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FYDELL, SAMUEL RICHARD (_elder son of Thomas Fydell 1740–1812, M.P.
for Boston_). _b._ Hardwicke hall near Chepstow 6 April 1771;
receiver general for Lincolnshire 1794 to 1834 when office was
abolished by Land tax amendment act 1834 and he declined pension
offered him; sheriff of Rutland 1840; lieut. col. of South Lincoln
militia. _d._ Morcott hall, Rutland 1 Feb. 1868. _bur._ in family
vault St. Botolph’s church, Boston. _G.M. v_, 395 (1868).
FYFE, ANDREW (_eld. son of Andrew Fyfe of Edinburgh, anatomist
1754–1824_). _b._ 18 Jany. 1792; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1814;
fellow of college of surgeons Edin. 1818, pres. 1842–3; professor
of chemistry in Univ. of Aberdeen 1844 to death; author of
_Elements of Chemistry 2 vols._ 1827, _3 ed._ 1833. _d._ 4 Windsor
st. Edinburgh 31 Dec. 1861.
FYFE, JAMES HAMILTON (_only son of John Fyfe of Edinburgh_). _b._
Edinburgh 1837; ed. at City of London school; barrister M.T. 17
Nov. 1863; a reporter on _Edinburgh Express_, _Scotsman_, _Times_;
assistant editor of _Pall Mall Gazette_ 1867–71, of _Saturday
Review_ 1871 to about 1878; author of _Triumphs of invention and
discovery_ 1860; _British enterprise beyond the seas or our
colonies_ 1863 and other books. _d._ 35 Cathcart road, West
Brompton, London 5 June 1880.
FYFE, WILLIAM BAXTER COLLIER. _b._ Dundee about 1836; studied at
R.S.A. and in Paris; painter in London 1863 to death; exhibited 23
pictures at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 4 at Suffolk st. gallery 1866–79.
_d._ 62 Abbey road, St. John’s Wood, London 15 Sep. 1882.
FYFE, WILLIAM WALLACE (_eld. son of Peter Fyfe, R.N. of Dundee_). A
contributor to the newspaper press; promoter and manager of the
Church and Country Newspaper Co., and of the Newspaper Press
college at Dorchester about 1865, both schemes were unsuccessful
and involved him in loss; edited _The Provincial Souvenir,
Paisley_ 1846; author of _Agricultural science applied in
practice_ 1859; _Canada as a field for emigration_ 1861 and 8
other books. _d._ Houndsgate, Nottingham 25 Sep. 1867. _Newspaper
Press 1 Oct. 1867 p._ 205.
FYNMORE, JAMES. Midshipman R.N. at Trafalgar 1805 of which battle he
was last survivor; captain R.M. 1836–1848, hon. lieut. col. 28
Nov. 1854 to death. _d._ Blenheim grove, Rye lane, Peckham 15
April 1887 in 94 year. _Graphic xix_, 217 (1879), _portrait_,
_xxxv_, 448 (1887), _portrait_.
FYSH, REV. FREDERICK. Ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.; B.A. 1832, M.A.
1835; lived at 2 Duke st. Bath 1840–47, at 6 Lower terrace,
Torquay 1856; author of _Catechism of the Apocalypse_ 1844; _A
Lyrical version of the Psalms 2 vols._ 1851; _Historia Apodeixis
Horæ historicæ et chronologicæ 5 vols._ 1856 and 15 other books.
_d._ 1867.
G
GABRIEL, MARY ANN VIRGINIA (_dau. of the succeeding_). _b._
Banstead, Surrey 7 Feb. 1825; composed several hundred songs, many
of which became very popular; her operetta _Widows Bewitched_ was
performed at St. George’s hall, London 13 Nov. 1867; composed 3
cantatas _Dreamland_, _Evangeline_ and _Graziella_. (_m._ Nov.
1874 George Edward March of the Foreign office, London, who wrote
most of her librettos). _d._ St. George’s hospital, London 7 Aug.
1877 from compound fracture of the skull, result of carriage
accident near Grosvenor hotel 5 Aug. _Lennox’s Fashion then and
now, ii_, 92–4 (1878); _Illust. sp. and dr. news vi_, 597, 620
(1877), _portrait_.
GABRIEL, ROBERT BURD. Cornet 2 dragoon guards 1797, captain
1805–1822 when placed on h.p.; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846; col. 7 dragoon
guards 18 March 1853 to death; K.H. 1834; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._
7 Connaught place west, London 15 April 1853 aged 74.
GAGE, EDWARD THOMAS (_2 son of 4 Viscount Gage 1791–1877_). _b._ 28
Dec. 1825; 2 lieut. R.A. 1844, col. 1876, col. commandant 1887 to
death; brigade major R.A. in Crimea 1854–55; commanded Woolwich
district 1881–3; L.G. 1882; placed on retired list 1 April 1888;
C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ Clifton crescent, Folkestone 21 May 1889.
GAGE, SIR WILLIAM HALL (_6 son of general Thomas Gage 1721–87_).
_b._ Park place, St. James’s, London 2 Oct. 1777; entered navy
1789; captain 1797; commander in chief in East Indies 1825–30, on
the Lisbon station 1834–37, at Devonport 1848–51; a lord of the
Admiralty 1842–1846; admiral 1846; R.A. of United Kingdom 1853;
V.A. of United Kingdom 1854; admiral of the Fleet 20 May 1862 to
death; G.C.H. and K.B. 19 April 1834; G.C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._
Thurston, Suffolk 4 Jany. 1864.
GAINES, THOMAS. Last survivor of the 12 Bow street officers who
under Sir Richard Birnie captured the Cato st. conspirators 23
Feb. 1820. _d._ Metropolitan asylum, Leavesdon, Herts. 4 Feb. 1879
aged nearly 90.
GAINSBOROUGH, CHARLES NOEL, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of Sir Gerard Noel
Noel, 2 baronet 1759–1838_). _b._ 2 Oct. 1781; M.P. for Rutland
1808–14; succeeded his mother as 3 Baron Barham 12 April 1823;
created Baron Noel, Viscount Campden and Earl of Gainsborough 16
Aug. 1841; married four times. _d._ 17 Prince’s Gate, Hyde park,
London 10 June 1866. _bur._ Teston church, Kent 19 June.
GAINSBOROUGH, CHARLES GEORGE NOEL, 2 Earl of. _b._ Edinburgh 5 Sep.
1818; M.P. for Rutland 1840–41; contested Rutland 1841 and co.
Cork 1860; sheriff of Rutland 1848, lord lieutenant of Rutland 6
March 1867 to death; taken ill in a cab and _d._ University
college hospital, London 13 Aug. 1881.
GAIRDNER, JOHN (_eld. son of Robert Gairdner, captain Bengal
artillery, who d. 1795 or 1796_). _b._ Mount Charles near Ayr 18
Sep. 1790; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1811; phys. in Edin. 1813;
F.C.S. Edin. 1813, pres. 1830–32; author of many papers in _Trans.
of Medico-Chirurgical Soc. of Edin._ and in medical journals; his
anonymous book _Burns and the Ayrshire Moderates_ was privately
printed 1883. _d._ 45 Northumberland st. Edinburgh 12 Dec. 1876.
_The Scotsman 14 Dec. 1876 p._ 5.
GAIRDNER, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Mount Charles
near Ayr 11 Nov. 1793; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1813; phys. in
London 1822–66; L.C.P. 1823; author of _Essay on the effects of
Iodine on the human constitution_ 1824, and _On Gout, its history,
its causes and its cure_ 1849, _4 ed._ 1860. _d._ Avignon 28 April
1867.
GAIRDNER, WILLIAM JOHN. Entered Bengal army 1807; M.G. 1851; col. 63
Bengal N.I. 1852 to death; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ Strathtyrum
house, St. Andrews 3 Feb. 1861 aged 71.
GAISFORD, VERY REV. THOMAS (_eld. son of John Gaisford of Iford,
Wilts._) _b._ Iford 22 Dec. 1779; commoner of Ch. Ch. Ox., Oct.
1797, student Dec. 1800; B.A. 1801, D.D. 1831; Regius professor of
Greek at Oxford 29 Feb. 1812 to death; R. of Westwell, Oxon.
1815–47; preb. of Llandaff 1823 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1823
to death; preb. of Worcester 1825–29; preb. of Durham 1829–31;
dean of Ch. Ch. Ox. 10 Oct. 1831 to death; published _Poetæ
Minores Græci 4 vols._ 1814–20 and 32 other classical and
patristic works. _d._ the Deanery, Ch. Ch. Oxford 2 June 1855.
