
_Pleasantries about courts and lawyers_ 1865 and other books. _d._
New York 30 May 1868.

EDWARDS, CLEMENT ALEXANDER. _b._ 12 Nov. 1812; ensign 31 foot 11
June 1829; lieut. col. 18 foot 9 March 1855, lieut. col. 49 foot 3
Aug. 1860 to 4 Aug. 1863 when placed on h.p.; inspector general of
recruits 6 July 1867 to 31 July 1873; col. 18 foot 25 March 1877
to death; general 20 May 1878; placed on retired list 1 July 1881.
_d._ Leeson house, Blackheath 29 July 1882.

EDWARDS, EDWARD. _b._ Corwen, Merionethshire 23 Nov. 1803; a draper
at Bangor to 1839; carried on a foundry and iron works at Menai
Straits several years from 1840; invented a dark-water chamber
slope-back tank for marine aquaria, the principle of which was
adopted here and in many of the continental and American
zoological schools. _d._ 13 Aug. 1879.

EDWARDS, EDWARD. _b._ probably in London 1812; supernumerary
assistant in printed book department British Museum 1839–1846; one
of the 5 framers of the 91 rules for the printed catalogue;
librarian of the Manchester Free library 1850–58, library was
opened Sep. 1852; catalogued library of Queen’s college, Oxford
1870–80; author of _Napoleon medals_ 1837; _Memoirs of libraries 2
vols._ 1859; _Libraries and founders of libraries_ 1865; _Lives of
the founders of the British Museum 2 vols._ 1870 and other books;
found dead in his bed at St. Catherine’s Lodge, Niton, Isle of
Wight 7 Feb. 1886. _Book-Lore, April 1886 pp._ 135–41.

EDWARDS, EDWIN (_son of Charles Edwards of Bridgham hall, Norfolk_).
_b._ Framlingham 6 Jany. 1823; admitted solicitor 1845; practised
as a proctor first in Bennett’s hill, then in Knightrider st.
London 1845–60; exhibited 54 pictures chiefly sea pieces at R.A.
1861–79, his etchings number about 371; author of _Cases in
prerogative court with respect to wills_ 1847; _Treatise on
jurisdiction of high court of Admiralty_ 1847; _Ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, succession to personal property_ 1853. _d._ 26
Golden sq. London 15 Sep. 1879.

EDWARDS, GEORGE NELSON (_eld. son of George Edwards of Eye, Suffolk,
surgeon_). _b._ Eye 1830; ed. at Gonville and Caius coll. Cam.,
M.B. 1851, M.D. 1859; assistant phys. St. Bartholomew’s hospital
1860, phys. 23 Jany. 1867; lecturer on forensic medicine 1866;
edited _St. Bartholomew’s hospital reports_ vols. 1–3 (1865–7);
author of _The examination of the chest, in a series of tables_
1862. _d._ 20 Finsbury sq. London 6 Dec. 1868.

EDWARDS, HENRY. Entered navy 19 Nov. 1796; captain 2 Aug. 1826;
admiral on half pay 9 Feb. 1864. _d._ Huntingdon 22 Oct. 1864 aged
80.

EDWARDS, SIR HENRY, 1 Baronet (_3 son of Henry Lees Edwards of Pye
Nest near Halifax 1775–1848_). _b._ Pye Nest 20 July 1812; M.P.
for Halifax 1847–52, for Beverley 1857–69; contested Halifax 1852,
1853 and 1857; lieut. col. commandant 2 West Yorkshire yeomanry
cavalry 1863 to death; created baronet 3 Aug. 1866; sheriff of
Yorkshire 1871; C.B. 1881. _d._ Pye Nest 23 April 1886. _I.L.N.
xxiii_, 203 (1853), _portrait_, _lxxxvii_, 37 (1885), _portrait_.

EDWARDS, VERY REV. HENRY THOMAS (_son of Rev. William Edwards, V. of
Llangollen, who d. 1868_). _b._ Llangmawddwy, co. Merioneth 6 Sep.
1837; ed. at Westminster and Jesus coll. Ox., B.A. 1860; C. of
Llangollen 1861; V. of Aberdare 1866–69; V. of Carnarvon 1869;
dean of Bangor, March 1876 to death; author of _The church of the
Cymry, a letter to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone_ 1870 and other
small books; hanged himself at Ruabon vicarage 24 May 1884. _bur._
Glenadda cemetery, Bangor 28 May. _Church portrait journal, Aug.
1879 pp._ 71–3, _portrait_; _C. Mackeson’s Church congress
handbook_ (1877) 76–7; _I.L.N. 31 May 1884 pp._ 520, 523,
_portrait_.

