Chapter V: Front Matter (5)

ARNOLD, REV. THOMAS KERCHEVER (_eld. son of Thomas George Arnold of
Stamford, M.D._) _b._ 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb.; B.A. 1821;
M.A. 1824; fellow of his college; R. of Lyndon, Rutland 1830 to
death; projected and edited _Churchman’s Quarterly magazine_ 1837,
_Churchman’s Monthly Companion_ 1844 and _Theological Critic_
1851; author of _Henry’s first Latin book_ 1839, _26 ed._ 1883;
_The first Greek book_ 1849, _new ed._ 1883; _The first Hebrew
book_ 1851, _7 ed._ 1883; _Anticleptic gradus ad Parnassum_ 1852
and many other educational books. _d._ Lyndon rectory 9 March
1853. _Fraser’s Mag. xlvii_, 173–83 (1853); _G.M. xxxix_, 667
(1853).

ARNOLD, WILLIAM DELAFIELD (_2 son of Rev. Thomas Arnold, D.D.
1795–1842, head master of Rugby_). _b._ Laleham 7 April 1828; ed.
at Rugby; student of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1847; ensign 58 Bengal N.I. 2
Dec. 1848; principal director of public education in the Punjab
1857 to death, where his name is perpetuated by an annual
distribution of medals, bearing his likeness, to the best pupils
in schools which he founded; author of a novel entitled _Oakfield
or fellowship in the East, by Punjabee_, 2 vols. 1853; translated
_Wiese’s Letters on English education_ 1854. _d._ Gibraltar 9
April 1859. _Prospective Review x_, 274–303 (1854).

ARNOLD, WILLIAM MUNNINGS (_2 son of Rev. Richard Arnold._) _b._
Ellough, Suffolk 1820; arrived in New South Wales 1839; settled
near Maitland on the Paterson river; member of legislative
assembly 1856; chairman of committees 1858; minister for public
works 1860–63; speaker of the assembly 3 Oct. 1865 to death;
drowned in the floods at Stradbroke, his estate on the Paterson
river 2 March 1875.

ARNOT, REV. WILLIAM (_7 and youngest child of Robert Arnot of Scone,
farmer._) _b._ New Mains farm near Scone 6 Nov. 1808; matric. at
Univ. of Glasgow 10 Oct. 1829; licensed as a preacher by
presbytery of Glasgow 4 Oct. 1837; minister of Free Saint Peter’s
Church, Glasgow 1 Jany. 1839 to 6 Oct. 1864; ejected from his
church by a decision of the Court of Session Feb. 1849; opened a
new church in Main st. Glasgow 26 May 1850; minister of Free high
church Edinburgh 11 Oct. 1864 to death; author of _Illustrations
of the Book of Proverbs_, _2 series_ 1856; _Roots and fruits of
Christian life_ 1860. _2 ed._, 1864; _This present world_ 1873.
_d._ Edinburgh 3 June 1875; _Autobiography of Rev. W. Arnot_ 1877,
_portrait_.

ARNOT, WILLIAM. _b._ Falkirk; a chemist; employed purifying the
river North Esk 1868; opened large chemical works at Kirkintilloch
1873; delivered a course of 6 Cantor lectures on _The technology
of the paper trade_ at the Society of Arts 1877. _d._ Bridge of
Allan 9 Feb. 1881 aged 38.

ARNOTT, ARCHIBALD. _b._ Kirkconnell hall, Ecclefechan, co. Dumfries
1771; surgeon 20 foot 23 Aug. 1799 to 25 Dec. 1826, when placed on
h.p.; medical attendant of Napoleon at St. Helena 1 April 1821 to
5 May 1821, when he died at 5.49 p._m._ with his right hand in
that of Dr. Arnott; author of _An account of the last illness
decease and post mortem appearances of Napoleon Bonaparte_ 1822.
_d._ Kirkconnell hall, 6 July 1855.

ARNOTT, FRANCIS SHORT. _b._ 1805; surgeon Bombay army 5 June 1845;
hon. surgeon to the Queen 1861 to death; C.B. 21 March 1859. _d._
Kirkconnell hall 16 Oct. 1879.

ARNOTT, GEORGE ARNOTT WALKER (_son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary
near Kinross who d. 1822_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 Feb. 1799; ed. at the
High school and Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1818, LLD. Aberdeen 1837;
advocate 1821; visited France, Spain and Russia; F.R.S Edin. 1822,
F.L.S. 1825; worked with William Hooker the botanist at Glasgow
1830–40; member of Botanical society of Edin. 1836; professor of
botany in Univ. of Glasgow 1845 to death; published descriptions
of many new plants from Asia and America in various periodicals
1830–40; author of the article _Botany_ in the _Encyclopedia
Britannica_, _7 ed. vol. 5_. _d._ Glasgow 17 June 1868. _Trans.
Botanic Society of Edin. ix_, 414–26 (1868).

ARNOTT, NEIL. _b._ Arbroath, Angusshire 15 May 1788; surgeon in
H.E.I. Co’s. naval service 1807–11; practised in London 1811–55
when he retired; M.R.C.S. 1813; M.D. Aberdeen 15 Sep. 1814;
L.R.C.P. 31 March 1817; invented his hydrostatic or water bed
1832; and Arnott stove and the ventilator; one of senate of Univ.
of London 1836; founded an exhibition there for experimental
physics 1875; phys. extraordinary to Queen Victoria 8 Aug. 1837;
F.R.S. 25 Jany. 1838, Rumford medallist 1854; F.G.S. 1847; founded
scholarships of natural philosophy at the 4 Scottish universities
1869; author of _Elements of physics_ 1827, _7 ed._ 1876; _A
survey of human progress_ 1861. _d._ Cumberland terrace, London 2
March 1874. _Proc. of Royal Society xxv_, 14–18 (1877); _Medical
Circular i_, 92, 149 (1852), _portrait_; _Graphic ix_, 314, 328
(1874), _portrait_.

ARNTZ, ROBERT RICHARD. _b._ Erefeldt, Prussia 1815; taken to England
1819; articled to W. Herbert of London, builder 1831; naturalised
15 May 1848; surveyor to Westminster district board of works;
A.I.C.E. 1856; F.S.A. 18 Dec. 1862. _d._ 17 Feb. 1882.

ARRAN, PHILIP YORKE GORE, 6 Earl of. _b._ Dublin castle 23 Nov.
1801; chargé d’Affaires at Buenos Ayres 17 Oct. 1832 to 18 Oct.
1834; succeeded his uncle 20 Jany. 1837; K.P. 6 May 1841. _d._ 27
Chesham st. London 25 June 1884.

ARRINDELL, SIR WILLIAM. _b._ in one of the Virgin islands 1796; ed.
in England; attorney general British Guiana 10 May 1845 to 1852;
chief justice of Demerara 1852 to death; C.B. 30 Nov. 1858;
knighted by patent 13 Dec. 1858. _d._ Demerara 27 Dec. 1862.

ARROW, SIR FREDERICK (_2 son of Wm. Arrow, captain Indian Navy._)
_b._ Calcutta 1818; ed. at Bath gr. sch.; in mercantile marine
service June 1834 to Feb. 1859; an elder brother of Trinity House
Feb. 1859, and deputy master June 1865 to death; knighted by
patent 29 Aug. 1868; F.R.G.S. 1871; (_m._ 1850 Harriet 5 dau. of
R. Stileman of the Friars, Winchelsea.) _d._ Pilgrims hall, South
Weald, near Brentwood 17 July 1875; _I.L.N. lxvi_ 95, 100 (1875)
_portrait_.

ARROWSMITH, JOHN. _b._ Winston near Barnard Castle, Durham 23 April
1790; joined his uncle Aaron Arrowsmith of Soho Square London,
geographer 14 Feb. 1810; one of founders of Royal geographical
society 1830, gold medallist 1862; produced _London atlas of
universal geography_ 1834, _3 ed._ 1858; illustrated with maps
_Leichhardt’s journal of an overland expedition in Australia_
1847, and many other books; bought 10 Soho Square 1839, carried on
business there down to 1861 when he retired; F.R.A.S. _d._ 35
Hereford sq. Old Brompton 2 May 1873. _Journal of geographical
society xliii_, 161–63 (1873.)