_bur._ in nave of Ch. Ch. cathedral 9 June. _G.M. xliv_, 98–100
(1855).
GALBERRY, MOST REV. THOMAS. _b._ Naas, co. Kildare 1833; taken to
Philadelphia 1836; ordained R.C. priest 20 Dec. 1856; pres. of
Villanova college; provincial of the Augustinian order 1874;
bishop of Hartford 1876 to death; consecrated 19 March 1876. _d._
New York 10 Oct. 1878.
GALE, CHARLES JAMES (_son of Charles Gale_). _b._ April 1805;
barrister M.T. 1 June 1832; judge of county courts, circuit 51
(Hampshire), March 1847, of circuit 21 (Warwickshire) 1874 to Sep.
1874 when he retired on pension; author of _A treatise on the law
of easements_ 1839, _6 ed._ 1888; published with Henry Davison
_Reports in the court of Queen’s Bench 1841–43_, _3 vols._
1841–43. _d._ Kitnocks, Botley near Southampton 5 Aug. 1876.
GALIGNANI, JOHN ANTHONY (_eld. son of Giovanni Antonio Galignani of
London, teacher of languages, who d. Paris 1821_). _b._ London 13
Oct. 1796; bookseller at Cambrai 1816; bookseller and publisher
with his brother at 18 Rue Vivienne, Paris; _Galignani’s
Messenger_ was founded by their father 1814 as a triweekly, it
became a daily paper 1821; obtained denizenship Dec. 1830, never
naturalised; removed to Rue de Rivoli 1855; knight of the Legion
of Honour; gave with his brother between 5 and 6 million francs to
charities of Paris. _d._ Paris 29 Dec. 1873. _I.L.N. lxiv_, 48
(1874), _portrait_.
GALIGNANI, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 10
March 1798; mayor of parish of Etiolles near Paris more than 20
years; erected with his brother a hospital for indigent English at
Neuilly; obtained denizenship Dec. 1830, naturalised 1832; officer
of Legion of Honour; bequeathed a site and funds for erection at
Neuilly of the Retraite Galignani Frères for 100 inmates. _d._ 82
Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris 11 Dec. 1882, a fine sculpture of the
two brothers by Chapu has been erected at Corbeil.
GALL, JAMES. Member of firm of Gall and Inglis, publishers in George
st. Edinburgh; master of Merchants’ Co. Edin. 1850; author of
_Gospel of St. John for the blind_ 1835; _Philosophy of education_
1840 and other books. _d._ Edinburgh 3 Nov. 1874 aged 90.
_Publishers’ Circular_ (1874) 866.
GALL, RICHARD HERBERT. _b._ 10 Nov. 1815; ensign 3 foot 3 July 1835;
major 14 light dragoons 1857–64 when placed on h.p.; A.D.C. to the
Queen 8 June 1870 to death; lieut. governor of Chelsea hospital 1
March 1874 to death; C.B. 21 March 1859. _d._ Chelsea hospital 21
Feb. 1881.
GALLAGHER, REV. HUGH P. _b._ Killygordan, Donegal 1815; went to the
U.S. of A. 1837; ordained R.C. priest at Philadelphia 1840; pres.
of Theological seminary Pittsburg 1844; founded and edited
_Pittsburg Catholic_; theologian to first plenary council of
Baltimore 1852; founded and edited _Catholic Standard_ 1853; built
many churches, schools and hospitals. _d._ San Francisco, March
1882.
GALLOWAY, RANDOLPH STEWART, 9 Earl of. _b._ Coolhurst, Sussex 16
Sep. 1800; ed. at Harrow; M.P. for Cockermouth 1826–31; lord
lieut. of Kirkcudbright to 1845, of Wigtonshire to 1851. _d._
Galloway house near Wigton 2 Jany. 1873.
GALLOWAY, THOMAS (_son of Wm. Galloway of Symington, Lanarkshire,
miller_). _b._ Symington 26 Feb. 1796; ed. at New Academy, Lanark,
and Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1820; teacher of mathematics at Sandhurst
1823–33; register or actuary of Amicable Life Assurance Co. of
London 1833 to death; F.R.A.S. 13 Feb. 1829; F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1834,
member of council 1843 to death; author of many articles in
_Encyclopædia Britannica_, _Edinburgh Review_ and _Philosophical
Mag._ _d._ 45 Torrington sq. London 1 Nov. 1851.
GALLOWAY, THOMAS JAMES. Ensign 15 foot 1821; lieut. col. 70 foot
1848–1863; brigadier general Bengal 1857–1861; col. 49 foot
1871–1874; col. 70 foot 7 Sep. 1874 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877.
_d._ Kilmeague, Naas, Ireland 15 Sep. 1881 aged 81.
GALLWEY, SIR WILLIAM PAYNE, 2 Baronet. _b._ 1807; succeeded 16 April
1831; M.P. for Thirsk, Yorkshire 1851–1880. _d._ Thirkleby park
near Thirsk 19 Dec. 1881 in 74 year.
GALWAY, GEORGE EDWARD ARUNDELL MONCKTON ARUNDEL, 6 Viscount. _b._
Knutsford, Cheshire 1 March 1805; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.;
succeeded 1834; M.P. for East Retford 1847 to death; master of fox
hounds in Notts. 1865 to death. _d._ Serlby hall, Notts. 6 Feb.
1876. _Baily’s Mag. xix_, 171 (1871), _portrait_.
GALWEY, SIR MICHAEL (_youngest son of James Galwey_). _b._ 1818;
entered Madras army 1835; commandant 36 Madras N.I. 1865 to 1869;
C.B. 26 July 1858, K.C.B. 2 June 1877; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._
London 22 July 1878.
GAMBIER, SIR EDWARD JOHN (_3 son of Samuel Gambier 1752–1813, first
comr. of the navy_). _b._ 1794; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; barrister L.I. 7 Feb. 1822; a municipal
corporation comr. 1833; recorder of Prince of Wales Island 1834;
puisne judge at Madras 28 Nov. 1836, chief justice 11 March 1842
to 1849; knighted at St. James’s palace 6 Aug. 1834; author of _A
treatise on parochial settlements_ 1828, _2 ed._ 1835. _d._ 22
Hyde park gate, Kensington, London 31 May 1879 in 86 year.
GAMBIER, GEORGE CORNISH. _b._ 1795; entered navy 18 June 1808;
captain 4 June 1821; retired admiral 27 April 1863. _d._ Great
Berkhampstead, Herts. 18 June 1879.
GAMBIER, ROBERT (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Wateringbury,
Kent 3 Aug. 1791; entered navy 3 Aug. 1804; captain 6 June 1814;
retired admiral 15 Jany. 1862. _d._ 7 Onslow sq. London 26 Jany.
1872.
GAMBIER, ROBERT FITZGERALD (_2 son of Sir James Gambier, F.R.S._)
_b._ Lisbon 21 Nov. 1803; entered navy 28 Feb. 1815; captain 9
Nov. 1846; retired admiral 1 Aug. 1877. _d._ 7 Crescent, Anglesey,
Gosport 17 Oct. 1885.
GAMBLE, DOMINIC JACOTIN. _b._ 15 Aug. 1823; ensign 4 foot 19 April
1844; D.Q.M.G. New Zealand 1861–67; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot 1869–74;
commanded forces in West Indies 1878–83; director general of
military education 1887 to death; L.G. 1886?; C.B. 25 Feb. 1864.
_d._ 58 Courtfield gardens, South Kensington, London 21 Nov. 1887.
GAMGEE, JOSEPH SAMPSON (_eld. son of Joseph Gamgee, veterinary
surgeon_). _b._ Leghorn 17 April 1828; M.R.C.S. 1854; surgeon to
British Italian legion during Crimean war 1855; surgeon to Queen’s
hospital Birmingham 1857–81; invented several surgical appliances
largely adopted; author of _Researches in pathological anatomy and
clinical surgery_ 1856 and 11 other books. _d._ 22 Broad st.
Birmingham 18 Sep. 1886.
GAMMAGE, ROBERT GEORGE. _b._ Northampton; apprenticed to a
coachbuilder; a Chartist lecturer 1842–4; Chartist sec. for
Northampton district 1844; a shoemaker at Northampton 1844–8;
removed to Birmingham 1848; mem. of paid executive of National
Charter Assoc. 1853–4; M.R.C.S. 1864; assistant to Dr. Heath of
Newcastle; practised at Sunderland; author of _History of the
Chartist movement_ 1854 and 20 other works. _d._ Northampton 7
Jany. 1888 aged 72.