EDWARDS, JOHN. _b._ Llanuwch-y-lynn near Bala 15 April 1806; a
farmer near Utica, New York 1828–34, 1840–66, and near Rome, New
York 1866 to death; a successful competitor for the prizes awarded
at the Eisteddfodan in Wales; known as Eos Glan Twrch (the
nightingale of the Twrch river); edited a Welsh periodical
published at Utica called _Amserai_; his published poems include
_The Crucifixion_ 1853 and _The Omnipresence of God_ 1859. _d._
near Rome, New York 20 Jany. 1887.

EDWARDS, JOHN (_eld. son of John Edwards of Lower Broughton near
Manchester_). _b._ 1836; ed. at Owen’s coll. Manchester; barrister
G.I. 26 Jany. 1860, bencher 7 July 1874; practised as a
conveyancer in Manchester; Q.C. 6 July 1874. _d._ The Rosary,
Aston-on-Mersey, Cheshire 15 Sep. 1885.

EDWARDS, REV. JOSEPH. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1824, M.A.
1835; second master of King’s college school, London 1833–55;
chaplain to Fishmongers’ Co. 1841–55; V. of Barrow-on-Trent
1855–70; author of _Introduction to English composition_, _5 ed._
1847, and many other school books. _d._ Weybridge, Surrey 1 July
1875.

EDWARDS, REV. LEWIS. _b._ Pwllcenavon, Cardiganshire 27 Oct. 1809;
studied at Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1836, D.D. 1865; ordained in Welsh
Calvinistic church 1837; principal of a school at Bala (which
became Bala college) 1837 to death; started _Y Traethodydd_ (_The
Essayist_) a quarterly mag. Jany. 1845, edited it 10 years;
started the _Geiniogwerth_ (_Pennyworth_) 1847; most of his essays
were published as _Traethodau llenyddol a Duwinyddol_ (_Essays
literary and theological_) _2 vols._ 1867. _d._ Bala college 19
July 1887. _Rev. L. Edwards’s Athrawiaeth yr Iawn_ (_Atonement_),
_2 ed._ 1887 _with memoir by his son_.

EDWARDS, PETER. Second lieut. 3 Ceylon regiment 1 Oct. 1807; captain
75 foot 30 April 1818 to 11 May 1826 when placed on h.p.; general
19 Nov. 1871. _d._ London 14 Dec. 1874 aged 83.

EDWARDS, REV. ROGER. _b._ Wales 1811; edited Welsh political paper
called _Cronicl yr Oes_ 1835–39, wrote most of it; sec. of
Calvinistic Methodist Assoc. 1839–74; co-editor of _Y Traethodydd_
Jany. 1845 to death; edited the _Drysorfa_ 1846 to death; wrote 3
serial stories in Welsh being the first published; author of _The
Welsh psalmist_; _Methodist Diary_. _d._ 1886. _Drysorfa, Sep. and
Oct. 1886._

EDWARDS, THOMAS. _b._ Northop, Flintshire 1779; sec. to Nathaniel M.
Rothschild in London; a member of the Cymmrodorion, delivered many
of their lectures; contributed frequently to Welsh magazines;
author of _Analysis of Welsh orthography_ 1845; _English and Welsh
dictionary, Holywell_ 1850, _2 ed._ 1864. _d._ 10 Cloudesley sq.
London 4 June 1858. _Foulkes’s Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol._

EDWARDS, REV. THOMAS WYNNE (_son of Evan Edwards of Plas Nantylyn,
Denbighshire 1724–96_). _b._ Plas Nantylyn 8 April 1796; ed. at
Donnington school, Shropshire and Jesus coll. Ox.; pulled the
stroke-oar in his college boat in the first eight-oared boat race
ever rowed at Oxford, when Jesus coll. won 1815; B.A. 1817, M.A.
1863; V. of Rhuddlan, Flintshire 1827 to death; vicar choral of
St. Asaph cathedral 1828 to death. _d._ Rhuddlan vicarage 28 Dec.
1877.

EDWARDS, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Festiniog, North Wales about 1812; a
quarry-man at Meirion; studied at Liverpool and Brecon colleges;
Congregational minister at Ebenezer, Aberdare 1844 to death;
founded many Congregational churches in Wales; temperance, social
and political reformer; chairman of Welsh Congregational Union
1883, delivered his address _The Church and the age we live in_,
at Festiniog 22 Aug. 1883. _d._ Aberdare 29 Aug. 1884.

EDWARDS, WILLIAM CAMDEN. _b._ Monmouthshire 1777; engraver at
Bungay, Suffolk; engraved portraits and illustrations for the
_Bible_ and _Pilgrim’s Progress_ published by Brightly of Bungay;
engraved plate of ‘Milton and his daughters’ after Romney and many
portraits; a complete series of his engravings and etchings was in
Dawson Turner’s collection. _d._ Bungay 22 Aug. 1855.