ARTHINGTON, MARIA. Author of _The little scholar’s first grammar_
1828; _Rhymes for Harry and his nursemaid_ 1851; _Poetry of
bye-gone days and other selected pieces not published_ 1861. _d._
5 Oct. 1863.

ARTHUR, SIR FREDERICK LEOPOLD, 2 Baronet. _b._ West Indies 20 Dec.
1816; captain 4 foot 8 June 1838 to 13 Dec. 1850, when placed on
h.p.; retired from the army 1863; succeeded 19 Sep. 1854. _d._
United Service club Pall Mall London 1 June 1878.

ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_3 and youngest son of John Arthur of
Plymouth 1733–88._) _b._ 21 June 1784; governor of Honduras
1814–1822; lieut. col. 7 West India foot 1 June 1815; lieut. col.
5 West India foot 29 Aug. 1816, and lieut. col. York Chasseurs 8
May 1817 to 25 Oct. 1819, when placed on h.p.; governor of Van
Diemen’s Land 14 May 1824 to 30 Oct 1836; lieut. governor of Upper
Canada 23 March 1838 to April 1841; suppressed the rebellion Nov.
1838; governor of Bombay 27 April 1841 to 6 Aug. 1846; M.G. 9 Nov.
1846; col. 50 foot 28 Feb. 1853 to death; K.C.H. 1837; knighted by
the Queen at St. James’s palace 19 July 1837; created baronet 5
June 1841; P.C. 17 June 1847; hon. D.C.L. Ox. 5 July 1848. _d._
Gloucester square, Hyde Park, London 19 Sep. 1854. _J. Mac
Mullen’s History of Canada_ _2 ed._ 1868, _pp._ 461–94.

ARTHUR, REV. JOHN. _b._ Houston, Renfrewshire 1794; ed. at Univ. of
Glasgow; Congregational minister at Helensburgh 1824 to 1866, this
district was the scene of several movements that attracted much
attention, such as “The Speaking with Tongues,” “Miraculous
healing,” and the “Row Heresy case.” _d._ 17 May 1884.

ARTHUR, RICHARD. _b._ 10 Jany. 1779; captain R.N. 11 Jany. 1810;
superintendent of Sheerness dockyard 23 Sep. 1844 to 9 Nov. 1846;
V.A. 17 Sep. 1853; C.B. 28 July 1838. _d._ Plymouth 26 Oct. 1854.

ARTLETT, RICHARD AUSTIN. _b._ 9 Nov. 1807; pupil of Robert Cooper
and James Thomson; engraved in the dotted manner a few figure
subjects and several portraits; distinguished as an engraver of
sculpture, his plates of which in the _Art Journal_ are executed
with great taste and delicacy. _d._ 1 Sep. 1873.

ARTOIS, THE FLYING WONDER, stage name of John Lilley. _b._ Liverpool
12 July 1848; a performer on the flying trapeze 1866 to death;
held a foremost rank in his profession; fell from his trapeze at
the Star music hall Dublin 21 March 1882 and fractured his skull.
_d._ Mercer’s hospital Dublin 21 March 1882. _bur._ Mount Jerome
cemetery 24 March.

ARTOM, REV. BENJAMIN. _b._ Asti near Pimont, Genoa 1835; minister of
Jewish synagogues at Saluzzo, Genoa and Naples; Haham of Spanish
and Portugese congregation of London 9 Aug. 1866 to death;
inducted 16 Dec. 1866. (_m._ 10 Feb. 1875 Henrietta Hahaba widow
of Solomon David of Bombay). _d._ 3 Marine parade Brighton 6 Jany.
1879. _Jewish Chronicle 10 Jany. 1879_ 9–12; _Graphic xix_, 52
(1879), _portrait_.

ARUNDALE, FRANCIS. _b._ London 9 Aug. 1807; articled to A. Pugin the
elder; spent nine years in the East 1831–40; author of _Edifices
of Palladio_ 1832; _Illustrations of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai_
1837. _d._ Brighton 9 Sep. 1853.

ARUNDELL, HENRY BENEDICT, 11 Baron Arundell of Wardour. _b._ Irnham
hall, co. Lincoln 12 Nov. 1804; the only R.C. peer who voted
against the Reform bill 1832; succeeded 21 June 1834; a count of
the Holy Roman Empire. _d._ Wardour castle. Wilts 19 Oct. 1862.

ARUNDELL, REV. THOMAS, formerly called Thomas Arundell Tagg. Ed. at
Merchant Taylor’s, St. Bees and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.D. 1868;
C. of Ch. Ch. Blackfriars 1853–54; C. of All Saint’s Gordon square
and Reader of Ch. Ch. Newgate st. Lond. 1854–56; P.C. of St. Peter
Hammersmith 1856–60; V. of Hayton with Bielby, Yorks 1860; V. of
St. John’s, Whetstone, Finchley Feb. 1876; author of _Historical
reminiscences of the City of London_ 1869; and of sermons and
articles in periodicals. _d._ the vicarage Whetstone 5 Nov. 1880
in his 64 year.

ASBURY, JACOB VALE (_son of Mr. Asbury of Stone, Staffs._) Surgeon
at Enfield 1820 to death; invented a surgical instrument for
puncture of the tympanum; took out patents for railway buffers
1853 and 1855. (_m._ 1820 Dorothy 3 dau. of Charles Jacomb of
Guildford st. Russell square). _d._ Enfield 21 June 1871 in his 80
year. _Medical times and gazette ii_, 87 (1871).

NOTE.—Charles Lamb his friend and patient bore witness to his
successful treatment of cholera in a witty acrostic on his
name.

ASCHER, JOSEPH. _b._ London 1831; pupil of Ignaz Moscheles; court
pianist to Empress Eugénie in Paris; composed above 100 mazurkas,
gallops, nocturnes, études, and transcriptions. _d._ London 3 June
1869.

ASH, EDWARD. A minister of Society of Friends; M.D.; lived at
Bristol; author of _An inquiry into some parts of Christian
doctrine and practice_ 1841; _Four lectures on the Apocalypse_
1848; _Explanatory notes and comments on the New Testament_, _3
vols._ 1849–50. _d._ Cotham, Bristol 23 Dec. 1873 aged 76.

ASHBROOK, HENRY FLOWER, 5 Viscount. _b._ 17 June 1806; succeeded his
father 4 May 1847. _d._ Castle Durrow, co. Kilkenny 3 Aug. 1871.

ASHBROOK, HENRY JEFFERY FLOWER, 6 Viscount. _b._ 26 March 1829; ed.
at Eton; sheriff of Queen’s county 1856; succeeded 3 Aug. 1871.
_d._ Castle Durrow 14 Dec. 1882.

ASHBURNER, JOHN (_son of Mr. Ashburner of Bombay 1769–98, member of
supreme council_). _b._ Bombay 10 Jany. 1793; ed. at Dublin,
Glasgow and Edin.; M.D. Edin. 1 Aug. 1816; physician in London
1816; L.R.C.P. 1818; physician to Small pox hospital 1818–24, when
he went to India; lecturer on Midwifery at St. Thomas’s hospital;
a great believer in Mesmerism; author of _Dentition_ 1834; _Notes
and studies on the philosophy of animal magnetism and
spiritualism_ 1867. _d._ 59 Cambridge place, London 13 Nov. 1878.
_Munk’s Roll iii_, 181 (1878); _Medical Circular i_, 93 (1852).

ASHBURNHAM, BERTRAM ASHBURNHAM, 4 Earl of (_eld. son of George
Ashburnham, 3 Earl of Ashburnham 1760–1830_). _b._ 23 Nov. 1797;
succeeded his father 27 Oct. 1830; sold his pictures at Christie’s
20 July 1850. _d._ Ashburnham place near Battle 22 June 1878.

NOTE.—He was the collector of an extensive library of early
and rare books and of a vast assemblage of MSS. which
comprised 4 divisions, the Libri collection, the Barrois
collection, the Stowe collection and a portion known as The
Appendix comprising his miscellaneous collections. In July
1883 the Government purchased the Stowe collection for
£45,000; and in May 1884 the Italian Government bought for the
Laurenzian library at Florence the larger portion of the Libri
collection and the Dante MSS. from the Appendix for the sum of
£23,000. A very full account of the contents of the whole of
the Ashburnham MSS. will be found in the 8th Report of the
Historical Manuscript Commission (1881) Appendix part 3 pp.
127.