GAMMON, FREDERIC THOMAS (_son of Rev. John Gammon, pres. of Bible
Christian conference in London 1859_). _b._ Somerset 1849; entered
firm of S. W. Partridge & Co. of London, publishers 1865, head of
the firm 1883 to death; edited _British Workman_, _Band of Hope
Review_, _Band of Mercy_, and other periodicals; author of _The
canal boy who became president_ [_J. A. Garfield_] 1881 and 4
other small books. _d._ St. Leonards-on-Sea 19 Sep. 1888.
GANDELL, REV. ROBERT (_6 son of Thomas Gandell of City of London_).
_b._ London; matric. from St. John’s coll. Ox. 5 Dec. 1839 aged
21; Michel scholar Queen’s coll. 1843–5, fellow 1845–50; B.A.
1843, M.A. 1846; Kennicott scholar 1844, Pusey and Ellerton
scholar 1845; tutor of Magdalen hall 1848–72; Laudian professor of
Arabic 1861 to death; chaplain at C.C. coll. 1852–77; fellow of
Hertford coll. 1874 to death; preb. of Wells 1874, canon of Wells
1880 to death; edited Lightfoot’s _Horæ Hebraicæ et Talmudicæ 4
vols._ 1859; contributed commentaries on Amos, Nahum and Zephaniah
to the Speaker’s Commentary 1876. _d._ The Liberty, Wells 24 Oct.
1887. _bur._ Holywell cemetery, Oxford.
GAPE, JOSEPH. Entered navy 2 Aug. 1803; inspecting commander coast
guard 1837 to 1841; captain 1841; admiral on h.p. 30 July 1875.
_d._ 1 Upper Phillimore place, Kensington, London 12 March 1876 in
83 year.
GARBETT, REV. EDWARD (_6 son of Rev. James Garbett 1775–1857, preb.
of Hereford_). _b._ Hereford 10 Dec. 1817; ed. at Hereford coll.
and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1847; V. of St.
Stephen’s, Birmingham 1847–49; P.C. of St. Bartholomew’s, Grays
Inn road, London 1850–63; V. of Ch. Ch. Surbiton 1863–77; hon.
canon of Winchester 1875; R. of Barcombe near Lewes 1877 to death;
edited _The Record_ 1854–67 and _The Christian Advocate_ 1867–74;
author of _The Soul’s Life_ 1863 and 30 other books. _d._ Barcombe
rectory 11 Oct. 1887. _The Record 14 and 21 Oct. 1887._
GARBETT, VEN. JAMES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Hereford
1802; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., scholar 1819, fellow 1825–36,
tutor 1827, junior dean 1832; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; Michel fellow
of Queen’s coll. 1824–5; Bampton lecturer 1842; professor of
poetry in Univ. of Ox. 1842–52; R. of Clayton near Brighton 1835
to death; preb. of Chichester 1844; archdeacon of Chichester 28
April 1851 to death; author of _De Rei poeticæ idea_ 1843;
_Parochial Sermons 2 vols._ 1843–4 and 30 other books. _d._ 7
Belgrave place, Brighton 26 March 1879 in 78 year. _I.L.N. lxxiv_,
373 (1879), _portrait_.
GARD, RICHARD SOMMERS. _b._ North Tawton near Barnstaple 1797;
sheriff of Devon 1854; contested Honiton, Devon 1852; M.P. for
Exeter 1857–65. _d._ Court hall, Monkton near Honiton 16 Dec. 1868
in 72 year.
GARDEN, REV. FRANCIS (_son of Alexander Garden of Glasgow,
merchant_). _b._ 1810; ed. at Glasgow and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A.
1833, M.A. 1836; P.C. of Holy Trinity, Blackheath 1840–44; Inc. of
St. Paul’s, Edin. 1845–49; C. of St. Stephen’s, Westminster
1854–59; teacher of theology Queen’s coll. London 1858–81;
sub-dean of chapels royal St. James’s and Whitehall, Nov. 1859 to
death; edited _The Christian Remembrancer_ from 1841; author of
_Discourses on heavenly knowledge and love_ 1848; _An outline of
Logic_ 1867, _2 ed._ 1871 and 14 other books. _d._ 67 Victoria st.
Westminster 11 May 1884.
GARDINER, ALLEN FRANCIS (_5 son of Samuel Gardiner of Coombe lodge,
Oxfordshire 1755–1827_). _b._ Basildon parsonage, Berkshire 28
June 1794; entered navy 23 June 1810; commander 13 Sep. 1826; went
to the Zulu country, South Africa 1834; laboured among the Indians
of Chili 1838–43; founded Patagonian Missionary Soc. 1844; author
of _Outlines of a plan for exploring the interior of Australia_
1833; _A voice from South America_ 1847 and other books. _d._
Picton island, South America, probably 6 Sep. 1851, his remains
were found 21 Jany. 1852. _Memoir of A. F. Gardiner, By J. W.
Marsh_ 1857, _portrait_; _The story of A. Gardiner, By J. W.
Marsh_ 1867, _portrait_; _C. M. Yonge’s Pioneers and Founders_
(1871) 255–84.
GARDINER, SIR JOHN (_son of John Gardiner, captain 3 foot_). _b._
1777; ensign 3 foot 1791; commanded a brigade at battles of
Nivelle 1813 and Orthes 1814; A.G. in Ireland 1823–1830; D.A.G. at
the Horse Guards 1830–1841; col. of 61 foot 1840, of 50 foot 1844,
of 6 foot 1849 to death; L.G. 23 Nov. 1841; K.C.B. 19 July 1838.
_d._ 23 Eaton place, London 6 June 1851.
GARDINER, ROBERT (_son of Robert Hallowell of Bristol_). _b._
Bristol about 1782; went to the U.S. 1792; graduated at Harvard
1801; took surname of Gardiner 1802; lived at town of Gardiner,
Maine 1803 to death, gave a church, a lyceum and a public library
to Gardiner; pres. of Maine Historical Soc. 1846–55. _d._ Gardiner
22 March 1864.
GARDINER, SIR ROBERT WILLIAM (_brother of Sir John Gardiner
1777–1851_). _b._ 2 May 1781; 2 lieut. R.A. 7 April 1797, col. 24
Nov. 1839; A.D.C. to the Sovereign 22 July 1830 to 23 Nov. 1841;
governor and commander in chief at Gibraltar 21 Nov. 1848 to July
1855; col. commandant R.A. 22 March 1853 to death; general 28 Nov.
1854; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 21 June 1859; K.C.H. 1820;
author of _Memoir of admiral Sir Graham Moore_ 1844 and of 12
pamphlets on military organisation 1848–60. _d._ Melbourne lodge,
Claremont, Esher, Surrey 26 June 1864.
GARDINER, WILLIAM. _b._ Dundee 1809; in shop of George Robertson,
hosier, Dundee 1824–44; collected and sold many thousands of
botanical specimens; sold many vols. of dried plants illustrative
of the British Flora; A.L.S.; author of _Botanical rambles in
Braemar, Dundee_ 1845; _Twenty lessons on British mosses_, _4 ed.
Dundee_ 1849, _2nd series_ 1849; _The Flora of Forfarshire_ 1848.
_d._ Dundee 21 June 1852. _W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873)
139–144.
GARDINER, WILLIAM (_only son of Thomas Gardiner of Leicester,
stocking manufacturer, who d. aged 93_). _b._ Leicester 15 March
1770; assistant to Coltman of Leicester, hosiery warehouseman;
member of Acad. of St. Cecilia at Rome; published _Sacred Melodies
6 vols._ 1812; _The Music of Nature_ 1832; _Music and Friends 3
vols._ 1838–53; _Sights in Italy_ 1847. _d._ Leicester 16 Nov.
1853. _G.M. xli_, 92–95 (1854); _W. Gardiner’s Poems with life, by
his daughter_ 1854; _Notes and Queries 5 s. x_, 169–71 (1878).
GARDNER, ALEXANDER. _b._ Paisley; printer, bookseller and publisher
there 1829 to death; wrote religious books; author of _On lots, By
G. A. Paisley_ 1851. _d._ Greenhill cottage, Paisley 25 Aug. 1875
aged 76.
GARDNER, HENRY. Left by his will dated 24 July 1876 sum of £300,000
for benefit of the blind in England and Wales. _d._ 1 Westbourne
terrace, Hyde park, London 9 January 1879.