EDWIN, ELIZABETH REBECCA (_dau. of Mr. Richards of Dublin, actor_).
_b._ 1769; first appeared at Crow st. theatre, Dublin when aged 8;
first appeared in London at Covent Garden 13 Nov. 1789; played
chief characters in comedy at nearly all the west-end theatres;
retired about 1822. (_m._ 1791 John Edwin the younger, comedian
1768–1805). _d._ at her lodgings in Chelsea 3 Aug. 1854. _Mrs. C.
B. Wilson’s Our Actresses i_, 103–20 (1844); _Oxberry’s Dramatic
Biography iv_, 199–209 (1826), _portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor
vi_, 163–65 (1815) _portrait_.

EFFINGHAM, HENRY HOWARD, 2 Earl of (_son of 1 Earl of Effingham
1767–1845_). _b._ Southampton 23 Aug. 1806; ed. at Harrow; ensign
58 foot 1825; captain 10 foot 1830–33; M.P. for Shaftesbury 2 July
1841 to 13 Feb. 1845 when he succeeded. _d._ 57 Eaton place,
London 5 Feb. 1889.

EGAN, RIGHT REV. CORNELIUS (_son of Daniel Egan of Lismickfinan,
Killorghan, co. Kerry_). _b._ Lismickfinan 24 June 1780; entered
Maynooth college 14 Aug. 1799; ordained priest 26 May 1804;
principal of diocesan seminary in Killarney, professor of theology
there; erected from Pugin’s design a church at Killarney; P.P.
Tralee and vicar general Nov. 1811; coadjutor Bishop of Kerry 29
March 1824, consecrated in Tralee church 25 July 1824, bishop of
the diocese Oct. 1824 to death. _d._ Tralee 22 July 1856. _W. M.
Brady’s Episcopal succession ii_, 62 (1876).

EGAN, DANIEL. _b._ Windsor, N.S.W. 1803; foreman of dockyards in
Sydney, a merchant there; alderman of Sydney, mayor 1851;
magistrate of Sydney 1848–53; member of legislative council N.S.W.
1854, of legislative assembly 1856 to death; postmaster general 27
Oct. 1868 to death. _d._ Watson’s Bay near Sydney 16 Oct. 1870.

EGAN, PIERCE (_son of Pierce Egan the author 1772–1849_). _b._
London 19 Dec. 1814; illustrated Davidge’s _Acting Drama_ and his
father’s _The pilgrims of the Thames in search of the national_
1837; author of _Wat Tyler_ 1841, _new ed._ 1851; _Paul Jones 2
vols._ 1842; edited the _Home Circle_ 7 July 1849 to Dec. 1851;
contributed novels to the _London Journal_ Dec. 1857 to death, the
best of them were _The flower of the flock_ 1857–8, _The snake in
the grass_ 1858, _The poor girl_ 1862–3, _Eve or the angel of
innocence_ 1867. _d._ Ravensbourne, Burnt Ash, Lee, Kent 6 July
1880. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 9 July.

EGERTON, WILLIAM TATTON EGERTON, 1 Baron (_eld. child of Wilbraham
Egerton 1781–1856_). _b._ 30 Dec. 1806; M.P. for Lymington 1830,
for Cheshire 1832–58; created baron Egerton of Tatton county
palatine of Cheshire 15 May 1859; lord lieut. of Cheshire 29 Jany.
1868 to death. _d._ Tatton hall, Cheshire 21 Feb. 1883. _bur._
Rostherne church 27 Feb. _Graphic xxvii_, 296 (1883), _portrait_.

EGERTON, CALEDON RICHARD. _b._ 28 July 1814; ensign 89 foot 15 June
1832, lieut. col. 9 March 1855 to 12 Dec. 1856; lieut. col. of 18
depot battalion 1856–63, of 8 depot battalion 1863–65; assistant
adjutant general in Scotland 1865–66; deputy adjutant general 1
April 1866 to 1 Nov. 1871; M.G. 6 March 1868; military sec. to
commander in chief 1 Nov. 1871 to 20 Feb. 1874; col. 89 foot 20
Feb. 1874 to death. _d._ 7 Durham villas, Kensington, London 27
May 1874.

EGERTON, SIR CHARLES BULKELEY (_4 son of Philip Egerton of Oulton
park, Cheshire 1732–86_). _b._ Oulton park 5 June 1774; ensign 29
foot 16 Nov. 1791; lieut. col. 44 foot 5 Jany. 1809 to 22 Aug.
1811 when placed on h.p.; col. 89 foot 26 Sep. 1837 to death;
general 9 Nov. 1846; G.C.M.G. 10 May 1837. _d._ 1 Upper Portland
place, London 8 July 1857.

EGERTON, CHARLES CHANDLER (_son of Rev. Charles Egerton, V. of
Thorncombe, Dorset_). _b._ Thorncombe vicarage, April 1798; ed. at
St. Thomas’s and Guy’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1819, assistant surgeon
Bengal 1823; oculist at the Eye hospital and afterwards at Medical
college hospital, Calcutta where he was also first surgeon to 1847
when he retired. _d._ Kendal lodge, Epping, May 1885.