ASHBURNHAM, REV. SIR JOHN, 7 Baronet. _b._ Scotland Yard Westminster
26 Dec. 1770; ed. at Clare hall Cam.; B.D. 1815; R. of Guestling,
Sussex 1795 to death; Preb. of Chichester 2 May 1796 to death;
Chancellor of Chichester 4 May 1796 to death; V. of Pevensey,
Sussex 1816 to death; succeeded his brother the 6 Bart. 22 March
1843. _d._ Guestling rectory 1 Sep. 1854.

ASHBURNHAM, THOMAS (_4 son of George Ashburnham, 3 Earl of
Ashburnham 1760–1830._) ensign Coldstream guards 30 Jany. 1823;
lieut. col. 62 foot 7 Jan. 1842 to 21 Sep. 1847; commanded a
brigade in Sutlej campaign 1845–46; aide de camp to the Queen 3
April 1846 to 20 June 1854; lieut. col. 29 foot 22 Nov. 1849 to 20
June 1854; col. 82 foot 13 Dec. 1859 to death; general 19 April
1868; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ 104 Park st. Grosvenor sq., London 3
March 1872.

ASHBURTON, WILLIAM BINGHAM BARING, 2 Baron. (_eld. son of Alexander
Baring, 1 Baron Ashburton 1774–1848._) _b._ June 1799; ed. at
Oriel coll. Ox.; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1836, hon. D.C.L. 1856; M.P. for
Thetford 1826–30, for Callington 1830–31, for Winchester 1832–37,
for North Staffs. 1837–41, and again for Thetford 1841–48; sec. of
board of control 8 Sep. 1841 to 17 Feb. 1845; paymaster general of
the forces and treasurer of the navy 25 Feb. 1845 to 12 July 1846;
P.C. 30 June 1845; succeeded his father 13 May 1848; F.R.S. 27
April 1854; Commander of Legion of Honour 1855; pres. of
geographical society 1860–62, vice pres. 1862 to death. _d._ the
Grange, Alresford Hants 23 March 1864. _Monographs by Lord
Houghton_ (1873) 225–55; _Waagen’s Treasures of art in Great
Britain ii_, 97–112 (1854).

ASHBURTON, FRANCIS BARING, 3 Baron. _b._ 20 May 1800; M.P. for
Thetford 1832–41 and 1848–57; succeeded 23 March 1864. _d._
Hazlewood near Watford 6 Sep. 1868.

ASHBURY, JOHN. _b._ 31 Jany. 1806; a wheelwright at Manchester;
began the large works at Openshaw near Manchester for building
railway carriages and wagons 1847; constructed a railway wagon in
13 hours for the great exhibition of 1862; sold his works to a
limited liability company 1862. _d._ 9 Sussex place, Hyde Park,
London 2 Sep. 1866. Personalty sworn under £400,000 27 Oct. 1866.

ASHBY, REV. JOHN EYRE. _b._ 22 Jany. 1820; ed. at Univ. coll. school
London, B.A. London 1840; a congregational minister in Arundel,
Brighton and London; lectured on the higher mathematics in same
places; kept a school at Enfield 1856 to death; F.R.A.S. 1843,
LLD. Jena 1858. _d._ 22 Dec. 1863.

ASHER, ADOLPHUS. _b._ Stettin 3 Sep. 1801; spent 5 years in England
1820–25; diamond merchant at St. Petersburgh; bookseller in Russia
1827–30, at Berlin 1830 to death; introduced the English annuals
into Germany and Russia; foreign bookseller to British museum 1841
to death; published _Travels of Benjamin of Tudela, Berlin_ 1840.
_d._ Venice 2 Oct. 1853.

ASHLEY, ANTHONY JOHN (_4 son of Cropley Ashley, 6 Earl of
Shaftesbury_). _b._ 24 Grosvenor square, London 21 Dec. 1808; ed.
at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829; barrister I.T. 10 June 1836; Q.C. 9
Jany. 1866. (_m._ 17 March 1840 Julia eld. dau. of Henry John
Conyers of Copt hall, Essex). _d._ Upper Brook st. London 1 Jany.
1867.

ASHLEY, ANTHONY WILLIAM (_brother of preceding_). _b._ 24 Grosvenor
square 4 Oct. 1803; attaché to embassy at Vienna 31 March 1830;
treasurer and vice chamberlain to Queen Adelaide 28 Oct. 1834 to
her death 2 Dec. 1849; master governor and keeper of royal
hospital of St. Katherine in the Regents’ Park, London 23 May 1859
to death. (_m._ 8 March 1831 Maria Anne eld. dau. of Col. Hugh
Duncan Baillie, M.P. of Tarradaile). _d._ Mentone 18 April 1877.

ASHLEY, HENRY. _b._ 1790; an attorney in London 1816 to death; one
of the 4 privileged attorneys of Lord Mayor’s court to 1853 when
he received compensation on abolition of the privilege; erected
independent chapel afterwards called Maberly chapel in Ball’s Pond
road, Islington 1826; author of _Doctrine and practice of
attachment in Mayor’s court_ 1818. _d._ Greenhithe, Kent 20 May
1867.

ASHMORE, CHARLES. Lieut. col. 36 foot 22 May 1845 to 15 May 1857
when placed on h. p.; col. 30 foot 6 Jany. 1867 to death; general
19 Oct. 1875. _d._ 10 Granville place, Portman sq. 2 March 1881 in
88 year.

ASHPITEL, ARTHUR (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ Hackney 15
Dec. 1807; ed. at Homerton; commenced practice as an architect in
Crown Court Old Broad st. 1842; built church of St. Barnabas at
Homerton 1845; partner with John Whichcord 1850; elected F.S.A. 7
Jan. 1847; F.R.I.B.A. 1841, Vice Pres. 1862; published with John
Whichcord “_Observations on baths and wash-houses with an account
of their history_” 1855; _Town dwellings an essay on the erection
of fire proof houses in flats_ 1855. _d._ 2 Poet’s Corner,
Westminster Abbey 18 Jany. 1869. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i_,
212–15 (1869); _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. 2 series iv_, 299–301.

ASHPITEL, WILLIAM HURST. _b._ 1776; pupil of Daniel Asher Alexander
the architect of prisons at Dartmoor and Maidstone; assisted him
in designs for the London docks; a pupil of John Rennie; largely
concerned in Kenneth and Avon canal; partner with James Savage;
J.P. for Middlesex; designed the first new church and extensive
schools at South Hackney and many other buildings, besides several
large engineering works. _d._ Clapton sq. London 23 April 1852 in
76 year.

ASHTON, HENRY. _b._ London 1801; employed by Sir Jeffrey Wyattville
to 1840; erected stables at Windsor and kennels at Frogmore;
erected summer palace at the Hague for king of Holland; architect
for Victoria st. improvements in London, and designed Victoria st.
opened 6 Aug. 1851. _d._ 18 March 1872.

ASHTOWN, FREDERICK MASON TRENCH, 2 Baron. _b._ 25 Dec. 1804;
succeeded 1 May 1840; his claim to the peerage was allowed 12 July
1855. _d._ Clonodfoy, co. Limerick 12 Sep. 1880. Personalty sworn
under £350,000 April 1881.

ASHURST, WILLIAM (_son of the succeeding_). _b._ 1819; admitted
solicitor Jany. 1843; partner with his father; partner with John
Morris about 1855–62; solicitor to the Post Office 1862 to death;
a great friend of Garibaldi and Mazzini. _d._ 7 Prince of Wales’s
Terrace, Kensington, London 14 July 1879 in 60 year.

ASHURST, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ London 11 Feb. 1792; a solicitor in
London; belonged to a small sect called ‘Freethinking Christians’;
member of common council of city of London; undersheriff; a
founder of the society of the ‘Friends of Italy,’ 1851 and of the
‘Peoples International League,’ 1852; took an active part in
agitation against church rates; author of _The Corporation
Register_ 1832, which advocated reforms in the city. _d._
Wimbledon Park, Surrey 13 Oct. 1855.