GARDNER, JOHN. One of the best low comedians of his day; acted at
City of London theatre 1850. _d._ 14 Queen st. Hoxton sq. London 5
May 1851 aged 51. _The Era 11 May 1851 p._ 12.
GARDNER, JOHN. _b._ Great Coggeshall, Essex 1804; apothecary in
London 1829 to death, M.D. Giessen 1847; a founder of Royal
college of chemistry 1844, sec. 1844–6; professor of chemistry and
materia medica to General Apothecaries’ Co.; introduced into
England podophyllin and many other American drugs; L.R.C.P. Edin.
1860; translated and edited Liebig’s _Familiar Letters on
Chemistry_ 1843, _2nd series_ 1844; author of _Household Medicine
9 ed._ 1878; _Longevity 5 ed._ 1878; _Hymns for the sick and
convalescent 2 ed._ 1879. _d._ 29 Lansdowne crescent, Notting
hill, London 14 Nov. 1880.
GARDNER, MARTHA. _b._ 1776. _d._ 85 Grove st. Liverpool 10 March
1881 aged 104 years and 5 months. _Notes and Queries 6 s. iii_,
486 (1881).
GARDNER, RICHARD. _b._ Manchester 1813; ed. at Manchester sch.,
Charterhouse and Wadham coll. Ox., B.A. 1838; M.P. for Leicester
30 July 1847 but election declared void; M.P. for Leicester 9 July
1852 to death; author of some political pamphlets. _d._ 100 Eaton
square, London 4 June 1856 aged 43.
GARDNER, WILLIAM. _b._ Ohio 1844; perfected the machine gun called
after him 1876 which was introduced in the British service 1881;
patented various improvements in fire-arms 1882–4; perfected an
improved quick-firing cannon 1886. _d._ Henley lodge, St.
Leonards-on-Sea 20 Jany. 1887.
GARDNER, WILLIAM HENRY (_3 son of 1 Baron Gardiner 1742–1802_). _b._
6 Oct. 1774; 2 lieut. R.A. 18 Sep. 1793; col. commandant 1 April
1846 to death; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Bishopsteignton, Devon
15 Dec. 1856.
GARFIT, THOMAS. _b._ Boston 16 Oct. 1815; barrister M.T. 16 Jany.
1846; a banker at Boston; M.P. for Boston 1878–80 when unseated on
petition. _d._ Boulogne 29 May 1883.
GARLAND, CHARLES (_son of Thomas Garland of Illogan, Cornwall
1771–1827_). _b._ Illogan 10 March 1813; edited _The Cornish
Telegraph_ weekly paper from first number 3 Jany. 1851 to 1853;
edited _Pembrokeshire Herald_ weekly paper from first number 5
Jany. 1844 to 1849; author of _Wings of the Dove_ and 8 other
poems in _The Pocket Album_ 1831–2; _Outlines of scripture
doctrine, and history_ 1842. _d._ 2 Trewartha terrace, Penzance 17
Feb. 1875. _S. W. Christopher’s Poets of Methodism_ (1875) 467–70.
GARLAND, JOHN. Ensign 44 foot 14 March 1805; captain 73 foot 26 Nov.
1813 to 25 June 1817 when placed on h.p.; K.H. 1833. _d._ Lille,
France 17 Jany. 1851.
GARLAND, JOHN BINGLEY (_son of George Garland, M.P. for Poole, d.
1825_). _b._ 1791; sheriff of Dorset 1828; gave 13 acres to Poole
for a cemetery 1854; lived in Newfoundland many years, speaker of
the first house of assembly there 1855 etc. _d._ Leeson house near
Swanage, Dorset 12 Jany. 1875 aged 83. _I.L.N. lxvi_, 115 (1875).
GARLAND, THOMAS (_brother of Charles Garland 1813–75_). _b._ Bridge
near Redruth, Cornwall, April 1804; edited _The Cornubian_,
Falmouth weekly paper from first number 1 Oct. 1830 to 18 Dec.
1832; author of _Letters on the recent agitations in Wesleyan
Methodism_ 1852. _d._ Fairfield, Illogan 30 July 1865. _Memorials,
literary and religious, of T. Garland_ (1868); _S. W.
Christopher’s Poets of Methodism_ (1875) 454–66.
GARNAULT, JOSEPH. Entered Madras army 1810; col. 29 Madras N.I. 11
Dec. 1848 to 1869; general 22 Feb. 1870. _d._ 14 Hesketh crescent,
Torquay 15 May 1872.
GARNER, THOMAS. _b._ Birmingham 1789; pupil of Samuel Lines,
engraver; A founder of the Antique Academy, Birmingham, which
became Royal Birmingham Soc. of Artists; chiefly known by his
plates in the _Art Journal_. _d._ Birmingham 14 July 1868.
GARNETT, ARTHUR WILLIAM (_younger son of Wm. Garnett 1793–1873_).
_b._ 1 June 1829; lieut. Bengal engineers 1848, 2 captain 27 Aug.
1858 to death; designed and built Fort Garnett and other forts,
barracks, &c. on the Punjab frontier; built the church at Kohat.
_d._ Calcutta 1 May 1861. _bur._ St. Paul’s cath. Calcutta where
is monument, also monuments in church at Kohat and in church of
Holy Trinity at Brompton.
GARNETT, JEREMIAH (_son of Wm. Garnett of Otley, Yorkshire, paper
manufacturer_). _b._ Wharfside, Otley 2 Oct. 1793; in office of
Wheeler’s _Manchester Chronicle_ about 1814–21; started with J. E.
Taylor the _Manchester Guardian_ 1821 of which he was printer,
business manager and sole reporter, sole editor Jany. 1844 to
1861. _d._ Sale near Manchester 27 Sep. 1870. _Sphinx iii_, 349
(1870).
GARNETT, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Otley 18 Jany.
1799; manager Low Moor cotton mill Clitheroe, Garnett & Horsfall
1828, afterwards sole proprietor; mayor of Clitheroe 1850; author
of _Facts on the natural history of the salmon_ 1867; _Essays in
natural history and agriculture: edited by R. Garnett_, _privately
printed_ 1883. _d._ Low Moor 25 May 1878.
GARNETT, WILLIAM (_2 son of Thomas Garnett of Old Hutton, Kendal,
who d. 1793_). _b._ London 13 Nov. 1793; deputy registrar of the
land-tax 1819, registrar to 1841; assistant inspector general of
stamps and taxes 1835, inspector general 1842; took a leading part
in introduction of income tax in Great Britain 1842 and in Ireland
1853; author of _The guide to the property and income tax_ 1842;
_The guide to the income tax laws as applicable to Ireland_ 1853.
_d._ 4 Argyll road, Kensington 30 Sep. 1873.
GARNETT, WILLIAM JAMES. _b._ Manchester 10 July 1818; ed. at Eton
and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister I.T. 1845; M.P.
for Lancaster 1857–1864. _d._ Quernmore park near Lancaster 15
Sep. 1873.
GARNIER, VERY REV. THOMAS (_2 son of George Garnier of Rookesbury,
Hants._) _b._ 26 Feb. 1776; ed. at Winchester and Worcester coll.
Ox.; fellow of All Souls coll. 1796; B.C.L. 1800, D.C.L. 1850; R.
of Bishopstoke, Hants. 1807–69; preb. of Winchester, 1830–40; dean
of Winchester 9 April 1840 to 1872; F.L.S. 1798. _d._ close of
Winchester cathedral 29 June 1873. _Church of England photographic
gallery_ (1859) _part 7_, _portrait_.
GARNIER, VERY REV. THOMAS (_2 son of the preceding_). _b._
Bishopstoke rectory 15 April 1809; ed. at Winchester and Worc.
coll. Ox.; B.A. 1830, B.C.L. 1833; rowed in first boat race with
Cambridge 10 June 1829; fellow of All Souls coll. 1830; V. of
Lewknor 1835–40; R. of Longford, Derbyshire 1840–49; chaplain of
Lock hospital, London 1849–50; chaplain to Speaker of House of
Commons 1849 to death; R. of Trinity ch. Marylebone 1850–59; dean
of Ripon 29 Aug. 1859; dean of Lincoln 30 March 1860 to death;
author of _Domestic duties, sermons_ 1851 and other works. _d._
Deanery, Lincoln 7 Dec. 1863. _Illust. news of the world ix_
(1862), _portrait_; _Some account of T. Garnier, B.C.L._ (1863).