EGERTON, EDWARD CHRISTOPHER (_brother of 1 Baron Egerton 1806–83_).
_b._ Tatton park, Cheshire 27 July 1816; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch.
Ox., B.A. 1837, B.C.L. 1841; fell. of All Soul’s coll. 1837–46;
barrister I.T. 12 June 1840; M.P. for Macclesfield 1852 to 1868;
M.P. for East Cheshire 1868 to death; under sec. for foreign
affairs, July 1866 to Dec. 1868. _d._ Baveno, Italy 27 Aug. 1869.
_I.L.N. xxi_, 402 (1852), _portrait_.

EGERTON, HENRY. _b._ 7 July 1836; acting manager T.R. Dublin; killed
in the fire of the T.R. Dublin 9 Feb. 1880, body found 6 March.
_bur._ Mount Jerome cemetery 9 March. _Graphic xxi_, 205 (1880),
_portrait_.

EGERTON, REV. JOHN COKER (_eld. son of John Egerton of Bunbury,
Cheshire_). Matric. from Brasenose coll. Ox. 3 Feb. 1848 aged 18;
B.A. 1852, M.A. 1854; C. of Nunton, Wilts. 1854–57; C. of Burwash,
Sussex 1857–62 and 1865–67; C. of St. Andrew Undershaft, City of
London 1862–65; R. and V. of Burwash 1867 to death; a writer in
_Leisure Hour_ and the _Sussex Advertiser_; author of _Sussex Folk
and Sussex Ways_. _d._ 20 March 1888. _The Academy 31 March 1888
p._ 223.

EGERTON, JOHN HUME (_elder son of John Cust 1 Earl Brownlow
1779–1853_). _b._ Cavendish sq. London 15 Oct. 1812; ed. at Magd.
coll. Cam., M.A. 1833; M.P. for Bedfordshire 13 Jany. 1835 to
death; captain North Lincolnshire militia 29 May 1833, colonel to
death; took part in the Eglinton tournament, fought in earnest
with the Marquis of Waterford the last day 30 Aug. 1839; took name
of Egerton only by r.l. 15 March 1849. _d._ Ashridge park 3 Jany.
1851.

EGERTON, SIR PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY-, 10 Baronet (_eld. son of Rev.
Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 9 baronet_). _b._ Malpas, Cheshire 13
Nov. 1806; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828; collected
fossil fishes in Germany, Switzerland and Italy; M.P. for Chester
1830–32, for South Cheshire 1835–68, for West Cheshire 1868 to
death; contested South Cheshire 1832; F.G.S. 1829, Wollaston
medallist 1873; F.R.S. 10 Feb. 1831; author of _Alphabetical
catalogue of type specimens of fossil fishes_ 1871, and of over 80
papers in the _Transactions, Proceedings and Journal of Geol.
Soc._, and other scientific journals. _d._ 28^B Albemarle st.
Piccadilly, London 5 April 1881. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxiii, pp.
xxii-iv_ (1882); _Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xxxviii_, 46–8
(1882).

EGERTON, RICHARD. _b._ 7 April 1783; ensign 89 foot 1 Dec. 1798;
captain 34 foot 14 April 1808 to 16 Dec. 1819 when placed on h.p.;
first aide-de-camp and private sec. to Lord Hill the commander in
chief 1828–42; col. 46 foot 24 Jany. 1853 to death; L.G. 20 June
1854; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._ Eaton Banks, Cheshire 18 Nov. 1854.

EGERTON, WILBRAHAM. _b._ 1 Sep. 1781; sheriff of Cheshire 1808; M.P.
for Cheshire 1812–31. _d._ Tatton park 25 April 1856.

EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (_son of Joseph Egg of 1 Piccadilly, London,
gunmaker_). _b._ 1 Piccadilly 2 May 1816; studied at R.A.;
exhibited 28 pictures at R.A., 9 at B.I. and 9 at Suffolk st.
gallery 1837–60; A.R.A. 1848, R.A. 1860. _d._ Algiers 26 March
1863. _Life of Charles Dickens by J. Forster iii_, 55–74 (1874);
_Redgrave’s Century of painters ii_, 358–60 (1866); _Art Union
monthly journal_ (1847) 312, _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_, 419, 420
(1857), _portrait_.

EGLEY, WILLIAM. _b._ Doncaster 1798; miniature painter in London
1824 to death; exhibited 169 miniatures at R.A. 1824–69. _d._
London 19 March 1870.