ASHWELL, REV. ARTHUR RAWSON. _b._ Cheyne Walk Chelsea 9 Dec. 1824;
ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; scholar of Caius coll. 1846; 15 Wr. 1847,
B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850; C. of Speldhurst Kent 1848–49; C. of St.
Mary the less, Cam. 1849–50; vice principal of St. Mark’s college
Chelsea Jany. 1851 to Nov. 1852; principal of Oxford diocesan
training college at Culham Nov. 1852 to 1862; minister of Holy
Trinity church Hanover square London 1862–64; principal of Durham
training college 1865–70; canon res. of Chichester and principal
of Chichester theological college 1870; R. of St. Andrew’s
Chichester 1871–75; R. of St. Martin’s Chichester 1872–75;
chancellor of Chichester cath. 1879 to death, installed 19 June
1879; edited the _Literary Churchman_ 1864–76 and Sep. 1879 to
death, and the _Church quarterly review_ 1876. (_m._ 20 April 1854
Elizabeth eld. dau. of J. F. Fixsen of Blackheath.) _d._
Chichester 23 Oct. 1879. _Literary Churchman xxv_, 443–45, 501
(1879).

ASHWELL, JAMES. _b._ Nottingham 1799. One of the six founders of the
society afterwards known as the Institution of Civil engineers 2
Jany. 1818, it obtained a royal charter 3 June 1828; a fellow
commoner at Jesus coll. Cam.; managing director and engineer in
chief of the Great Luxembourg railway company 1847–52. _d._
Mildmay lodge, Weston-super-Mare 2 July 1881. _Minutes of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. lxvi_, 372–75 (1881.)

ASHWELL, SAMUEL. _b._ Nottingham 1798; studied at Guy’s Hospital,
London 1817–20; general practitioner in Lime st. square 1821–30;
obstetric asst. to Guy’s Hosp. 1820; obstetric physician and
lecturer May 1834 to 1846; M.R.C.P. 1835; removed to the West end
1840; author of _Practical treatise on parturition_ 1828; _A
practical treatise on the diseases peculiar to women_ 1848. _d._
30 Brook st. Grosvenor sq. 21 Dec. 1857. _Medical Circular i_,
109–111 (1852), _portrait_.

ASHWORTH, EDMUND. _b._ Birtwhistle near Bolton; partner with his
brother Henry as spinners at Egerton Mill near Bolton; member of
Anti-Corn-Law League 1839; member of Manchester chamber of
commerce, a director 1868–78, pres. 1874–77; said to be original
of Mr. Millbank in ‘_Coningsby_’; a magistrate for Bolton April
1847 to death; one of founders of Cotton supply association 1857;
the first pres. of Bolton British school union. _d._ Southport 21
March 1881 in 81 year. _Manchester Guardian 22 March 1881 p._ 5,
_col._ 4, and _26 March p._ 11, _col._ 4.

ASHWORTH, SIR FREDERICK (_2 son of Robert Ashworth of Dublin_). _b._
Dublin 1783; ensign 58 foot 6 July 1799; major 22 Nov. 1810 to 20
Feb. 1817 when placed on h.p.; knighted by lord lieut. 1850;
lieut. general 20 June 1854; colonel of 44 foot 8 Feb. 1855 to
death. (_m._ 29 Oct. 1833 Harriet eld. dau. of Sir Bellingham
Reginald Graham, 7 Bart., she was _b._ 1815 and _m._ (2) 26 Feb.
1862 George Hamilton Chichester, 3 Marquess of Donegal). _d._ 5
St. George’s place, Hyde park corner, London 1 Aug. 1858.

ASHWORTH, HENRY. _b._ Birtwhistle near Bolton 4 Sep. 1794; ed. at
Ackworth school; partner with his brother Edmund; a founder of
“Anti-Corn Law Association” 10 Jany. 1839, afterwards called “The
National Anti-Corn-Law League”; great friend of Bright and Cobden,
the three were known as the A, B, C of the League, the final
meeting of which was held in Manchester town hall 2 July 1846;
author of _Statistical illustrations of Lancashire_ 1842; _A tour
in the United States, Cuba and Canada_ 1861. _d._ Florence 17 May
1880. _Recollections of Richard Cobden, by H. Ashworth, 2 ed._
1878, _portrait_.

ASHWORTH, JOHN. Preached his trial sermon 8 Oct. 1837; founded a
chapel for the destitute in Baillie st. Rochdale 4 Oct. 1858;
representative of United Methodist Free churches at the Conference
of Evangelical Christians held in New York Oct. 1873; author of
_Strange tales from humble life_, 5 series 1863–74, these 61 tales
were also published singly, upwards of 3,000,000 copies have been
circulated. _Simple Records, 2 series_ 1871–72. _d._ Broadfield,
Rochdale 26 Jany. 1875. _Life and labours of John Ashworth, by A.
L. Calman_ 1875, _portrait_.

ASHWORTH, REV. JOHN HARVEY (_younger son of John Ashworth_). _b._
Elland, Yorkshire 1795; ed. at Manchester gr. sch. and Univ. coll.
Ox., scholar 1815, B.A. 1819, M.A. 1825; R. of Hethe, Oxon
1820–21; C. of St. Mary’s, Rochdale 1821; bought old castle of
Craggan, co. Clare which he restored; V. of St. Mary’s,
Staveley-in-Cartmel 1874 to death; author of _Hurstwood, a tale 3
vols._ 1823; _Scenes and thoughts from secluded life 2 vols._
1827; _The Saxon in Ireland_ 1851; _The young curate or the
quicksands of life [anon.]_ 1859, and _Rathlynn [anon.] 3 vols._
1864. _d._ 4 Aug. 1882.

ASKEW, RICHARD CRASTER (_5 son of John Askew of Pallinsburn,
Northumberland who d. 28 Oct. 1794_). _b._ 5 Sep. 1778; barrister
L.I. 13 June 1807; recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne 1833–34. _d._
Pallinsburn 30 July 1851.

ASKEY, JAMES ROBERT ROPER. Chief clerk of the divorce registry 1858
to death. _d._ 14 Park village West, Gloucester gate, Regents’
park, London 30 Jany. 1866.

ASLETT, THOMPSON. 2 Lieut. R.M. 1 June 1796; col. commandant 9 Nov.
1846 to 17 Aug. 1848 when he retired on full pay. _d._ 27 Aug.
1851 aged 75.

ASLETT, WILLIAM STRATTON. 2 Lieut. R.M. 26 July 1837; brigade major
in Crimean war; col. commandant 13 Feb. 1867 to death; M.G. 6
March 1868. _d._ Cury road, Gosport 28 July 1876.

ASPINALL, BUTLER COLE (_son of Rev. James Aspinall, R. of Althorpe,
Lincs._) _b._ Liverpool 7 Nov. 1830; ed. at Merchant Taylor’s;
connected with _Morning Chronicle_; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1853;
arrived in Victoria 1854; law reporter to the _Argus_ paper 1854;
practised at Melbourne 1854; M.L.A. for Talbot 1856; M.L.A. for
Portland to 1870; member of the Heales government 1861, of the
Macpherson government 1869; defended the Eureka stockade rioters
1855; defended H. J. O’Farrell who was tried 30–31 March 1868 for
shooting Prince Alfred (Duke of Edinburgh) at Clontarf 12 March
1868; became insane 1871. _d._ England 4 April 1875.

ASPINALL, REV. JAMES (_son of J. B. Aspinall of Cleongar hall,
Cheshire_). _b._ Liverpool; ed. at St. Mary hall Ox., B.A. 1820,
M.A. 1823; C. of Rochdale 5 years; P.C. of St. Luke’s, Liverpool
1830 where he preached 5 June 1831 a remarkable sermon called _The
Crisis or the signs of the times with regard to the Church of
England_; R. of Althorpe, Lincs. 2 June 1839 to death; author of
_Roscoe’s library or old books and old times_ 1853; _Parish
sermons 2 series_ 1854–59. _d._ Althorpe rectory 15 Feb. 1861 aged
65.

ASPLAND, ALFRED (_son of Rev. Robert Aspland 1782–1845, pastor of
the Unitarians at Hackney 40 years_). _b._ 1815; ed. at King’s
college, London; studied at Guy’s hospital; L.S.A. 1837, M.R.C.S.
1838, F.R.C.S. 1859; practised at Dukinfield, Cheshire till about
1870; editor of the Holbein Society publications; pres. of
Manchester statistical society 1863–65; his large collection of
books and drawings was sold at Sotheby’s Jany. 1885; author of
_Crime in Manchester_ 1868; edited for Holbein Society _H.
Burgmair’s Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian_ 1875; and _The
golden legend_ 1878. _d._ St. Helen’s Field, Dukinfield 24 Oct.
1880. _Book-lore March_ 1885 _p._ 119.