GARRARD, THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Garrard of Lambourne,
Berkshire_). _b._ 1787; chamberlain of Bristol 1822, city
treasurer 1 Jany. 1836 to March 1856; author of _Edward Colston
the philanthropist, his life and times, edited by S. G. Tovey_,
_privately printed_ 1852. _d._ Springfield place, Bath 18 Dec.
1859. _J. Latimer’s Annals of Bristol_ (1887), 80, 102, 348.
GARRETT, RHODA (_eld dau. of Rev. John Fisher Garrett, P.C. of
Elton, Derbyshire_). _b._ Eyam, Derbyshire 1841; partner with
Agnes Garrett as house decorators in London to death; author of
_Electoral disabilities of women_ 1872; author with Agnes Garrett
of _Suggestions for House decoration in painting woodwork and
furniture_ 1876. _d._ 2 Gower st. London 22 Nov. 1882 aged 41.
_bur._ Rustington, Sussex 25 Nov.
GARRETT, RICHARD (_son of Richard Garrett, agricultural implement
maker d. 1837_). _b._ about 1805; entered his father’s works at an
early age; became head of firm of Garrett and Sons, Leiston Works,
Saxmundham, Suffolk 1836, where 500 men were employed;
manufactured patent steam engines, thrashing machines, corn and
seed drilling and manuring machines, etc.; one of the founders of
R. Agricultural soc. of England 1837, member of council; retired
from active business 1855. _d._ Carlton house, Saxmundham 26 June
1866. _Journal of Agriculture, Sept. 1866_, _portrait_; _Farmer’s
Mag. July 1857 pp._ 1–2, _portrait_.
GARRETT, RICHARD (_son of the preceding_). _b._ at the Works house,
Leiston, 22 July 1829; manager of Leiston works 1850, and partner
with his father and brother 1853; invented improved thrashing
machines 1859, and portable steam engines; farmer of 2000 acres in
West Suffolk; breeder of horses and sheep 1869; an amateur prize
fighter; A.I.C.E. 7 March 1854, member 30 Oct. 1877. _d._ 30 July
1884. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxviii_, 429–34 (1884).
GARRETT, SIR ROBERT (_eld. son of John Garrett of Ellington near
Ramsgate_). _b._ 1794; ed. at Harrow; ensign 2 foot 6 March 1811;
lieut. colonel 46 foot 16 May 1845 to 18 Aug. 1856 when placed on
h.p.; commanded 4th division before Sebastopol 1855–1856; colonel
of 4th West India regt. 1 April 1862, of 43 foot 14 Jany. 1866 to
death; K.H. 1836; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857; L.G. 10 March 1866; service
reward 10 Feb. 1855. _d._ 40 Pall Mall, London 13 June 1869.
_Morning Post 16 June 1869 p._ 5.
GARROD, ALFRED HENRY (_eld. child of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod_).
_b._ Charterhouse sq. London 18 May 1846; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Cam., scholar 1870, fellow 1873; B.A. 1872; prosector to
Zoological Soc. London 1871 to death; professor of comparative
anatomy at King’s coll. London 1874–79; Fullerian professor of
physiology, Royal Institution 5 April 1875 to death; F.R.S. 1 June
1876; author of many papers on zoology. _d._ 10 Harley st. London
17 Sep. 1879. _A. H. Garrod’s Scientific Papers, edited by W. A.
Forbes_ (1881) _pp. ix-xxi_, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxv_, 424
(1879), _portrait_.
GARSIDE, REV. CHARLES BRIERLEY (_only son of Joseph Garside of
Manchester, surgeon, who d. 21 May 1868 aged 78_). _b._ Manchester
6 April 1818; ed. at gr. sch. Manchester and Brasenose coll. Ox.,
B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; C. of Tetbury, Gloucs. 1842; C. of Margaret
st. chapel, London 1847; received into R.C. church 21 June 1850,
ordained priest at Rome 23 Dec. 1854; assistant priest at St.
Mary’s, Chelsea 1857–61, at St. Aloysius, Somers Town 1861; author
of _The impiety of bartering faith for opinion_ 1850 and 6 other
books. _d._ Posileppo near Naples 21 May 1876.
GARSTIN, EDWIN. Second lieut. Bengal engineers 6 May 1815, col.
commandant 5 Dec. 1848 to death; general 1 March 1867. _d._
Bangalore 13 July 1871.
GARTLAND, MOST REV. FRANCIS XAVIER. _b._ Dublin 1805; ordained R.C.
priest in Philadelphia 1832; assistant pastor of St. John’s ch.
Philadelphia 1832, pastor; vicar general of New York 1845; bishop
of Savannah 1849 to death, consecrated 10 Sep. 1850. _d._ Savannah
20 Sep. 1854. _R. H. Clarke’s Lives of deceased bishops of
Catholic church in the United States_ (1872) _ii_, 408–14.
GARVEY, MICHAEL ANGELO. Barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1854; author of _The
silent revolution, or future effects of steam_ 1852; _A manual of
human culture_ 1866 and other books. _d._ 24 St. Augustine’s road,
Camden Town, London 1 Aug. 1877.
GARVOCK, SIR JOHN (_only son of major John Garvock who d. 14 March
1838 aged 67_). _b._ Kennington, Surrey 1817; ensign 10 foot 4
Sep. 1835; captain 31 foot 1843–55 when placed on h.p.; commanded
Peshawur division of Bengal army 1863–65; commanded northern
district of England 1866–67, southern district 1877 to death; col.
of 89 foot 1870, of 10 foot 1874 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877;
K.C.B. 5 Aug. 1864, G.C.B. 29 May 1875. _d._ 81 Queen’s gate,
South Kensington, London 10 Nov. 1878.
GARWOOD, REV. JOHN. Matric. from Magd. hall, Ox. 24 Oct. 1828 aged
23; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; P.C. of St. Mary, Spital sq. London
1832–46; clerical sec. to London city mission 1837–76; author of
_The million-peopled city_, _London_ 1853. _d._ 17 Cambridge road,
Kilburn, London 6 Dec. 1889.
GASCOIGNE, ERNEST FREDERIC. _b._ May 1796; ensign 39 foot 2 May
1811; captain grenadier guards 7 Aug. 1840 to 15 Nov. 1850 when
placed on h.p.; colonel of 69 foot 3 April 1858 to death; general
20 Jany. 1867; served in the Peninsula and American war. _d._ 14
Lowndes sq. London 18 July 1876.
GASCOYNE, CHARLES (_son of general Isaac Gascoyne, col. 54 foot_).
_b._ 1805; ensign 54 foot 7 Dec. 1820; lieut. col. 94 foot 1839 to
1841, of 6 foot 1841 to 1842 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 72
foot 1845 to 1849 when placed on h.p.; col. 89 foot 1864; col. 72
foot 1870 to death; general 10 May 1872. _d._ 4 Chesterfield st.
London 10 March 1881 aged 76.
GASELEE, STEPHEN (_eld. son of Sir Stephen Gaselee 1762–1839 judge
of court of Common Pleas_). _b._ 77 Upper Guilford st. London 1
Sep. 1807; ed. at Winchester and Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1828,
M.A. 1832; barrister I.T. 16 June 1832; serjeant at law 2 Nov.
1840, treasurer of Serjeants’ Inn 1866; contested Portsmouth 1855;
M.P. for Portsmouth 1865–68. _d._ 2 Cambridge sq. Hyde Park,
London 20 Oct. 1883.
GASKELL, BENJAMIN (_elder son of Daniell Gaskell of Clifton Hall
near Manchester who d. 1787_). _b._ 28 Feb. 1781; ed. at Gateacre
near Liverpool and Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Maldon 1806, but
unseated on petition; M.P. for Maldon 1812–26. _d._ Thornes house
near Wakefield 21 Jany. 1856.
GASKELL, DANIEL. _b._ 11 Sep. 1782; M.P. for Wakefield 1832–37. _d._
Lupset hall, Wakefield 20 Dec. 1875.
GASKELL, ELIZABETH CLEGHORN (_dau. of Wm. Stevenson, keeper of
records to Treasury in London, who d. 22 April 1829_). _b._
Lindsay row, Chelsea 29 Sep. 1810; ed. at Stratford-on-Avon;
author of _Mary Barton, a tale of Manchester life 2 vols._ 1848
anon., translated into many languages; _Ruth, a novel 3 vols._
1853; _North and South 2 vols._ 1855; _Life of Charlotte Bronte 2
vols._ 1857; _Sylvia’s Lovers 3 vols._ 1863 and 14 other books.