EGLINTON, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE, 13 Earl of (_only son of
major general Archibald Montgomerie 1773–1814_). _b._ Palermo 29
Sep. 1812; succeeded his grandfather as 13 Earl, 14 Dec. 1819; ed.
at Eton; began racing 1831, won the St. Leger with Blue Bonnet
1842, with Van Tromp 1847, won the Derby and St. Leger with the
Flying Dutchman 1849; col. Ayrshire militia 1836–52; carried out
celebrated tournament held at Eglinton castle, Ayrshire 28–30 Aug.
1839; served heir male general of George 4 Earl of Winton (who
_d._ 6 March 1704) 22 Dec. 1840; lord lieut. of Ayrshire 17 Aug.
1842; lord rector of Marischal coll. Aberdeen 1852; lord lieut. of
Ireland 27 Feb. to Dec. 1852 and 26 Feb. 1858 to 5 Jany. 1859;
P.C. 27 Feb. 1852; lord rector of Glasgow Univ. 1852; K.T. 18 June
1853; created Earl of Winton in peerage of U.K. 23 June 1859; the
most popular man in the three kingdoms. _d._ Mount Melville near
St. Andrews 4 Oct. 1861. _Nixon and Richardson’s Eglinton
Tournament_ (1843), _portrait_; _Eton portrait gallery_ (1876)
352–56; _Sporting Review xxxix_, 452–5 (1858), _xlvi_, 320–1
(1861); _Rice’s British turf_ (1879) _i_, 281–3; _Sporting Times
28 March 1885 pp._ 5–6.

EGMONT, GEORGE JAMES PERCEVAL, 6 Earl of (_3 son of 2 Baron Arden
1756–1840_). _b._ 14 March 1794; served as midshipman at Trafalgar
21 Oct. 1805, captain 7 Dec. 1818; admiral on h.p. 23 March 1863;
M.P. for West Surrey 4 Aug. 1837 to 5 July 1840 when he succeeded
as 3 Baron Arden; succeeded as 6 Earl of Egmont 23 Dec. 1841. _d._
North house, Epsom 2 Aug. 1874, personalty sworn under £350,000,
26 Sep. _I.L.N. lxv_, 164 (1874), _portrait_.

EKINS, SIR CHARLES (_son of Very Rev. Jeffery Ekins, dean of
Carlisle, who d. 20 Nov. 1791_). _b._ Quainton rectory, Bucks.
1768; entered navy 20 March 1781; captain 22 Dec. 1796; admiral 23
Nov. 1841; K.C.B. 8 June 1831; G.C.B. 6 April 1852; author of
_Naval battles from 1744 to the peace of 1814 critically reviewed
and illustrated 2 vols._ 1824, _2 ed._ 1828. _d._ 69 Cadogan
place, London 2 July 1855 aged 87.

ELD, GEORGE. _b._ Coventry; a miller, silk dealer and dyer
successively; edited _Coventry Standard_ 20 years; mayor of
Coventry 1834–5, alderman to death; made many drawings of ancient
buildings and other memorials of the past. _d._ Coventry 22 May
1862 in 71 year.

ELD, JOHN (_3 son of Francis Eld of Seighford hall near Stafford
1736–1817_). _b._ 16 July 1779; elected master of the ceremonies
of assemblies at Old Ship inn, Brighton, March 1828 being the
third and last master, final ball held 20 Nov. 1854. _d._ Brighton
22 Dec. 1855 in 76 year. _J. G. Bishop’s A Peep into the past,
Brighton_ (1880) 34–6, _portrait_.

ELDER, CHARLES. Historical and portrait painter; exhibited 5
pictures at B.I., 11 at R.A. and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1844–52.
_d._ Gower st. London 11 Dec. 1851 aged 30.

ELDER, REV. EDWARD (_son of John Edward Elder of Barbadoes_). _b._ 1
Oct 1812; ed. at Charterhouse and Ball. coll. Ox., open scholar
1830; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1836, D.D. 1853; master of Durham cathedral
gr. school 1839–53; master of Charterhouse school 1853 to death;
contributed several articles to _Smith’s Dictionary of classical
biography and mythology_. _d._ 6 April 1858, memorial tablet in
Charterhouse chapel. _G.M. iv_, 563, 673–4 (1858).

ELDER, JOHN (_3 son of David Elder of Glasgow, marine engineer
1784–1866_). _b._ Glasgow 8 March 1824; member of firm of Randolph
Elliott & Co. of Glasgow, marine engineers 1852; a shipbuilder in
Glasgow 1860 to death; employed about 4000 men; adopted the
compound or combined high and low pressure engines 1854; patented
his round war ship 1868 and many improvements in marine machinery;
pres. of Institution of engineers and shipbuilders of Glasgow
1869. _d._ London 17 Sep. 1869. _W. J. M. Rankine’s Memoir of J.
Elder_ 1870, _portrait_; _Maclehose’s Memoirs and portraits of a
hundred Glasgow men_ 1886.