ASPLAND, REV. ROBERT BROOK (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Newport, Isle of Wight 19 Jany. 1805; Unitarian pastor of Crook’s
lane chapel, Chester Aug. 1826; co-pastor with Lant Carpenter of
Lewin’s Mead chapel, Bristol 1833; kept a boarding school at
Bristol 1833–36; pastor at Dukinfield 1 Jany. 1837 and at Hackney
1858 to death; edited the _Christian Reformer_ Jany. 1845 to Dec.
1863 when it ceased; one of secretaries of Manchester college
1846–57, which was moved from Manchester to London 1853; secretary
to British and Foreign Unitarian Association 1859 to death. (_m._
21 Oct. 1833 Jane dau. of Robert Hibbert of Brookside Godley,
Cheshire). _d._ Well st. Hackney 21 June 1869. _John Evans’s
Lancashire authors_ (1850) 4–8; _The Inquirer 3 July 1869_ 427–28.

ASPULL, WILLIAM. _b._ Nottingham 1798; tenor singer; composed many
vocal pieces. _d._ 192 Clapham road, London 16 Jany. 1875.

ASTLEY, SIR FRANCIS DUGDALE, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir John
Dugdale Astley, 1 Baronet 1778–1842_). _b._ 5 Nov. 1805; succeeded
19 Jany. 1842. _d._ Eastleigh lodge, Warminster 23 July 1873.

ASTLEY, REV. RICHARD. _b._ Chesterfield 12 March 1785; Unitarian
minister at Rochdale 1810, at Halifax 1812–26, at Gloucester
1826–31 and at Shrewsbury 1831–53; author of _A selection of 500
hymns for public and private worship_. _d._ Stourbridge 19 March
1855. _The Christian Reformer xi_, 265–73 (1855).

ASTON, SIR ARTHUR INGRAM (_younger son of Henry Hervey Aston of
Aston, Cheshire, who d. Madras 23 Dec. 1798 aged 37 from a wound
received in a duel with major Allen_). _b._ London 23 Dec. 1798;
ed. at Brasen. coll. Ox., created M.A. 18 June 1817; sec. of
embassy at Paris 11 Jany. 1833; min. plenipo. there for short
periods 9 times between 19 April 1833 and 14 Sep. 1838; envoy
extraord. and min. plenipo. at Madrid 13 Feb. 1840 to 13 Nov.
1843; G.C.B. 10 Nov. 1843; pensioned 8 March 1846; sheriff of
Cheshire 1850. _d._ Aston hall, near Runcorn 5 May 1859.

ASTON, JAMES JONES (_2 son of Benjamin Richard Aston of 71 Banner
st. Finsbury, coal merchant_). _b._ 71 Banner st. 12 Dec. 1822;
barrister M.T. 6 Nov. 1846; went Northern circuit; Q.C. for county
palatine of Lancaster 1867; Q.C. 24 March 1880; author of
_Chancery practice of the county palatine of Lancaster_ 1852.
(_m._ 7 Sep. 1854 Sarah Margaret eld. dau. of Thomas Eccles of
Walton-le-dale, Lancs.) _d._ 13 Pembroke gardens, Kensington 17
Jany. 1885.

ASTON, JOHN PARTINGTON (_son of John Aston of Manchester, liquor
merchant_.) _b._ Manchester 9 Nov. 1805; ed. at Manchester gr.
sch.; solicitor at Manchester 1829 to death; one of leading
conveyancing and patent lawyers; solicitor and sec. of Owens
college, Manchester; contributed prose and verse to periodicals;
author with W. H. Ainsworth of _Sir John Chiverton_ 1826. _d._
Higher Broughton, Manchester 11 May 1882. _Admission register of
Manchester school iii_, 112 (1874).

ATHERLEY, MARK KER (_2 son of Arthur Atherley M.P. for Southampton
who d. 21 Oct. 1844 aged 74_). Ensign 15 foot 28 Aug. 1823; lieut.
col. 92 foot 23 Nov. 1849 to 5 June 1863 when placed on h.p.;
commanded a brigade in the Crimea 4 Nov. 1855 to 13 March 1856;
brigadier general Malta 1863–68; col. of 109 foot 14 Feb. 1873, of
93 foot 30 Jany. 1880 and of 92 foot 5 April 1880 to death;
general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 11 March 1884 in 80 year.

ATHERSTONE, EDWIN. _b._ Nottingham 17 April 1788; author of _The
fall of Nineveh, a poem_, _2 vols._ 1828–68; _The Sea Kings in
England, an historical romance_, _3 vols._ 1830; _The handwriting
on the wall, a story 3 vols._ 1858; _Israel in Egypt_ 1861 a poem
of nearly 20,000 lines; granted civil list pension of £75 Oct. 4
1858 and another of £25 Jany. 16 1860. _d._ 19 Macaulay buildings,
Bath 29 Jany. 1872.

ATHERTON, CHARLES (_3 son of Nathan Atherton of Calne, Wilts
attorney_). _b._ Calne 1805; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.; 33
wrangler 1828, B.A. 1828; resident engineer of river Clyde
1832–34; manager of business of Claud Girdwood and Co. of Glasgow,
ironfounders 1834–37; chief engineer at Woolwich dockyard 6 April
1847 to 31 Dec. 1848 and 8 Sep. 1851 to 26 July 1862; at Devonport
dockyard 1 Jany. 1849 to 7 Sep. 1851; consulting engineer in
London 1862–70; M.I.C.E. 19 Feb. 1828. _d._ Sandown, Isle of Wight
24 May 1875. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xlii_, 252–55
(1875).

ATHERTON, SIR WILLIAM (_only son of Rev. Wm. Atherton of Battle
Bridge Middlesex, Wesleyan minister 1775–1850_). _b._ Glasgow
October 1806; special pleader 1832–39; barrister I.T. 22 Nov.
1839, bencher 1851; went northern circuit of which he became
leader; Q.C. July 1851; Q.C. for duchy of Lancaster 1851–60; M.P.
for Durham 9 July 1852 to death; judge advocate of the fleet and
counsel to the Admiralty 1854 to 16 Dec. 1859; solicitor general
16 Dec. 1859 and attorney general 4 July 1861 to Sep. 1863;
knighted by the Queen at St. James’s palace 23 Feb. 1860. (_m._ 15
April, 1843 Agnes Mary younger dau. of Thomas James Hall, chief
magistrate at Bow st. London, she _d._ 26 March 1866). _d._ 13
Westbourne terrace, Hyde Park 22 Jany. 1864.

ATHLUMNEY, WILLIAM MEREDYTH SOMERVILLE, 1 Baron. _b._ 1802; ed. at
Harrow; paid attaché at Berlin 1829–32; M.P. for Drogheda 1837–52
and for Canterbury 1854–65; under sec. of state for Home
department 5 July 1846 to 22 July 1847; chief sec. for Ireland 22
July 1847 to Feb. 1852; P.C. 22 July 1847; raised to peerage of
Ireland as Baron Athlumney 14 Dec. 1863 and to peerage of United
Kingdom as Baron Meredyth 3 May 1866. _d._ Dover 7 Dec. 1873.

ATHOLE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK JOHN MURRAY, 6 Duke of. _b._ Great
Cumberland place, London 20 Sep. 1814; took part in the Eglinton
tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839; grand master mason of Scotland
1843–63; succeeded his uncle as 6 Duke of Athole 14 Sep. 1846;
K.T. 28 Oct. 1853; pres. of Highland and Agricultural Societies
1858–62; kept Otter hounds at Dunkeld. _d._ Blair castle,
Perthshire 16 Jany. 1864.

ATKINS, EDWARD. _b._ 1818; played at T.R. Birmingham 1851–61; made
his début in London at Drury Lane 28 Oct. 1861; played Jem Dalton
in Tom Taylor’s drama _The Ticket of leave man_ at Olympic theatre
27 May 1863 to 16 Sep. 1864 406 times, and more than 600 times
afterwards in different theatres; played Autolycus in _A winter’s
tale_ at Drury Lane 28 Sep. 1878. _d._ 5 Carlton road west,
Peckham 8 April 1883. _Tallis’s Drawing room table book part_ 16,
_portrait_.