(_m._ 30 Aug. 1832 Rev. Wm. Gaskell 1805–84). _d._ Holybourne near
Alton, Hants. 12 Nov. 1865. _bur._ Knutsford, Cheshire. _Dict. of
Nat. Biog. xxi_, 49–54 (1890).
GASKELL, JAMES MILNES (_only child of Benjamin Gaskell 1781–1856_).
_b._ 19 Oct. 1810; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Wenlock
1832–1868; a lord of the Treasury 1841 to 11 March 1846. _d._ 28
Norfolk st. Park lane, London 5 Feb. 1873.
GASKELL, SAMUEL. Educ. at Manchester and Edinburgh; medical
superintendent of Lancashire lunatic asylum 1840 where he carried
out the non-restraint system; one of the medical comrs. in lunacy,
Jany. 1849 to 1866. _d._ Walton, Surrey 30 March 1886 aged 79.
GASKELL, REV. WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Gaskell of Latchford near
Warrington, sail-canvas maker, who d. 15 March 1819_). _b._
Latchford 24 July 1805; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. 1824;
studied at Manchester college, York 1825–28; pastor of Cross st.
chapel, Manchester 3 Aug. 1828 to death; sec. of York college,
Manchester 1840–46; professor of English history, literature and
composition in it 1846–53 when it was moved to London; professor
of literature in Unitarian home missionary board 1854–84,
principal 1876–84; one of editors of _Unitarian Herald_ 1861–75;
author of _Temperance Rhymes_ 1839; _Two lectures on the
Lancashire dialect_ 1844 and other books. (_m._ 30 Aug. 1832
Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson 1810–65). _d._ Plymouth Grove,
Manchester 11 June 1884. _bur._ Unitarian Chapel yard, Knutsford
14 June. _Sir T. Baker’s Memorials of a dissenting chapel_ (1884)
_pp._ 54, 153; _John Evans’s Lancashire authors_ (1876) 96–101.
GASKIN, REV. THOMAS. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; B.A. 1831, M.A.
1834; fellow of Jesus coll. about 1831–78; F.R.S. 21 March 1839;
F.R.A.S.; author of _The Solutions of geometrical problems_ 1847;
_The Solutions of trigonometrical problems_ 1847; _Geometrical
construction of a conic section_ 1852. _d._ 7 Pittville lawn,
Cheltenham 17 Feb. 1887 aged 76.
GASKOIN, GEORGE. M.R.C.S. 1838; L.S.A. 1841; house surgeon St.
George’s hospital 1839; practised in London 1838 to death;
K.C.Christ of Portugal; K.C.Isabella la Catholica of Spain;
translated _The Medical works of Francisco de Villalobos_ 1870;
author of _On Psoriasis or Lepra_ 1875; _Essay on the range of
hereditary tendencies in health and in disease_ 1882. _d._ The
priory, Caerleon, Monmouth 5 Feb. 1887 aged 70.
GASKOIN, JOHN SAMUEL. _b._ Bagshot Sep. 1790; educ. St. George’s
hospital; a specialist in skin diseases; surgeon to George iv. and
William iv.; F.L.S. 1853. _d._ 32 Clarges st. May Fair, London 5
Oct. 1858. _Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. iii_, 48 (1861).
GASPEY, THOMAS (_son of Wm. Gaspey, lieut. R.N._) _b._ Hoxton,
London 31 March 1788; parliamentary reporter for _Morning Post_
about 1808–24; sub-editor of _Courier_ about 1824–28; edited
_Sunday Times_ 1828; edited evening edition of _Morning Chronicle_
(in which ‘Sketches by Boz’ first appeared 1835); published _The
mystery or forty years ago, a novel_ 1820 anon.; _The witch
finder, or the wisdom of our ancestors 3 vols._ 1824; _The life
and times of the good Lord Cobham 2 vols._ 1843 and many other
books. _d._ Shooters’ Hill, Kent 8 Dec. 1871. _Newspaper Press
vi_, 40 (1872).
GASPEY, THOMAS WILLIAM (_son of the preceding_). Ph. Doc. of
Heidelberg; author of _Heidelberg and its castle_ 1860; _The Rhine
and the Rhine Lands_ 1855. _d._ 4 Ordnance ter. Shooter’s hill
road, Kent 22 Dec. 1871 aged 53.
GASPEY, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Westminster 20
June 1812; author of _Lyrics and Meditations_ 1850 and other books
in prose and verse. _d._ 17 St. Ann’s road, North Brixton 19 July
1888.
GASSIOT, JOHN PETER. _b._ London 2 April 1797; midshipman R.N.;
member of firm of Martinez, Gassiot & Co. wine merchants of London
and Oporto; chairman of committee of Kew observatory which he
purchased for £10,000 and presented to Royal Soc. 1871; discovered
dark bands, or stratification of electric discharge 1852; author
of 44 papers in scientific periodicals; F.R.S. 9 April 1840,
founded the Scientific Relief fund. _d._ St. John’s house, Ryde 15
Aug. 1877.
GASTINEAU, HENRY G. Studied at the R.A.; joined Soc. of Painters in
water-colours 1818, associate 1821, member 1823, exhibited
1818–75; exhibited 26 landscapes at R.A. and 3 at B.I. 1812–41.
_d._ Norfolk lodge, Cold harbour lane, Camberwell 17 Jany. 1876 in
85 year.
GATLEY, ALFRED. _b._ Kerridge near Macclesfield 1816; studied at
British Museum and R.A.; sculptor in London 1841–52, at Rome 1852
to death; exhibited 30 sculptures at R.A. 1841–52; exhibited a
bas-relief of The overthrow of Pharaoh in the Red Sea, and statues
of Echo and Night at International Exhibition, London 1862. _d._
Rome 28 June 1863. _Our sculptor friend, by Miss M. A. Sumner in
Aunt Judy’s Mag., Oct. 1885 pp._ 722–736.
GATHERCOLE, REV. MICHAEL AUGUSTUS. C. of Rilstone-in-Burnsall,
Yorkshire 1832–5; C. of Cleasby, Yorkshire 1835–37; V. of
Chatteris, Cambs. 1845–77; convicted at York assizes of publishing
in _The Watchman_ a libel imputing improper practices to the nuns
at Darlington and Stockton, sentenced by Court of Queen’s Bench to
3 months’ imprisonment in the Marshalsea, London 24 Nov. 1838;
edited _The Church Magazine 6 vols._ 1839–44; author of _Letters
to a dissenting minister of the Congregational Independent
denomination, containing remarks on the principles of that sect,
and the author’s reasons for leaving it_. _By L. S. E._ 1833 and 3
other books under initials of L. S. E. _d._ Manor house, Chatteris
11 Dec. 1886 aged 84.
GATTI, CARLO. _b._ Dongio, valley of Blenio, canton Ticino,
Switzerland 27 July 1817; walked to Paris with 25 francs in his
pocket 1829, sold roast chestnuts in the streets and a peculiar
dough called goffre, in Paris 1829–47, and in London 1847–49;
chocolate maker with Battista Bolla at 129 Holborn hill 1849;
pastry cook at 33, 34 and 65 Great hall, Hungerford market; built
Hungerford hall, Villiers st. Strand 1851, pulled down for Charing
Cross station 1862; an ice merchant at Caledonian road, King’s
Cross 1857 to death, imported ice from Norway. _d._ Dongio 6 Sep.
1878. _Penny pictorial news 21 Sep. 1878 pp._ 1, 3, _portrait_;
_Graphic xviii_, 341 (1878), _portrait_; _Marcus Fall’s London
Town_ (1880) _i_, 244–52.
GATTY, MARGARET (_youngest dau. of Rev. Alexander John Scott_). _b._
Burnham rectory, Essex 3 June 1809; edited _Aunt Judy’s Mag._, May
1866 to death; author of _Parables from nature 5 vols._ 1855–71;
_Legendary tales_ 1858; _Aunt Judy’s Tales_ 1859 and about 20
other books. (_m._ 8 July 1839 Alfred Gatty, D.D., V. of
Ecclesfield, Yorkshire). _d._ Ecclesfield vicarage 4 Oct. 1873.
_Parables from nature_ (1885) _ix-xxi_; _A. Gatty’s A life at one
living_ (1884) 164–7; _I.L.N. 18 Oct. 1873 pp._ 369, 370,
_portrait_.