ELDER, WILLIAM. _b._ Malin, Donegal 22 July 1822; ed. at Queen’s
coll. Belfast, and Univs. of Glasgow and Edin.; a minister in
Presbyterian church; went to New Brunswick; edited the _Colonial
Presbyterian_, edited the _Morning Journal_ at St. John 1865;
chief editor and proprietor of the _Daily Telegraph_ at St. John
1871; member of legislative assembly of New Brunswick 1878 to
death; provincial secretary 1882. _d._ St. John N.B. 23 July 1882.
_Dominion Annual Register 1883 pp._ 309–11.

ELDON, JOHN SCOTT, 2 Earl of. _b._ Manchester square, London 10 Dec.
1805; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox.; B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831;
D.C.L. 1834; LLD. Cam. 1842; M.P. for Truro 1829–32; succeeded 13
Jany. 1838; pres. of the Pitt club 1842; declared by inquisition
to be of unsound mind Jany. 1853. _d._ Shirley park, Surrey 18
Sep. 1854. _bur._ family vault at Kingston, Isle of Purbeck 29
Sep. _Doyle’s Official baronage i_, 671 (1886), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. iv_, 65 (1844), _portrait_.

ELDRED, JOSEPH. _b._ London 1843; agent for Rev. J. M. Bellew on a
reading tour through the provinces 1860; a low comedian in Dublin
1865; an actor and manager at Liverpool; first appeared in London
at Olympic theatre 15 June 1868 as Major Regulus Rattan in _Ici on
parle Français_; acted at Gaiety theatre from 21 Dec. 1868; played
Micawber in _Little Emly_ at Olympic from 9 Oct. 1869; played
several starring tours in provinces; remarkably like the Earl of
Beaconsfield. _d._ Sydney, New South Wales 29 Feb. 1884. _Sporting
Times 25 Sep. 1875, pp._ 537, 540, _portrait_.

ELDRIDGE, CHARLES MONROE. Member of assembly for city of St. John’s,
Antigua 1852–63; pres. of Dominica 1872 and 1882; pres. of Nevis,
April 1872 to May 1873; pres. of St. Christopher 1883 and of St.
Kitt’s and Nevis 1883. _d._ 8 Oct. 1888.

ELEN, PHILIP WEST. Landscape painter in London; exhibited 64
pictures at R.A., 57 at B.I. and 46 at Suffolk st. gallery
1838–72. _d._ Regent’s park road, London 21 Feb. 1880.

ELGIN, JAMES BRUCE, 8 Earl of, and 12 Earl of Kincardine (_2 son of
7 Earl of Elgin 1766–1841_). _b._ Park lane, London 20 July 1811;
ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1835, D.C.L. 1856;
fellow of Merton coll. 1833 to 1841; M.P. for Southampton 1841–42;
succeeded his father 17 Nov. 1841; governor general of Jamaica
1842–46, of Canada 1846–54; knighted by patent 19 June 1847; K.T.
12 July 1847; created baron Elgin of Elgin 13 Nov. 1849, special
ambassador to China 1857–59 and 1860–61; P.C. 21 March 1857;
G.C.B. 28 Sep. 1858; postmaster general 1859 to 1860; lord rector
of Univ. of Glasgow, Nov. 1859; received freedom of City of London
1 March 1860; viceroy of India 21 Jany. 1862 to death. _d._
Dhurmsala, Cashmere 20 Nov. 1863. _T. Walrond’s Letters and
journals of James, eighth Earl of Elgin_ 1872; _L. Oliphant’s
Narrative of Lord Elgin’s Mission to China and Japan 2 vols._
1859; _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ (1876)
108–21; _Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 360–67; _D. C. Boulger’s
History of China, vol. 3_ (1884).

ELIOT, REV. EDWARD (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Eliot, Vicar of Maker,
Cornwall, who d. 1795_). _b._ Maker 22 May 1789; ed. at
Lostwithiel and Ex. coll. Ox., fellow 30 June 1811 to 10 July
1826; B.A. 1814, M.A. 1815, B.D. 1825; archdeacon of Barbadoes
1825–37; V. of Norton Bavant, Wilts. 1837 to death; preb. of
Salisbury 30 Dec. 1848 to death; author of _Christianity and
Slavery_ 1833 and other books. _d._ Norton Bavant 1 Nov. 1861.

ELIOTT, SIR DANIEL (_4 son of Sir William Eliott, 6 baronet, who d.
14 May 1812_). _b._ Stobs castle, Roxburghshire 3 March 1798;
writer Madras civil service 1817; sec. to board of revenue 1827;
member of Madras council and pres. of revenue, marine and college
boards 1848; member of legislative council of India 1855–58;
K.C.S.I. 24 May 1867. _d._ 12 The Boltons, West Brompton, London
30 Oct. 1872.