ATKINS, EDWIN. Manager with his brother John Atkins of Zoological
gardens situated between Farnworth st. and Butler st. Liverpool
which were established in 1832 by Thomas Atkins, keeper of a
travelling menagerie, the gardens were eventually turned into a
limited liability company, and in 1863 the place was dismantled
and the land sold; started for interior of Africa 1852. _d._ on a
small island of the White river, a branch of the Nile Jany. 1854.

ATKINS, EDWIN MARTIN (_eld. son of Atkins Edwin Martin-Atkins of
Walcot in Bath_). _b._ 1808; ed. at Rugby; matric. Magd. coll. Ox.
26 July 1825 aged 17, B.A. 1829; sheriff of Berkshire 1844; F.S.A.
10 Dec. 1857; the original of the Squire depicted by Tom Hughes in
_The scouring of the White Horse_ 1859. _d._ Weston super Mare 5
May 1859.

ATKINSON, CHARLES CALEB (_eld. son of Caleb Atkinson of Hillingdon,
Middlesex_), _b._ 1793; barrister M.T. 6 June 1834; sec. of
University college London 1835 to July 1867; sub editor of _The
Sphinx_; owner of _The Athenæum_ for short time. (_m._ 1831
Harriet dau. of George Swimley of Henley on Thames). _d._
Alexandra road, Kilburn, London 11 Jany. 1869.

ATKINSON, FENTON ROBINSON. _b._ Leeds 12 Nov. 1784; admitted
attorney May 1810; practised at Manchester; a leading bankruptcy
lawyer; sold his library Dec. 1817 and his other library of 13,000
volumes May 1858 a ten days sale; member of Chetham, Camden,
Hakluyt, Shakspere and Percy Societies and Warton club;
contributed to _Bibliographiana_, originally published in the
_Manchester Exchange Herald_ 1815–16 and afterwards as a small
vol. of which only 24 copies were issued 1817. _d._ The Grove,
Withington, Lancs. 9 June 1859. _Law Times xxxiii_, 212, 257
(1859).

ATKINSON, SIR HENRY ESCH (_3 son of Henry Wm. Atkinson 1753–1834
provost of Company of moneyers_). _b._ 1792; entered navy 2 Feb.
1807; commander 30 April 1827; employed in the Coast Guard
1835–38; retired captain 1 April 1856; knighted by lord lieutenant
of Ireland 1836; superintendent of convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
1846. (_m._ 1819 Sarah dau. of John Randall of the Isle of Wight,
she _d._ 1873). _d._ Hobart Town 1857.

ATKINSON, JAMES. _b._ county of Durham 9 March 1780; assistant assay
master at Calcutta mint 1813–28; superintendent of the government
Gazette 1817–28; surgeon to 55 Bengal N.I. 1833; superintending
surgeon to the army of the Indus 1838–41; a member of Bengal
medical board 1845–47; author of _The Shâh Nâmah translated and
abridged_ 1832, which won gold medal of Oriental translation fund;
_The expedition into Afghanistan_ 1842; _Sketches in Afghanistan_
1842. _d._ 18 Dorset sq. London 7 Aug. 1852. _Journal of Royal
Asiatic Society xv, vi-ix_, (1855).

ATKINSON, JAMES. Perfumer in Old Bond st. London; lived at Village
park, Ealing. _d._ 27 June 1853 aged 71.

ATKINSON, JAMES CHARLES. _b._ Middlesex 1 May 1783; served in
merchant service 1796–1803; joined R.N. as a volunteer 1803;
master 29 Jany. 1814; staff commander on h.p. 11 June 1863. _d._
Southampton 27 Oct. 1882 aged 99 years and six months.

ATKINSON, SIR JASPER (_son of Henry Wm. Atkinson 1753–1834, provost
of Company of moneyers_). _b._ Dulwich 1790; employed in the Mint
1804–51; provost of Company of moneyers 1 April 1848 to July 1851
when it was dissolved; knighted by patent 28 Nov. 1842 for
services rendered to Ottoman, Russian and French governments.
(_m._ 12 May 1819 Louisa Jane Grace only dau. of Wm. Gyll of
Wyrardisbury house, Bucks, she was _b._ 21 July 1800 and _m._ (2)
1863 Percy Honey of Exchequer Office, Lincolns Inn). _d._ North
Frith Haddow near Tonbridge Wells 6 Oct. 1856.

ATKINSON, RICHARD. _b._ Dublin 1796; a poplin manufacturer there
1820 to death; alderman of Dublin 1857 to death; mayor 1856 and
1861; gave a grand ball to Prince of Wales 11 Sep. 1861; a great
philanthropist. _d._ 1867. _I.L.N. xxxviii_, 83 (1861) _portrait_.

ATKINSON, SOLOMON. _b._ Cumberland; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; senior
wrangler and 2 Smith’s prizeman 1821; B.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 21
May 1827; author of _County court extension act_, 1850; _Law and
practice of county courts_ 1853. _d._ Mornington crescent,
Hampstead road 12 Feb. 1865.

ATKINSON, THOMAS WITLAM. _b._ Cawthorne, Yorkshire 6 March 1799;
employed in rebuilding St. Mary’s church Barnsley 1819 where he
carved some very fine work; architect in London 1827–42 when he
went to Hamburg; engaged in reconstruction of St. Nicholas church
Hamburg 1845; went to Russia 1846; granted by Emperor of Russia
rare privilege of a blank pass throughout his Asiatic dominions;
travelled in Siberia and Mongolia; F.R.G.S. 1858, F.G.S. 1859;
author of _Explorations in Oriental and West Siberia_ 1857;
_Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor_ 1860; (_m._
1847 Lucy authoress of _Recollections of Tartar Steppes_ 1863, she
was granted a civil list pension of £100 18 June 1863). _d._ Lower
Walmer, Kent 13 Aug. 1861.

ATKINSON, WILLIAM GREENE. _b._ Darlington 1810; barrister M.T. 19
Nov. 1841; librarian of the Great seal patent office, London Jany.
1854 to death; prepared manuscript of catalogue of the library
which was printed in 2 vols. 4º. 1882–83; edited the Commissioners
of patents journal Jany. 1854 to death, _d._ 59 Rowan road,
Hammersmith 18 Sep. 1881.

ATKINSON, WILLIAM STEPHEN (_eld. son of Rev. T. D. Atkinson Rector
of Rugeley, Staffs._) director of public instruction for Bengal.
_d._ Rome 15 Jany. 1876 aged 55.

ATTHILL, REV. WILLIAM LOMBE. _b._ 11 July 1807; scholar of Caius
coll. Cam. 1825; B.A. 1830, M.A. 1851; sub-dean, canon and
commissary of collegiate church of Middleham, Yorkshire 1839–51;
P.C. of Horsham Norfolk 1851–63; V. of Horsford, Norfolk 1851–63;
married 4 times; author of _The way of Catechising_ 1840; _History
and antiquities of the collegiate church at Middleham_ 1847 and of
articles in Burke’s _Historic Lands of England_ 1849. _d._
Brandiston hall, Alderford, Norfolk 11 Dec. 1884.

ATTREE, WILLIAM WAKEFORD. _b._ 1805; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; barrister M.T. 7 June 1833; assistant
tithe comr.; recorder of Hastings and of Seaford about 1842 to
death; author of _Report of Braintree church rate case_ 1853. _d._
Queen’s Park, Brighton 28 Jany. 1862.

ATTWOOD, BENJAMIN (_son of Matthias Attwood of Hales Owen, founder
of bank of Attwoods in London and Birmingham_). a manufacturer at
Birmingham; came into a large fortune from his nephew Matthias
Attwood; gave with greatest secrecy for many years sums of £1000
each to all manner of charities to amount of £375,000. _d._
Pengelly house, Cheshunt 22 Nov. 1874. _I.L.N. lxvi_ 57 (1875)
_portrait_; _Graphic xi_ 67 (1875) _portrait_.