GAUNTLETT, HENRY JOHN (_eld. son of Rev. Henry Gauntlett 1762–1833
V. of Olney, Bucks._) _b._ Wellington, Salop 9 July 1805; organist
of Olney ch. 1815–25, of St. Olaves, Southwark 1827–46; solicitor
in London 1831–46; Mus. Doc. Canterbury 1842 being first instance
of such a degree since Reformation; organist at Union chapel,
Islington 1853–61, at All Saints Notting hill 1861–63, at St.
Bartholomew’s, Smithfield 1872 to death; edited _Musical world_;
started _The Church Musician_ 1850, edited it 1850–51; patented
application of electricity to the organ 1852; published
_Comprehensive tune books 2 vols._ 1851 and 65 other musical
works. _d._ 15 St. Mary Abbott’s terrace, Kensington 21 Feb. 1876.
_I.L.N. lxviii_, 253, 254 (1876), _portrait_.
GAVIN, GEORGE O’HALLORAN. _b._ Limerick 1810; M.P. for Limerick
1858–1874. _d._ Kilfreacon court, Limerick 23 Oct. 1880.
GAVIN, HECTOR. L.R.C.S. Edin. 1835, F.R.C.S. 1838; M.D. Edin. 1836;
M.R.C.S. Eng. 1843; Superintending inspector of General board of
health 1851–53; phys. general to Post Office, London 1853;
lecturer on forensic medicine at Charing Cross hospital; editor of
_Journal of Public Health_; author of _On feigned and fictitious
diseases of soldiers_ 1843 and 4 other books; accidentally shot by
his brother Wm. Gavin in his hut at Balaklava in the Crimea 21
April 1855 aged 39; Margaret his widow granted civil list pension
of £50 15 Nov. 1856.
GAVIN, ROBERT (_2 son of Peter Gavin of Leith, merchant_). _b._
Leith 1827; A.R.S.A. 1854, R.S.A. 10 Feb. 1879; painted numerous
Moorish pictures at Tangier; exhibited 5 pictures at the R.A.
1855–71. _d._ Cherry Bank, Newhaven near Edinburgh 6 Oct. 1883.
_S. Armytage’s Beautiful pictures by British artists pp._ 63–4.
GAWEN, JOHN CHARLES GAWEN ROBERTS. _b._ 25 Aug. 1787; captain R.N.
13 June 1815; retired admiral 4 Oct. 1862. _d._ Park st. Grosvenor
square, London 21 Nov. 1874.
GAWLER, GEORGE (_son of Samuel Gawler, captain 73 foot, who d. 1799
aged 25_). _b._ 1796; ed. at Great Marlow; ensign 52 foot 4 Oct.
1810, major 1831–34 when placed on h.p.; led the forlorn hope at
storming of Badajoz 6 April 1812; governor of South Australia 12
Oct. 1838 to 13 May 1841 when recalled; col. 9 Nov. 1846; K.H.
1837. _d._ Southsea 8 May 1869.
GAY, JOHN. _b._ Wellington, Somerset 1813; M.R.C.S. 1834; surgeon to
Royal free hospital, London 1836–54; surgeon of Great Northern
hospital 1856 to death; author of _On femoral rupture, its
anatomy, pathology and surgery_ 1848; _A memoir on indolent ulcers
and their surgical treatment_ 1855; _On varicose disease of the
lower extremities_ 1868; _On hæmorrhoidal disorders_ 1882. _d._ 51
Belsize park, Hampstead 15 Sep. 1885. _Medical Circular ii_,
249–51 (1853), _portrait_; _Barker’s Photographs of medical men
ii_, 43 (1868), _portrait_.
GAYER, ARTHUR EDWARD (_eld. son of Edward Echlin Gayer, major 67
foot_). _b._ near Newcastle under Lyne 6 July 1801; ed. at Durham
and Bath gr. schools and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, LL.B. and
LLD. 1830; called to Irish bar 1827; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1844; chancellor
and vicar general of diocese of Ossory 1848, of Meath Jany. 1851,
of Cashel June 1851; contested Univ. of Dublin, March 1857; an
ecclesiastical comr. for Ireland 8 June 1859 to July 1869; edited
_The Catholic Layman_ 1851–57, reprinted in _8 vols._ Dublin 1862;
author of several pamphlets defending established church of
Ireland, and of _Papal infallibility and supremacy tried by
ecclesiastical history, scripture and reason_ 1877. _d._
Abbotsleigh, Upper Norwood, Surrey 12 Jany. 1877. _A. E. Gayer’s
Memoirs of family of Gayer_, _privately printed_ (1870).
GEACH, CHARLES (_son of George Geach of St. Austell, Cornwall_).
_b._ St. Austell 1808; clerk in Bank of England, Birmingham
1826–36; manager of Birmingham and Midland bank 1836; purchased
Park Gate iron manufacturing co. 1840 and Patent Shaft and
Axle-tree co. 1840; made a fortune in railroad iron 1844–5; mayor
of Birmingham 1847; M.P. for Coventry 8 April 1851 to death. _d._
9 Park st. Westminster 1 Nov. 1854. _E. Edwards’s Personal
recollections of Birmingham_ (1877) 125–31; _Min. of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. xiv_, 148–51 (1855); _I.L.N. xxi_, 377, 378
(1852), _portrait_.
GEARY, STEPHEN. Architect and civil engineer at Hamilton place, New
road, London; erected an octagonal structure with a colossal
statue of George iv. on the top, in the centre of the 6 roads
uniting at Battle Bridge 1831 when the name was changed to King’s
Cross; took out patents for artificial fuel, paving streets, water
supply, obtaining motive power, and 3 other patents 1838–47;
designed the first gin palace in London about 1830; founded the
London Cemetery Co. 1838 for which he laid out Highgate cemetery,
opened 20 May 1839. _d._ 19 Euston place, London 28 Aug. 1854 in
75 year. _A. W. Pugin’s Contrasts_ (1841), _plate xiv_.
GEDDES, JOHN. Ensign 27 foot 22 Dec. 1804, major 1825 to 1831 when
placed on h.p.; col. 46 foot 13 Feb. 1860, col. 27 foot 24 April
1860 to death; L.G. 23 March 1861. _d._ 15 Salisbury road,
Newington, Edinburgh 28 April 1869.
GEDEN, REV. JOHN DURY (_son of Rev. John Geden, Wesleyan minister_).
_b._ Hastings 5 May 1822; assistant tutor of Richmond coll. Surrey
1847–51; tutor in sacred and classical languages at theological
coll. Didsbury, Lancs. 1856–83; joint-editor of _London Quarterly
Review_ 1857; elected into the legal hundred 1868; member of Old
Testament revision company 1870; hon. D.D. St. Andrews 1885;
author of _Didsbury sermons in the Wesleyan college chapel_ 1878.
_d._ Didsbury 9 March 1886.
GEDGE, REV. SYDNEY (_youngest son of Peter Gedge of Bury St.
Edmunds_). _b._ 1802; educ. Bury St. Edmunds’ gram. sch. and St.
Catharine’s coll. Camb.; fellow 1825–27; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; C.
of North Runcton, Norfolk 1827–35; second master king Edward’s
sch. Birmingham 1835–59; V. of All Saints, Northampton 1859–77;
rural dean Northampton 1871–77; preacher and speaker for Ch.
missionary soc. and hon. life governor; author of 4 single sermons
1856–69. _d._ Cromer 29 Aug. 1883, five of his sons became
clergymen. _The Guardian 5 Sept. 1883 p._ 1300.
GEERAN or GUERIN, THOMAS. Enlisted in 71 regt. 3 March 1813,
deserted 10 April; worked as a sawyer; settled at Brighton;
professed to have been a son of Michael Geeran, farmer, born at
Scariff co. Clare 14 May 1766 and to have served in 71 regt.
abroad 1796–1819; made a living by relating his military
adventures and dilating on his great age. _d._ infirmary of
Brighton union 28 Oct. 1871 claiming to be 105. _Longevity, with
Life of Thomas Geeran_ (1871), _portrait_; _Thom’s Human
Longevity_ (1873) _pp._ 12, 131–54.
GELDART, REV. EDMUND MARTIN (_2 son of Thomas Geldart of Thorpe,
Norwich and of Hannah Ransome Geldart who was a writer of
children’s books and d. 1861_). _b._ Norwich 20 Jany. 1844; ed. at
Ball. coll. Oxf., scholar 1863–67; B.A. 1867, M.A. 1873; assist.
master Manchester gram. sch. 1867 and 1869–71; a teacher at Athens
1867–69; C. of All Saints, Manchester 1869–71; C. of St. George’s
ch. Everton 1871; minister of Hope st. unitarian chapel, Liverpool
1873–77; unitarian minister Croydon 1877–85; author of _Modern
Greek in relation to ancient_ 1870; _Faith and Freedom 14 sermons_
1881 and other works; left Newhaven on 10 April 1885 for Paris,
supposed to have been lost during passage to Dieppe. _A son of
Belial, autobiographical sketches by Nitram Tradleg i.e. M.