ELIOTT, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 24 May
1799; entered navy 1814; captain on h.p. 27 June 1838; admiral on
h.p. 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Bath 13 May 1872.

ELIOTT, RUSSELL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Stobs castle 26
March 1802; entered navy 16 Nov. 1814; captain 28 June 1838;
admiral on h.p. 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Appleby castle, Westmoreland 28
Dec. 1881.

ELKINGTON, GEORGE RICHARDS (_son of James Elkington of Birmingham,
gilt-toy maker_). _b._ St. Paul’s sq. Birmingham 17 Oct. 1801;
apprenticed to his uncles Josiah and George Richards of
Birmingham, partner with them, succeeded to the business on their
death; partner with his cousin Henry Elkington, who _d._ 26 Oct.
1852, they introduced industry of electro plating and electro
gilding 1840; established large copper-smelting works at Pembrey,
South Wales. _d._ of paralysis at Pool park, Denbighshire 22 Sep.
1865, personalty sworn under £350,000, 20 Jany. 1866.

ELKINGTON, JOHN HENRY FORD (_son of James Goodall Elkington_). _b._
10 April 1830; ensign 6 foot 28 Aug. 1846, lieut. col. 27 Nov.
1867 to 24 Feb. 1877 when placed on h.p.; lieut. governor and
commanding the troops Guernsey 1 Nov. 1885 to death; L.G. 1 April
1887; C.B. 24 May 1881. _d._ St. George, Guernsey 21 Feb. 1889.

ELLA, JOHN (_son of Richard Ella of Thirsk, Yorkshire_). _b._ Thirsk
19 Dec. 1802; violinist in orchestra of Drury Lane theatre 18
Jany. 1821, of the King’s theatre 1822; member of all important
orchestras in London 1826; musical editor of the _Athenæum_ and
other papers; established “The Musical Union” a series of morning
concerts of instrumental chamber music 1845, and a similar series
of concerts entitled “Musical Winter Evenings” 1850; musical
lecturer to London Institution 1855; author of _Musical Sketches
abroad and at home_ 1869, _3 ed._ 1878; _Lectures on dramatic,
music and musical education abroad and at home_ 1872. _d._ 9
Victoria sq. Pimlico, London 2 Oct. 1888. _I.L.N. viii_, 420
(1846), _portrait_.

ELLACOMBE, REV. HENRY THOMAS (_son of Rev. William Ellicombe, R. of
Alphington near Exeter, who d. 1831_). _b._ 1790; ed. at Oriel
coll. Ox., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1816; C. of Cricklade, Wilts. 1816; C.
of Bitton, Gloucs. 1817–35; V. of Bitton 1835–50; R. of Clyst St.
George, Devon 1850 to death; restored church of Bitton 1822 and
built 3 other churches near there; the great authority on bells,
invented an apparatus of chiming hammers; changed his name to
Ellacombe about 1842; author of _Practical remarks on belfries and
ringers, Bristol_ 1850, _4 ed._ 1876; _The Church bells of Devon,
Somerset and Gloucestershire 3 vols._ 1872, 1875, 1881, and other
books. _d._ Clyst St. George 30 July 1885. _bur._ in Bitton
churchyard. _Mozley’s Reminiscences_ (1882) _i_, 75–81; _Church
Bells 7 Aug. 1885 pp._ 847–8, _portrait_.

ELLENBOROUGH, EDWARD LAW, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of 1 Baron
Ellenborough 1750–1818_). _b._ 8 Sep. 1790; ed. at Eton and St.
John’s coll. Cam., M.A. 1809; M.P. for St. Michael’s, Cornwall
1813–18; lord privy seal 22 Jany. 1828 to 10 June 1829; P.C. 26
Jany. 1828; a lord of the treasury 21 Nov. 1834; pres. of Board of
Control 20 Dec. 1834 to 29 April 1835, 9 Sep. 1841 to 28 Oct.
1841, and 6 March to June 1858; governor general of India 20 Oct.
1841 to 15 June 1844; created Viscount Southam of Southam, Gloucs.
and Earl of Ellenborough in the county of Cumberland 22 Oct. 1844;
G.C.B. 30 Oct. 1844; first lord of Admiralty 8 Jany. 1846 to 6
July 1846. _d._ Southam Delabere, Gloucs. 22 Dec. 1871. _History
of the Indian administration of Lord Ellenborough, edited by Lord
Colchester_ 1874; _Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 371–78; _I.L.N.
ii_, 92 (1843), _portrait_, _lix_, 643 (1871), _lx_, 36, 37
(1872), _portrait_.