ATTWOOD MATTHIAS (_brother of the preceding_). partner in bank of
Attwoods; chairman of General steam navigation co.; M.P. for
Callington 14 March 1820, for Boroughbridge 2 Aug 1830, and for
Whitehaven 15 Dec. 1832 to 23 July 1847. _d._ Dulwich hill 11 Nov.
1851. _G.M. xxxvii_ 192–93 (1852).

ATTWOOD, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Howe house, Hales
Owen, 6 Oct. 1783; a banker and manufacturer at Birmingham and
London; opposed orders in council of 1807 and 1809 prohibiting all
trade between England and the ports occupied by the French, the
orders were partly revoked June 1812; originated abolition of East
India monopoly 1813; one of the 3 founders of Birmingham Political
Union 1829 which contributed largely towards passing of the Reform
bill; presented with freedom of city of London 23 May 1832; M.P.
for Birmingham 12 Dec. 1832 to Jany. 1840; presented to House of
Commons the Chartist petition signed by 1280000 people, 14 June
1839; author of _Letters of a Scotch banker_, first published
anonymously in _The Globe_ 1828. _d._ Great Malvern 6 March 1856.
_Dents Old and new Birmingham, section_ 2, (1880) 349–52.

NOTE.—There is a statue of him in Stephenson place New st.
Birmingham, which was unveiled 7 June 1858. He is the “King
Tom” of Cobbett’s Weekly Register.

ATWOOD, REV. HENRY ADAMS SERGISON. _b._ St. Margaret’s Westminster
13 Jany. 1800; ed. at Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1824;
F.R.A.S. 1827; R. of Ashelworth, Gloucs. 1839 to death; author of
_A new version of the Book of Psalms in verse by H. A. S. A._
1834. _d._ Ashelworth rectory 22 June 1877.

AUBIN, JOHN. One of the 11 judges of the Royal Court in Jersey 17
May 1862 to death. _d._ 27 Midvale road, St. Heliers 28 Jany. 1874
aged 78.

AUBREY, THOMAS. _b._ Cefn-coed-y-cymer near Merthyr-Tydvil 13 May
1808; Wesleyan minister 1826 to death; chairman of North Wales
district 1854–65. _d._ Rhyl 15 Nov. 1867. _Wesl. Meth. Mag. xci,
pt._ 2 _p._ 845 (1868).

AUBREY, SIR THOMAS DIGBY, 7 Baronet. _b._ Llanblythian,
Glamorganshire 2 Dec. 1782; barrister L.I. 11 Feb. 1811; sheriff
of Bucks 1815; succeeded 1 March 1826; chairman of Bucks quarter
sessions some years, _d._ Oving house near Aylesbury 2 Sep. 1856.

AUCHMUTY, SIR SAMUEL BENJAMIN (_2 son of Samuel Auchmuty of
Bryanstown_). _b._ Ireland 1781; major 7 foot 28 Oct. 1813 to 1
Aug. 1822 when placed on h.p.; aide de camp to the Sovereign
1831–41; granted service reward 3 Aug. 1845; col. of 65 foot 31
Jany. 1851 and of 7 foot 18 Jany. 1855 to death; general 19 June
1860; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857, G.C.B. 28 June 1861.
(_m._ 1817 Mary Anne Buchanan, she _d._ 2 Jany. 1869 aged 69).
_d._ Pau 30 April 1868.

AUCKLAND, RIGHT REV. ROBERT JOHN EDEN, 3 Baron. _b._ Eden farm
Beckenham, Kent 10 July 1799; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Cam.,
M.A. 1819, D.D. 1847; R. of Eyam 1823; R. of Huntingfordbury 1825;
V. of Battersea 1835; chaplain to William iv 1831–37 and to
Victoria 1837–47; Bishop of Sodor and Man 7 May 1847; consecrated
23 May 1847; installed at Castletown 29 June 1847; translated to
see of Bath and Wells 2 June 1854; resigned his episcopal
functions Oct. or Nov. 1869; succeeded his brother as 3 Baron 1
Jany. 1849. _d._ The palace, Wells 25 April 1870. _I.L.N. lvi_,
489, 490 (1870), _portrait_.

AUDLEY, GEORGE EDWARD THICKNESSE-TOUCHET, 20 Baron. _b._ 26 Jany.
1817; succeeded 14 Jany. 1837. _d._ Homburg 18 April 1872.
_Burke’s Portrait gallery ii_, 41 (1833).

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES, _b._ New Orleans 4 May 1780; arrived at
Liverpool 20 July 1826; lived in England 1826–29, 1830–31, 1834–36
and 1838–39; author of _Birds of America_ published in 87 parts,
elephant folio at price of 1000 dollars; F.L.S. 1828, F.R.S. 18
March 1830. _d._ New York Island 27 Jany. 1851. _R. Buchanan’s
Life of J. J. Audubon_ 1868, 2 _portraits_.

AUDUS, JAMES (_only son of John Audus of Selby, Yorkshire, merchant
1752–1809_). _b._ 28 July 1781; captain in York city militia
1808–33; began a coasting trade between Selby and London 1826, had
18 schooners so employed 1830; chairman of Yorkshire banking
company 1843; erected and endowed St. James’s church Selby at cost
of about £14000, laid the foundation stone 6 May 1866. _d._ Selby
14 May 1867. _W. W. Morrell’s History of Selby_ (1867) 186,
254–58.

NOTE.—He was the oldest railway director in England, having
been one of original board of Leeds and Selby railway which
obtained its act 1830.

AULDJO, JOHN. Ascended Mont Blanc 8 Aug. 1827, being the 14th ascent
ever made; F.R.G.S. 1832; F.R.S. 7 May 1840; author of _Ascent of
Mont Blanc_ 1827; _Sketches of Vesuvius_ 1832; _Journal of a visit
to Constantinople_ 1835. _d._ 1857.

AULSEBROOK, RICHARD. M.R.C.S. 1834, L.S.A. 1835; surgeon to Lambeth
workhouse; resident medical officer of Hanwell lunatic asylum;
author of _An inquiry into the physical condition of the working
classes in the parish of St. James’s Westminster_. _d._ 50 King
sq., Goswell road London 1855.

AURIOL, REV. EDWARD. Ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; R. of
Newton Valence, Hants 1838; R. of St. Dunstan in the West, London
1841 to death; Preb. of St. Paul’s April 1865 to death; commissary
for Bishop of Nelson 1866. _d._ 35 Mecklenbergh sq. London 10 Aug.
1880 aged 75.

AUSTEN, CHARLES JOHN. _b._ 1779; captain R.N. 10 May 1810; captain
of Bellerophon 80 guns 1838–40; awarded good service pension 1840;
R.A. 9 Nov. 1846; commander in chief in East Indies 14 Jany. 1850
to death; C.B. 18 Dec. 1840; _d._ Prome, Burmah 8 Oct. 1852.

AUSTEN, SIR FRANCIS WILLIAM (_4 son of Rev. George Austen R. of
Steventon, Hants_). _b._ Steventon 23 April 1774; captain R.N. 13
May 1800; served in action off St. Domingo 1805, for which he
received thanks of houses of parliament; colonel R.M. 27 May 1825;
commander in chief on north American and West Indian station 27
Dec. 1844 to 12 Jany. 1848; admiral 1 Aug. 1848; R.A. of United
Kingdom 5 June 1862; V.A. of U.K. 11 Dec. 1862; admiral of the
fleet 27 April 1863 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 28 Feb.
1837, G.C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Portsdown lodge, Portsmouth 10 Aug.
1865.

AUSTEN, SIR HENRY EDMUND (_only son of Robert Austen of Shalford,
Surrey who d. 3 Nov. 1797_). _b._ Shalford 20 May 1785; ed. at
Harrow and Oriel coll. Ox., M.A. 1807; sheriff of Surrey 1810; a
gentleman of the Privy Chamber 26 Jany. 1832 to death; knighted by
the king at St. James’s Palace 22 Feb. 1832. _d._ 2 Suffolk place
Cheltenham 1 Dec. 1871.

AUSTEN, REV. JOHN THOMAS. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; senior Wr.
and senior Smith’s prizeman 1817; B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1827;
fellow of his college 1817; V. of Aldworth, Berks 1832–48; R. of
West Wickham, Kent 1848 to death; hon. canon of Canterbury
cathedral 1873. _d._ West Wickham rectory 10 June 1876 aged 82.