Geldart_ (1883); _Echoes of Truth ed. Mrs. Geldart_ (1886) _with
portrait_.
GELDART, REV. JAMES WILLIAM (_eld. son of Rev. James Geldart, R. of
Kirk Deighton, Yorks. who d. 12 Nov. 1839 aged 79_). _b._ Swinnow
hall, Wetherby 15 Feb. 1785; ed. at Beverley gr. sch. and Trin.
hall, Cam., LL.B. 1806, LLD. 1814; fell. of St. Catherine’s hall
1808–9; fell. and tutor of Trin. hall 1809–20; Regius professor of
civil law at Cam. 11 Dec. 1813 to 1847; R. of Kirk Deighton 1840
to death; author of a _new ed._ of _S. Halifax’s Analysis of the
civil law_ 1836. _d._ Kirk Deighton rectory 16 Feb. 1876.
GELDART, THOMAS CHARLES. Barrister L.I. 9 May 1823; master of
Trinity hall, Cam. 1852 to death; LLD. by royal mandate 4 Jany.
1853; author with H. F. Maddock of _Reports of cases in court of
vice-chancellor_ 1829. _d._ the Master’s lodge, Trinity hall,
Cambridge 17 Sep. 1877 aged 80.
GELL, JOHN SHERBROOKE. Entered Bombay army 11 June 1839; commanded
Bombay district 28 Oct. 1872 to 11 June 1877; M.G. 1 Oct. 1877.
_d._ Downderry, Cornwall 16 July 1878.
GENDALL, JOHN. _b._ Exeter 1790; went to London with introduction to
Sir John Soane; manager for Rudolph Ackermann, Strand, London,
print seller; went on sketching tour in Normandy, gave illustrated
description of tour at Exeter 6 Nov. 1862, his sketches published
in _Picturesque tour of the Seine_ 1821; exhibited 25 pictures at
R.A. and 1 at B.I. 1818–63; his works chiefly views in Devonshire;
settled at Exeter as an artist 1839. _d._ Cathedral yard, Exeter 1
March 1865 aged 75. _G. Pycroft’s Art in Devonshire_ (1883) 50–54.
GEAREY, SIR WILLIAM RICHARD POWLETT, 3 Baronet. _b._ Oxon-Heath,
Tunbridge 13 Nov. 1810; succeeded his father 6 Aug. 1825;
contested West Kent, Dec. 1832, M.P. for West Kent, Jany. 1835 to
Feb. 1838. _d._ Oxon-Heath 19 Dec. 1877.
GEDDES, JAMES LORAINE. _b._ Edinburgh 19 March 1827; served in
Bengal artillery about 1846–55; settled at Vinton, Benton co.
U.S.A. 1857; private in 8th Iowa regiment Aug. 1861, brigadier
general 5 June 1865; provost marshal of Memphis; captured Spanish
fort during Mobile campaign; professor of military tactics at Iowa
college of agriculture; wrote _The soldier’s battle prayer_, _The
stars and stripes_, and several other popular war-songs. _d._
Ames, Story co. Iowa 21 Feb. 1887.
GENESTE, REV. MAXIMILIAN (_4 son of Lewis Geneste of Kirk Bradden,
Isle of Man_). Matric. from Queen’s coll. Ox. 20 May 1820 aged 20;
B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; P.C. of Holy Trinity, West Cowes, Isle of
Wight 1832 to death; author of _The parallel histories of Judah
and Israel 2 vols._ 1843 and other books; translated Krümmacher’s
_Glance into the Kingdom of grace_ 1837 and other books. _d._
Trafalgar house, Cowes 27 July 1860.
GEOGHEGAN, ARTHUR GERALD. Author of _The Monks of Kilcrea, By * * *_
1853, _3 ed._ 1861 and other books; contributed to _The Nation_
many years. _d._ 27 Addison road, London 29 Nov. 1889 aged nearly
80.
GEOGHEGAN, JOSEPH BRYAN. _b._ Oldfield road, Salford, Manchester 13
April 1815; manager of Victoria music hall, Bolton 1864 to death;
proprietor of Star theatre, Hanley; author of _John Barleycorn_
1860; _The men of merry merry England_ 1858; _Lancashire Witches_,
and upwards of 200 other favourite songs. _d._ Bolton 21 Jany.
1889.
GEOGHEGAN, MOST REV. PATRICK BONAVENTURE. _b._ Dublin 1811; joined
Franciscan order at Coimbra; the first resident R.C. priest at
Port Phillip, New Holland 1839; vicar general of Melbourne 1848;
bishop of Adelaide 1859 to death; consecrated 8 Sep. 1859. _d._
Kingston, Dublin 5 May 1865.
GEORGE, FREDERICK DARLEY. Cornet 11 light dragoons 1825; major 22
foot 1849–53 when placed on h.p.; D.A.G. Windward and Leeward
Islands 1853–58; col. 76 foot 28 April 1875 to death; general 1
Oct. 1877; C.B. 4 July 1843. _d._ 67 Brunswick place, Brighton 2
June 1888 aged 80.
GEORGE, JOHN (_eld. son of John George of Dublin, merchant, who d.
1837_). _b._ Dublin 18 Nov. 1804; ed. at Frascati school and Trin.
coll. Dublin; called to bar at King’s Inns, Dublin 1826, bencher
1859; barrister G.I. 16 May 1827; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1844; M.P. for co.
Wexford 1852–57 and 1859–66; solicitor general for Ireland, Feb.
to July 1859; judge of court of Queen’s Bench, Ireland, Nov. 1866
to death; P.C. Ireland 1866. _d._ 45 Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 15
Dec. 1871.
GERARD, ROBERT TOLVER, 1 Baron. _b._ Sutton, Lancs. 12 May 1808;
lieut. col. Lancashire yeomanry cavalry 1855, col. 1878 to death;
A.D.C. to the Queen 23 March 1867 to death; sheriff of Lancs.
1859; created Baron Gerard of Bryn, Lancs. 18 Jany. 1876. _d._ 16
South st. Park lane, London 15 March 1887. _I.L.N. lxviii_, 61, 62
(1876), _portrait_.
GETTY, SAMUEL GIBSON. _b._ 30 Nov. 1817; M.P. for Belfast 1860–68.
_d._ 60 Redcliffe gardens, London 15 Dec. 1877.
GIBB, ALEXANDER (_only son of John Gibb, C.E., who introduced use of
Aberdeen granite in construction of public works_). _b._ Larbert,
Stirlingshire 21 Sep. 1804; partner with his father at Aberdeen;
built Victoria bridge over the Wear 1836, remarkable for its
height and large spans; planned and carried out railway lines in
North of Scotland; engineer of Great North of Scotland railway
1845 to death; lessee of Rubislaw quarries near Aberdeen; M.I.C.E.
9 Feb. 1830. _d._ Willowbank, Aberdeen 8 Aug. 1867. _Min. of proc.
of Instit. of C.E. xxvii_, 587–89 (1868).
GIBB, SIR GEORGE DUNCAN, 4 Baronet (_eld. son of Thomas Gibb_). _b._
Montreal 25 Dec. 1821; educ. McGill coll., M.D. 1846; L.R.C.S.
Ireland 1848; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859; in practice at Montreal
1849–53; one of originators of St. Lawrence sch. of medicine and
professor there; gave his collection of 1500 specimens to Natural
History soc., Montreal 1853; founded Pathological soc., Montreal,
president 1853; settled in London 1853; assist. physician
Westminster hospital; assumed a disputed baronetage May 1867;
discovered crystal of diabetic sugar 1854; the first to remove
tumours from the larynx by the mouth 1864; author of _A treatise
on whooping cough_ 1854; _On diseases of throat and windpipe_
1860; _Life of Robert Gib 2 vols._ 1874 and 41 other works. _d._ 1
Bryanston st. Portman sq. London 16 Feb. 1876. _N. and Q. 3 Ser.
x_ 311, _xii_ 274, 362, 421, 536 (1866–67), _4 Ser. i_ 37 (1868);
_Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) pp. 140–50.
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