ELLERTON, REV. EDWARD (_son of Richard Ellerton of Downholm,
Yorkshire_). _b._ 30 Jany. 1771; ed. at Richmond sch. and Univ.
coll. Ox., B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795, B.D. 1805, D.D. 1815; Usher of
Magd. coll. sch. 1795, master 1798–1810; fell. of Magd. coll. 2
Nov. 1803 to death, vice pres. 1806, tutor 1810, librarian 1827;
senior proctor 1804–5; P.C. of Horsepath, Oxon. 1814; P.C. of
Sevenhampton, Gloucs. 1825–51; joint founder in 1832 with Dr. E.
B. Pusey and his brother Philip Pusey of the Pusey and Ellerton
Hebrew scholarships, which are three in number open to all members
of the university and of annual value of £30 each. _d._ Theale
curacy, Berks. 26 Dec. 1851. _J. B. Bloxam’s Register of Magdalene
college iii_, 246–58 (1863).

ELLERTON, JOHN LODGE (_son of Adam Lodge of Liverpool_). _b._
Chester 11 Jany. 1801; ed. at Rugby and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A.
1821, M.A. 1828; studied music at Rome where he wrote 7 Italian
operas; his English opera _Domenica_ produced at Drury Lane 7 June
1838 failed; wrote another English opera _The Bridal of Triermain_
and a German opera Lucinda; published an oratorio _Paradise Lost_
1857, fifty string quartets and many other musical works; a member
of the Musical Union 1847–71; assumed name of Ellerton about 1844;
author of _The bridal of Salerno, a poetical romance_ 1845, _The
elixir of youth, a legend and other poems_ 1864. _d._ Connaught
place, Hyde park, London 10 Jany. 1873.

ELLESMERE, FRANCIS EGERTON, 1 Earl of (_younger son of 1 Duke of
Sutherland 1758–1833_). _b._ Arlington st. Piccadilly, London 1
Jany. 1800; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Bletchingley,
Surrey 1822–26, for Sutherlandshire 1826–30, for South Lancashire
1834–46; a lord of the Treasury 1827; under sec. of state for
Colonies, Jany. to May 1828; chief sec. to Marquis of Anglesey,
lord lieut. of Ireland 1828–30; P.C. 28 June 1828; P.C. Ireland 9
Aug. 1828; sec. at war 30 July to 22 Nov. 1830; rector of Univ. of
Aberdeen, Oct. 1838; created Earl of Ellesmere of Ellesmere,
Salop, and Viscount Brackley of Brackley, Northamptonshire 1 July
1846; K.G. 7 Feb. 1855; lord lieut. of Lancashire 9 April 1856;
author of _Translations from the German and original poems_ 1824;
_Mediterranean sketches_ 1843; _The pilgrimage and other poems_
1856. _d._ Bridgewater house, St. James’s, London 18 Feb. 1857.
_Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xiv_, 184–6 (1858); _Quarterly
Journal of Geol. Soc. xiv_, _pp. xlv-xlvii_ (1858); _Fraser’s Mag.
July 1835 p._ 43, _portrait_; _I.L.N. viii_, 60 (1846),
_portrait_, _xxxvii_, 563, 568 (1860), _portrait_.

ELLESMERE, GEORGE GRANVILLE FRANCIS EGERTON, 2 Earl of. _b._
Albemarle st. Piccadilly, London 15 June 1823; M.P. for North
Staffs. 1847–51; succeeded 18 Feb. 1857. _d._ Balbirnie, Fifeshire
19 Sep. 1862.

ELLICE, SIR CHARLES HENRY (_2 son of general Robert Ellice
1784–1856_). _b._ Florence 10 May 1823; ed. at Sandhurst; ensign
Coldstream guards 10 May 1839; lieut. col. 24 foot 8 Aug. 1851 to
8 July 1862 when placed on h.p.; quarter master general 1 April
1871 to 30 March 1876; adjutant general 1 Nov. 1876 to March 1882;
col. of 49 foot 7 Sep. 1874, of 24 foot 6 April 1884 to death;
general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 1 April 1887; C.B. 1
Jany. 1858, K.C.B. 24 May 1873, G.C.B. 15 April 1882. _d._ Brook
house, Horringer, Bury St. Edmunds 12 Nov. 1888.

ELLICE, EDWARD (_eld. son of Alexander Ellice, managing director of
the Hudson’s Bay Company_). _b._ Montreal 1781; ed. at Winchester
sch. and Marischal coll. Aberdeen, M.A. 1800; settled in London as
member of firm of Inglis and Ellice, West India and America house;
M.P. for Coventry 1818–1826 and 1830 to death; sec. to the
Treasury 26 Nov. 1830 to 10 Aug. 1832 when he resigned; sec. of
war 4 April 1833 to 16 Dec. 1834; P.C. 3 April 1833; original
chairman of Reform club, London mainly established by his
influence 1836; hon. D.C.L. St. Andrews 1862. _d._ Ardochy,
Glengary 17 Sep. 1863. _Fagan’s Reform club_ (1887) 33, 37, 123,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xliii_, 335, 337 (1863), _portrait_.