AUSTEN, REV. ROBERT (_only son of Venerable Robert Austen 1723–92,
archdeacon of Cork_). Treasurer of Cloyne 24 July 1810 to 10 June
1833 when he resigned. _d._ Southsea, Hants 4 Nov. 1854 in 83
year.

AUSTEN, THOMAS. Lieut. col. of 60 regiment of foot 20 June 1805 to
1817; M.P. for West Kent 1845–47. _d._ Kippington, Sevenoaks 23
July 1859 aged 84.

AUSTIN, ALFRED. _b._ 1805; assistant poor law comr. 1843–1854; sec.
to Office of Works 1854–1868; C.B. 11 Oct. 1869. _d._ 67 Queen’s
gardens, Bayswater 19 May 1884 in 79 year.

AUSTIN, CHARLES (_2 son of Jonathan Austin of Creeting Mill,
Suffolk, government contractor_). _b._ 26 March 1799; ed. at Bury
St. Edmund’s gr. sch. and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827;
pupil of Sir Wm. Follett; barrister M.T. 25 May 1827; bencher
1841; Q.C. 1841; practised chiefly before committees of Houses of
Parliament where he was the leading counsel; retired with a large
fortune 1848; high steward of Ipswich; chairman of quarter
sessions for East Suffolk. (_m._ 10 June 1856 Harriet Jane elder
dau. of Ralph Mitford Preston Ingilby). _d._ Brandeston hall,
Wickham Market 21 Dec. 1874. Personalty sworn under £140,000 19
Feb. 1875. _J. S. Mill’s Autobiography_ (1873) 76–79; _Fortnightly
Review xxiii_, 321–38 (1875); _Public men of Ipswich_ (1875)
90–96.

AUSTIN, SIR HORATIO THOMAS. Entered navy 8 April 1813; took part in
Parry’s second Arctic expedition 1824–1825; commanded Salamander
one of first steamers in the navy 1832–34; captain 28 June 1838;
served in the Syrian war 1839–1843; commanded a squadron in search
of Sir John Franklin 1850–1851; superintendent of Deptford
dockyard 18 Oct. 1854 to 28 Nov. 1857; admiral superintendent of
Malta dockyard 6 April 1863 to 26 Nov. 1864; V.A. 20 Oct. 1864;
C.B. 18 Dec. 1840, K.C.B. 28 March 1865. (_m._ 8 Nov. 1831 Anne
Eliza only dau. of Thomas Hawkins of Pennance, Creed, Cornwall and
widow of Rev. J. Rawlinson, she _d._ 7 July 1876). _d._ Leinster
gardens, London 16 Nov. 1865 in 65 year. _O’Byrne’s Naval
biography_ (1861) 30.

NOTE.—Austin channel between Byam Martin and Bathurst Isles
and Cape Austin on the west coast of Cornwallis Isle are named
after him.

AUSTIN, JOHN (_eld son of Jonathan Austin of Creeting Mill,
Suffolk_). _b._ 3 March 1790; in the army 1806–11 when he sold
out; served in Sicily; barrister I.T. 5 June 1818; gave up
practice 1825; professor of jurisprudence in Univ. of London 1826,
lectured there 1828 to June 1832; member of Criminal law
commission 1833; delivered a course of lectures on jurisprudence
at Inner Temple 1834; went to Malta as Royal Comr. to inquire into
grievances of which the natives complained 1836; lived in Paris
1844–48 and at Weybridge, Surrey 1849 to death; corresponding
member of moral and political class of French Institute; author of
_The province of jurisprudence determined_ 1832, _2 ed._ 1861; _A
plea for the Constitution_ 1859. (_m._ 1820 Sarah Taylor.) _d._
Weybridge 17 Dec. 1859. _Dict. of national biography ii_, 265–68
(1885).

AUSTIN, SARAH (_youngest child of John Taylor of Norwich, yarn
maker_). _b._ Norwich 1793; translated _The story without an end_
by Carové 1834; _Ranke’s History of the Popes of Rome_, _2 vols._
1840, _4 ed._ _3 vols._ 1866; author of _Germany from 1760 to
1814, or sketches of German life_ 1854; granted civil list pension
of £100 13 Oct. 1849. (_m._ 1820 John Austin). _d._ Weybridge,
Surrey 8 Aug. 1867.

AVELAND, GILBERT JOHN HEATHCOTE, 1 Baron. _b._ Normanton park,
Stamford 16 Jany. 1795; ed. at Westminster, Edinburgh and Trin.
coll. Cam.; M.P. for Boston 1820–30 and 1831–32, for Lincolnshire
1832–41 and for Rutlandshire 1841–56; created Baron Aveland of
Aveland, county Lincoln 26 Feb. 1856; lord lieutenant of
Lincolnshire 12 March 1862. _d._ 12 Belgrave sq. London 6 Sep.
1867; Personalty sworn under £400,000 26 Oct. 1867.

AVELING, THOMAS. _b._ Elm, near Wisbech 11 Sep. 1824; a farmer at
Ruckinge in Romney Marsh; agricultural implement maker at
Rochester; an engine builder there 1860 to death; the first to
build a traction engine with a single cylinder; invented steam
road rollers, now to be found in nearly every town in the kingdom;
A.I.C.E. 1871; M.I.C.E. 1877; M.I.M.E. 1869; member of Iron and
Steel institute; chevalier of Legion of Honour; knight of order of
Francis Joseph. _d._ Boley hill house Rochester 7 March 1882.
_Graphic xxv_ 289 (1882) _portrait_; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of
C.E. lxxiii_ 350–55 (1883).

AVELING, REV. THOMAS WILLIAM BAXTER. _b._ Castletown, Isle of Man 11
May 1815; usher in a school at Wisbech; studied at Highbury
college 1834–38; Congregational minister at Kingsland 10 June 1838
to death; hon. sec. to Asylum for fatherless children at Reedham,
Surrey 1847–83, the chapel there is called after him, the “Aveling
Memorial Chapel”; chairman of Congregational Board 1873 and of
Congregational Union of England and Wales 1874; author of _Naaman
or Life’s shadows and sunshine_ 1853; _Memorials of the Clayton
family_ 1867; edited _the Jewish Herald 5 years_. _d._ Reedham
orphanage asylum 3 July 1884. _Congregational year book_ (1885)
176–79.

AVERY, JOHN. M.R.C.S. 1829, F.R.C.S. 1843; M.D. Paris 1831; surgeon
in chief to the 5th Polish ambulance in Polish army; a prisoner
many months; a consulting surgeon in London; surgeon to Charing
Cross hospital; invented an apparatus for exploring internal
cavities of the body which gained large silver medal of Society of
Arts; a successful operator in cases of cleft palate. _d._ 3 Queen
st. Mayfair 5 March 1855. _Medical directory_ 1856, 722–24.

AVONMORE, BARRY JOHN YELVERTON, 3 Viscount. _b._ 21 Feb. 1790;
succeeded 28 Nov. 1814; principal registrar of court of chancery
in Ireland to 1826 when granted pension of £4,200 on abolition of
office. _d._ Raglan road, Dublin 24 Oct. 1870.

AVONMORE, WILLIAM CHARLES YELVERTON, 4 Viscount (_elder son of the
preceding_). _b._ 27 Sep. 1824; ed. at Woolwich; captain R.A. 16
July 1850 to 1 April 1861 when placed on h.p.; suspended from all
military duties March 1861. (_m._ 26 July 1858 Emily Marianne
youngest dau. of Sir Charles Ashworth, K.C.B. and widow of Edward
Forbes, F.R.S.) _d._ Biarritz 1 April 1883. _The Yelverton
correspondence by the Hon. Theresa Yelverton_ 1863, _portrait_;
_J. J. Macqueen’s Reports in House of Lords iv_, 743–912 (1866).

NOTE.—He went through marriage ceremonies with Maria Theresa
eld. dau. of Thomas Longworth of Manchester, manufacturer (1)
at 1 St. Vincent st. Edinburgh on 12 April 1857 and (2) in
chapel of Kilbroney near Rostrevor, Ireland on 15 Aug. 1857. A
great deal of litigation took place between them to settle the
point whether they were married or not, the end of which was
that on 28 July 1864, House of Lords decided in favour of Lord
Avonmore and against the marriage, thus reversing the judgment
of the Court of Session in Edinburgh which had decided in her
favour.